1931‚ Cather accepted honorary degrees from the University of California Berkeley and Princeton. She is the first woman to receive such a degree from Princeton”. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1938 (“Willa Cather Biography”). One of Cather’s greatest awards was in 1944‚ when she received “the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and letters‚ an award given once a decade for an author’s total accomplishments” (“Willa Cather.”). It is believed
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March 15‚ 1767 to Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson-Jackson. “His birthplace is presumed to have been at one of his uncles’ houses in the Waxhaws region that straddles North Carolina and South Carolina‚” CITATION BioJackson \l 1033 (Andrew Jackson Biography). He grew up without a father figure as his father had died three weeks before he was
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Biography Julius Caesar was a politician and general of the late Roman republic‚ who successfully extended the Roman empire. Julius Caesar was born in Rome on 13 July 100 BC into the prestigious Julian clan. His family was closely linked with the Marian faction in Roman politics. Caesar progressed himself within the Roman political strict system‚ becoming quaestor ‚ aedile and praetor. In 61 and 60 BC he acted as a governor of the Roman province of España (Spain). Back in Rome in 60‚ Caesar made
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Austin Anderson May 5‚2013 Mrs. Griffin English 3 Honors This is going to be my biography on Elie Wiesel. He’s a very famous man for multiple reasons. He survived the Holocaust which is a very amazing thing‚ especially since he was at one of the worst concentration camps you could possibly be at‚ Auschwitz. I’m going to do an in depth biography on Elie’s life from when he was a young boy up until now. Elie has lived a very amazing life and a very fortunate at that‚ not many people can say they
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Running head: Discover On Your Own 1 Discover on Your Own William Wilberforce‚ Biography Concordia University EDGR 506 Character and Ethics of Leadership Instructor July 1‚ 2013 Discover On Your Own 2 Week 3 - Discover on Your Own 1. The 4 – 5 qualities in my leader I most admired were…. Prior to taking this class I had heard the name Wilberforce in the saying‚ “Don’t be a Wilberforce
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Biography of Leona Florentino Leona Florentino was a Filipino poet in the Spanish and Ilocano languages. She is considered as the "mother of Philippine women’s literature" and the "bridge from oral to literary tradition". Born to a wealthy and prominent family in Vigan‚ Ilocos Sur‚ Florentino began to write her first verses in Ilocano at a young age. Despite her potential‚ she was not allowed to receive a university education because of her gender. Florentino was instead tutored by her mother
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Biography of William Shakespeare: It is known that he was born in April 1564 and that he died on 23rd April 1616 at the age 52. He was baptized on 26th April 1564. How fitting that the great English writer is so closely identified with the patron saint of England. Shakespeare had seven siblings. They were: Joan (1558); Margaret (1562); Gilbert (1566); Joan II (1569); Anne (1571); Richard (1574) and Edmund (1580). Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 18. She was 26 and she was pregnant
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Biography of Noynoy Aquino Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino III (born February 8‚ 1960) is a Senator of the Philippines and a candidate for President of the Philippines in the 2010 election‚ as the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party. He is the only son of former President Corazon Aquino and former Senator Benigno Aquino‚ Jr. A graduate of Ateneo de Manila University‚ he was seriously wounded by rebel soldiers in a failed coup attempt during his mother’s presidency. In 1989‚ he was elected
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was a poet who was beyond extraordinary in every little way. He was born in Springfield‚ Massachusetts on March 2‚ 1904 and grew up on Fairfield Street. Son of Theodore and Henrietta Geisel‚ Seuss’s father was said to be a ‘brewmaster.’ (Dr. Seuss Biography) Seuss graduated Dartmouth and then went to Oxford University in England determined to become a professor. But one night‚ Theodor and some friends were caught drinking in their dorm room‚ which was in violation of prohibition law‚ and was then kicked
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Edith Wharton Biography 1862 Born New York City‚ third child of George C. Jones and Lucretia Rhinelander Jones. 1866-72 Fall in family income‚ owing to economic depression‚ prompts move to Europe. The Jonses spend most of 1867 in Rome‚ travel in Spain and settle in Paris in 1868‚ move to Germany in 1870 and to Florence at the end of 1870. 1872 Family returns to the United States‚ living in New York City and spending summers in Newport‚ Rhode Island. 1876-81 Juvenile writings: a manuscript
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