John Adams “By my constitution, I am but an ordinary man. The times alone have destined me to fame and even these have not been able to give me much.” This quote was written by John Adams into his diary, one quiet night after his presidency. John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massechusetts (which is now called Quincy, Massechusetts). He was born to John

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, from the backwoods of Hodgenville Kentucky, rose to become one of the greatest presidents of the United States. During his attempt to keep the Union in the Civil War, he gained more power and authority than any president before him. A excellent politician, Lincoln was always looked upon for leadership for he put reason and thoughtful decisions behind his

Abraham Lincoln On the stormy morning of Sunday, February 12, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, wife of Thomas, gave birth to a boy. He was born on a bed of poles covered with corn husks. The baby was named Abraham after his grandfather. In 1811 the Lincolns moved to a farm on Knob Creek which was also near Hodgenville. In 1811 or 1812, Abraham's younger brother, Thomas, died in infancy. Abraham

Jack London Jack London (1876-1916) was easily the most successful and best-known writer in America in the first decade of the 20th century. He is best known for his books, The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf, and a few short stories, such as "To Build a Fire" and "The White Silence." He was a productive writer whose fiction traveled through three lands and their cultures

Isaac Newton ISAAC NEWTON Isaac Newton was born janurary 4th, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. Isaac Newton came from a family of farmers but he never did know his real dad because he died three months before he was born. His father owned property and animals which made him a very wealthy man. His father was aslo very uneducated and could not even sign his own name. Isaac’s mo

James Baldwin The Works of James Baldwin We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only forces that can change it. James Baldwin was born in Harlem on August 2, 1924. Shortly after his birth his mother married David Baldwin, a factory worker and Pentecostal minister. Baldwin was the eldest of nine children. Because of his troubled re

James Baldwin James Arthur Baldwin Life James Arthur Baldwin was born the first of nine children during 1924 in Harlem. His father, David, was a clergyman and a factory worker, and was the source of all of James Baldwin's fears. Baldwin's mother, Berdis, was a homemaker. Baldwin first started writing around age fourteen as a way of s

James Chadwick SIR JAMES CHADWICK (1891 –1974) James Chadwick was born in Cheshire, England, on October 20, 1891. James is the son of John Joseph Chadwick and Anne Mary Knowles. He attended Manchester High School prior to entering Manchester University in 1908. Strangely, while enrolling in the University of Manchester, Chadwick who intended to major in mathematics accidentally found

Jane Addams Jane Addams founded Hull House in 1889, along with her friend Ellen Starr. Jane had a very compassionate heart from the time she was a young girl. Everywhere she went, Jane had a desire to help people less fortunate than herself. Jane's father helped shape her to become more charitable to others less fortunate. Even as a young girl Jane wanted to know why all people did not l

Jane Addams And The Hull House Hull House Jane Addams did many things in her lifetime that still have an impact on today’s society. Jane, the vice president of National Woman’s Trade Union League in 1903, also helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She was elected first woman president of National Conference of Charities and Corrections (which

Jane Addams Hull House When Jane Addams was born, females were likely and expected to turn out to be wives and mothers, or perhaps a nurse or a schoolteacher. Women did not have the power or right to vote or any real political rights. One of Addams' earliest memories was being appalled by the effects of poverty, which made her determined to help the waves of immigrants flowing into the c

Jane Austen Jane Austen One of the most famous authors of the romantic period was Jane Austen. Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 at Stevenson, Hampshire, England. Austen was the seventh of eight children born to Reverend George and Cassandra Austen. Her father was the local rector at the parish in Stevenson for many years. Reverend Austen made a reasonably good income and was a

Jaques Pepin Jacques Pepin is a famous chef. He is also a host of PBS-TV series, Today’s Gourmet. He has published 19 cookbooks. He is a contributing editor to FOOD & WINE MAGAZINE. Mr. Pepin was a columnist for the New York Times. Jacques Pepin was the personal chef to three French heads of state, including Charles DeGaulle. He has been a guest on many popular TV shows like The T

Jay Leno Jay Leno, known by many as the king of late night television. But little do they know of the ridiculous steps and missteps that took him to the top. In Jay Leno’s autobiography, Leading With My Chin, Jay analyzes his journey to fame and fortune. He begins with his childhood and the situations that sparked his love for comedy. After reading his book I found myself a bit di

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on June 28, 1712 in Geneva, Switzerland. His mother died shortly after his birth. When Rousseau was 10 his father fled from Geneva to avoid imprisonment for a minor offense, leaving young Jean-Jacques to be raised by an aunt and uncle. Rousseau left Geneva at 16, wandering from place to place, finally moving to Paris in 1742. H

JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, the youngest person ever to be elected President, and the first Roman Catholic. Kennedy was assassinated before he completed his third year as President. He had a worldwide influence and his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis may have prevented the United States from entering another world war. The younger peop

John Dos Passos John Roderigo Dos Passos (1896-1970) is recognized as one of the pre-eminent American authors of the 20th century. He was an American writer whose novels focusing on the hypocrisy and materialism of the U.S. between the two world wars, influenced several generations of American and European writers. John Dos Passos was such a man that appeared to have been significantly i

John Fitzgerald Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963), was the youngest man ever elected president, and he was the youngest ever to die in office. He was shot to death on Nov. 22, 1963, after two years and 10 months as chief executive. The world mourned Kennedy's death, and presidents, premiers, and members of royalty walked behind the casket at his

John Grisham The Life and Times of John Grisham John Grisham is a southern man born and raised. Born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in 1955 Grisham was raised southern Baptist. Grisham’s family roots run deep in the south, so deep in fact that he is actually a distant cousin to Bill Clinton (Pringle 1). He was one of five siblings that are in his family. Grisham’s family lived on a rathe

John Proctor A tragedy should bring both fear and pity to the reader. A man in this tragedy should not be exceptionally righteous, but his faults should come about because of a certain irreversible error on his part. Tragic heroes inevitably find a negative or sometimes even fatal end that elevates the conclusion. John Proctor’s good moral character and honest personality is first w

John Q Adams John Adams had three remarkable careers in his lifetime. One as an enemy of British oppression and champion of independence. As an American diplomat in Europe and as the first vice-president and second president of the United States. His diary, letters and speeches showed him to be very patriotic, a stong family man and tough-minded philosopher. Adams was born in Q

John Quincy Adams Until the election of George W. Bush, John Quincy Adams was the only son of a president to become the president himself. He had an impressive political background that began at the age of fourteen. He was an intelligent and industrious individual. He was a man of strong character and high principles. By all account, his presidency should have been a huge success, yet

John Wilks Booth John Wilkes Booth, born May 10, 1838, was an actor who performed throughout the country in many plays. He was the lead in some of William Shakespeare's most famous works. Additionally, he was a racist and Southern sympathizer during the Civil War. He hated Abraham Lincoln who represented everything Booth was against. Booth blamed Lincoln for all the South's ills. He want

Juan Gonzalez Acquired in a nine-player trade from Texas before last season, Juan Gonzalez had his worst year since the strike-shortened 1994 campaign. The Tigers expected more than 22 home runs and 67 RBI from the two-time American League MVP. He was limited to 115 games because of foot, ankle and back injuries. He also complained loudly about the distance to the fence in left-center at

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in the city of Trier in Prussia, now, Germany. He was one of seven children of Jewish Parents. His father was fairly liberal, taking part in demonstrations for a constitution for Prussia and reading such authors as Voltaire and Kant, known for their social commentary. His mother, Henrietta, was originally from Holland and never became

Karl Marx In the earlier epochs of history, we find almost everywhere a complicated arrangement of society into various orders, a manifold gradation of social rank. In ancient Rome we have patricians, knights, plebeians, slaves; in the Middle Ages, feudal lords, vassals, guild-masters, journeymen, apprentices, serfs; in almost all of these classes, again, subordinate gradations. The m

Karl Marx Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in Trier, Prussia. He attended the university of Bonn and later the university at Berlin, where he studied in law, while majoring in history and philosophy. After his education, Marx associated himself with the "Left Hegelians," along with Bruno Bauer, which were a group who formed atheistic and revolutionary ideas from Hegel's philosophy. The

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx Karl Marx was the founder of marxism. He wrote many books and pamphlets on Marxism and the government. Marxism consists of three inter -related ideas: a philosophical view of man, a theory of history, and an economic and political program. Karl Marx was born on may 5, 1818, in the city of Trier in the Rhine province of Prussia, now in West Germany. He

Karl Marx The late 1800’s were a time period where new ideas, theories, and philosophies ran through the minds of many young people. Amongst them was a man by the name of Karl Marx. Known as a man of great integrity and intelligence, Marx was thought to be one of the greatest thinkers of all time. Karl Marx was born in the German Rhineland to a well-cultured family, one that was not revo

Kate Chopin: A Woman Ahead Of Her Time Kate Chopin: A Woman Ahead of Her Time The works of European writers, her family background, and regional geography has had an obvious influence in Kate Chopin’s major works as well as her life experiences. Chopin, whose fame came years after her death, was once described as “A woman ahead of her time” (“Kate”1-2). Her major works included short s