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- 1021: Life and Work of Shirley Jackson
- ... San Francisco to Burlingame, California, about thirty miles away. "According to her 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 ...
- 1022: John Grisham
- ... Norton 16). John Grisham an excellent education, going to some very good schools. He went to high school in Southaven, Mississippi. He was not the best student, but Grisham found his passion in high school sports, especially baseball (Hubbard 44). After high school Grisham found himself in the situation of choosing where he wanted to go to college and what to major in. He chose to attend Mississippi State University and ...
- 1023: Jackie Robinson
- ... family of sharecroppers. He went to the University of California at Los Angeles. At UCLA he showed a great deal of athletic ability. He was the first student-athlete to win varsity letters in four sports-football, basketball, baseball and track. In 1941 he left college to join the Army. He became a second lieutenant in his journey through the Army. It was a segregated army then. He received an honorable ...
- 1024: Origins of Louis Leakey
- ... community heard his proof to the skeletons great age - and his career began to soar. In conclusion, Leakey may not be the prominent figure that he is today without the influence of his childhood, his sports injury, and the criticism he received from his colleagues. By the 1960's, Leakey had established himself at the top of his field, and with all of his finds, he certainly became one of the ...
- 1025: Tennessee Williams
- ... traveled constantly and moved his family several times during the first decade of William’s life. Cornelius was often abusive towards his son, calling him “Miss Nancy” (Bigsby 236), because the child preferred books to sports. In A Streetcar Named Desire, William’s father is portrayed through the role of Stanley Kowalski. His mother, Edwina, was a southern belle and the daughter of a clergyman; she id frequently cited as the ...
- 1026: Jacqueline Kennedy
- ... her senior. Also, John’s ambition would exhaust and strain the marriage. Jackie often found it difficult to adjust to the likings of her husband because of her individualistic nature. For instance, the matter of sports. The Kennedy clan played touch football as a way to pass time and secretly release any hidden aggressions and tensions. Jackie also learned to water ski and adjusted to the noisy family circle. It was ...
- 1027: William Shakespeare
- ... and failure. In addition to his understanding and realistic view of human nature, Shakespeare had a vast knowledge of a variety of subjects. These subjects include music, law, Bible, stage, art, politics, history, hunting, and sports. Shakespeare had a tremendous influence on culture and literature throughout the world. He contributed greatly to the development of the English language. Many words and phrases from Shakespeare's plays and poems have become part ...
- 1028: JFK: His Life and Legacy
- ... figure for most of John's admiration. His older brother was much bigger and stronger than John and took it upon himself to be John's coach and protector. John's childhood was full of sports, fun and activity. This all ended when John grew old enough to leave for school. At the age of thirteen, John left home to attend an away school for the first time. Canterbury School, a ...
- 1029: Biography on Guy de Maupassant
- ... which included such famous writers such as Flaubert, Turgenev, Zola, and Daudet, he had little interest at the time for a career of writing for himself. As an adolescent he was much more interested in sports than writing, especially rowing. Maupassants education was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, in which he served as a member of the French army. After the war was finished, he entered the French civil service ...
- 1030: Henry VIII and Louis XIV
- ... adultery. Catherine Parr: Outlived Henry. Henry jousted in many tournaments until a leg injury prevented this type of activity. He also grew quite ill and obese in later life, but never lost his love of sports and other athletic activities. Louis XIV liked to watch the tournaments more than he liked to actually participate in them. But his libidinous habits did not differ much from those of his neighbor across the ...
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