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Term Papers on Biographies
Galileo
Number of words: 561 - Number of pages: 3.... sorry that he had mislead the people, but
shortly after his speech it was said that he was over heard muttering
"nevertheless it moves."
Galileo was a very intelligent man and with this great wisdom he
did many great things for science. He was right about most of his theories
that he proclaimed to the public, but they seemed to think otherwise. On
January 8, 1642, Galileo the great scientist died. Even though Galileo was
right, the Roman Catholic Church clung to their position but 350 years
later Galileo was forgiven for his so called crimes in 1633 .....
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Tupac Shakur
Number of words: 673 - Number of pages: 3.... serpent" and Shakur is Arabic for "thankful to God." For most of his childhood his crack-addicted mother shuffled Tupac between the ghettos of Harlem and the Bronx. Young Tupac began his performance career with the 127th Street Ensemble and then enrolled Baltimore School for the Arts where he was educated in ballet and acting. Tupac was forced to drop out of the school and move to California where his criminal career began. Tupac began selling drugs and had several altercations with the law including several shooting and the unexplained death .....
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Abraham Lincoln 2
Number of words: 1911 - Number of pages: 7.... building in 1839. They got engaged and a while later he broke off the
engagement because she was seeing other men. Around a year later in
Springfield on November 4, 1842 Abraham and Mary got married. In 1844,
Abraham and his wife were able to purchase their own house in
Springfield. It was a one-and-a-half story frame cottage. In May 1843,
the Lincoln’s had a son and named him Robert, after the addition to the
family they made the house a full two story house. Lincoln had three
more sons Edward Baker, William Wallace, and Thomas. Edward died .....
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
Number of words: 515 - Number of pages: 2.... Most notably, he wrote a bill establishing religious freedom, enacted in 1786. Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France in 1785. His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington's Cabinet. He resigned in 1793. Sharp political conflict developed, and two separate parties, the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, began to form. Jefferson gradually assumed leadership of the Republicans, who sympathized with the revolutionary cause in Fr .....
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Thomas Jefferson
Number of words: 588 - Number of pages: 3.... The Jefferson’s remained at Randolph's estate for seven years. The estate was called Shadwell. was quite the little intelligent boy. At age nine, Started Latin, Greek, and French Studies at a boarding school. Thomas liked to Horse back ride, Canoe, Hunt, and fish. When Thomas was fourteen years old, his father passed away. was the oldest son, so Thomas had to take care of the family. Jefferson was a tall, slender boy with sandy reddish hair and fair skin that freckled and sunburned easily. A serious student, Thomas also enjoyed the lighter aspects of t .....
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Number of words: 585 - Number of pages: 3.... teenage years, Elizabeth taught herself Hebrew so that she could read the Old Testament. Her interests then later turned to Greek studies. Accompanying her appetite for the classics was a passionate enthusiasm for her Christian faith. She became active in the Bible and Missionary Societies of her church. In 1826 Elizabeth then anonymously published her collection An Essay on Mind and Other Poems. Two years after that her mother passed away. The slow abolition of slavery in England and mismanagement of the plantations depleted the Barrett's income. In 1832 Elizab .....
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Manet
Number of words: 1154 - Number of pages: 5.... many therapists believe is the key to understanding the ambiguous portrayal of woman within his paintings, throw out his career. It was during the late 1850’s when was serving as a naval cadet in Rio de Janeiro, that he met a number of slave girls, had openly admitted in letters to his friends the extend to which he found their tropical beauty alluring. Yet, is was not until returned to France that he reveled the true extent of his relationships with these girls, and confessed to the fact that he had been using his time to relate to the girls in an adult wa .....
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Donatello
Number of words: 1406 - Number of pages: 6.... a marble statue of David. The "David" was originally made for the cathedral but was moved in 1416 to the Palazzo Vecchio, a city hall where it long stood as a civic-patriotic symbol. From the sixteenth century on, the gigantic "David" of Michelangelo, which served the same purpose, eclipsed it. More of 's early works which were still partly Gothic are the impressive seated marble figure of St. John the Evangelist for the cathedral and a wooden crucifix in the church of Sta. Croce.
The full power of Donatello first appeared in two marble st .....
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