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    John Lennon

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    Lennon was born in war-time England‚ on 9 October 1940 at Liverpool Maternity Hospital to Julia and Alfred Lennon‚ a merchant seaman of Irish descent‚ who was away at the time of his son’s birth.His parents named him John Winston Lennon after his paternal grandfather‚ John "Jack" Lennon‚ and then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill.His father was often away from home but sent regular pay cheques to 9 Newcastle Road‚ Liverpool‚ where Lennon lived with his mother‚but the cheques stopped when he went absent

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    John Keats

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    B. What kind of education did this person receive? Early Life  John Keats was born on 31 October 1795 to Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats. Keats and his family seemed to have marked his birthday on 29 October‚ however baptism records give the birth date as the 31st. He was the eldest of four surviving children; George (1797–1841)‚ Thomas (1799–1818) and Frances Mary "Fanny" (1803–1889). Another son was lost in infancy. John was born in central London although there is no clear evidence of the

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    Elton John

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    Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer‚ composer and pianist. In his four-decade career‚ John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music‚ especially during the 1970s. He has sold more than 250 million albums[citation needed] and over one hundred million singles‚[3] making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive #1 U.S. albums‚ 59 Top

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    John Dewey

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    John Dewey’s Philosophy on Education Elisia Lucina Lake University of St. Martin Abstract For John Dewey‚ education and democracy are intimately connected. According to Dewey good education should have both a societal purpose and purpose for the individual student. For Dewey‚ the long-term matters‚ but so does the short-term quality of an educational experience. Dewey criticizes traditional education for lacking in holistic understanding of students and designing curricula overly focused on

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    John Fowles

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    John Fowles (1926-2005) innovative British novelist‚ author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) and other allusive‚ archetypal stories that address the collision between individual psychology and social convention. John Fowles was born in Leigh-on-Sea‚ England‚ a middle-class suburb of London. He attended the Bedford School and the University of Edinburgh‚ then studied French at New College at Oxford. After serving in the Royal Marines from 1945 to 1946‚ Fowles taught at schools in London

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    John Masefield

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    John Masefield Masefield was born in led bury‚ Herefordshire. When Masefield was only six‚ his mother died giving birth to his younger sister. He ended up living with his aunt because his father died after mental break down. Masefield was really unhappy through his high school years due to the unexpected deaths of his parents. After an emotional education at the kings school in Warwick he was a boarded between 1888 and 1891‚ he left to board the HMS Conway‚ both to train for a life at sea and to

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    John Locke

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    John Locke – The Second Treatise of Civil Government John Locke * Widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism * Was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers * His work had a great impact upon the development of epistemology and political philosophy. * Considered one of the first of the British empiricists. he is equally important to social contract theory. * Published the “Two treatises of Government” in 1689

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    John Updike’s stories “A&P” and “The Rumor” both show Updike’s style of writing. Each work in the beginning captivates the reader and stimulates the natural sense of curiosity‚ as it draws you into the story. Both widen and deepen the knowledge of human activity as well. At the end of each story you are given a sensation of completeness. This being Updike’s style of writing‚ I didn’t always find it true in both stories. As seen in the story “A&P”

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    John Deere

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    John Deere and Component Works Case Analysis Section 4 - Group 4 Members: Bhavik Kaul - FT 13418 Bindu Nandigama - FT 13419 Danish Ahmad - FT 13420 Debanjan Rudra - FT 13421 Divya Ananthram - FT 13422 Garima Narang - FT 13423 Gaurav Bhandari - FT 13424 1. What is the problem in the company and why is the business not growing? The John Deere’s Equipment Division had set up a component division called John Deere & Component Works (JDCW). The John Deere

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    John Steinbeck

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    John Steinbeck was born in February 27‚ 1902 in Salinas‚ California. Salinas was an agricultural valley in California. His father was the county treasurer and his mother was a schoolteacher. This is where his education began from a mother that encouraged him to read. The community was a comfortable environment for him to live in because of the encouragement of independence and initiative. His parents didn’t want him to be a writer. They wanted him to have a true profession as a lawyer. His early

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