Alexander Hamilton‚ one of the founding fathers of America‚ was born on January 11th‚ 1757 or 1755 (the year is unknown) in Charlestown‚ Nevis‚ an island in the British West Indies. His parents were Rachel Fawcett Lavien and James Hamilton‚ a Scotsman. When Hamilton was ten years old‚ his father abandoned his family because of a debt‚ and then his mother moved the family to St. Croix. Hamilton’s mother died of a fever and left her two sons as orphans. A group of people‚ who were very impressed with
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A Basic Biography Eldest of six‚ Mr Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria was born in 1915 in Brunswick‚ a Melbourne suburb. Educated at St Ambrose’s Catholic Primary School‚ Brunswick‚ later at St Joseph’s‚ North Melbourne by the Christian Brothers and then finishing his secondary education at St Kevin’s College as dux of the school‚ where again he was educated by the Christian Brothers. One of his teachers‚ Francis Maher‚ belonged to a newly founded Roman Catholic association‚ the Campion Society followed
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Souled one”(History) Gandhi was a leading force for India to gain independence from Great Britain. Gandhi’s extensive use of passive resistance which is defined as “refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power‚ without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition” (Pletcher). Is a trademark for Indian independence. Born october 2‚ 1869 in the present day Indian state of Gujarat. He came from a successful family as his father was chief minister and his mother
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When the Renaissance comes to mind‚ who is mainly thought of? The rich‚ white‚ Christian‚ “Renaissance man‚” but in truth‚ there are many Renaissance men who weren’t white‚ Christian‚ or even men at all. The Renaissance was a time of invention‚ learning‚ and humanist thinking. Many of the contributors to the Renaissance were minorities who‚ despite being mistreated and oppressed‚ found ways to further thinking and art. Countless Jews‚ Africans‚ and women helped further the Renaissance. Many Africans
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John Watson originally was born and raised in South Carolina. Despite in believing that he was a poor student‚ Watson attended many qualified universities such as‚ Furman University and the University of Chicago. The highest level of education that he reached was obtaining a Ph.D. in psychology in the year 1903. John Watson was an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism. Watson contributed to the role of psychology with the development of behaviorist views
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Age‚ Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist in this time period. From the age of nine‚ J.S Bach was orphaned both of his parents had died and was adopted by his brother’s name Christoph who was an organ player. Christoph taught Bach’s how to construct organs from the frequent repairs that had to be made to the church organ. For the most part‚ Bach was self-taught by copying music in order to learn the musical style and to get music. Later in 1707‚ Bach was hired by a church in St.
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Arthur Holmes was a geologist and scientist who made a few major contributions to our understanding of how Earth works. Holmes passed away in 1965. Before his death he made two major contributions to science. Holmes also went to college and invented some very useful inventions that we use today. Arthur Holmes is a geologist who made two major contributions to the scientific community. Arthur Holmes entered Imperial College in London in 1907. Holmes read physics under R.J. Strutt for his first
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their attention away from their advances on Danish and Norwegian coasts. Germany managed to capture France after German forces took French troops at Dunkirk. The Soviet Union was invaded by the Germans despite the non-aggression pact and‚ although the Soviet’s army was larger‚ they didn’t have the same
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chapter’s President and the Ritual Chair. Essentially‚ when it came time to select the chapter’s new Executive Committee for the 2017 calendar year‚ the Ritual Chair was viewed as many to most likely become the next President as she had become an extremely influential and promising leader. However‚ having a say in the new positions‚ the President did everything in her power to ensure the Ritual Chair was not selected to be the next President‚ but rather saw to it she was appointed to a position
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however‚ it was incomplete. A more complete translation was made in 1665 by Wojciech Bobowski. Moreover‚ a Turkish Bible was printed for the first time in Paris in 1827‚ and this was the basis for further translation of the Bible by minority groups such as the Armenian and Greek Christians. However‚ despite already existing translations‚ many Turkish-speaking Christian minorities in the Turkish Empire could not understand them as the script was in the Arabic alphabet. Since there was no common
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