Gregg Cantrell‚ author of Stephen F. Austin: Political and Cultural Mediator‚ is a Texas A&M Alumni who graduated with his Ph.D. in History in 1988. Cantrell began his career in the field of history as a lecturer at TAMU in ’86‚ then spent 15 years working as an assistant and later an associate professor at a variety of notable universities around Texas. In 2001‚ Cantrell got his first job as a professor. Cantrell currently resides in Fort Worth where he works as a history professor at TCU. Cantrell
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Stephen Vincent Benet Only in a time when the pressure of the world amounts to angst and the fight for freedom can a world advance in it’s literary achievements. A writer‚ just like an artist‚ builds his creations from the mood and settings of the surrounding atmosphere. In the first half of the twentieth century‚ the atmosphere was filled with resources to stimulate literary creativity‚ such as the second World War and the Great Depression (Roache 102: 14). The social genre of the time gave
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future Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ was born in the 5th or 6th century BCE in Lumbini‚ in what is now Nepal. His father‚ King Suddhodana‚ was leader of a large clan called the Shakya. His mother‚ Queen Maya‚ died shortly after his birth. When Prince Siddhartha was a few days old‚ a holy man prophesied the Prince would be either a great military conqueror or a great spiritual teacher. King Suddhodana preferred the first outcome
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What The Future Holds While Stephen King has rightfully garnered a reputation as a horror writer‚ some of his best fiction revolves around stories of everyday humanity affected by elements of the supernatural‚ such as the Dead Zone. After awakening from a five-year coma‚ John Smith has come back from the ether with a clairvoyance to see certain futures and hidden pasts of others by touch alone. Opting to use his powers for good‚ John is called upon for such tasks as helping the police to catch
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write based on empirical evidence‚ while others choose to write it as a timeline. Suetonius chose to write about figures in history by using the method of biographies. Suetonius was able to access information that others were not able to access‚ and this was possible due to his position as the private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian. In his biographies‚ his goal was to be as detailed as possible so that the events in the book seemed real. Through the imperial archives that he had acquired from his position
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850)‚ an early leader of romanticism in English poetry‚ ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature. William Wordsworth was born in Cookermouth‚ Cumberland‚ on April 7‚ 1770‚ the second child of an attorney. Unlike the other major English romantic poets‚ he enjoyed a happy childhood under the loving care of his mother and in close intimacy with his younger sister Dorothy (1771-1855). As a child‚ he wandered exuberantly through the lovely
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James Madison was the fourth president of the United States of America. He was a political theorist. He was born on March 16‚ 1751 at Port Conway‚Virgina.He died on June 28‚1836 on his tobacco plantation in Montpelier‚ Orange County‚ Virginia. His father is James Madison Sr.He was a successful planter and owned more than 3‚000 acres of land and dozens of slaves. In addition‚ he was an influential figure in county affairs. He acquired wealth by inheritance and by his marriage to the daughter of a
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Stephen Gill ’s Immigrant : A Study In Diasporic Consciousness Nilofar Akhtar The phenomena of Diaspora and expatriation are by all means an old one. However‚ its impact in the present times is larger and deeper. It has become a contemporary social trait and also‚ a literary genre. The growing incidence of the Diaspora has given place to dislocation‚ disintegration‚ dispossession and disbelongingness. The experience of expatriation not only gradually disconnects the individual from his
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Melissa’s Biography My name is Melissa Montgomery and I will be 23 on February 22nd. I am a single mother of three. My kids are two and four years old (I lost my third child). I gave my first born the name Ryan because it means "King" and it’s his dad’s name. I named my little one Myles because it means "Soldier" just like his dad. I would be pregnant right now‚ but I had a miscarriage September 10‚ 2008. I was only three months along‚ so it was too soon to know if I was having a boy or
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Kara Francois 13 April 2012 Marguerite Annie Johnson was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri on 4th of April in 1928. Maya Angelou is a nickname that was given to her as a young child from her brother Bailey. He called her "Maya" instead of "my sister.” At the age of three Ms. Angelou’s parents divorced. Her and her brother Bailey was sent to a Stamps‚ Arkansas to live with their grandmother. While living in Stamps‚ as a young girl she experienced racial discrimination. During the time Maya Angelou
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