Charles Dickens Quick Facts NAME:Charles Dickens OCCUPATION:Author BIRTH DATE:February 07‚ 1812 DEATH DATE:June 09‚ 1870 PLACE OF BIRTH: Portsmouth‚ England‚ United Kingdom PLACE OF DEATH: Higham‚ Kent‚ United Kingdom Spouse: Catherine Dickens (m. 1836–1858) Children: Charles Dickens‚ Jr‚ Mary Dickens‚ Kate Perugini‚ Edward Dickens‚ More Movies: A Christmas Carol‚ Oliver Twist‚ Great Expectations‚ Scrooged‚ Best Known For Charles Dickens was the well-loved and prolific British
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“I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs‚ my kidneys‚ my liver‚ my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.” Ray said. Ray Charles Robinson was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues‚ gospel‚ and blues styles. He was blind. He started to lose his sight at the age of five and went completely blind by the age of seven‚ apparently due to glaucoma
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Charles Babbage (1791-1871) To begin with‚ Charles Babbage‚ an original innovative thinker and a pioneer of computing from Great Britain‚ was born on the 26th of December of 1791 in Walworth‚ Surrey and he died at his home in London on October 18‚ 1871. He was an incredible mathematician and it is mentioned that he was indisposed as a child so he mainly been educated at home. Babbage made contributions that may assured his fame irrespective of the Difference and Analytical Engines. After his wife’s
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Charles Baudelaire NAME: Charles Pierre Baudelaire BORN: April 9‚ 1821 Paris‚ France DIED: August 31‚ 1867 (aged 46) Paris‚ France OCCUPATION: Poet‚ art critic NATIONALITY: French LITERARY MOVEMENT: Symbolist‚ Modernist Abstract Charles Baudelaire is one of the major innovators in French literature. In the earlier 19th century‚ His poetry is influenced by the French romantic poets. Charles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced famous work as an essayist‚ art criticism and initiating
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har baserat sina verk på Barndom We are going to talk about Charles Dickens who is regarded as one of the greatest novelists of the Victorian area. Many of his classic novels for example Oliver Twist and David Copperfield are still today immensely popular and a number of screen plays have been made based on these novels. There is no doubt in my mind that if Dickens lived today he would have been honored the Nobel literature price. Charles Dickens was not only a famous novelist but he was also a social
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Charles Bukowski "I photograph and record what I see and what happens to me. I am not a guru or leader of any sort. I am not a man who looks for solutions in God or politics. If somebody else wants to do the dirty work and create a better world for us and he can do it‚ I will accept it. In Europe where my work is having much luck‚ various groups have put a claim on me‚ revolutionaries‚ anarchists‚ so forth‚ because I have written of the common man of the streets‚ but in interviews over there
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Charles Babbage Khalil Lloyd BSA 305-01 Nov. 29‚ 2014 Abstract Charles Babbage is known as the patron saint of operations research and management science. Babbage’s scientific inventions included a mechanical calculator‚ a versatile computer‚ and a punch-card machine. His projects never became a commercial reality; however‚ Babbage is considered the originator of the concepts behind the present day computer. Charles Babbage Influence on Management Charles Babbage
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The writer Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach‚ Germany in 1920. His family moved to Los Angeles when Bukowski was three years old. Charles Bukowski Senior was a bullying parent who used to violently punish the young Bukowski for trivial mistakes. Bukowski published his first story at the age of 24 and began publishing for profit in his 50’s. Charles Bukowski lived a life which some would describe as seedy. For two years of his life‚ he roamed around America working at manual jobs. Most of the
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Charles Darwin Have you ever heard that we evolved from monkeys? I have. It is called the theory of evolution. The scientist behind this theory is Charles Darwin. Darwin is the first of many evolutionary biologists‚ and this is his story. Charles Darwin was born on February 12‚ 1809 in Shrewsbury‚ Shropshire‚ England. Charles’ father‚ who was a doctor‚ wanted him to be a doctor. Charles’ mother‚ Susannah‚ died when Charles was 8. Shortly after the death of his mother‚ Darwin was sent away to
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Charles Lindbergh and the Transatlantic Flight "The transatlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh in May 1927 was acclaimed around the world as a heroic feat of the era‚ a symbolic victory over nature and space by human ingenuity and technological progress." (Charles Lindbergh: An American Aviator). Lindbergh is considered a very accomplished man‚ his greatest achievement being the transatlantic flight. When the "Spirit of St. Louis" departed from New York on May 20‚ 1927‚ Charles Lindbergh was
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