BIOGRAPHY OF O. HENRY O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. O. Henry’s real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born in Greensboro‚ North Carolina on September 11‚ 1862. At age of 20 (1882) he moved to Texas‚ where he had various jobs. He married Athol Estes in 1887; they had a son and a daughter. His wife died from tuberculosis in 1897. In 1894 while working for First National Bank in Austin‚ Porter was accused of stealing $4000. He went to prison in Columbus
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Henry Ford Henry Ford was one of America’s greatest businesspersons‚ the founder of Ford Motor Company and the man largely responsible for mass production in the American economy. This achievement led Ford to becoming a rich and famous man. Ever since Ford was a child‚ he had a dream to become an engineer and to manufacture cars. He began to pursue his dream when he introduced the Assembly line‚ by breaking down production into simple tasks. He lowered the skill level needed to work in a factory
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Henry Heimlich is an American Thoracic Surgeon‚ and is also known for creating the “Heimlich Maneuver”. Heimlich was a very smart intelligent man. He has thought of ways to save lives today that no one else would have thought of. Dr. Heimlich invented the chest drain valve‚ gastric tube operation and much more. Thankfully for this man today doctors have saved thousands of lives. Heimlich was born on February 1920 (age 95)‚ Wilmington‚ Delaware. (Henry Heimlich). Before fame he graduated from Cornell
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Henry VII of England The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. [George Bernard Shaw] Innovation is the process of creating something new. Innovation is impossible without passion. Innovators ultimately see the world differently. Innovators end up becoming obsessed with taking the world from as it is to as it should be. Many innovators in the for-profit sector focus
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Henry David Thoreau "Simplify! was Thoreau ’s motto" in his life (Stanley 20). He showed people how to live simple life by living a simple life in Walden. Due to Thoreau ’s efforts and works on nature people considers a nature an important part in their lives‚ as a result nature became one of the top topics in 21st century. Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12‚ 1817‚ in Concord‚ Massachusetts (Meltzer 11). His parents were John Thoreau and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau (12). Henry had three siblings
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However‚ there has been only one crime that sets history as “the crime of the century.” The crime was committed by Henry Thaw‚ an obsessed and insane man with affection over the actress Evelyn Nesbit. Evelyn revolved around the love triangle of Henry Thaw‚ and Stanford white‚ a well known architect. However‚ the Triangle gets weird when Evelyn was sixteen‚ Stanford White was fifty-two‚ and Henry Thaw was thirty-five. This story is filled with love‚ murder‚ revenge‚ and sex. Evelyn Nesbit was born on Christmas
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Sir Henry Morgan Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh privateer‚ pirate‚ and admiral of the English Royal Navy. He made a name for himself during the activities in the Caribbean. Primarily‚ he earned a reputation as one of the most notorious and successful privateers in history. He also became known as one of the most ruthless among those active along the Spanish Main. Henry morgan was the eldest son of Robert Morgan‚ a farmer living in Rhymney‚ situated on the Rhymney River‚ in south-east Wales‚ within
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In Henry IV Part II William Shakespeare uses diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery to convey King Henry’s state of mind. The King starts his soliloquy questioning why he cannot sleep when the peasants can. He continues by addressing sleep though apostrophe. King Henry questions as to “...how have I frighted thee” (3). Shakespeare uses diction to emphasize how desperate the King is to sleep‚ and how respectful he is to sleep. Henry politely calls sleep “gentle” (2) and “Nature’s soft nurse” (3). Even though
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green apple and other times like apples and oranges. In this case we are comparing Henry V‚ this great king who is honorable‚ noble‚ and a great leader and a young to some despicable peasant girl who thinks she can tell people what to do because she is a prophet from God. These two characters although have the same goals‚ be a leader and prove yourself to your people‚ could not be further opposites. In the plays Henry V and Saint Joan the difference in class is apparent with him being noble and her
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Shakespeare wrote The First Part of Henry the IV to adhere to an audience that would be familiar with the history and with the characters introduced throughout the play‚ because it was still considered recent history; however‚ he altered the storyline to gear the play in a more tragic direction rather than writing the historical events as they truly happened. Similar to all of his plays‚ this play had been published multiple times by several different publishers‚ which caused some discrepancies between
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