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- 1191: John Paul Jones
- ... John Paul was a seaman from birth. He attended Kirkbean School but spent much of his time at the small port of Carsethorn on the Solway Firth. As he grew up others often found him teaching his playmates to maneuver their little boats to mimic a naval battle, while he, taking his stand on the tiny cliff overlooking the small river, shouted shrill commands at his imaginary fleet. At the age ...
- 1192: John Dalton
- ... that has become a foundation of modern chemistry. All his life he learn and never quit , and wanted others to learn too as wll so he considered himself a teacher and earned his living by teaching and lecturing others until 1833, when he was given an annual civil pension. Today units of atomic mass are often referred to as dalton's on honor of John Dalton. His analytical apparatus could be ...
- 1193: Jean Sartre
- ... return to France he taught in Neuilly, and Paris. He became fond of and later joined the French Resistance. There he developed his major philosophic work " Being and Nothingness (1943)" In 1945 he gave up teaching and founded the political and literary magazine Les Temps Modernes. He was very profound in his struggle against Socialism. Later he supported Soviet positions but criticized their policies. In the 1950s he wrote many ...
- 1194: Gillian Anderson
- ... her was filled, and she was truly content for the first time in her life. Piper has kept her in check, and she is blessed to have such a wonderful little girl. Piper is constantly teaching Gillian new things, which seems unlikely to becoming from a 4 year old, but she claims it is true. A daughter is what Gillian needed, a companion to love and go through the journey of ...
- 1195: Galileo Gallilei
- ... the other professors at the university. They felt that he was too radical and that his teachings were not suitable. In 1592, his three-year contract was not renewed. 1n 1592, he landed a job teaching mathematics at the University of Padua with the help of some aristocratic friends. After his fathers death, Galileo supported many relatives (including his brother Michelangelo and his family) and the sum of money he ...
- 1196: Francois Viete
- ... He became a friend and was confidant of Catherine during the years he spent as her tutor. He remained her loyal and trusted adviser for the rest of his life (Parshall 1). He took his teaching duties very seriously, while he was preparing lectures for his charge on variety an of topics about science. The first scientific work dates were all from this period. It involves topics, which would continue to ...
- 1197: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... out into the public life. Although she was shy, she learned to make public appearances and participate in New York politics because she knew Franklins career depended on it. She also went back to teaching, wrote articles, lectured and opened a furniture factory in upstate New York. She became further politically active and participated in several womens organizations that were involved in social legislation. The plan had been for ...
- 1198: Dimitri Shostakovich
- ... of Soviet music, including Shostakovich, were verbally attacked and humiliated. As a result, the quality of all Soviet compositions slumped in the next few years. His personal inspirations were reduced by the termination of his teaching responsibilities at both the Moscow and Leningrad conservatories. Yet he continued to fight. In his String Quartet No. 4 (1949), and especially in his Quartet No. 5 (1951), he offered an elaborate answer to those ...
- 1199: Confucius
- ... simplicity was the key to truth and freedom. He taught his followers to understand the laws of nature, which would later lead to a life of love without force. Lao Tzu never wrote down his teaching because he believed speech was much more powerful then words. His teachings were later written down by his followers in a document entitled "Teo-Te Ching," this writing is the second most translated document next ...
- 1200: Arthur Kornberg
- ... encouragement to get good grades. When he received a grade of 100 in the New York State Regents Examination, his chemistry teacher glowed with pride. It was the first time in over twenty years of teaching that a student of his had gotten a perfect grade. Arthur was a brilliant student who graduated from high school at the age of fifteen. He enrolled in City College in uptown Manhattan. Competition among ...
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