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Papers on People and Biographies
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
Number of words: 1283 | Number of pages: 5.... scientific organizations throughout the world. Naturally, he was
a member of the Royal Society, but he was also a member of the Deutsche Akademie
der Naturforsher and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. He was a foreign member
of Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques and the Academie des Sciences,
the Accademia delle Scienze Torino and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and
the National Academy of Science. He was an honorary member and fellow of the
Indian Academy of Science, the Chinese Physical Society, the Royal Irish Academy,
the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the National Institute of Sciences in India, the
American Phys .....
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ON Doc Hollidays Death Bed
Number of words: 1375 | Number of pages: 5.... in his eyes may have shown people his intelligent, well educated side. This educated side is a side of Doc that few people know about today. Usually when someone hears the name Doc Holliday, they think about fighting, drinking, and gambling, all of these are true of Doc, but these people had barely scratched the surface. As a young man Doc attended Valdosta institute where he became knowledgeable of the Greek, Latin, and French languages. Amazingly Doc’s favorite subject
was rhetoric, his teachers claimed that Doc had a way with words
unsurpassed by anyone in his class. All of these factors may have
contributed to Doc havin .....
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Hitler 2
Number of words: 1359 | Number of pages: 5.... Germany's defeat in 1918 he returned to Munich, remaining in the army until 1920. His commander made him an education officer, with the mandate to immunize his charges against pacifist and democratic ideas. In September 1919 he joined the nationalist German Workers' party, and in April 1920 he went to work full time for the party, now renamed the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) party. In 1921 he was elected party chairman (Fuhrer) with dictatorial powers.
Rise to Power - Hitler spread his gospel of racial hatred and contempt for democracy. He organized meetings, and terrorized political foes with his personal bodyguar .....
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Sir Rich Arkwright
Number of words: 852 | Number of pages: 4.... and Kay cunstructed a
replica of the water frame, or otherwise known as throstle.
Arkwright showed off the model to several people to seek financial aid.
He eventually prevailed on Mr. Smalley to fund the project.
In April of 1768 he hired Kay and took him along with him to Nottingham
where he built a factory turned by horses. On July 3, 1769, he obtained a
patent for "spinning by rollers." By doing this, he solidified his hold
over the water frame preventing Highs from ever gaining the immense profits
made by the water frame.
In 1771, Arkwright built another factory in Cromford. The power for
this factory .....
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It Came From Ohio! My Life As A Writer: Biography Of R. L. Stine
Number of words: 355 | Number of pages: 2.... to the readers) to help The Sundial because
people weren't buying the paper; which they did once they met “Bob”.
Jane became his girlfriend after meeting her at a party in Brooklyn
and became his wife on June 22, 1969. They had a son named Matthew on June
7, 1980.
A series of scary books for young adults led to the wildly popular
books enjoyed by many kids called Goosebumps. He has written about 250
books in his short life and plans to write many more; he tries to write two
books a month.
As a frequent reader, I think he writes really scary, but sometimes
funny, books with interesting characters, cool titles and neat .....
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Albert Einstein
Number of words: 1621 | Number of pages: 6.... his father's compass, and he often marvelled at his uncle's explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was intrigued by certain mysteries of science, he was considered a slow learner. His failure to become fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachers to believe he was disabled.
Einstein's post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the school's strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of teaching led to his reputation as a rebel. It was probably these differences that caused Einstein to search for knowl .....
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Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)
Number of words: 349 | Number of pages: 2.... 1835 and became editor of the Southern LiteraryMessenger and married
Virginia who was not yet 14 years old. In January 1837 Poe annouced his
withdrawl as editor in the Messenger.
He stayed in New York City then in Philadelphia and again in New
York to establish himself as a force of literary jouranalism. Over the
years he discovered new forms of poetry. He exemplifies a form in Ligeia
(1838), he conidered his best piece of work The Fall Of The House Of Usher
(1839). The Murders In The Rue Morgue (1841) was his first detective story,
his musical mellifious verses are The Raven (1845) and The Bells (1849).
Virginia died in 1847 i .....
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier Of Canada
Number of words: 1033 | Number of pages: 4.... In
his studies he took subjects such as Latin, Latin classics, pre-
revolutionary French literature, Greek, English and some philosophy. The
education which Laurier got from this school was to prepare him for
priesthood but he decided to study law in Montreal at McGill University.
At the University Laurier was very hard working and serious to try to
accomplish his first major goal which was to become a lawyer. In 1864
Laurier had graduated at the top of his class and was chosen to give the
valedictory address. Some of the things he said in his address were how a
lawyer bore heavy responsibilities. A lawyer had to mainta .....
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John Lennon
Number of words: 645 | Number of pages: 3.... followed several avant-garde sound collages recorded toward the end of the Beatles era with his wife and collaborator, Yoko Ono. The raw, confessional nature of Plastic Ono Band reflected the primal-scream therapy that Lennon and Ono had been undergoing with psychologist Arthur Janov.
There were, in fact, numerous facets to Lennon's character captured in the ongoing diary of his life in song. Many of his post-Beatles compositions - "Imagine," "Mind Games," "Instant Karma," and "Give Peace a Chance" – have rightfully become anthems, flaunting tough-minded realism, cosmic epiphany, hard-won idealism and visionary utopianism in .....
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Benjamin H. Latrobe
Number of words: 1535 | Number of pages: 6.... the time. Two of which were Gorge Dance and John Soane. Both of these architects were very influential to Latrobes own work. In fact, all three architects were very influential. They all helped mold and create Latrobe's architectural style. During this advancing time period in architecture there were mainly three distinct styles of architecture. The first style was Old school. This style was strict Palladianism which was inspired by Palladio himself. The second school was Roman in origin and had a lot of functional space and had a lot of decorative detail. Latrobe found both these styles to be over rich and also to elab .....
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