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    John Steinbeck

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    John Steinbeck 	 John Steinbeck was a famous American author who wrote from the 1920 to the 1940. Steinbeck was constantly moving across the country trying to succeed as a writer. John Steinbeck lived a life of constant up and downs‚ successes and failures before he landed on his feet and became a famous author. 	John Steinbeck was born in Salinas‚ California on February 27‚ 1902. He was the only son and the third child of John Ernst Steinbeck and Olive Hamilton. Steinbeck’s father

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    John Hancock

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    country. This man‚ John Hancock‚ is one of those extraordinary men that stand out.John’s life began on January 16‚ 1736 in Braintree‚ Massachuchetts.John was the middle child of three. He was the son of (Rev.) John Hancock‚ born on June 1‚ 1702 in Lexington‚ Massachuchetts and son of Mary Hawke‚ born on October 13‚ 1711 in Hingham‚ Massachuchetts. Mary was once married before she married John Hancock Sr. Her previous marriage ended in her former husband’s death.(Rev.) John Hancock was well-liked

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    John The Baptist

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    Baptism God sent John the Baptist to prepare "the way of the Lord" by preaching repentance and baptism. John baptized his converts by immersion in water. The very meaning of the word baptize means to immerse.# When a person is baptized they will go completely down in the water. Jesus was God manifested in flesh. Therefore‚ He was perfect and sinless and yet‚ even the Lord and Saviour Himself was baptized by John the Baptist. "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

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    John Locke

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    10/27/11 Global II John Locke- 1. John Locke was one of the greatest philosophers in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century. Locke grew up and lived through one of the most extraordinary centuries of English political and intellectual history. The collapse of the Protectorate after the death of Cromwell was followed by the Restoration of Charles II — the return of the monarchy‚ the House of Lords and the Anglican Church. 2. Born 1632‚ died 1704. Locke’s chief work while living at Lord Ashley’s

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    John Updike

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    "But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse‚ the poet walks gagged through his own biography." John Updike‚ for one of the most famous and creative poets in the world‚ has had a very normal life. His biography and life story as a person is not all too interesting besides the fact that it expresses his utter genius and complete intelligence in almost everything he has ever done and his determination to succeed in the tasks he sets before himself. For the man who

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    John Steinbeck

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    John Steinbeck John Steinbeck is a well-known American author that was born in Salinas‚ California in 1902. His writings in still appeal to all ages today‚ and continue to influence many. Throughout his life wrote‚ he stories and novels and even helped produce films. Influenced by the farm community of Salinas‚ California‚ as well as historical and personal events of his life‚ John Steinbeck‚ dipole many years of struggle as a write‚ stands one of the most successful American authors of all times

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    John Cage

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    John Milton Cage Jr was born on September 5‚ 1912 to John Milton Cage and Lucretia ("Crete") Harvey in Las Angeles‚ California. Neither of John’s parents went to college (Inamori Foundation ‚ 1990). However‚ his father was an inventor and his mother was the founder of the Lincoln Study Club and later became the editor of the Woman’s Club for the Los Angeles Times. John describes his mom as a “sense of society.” John went to Pamona College for two years when he realized that college was not for

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    John Mayer

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    After a short-lived stint at the Berklee College of Music‚ where he had a "great learning experience‚ but not because of class‚" John Mayer set down roots in Atlanta‚ where his music career hit the ground running. After one year in Atlanta‚ he released his debut solo album‚ Inside Wants Out‚ in 1999. At the same time‚ he became a regular in the Atlanta club circuit‚ playing a steady stream of shows at venues like Eddie’s Attic. An appearance in March 2000 at the South by Southwest Music Festival

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    John Rofle

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    John Rolfe Not much is known about Rolfe’s early life except that he was born around 1585 and was probably the son of a small landholder in Norfolk. In June 1609‚ Rolfe and his wife sailed for North America aboard the Sea Venture‚ as part of a new charter organized by the Virginia Company. The ship was caught in a hurricane in the Caribbean and wrecked on one of the Bermuda islands. The group finally arrived in Virginia‚ near the Jamestown settlement‚ in May 1610‚ and Rolfe’s wife died soon

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    John Locke

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    S.D. John Locke John Locke was one of the most important and influential philosophers ever in history‚ which he expressed through writing. John Locke was born on August 29‚ 1632 to John Locke and Agnes Keene‚ in a cottage by the church in Wrington‚ in the English county of Somerset. Immediately after he was born he was baptized. Both of his parents were Puritans and he was raised that way. His father was a country lawyer and a military man‚ in which he was a captain during the English Civil

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