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Biography Of Emily Bronte
Number of Words: 460 / Number of Pages: 2
... In 1842,
she attended school in Brussels with her sister Charlotte. There they studied music and foreign language. Emily also wrote her French essays at this time. Charlotte and Emily were described as “literary geniuses.”
All the family was reunited at home, in 1845. In the course of time, the Brontes gave up hope for a school of their own. Branwell, working on a novel, told his sisters of the profitable possibilities of novel writing. In the autumn of 1845 Charlotte discovered Emily’s poems and convinced her sister to collaborate on a volume of poems. One year later, t ...
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
Number of Words: 569 / Number of Pages: 3
... 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 himself as pianist and composer. He achieved both rapidly. A. Aristocracy He had worked for a court in Bonn so his first contacts were in aristocratic circl ...
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Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire): French Author And Philosopher 1694 - 1778 A.D.
Number of Words: 408 / Number of Pages: 2
... to Paris he
wrote a book praising English customs and institutions. The book was thought to
criticize the French government and Voltaire was forced to flee Paris again.
In 1759 Voltaire purchased an estate called "Ferney" near the French-Swiss
border where he lived until just before of his death. Ferney soon became the
intellectual capitol of Europe. Throughout his years in exile Voltaire produced
a constant flow of books, plays, pamphlets, and letters. He was a voice of
reason, and an outspoken critic of religious intolerance and persecution.
Voltaire returned to a hero's welcome in Paris at age ...
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Queen Elizabeth I
Number of Words: 1470 / Number of Pages: 6
... following the Romanesque (Gothic Period). The
Renaissance, following the Elizabethan age was a rebirth of scholarly
interests. It was based on the classics of art, religion, science and
inventions, philosophy, and humanism (Renaissance).
Queen Elizabeth I was a powerful political figure in English
history. Her background was definitely relative to her choice of words and
her topics that she used in "When I Was Fair and Young." Elizabeth was
born in London on September 7, 1533. She spent her childhood away from the
court and received an excellent classical education under such scholars as ...
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Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom
Number of Words: 2194 / Number of Pages: 8
... journey without the regent’s permission, but eventually escaped his power and settled down in the town. In Johannesburg, Nelson settled down in a law firm as an assistant and went to University of South Africa and Witwatersrand University to further his law education. Witswatersrand University brought many new ideas to Nelson and awakened a spirit inside of him. The next several years, Nelson met many new political friends and began his involvement in the ANC. Also during this time, he met Evelyn and they became married. Gradually Nelson’s political involvement grew and his family lif ...
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
Number of Words: 754 / Number of Pages: 3
... as a result, became dormant towards society. This was such a traumatizing event in her life that struck her obviously, in a physical sense, but moreover, mentally. Where she was once a brilliant outgoing child, she became a quiet, somber adult. As a result of this, Mrs. Flowers stepped in and told Maya to, “…bear in mind, language is man’s way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.” The intellect and beauty of Mrs. Flowers was shown through this quote which she educated Maya. If that was the only thing she ever m ...
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Yamamoto
Number of Words: 1892 / Number of Pages: 7
... was from Watkamatsu. They had 4 children together, 2 sons, and 2 daughters. It was the standard Japanese family, the mother in charge of the household and of raising the children. He never really loved her, because he had many extramarital affairs, and 2 of the women he "loved". The life and times in Japan right before World War 2 are simply explained: The Imperialist Japanese Army, otherwise known as the "young Turks" was steadily gaining power in the government, was assassinating anyone who did not share in their views for a united Asia ( received many death threats, because he wanted ...
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B. F. Skinner
Number of Words: 1070 / Number of Pages: 4
... Hamilton College
in 1926 and later received his P.h.D. in psychology at Harvard University.
(Ulrich, 1997)
John B. Watson
John Broadus Watson was born in Greenville, South Carolina on January
9th 1878. He went to college at Furman University and the University of Chicago.
Watson created "Psychological behaviorism" in 1912. He told the world about his
theory of behaviorism in a 1913 paper entitled ``Psychology as the Behaviorist
Views It.'' In the paper he described Behaviorism as the part of psychology that
shows behavior as "a series of observable movements in time and space". (Turner,
1997) He ...
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Theodore Roosevelt
Number of Words: 4751 / Number of Pages: 18
... He became obsessed with strength and the “macho” attitude of men. He constantly worked out by lifting weights and boxing. He believed that if he grew up muscular he would somehow compensate for his weakness as a child. He believed that strength and power were synonymous. Thus if he became the macho man, like those he surrounded himself with, he would be manly virtuous and great. There was no greater accomplishment in his eyes.
All of his aggressive tendencies proved to have a downfall though. TR suffered from anxiety. He constantly worried about how the world perceived him and how weak he appea ...
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Abraham Lincoln
Number of Words: 562 / Number of Pages: 3
... legislature, by this time Lincoln was well known and he got the election.
Abe began to study law, and in 1836 became a licensed attorney. In 1837 he made his first public stand against slavery, Lincoln avoided extreme abolitionist groups though he was greatly against slavery.
On November 4, 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd, whom he spent the rest of his life with. He became a United States Congressman, although he was an amateur, his goal was to make his mark. What might of made him fulfill this goal was the fact that he never lost confidence in himself.
Years went by, and Abraham could not stand sla ...
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