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Hank Aaron Biography
Henry Louis Aaron (Hank) Aaron    Date of Birth: February 5, 1934(the day before Babe Ruth turned 39). Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States Date. Circumstances of Death: Living Early Life: The second of nine of Herbert and Estella Aaron’s , he weighed just 2 and 1/4 pounds at birth. Hank was a quiet boy who just had one or two friends in the neighborhood. When Hank was eight he saw his first major
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Biography of Ernest Miller Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls By Ernest Hemingway Biography of Ernest Miller Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was born in July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. His father was a doctor, and his mother was musically trained. Ernest was the second of six children. His mother hoped Ernest would be influenced by her musical interests but he preferred fishing and hunting trips with his father, this love of adventure trips would later be reflected in many
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Biography of Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor Biography Paul Taylor was born July 29, 1930 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He lived a very lonely childhood during the depression-era in America and was often separated from his parents. After attending Syracuse University on scholarships in painting and swimming, he began to study dance. Two years later he joined the Martha Graham Dance Company, where he performed in a number of pieces, including Clytemnestra, Alcestis, and Phaedra. Taylor established his own dance company
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Louis Armstrong’s Biography and Discography
LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BIOGRAPHY AND DISCOGRAPHY Pops, Satchmo, Dippermouth, Satch, Dipper, Papa Dip, Ambassador Satch , Little Louis …. Lots of nicknames can be used to mention about Louis Armstrong, but above all you can name him as ‘The King of Jazz’. Armstrong is the most influential jazz trumpeter of all-time. He first achieved fame as a trumpeter, but towards the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and was one of
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Thomas Jefferson Biography
Thomas Jefferson Biography Thomas Jefferson was a man that was one the founding fathers of our Nation. Thomas Jefferson was one of the most dedicated and influential Americans were Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was a very talented and gifted man. He was a man ahead of his time. Thomas Jefferson was a true renaissance man. Thomas Jefferson was plantation owner, horticulturist, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, inventor, violinist, and the founder of the University of Virginia.
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Jackson Pollock’s Biography
The central figure that charted the course of the Abstract Expressionist movement was the deeply troubled painter Jackson Pollock. He was born Paul Jackson Pollock in Cody, Wyoming on January 28, 1912. He was the fifth and youngest son and grew up in Arizona and California after his family left him when he was a little over one year old. Pollock's artistic journey began at the Manual Arts School in Los Angeles, California where he
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Eminem Auto Biography
EMINEM The music business, how eminem got into the music business from his hard times living at home with his mother who was suffering from Munchausen Syndrome which means she was making Marshall (Eminem) take medicines he didn't need. First i will talk about eminems life when he was a kid and his relationship with his mother and uncle Ronnie. Eminems father left him when he was only 6 months old and his mother was
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Albert Einstein - Biography
Thinking. We all do it, but for some it can be taken to a different level; maybe even to a different place. Especially when your job is made for outside-the-box thinking; you may need some creativity to place a theory or two. Well, one man did just that not to be compared to anyone but to be known for it for many reasons. Albert Einstein will go down in history as the greatest thinker
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Countee Cullen Biography
Countee Cullen was a wonderful poet, children’s book writer and teacher. He was born March 30 1903. New York City and Baltimore seem to be his two main disputed places of birth, but his true birthplace it still unknown. After claiming Louisville Kentucky as his birthplace for a New York University application, he later claimed New York City to be his hometown. Cullen was enrolled in Public School Number 27 in the Bronx, New York
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Jose Diokno Brief Biography
JOSE W. DIOKNO (1922-1987) Renowned Street Parliamentarian Nationalist, and Legal Luminary Jose W. Diokno, or "Ka Pepe," as he was popularly known, was born on February 26, 1922 to Ramon Diokno, a former associate justice of the Supreme Court, and Eleanor Wright, an American who became a Filipino citizen. He graduated from elementary school with distinction, and finished his secondary education at De La Salle College as valedictorian in 1937. In 1940, he earned his
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Biography of Charles Darwin’s Own Evolution
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsburry, England on February 12, 1809. He is the son of Robert Waring Darwin, a physician. Darwin showed little interest in his education at Shrewsburry School and in medical studies at Edinburgh University (1825-27). He decided to turn away from becoming a physician after witnessing several operations performed without anesthesia. At the same time he began to be interested in geology and in natural history. He was sent to study
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Bowling for Soup Biography
Musical heavyweights, yes. But what do these acts actually have in common? They've all been nominated for Grammys. Yep, Bowling For Soup, the drunk-rockers from Wichita Falls, Texas, scored a nomination in 2003 in the Best Performance Pop By a Duo or Group category for their power-pop Sing-a-long "Girl All the Bad Guys Want." "It opened a lot of doors for us," admits BFS's frontman Jaret Reddick, who wore an unforgettable pale-blue tux to the
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Biography of Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey, a famous black writer, talk show host, and actress, was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi .She was born to unwed, teenage parents. Her mother Vernita Lee was eighteen and a housemaid. Her father Vernon Winfrey was twenty and in the armed forces. Winfrey was named Orpah from the Book of Ruth in the Bible, but her name was later changed to Oprah because it was easier to pronounce. As
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Sam Walton: A Biography
Sam Walton: A Biography America's richest man, Sam Walton, was not always rich. Growing up during the depression, he struggled to help his family then, not knowing he would one day own a multi-billion dollar business, and then struggle to help the poorest of America becoming one of the top philanthropists in the United States. Also seen as a great leader, not everyone agrees on the "greatness" of the man who laid the foundation of
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Shakespeares Biography
SHAKESPEARE’S BIOGRAPHY By Paige Scheller Shakespeare’s Biography William Shakespeare was a great writer who lead a very interesting life. In fact, he is often though of as “the greatest write of his time.” As a child, William Shakespeare started his education at around the age of “six or seven at Stratford grammar school, also known as the King’s New School of Stratford-upon-Avon.”(Brooke pg23) It would be most likely that Shakespeare’s lessons would focus around
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Martin Luther King Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. not only spoke with purpose but also with a style unlike any others. He was an inspirational speaker and a motivational leader. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., due to his importance in the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's, motivated masses with his tremendous speeches and actions. Dr. King utilized his charisma and inspirational tactics to change the views and beliefs of a nation
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Biography of Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 16. His first two names (Johannes Chrysostomus) belonged to a saint and Theophilus was given to him by his godfather and changed to Amade or Amadeus later in his life. Mozart was born to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, and his only sibling was an older sister called Maria Anna. Mozart's father Leopold Mozart was one of Europe's
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Biography of Abraham Lincoln
1809 On the stormy morning of Sunday, February 12, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, wife of Thomas, gave birth to a boy. He was born on a bed of poles covered with corn husks. The baby was named Abraham after his grandfather. The birth took place in the Lincolns' rough-hewn cabin on Nolin Creek near Hodgenville, Kentucky. (The picture to the right depicts a reassembled replica of the cabin purported to be Lincoln's birthplace.) Thomas Lincoln was
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Biography of Oprah Gail Winfrey
1.0 Biography of Oprah Gail Winfrey Oprah Gail Winfrey is a very famous and familiar name worldwide. Born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States, to unwed teenage parents was initially named Orpah based on the Book of Ruth in the Bible and later changed into Oprah for easier pronunciation. Her mother, Vernita Lee, an eighteen-year-old housemaid and her father, Vernon Winfrey was twenty and in the armed forces when Oprah was
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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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The Biography of Howard Hughes
Biography of Howard Hughes Jr. ”Lights, Camera, Action!” Not only words yelled on the set by Howard Hughes, but in his life proved to have a much greater meaning. Hughes was a man destined to do great things, with his fortune, ingenious mind, and unstoppable aspirations; his dreams were never too far from reality. Many could only imagine what it would be like to walk in his shoes. But like his movies, his fairytale proved
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Biography - Cesc Fabregas
Biography- Cesc Fabregas The rise to stardom of a young soccer sensation by the name of “Francesc Cesc Fabregas Soler” has been nothing short of remarkable. Better known as Cesc Fabregas, Cesc has achieved more in his career at the slender age of 20 years old then most soccer players have achieved in their whole careers, and yet his skills and stardom can only increase with more seasons behind him Cesc Fabregas was born on
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Biography of D. H. Lawrence
English novelist, story writer, critic, poet and painter, one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature. Lawrence's doctrines of sexual freedom arose obscenity trials, which are still part of the relationship between literature and society. He saw sex and intuition as a key to undistorted perception of reality and a way unburden individual's frustrations and maladjustment to industrial culture. In 1912 he wrote: "What the blood feels, and believes, and says, is always true."
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Biography of Abraham Maslow
There have been many great psychologists, psychoanalysts, immunologists, endocrinologists, and psychotherapists that have made a name for themselves here in America. Sigmund Freud, Carl Rogers, Stanley Milgram, Walter Cannon, and Janice Glaser are just a few. However, the one who piques my interest more than Freud or any other person who has extensively studied psychology as in depth and thoroughly as the ones above mentioned is Mr. Abraham Harold Maslow. Out of all psychologists in
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Biography of Benjamin Franklin
Biography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was a modest man who had many jobs in his lifetime. This may help explain his large array of inventions and new methods of working various jobs. He did everything from making cabbage-growing more efficient to making political decisions, to being the first person to study and chart the Gulf Stream movement in the Atlantic Ocean. Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706. He was the
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