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Juan Gris
Juan Gris
burbhdm@total.net
Juan Gris was born in 1887. He was a Spanish born French painter who went to the cubist school. Originally his name was Jose Vittoriano Gonzalez, he was born in Madrid and educated there. He left...
Martin Luther King, Jr
Martin Luther King, Jr
Victor Aviles
Martin Luther King, Jr. was perhaps one of the most influential person of our time. As the father of modern civil rights movement, Dr.Martin Luther king, Jr., is recognized around the wo...
The Rise And Fall Of Hitlers Reich
The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Reich
Unknown
Feeling that all was lost, Hitler shot himself on April 30, 1945. By orders formally given by him before his death, SS officers immersed Hitler's body in gasoline and burned it in...
Henry Thoreau
Henry Thoreau
Linda Lou
Born in 1817, in Concord, Henry David Thoreau became one of the greatest writers among the American Renaissance. Thoreau based his whole philosophy on the fact that man needed to get rid of material ...
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
Unknown
Abigail Adams was a unique woman because she had an education and an interest in politics. She learned how to read and write and enjoyed poems most. She was also very resourceful by helping her husband...
Leslie Twiggy Hornby
Leslie 'Twiggy' Hornby
Anonymous
"At 17 Leslie Hornby took hold of the world. At 21 she let it go, she was the original waif, a 60’s phenomenon a superstar. She was Twiggy" (Vogue). Leslie Hornby was the revolutionary woman...
Martin Luther KIng
Martin Luther KIng
james mccrary
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born at noon Tuesday, January 15, 1929, at his home in Atlanta, Georgia. He was first named Michael Luther King Jr., and later changed his name to Martin, after h...
President Andrew Jackson
President Andrew Jackson
Unknown
Like any hall of fame, its inductees are the best in whatever they do, from baseball or football to something like being President. If you are a member of any hall of fame (including the one...
Bill Gates
Bill Gates
Philip Shuman
Bill Gates, cofounder of the Microsoft corporation, holds 30.7 percent of its stock making him one of the richest people in the United States. He was the marketing and sales strategist behind many o...
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
Rob Wieromiej
Biography
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born August 26, 1910 in Skopje, in Macedonia. Her childhood was comfortable and prosperous due to her father’s success. Her father encouraged his children to...
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Anonymous
Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United states, was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaw settlement on the western frontier of South Carolina. Jackson was orphaned at the age of 14 and...
Henry II Of England
Henry II of England
Shah
I. Early life
A. Birth
B. Family
C. Education
D. Marriage
II. Reign
A. Early difficulty
B. King’s personality
C. Government policies
D. Thomas Becket
III. Death
A. Achievements
B. Sons...
Cyrano De Bergerac - Was He Happy?
Cyrano de Bergerac - Was he happy?
Childe Roland
While reading Cyrano de Bergerac, I found myself often wondering whether or not Cyrano had led a happy life. Actually, I never once wondered that, but that is irrelevant, bec...
Albert Einstein: One Of The Smartest People To Live
Albert Einstein: One of the Smartest People to Live
Susanne Murphy
One of the smartest people ever to live, Albert Einstein, changed our society's development forever with his views, theories, and developments. Einstein was...
James Hutton
James Hutton
Misti McGrew
"The Present is the Key to the Past"
James Hutton was born in 1726, a geographer, was named "the father of geology" who believed not that catastrophes built the earth as it is today, but rather t...