Tag: Biography
The Bob Marley biography
Jamaica has produced an artist who has touched all categories, classes, and creeds through innate modesty and profound wisdom. Bob Marley, the Natural Mystic...
Edith Wharton: A Brief Personal History And Overview Of Literary Achievements
The cultural advancement of the 1920's has many important literary figures associated with it. Names such as T. S. Elliot, Ernest Hemingway and F....
Chester William Nimitz
Chester William Nimitz was born on 24 February 1885, in Fredericksburg, Texas. Chesters grandfather was a retired sea captain, however Chester, had his sights...
George Frederick Handel
George Frederick Handel was born on February 24, 1685 in Halle, Germany. One of the greatest composers of the late baroque period (1700-50) and,...
Siddhartha Gautama Biography Analysis
Siddhartha Gautama was born about 563 BC in what is now modern Nepal. His father, Suddhodana, was the ruler of the Sakya people and...
William Shakespeare Biography Analysis
William Shakespeare was born in 1564, in the small market town of Startford-Upon-Avon. He was the third of eight children. Shakespeare was born to...
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi was born in Umbria in the year 1182. He was a child every father hoped for, he was filled with...
Karen Anne Carpenter
Karen Anne Carpenter was a famous singer / drummer. She is part of a brother / sister duo. Karen was unhappy with her appearance....
Isaac Newton Biography
From birth to early childhood, Isaac Newton overcame many personal, social, and mental hardships. It is through these experiences that helped create the person...
Pablo Picasso, A Brief Biography
Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was the most famous artist of the 20th century. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso...
Ira Frederick Aldridge
Ira Frederick Aldridge was born on July 24, 1807 in New York. However, his birthplace remained questionable until 40 or so years ago. It...
A Biographical Report on Thomas Fitzsimons
Thomas Fitzsimons, or Fitzsimmons as his last name was sometimes spelled, was born during 1741 and died on August 26, 1811. Originally from Ireland,...
Francois Marie Arouet or Voltaire
Francois Marie Arouet was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris. He was the son of a notary. The name most people know Francois...
Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)
Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) was the best known and most influential African American leader of the 1800s. He was born a slave in Maryland but...
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was born in Halle, Germany, on February 23, 1685. He died in London on April 14,1759 and was buried in Westminister...
Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804 into an old Puritan family. Hawthorne graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. He thereafter returned...
Jerome David Salinger Biography
Jerome David Salinger, born in New York City on January 1, 1919, may not have written many novels in which he is recognized for....
William (Bill) Henry Gates
Bill Gates On October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington a boy was born. This child would grow up to be one of the most...
Rapper Tupac Shakur
Famous rapper Tupac Shakur, who was almost broke when he died last September, now has people fighting over his estate. From the moment his...
Charles Robert Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin was a man of many hats. He was a friend, colleague, son, father, husband; but above all, he was a naturalist....
Akhenaten, one of the greatest mystical revolutionaries of all time
Akhenaten is know as one of the greatest mystical revolutionaries of all time, but was his new religion a product of his creative genius,...
Al Capone – one of the most recognized names in American history
Al Capone is one of the most recognized names in American history. Capone ran the City of Chicago with illegal activities. He appeared many...
Aristotle – Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist
Aristotle (b. 384 - d. 322 BC), was a Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist. Along with his teacher Plato, Aristotle is generally regarded as...
Sir Anton Dolin
Dancer and choreographer Anton Dolin has been called “one of the most colorful and vital figures in modern ballet. ” As a member of...
Biography Of Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte was born in Thornton on July 30, 1818 and later moved with her family to Haworth, an isolated village on the moors....
Richard Ramirez Biography
Richard Ramirez was born in 1963 he was also known as the "Night Stalker" What kind of person is prejudice? Is it a person...
Galileo Galilei Biography Analysis
Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564, in Pisa, Italy. Galileo was the first of seven children of Vincenzio Galilei, a trader and...
Julius Caesar Biography
Born in Rome on July 12 or 13, 100 BC, Caesar belonged to the prestigious Julian clan; yet from early childhood he knew controversy....
Bill Gates, one of the richest entrepreneurs in the world
Bill Gates is known as one of the richest entrepreneurs in the world. He is responsible for creating the largest computer and technology business...
Bernard Bolzano, philosopher and mathematician
Bernard Bolzano was a philosopher and mathematician whose contributions were not truly recognized until long after his death. He is especially important in the...
Frederick Douglass Biography Analysis
Frederick Douglass's writings reflected many American views that were influenced by national division. Douglass was a very successful abolitionist who changed America's views of...
Tennessee Williams and A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams in 1911. As a successful playwright, his career was greatly influenced by events in his life. He...
Biography of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was born on the thirteenth day of the month Quintilis in the year of 100 BC. His full name was Gaius Julius...
Ludwig von Mises: Defender of the Free Market
Ludwig von Misis thoughts on human behavior, socialism, and money and credit have had a major impact on economic thought. He championed true free...
The Life and Work of Chaim Potok
Chaim Potok lives a very full life he has served his country, peoples, and religion very well and with great impact. First, to be...
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born on July 30, 1947 in a little town called Graz, in the Styria province, of Austria. During his early childhood...
The Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII
Many countries have had important rulers who were well-known throughout the world. One country whose leaders particularly stand out is Egypt. The leaders of...
Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, King of the Franks
Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, King of the Franks (742-814), was a strong leader who unified Western Europe through military power and the blessing...
The poet William Blake
William Blake wrote during the Romantic period which was a span between 1785 - 1830. Other great writers during this time were Mary Wollstonecraft,...
Jane Goodall Biography
Jane Goodall was born in London, England in 1934. This British ethnologist who is still alive today has laid claim to many great accomplishments,...
Compare Two Biographies Of Wayne Gretzky
In this essay, I need to compare two biographies of a famous person. I will plot out the difference and compare the two books...
Marco Polo Report
Marco Polo is one of the most well-known heroic travelers and traders around the world. In my paper I will discuss with you Marco...
Andrew Jackson and the Rise of Liberal Capitalism
Andrew Jackson was not plainly a common man or an aristocrat, in fact a combination of the two. He came into popularity on the...
Lord Tennyson and King Arthur
Alfred Tennyson was born at Somersby, Lincolnshire, August 6, 1809. He was the fourth of twelve children to George and Elizabeth (Fytche) Tennyson. Alfred...
St. Stanislas Kostka
Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about October 28, 1550; died at Rome during the night of 14-15 August, 1568. He entered the Society...
Here is some info on Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 11, 1922. After attending Cornell University from 1941-43 Vonnegut served in World War II and...
Evita: Saint or Sinner
The story of Eva Peron is a fascinating one. Evita, as she is known, enjoyed a rise to power like no other. The details...
Arthur C. Clarke Biography
Arthur C. Clarke was born in 1917 in Minehead, Somerset. His mother was Nora Clarke and his father was Charles Wright Clarke. He had...
Biography of Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte was born in Thorton, Yorkshire, in 1918. Wuthering Heights was Bronte's only book; however, she died in 1848 and never knew of...
Wells, H.G: The Time Machine
Herbert George Wells was born in 1866 in Bromley, Kent, a few miles from London, the son of a house-maid and gardener. Wells died...
