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Term Papers on Biographies
Charlie Chaplin
Number of words: 511 - Number of pages: 2.... to sing before he could talk and danced just as soon as he could walk. At a very young age Chaplin was told that he would become the most famous person in the world. A sign of this was when he was five years old and sang for his mother on stage after she became ill and taken for crazy. The audience apparently loved him and hurled their money onto the stage. By the age of ten, Charles was a skilled singer, acrobat, juggler, pantomime, and comic improvisor. From the ages of twelve to fourteen, Charlie's places of employment included a barbershop, stationary st .....
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Wyatt Earp
Number of words: 2127 - Number of pages: 8.... them over the election.
On January 10, 1870, married Urilla Sutherland in Lamar, Missouri. Wyatt’s father, Nicholas, performed the ceremony. Sometime that same year, Urilla died. How Urilla died is another small mystery in the life of . At least two references, Editor Glenn Boyer's comments in Josie Earp's memoirs states that Urilla died in childbirth. I married , page 38, note 4 Bob Boze Bell notes the same on page 19 of his book, "The Illustrated Life and Times of ". But in Lake's 1931 book, ", Frontier Marshal", he notes very briefly on page 29 that Urilla d .....
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Irving Penn
Number of words: 1086 - Number of pages: 4.... was born June 16, 1917 in Plainfield, NJ Educated in public; he enrolled at the age of 18 in a four-year course at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, where Alexey Brodovitch taught him advertising design. While training for a career as an art director, Penn worked the last two summers from Harper's Bazaar as an office boy and apprentice artist, sketching shoes. At this time, he had no thought of becoming a photographer.
Milestones
In addition to his work for Vogue magazine (the American, British, and French editions) Penn has been represented in many .....
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Edgar Allen Poe
Number of words: 1064 - Number of pages: 4.... little Edgar a lot more than his sister. She took him home with her, and another family took his little sister Rosalie. Mrs. Allan would have liked to adopt Edgar, but her husband was unwilling to commit himself. At that time people thought acting was immoral. John Allan could not help regarding the little son of actor parents as a questionable person to inherit his name and the fortune he was busy accumulating. He was willing however, to support the child, and in time came to be proud of Edgar's good looks and intelligence. When Edgar was six years old, Mr .....
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Sam Walton
Number of words: 758 - Number of pages: 3.... saw what the competition was doing wrong, and did the complete opposite, such as selling more quantity in order to make a bigger profit in the long run. It can probably be stated that would not have been as successful if his devoted wife had not been there along his side. Always there for him, Mrs. Walton was able to keep the entire family together during the hard and difficult times. While Sam was out doing the dirty work trying to make something of his business, Mrs. Walton was playing the role of mother and father back at home. had to create and develop hi .....
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George Washington: Biography
Number of words: 1897 - Number of pages: 7.... of
tuberculo sis, but Lawrence died in 1752 after returning to America. George
inherited the Mount Vernon estate.
Washington first gained public notice in October 1753 when he was
dispatched by Gov. Robert Dinwiddie to warn the French commander at Fort Le
Boeuf against further encroachment on territory claimed by Britain.
Washington at the age of 22, was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Although
he lacked experience, he learned quickly, and dealt with the problems of
recruitment, supply, and desertions. This helped him earn respect from his
superiors. .....
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The Life Of Claude Monet
Number of words: 1531 - Number of pages: 6.... The two painters met in 1856 and, at first,
Monet resisted Boudin's offer of tuition but he eventually relaxed his
protestations and before long, the two had forged a relationship that was
to last a lifetime. Although Monet soon left Le Havre to spend a large part
of his life traveling throughout Europe, he returned frequently to visit
his old friend. It was truly a life altering friendship. "My eyes were
finally opened and I understood nature; I learned at the same time to love
it. " -Monet
Boudin may have opened Monet's eyes, he may have even pers .....
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Oliver Cromwell
Number of words: 4169 - Number of pages: 16.... was active in local affairs, had been a member of one of Queen Elizabeth's parliaments. Robert Cromwell died when his son was 18, but his widow lived to the age of 89. Oliver went to the local grammar school and then for a year attended Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. After his father died he left Cambridge to go care for his mother and sisters but it is believed that he studies at Lincoln's Inn in London, where gentlemen could acquire a smattering of law. In 1620 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Bourchier, a merchant in London. They had five sons .....
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