Papers on People and Biographies
Robert E. Lee
Words: 2171 - Pages: 8.... Charles Lee had served as attorney General under the Washington administration while Richard Bland Lee, had become one of Virginia's leading Federalists. Needless to say, the Lees were an American Political dynasty (Nash 242). Lee's father was General Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee. He had been a heroic cavalry leader in the American Revolution. He married his cousin Matilda. They had four children, but Matilda died in 1790. On her death bed she added insult to injury upon Henry Lee by leaving her estate to her children. She feared Henry would squander the family fortune. He was well known for poor investments and schemes that had depl .....
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Henry VII
Words: 1662 - Pages: 7.... his death in 1509.
What I Look Like: They say I was a precious child, alert and observant. At 17 I inherited the throne that had been destined for my brother Arthur, I also inherited his widow Catherine. I am almost 200 centimetres tall with pink and white cheeks. My hair is auburn and I have the beginnings of a red beard. I tower over others, which helps with authority. I am clean-shaven, and my hair is combed short and straight in the French fashion. I have a round face. I keep myself trim at the moment with exercise. I enjoy shooting, singing, dancing, wrestling, casting of the bar, playing the recorder, flute and virginals, setting .....
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The Life And Work Of Ronald Dahl
Words: 2475 - Pages: 9.... youth (20). Sofie Dahl, although grief-
stricken by the death of her husband, was determined to provide a steady
foundation for her children, refusing to relocate from Wales back home to
Norway with her parents (Howard 1). She did steep the children in
Scandinavian customs, though, teaching them the language of Norway, and
instilling them with a love for all things Norwegian instead of those
English. Mark West contends that this contributed to the detached attitude
Dahl had for England and the feelings of isolation he experienced
throughout his life (2).
Regardless of the impact his Norwegian upbringing would have on his
future, Dahl .....
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Oscar Wilde
Words: 1256 - Pages: 5.... a unique way of life. He came under the influence of aesthetic innovators
such as English writers Walter Pater and John Ruskin. He found the aesthetic
movement's notions of "art for art's sake" and dedicating one's life to art
suitable to his temperament and talents. As an aesthete, Wilde wore long hair
and velvet knee breeches, and became known for his eccentricity as well as his
academic ability. His rooms were filled with various objets d'art such as
sunflowers, peacock feathers, and blue china. Wilde frequently confided that
his greatest challenge at University was learning to live up to the perfection
of the china. Wilde .....
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Emperor Constantine I
Words: 843 - Pages: 4.... she was made a Christian saint after her death. Constantine’s father was a career military officer named Constantius. Constantine was married at least twice and had four sons: Crispus, Constantine II, Constantius, and Constans.
Constantius, his father, was in charge of the Roman Province of Britannia. When Constantius died Constantine he was immediately proclaimed emperor by the army. However, it took many years of political struggle and actual civil war before he could consolidate his power. Constantine finally became the sole ruler of the Roman Empire in 323 CE when he defeated the eastern Emperor Licinius.
Of Constantine’s major a .....
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Ray Charles Robinson
Words: 528 - Pages: 2.... until he was seventeen. He then wanted to
get as far away as possible from Tampa and also stay in the United States,
so he bought a bus ticket to Seattle and left. Eventually Charles dropped
his surname.
There he entered a contest and was given a job at a nearby Elks club.
After a numerous amount of months, a record producer noticed him and
Charles had his first album: "Confession Blues." Afterward Charles went on
the road for a few years. He played at bars around the country. It was
known by musicians as the chitlin' circuit.
Soon Charles stopped imitating other musicians, as he had been doing up
until this point, and began to combin .....
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Joseph Stalin
Words: 936 - Pages: 4.... and eventually death to twenty million peasant farmers. Another atrocity that Stalin was responsible for was the forced labor camps known as Gulags. “...the murderous forced labor camps of the Gulag archipelago - victimized tens of millions of innocent men, women, and children for more than 20 years.” Millions of people were sent to the Gulag camps from 1939 through 1953, for the crime of doing absolutely nothing. There were “...eight million souls (a conservative estimate) who languished in Soviet concentration camps every year between 1939 and 1953.” under the horrible conditions at the Gulags. Every year Stalin .....
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Dr Jack Kevorkian: Disrupting The Universe
Words: 434 - Pages: 2.... 38 times
he has not even gone to court for his assisted suicides. Assisted suicides are
still illegal in every state, but he has gotten off on technicalities or some
other issue.
All of the people he assisted in suicides either were terminally ill or
they wanted to be killed due to other serious medical problems. There have been
reports of a person beating her son in tennis one week before she killed herself
with the help of Jack Kevorkian and his suicide machine, but she was terminally
ill and Dr. Kevorkian would not help kill people unless their life was in
danger or they were not living comfortably. Kevorkian was previously a do .....
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Summary And Review Of Rheinhol
Words: 843 - Pages: 4.... liberal values and followed his example to Eden Seminary in 1912.
Niebuhr studied at Eden for a year and then entered Yale Divinity School, receiving both bachelor's and master's degrees within two years. In 1915, the mission board of his denomination sent him to Detroit as pastor where he served for 13 years. The congregation numbered 65 on his arrival and grew to nearly 700 when he left. In 1928, Niebuhr became Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York.
During the Great Depression, Niebuhr became a leading spokesmen for "religious socialism," a political ideology drawn from both clergy and laity who to .....
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Jefferson Davis: Leader Of The Confederacy
Words: 1377 - Pages: 6.... him to have every opportunity he could, so against his
wife's wishes he enrolled Davis in a number of private schools. He spent
two years in St. Thomas College in Kentucky. He also attended local schools
near home. He was always a perfect student getting the top grades in all of
his classes until he was 13 and entered Transylvania College. While in
college he studied just enough to pass, and graduated 23 out of 32 in his
class from West Point Military Academy. After his schooling Davis took up
his commission as second lieutenant. He was very sociable and was described
as witty, sportful, and captivating. He managed to get involved Sarah Knox .....
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