Biographies
Study the biographies of people who have significantly influenced global change. Such people have appeared at all times throughout human history to give the world something new and unexplored.
2,881 Essays on Biographies. Documents 361 - 390
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Barbados
Barbados When one thinks of Barbados, one thinks of luscious, turquoise blue waters; soft white sand beaches; blue, white clouded skies; fresh fruits; exotic, delicious dishes and honeymoons. One, however, tends to forget the formation of this land. This Caribbean luxury Island has much history and great heritage. In this report, I will detail Barbados’s location, history, labor relations, population size and structure, industries, plus add a little zest with the beauty of the
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Barbara Kingsolver
In the three books, The Poisonwood Bible, The Bean Trees and Pigs In Heaven, Barbara Kingsolver chose to use the stylistic device of multiple narrators as a creative way to carry out the themes of the novel and establish the tone. This device is used extensively in The Poisonwood Bible in which Kingsolver states that when she was preparing to write, she knew that she wanted to use this structure, because it was it was
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Barbara Tuchman 1912-1989
Barbara Tuchman 1912-1989 On a cold winter morning on January 30th in 1912 a baby girl was born to the proud parents of Maurice and Alma Wertheim. Her name was Barbara. She would someday come to be known as Barbara Tuchman, narrative historian and writer. Barbara was born into a comfortable home in New York, New York. She had a middle class up bringing and both her mother and father came from distinguished families. They
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Barbara Tuchman: Inspirational Historian
Barbara Tuchman was known for being one of the best American writers and historians of her time. Born in to a very wealthy and prestige family, her interest in history was adopted through her lifestyle. Her father was not only a banker, philanthropist, and publisher but was also the president of the American Jewish Committee from 1941 to 1943. Her uncle, Henry Morgenthau Jr., served as the Secretary of Treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Barbara Tuchman: Inspirational Historian
Barbara Tuchman: Inspirational Historian Barbara Tuchman was known for being one of the best American writers and historians of her time. Born in to a very wealthy and prestige family, her interest in history was adopted through her lifestyle. Her father was not only a banker, philanthropist, and publisher but was also the president of the American Jewish Committee from 1941 to 1943. Her uncle, Henry Morgenthau Jr., served as the Secretary of Treasury
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Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters Barbara Walters is a well known journalist for ABC’s 20/20. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, where she received a bachelor’s degree in English. She began her career as a secretary moving on to radio. Gradually she worked her way to television, in 1961, where she began a career in broadcasting, as a writer for CBS News. Barbara Walters was known as the youngest producer with NBC’s New York station
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Barco
PESTEL analysis Political factors Does the political situation have an impact on the consumers' market? Yes, because it has an influence on the economic state of the customers. The politicians decide how much money people are allowed to earn and how much tax assessment they have to give back to the state. Economic factors Is Barco still a good company to work for? Yes indeed. It is a innovative company that hires many people, also
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Baroque
The lute is a plucked string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep round back. It originated from an instrument originally developed in Persia (Iran) called the Barbat which was also the ancestor of the superficially similar oud. The words lute and oud are both derived from Arabic al‘ud, meaning “the wood". The player of a lute is called a lutenist, and a maker of lutes is called a luthier. The Baroque Lute
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Barry Brazelton Information Paper
Brazelton was born in Waco, Texas. He graduated in 1940 from Princeton and in 1943 from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, where he accepted a medical internship at Roosevelt Hospital. From 1945, after war service in the U.S. Navy, he completed his medical residency in Boston at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) before undertaking pediatric training at Children's Hospital. He entered private practice in 1950, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His
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Barry Sanders
barry sanders one of the all time greats an american football is considered the one of the leading rushers of all times among walter Payton and emit smith has exceptional speed and agility and was offten acussed of having vasiline on his jersey before games because he was unable to be raped up by some of the great defenders in the league who prtested against his geatness. He was the mvp all forour years in
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Baseball Player - George Herman Ruth, Jr
Baseball player. Born George Herman Ruth, Jr., on February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first of eight children born to Kate and George Herman Ruth, Sr. Most of the Ruth children died in infancy and only George Jr. and his sister Mamie survived to maturity. Little George, as he was called, grew up in a poor waterfront neighborhood in Baltimore, where he lived above the family saloon. In 1902, the Ruth’s sent
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Based on His Thoughts and Actions, How Would You Describe Caesar?
Based on his thoughts and actions, how would you describe Caesar? In Act II Julius Caesar is barraged with warnings to stay home and not go to the Senate, but he ignores them. Calpurnia, his spouse, tells of a dream she had and fears for Caesar's safety. The priests also warn Caesar. However, Decius is able to persuade Caesar to go to the Senate that morning. Considering his actions and thoughts in Act II, Caesar
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Battle of Saratoga
Congress finally deferred to New England sentiment on August 19 and replaced [General] Schuyler with [General Horatio] Gates. Gates was more the beneficiary than the cause of the improved situation, but his appointment helped morale and encouraged the New England militia. Washington's emissary, General Lincoln, also did his part. Gates understood [General John] Burgoyne's plight perfectly and adapted this tactics to take full advantage of it. He advanced his forces four miles northward and took
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ractitioner accounts and studies about corporate venture capital: Asset Alternatives, "Corporate Venturing Bounces Back, With Internet Acting as Springboard," Private Equity Analyst, 6 (August 1996) pages 1 and 18-19. Zenas Block and Oscar A. Ornati, "Compensating Corporate Venture Managers," Journal of Business Venturing, 2 (1987) pages 41-52. Norman D. Fast, The Rise and Fall of Corporate New Venture Divisions, Ann Arbor, UMI Research Press, 1978. G. Felda Hardymon, Mark J. DeNino, and Malcolm S. Salter,
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Beating Cancer and Records
Beating Cancer and Records Lance Armstrong is known as one of the most magnificent athletes of his era. He defeated cancer and afterwards he broke records in his cycling career. Lance “Malliot Jaune” Armstrong had so much going on in his life through his personal life, career, during cancer, and also before he turned pro at the age of 16 (Lance). Lance’s personal life was full of ups and downs and turnarounds. A high part
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Beethoven
BEETHOVEN Ludwig van Beethoven was born 1770 in Bonn Germany. His mother was a singer in the service; his father was a court musician that had little motivation and a drinking problem. His father noticed that Beethoven had a gift at a young age, and began teaching him piano and violin. But Beethoven was a hard learner, he was self-involved and impatient. This probably led to why he was a loner and why he only
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Beethoven
Beethoven Considered by many a revolutionary, Ludwig van Beethoven is “universally recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western European music tradition”. Beethoven’s music is said to have peaked the classical period and also spark the beginning of the romantic era of music. At and early age Beethoven showed incredible talent as a musician. Hoping to create a child prodigy, his father, subjected him to brutal practice sessions. Although his fathers dream did
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Beethoven
As someone who suffers from extreme hearing loss, I am amazed at the great Talent of Ludwig vans Beethoven, who as one of the greatest composers of all time wrote most of his music while he was deaf! It seems impossible, but what a genius he was. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 16, 1770. His mother died while he was a teenager and his father was very abusive and
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Beethoven Biography
Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770 to Johann van Beethoven and his wife, Maria Magdalena. He took his first music lessons from his father, who was tenor in the choir of the archbishop-elector of Cologne. His father was an unstable, yet ambitious man whose excessive drinking, rough temper and anxiety surprisingly did not diminish Beethoven's love for music. He studied and performed with great success, despite becoming the breadwinner of his household by
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Bejamin Franklin
Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as the "little Corsican", was born on August 15,1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica. He was the greatest hero of France. His family had moved there from Italy in the 16th century. His original name was Napoleone and his original nationality was Corsican-Italian. Him in REALITY despised the French. He thought they kept his country down by severe and unjust use of force. His father was a lawyer, and was also anti-French. One
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Bejamin Franklin
Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as the "little Corsican", was born on August 15,1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica. He was the greatest hero of France. His family had moved there from Italy in the 16th century. His original name was Napoleone and his original nationality was Corsican-Italian. Him in REALITY despised the French. He thought they kept his country down by severe and unjust use of force. His father was a lawyer, and was also anti-French. One
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Bejamin Franklin - a Life of a Great Man
Benjamin Franklin During the period after America's "birth" there were many incredible people but none more so than Benjamin Franklin. Ben is considered one of America's greatest citizens. He accomplished many things in his lifetime; he was a scientist, an inventor, a politician, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist. In the 1700s, a scientist was someone who thought about the way things work and tried to figure out ways to make things
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Bejamin Franklin -- a Life of a Great Man
Benjamin Franklin During the period after America's "birth" there were many incredible people but none more so than Benjamin Franklin. Ben is considered one of America's greatest citizens. He accomplished many things in his lifetime; he was a scientist, an inventor, a politician, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist. In the 1700s, a scientist was someone who thought about the way things work and tried to figure out ways to make things
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Beloved and Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, the first black woman to receive Nobel Prize in Literature, was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, U.S.A. She was the second of four children of George Wofford, a shipyard welder and Ramah Willis Wofford. Her parents moved to Ohio from the South to escape racism and to find better opportunities in the North. Her father was a hardworking and dignified man. While the children were growing up,
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Beloved and Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, the first black woman to receive Nobel Prize in Literature, was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, U.S.A. She was the second of four children of George Wofford, a shipyard welder and Ramah Willis Wofford. Her parents moved to Ohio from the South to escape racism and to find better opportunities in the North. Her father was a hardworking and dignified man. While the children were growing
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Ben and Jerry’s
Ben and Jerry’s Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and the amazing success the company has experience over the years could be loosely summed up as a story that began with two friends coming together with a vision to create a company that did not adhere to the traditional corporate rules of running a business. They both had certain ideals and a socially and economic responsible opinion on how a capitalist business should be run. There
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Ben Carson: Surgical Pioneer
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Ben_Carson_by_Skidmore_with_lighting_correction.jpg Ben Carson: Surgical Pioneer Although Ben Carson is most presently known for his presidential candidacy, he made various achievements as a medical doctor. His medical work often gets overlooked now because of his political aspirations. Nonetheless, Carson paved the way for many doctors and surgeons, especially minorities. Carson had a very troubled childhood growing up in the inner-city of Detroit. He and his brother were raised by their single mother for the majority of
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Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin was a man of many ideas. He was able to come up with hundreds of inventions which played big roles at that time and for the future. He greatly affected the lives of many people around the world at that time period and at this time period with the things that he had invented. One of Ben Franklin's greatest inventions was the Franklin stove. He took the model of the old stove and
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Ben Franklin
The tangled history of how Franklin's autobiography became to be is interesting in itself. It shows Franklin's motives behind writing his autobiography. When Abel James wrote "kind, humane, and benevolent" Franklin to finish his life story, he told Franklin that his autobiography "would be useful and entertaining not only to a few but to millions (55)." Franklin wrote to his friend and confidant, Vaughan, for advice. Vaughan agreed with James and also urged Franklin to
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Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children. Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy. However, Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling. But, as young Benjamin loved to read he had
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