Did you know that the same man who invented the hand grenade also invented and manufactured the aluminum golf club? Sir William Mills was that person. He also invented other things that helped the British during World War I. Sir Williams Mills is an important person in history who had an interesting life‚ accomplished great things‚ and contributed important inventions to the world. William Mills was born on April 24th‚ 1856‚ in Wear Street‚ Southick‚ Sunderland. He was the son of David Mills‚ who
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becoming a good merchant. Samuel Adams‚ Sr. did not give up on his son; he gave Samuel one thousand pounds to invest in starting his own business‚ but his lack of interest and business ability were confirmed. He loaned half of the money to a friend‚ who never paid him back‚ and quickly finished the other half. According to Pauline Maier‚ he was “a man utterly uninterested in either making or possessing money.” Even after this event‚ Adams‚ Sr. still did not give up on his son‚ making him a partner
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He was a regular guy set out to follow the footsteps of his father. He decided to take his own path and discovered art. I can relate to Van Gogh and the reasons why he created art in some ways. I am not going to be a famous artist one day‚ but I did step out of my comfort zone and began to discover art. Art is a way I can relieve stress and just relax by letting my emotions flow into my artwork. I believe that Vincent Van Gogh had a major impact on the art world. He lived almost one hundred and
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John Locke was born on August 29‚ 1632 in Wrington‚ Somerset‚ England. He is known as an English thinker whose works lie at the establishment of current philosophical experimentation and political radicalism. John Locke was a standout amongst the most significant and persuasive philosopher ever. The French Enlightenment and the Founding Fathers of the American Revolution drew intensely on his thoughts. He placed a great part of the preparation for the Enlightenment and made focal commitments to the
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Jacobins‚ he managed to rise the power in France and establish a dictatorship of terror where he was implanting the power to all of his companions. Years later‚ the Convention had enough of him and send him to the guillotine‚ they did with Robespierre the same thing he did with those who risen against him or the reign of terror‚ death to the guillotine. Robespierre started with the dictatorship young. Seeing that he had a popular support‚ he presented himself to the State General elections in April
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so much about it. On February 15‚ 1564‚ in the city of Pisa‚ Italy a boy was born that would forever change the way humans look up at the stars every night. Galileo Galilei has been and will forever be known for his discoveries and inventions‚ and how they contributed to our planet. Many known scientific theories have spawn from the ingenious mind of Galileo. Like all discoverers‚ you either make a theory or support a theory. Many people before Galileo’s time thought that the earth was the center
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Helen Keller’s story is one of inspiration. Helen became deaf and blind after an illness at 19 months old‚ but with hard work and determination‚ she learned to communicate through sign language beginning at age 6. 10‚ Helen began to learn to speak verbally‚ and would go on to be the first blind and deaf person to graduate from college. Helen wanted to share her experiences with the world in hopes of bringing attention to people with disabilities. Her goal was to improve the lives of those who lived
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James Madison‚ Jr. (March 16‚ 1751 -- June 28‚ 1836) was an American statesman‚ political theorist and the fourth President of the United States (1809--1817). He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights. He served as a politician much of his adult life. After the constitution had been drafted‚ Madison became one of the leaders in the movement to ratify
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The invention of the printing press in 1450 marked a new start point for Europe‚ the capacity to print/copy texts allowed people to have more access to education; the literacy rates went up and new discoveries and ideas arose guiding mankind to a period of time that is known for the great advances‚ ideas and discoveries that became the fundamental base for today’s political and scientific ideologies. These new political and scientific philosophies of the enlightenment era marked a shift in the
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The English philosopher and political scholar John Locke (1632-1704)‚ laid a significant part of the basis for the Enlightenment and made focal commitments to the improvement of liberalism. "Locke wrote about diverse topics... democracy and liberalism" (Griffith‚ 1997‚ p.224). He had an influential impact on the founders of the United States of America. He was Trained in medicine‚ and also was a key promoter of the experimental methodologies of the Scientific Revolution. John Locke was born in Wrighton
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