Marie Taglioni MARIE TAGLIONI Marie Taglioni was one of the greatest ballerinas in the Romantic era who lived between 1804 and 1884. Although she was born in Stockholm, she lived in Paris with her mother while her father, Filippo Taglioni, a dancer and choreographer was on tour. She was the oldest of the ballerinas of that era and she was one of the reasons why the Romant

Manet, Edouard Edouard Manet On January 29, 1832, Edouard Manet was born into a high-class family in Paris, France. His mother, Eugenie-Desiree Fournier, was the goddaughter of Charles Bernadotte, the Crown Prince of Sweden. Eduardo's father, Augusta Manet was a magistrate and an officer in the Ministry of Justice. To uphold the wealthy life style, Auguste Manet wanted Edouard to con

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong was born in a small village named Shaosan, (Music Mountain) in Dec. 1893. His family name Mao means, “hair” and his given name Zedong means “Anoint the East.” As a leader, his anointing of the East left an odd birthmark on China’s politics and her people. That mark later transformed into a scar which will never leave Chinas history. Terrill constantly refers to

Marcus Garvey In 1914 Marcus Mosiah Garvey started the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Jamaica. UNIA was started to help promote blacks in everyone’s eyes so that they wouldn’t have to be “at the mercy of white people.” (Kanet.org 7) Garvey wanted blacks to set up their own nation. In 1916, he moved the UNIA headquarters to Harlem, New York. Marcus Garvey was one of the

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe Many young girls dream of growing up to become an idolized, beautiful, and sexy movie star. It is an even larger and distant goal to actually achieve this stardom. Marilyn Monroe not only obtained this, but also perfected it. In Hollywood there are stars, and then there are goddesses. Even though Marilyn Monroe experienced a tougher childhood than many,

Martian Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born Tuesday, January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, to the proud parents Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King. On June 18, 1953, Martin Luther King, Jr. married his wife Coretta Scott at her home in Marion, Alabama. Together they had four children their names are: Yolanda Denise, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, a

Martin Luther Bibliography Introduction Martin Luther King Jr. was an incredible leader who greatly advanced the civil rights movement. Early in his life, Martin Luther King Jr. went to very prestigious schools and won awards for his charismatic way of speaking. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was led by King, tried to put an end to segregated buses and racial injustice in general.

Maya Angelou Maya Angelou is a writer, poet, performer, and a director. Before anything else, she is woman; a black woman. She was born Marguerite Johnson, on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. After her parents’ marriage broke up, Angelou and her older brother, who gave her the nickname “Maya,” moved to the rural town of Stamps, Arkansas to live with their paternal grandmother. In

Joe Mccarthy The following biographical essay was prepared by the Reference staff of the Appleton Public Library, based primarily on information from The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy: A Biography by Thomas C. Reeves. Early Years Joseph Raymond McCarthy was born on a farm in the Town of Grand Chute, near Appleton, Wisconsin, on November 15, 1908. He attended the Underhill School, a o

Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling, born in Bombay, India, on December 30, 1865, made a significant contribution to English Literature in various genres including poetry, short story and novel. His birth took place in an affluent family with his father holding the post of Professor of Architectural Sculpture at the Bombay School of Art and his mother coming from a family

Menander After the Macedonian conquest, Greek comedy moved away from the daring personal and political satire of Aristophanes. Lacking complete political independance, writers of this New Comedy found themselves moving towards safer more mundane subject matter. They found their inspiration in the daily life of Athens. Their characters were drawn from the cooks, merchants, farmers and sla

Michael Jordan Michael Jordan was born on January 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. He has two brothers, is married, and has three kids. He is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time (Kornbluth). My focus will be on his hardships, accomplishments, and people who influenced him. First, I would like to touch on

Milton Friedman Milton Friedman was born in New York City in 1912. His parents were poor immigrants, which means he did not have a family history of wealth or knowledge of economics. Friedman’s father died when Friedman was only fifteen years old. Friedman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in 1932, a masters from the University of Chicago in 1933 (Friedmans).

Facts Of Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson 1. Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell, his father’s Virginia plantation, April 13, 1743. (Brown, David xii 12) 2. Thomas Jefferson attends The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1760. (Brown, David xiii 13) 3. Thomas Jefferson started to study law in Williamsburg for five years in 1762. (Watts, Franklin 26-30) 4. T

MLK Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist who led Black Americans through his inspirational speeches, which he conveyed through the words of god. He won the Nobel Prize for peace and continued to spread his knowledge by preaching. During the Vietnam War, he gave a speech at the Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama called “Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietn

Mother Teresa We all have our own heroes, people we admire and respect, people made an impact on our life, that made us look at the world with a different eye, Mother Teresa is definitely the one for me. Agnes Gronxha Bojaxhiu was born August 26,1910. She is called Mother Teresa today. She had catholic family. Her mother, Drana, helped people who were suffering from alcoholism, or

Molly Pitcher > *Molly Pitcher* Molly Pitcher was born on October 13, 1754 near Trenton NJ. where she grew up on her parents dairy farm. She later married John Hays. John enlisted in the Colonial Army in December of 1775. He fought in the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778. She went along with him to carry supplies, to tend to the wounded and to sew. She even heaved a

Muddy Waters Muddy Waters Muddy Waters Blues as an art form gave Blacks a medium to manifest their feelings. Feelings ranging from humorous to silly to depressed. Fortunately for a entire genre of music, the only way for Mckinley Morganfield to express himself was through song. Morganfield better known as Muddy Waters became a legendary blues vocalist /guitarist. When the Blues industr

Darryl Strawberry Affects and Struggles of Cocaine and Darryl Strawberry Cocaine is a drug that has been existent since the 1800’s. It is a powerfully addictive drug of abuse. Individuals who have tried cocaine have described the experience as a powerful high that gave them a feeling of supremacy. However, once someone starts taking cocaine, one cannot predict or control the extent

Jean Paul Satre Jean-Paul Sartre was born in Paris on June 21, 1905. He lived and wrote in France throughout most of his life. Sartre, famous for being an existentialist philosopher and writer, he attempted to combine the individualism of his existentialist work with a form of Marxism, which stresses the collective aspect of human existence. Existentialism views the individual as being u

Karl Marx Karl Marx “It may seem paradoxical that Karl Marx, whom so many working-class movements of our time claim as their Master and infallible guide to revolution, should have come from a comfortable middle-class home. Yet to a remarkable extent he does himself epitomise his own doctrine that men are conditioned by their socio-econmic circumstances. The German City in which he grew

My Life As A Writer Pg 1 My first writing experience I remember was biting the head off a paper guy. In kindergarten we would get a paper guy with a smiley face or a frown depending on how we did in writing that day, but whenever I received a frown I would bite the head off the little guy. From that point forward I have had a negative attitude towards writing. Throughout my life I have

Nash My beginning as a legally recognized individual occurred on June 13, 1928 in Bluefield, West Virginia, in the Bluefield Sanitarium, a hospital that no longer exists. Of course I can't consciously remember anything from the first two or three years of my life after birth. (And, also, one suspects, psychologically, that the earliest memories have become "memories of memories" and are

Neil Abercrombie Neil Abercrombie is a Democratic congressmen, who represents the first district of Honolulu, Hawaii in the House of Representatives. He have been involved in the political circuit since the 1970’s. This paper will give a brief Biography of Congressmen Abercrombie as well as a look into what he does for his constituents and how he gets his campaign finances. Congr

Stephen Crane Stephen Crane lived a life of rebellion-against his strict upbringing, his school and university, and what he considered a poorly regulated, unjust society. As the fourteenth and youngest child of a Methodist minister, Crane first chafed against the constraints of his structured family life. The restrictions of university life, however, didn’t agree with him any better.

Neville Brody Neville Brody is an internationally known British graphic designer and typographer, who is best known for his work on magazines, most notably ‘The Face.’ This magazine transformed the way in which designers and readers approach typography and layout. In addition to his magazine work, he designed record covers for such independent record companies as Fetish, Hannibal, and Ph

Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell is a well known illustrator and artist. He proved to be very diverse and apt to drawing what he saw in the world. He would quote “I paint life as I would like it to be. If there were problems in this lifetime they were humorous problems.” This would go to show how Rockwell was funny and creative with every drawing. Rockwell was well

Alan Paton Alan Paton -- teacher, author, and politician -- was one of South Africa's most remarkable people. Repelled by the racism he saw all around him in his homeland, he wrote Cry, the Beloved Country, the book that had the most profound effect in the worldwide struggle against apartheid. It is in this book, that he portrayed his life through so many characters and scenes to give

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen was born in Norway on March 20, 1828. He was the eldest of five children, and the son of a prominent merchant and his wife. He married Suzannah Thoresen in 1858 and they had a child, Sigurd Ibsen. Ibsen felt strongly about marriage and that man and women should be equal. They should each be free to develop in their own way. Ibsen often stated that his work an

Oprah Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 29, 1954. She moved to Nashville to live with her father Vernon, a barber and businessman, after being sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of the mother Vernita, during a troubled adolescence. Oprah became the youngest person and the first African-American woman to anchor the news at Nashville’s WTVF-