Susan Hill Biography Novelist‚ children ’s writer and playwright Susan (Elizabeth) Hill was born in Scarborough‚ England‚ on 5 February 1942. She was educated at Scarborough Convent School and at grammar school in Coventry‚ before reading English at King ’s College‚ London‚ graduating in 1963 and becoming a Fellow in 1978. Her first novel‚ The Enclosure‚ was published in 1961 when she was still a student. She worked as a freelance journalist between 1963 and 1968‚ publishing her third novel‚
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Christine Jorgensen Biography Christine Jorgensen (May 30‚ 1926 – May 3‚ 1989) was the first widely known person to have sex reassignment surgery - in this case‚ male to female. She was born George William Jorgensen‚ Jr.‚ the second child of George William Jorgensen Sr.‚ a carpenter and contractor‚ and his wife‚ the former Florence Davis Hansen. She grew up in the Bronx and later described herself as having been a "frail‚ tow-headed‚ introverted little boy who ran from fistfights and rough-and-tumble
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Mendoza‚ Alianne Gayle L. BSA 1-13 BIOGRAPHY OF THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (Term: January 23‚1899-April 1‚ 1901) Emilio Aguinaldo was born on March 23‚ 1869 in Cavite Viejo (Kawit) to Carlos Aguinaldo and Trinidad Famy‚ a Chinese mestizo couple who had eight children‚ the seventh of whom was Emilio. The Aguinaldo family was quite well-to-do‚ as Carlos Aguinaldo was the communities appointed gobernadorcillo. Emilio became the Cabeza de Barangay of Binakayan‚ a
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50 Cent (born Curtis James Jackson on July 6‚ 1975[1] in Queens‚ New York) is a popular African-American rapper‚ also known as Fitty or Fifty‚ who rose to fame following the success of his 2003 debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin’. Biography Once almost unknown outside his hometown of Southside Jamaica‚ Queens‚ 50 Cent is currently one of the most well-known and commercially successful rappers of the decade. Because the success of an artist in gangsta rap often depends on street credibility and
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The southern pine beetle has four life stages; eggs‚ larva‚ pupa and adult. These stages are important in the infestation process of the SPB. Also the infestation process of the SPB consists out of four stages; colonization‚ re-emergence‚ brood survival‚ and emergence. In figure ?? an overview of the process‚ described below‚ is to be found. Thatcher‚ 1981 Colonization the process of colonization involves location of a suitable host tree‚ identification of the tree‚ aggregation of enough
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JORDAN BELFORT Biography / Background Nicknamed "the Wolf of Wall Street‚" Jordan Belfort made millions in the 1990s through his investment company‚ Stratton Oakmont. His memoir is the basis for the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street‚ starring Leonardo Dicapro. Born in Queens‚ New York‚ on July 9‚ 1962‚ Jordan Belfort had a natural talent as a salesman at an early age‚ operating a meat and seafood business in the 1980s. After that company went bust‚ Belfort began selling stocks in
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BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN KEATS Born in London‚ England‚ on October 31‚ 1795‚ John Keats devoted his short life to the perfection of poetry marked by vivid imagery‚ great sensuous appeal and an attempt to express a philosophy through classical legend. In 1818 he went on a walking tour in the Lake District. His exposure and overexertion on that trip brought on the first symptoms of the tuberculosis‚ which ended his life. Quotes "If Poetry comes not as naturally as Leaves to a tree it had better not
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Book review of “For the love of India” (A biography of Jamsetji Tata ‚ written by R.M.Lala) Jamsetji Tata‚ the founder of Tata sons‚ was a pioneer of Indian Industry. He is credited with giving Indian Industry a new direction by creating a vision for first steel plant & hydroelectric plant. Prior to that‚ Business community in India was basically a trading community‚ with only major exports in cotton‚ jute & tea. He was the one who changed India’s industrial & economic character. He fulfilled
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Charles Dickens Biography Charles Dickens was one of the most influential and greatest novelists/writers ever born during the Victorian era. He was born on 7 February 1812 in Land port (Portsea)‚ Hampshire to John Dickens who was a clerk in the Navy Pay Office and Charles’s his mother’s name was Elizabeth. Charles was second of the eight children in the Dickens family. Charles’s family moved to London In 1814‚ when he was just two years and. Further after two years in 1816‚ the Dickens family
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From the mid-’80s to the mid-’90s‚ Canadian singer/songwriter and guitarist Bryan Adams was one of the most successful recording artists in popular music worldwide. Usually dressed in blue jeans‚ sneakers‚ and white T-shirts‚ the energetic performer stalked stages around the globe‚ electric guitar in hand‚ singing his own up-tempo pop/rock songs and ballads before audiences numbering in the tens of thousands. He released a series of multi-platinum albums containing chart-topping singles featured
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