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  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States,[1][2] Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. During his term, he helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. His parents were both born in Virginia. his mother, who died when he was ten years old, of a family of the name of Hanks. His father. Who moved from Kentucky to Indiana when he was eight years old. He said “It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when

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    Essay Length: 369 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Bred
  • Elements of Biography

    Elements of Biography

    Willa Cather (1873-1947) Elements of biography Willa Sibert Cather was born on 7 December, 1873 in Back Creek Valley, Virginia. Her father was a farmer. The early years of young Willa's life left a memorable impression on her and formed the basis for many of her stories and characters. The Cathers traveled west across six states landing in Nebraska, Webster county, in 1883 to live at the paternal grandfather's farm at a time when many

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    Essay Length: 532 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Angela’s Ashes Biography

    Angela’s Ashes Biography

    Rising Action: 1. Frankie's father, Malachy, lost his job in America. There is no money left in the family and they are living a poor and unhappy life without enough money to live. They are depending on the government to help them. 2. Frankie's mother has a baby, Margaret. Because of the lack of money the family can't eat and keep the children healthy. Margaret, the only girl dies and Frankie's mother and father are

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    Essay Length: 557 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Charles Dickens Biography

    Charles Dickens Biography

    Charles Dickens, the son of John and Elizabeth Dickens, was born in Landport on 7th February 1812. John Dickens worked as a clerk at the Navy pay office in Portsmouth. He later found work in Chatham and Charles, the second of seven children, went to the local school. John Dickens found it difficult to provide for his growing family on his meager income. In 1822 the family moved to Camden Town in London. John Dickens'

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Philip McGraw’s Biography

    Philip McGraw’s Biography

    Philip McGraw’s Biography Phil McGraw was born on September 1, 1950 in Vinita, Oklahoma. His father Joe had several jobs such as football coach and pilot-carrying equipment to oil-field workers. He returned to school to study psychology at 40 after a hard and confusing life. Philip’s mother’s name was Jerry. She would stay at home to raise Philip and his three other sisters. During that time the family survived on the money Philip and his

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Jean Paul Gaultier Biography

    Jean Paul Gaultier Biography

    JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Born in Acueil, a self-contained, working class suburb of Paris in 1952, of a bookkeeper farther and secretary mother John Paul Gaultier was an only child. In the 1960 as a teenager John Paul was obsessed with fashion especially the costumes from Moulin Rouge and often pretended to be ill to stay off school, draw and have gay fantasies of men wearing feminine clothes. During this time Jean Paul Gaultier began detailed

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Biography of Charles Dickens

    Biography of Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens was born February 7, 1812 in Landport, Portsea, to a middle-class family. His father John Dickens worked as a clerk in the local Navy Pay-Office, and his mother was Elizabeth. Soon after his birth, Charles moved to Norfolk, temporarily, and then to London and finally to Chatham. (Bloom 1-3) A few years later, in 1821, the Navy made internal reforms, and Charles's father lost his job, leaving the family poor and without steady

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Egar Allen Poe Biography

    Egar Allen Poe Biography

    While the enormous popularity of Edgar Allan Poe's famous short stories and poems continues to highlight his creative brilliance, Poe's renown as the master of horror, the father of the detective story, and the voice of "The Raven" is something of a mixed blessing. Today, Poe is known, read, and appreciated on the basis of a comparatively narrow body of work, roughly a dozen tales and half as many poems. For the novice reader, these

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln

    Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln

    Remembering a Deceased American Hero, As He Remembered Others “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to this proposition that all men are created equal.” On the eve of a great national tragedy, the assassination of our 16th national President, Abraham Lincoln, we choose to honor him, by recalling his memory and legacy through a dedication speech given two years ago

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Biography on Plato

    Biography on Plato

    Plato Plato was born in Athens, in May or December into a moderately well to do family. His father was named Ariston and his mother Perictione. His family claimed descent from the ancient Athenian kings. Plato's own real name was Aristocles. however, his nickname, Plato, originated from wrestling. Since "Plato" means broad, it is thought that it refers either to his physical appearance or to his wrestling stance or style. Plato became a pupil

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Edward
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was committed to ending slavery as well as preserving the Union. In his first year in office, President Abraham Lincoln had stubbornly rejected the idea of abolishing slavery. But by 1862 he recognized that the best path to preserving the Union was by freeing the slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation played a central role in achieving this goal. It was the most revolutionary pronouncement ever signed by an American president, impacting four million black

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Anna
  • Election of 1860: How Could Lincoln Have Lost the Election

    Election of 1860: How Could Lincoln Have Lost the Election

    Green 1 Nikki G 4/24/06 American Government 7:30a MW Election of 1860: How Could Lincoln Have Lost the Election The election of 1860 brought a dramatic change to politics. The country had already been divided by the Northern states and Southern states. There were disagreements over whether the territories should be expanded and about each state entering the Union. In addition, slavery was also a major issue. Not only was Lincoln not even on

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Yan
  • Biography of Genghis Khan

    Biography of Genghis Khan

    Biography of Genghis Khan The old world had many great leaders. Alexander the Great, Hannibal and even Julius Caesar met with struggle on their rise to power. Perhaps Genghis Khan was the most significant of all these rulers. To prove that Genghis Khan was the greatest ruler, we must go back to the very beginning of his existence. We must examine such issues as; Genghis№s struggle for power/how his life as a child would affect

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Edward
  • Lincoln, Curry and Donald

    Lincoln, Curry and Donald

    Writing a biography of someone is not an easy undertaking. For one thing, it is nearly impossible to create a “complete” biography of someone, for as time passes, details and events become less vivid in our minds, and we may forget certain details or entire events. Also, there can be no such thing as a truly impartial biography. When an author sets out to write a biography of someone, there is some message they’re trying

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: July
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald - a Biography

    F. Scott Fitzgerald - a Biography

    F. Scott Fitzgerald-A Biography Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born September 24, 1896, in St. Paul Minnesota, to Edward and Mary McQuillan Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald’s mother was descended from Irish immigrants who had come to the United States during the years of famine in Ireland. His father came from Maryland and could trace his family back to the colonial period and to such famous ancestors as Francis Scott Key, who F. Scott was named after.

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    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind The Myth

    Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind The Myth

    Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myth Brittany Marroquнn Abraham Lincoln is by far our most revered president in the history of the United States. He had a strong moral vision of where his country must go to preserve and enlarge the rights of all her people, but he was also a good man with a strong sense of character and a great discipline in the art of law; and he sought to continue

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Top
  • Roald Dahl Brief Biography

    Roald Dahl Brief Biography

    Roald Dahl’s parents were from Norway, but he was born in Wales, in 1916. The family used to spend the summer holidays on a Norwegian island, swimming, fishing and boating. When Roald was four years old, his father died, so his mother had to organize the trip alone for herself and her six children. Dahl went to St. Peter's Prep School, and later to Repton Public School After school, Roald Dahl didn't go to a

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Victor
  • Salvador Dali Biography

    Salvador Dali Biography

    Salvador Dali By: Jacob Rivera Perhaps one of the world's greatest artists is the Hispanic artist Salvador Dali. He won Many awards and became very successful in his work as an artist. And Salvador Dali is also one of my favorite artists of all time! . Salvador Dali, was born Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech at 8:45 a.m., Monday, 11 May 1904, in the small town, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, of Figueres,

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    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Jon
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it." Lincoln thought secession illegal, and was willing to use force to defend Federal law and the Union. When

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    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Jon
  • An Icon in the Window - an Original Biography on Bill Gates

    An Icon in the Window - an Original Biography on Bill Gates

    What does it take to become a cultural icon? Through the perspective of the world today, just a few of the basics might be fame, power, IQ, and enough motivation to utilize it all. But did we forget something? Perhaps. How about all of that, and also enough money and power gobble up any and every company that may stand in your way? This is especially true if you happen to be the CEO

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    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Yan
  • A Biography of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

    A Biography of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

    A Biography of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois To the many who admired him, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was, by strong-willed dedication and intellectual perseverance, an assailant of inequality and a guardian of liberty. A herald of "Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism" (Hynes), he passed away in self-imposed isolation with his ancestors in his land of comfort, the magnificent Africa (Hynes). Branded as a "radical," he was overlooked by those who held on to the

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Dalai Lama's Biography

    The Dalai Lama's Biography

    The Dalai Lama's biography His Holiness the 14th the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, is the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was born Lhamo Dhondrub on 6 July 1935, in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. Born to a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama, and thus

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was born Sunday, February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was the son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and he was named for his paternal grandfather. Thomas Lincoln was a carpenter and a farmer. Both of Abraham's parents were members of a baptist congregation which had separated from an another church due to opposition of slavery. Lincoln was a pretty average his whole life, despite his giantism.

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Vika
  • Lincoln’s Attitude Toward Black

    Lincoln’s Attitude Toward Black

    President Lincoln's statements cannot be reconciled. The fact is that he changed his attitude about Blacks and about slavery between 1858 and 1862, due to the Civil War. Lincoln long believed that it was impossible for the black and white races to live together as equals. For years, he brought forth a policy known as colonization, in which slaves would be freed and then sent to live in Africa. In this way, both black and

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Wendy

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