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    John Knox

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    John Knox Early life Many of the details of Knox ’s early life are unclear. His place of birth is not known for certain‚ though Giffordgate‚ a suburb of the burgh of Haddington‚ East Lothian (16 miles/26 km east of Edinburgh)‚ is the generally accepted location. He may have been born in either 1513 or 1514‚ though some sources favour 1505. His father‚ William Knox of Haddingtonshire‚ had fought at the Battle of Flodden; his mother ’s maiden name was Sinclair. The young Knox received his education

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    John Constable

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    Constable‚ John - 1776–1837‚ English painter‚ b. Suffolk. Constable and Turner were the leading figures in English landscape painting of the 19th cent. Constable became famous for his landscapes of Suffolk‚ Hampstead‚ Salisbury‚ and Brighton. The son of a prosperous miller‚ he showed artistic talent while very young but did not devote himself to art until he was 23‚ when he went to London to study at the Royal Academy. Influenced by the 17th-century landscape painters Ruisdael and Claude Lorrain

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    John Milton

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    John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) also known as ‘The Renaissance poet’ was born in London on December 9‚ 1608‚ as a son of the composer John Milton and his wife Sarah Jeffrey into a middle-class family.  The senior John Milton moved to London around 1583 after being disinherited by his devout Catholic father‚ Richard Milton‚ for embracing Protestantism. In London‚ the senior John Milton married Sarah Jeffrey‚ the poet ’s mother‚ and found lasting financial success as a scrivener. Milton

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    John Steinbeck

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    2. In this quote‚ the author who quoted someone else is accusing Steinbeck of being unpatriotic. “-who threatened the national interest through the socialist themes of his novels‚” shows how the person that said that is trying to make it seem like John Steinbeck is brainwashing his readers to lose the patriotism and coincide with socialist beliefs through his books. The person who said this seems like they are so patriotic that they don’t want other people questioning the capitalism of the U.S. The

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    Annie John

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    Dreams play a major role in deciphering subconscious psychological issues‚ such as fears‚ desires‚ and anxieties in Annie John. Dreams "have been interpreted as expressions of infantile desires or considered elaborations of the problems of waking hours". In Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John‚ Annie’s dreams become a significant element in the way she views herself and the world around her. Annie comments about her dreams: "I had been taught by my mother to take my dreams seriously. My dreams were not unreal

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    john milton

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    cayla ***** December 2‚ 2013 John Milton essay John Milton (1608 - 1674) was an English Poet with controversial opinions. He became blind in 1651‚ which in no way affected his writings and in his sonnet‚ "When I consider how my light is spent"‚ and “How Soon Hath Time”‚ the poet refers to his blindness and the use of time. From the death of his infant son‚ to the death of his wife‚ down to Milton becoming blind‚ surprisingly‚ he had yet to let these obstacles stop him from being the amazing

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    John Ogunrinu Professor Peters. Poli 116 Midterm 2: Fog of War essay. What does the "Fog of War" tell us about the role of the individual in foreign policy decision-making? Write an essay of about 1‚200 words that synthesizes 5 of Robert McNamara’s lessons with material in the course text. The movie Fog of War is a documentary film directed by Errol Morris about former secretary of defense‚ Robert McNamara.   First‚ this term fog of war means that it is unclear what one should do in certain circumstances

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    John Bowley

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    Shamair Nesbitt November 14‚ 2013 Mrs. Rigney Intro to Psychology- TR 1:30- 2:45 John Bowlby Edward John Moston Bowlby was born February 26‚ 1907. He was a british psychologist‚ psychiatrist‚ and psychoanalyst‚ notable for his interest in child development with the attachment theory. Bowlby was born in London to an upper middle class family. He was the fourth of six children and was raised by a nanny. His father Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby was a surgeon to the King’s Household. Bowlby only

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    John Muir

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    Muir in my eyes remains a hero to the wilderness and the natural world. He sought to preserve the Yosemite national park. Through this he tried to bring awareness and knowledge to the common people with the hopes that they would learn and come to appreciate nature in the ways he did. He desired for people to experience the love he had for the wilderness. The excitement he got from the simplest things nature brought him was indescribable. From childhood where he was brought up in Scotland‚ he

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    John Keats

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    John Keats lived only twenty-five years and four months (1795-1821)‚ yet his poetic achievement is extraordinary. His writing career lasted a little more than five years (1814-1820)‚ and three of his great odes--"Ode to a Nightingale‚" "Ode on a Grecian Urn‚" and "Ode on Melancholy"--were written in one month. Most of his major poems were written between his twenty-third and twenty-fourth years‚ and all his poems were written by his twenty-fifth year. In this brief period‚ he produced poems that

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