Biography of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in 1564‚ supposedly on 22 or 23 April‚ in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father‚ John‚ who was a prosperous glover there‚ preparing and selling soft leather‚ became alderman and later high bailiff. Shakespeare was educated at Stratford Grammar School. When he was eighteen‚ he married Anne Hathaway - eight years older than he and already‚ she was pregnant. Six months later their daughter Susanna was born. They had twins‚ a boy Hamnet and
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In Michael Jordan’s biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website‚ they state that‚”By acclamation‚ Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.”. He was one of the best‚ winning countless awards‚ breaking many records‚ and making product endorsements. He is also the majority owner and head of the basketball operations for the NBA Charlotte Bobcats. Michael Jordan is famous because he is one of the best basketball players of the 20th century. Michael Jordan was
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Georgia O’Keeffe Biography Praised by many people around the world‚ Georgia O’Keeffe is considered to be one of the greatest American artists of the twentieth century‚ a time in which American Modernism became prominent. Finding splendor in nature‚ O’Keeffe painted things the way she saw them and did not let others’ opinions change her perspective. O’Keefe was passionate about art at a young age and successfully pursued her dream as an abstraction naturalist artist for over seven decades. Her incredible
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football is quite another. This study will explore the relationship between statistics and performances of football players. It will compare and analyze the overall Club and National performances of Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona\Argentina) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United\Portugal) from 2004-2011. Further an attempt is made to predict their future progression in terms of goals scored and who will emerge as the better player in the near future. First of all‚ how do we measure any performance? Most
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Biography of Ogden Nash Fredric Ogden Nash was an American humorist who lived from 1902 to 1971. He was born in 1902 in Rye‚ New York‚ where he grew up with well educated parents. Microsoft Encarta 95 said that his parents names were Edmund Strudwick Nash and Mattie Nash. During his childhood years‚ Nash was educated at several private schools. At these schools‚ he enjoyed writing his own comical and dramatic free verse poems. After graduating out of grammar school‚ Nash moved on to one of
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Bibliography: "August Wilson." Gale Group. Thomson Gale. 23 Feb. 2005 "Literature Online Chapter 43 -- Biography." Student Resources. 2001. Pearson Education. 23 Feb. 2005 < http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/kennedycompact_awl/chapter43/objectives/deluxe-content.html >. Rawson‚ Chris. "August Wilson - a timeline." Pittsburg Post-Gazette 5
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Art Buchwald is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist/humorist‚ and is born on October 25‚ 1925 in Mt. Vernon‚ New York‚ to a Jewish family. His father‚ Joseph Buchwald‚ was a curtain manufacturer and his mother‚ Helen Buchwald‚ has a mental illness and spent 35 years of her life in a mental institution‚ rarely seeing her son. Art and his three sisters‚ Alice‚ Edith‚ and Doris‚ all grew up in foster homes. At the age of seventeen‚ he dropped out of high school (Forest Hills High School‚ Queens‚ NY)
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Nikki Giovanni Biography Nikki Giovanni is one of the best known mixed poets who has reached prominence in the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Nikki has wrote many poems and books 1970-early 2004‚ most of what she writes is with passion‚inspiration and with lots of feeling. Giovanni’s poetry express strong racial pride and respect for family‚ giovanni has written Creation‚ Love Poems‚ The Collected Poems Of Nikki Giovanni and The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. She was born in Knoxville‚Tennessee in
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According to the biography (Gioia‚ N.D.)‚ Ted Gioia - a man of many hats - grew up in Hawthorne‚ California and graduated from Hawthorne High School. Gioia focused his studies at Stanford and Oxford University‚ with degrees in English‚ philosophy‚ politics‚ and economics. Dabbling in the business world as a consultant‚ Gioia proved himself the jack-of-all-trades as he also made himself prominent in the music realm as an author and musician. Gioia has written many books‚ including History of Jazz
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MARIA MONTESSORI BIOGRAPHY Maria Montessori was born on August 31‚ 1870‚ in Chiaravalle‚ Italy. In 1907 she was placed in charge of the Casa dei Bambini school. By 1925‚ more than 1‚000 Montessori schools had opened in the United States. By 1940 the Montessori movement had faded‚ but it was revived in the 1960s. During World War II‚ Montessori developed Education for Peace in India‚ and earned two Nobel Peace Prize nominations. She died May 6‚ 1952‚ in Noordwijk aan Zee‚ Netherlands. Early Life
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