Her father was a ceramicist and the Dean of the School of Fine Art. Her mother was a poet and a literature professor at Ohio University. Lin says that she was in her father’s studio “making art as long as she can remember.” (Falconer “Maya Lin Biography‚ Art‚ and Analysis of Works”). When Lin started Yale her major was zoology‚ but she changed it architecture‚ that was because‚ while growing up‚ she liked nature‚ the natural world‚ and science‚ so she wanted to be a veterinarian or an animal behaviorist
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airplane said something to her as it swished by (“Amelia Earhart: Biography and Facts About Disappearance”). In 1920 at an air show in Long Beach‚ California‚ she took a ten minute plane ride that changed her entire life. On January 3‚ 1921 Amelia began flying lessons with Neta Snook (“The Official Website of Amelia Earhart”). Six months after flying lessons‚ Earhart bought her first plane‚ she called it “The Canary” (“Amelia Earhart: Biography and Facts About Disappearance”). October 1922‚ she achieved
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Anastasia Valeryevna Liukin‚ better know as Nastia Liukin‚ was born in Moscow‚ Russia SFSR‚ USSR on October 30‚ 1989 (biography). Liukin is the only child to Valery Liukin and Anna Kotchneva. She was exposed to the sport of gymnastics at the very young age of just two‚ and because of her love for the sport‚
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Bibliography: Fratz‚ Douglas. “Daniel Keyes.” Identities and Issues in Literature‚1997. Literary Reference Center. EBSCOhost. MPSJ library. Keyes‚ H. “Daniel Keyes Biography” A Brief Biography December 6‚ 2002. 10 October 2008. <http://www.danielkeyesauthor.com/dksbio.html>
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Biography of Allan Pinkerton Derek Fullmer University of Phoenix Introduction to Security CJS/250 Jenelle Velarde May 10‚ 2012 Biography of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton was born on the day of August 15‚ 1819 in Glasgow Scotland. At a young age‚ Allan Pinkerton’s father died as a police sergeant in the Glasgow Police Department. Later in life‚ Allan Pinkerton got involved in Chartism which he sought political and social reform; he also became a barrel maker. Even though Pinkerton was
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with Sitalakshmi giving instruction in Tamil and English‚ while C. S. Ayyar taught his children English and arithmetic before departing for work in the morning and upon returning in the evening. The reader is referred to the excellent biography Chandra‚ A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar (University of Chicago Press‚ 1991) by Prof. Kameshwar C. Wali for an account of this remarkable family and the course of the third child through his distinguished career in science. Chandra is the name by which
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John Napier John Napier was a well known Scottish mathematician‚ born 1550 as Scottish nobility in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh‚ Scotland. Archibald‚ his father‚ was only 16 when he was born. At the late age of 13 he took his first step into academics‚ enrolling in St. Salvator’s College‚ University of St Andrews in 1563‚ the same year of his mother’s death. He left the school without graduating‚ supposedly to continue his studies elsewhere in Europe (suspected to be Paris‚ Italy‚ or Germany)
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Running head: Biography of Allan Pinkerton Biography of Allan Pinkerton Timothy Smith CJS 250 November 22‚ 2010 Thomas J. Blank Biography of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton was the founder of one of the most top detective agencies in American. Allan Pinkerton was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland in 1819. Pinkerton was the son of a police sergeant who ended up getting injured on the job and he was not able to work which caused Pinkerton to grow up in poverty. His father ended up dying
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raised by his mother Doña Maria and his father Don Josè Ruiz Blasco. Picasso’s father was an art teacher and started teaching him how to draw as a child. "By the time he was 13 years old‚ his skill level had surpassed his fathers" ("Pablo Picasso Biography"). Attending school was a challenge for Picasso because all he wanted to do was doodle and that caused him to get in trouble. "In 1895‚ when Picasso was 14 years old‚ he moved with his family to Barcelona‚ Spain. Picasso
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Khaled Hosseini Biography Khaled Hosseini (Persian: خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni]; English: /ˈhɑːlɛd hoʊˈseɪni/;[1] born March 4‚ 1965) is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. He has lived in the United States since he was fifteen years old and is an American citizen. His 2003 debut novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ was an international bestseller‚ selling more than 12 million copies worldwide.[2] His second‚ A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ was released on May 22‚ 2007.[3] In 2008‚ the book was the bestselling
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