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Term Papers on Biographies
John Dalton 4
Number of words: 638 - Number of pages: 3.... in John Gough,who was the blind son of a wealthy tradesman. John Gough taught Dalton languages,mathematics,and optics. In 1973 John moved to Manchester as a tutor at New College. He immediately joined the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society and in the same year he published his first book: Meteorological Observations and Essays. In his book Dalton stated that gas exits and acts independantly and purely physically not chemically. After six years of tutoring, John resigned to conduct private research while still doing tutoring at 2 shillings a lesson. .....
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Walt Disney
Number of words: 714 - Number of pages: 3.... City, lived with his brother Roy, and tried to get a job as an artist. Walt had many jobs but couldn’t keep one for very long. There was very few artistic jobs available then and the ones that where available, the employers found something wrong with Walt. Then Walt started his own business. His brother Roy went in on it to, so they called the business Disney Brothers. Later it changed to Productions.
His first animated character was Oswald the Bunny. He prided himself on this creation. But when he found out that the distruibtor for Productions wouldn .....
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
Number of words: 564 - Number of pages: 3.... in public the two were cordial, but there were troubles with the relationship--maybe professional jealousy caused the problems. D. Other teachers Beethoven turned to other teachers when Haydn went to London for the second time. He studied with Albrechtsberger, famous as a choir director at St. Stephens in Vienna and the best-known counterpoint teacher in Vienna. He then studied Salieri, famous in Mozart's biography. Salieri helped Beethoven in setting Italian words to music. IV. Establishment as pianist and composer His first task in Vienna was to establish h .....
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Charles Darwin
Number of words: 746 - Number of pages: 3.... After Char-les had graduated from Cambridge he was taken aboard the English survey ship HMS Beagle, largely on Henslow’s recommendation, as an unpaid naturalist on a scientific expedition around the world.
Now was around the age twenty-two while he was on the HMS Beagle. Darwin’s job as a naturalist aboard the Beagle gave him the opportu-nity to observe the various geological formations found on different continents and islands along the way, as well as a huge variety of fossils and organisms. In his geo-logical observations he was amazed mos .....
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Life Of John F Kennedy
Number of words: 1448 - Number of pages: 6.... summer of 1937 and again in 1939 introduced him to the world of international politics. His interest soared and upon returning to Harvard for his senior year, he wrote an honors thesis and graduated in 1940. “As discussed in the Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 16, page362.” He had no idea how much of an important and influential life he was going to lead.
Kennedy’s political career began in 1946 when he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and then in 1952 to a seat in the Senate. During his political career he was a strong opponent of Commun .....
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Toni Morrison Interview
Number of words: 440 - Number of pages: 2.... Miss Garner did was an act of love, not one that was laced with evil. According to Morrison, "it was the ultimate gesture of a loving mother". Although I was initially shocked when I heard that Beloved was based on a true story, I soon began to sympathize with Morrison's point of view. Margaret Garner was a mother in a desperate situation. Although extreme, her actions were only a reflection of the society that she had been raised in. She was trying to protect her children from the harsh reality of slavery and all that she had endured.
Throughout the interv .....
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Charles Lindbergh 2
Number of words: 674 - Number of pages: 3.... multi-engine plane like many other aviators were going with, he felt that it only increased the chance of an engine failing. He also wanted the plane to weigh as little as possible, thus increasing the flight range. This also meant he would be going alone.
By 1927, Ryan Airlines offered to build him a single-engine plane that met his specifications for only $6,000, excluding an engine. Lindbergh met with them and despite the unimpressive headquarters, he walked away impressed. Lindbergh wanted the plane done in two months, rather then the three months Ryan Airli .....
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Dickinson Vs. Whitman
Number of words: 1219 - Number of pages: 5.... The forms each poet used are different as well. The
rhyme in the poetry by Whitman is drastically different from the poetry written
by Dickinson, because Whitman didn't use any rhyme.
Emily Dickinson grew up in Amherst, Mass, and Walt Whitman grew up in
New York City, New York; this is one way that these poets' lives differ. The
main people that influenced Emily Dickinson were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Emily
Bronte. Walt Whitman was influenced by many people, some of which were: Elias
Hicks, James Macpherson and William Shakespeare. Whitman read man .....
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