Biography of Thomas hardy Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet who set much of his work in Wessex‚ his name for the counties of southwestern England. He initially pursued architecture‚ his father’s work‚ but after finding success in his novel Far from the Madding Crowd(1874)‚ he gave it up and wrote with abandon. His works ultimately question the Victorian status quo and asks what else would make more sense. Thomas Hardy’s life can be divided into three phases. The first phase (1840-1870)
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Madison Shertzer MJShertz@stu.aii.edu Fashion History II Maher Calvin Klein Biography 3/7/2013 Calvin Klein Today we are in the presences of many fabulous designers who have made their name and shown off their class. Calvin Klein has been personably one of my favorite designers. He has started from the bottom of nothing to creating his way to one of todays’ greatest designers. Calvin Klein was born in Bronx‚ New York on November 19‚ 1942. He was the middle child born to Flo and Leo Stern
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LeBron James Biography LeBron Raymone James born on Dec. 30‚ 1984 in Akron‚ Ohio to Gloria James and Anthony McClelland. McClelland wasn’t a part of Gloria’s life leaving her to raise LeBron alone at the age of 16. Gloria James began dating Eddie Jackson when LeBron was a young child. Despite Jackson being in and out of jail for most of LeBron’s youth James formed a bond with him. LeBron James has two children with Savannah Brinson‚ LeBron James Jr and Bryce Maximus James. James became engaged to
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Jane Goodall Biography Jane Goodall was a pioneering English primatologist (a person who studies primates‚ which is a group of animals that includes human beings‚ apes‚ monkeys‚ and others). Her methods of studying animals in the wild‚ which emphasized patient observation over long periods of time of both social groups and individual animals‚ changed not only how chimpanzees (a kind of ape) as a species are understood‚ but also how studies of many different kinds of animals are carried out. Childhood
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MGMT 368 Blanchat Page 1 Business Ethics Section E Biography of Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham was a well known philosopher who was most closely associated with the concept of Utilitarianism. He was a visionary and author of many writings and was an advocate of numerous types of social reform. He was a critic of legal procedures and made it his life’s mission to change it for the better. Jeremy Bentham was
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BIOGRAPHY OF KIRK FRANKLIN Since his debut 1993’s Kirk Franklin & the family‚ Kirk Franklin has been one of the brightest stars in contemporary gospel music. The album spent 100weeks on the gospel charts [some of those on the top]‚ crossed over to the R&B charts and became the first gospel debut album to go platinum. His second album‚ Kirk Franklin and the family Christmas‚ became the genre’s first Christmas album to make it to the number one‚ and his 1996 album Whatcha lookin’ 4 went gold
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"I may be compelled to face danger‚ but never fear it‚ and while our soldiers can stand and fight‚ I can stand and feed and nurse them"-Clara Barton. She is known as Clara Barton but she was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton‚ and Clara was a smart‚ and intelligent women. Her mother Sarah Barton gave birth to her on December 25‚ 1821 in a North Oxford hospital in Massachusetts. Her parents‚ Stephen and Sarah‚ knew she was a special baby because she was born on Christmas Day. Clara was the fifth of four
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bartolomeu dias Early Life Why on earth would a person sail around the southernmost tip of Africa without modern sailing technology such as GPS? Bartolomeu Dias was such a person to accomplish his great voyage around the Cape of Good Hope. He was born in Portugal around 1450 and was a Portuguese navigator and explorer and was known as the first European who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa and reached the Cape of Good Hope. Bartolomeu Dias’ achievement had ultimately led to expansion
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library. Because of this‚ Lewis adapted an incredible writing skill‚ as well. However‚ after his tenth birthday in 1908‚ Lewis’ world was turned upside down by the death of his mother. This is especially important because‚ as Dorsett says in his biography‚ “The death of Mrs. Lewis convinced young Jack that the God he encountered in church and in the Bible his mother gave him was‚ if not cruel‚ at least a vague abstraction.” (C.S. Lewis: A Profile of His Life). About four years later‚ he pronounced
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Jawaharlal Nehru Biography | | | Born: November 14‚ 1889 Died: May 27‚ 1964 Achievements: Took active part in Non-Cooperation Movement; elected President of the Allahabad Municipal Corporation in 1924‚ and served for two years as the city’s chief executive; Presided over Congress’ annual session in Lahore in 1929 and passed a resolution demanding India’s independence; elected as Congress President in 1936‚ 1937‚ and 1946; became first Prime Minister of independent India; was one of
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