Biography Profile: Voltaire François-Marie Arouet‚ better known by the name of Voltaire‚ was a French Enlightenment writer who believed that everyone had the freedom of speech‚ religion‚ and expression. Voltaire’s accomplishments were include writings‚ especially Oedipus‚ a very famous play he wrote. He also fought for everything he believed in‚ no matter how many times he was arrested‚ and exiled. Voltaire had two older siblings‚ and his mother died when he was seven. His father wanted him to
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According to the biography (Gioia‚ N.D.)‚ Ted Gioia - a man of many hats - grew up in Hawthorne‚ California and graduated from Hawthorne High School. Gioia focused his studies at Stanford and Oxford University‚ with degrees in English‚ philosophy‚ politics‚ and economics. Dabbling in the business world as a consultant‚ Gioia proved himself the jack-of-all-trades as he also made himself prominent in the music realm as an author and musician. Gioia has written many books‚ including History of Jazz
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59 year old‚ American male‚ who grew up in a tough Miami Florida neighborhood with his brother‚ Joey. He was raised Roman Catholic and still practices his faith (Biography for Mickey Rourke‚ 2012). Rourke is an actor‚ screenwriter‚ and retired boxer who primarily appears as a leading man in action‚ drama‚ and thriller films (Biography for Mickey Rourke‚ 2012). Mickey has received severe facial injuries‚ and more than one concussion‚ during his boxing career. He is extroverted and scales high in
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treated her different because just because she was black and everyone stared at her because she was different and that didn’t help with how she already felt about herself‚ it just made her insecure. Maya Angelou is an author‚ poet‚ actress‚ dancer and a singer. Maya was a born leader with lots of determination. She didn’t allow anyone or anything to stand in her way of accomplishing her goals. She also becomes very irritated when things don’t go her way. I chose Maya Angelou because she is a very unique
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Social Theorist Karl Marx The social theorist I chose to do my paper on is Karl Marx. Marx was born in Trier‚ Rhenish Prussia‚ on May 5‚ 1818. Marx was the son of Heinrich Marx‚ a lawyer‚ and Henriette Marx. Heinrich and Henriette Marx were descendants from a long line of Jewish rabbis. His father was banned from practicing law because he was a Jew. Marx’s father converted his family to Lutheranism. Marx attended a Lutheran elementary school and later became an atheist and materialist‚ rejecting
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Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ where his father was pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. He attended public schools (skipping the ninth and twelfth grades) and entered Morehouse College in Atlanta. He was ordained as a Baptist minister just before his graduation in 1948. He then enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and after earning a divinity degree there‚ attended graduate school at Boston University‚ where he earned a Ph.D. in theology in
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Ninety-Nine The National Hockey League has hosted the finest athletes in which the game of hockey has ever offered. Throughout over a century of history one person has had more of an impact on this league and this game. This man is Wayne Gretzky. Nicknamed "the great one"‚ no player has done more positive for the game of hockey than him. Gretzky holds more records in the NHL than any other player in history‚ which shows his skill. He also holds records for attendance and fan support
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Biography: Mary Rowlandson was born circa 1637-1638 in England. With her parents John and Joan White‚ she sailed for Salem in 1639. Joseph Rowlandson became a minister in 1654 and two years later he and Mary were married. They had a child‚ Mary‚ who lived for three years; their other children were Joseph‚ b. 1661; Mary‚ b. 1665; Sarah‚ b. 1669. At the time of their capture‚ the children were 14‚ 10‚ and 6. In 1675 Joseph Rowlandson. went to Boston to beg for help from the Massachusetts General
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Alessandro Volta Biography Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Volta was an Italian scientist that is known for inventing the first battery. Volta was born into a noble family in Como‚ Italy on February 18‚ 1785. When Volta was twenty-nine years old he became a physics professor at the ‘Royal School’ in Como‚ Italy. He studied chemistry gases in the years of 1776 through 1778. By 1778‚ Volta managed to make an electrical spark using methane‚ which he discovered in 1776 by collecting the gas from
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What was Shakespeare Biography? Who was William Shakespeare? Where was he born? Where did he go to school? How did William Shakespeare live his life from the beginning to the ending? William Shakespeare’s life became a great mystery with lack of evidence to support any findings. His schooling‚ his family and parents will be revealed in my paper. Who were William Shakespeare’s parents? The parents of Mr. Shakespeare were John Shakespeare and Mary Arden Shakespeare. Mary Arden married William
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