Pierre Beauregard NAPOLEON IN GRAY Born on 28 May 1818 (“Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard: 1818-1893”) in St. Bernard’s Parish, just south of New Orleans ("Pierre Beauregard"), Piérre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was born to the wealthy Creole planter (Meehan), Jacques Elie Toutant Beauregard, and Judith Helene Antonia de Reggio(“Georgia's Confederate Officers Genealogy.”). He came from

Louis Pasteur LOUIS PASTEUR There is a time in every man's life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered. It can happen with age or with tragedy or closeness of death. I am lying here at age 45, not able to feel my left side. Not knowing if this stroke that has befallen me will end my life before the mysteries that I have unlocked ca

George Patton General George Patton was born in San Gabriel, California; 1885. Patton graduated from West Point in the year of 1909. He was an aide to General Pershing in a journey to Mexico in 1916 and again traveled with him to France in 1917. In France, Patton learned from French and British soldiers how to use a new weapon, the tank. Patton told the U.S. about the

Paul Revere “Listen my children and you shall see hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.” (Longfellow) Thus begins the famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This is the poem about Paul Revere and his legendary midnight ride. Paul Revere, one of the greatest heroe

Plath Biography Sylvia Plath is a writer with a life that generated a lot of interest. The interest that followed Plath was a result of her highly personal writings that eventually lead into her suicide. Her works closely reflect her life, and by understanding the events in Plath’s life her poetry and prose becomes clearer to the reader. Sylvia Plath became a sort of a martyr for wome

Plato Plato was born in Athens, Greece in about 427 B.C (based on the Gregorian Calendar). Born into a family of aristocrats, Plato’s father, Ariston, was said to have been a descendant of the royal kings of Athens. This might explain Plato’s why as a young man, Plato’s interest were in political leadership. He was disillusioned by the low level of politics in his time and felt that the

Edward Taylor Edward Taylor (1642-1729) was a New England Puritan. He was born in Leicestershire and became a school teacher with Puritan sympathies. After the Great Ejection, Taylor left England, studied divinity at Harvard, and eventually became minister of Westfield, Massachusetts. Taylor was a colleague of Increase Mather and Charles Chauncey, and corresponded with Richard Baxter

Picasso 1881: Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain, Son of Jose Ruiz Blasco, an art teacher (1838-1913) and Maria Picasso Lupez (1855- 1939) 1884: Birth of the first sister, Dolores (Lola) 1887: Birth of the second sister, Concepcion (Conchita) 1888 / 89: Started painting tutored by his father. 1891: Translated La Coruña, where his father work

Al Capone Organized crime was not so organized up until the 1920s. When the 1920s arrived, the American lifestyle changed dramatically. People started investing money in home appliances and automobiles, women’s skirts became higher and drinking became very popular. Also, organized crime came to a rise in the 1920’s. And in the high ranks of organized crime was Al Capone. Al Capone ran ma

Al Capone Al Capone The Great Depression had strong effects on many families in the early 1900’s. Many people were left with out jobs or homes to reside in. Most unemployed workers turned to the West, such as California, to search for new jobs to support their families. Realizing once they had gotten there that most opportunities had been taken. (Steinbeck) Then there are the others

Poe Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is known as the father of the American short story and father of the detective story. To understand the literary contributi

Al Capone Al Capone is America's best known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era. Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its reputation as a lawless city. Capone was born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York. Baptized "Alphonsus Capone," he grew up in a rough

Al Gore Al Gore was born on March 31, 1948 to Albert Gore Senior and Pauline LaFon Gore. Albert Gore Sr. was serving in the US Senate at this time. Al was raised in Carthage, Tennessee in the Baptist tradition. After living in Tennessee, the Gore family moved to Washington D.C. Gore excelled in school and attended college at Harvard, Divinity School in Tennessee and Vanderbilt Law Sc

Popular Mechanics Commentary on Popular Mechanics In Raymond Carver’s short story Popular Mechanics, the meticulous focus on details is immediately obvious to the reader, whether it be the integrated symbols, the characterization, or even the title. Raymond Carver’s short story comes together to leave its readers stunned, and left to make their own conclusions at the end. By focusi

Progressive Presidents Timeline William Howard Taft  1908 William Howard Taft is elected president, and James S. Sherman is vice president.  1908 Muller vs. Oregon. The Supreme Court rules that an Oregon law instituting the maximum hours a woman can work is constitutional.  1909 The Smoking Opium Exclusion Act prohibits importing of opium for other than medicinal purposes.  1

Rameraz Richard Ramirez was born in 1963 he was also known as the "Night Stalker" What kind of person is prejudice' Is it a person who is rich and looks down on others' Is it someone who is poor' Are they mean' Or maybe even a nice person' All of these people are the answer. People all over judge others on stereotypical ideas, or believe they are inferior doe to their race, religion, or

Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone grew out of his research into ways to improve the telegraph. His soul purpose was to help the deaf hear again. Alexander Graham Bell was not trying to invent the telephone, he was just trying to help out people in need. Young Alexander Graham Bell, Aleck as his family knew him, began reading and writing at an extr

Alexander Grahm Bell Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone grew out of his research into ways to improve the telegraph. His soul purpose was to help the deaf hear again. Alexander Graham Bell was not trying to invent the telephone, he was just trying to help out people in need. Young Alexander Graham Bell, Aleck as his family knew him, took to reading and writing at a prec

Rockefeller And Standard Oil... Rags To Riches... Greed Posing As Philanthropy John D Rockefeller began as a humble oil business book-keeper in Cleveland, Ohio and in just seven years rose to control a tenth of the entire US oil industry. In the late 19th century the oil industry was a free-for-all, the law of the jungle ruled. Rockefeller used this 'individual freedom' to pursue several

Of Revenge The essay written by Francis Bacon, “Of Revenge”, spoke of something that most of us already have known about. However, what we know we should do, we don’t always do. Therefore it serves us as a reminder that revenge, although it may be sweet, may not always be the best route taken. When asked to respond to this reading as a piece of literature I would say it was well written

Alfred Adler Alfred Adler, (1870-1937), Austrian psychologist and psychiatrist, born in Vienna, and educated at Vienna University. After leaving the university he studied and was associated with Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. In 1911 Adler left the orthodox psychoanalytic school to found a neo-Freudian school of psychoanalysis. After 1926 he was a visiting professor at Col

Richard M Nixon Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913-1994), was the only president of the United States ever to resign from office. He left the presidency on Aug. 9, 1974, while facing almost certain impeachment for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. This scandal included a break-in at the Democratic national headquarters and other illegal activities by employees of Nixon's 1972 reelectio

Robber Barons Kurt Vonnegut: Schizophrenic, or Just Lonely' Kurt Vonnegut has been through many difficult times in his life. He has lived through times in which he was completely isolated from the rest of his society, relationships within his family, and relationships outside of his family. Vonnegut places a great deal of stress on experiences from his life that caused depression (Lundqu

Robert Owen Robert Owen, the son of a saddler and ironmonger, became one of the most successful mill owners of the Industrial Revolution with a reputation as the producer of fine cotton. However, it was not as a successful and respected businessman that he left his mark on history, but as one of the most prominent social reformers of the period, a pioneer of modern British socialism and

Samuel Adams Biography Samuel Adams: A True Patriot "He eats little, drinks little, sleeps little, thinks much, and is most indefatigable in the pursuit of his object, managed at once the factions in congress at Philadelphia, and the factions of New-England." An unnamed author wrote this in his historical and political reflections of the American Rebellion, published in Great Brit

Samuel Beckett Samuel Beckett was born on Good Friday, April 13, 1906, near Dublin, Ireland. Raised in a middle class, Protestant home, the son of a quantity surveyor and a nurse, he was sent off at the age of 14 to attend the same school which Oscar Wilde had attended. Looking back on his childhood, he once remarked, "I had little talent for happiness." Beckett was consistent in his

Sgt. ALVIN C. YORK BACKGROUND PAPER ON Sgt. ALVIN C. YORK 1. Who is the greatest battle hero of all time' Is it General Douglas MacArthur, or General Patton' Volumes of compelling works have documented the noble acts of such battle-tested officers. However, there are few written accounts on the bravery of enlisted men and women. This information is immensely important because, it

William Shakespeare Truly A Wonderful Man' What's he that wishes so' My cousin Westmoreland' No, my fair cousin. 1f we are marked to die, we are enow to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor. God's will! I pray thee wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; it earns me not if men my gar

Sir Issac Newton Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, a premature infant not expected to live. His father (of the same name) had died just three months before. His mother, Hannah Ayscough Newton, remarried when he was three, and left him with his grandmother until her second husband died, in 1653, when Newton was 11.

Sir John Franklin Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) The Erebus and Terror were two British warships that were last seen disappearing into a pack ice of Davis Strait. Sir John Franklin was the commander of the Erebus and Terror warships along with one hundred and twenty-nine officers and men (Great Canadian Explorers, 3). Sir John Franklin was an avid explorer and statesmen who ironically