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.
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Robert Doisneau
Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) Robert Doisneau is most certainly one of the greatest photographers of the last century. All of his photographs represent him as a person, his personality and his nationality. Most of his work is of him taking pictures of real life events and real people performing them. A French photographer living in Paris he captures some very exciting and breathtaking moments. With the city as a canvas he wandered through it taking pictures
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Robert Frost
Biography of Robert Frost Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) Robert Lee Frost, b. San Francisco, Mar. 26, 1874, d. Boston, Jan. 29, 1963, was one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An essentially pastoral poet often associated with rural New England, Frost wrote poems whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. Although his verse forms are traditional - he often said, in a dig at arch rival Carl Sandburg,
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Robert Frost
Robert Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874. He moved to New England at the age of eleven and became interested in reading and writing poetry during his high school years in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was enrolled at Dartmouth College in 1892, and later at Harvard, though he never earned a formal degree. Frost drifted through a string of occupations after leaving school, working as a teacher, cobbler, and editor of the Lawrence Sentinel.
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Robert Frost
Robert Frost "Do not follow where the path may lead... Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Robert Frost Everyone is a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on the map of their continuous journey, life. There is never a straight path that leaves one with but a sole direction in which to head. Regardless of the original message that Robert Frost had intended to convey, his poem, "The Road Not
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Robert Frost
“Robert Frost” Robert Frost (1874-1963) was one of the finest of rural New England's 20th century pastoral poets. Frost published his first books in Great Britain in the 1910s, but he soon became in his own country the most read and constantly anthologized poet. Frost was awarded the Pulitzer Prize four times. Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California on March 26, 1874. His father, a journalist and local politician, died when Frost was
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Robert Frost
Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost, was one of America’s leading 20th Century poets, and a four time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Frost did not receive these recognitions until his later years when his poetic brilliance was finally recognized. “Frost was a pioneer in the interplay of rhythm and meter”( Waggoner 1). Frost’s brilliance was contributed by many things; including his life, career, and literary works. Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in
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Robert Frost
Robert Frost Are you a poetry reader or do you find it hard to understand? Unlike short stories or novels poems are short and to the point, just enough to capture your attention. All poems are different with different meanings and different images. One famous poet is Robert Frost who seems to enjoy capturing more natural settings. He was born in 1874, in San Francisco, but later moved to Massachusetts, where after high school he
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Robert Frost: A Poet to Remember
Robert Frost was one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He has been an inspiration to many young writers and aspiring poets. Although he lived through a troubled and tragic life, Frost was able to express his unique view of nature and the world around him in the delicate art of poetry. His direct and easy-to-read poems made him one of the most recognized poets in the
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Robert Frost: Iceman for the Ages
Robert Frost is often known as one of the greatest American poets of all time. Although he is sometimes remembered as hateful and mean spirited, his life was filled with highs and lows. These differentiating periods are represented throughout his poetry. Frost once said that “A poem begins in delight, and ends in wisdom.” As can be seen, this quote not only reflected his poetry, but his life. Though many years of his life were
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Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton is one of the greatest inventors that have ever lived. Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on November 14, 1765, Fulton was of Irish decent. His mother and father came from Kilkenny, Ireland in the early 18th century and settled in Little Britain Township in Lancaster. They were very poor, so Robert’s education was not the most formal. He spent his early twenties as an artist, painting mainly portraits and landscapes. Fulton went to
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Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton is known as the inventor of the steam boat. But in fact, he did not invent it. Fulton became famous, rather, because he made a success of the steam boat by making it practical. The steam boat actually showed Fulton's genius as an engineer, not an inventor. Steam boats had been built in the early 1700's, and John Fitch even operated one that he built on a regular basis in 1790 in Philadelphia.
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Robert Hooke
Born on the Isle of Wight in 1635, Robert Hooke was a sickly child who was diagnosed with small pox when he was very young, doctors did not expect him to live past his toddler years. His constant sickness forced him to stay inside and because of this he could not go to school. He was instead, home schooled by his father, John Hooke. In his spare time he practiced taking apart and putting together
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Robert M. Hensel
Robert M. Hensel http://wheelierecord.tripod.com/ Roberts BIO: Born : May 8th 1969 Robert M. Hensel was born with a birth defect know as Spina bifida. A disability that has not stopped him from achieving success in his life. Robert serves as an advocate for the disabled, an on going effort to better the rights of all Americans with disabilities. He is an International Poet-Writer with well over 900 publications published World wide. In 2000 Robert was
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Robert Oppenhimer
Robert Oppenheimer To build a bomb capable of destroying entire cities at once they needed a person with a smart, fast and creative brain. That person was Robert Oppenheimer. Robert Oppenheimer was the brilliant scientist behind the development of the atomic bomb. While atomic bombs kill lots of people, the atomic bomb won the war against the Japanese (World War 2). This helped because we would not have stood a chance attacking the main
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Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, more affectionately known as "B.-P.", was born in London, England, on February 22, 1857. At the age of 12 he received a scholarship from Charterhouse School, one of England's famous public schools. The school was then located in London, but it soon moved to Godalming in Surrey. There were some woods just outside the school, these were "out- of-bounds" for the pupils. It was here that B.-P. practised stalking wildlife. He
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Robert Suyom
Name: Lalimarmo, Rachell May C. Grade & Section: 12D Teacher: Sir Erwin Pasigan Subject: Entrepreneur 12 Name: Robert Suyom Image result for Robert Suyom Job/ Business: * He is the CEO of Snipe.ph * Snipe.ph is a location based shopping app that lets you in on all the deals and bargains that you can enjoy in the mall you’re in. The app can be downloaded in the Google Play. Once you’re on the application, you
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Roberto Clemente
“The Great One” The person in history I’d most like to meet would be Roberto Clemente. Roberto Clemente was born in Barrio San Anton in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18, 1934. Clemente was the youngest of seven children. Growing up Clemente did extremely well in track and field, winning medals in the javelin throw and short distance races. However, his real love was baseball. I would have wanted to meet Clemente because he
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Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente was a legend in the game of baseball and he was the first Latin-American baseball player. He played 18 seasons as a Pittsburgh Pirate was won many awards for fielding and batting. He was one of the best defensive players of all time; he could catch almost any ball hit to him. Also no one dared his arm because he could throw anybody out at home. He broke many milestones including hit number
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Robin Hood
It was the spring of the second year of his insurrection against the High Sheriff of Nottingham that Robin Hood took a walk in Sherwood Forest. As he walked he pondered the progress of the campaign, the disposition of his forces, the Sheriff's recent moves, and the options that confronted him. The revolt against the Sheriff had begun as a personal crusade. It erupted out of Robin's conflict with the Sheriff and his administration. However,
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Roger Maris Essay
Roger Maris Essay Roger Maris was born in Hibbing, Minnesota on September 10, 1934. His father, who worked for the Great Northern Railroad, moved the family to North Dakota in 1942where Roger grew up. The Maris brothers played sports and attended Shanley High School in Fargo, North Dakota. It was in the 10th grade when Roger met Patricia, his future wife, at a high school basketball game. Roger played baseball in the American Legion program
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Roger Williams
Most people go through life not worrying about others thoughts, just throwing stereotypes around without any justification or knowledge of the person being alienated. Some are ungrateful for the religious freedom that most of us are able to carry. Some do not realize the fight that people went through over 300 years ago to gain religious freedom and work through and around the profiling given by the hierarchy of society. No one worked harder for
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Roilinguel P. Calilung: A Biography
Roilinguel P. Calilung: A Biography One of the active Kapampangan poets that we have is Mr. Roilinguel P. Calilung. Mr. Calilung, or Roi, as he prefers to be called, was born on the 31st of January 1987 at Lubao, Pampanga by his proud parents Mr. Rogelio Calilung and Mrs. Melinda Calilung. He gladly shares to us that his parents’ fruitful marriage had been a result of love-at-first-sight story, wherein they had met at a nearby
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Role Model 101 - Erik Ainge
Aaron Haddock History 11-17-06 ROLE MODEL 101 Our culture is in dire need of role models, and with that said I would like to introduce to you Erik Ainge. Nobody is perfect, this we know. Some people may perceive a person as perfect but the truth is that they are far from it. The only thing a person can do to try and be as “perfect” as possible to do good deeds, be considerate, excel
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Role of the Emperor in Meiji Japan
Japan is a society whose culture is steeped in the traditions and symbols of the past: Mt. Fuji, the tea ceremony, and the sacred objects of nature revered in Shintoism. Two of the most important traditions and symbols in Japan; the Emperor and Confucianism have endured through Shogunates, restorations of imperial rule, and up to present day. The leaders of the Meiji Restoration used these traditions to gain control over Japan and further their
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Ronald Reagan
When one thinks of a President, they immediately think of position and prestige. This may have been the case with most presidents but not with Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, on February 6, 1911, in a one room apartment. He was unlike most Presidents who came from wealthy and influential families and were somewhat pampered into the presidency. Ronald grew up in the south side of Tampico. In fact, the
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, is a man well known in America. He was the 40th President of the United State. He came from a small town and took Washington over Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, on February 6, 1911. As a teenage boy, in 1926, he was a lifeguard. He was credited with saving 77 lives. He graduated from Dixon High School. He was the student body President, in basketball, football, and track.
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Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan 1911-2004 A President Was Born Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois to John Reagan (also known as “Jack”) and Nelle Wilson. He had one older brother born two years before him named Neil. According to family legend, when his father went up the stairs of their home to look down at his newborn son, he whispered: “He looks like a fat little Dutchman, but how do we know, he
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Ronald Regan
Ronald Reagan Dinesh D’Sousa At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan viewed with satisfaction the achievements of his innovative program known as the Reagan Revolution, which aimed to reinvigorate the American people and reduce their reliance upon Government. He felt he had fulfilled his campaign pledge of 1980 to restore "the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism." On February 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to
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Rooster Cloning
Back to Home > News > Tuesday, Jun 17, 2003 Florida TOP FLORIDA STORY Award limit in medical suits gets boost Senate signals shift during 4-day session Senate President Jim King said Monday the Senate is willing to consider limiting the amount of money people can win in medical malpractice lawsuits, as lawmakers returned to the capital under orders from Gov. Jeb Bush to address the rising cost of insurance for doctors. BY ERIKA BOLSTAD
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Rosa Parks
One of the most infulential and inspirational women of all time was Rosa Parks. By one action she helped change the lives of a majority ofAfrican Americans and more importantly society as a whole. Rosa Parks sparked the attention of America when she refused to settle for the black (lower class)standards. Not only did she help change the lives for many African Americans but she helped equality for all men and women in the
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