cousins Abigail and John Adams had known each other for a while. When John accompanied a friend to the Smith household‚ he was immediately enticed by Abigail‚ a young woman of great intellect. She was 19 while John was just shy of 29 when they were married by her father. As a country lawyer with poor manners‚ John was not favored by Abigail’s mother‚ but she eventually warmed up to the prospect of their marriage. In their early married life they lived in a small cottage John inherited from his father
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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 Towner Williams born February 8 1932 is an American composer‚ pianist and conductor. Born to Jazz percussionist Johnny Williams‚ who also played with Raymond Scott Quintet‚ John Williams was exposed to music from a very early age. Having moved to Los Angeles in the late 1940s‚ he attended the University of Los Angeles and went on to study privately with Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Williams also spent a number of years conducting and arranging music for the US Air force band
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BIOGRAPHY OF EUGENE O’ NEILL Eugene Gladstone O’Neill was born in a New York City hotel room on 16th October‚ 1888‚he son of famous actor James O’Neill and Ella O’Neill‚ spent the first seven years of his life touring with his father’s theater company. These years introduced O’Neill to the world of theater and the difficulties of maintaining artistic integrity. His father‚ once a well-known Shakespearean‚ had taken a role in a lesser play for its sizable salary. Family life was unstable. O ’Neill
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Dec 24‚ 2012 Philo 300A Postmodernism Michel Foucault (1926– 1984)‚ A Biography & Examination of His Theories “Anyway‚ my personal life is not at all interesting. If somebody thinks that my work cannot be understood without reference to such and such a part of my life‚ I accept to consider the question. I am ready to answer if I agree. As far as my personal life is uninteresting‚ it is not worthwhile making a secret of it. By the same token‚ it may not be worthwhile publicizing
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Brilliant‚ hidden‚ and mathematician are three words that describe Katherine Johnson. Many people believe that Katherine Johnson was just a smart woman at NASA‚ but she was so much more. As a well known mathematician for NASA‚ Katherine Johnson showed Americans that African American women are just as useful as white women. She left a lasting legacy as an extremely intelligent hidden figure. Katherine Johnson’s childhood was one of many contributing factors that helped her get to where she is
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known then‚ was sold at an auction with a flock of sheep for $100. Her new owner was named John Neely‚ who was harsh and abusive
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Ty Cobb "Baseball‚" Ty Cobb liked to say‚ "is something like a war...Baseball is a red- blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s not pink tea‚ and mollycoddles had better stay out of it. It’s...a struggle for supremacy‚ a survival of the fittest" (Ward and Burns 64). Although Ty Cobb was possibly the greatest player in baseball history‚ many people would consider him its worst person. Tyrus Raymond Cobb was born December 18‚ 1886 in The Narrows‚ Georgia. His parents named him after the ancient
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published his first novel‚ Thy Neighbour’s Wife‚ thought to be one of his best. In 1935‚ his novel The Informer (for which he had been awarded the 1925 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction) was made into a film by the well-known director John Ford‚ a cousin of O’Flaherty. Over the next couple of years he published other novels and short stories‚ while struggling with mental illness and breakdowns. He died in Dublin in 1984‚ aged
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CAROLE KRUMMENACHER’S BIOGRAPHY Background Carole Krummenacher was born on 27 March 1955 in New York City‚ New York‚ the United States of America. Her parents are of English‚ German and Irish descent. Carole Krummenacher is also known as Carole Randall Krummenacher. She is now 61 years old. Carole Krummenacher was born in the zodiac sign of Aries. She showed particular Arian characteristics since her childhood. She was an energetic and playful child‚ and also very dominant‚ like any Arian. The highlight
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