Paul Revere (1735 - 1818)
.... and engraved printing
plates. Paul also made printed money for Massachusetts Congress and he
designed the first official seal for the United colonies as well as the
seal which is used by Massachusetts. He established a gun powder mill at
Canton, Massachusetts.. The year of his most famous engraving was the year
of the Boston Massacre.
Paul got married to Sarah Orne in the summer of 1757(August 17,1757).
They had 8 lovely children. They were boys and girls. When she died in 1773,
Paul married Rachel Walker and had eight children with here also, but
five of the children died in infancy. When Rachel and his son which .....
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Tchaikovsky: His Life And Times
.... they were married due to her
threat of suicide if they were not married. During their brief marriage
Tchaikovsky was extremely unhappy. In his letters he described her as
having an empty heart as well as an empty head.
As a result of his marital despair, he attempted suicide. He fell
into unconsciousness and it was during that time that his brother and a
good friend requested a divorce from Antonina. She was extremely calm
during their visit, but was later hospitalized in a mental institution
after sending several violent threats to Tchaikovsky and his family,
stalking him, and consoling in many lovers with several childre .....
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The Life Of Sally Ride
.... Previously, astronauts had always been military pilots, but
now NASA wanted to hire scientists and technicians who could monitor the
complex technology of the shuttle. Prior to her application, no women had
ever been accepted into NASA's space program. There were over 8,000
applicants for the thirty-five positions available. 1,251 of the 8,000
people who applied were women and only six were accepted.
Sally Ride was one of the six, although she didn't go into space
right away. Her first assignment with NASA was On-Orbit Capsule
Communicator (CAP-COM), or mission control. In August 1979, she completed
her training a .....
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Was Jimmy Hoffa A Hero Or A Criminal?
.... churches, and Hoffa attended Sunday school there.(Current
Bio) In 1922 the Hoffas moved to Clinton Indiana, two years later they
settled in Detroit, Michigan, in an apartment on Merritt Street on the
city's brawling, working-class West Side. There he and his brother were
derided by their peers as "hillbillies" until they won acceptance with
their fists. At the Neinas Intermediate School in Detroit, Hoffa was a
bashful B student who won prizes in gymnastics. After school he worked as a
delivery boy, and following completion of the ninth grade he dropped out of
school to take a full-time job as a $12-a-week stockboy in Frank .....
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Symbols In Poe's Writing
.... he had to withdrawal from the University.
In May of 1827, Poe enlisted in the army as a common soldier. Poe
enlisted under the name of Edgar A. Perry. He was stationed on Sullivan's
Island in the Charleston Harbor for a little over one year. Poe adapted to
military life and discipline and rose quickly to the rank of sergeant major.
After a while Poe became tired of the same daily routine of military life.
Poe wrote several letters to his foster father, quite regularly. After the
death of Frances Allan, Poe met with John Allan in February of 1829. On
July first of 1830, Poe enlisted in West Point. While Edgar was .....
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Emily Dickinson: A Biography
.... Seminary for two semesters.
Though her stay there was brief, she impressed her teachers with
her courage and directness. They felt her writing was sensational.
At the age of twenty-one, Emily and her family moved to the
Dickinson Homestead on Main Street. This move proved to be very difficult
for Emily. This was difficult for Emily because she became very attached to
her old house, which shaped her writing and personality for fifteen years.
They now lived next door to her brother Austin and his wife Susan and their
daughter Martha. Emily and Susan became so close that many people believe
they may have been lovers. .....
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John DeLorean And His Acomplishments
.... Cass, and won a scholarship to Lawrence Institute of Technology in
Detroit. Two years later, he was drafted and spent three years in the Army.
After that, John worked as a draftsman for the Detroit Public Lighting
Commission to save up enough money to continue at Lawrence. During this
time, he also had to partially support his mother and brothers, and did so
by directing an evening dance band. In the summers, he worked at the
Chrysler plant on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. After graduation from
Lawrence, John took a job as a door to door insurance salesman in order to
overcome a fear of shyness. Before long, he took a sho .....
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Biography Of Elizabeth Blackwell
.... house and send them the money, but the
friend sold the house and disappeared with the money. Suddenly,
Elizabeth's father died leaving the family with debts, bills, and only
twenty-five dollars in cash. The family had to make money quick, so the
girls opened a school and the boys got jobs. The boys made so much money
the girls were able to close their school.
Elizabeth walked around the house for days wondering what to do
with her life.
One day, she was visiting her mother's sick friend when the lady
said that she could be the first woman doctor. Elizabeth agreed. Everyone
was shocked to hear her new goal. "Impossible—a wo .....
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The Life And Work Of Ronald Dahl
.... a love for all things Norwegian instead of those
English. Mark West contends that this contributed to the detached attitude
Dahl had for England and the feelings of isolation he experienced
throughout his life (2).
Regardless of the impact his Norwegian upbringing would have on his
future, Dahl wrote in Boy that the most idyllic days of his youth were
spent during the summers he, his mother, and his sisters would visit
Sofie's parents, Betsepapa and Betsemama, in Norway (53-74). "The summer
holidays! Those magic words! The mere mention of them used to send
shivers of joy rippling over my skin" (Dahl, Boy 53). Although thes .....
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The Life Of Mohandas Gandhi
.... by Henry
David Thoreau and John Ruskin's plea to give up capitalism for farm life
and traditional handicrafts (Sharpe 1979 43). These opinions stimulated
Gandhi's ideas for non-violent resistance.
The main principle behind all of Gandhi's teachings is the concept
of Satyagraha (Sharp 1973 76), or non-violence, the lens through which he
viewed the world. Satya (truth) refers to love, and agraha (firmness)
refers to force. This concept of non-violence was designed to secure
social reform and human liberation without the use of violence (Shridharani
59). Satyagraha is an active theory that causes the oppressor to .....
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Jefferson Davis: Leader Of The Confederacy
.... in
college he studied just enough to pass, and graduated 23 out of 32 in his
class from West Point Military Academy. After his schooling Davis took up
his commission as second lieutenant. He was very sociable and was described
as witty, sportful, and captivating. He managed to get involved Sarah Knox
Taylor daughter of Colonel Zachary Taylor, Davis' commander. At 21 Sarah
agreed to Davis' marriage proposal against her mother and father's wishes.
Three months after their marriage Sarah died of Malari al fever. After
Sarah's death Davis stayed in virtual seclusion for seven years. After
these sever years Davis felt that he had to mov .....
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Albert Einstein From Start To Finish
.... mastered it! He then moved on the violin. He took his violin to
school and everywhere he went. Albert's father had business problems as he
was growing up. His father was never around to love or help Albert. When
he was home he drank and had no patience for poor Einstein.
When Albert was going through high school he had many problems. He
didn't get any recognition for his efforts in math or science. He felt
hopeless. He did not do the subjects he fell to be pointless. In 1896, he
entered the Federal Institute of Technology, in Zurich, Switzerland. Here
Albert received his first recognition for his abilities. Albert was
su .....
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