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- 931: Lewis Latimer
- ... drawings were done by hand and in ink, it was very important that a draftsman not make mistakes. Latimer's drawings in this medium are as beautiful as works of art. After several months of studying on his own, he requested and was given an opportunity by the firm to show what he could do. Upon discovering that Latimer was indeed a skilled draftsman, he was promoted from office boy, earning ...
- 932: Kate Chopin
- ... formal education at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis. She enjoys music, reading, writing, French and German. She became fluent in both languages. Later in her life she continues her education by studying biology and anthropology. Kate Chopin is known to be an extremely smart woman. (Toth 116) In addition to writing the only other career Kate Chopin has, is being a housewife. She was very busy taking ...
- 933: John Marshall Harlan II
- ... to do his graduate work, and returned to the United States upon completion in 1923. After returning from England, Harlan began working for a law office in New York. At the same time, he was studying law at the New York Law School. In 1925 Harlan received his law degree and was admitted to the New York bar. In 1931 John Marshall Harlan II became a partner in the firm he ...
- 934: John Dalton
- ... John established a relationship between vapor pressure and temperature. Johns interest in gases arose from his studies of meteorology. He had weather equipment that was with him at all times and he was constantly studying weather and atmosphere. He also kept a journal throughout his life in which he wrote over 200,000 observations. In 1803, John made his biggest contribution to science: The Atomic Theory. On August 3, 1803 ...
- 935: John Coltrane
- ... him with music by artists that would later become influences for his own music. These artists included Woody Herman, Lester Young, Johnny Hodges and Artie Shaw. At the age of 15, Coltrane began playing and studying the E-flat alto horn, the clarinet, and the saxophone at William Penn High School Orchestra, while listening to such artists as Woody Herman, Lester Young, and Thelonious Monk. It was in high school when ...
- 936: Joan Of Arc
- ... death, the Catholic Church canonized Joan, or declared her to be a saint. Her feast day is celebrated the day of her death, May 30. Today many authors write about Joan of Arc. Patriots, people studying the super natural, supporters of women's rights, and many more admire her.
- 937: Jim Henson
- ... grandmother was very supportive of his interests and constantly encouraged him to use his imagination. In 1954 Jim started in television performing puppets on a local channels Saturday morning program. The next year, while studying at the University of Maryland, he was given a five-minute show called Sam and Friends which aired twice a day. This show introduced the first Muppets, marionette puppets. The success of this show led ...
- 938: Jane Adams
- ... she so very much loved and admired passed away. Feeling lost and a sense of uncertainty that fall, Jane enrolled at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. For a woman in the 1880's, studying to become a doctor was more unusual than going to college. Her passion for the sciences and medicine had never left her heart. Jane's goal was to provide medical care for the poor. Due ...
- 939: James Cameron
- ... moved to Orange County he learned that getting a career in movies might not be the easiest job to obtain. He let the hope of becomming someone in the movie business fade and he started studying physics and english at a local university. He later dropped out of both studies because the math in the physics course had been to hard for Cameron to deal with. James Cameron got a job ...
- 940: Jacques Louis David
- ... was killed. He was never a good student in school- in his own words, "I was always hiding behind the instructors chair, drawing for the duration of the class". When David was 16 he began studying art at the Acadιmie Royale under the rococo painter J. M. Vien. After many unsuccessful attempts, he finally won the Prix de Rome in 1774, and on the ensuing trip to Italy he was strongly ...
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