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    example of Ben. All of this would be done by 7 a.m. I personally wouldn’t be able to function. I’m not a morning compared to Benjamin. After his morning breakfast‚ Ben would head to work for his brother at the Printing-Shop. (Benjamin Franklin Biography) It was a job he enjoyed doing. He met with English Grammar who comes to the business for business to improve his language. (page 477 the Norton) There was many reason why he wanted to improve on his language. Ben knew it’ll help with his writing

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    Biography of Durkheim and his contribution to criminological thought- (1000 words‚ 30%) David Emile Durkheim‚ who was a French Sociologist‚ was born on April 15th in Epinal‚ France‚ 1858. He is arguably the most influential figure in western sociology and also immensely significant in criminology. He lived until the age of 59 when he suffered a stroke after he had recovered for a sufficient amount of time he then continued with his work however he eventually died‚ in Paris‚ on November 15th

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    Biography of Allan Pinkerton Darron Becker CJS/250 May 29‚ 2011 Varrick Douglas Biography of Allan Pinkerton   Allan Pinkerton’s law enforcement career started at an early age. He was offered a part-time position as a deputy sheriff‚ and he accepted‚ though he still kept his job as a cooper full-time. When he was deputy sheriff‚ he earned the reputation as being a tough‚ smart‚ and honest man. Pinkerton had always opposed to slavery. He had felt compelled to take action‚ so he helped runaway

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    Biography of Charles Dickens There is something about Charles Dickens’ imaginative power that defies explanation in purely biographical terms. Nevertheless‚ his biography shows the source of that power and is the best place to begin to define it. The second child of John and Elizabeth Dickens‚ Charles was born on February 7‚ 1812‚ near Portsmouth on England’s south coast. At that time John Dickens was stationed in Portsmouth as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The family was of lower-middle-class

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    I. Biography of the Author Anton Chekhov: The Russian author Anton Chekhov is among the major short-story writers and dramatists in history. He wrote seventeen plays and almost six hundred stories. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in Taganrog in South Russia on the Azov Sea on January 17‚ 1860. He was the third of six children of Pavel Egorovich Chekhov‚ a grocery store owner. Chekhov ’s grandfather was a serf (a peasant who lives and works on land owned by another) who bought his family ’s

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    No | Content | Page | 1. | Biography of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim 1.1 Biography of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim 1.2 Early years 1.3 Financial crisis 1.4 Allegations 1.5 Trial and conviction 1.6 Release from prison 1.7 Political future 1.8 Current developments | 1 | 2. | References | 16 | 1. Biography of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim Dato ’ Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim (born August 10‚ 1947) is a former deputy prime minister and finance minister of Malaysia. Early in

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    Biography of Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney was born on March 20th‚ 1939 in the small town of Baie Comeau‚ Quebec. Mulroney was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada. He was in office from September 17th‚ 1984‚ to June 25th‚ 1993 and was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. Before going into politics Brian Mulroney attended university and received a Bachelor of Arts at St. Francis Xavier University and a Bachelor of Civil Law at Laval University. After

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    BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID EMILE DURKIEM Emile was born on 15th April 1858 at a place called Epinal in France. He came from a devoted French Jewish family. His father and grandparents had been Rabbi. Rabbi means Jewish teacher of law (Torah). He began his school at rabbinical school. He didn’t want to follow his father’s footsteps. He entered Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) in 1879 in a third attempt. Only those who were intelligent were being selected to this School. Thus Emile was brilliant. It

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    Charles Dickens Biography Charles Dickens was one of the most popular writers of all time. Dickens was very observant of life‚ and had a great understanding of humanity. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in Portsmouth‚ England‚ on February 7‚ 1812. When he was two years old he and his family moved to London. Dickens father‚ John Dickens‚ was a poor clerk who worked for the navy‚ and he also spent time in prison for debt. When John was not in prison he lacked the money to adequately support

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    Siddhartha Gautama Biography Siddhartha Gautama‚ Gautama Buddha‚ Shakyamuni or formally known as Buddha is a famous for his teachings of Buddhism from 563- 483 BCE. It is believed that Buddha was born in present day Nepal. He was born into a royal family‚ his father being Suddhodana‚ an elected chief of the shakya clan‚ and his mother being Queen Maha Maya‚ and‚ was a Koliyan princess. There is a rumor that goes along with Siddhartha’s conceiving. On the said night his mother dreamt that a white

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