Sam Walton: A Biography America ’s richest man‚ Sam Walton‚ was not always rich. Growing up during the depression‚ he struggled to help his family then‚ not knowing he would one day own a multi-billion dollar business‚ and then struggle to help the poorest of America becoming one of the top philanthropists in the United States. Also seen as a great leader‚ not everyone agrees on the "greatness" of the man who laid the foundation of some of the most significant management concepts used today in
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Michael Jordan Michael Jordan is an American Professional Basketball Player . I picked Michael for my biography because I consider him to be the best basketball player in the NBA . Michael is recognized for his spectacular ball handling skills and for his outrageous dunks . He is also the leading scorer in the NBA ‚ and a winner of three NBA most valuable player award in 1988‚1991‚ and 1992 . Jordan was born in Brooklyn ‚ New York ‚ and
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Biography of Apolinario Mabini This biography on Apolinario Mabini was written and published in English in 1922. Apolinario Mabini was undoubtedly the most profound thinker and political philosopher that the Pilipino race ever produced. Some day‚ when his works are fully published‚ but not until then‚ Mabini will come into his own. A great name awaits him‚ not only in the Philippines‚ for he is already appreciated there‚ but in every land where the cause of liberty and human freedom is revered.
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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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Capote was a well-known American author who was known for his “attitude” in his short stories. His dark psychological themes in his early fiction caused him to be characterized as one of the best Southern Gothic writers in American literature (World Biography). Most of Capote’s works were written in his earlier years and focused on his dark childhood‚ however some were humorous. Capote was born in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ on September 30‚ 1924. He was the son of Archulus Persons and Lillie Mae Persons
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