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- 1421: Irwin Allen Ginsberg
- Irwin Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jeresy. Louis Ginsberg, Allen’s dad, was a published poet, a high school teacher and a Jewish Socialist. His wife, Naomi, was a radical Communist and nudist who went tragically insane in early adulthood. A shy and complicated child growing up in Paterson, New Jersey, Allen's home ... he also had to struggle to comprehend what was happening inside him, because he was consumed by lust for other boys his age. He discovered the poetry of Walt Whitman (the original Beatnik) in high school, despite his interest in poetry he followed his father's advice and planned on a career as a lawyer. This was what he had in mind when he began his freshman year at Columbia University ... the San Fransisco Be-In in 1967. In 1970 Ginsberg met with Tibetan guru Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Ginsberg soon accepted Trungpa as his personal guru. He and poet Anne Waldman joined to create a poetry school, “The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics”, at Trungpa's Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. In the early eighties Ginsberg joined the punk rock movement, appearing on the Clash's 'Combat Rock' album and ...
- 1422: Herman Melville
- ... on August 1st of 1819. He is the third child and second son of his father, Allan Melville, and mother, Maria Gansevoot. At age five or six he began attending the New-York Male High School. Upon competition of the New-York Male High School he attended the Columbia Grammar School in New York. At this time his father’s business is starting to fail so the family moves up state to Albany in October of 1930. Melville attended the Albany Academy from 1830 to ...
- 1423: Bruce Lee
- ... years then decided to move to Seattle with another old friend of his. He enrolled at the University of Washington to study philosophy. Before he enrolled at the University Bruce had already attended Edison Technical School to try and earn his high school diploma. “Bruce was earning extra money to open his own Kung-Fu Dojo or Institute. He taught anyone of any race or background. Most Asian Martial Arts schools teach People of their race.” (1-3 ... of his shoulder he would knock a man down straight across the ground.”(1-4) In 1964 Bruce moved to Oakland and met James Yimm Lee. They both had plans on opening a Kung-Fu school. Bruce’s friend Taky Kimura, took over as lead instructor. Two months later he moved back to Seattle to marry Linda Elmery, they soon moved back to Oakland. After several months of teaching students, ...
- 1424: Life and Work of Shirley Jackson
- ... mother, Shirley began to compose verse almost as soon as she could write it" (Friedman, 18). As a child, Shirley was interested in sports and literature. In 1930, a year before she attended Burlingame High School, Shirley began writing poetry and short stories. Jackson enrolled in the liberal arts program at the University of Rochester in 1934. But after periods of unhappiness and questioning the loyalty of her friends, she withdrew ... rest of her life. After a year of becoming conscientious and disciplined writer, Jackson thought she better return to college for more schooling. In 1937, she entered Syracuse University. At first she was in the School of Journalism, but then she decided to transfer to the English department. For the next two years, while at Syracuse, Shirley published, fifteen pieces in campus magazines and became fiction editor of "The Syracusan", a ... Hill House" to him(Oppenheimer, 45). But in the summer of 1940, since Jackson and Hyman were graduating, and it was announced the "The Spectre" had been discontinued. "Apparently hard feelings on the part of school authorities lasted for quite some time and may have been one of the reasons why neither Miss Jackson, even after becoming a successful author, nor Mr. Hyman, a known critic, was named as a ...
- 1425: John Gough
- ... Dalton. Any further research can be found on John Gough on my reference to this subject. Resume of John Dalton Date of Birth: 6 September 1766 Place of Birth: Cockermouth, England 1772-1777 Attended Quaker School at Pardshow Hall 1778-1780 Opened a school in Eaglesfield, England 1781-1784 Planned to run a school with my brother when G. Bewley retired. 1785-1797 Kendall (our school) opened offering English, Latin, Greek, French and 21 math and science subjects. During this time, I also answered questions from ladies and ...
- 1426: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... soul. It is common for biographers to dismiss Van Gogh's parents with a wave of the hand. Vincent had two brothers and three sisters. At the age of twelve Vincent was sent to boarding school in the village of Zevenbergen, fifteen miles away. At sixteen he left school. Through the influence of Uncle Cent a place was found for him in the office of Goupil and Cie at The Hague. Goupil's was a conservative house, specializing in well-made reproductions of famous ... end. He was almost twenty-three, unemployed, and had not the slightest idea what he would do next. Vincent decided to return to England, where he found a job as a teacher in a boarding school. After he gave up that job, he took another teaching job at a school in Isleworth. As a young man Vincent Van Gogh's strongest compulsion was to love and help mankind. The son ...
- 1427: Samuel Colt
- Samuel Colt Introduction Early Life School Teen years Early Years in Business Late Life Death Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Samuel Colt was one of the most well-know gunsmith in the United States of his time. Samuel owned an armory in West ... of six children in the Colt Family. Samuel's brothers and sisters were Margaret, Sarah Ann, John, Christopher Jr., and James. Samuel's father moved to Hartford to trade. That is when he met Sarah. School Samuel Colt went to the local school in Hartford but did not go for long. At the age of ten he started to work at his fathers dyeing and bleaching factory. Then at the age of fourteen Samuel went back to ...
- 1428: Princess Diana
- ... mother, until she was nine years old. She was then sent to Riddlesworth Hall, where she was allowed to keep her guinea pig, Peanuts. When she was 12 years old, she transferred to West Heath school to pursue ballet dancing. Diana never excelled in school but was recognized as "a girl who notices what needs to be done, and does it willingly and cheerfully." Diana' s father became the eighth Earl Spencer when his father died. Diana's new title ... with her stepmother. Her mother remarried too. To a man named Peter Shand-Kydd. She then moved to the island of Seil which is west of Scotland where they now still live. Diana attended finishing school briefly in Switzerland. Then she returned to London where she became a nanny. Diana loved children. After her nanny work she became a kindergarten teacher. She had a reputation of a hardworking, gentle, warm ...
- 1429: David Livingstone
- ... was put into the cotton-weaving mills factory as a piecer to aid in the earnings of the family. He purchased Rudiments of Latin, which he used to help himself study that language at evening school. His hours at the factory were long, from 6 a.m. till 6 or 8 p.m. He attended evening school from 8 to 10 p.m., then studied until midnight or later. Often he placed a book on a portion of the spinning jenny so he could catch a few sentences in passing. By age 17 he was advanced to cotton-spinner and the pay was such that he could put himself through medical school in Glasgow, entering in 1830. By the time he was 22 he had studied Greek, theology and medicine in college courses at Anderson's College and Glasgow University. During this time he was soundly ...
- 1430: William Shakespeare
- ... was born in Stratford in 1564. He was one of eight children. The Shakespeare's were well respected prominent people. When William Shakespeare was about seven years old, he probably began attending the Stratford Grammar School with other boys of his social class. Students went to school year round attending school for nine hours a day. The teachers were strict disciplinarians. Though Shakespeare spent long hours at school, his boyhood was probably fascinating. Stratford was a lively town and during holidays, it was known to ...
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