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- 511: The Works of Clive Staples Lewis
- ... 8). He then returned to Oxford where he graduated with honors. After spending a majority of his life around books, C. S. Lewis was convinced that the rest of his life should be devoted to studying and ideas. He started off tutoring in 1924 in philosophy at University College (Douglas Gresham, About C.S. Lewis. Online.). He began his teaching at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1925, after many delays, ultimately being ...
- 512: Malcolm Little
- ... He moved to Detroit to life with his brother where he learned the Islamic religion. This is when he adopted the name X, and it symbolizes his real last name before the slave handlers. After studying under Muhammad and expanding the Nation to its greatest heights Malcolm was elected minister of an Islamic temple in New York. There he met and married Betty X. they had a total of six children ...
- 513: Pablo Picasso
- ... as the "blue period" because of the blue tonality of Picasso's paintings were a time of frequent changes of residence between Barcelona and Paris. During this period, he would spend his days in Paris studying the masterworks at the Louvre and his nights enjoying the company of fellow artists at cabarets like the Lapin Agile. 1905 and 1906 marked a radical change in color and mood for Picasso. He became ...
- 514: Martin Luther King, Jr.
- ... of the relationship of man to God. King himself conceived of God as an active, personal entity, faith in God's guidance was the essential thing. While in Boston, King met Coretta Scott, who was studying at the New England Conservatory of Music. They were married in 1953 and had four children. King had been a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, slightly more than a year ...
- 515: William Shakespeare and His Life
- ... of the Western society that many quote him without even realizing it. Many, if not all, of his plays are still watched, studied, learned, performed, and enjoyed today. Shakespeare never thought that people would be studying his work. He wrote his play for entertainment and would be amazed at how much we learned from his work. Shakespeare also had a major impact on the English drama. He changed it from the ...
- 516: Alexander Hamilton
- ... a group of his friends formed a drilling company. In the summer of 1776, as the British fleet sailed in Hamilton and his drilling company responded to the call for recruits. Since Hamilton had been studying the science of artillery he was appointed Captain of the Provincial Company of Artillery. He was a strict disciplinarian but he fought just as hard with the New York Assembly for a fair amount of ...
- 517: Ernest Hemingway: His Life And His Stories
- ... something important for the good of mankind. Ernest's father, a man of high ideals, was very strict and censored the books he allowed his children to read. He forbade his Ernest's sister from studying ballet for it was coeducational, and dancing together led to "hell and damnation" Grace hall Hemingway, Ernest's mother, considered herself pure and proper. She was a dreamer who was upset at anything which disturbed ...
- 518: Life of John F Kennedy
- ... full of family games and sports. He attended several private schools throughout his education, but finally ended up at Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut where he graduated in 1935. John spent the summer of 1935 studying at the London school of Economics before entering Princeton in the fall. His time at Princeton was short, he had to leave at Christmas vacation because he was suffering from jaundice and could not continue ...
- 519: Gertrude Stein
- ... year, she graduated magna cum laude with the class of 1898. Because of high recommendations from James and her other professors, she was granted admission to Johns Hopkins Medical School, where her brother was also studying. They lived together in Baltimore, and Leo would gather friends on the weekends for their infamous salons. Leo, from his familiar post leaning against the bookcase, would direct discussions that lasted five to six hours ...
- 520: Flo Hyman
- ... she couldnt play volleyball when the U.S. volleyball team set up training headquarters in Colorado. Hyman quit what she was doing to live there and practice for the upcoming Olympics. She had been studying math and physical education for three years at the University of Houston. When she dropped out to go train at Colorado, she told her friends, You can go to school when youre sixty. You ...
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