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EuclidEuclid is one of the most influential and best read mathematician of all time. His prize work, Elements, was the textbook of elementary geometry and logic up to the early twentieth century. For his work in the field, he is known as the father of geometry and is considered one of the great Greek ...
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FeminismMary Wollstonecraft is held as being the first modern feminist. She was born in 1759 to a gentry farmer and an unloving mother and is said to have began her protests at an early age by protecting her mother from an abusive father and resenting her brother's favored position. She worked as a ...
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Benedict Arnold“The Dark Eagle” refers to the hero of Saratoga, , who went from highly regarded hero, to the most hated man in the Colonies in a matter of days. In the book: : The Dark Eagle, Brian Richard Boylan, analyzes the historical figure not critically, but objectively. He examines the ...
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Mark MessersmithThe paintings of are the most chaotic and confusing works of art I have ever laid eyes on. It is very hard to grasp the effects and themes the artist was trying to convey when painting these scenes. The scenes are very busy and tend to move your attention from one point to another which makes ...
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Neve CambellNeve Campbell’s career was a success because she danced. Neve Campbell started to dance when she was 6, following a visit the made to go and see the performance "The Nutcracker". When she was in dancing school (The National Ballet school of Canada) Neve had learned 5 different types of ...
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Blaise Pascalwas born in Clermont France on June 19, 1623, and died in Paris on
Aug. 19, 1662. His father, a local judge at Clermont, and also a man with a
scientific reputation, moved the family to Paris in 1631, partly to presue his
own scientific studies, partly to carry on the education of his only son, ...
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The Life And Work Of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass's writings reflected many American views that were
influenced by national division. Douglass was a very successful abolitionist
who changed America's views of slavery through his writings and actions.
Frederick Douglass had many achievements throughout his life. Douglass was ...
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Wendell Phillipswas born on November 29, 1811. He was a well-known
American reformer. His career of attempting to reform American society spanned
47 years. He put most of his energy into opposing slavery and supporting
women's right's, labor reform, and temperance. In 1865 he attacked the
Constitution. He ...
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Alfred Tennyson And His WorkAlfred Tennyson was born on August 6th, 1809, at Somersby,
Lincolnshire, fourth of twelve children of George and Elizabeth Tennyson.
Tennyson, said to be the best poet of the Victorian era and his poetry will
be discussed in this essay.
Tennyson had a lifelong fear of mental illness, because ...
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Lou Gehrigwas born and raised in New York City, the son of German immigrant parents. His full name was Henry Louis Gehrig. After graduating from high school, he attended Columbia University where he became a football and baseball star. Lou's father directed him to becoming a pro baseball player. He became ...
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Ted BundyMurder is the most vindictive crime society can commit. As individuals in society, the belief of being born a murderer is false. No one is born a murderer; society gives birth to that murderer. In \'s case the lack of parental guidance and constant rejection of women contributed to him evolving ...
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James Wattwas born 19th January 1736 at Greenock and at this time no one would have even imagined his effect on the Industrial Revolution that was to occur within that century. When James was fifteen he had read books about and become accustomed to Philosophy (similar to modern physics). He had also ...
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Adam SmithSome say he was absent-minded or even oblivious, but I rather like to think of it as frequent states of profound thought. The man I refer to is and after having read the assigned excerpts and a few other passages from his The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes ...
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Laura Secordwas originally an American. She was born in Massachusetts on September 13, 1775. Her father was Thomas Ingersoll. He was a major in the American army. They were well known because Laura\'s father was a clever man. In her family there were inventors, mechanics, merchants, magistrates, ...
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1984: Winston's Hatred Of Big BrotherGeorge Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty Four , in 1921 joined the
Indian Imperial Police but seven years later resigned having come to hate
imperialism. This was evident in the novel when George Orwell portrayed the
Party of Big Brother, as a government we wouldn't desire but if we were ...
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Johann Sebastian BachBorn at Eisenach, in Thuringia, he came of a distinguished musical family. At 15 he became a chorister at Luneburg and at 19 organist at Arnstadt. Subsequent appointments included positions at the courts of Weimar and Anhalt-Kother, and finally in 1723, that of musical director at St Thomas's ...
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Leonhard EulerEuler, Leonhard (1707-83), Swiss mathematician, whose major work was done in the
field of pure mathematics, a field that he helped to found. Euler was born in
Basel and studied at the University of Basel under the Swiss mathematician
Johann Bernoulli, obtaining his master's degree at the age of ...
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Charles Dickens 3Did you know that Charles Dickens thought that Americans were distasteful? There is a reason
for this and you will find out if you read my essay. This will be a discussion on the famous author Charles Dickens and his life.
The great author Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, he was ...
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John BrownIn the past month of October, a man by the name of entered the slave state of Virginia with a purpose. His purpose led him to break the law and furthermore, break into a federal armory. Harpers Ferry, located in Virginia, is a strong hold for weaponry used by the military. , accompanied by a ...
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Ann HutchinsonA heroine can be defined as "a woman of heroic character; a female hero". As far back as one knows, there have been many heroines throughout history. is one of a few famous heroines. From my opinion, she did great things while from another's perspective she did the wrong things.
Anne Marbury was ...
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James CookDo you know who the worlds greatest explorers are? One of them is the
topic of this essay. This essay is about . The objective of this
report will be to answer the following question: Why do we remember ?
was born on October 27, 1728 in Marton, England. At the age
of 18 James Cook became an ...
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Beethoven“...to the cast majority of people suffering is still one of the
fundamental characteristics of life, and it is their realization that an
experience of suffering, pure and profound, enters as an integral part into
’s greatest work, that helps to give that work its unique place in
the ...
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John DeLorean And His AcomplishmentsThe Early Years...
John DeLorean was born on January 6, 1925 in a blue-collar neighborhood on
Detroit's near east side. He was the oldest of four sons. His father,
Zachary, had immigrated from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France during
his teen age years. His mother, Kathryn, had immigrated from ...
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Thomas JeffersonThe third president of the United States, a diplomat, statesman, architect, scientist, and philosopher, is one of the most eminent figures in American history. No leader in the period of the American Enlightenment was as articulate, wise, or conscious of the implications and consequences of a ...
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CharlemagneHistory 101 - Fast Forward
Fall 1996
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Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, King of the Franks (742-814), was a strong
leader who unified Western Europe through military power and the blessing of the
Church. His belief in the need for education among the ...
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