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James Joyce
James Joyce
In selecting James Joyce's Ulysses as the best novel of the twentieth century, Time magazine affirmed Joyce's lasting legacy in the realm of English literature. James Joyce (1882-1941), the twentieth century Ir...
Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers
"With poignant insight and compassion Carson McCullers (1917-1967) wrote of human loneliness, unfulfilled love,
and the frailty of the human heart."
Of all the characters in the work of Carson McCulle...
William Marshall
William Marshall
William Marshall is considered by many to be the epitome of knighthood and chivalry as well as being an outstanding ambassador for England during the turbulent twelfth and thirteenth centuries. From a virt...
Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
The Life and Legend of Howard Hughes Throughout the 20th century, it has been the media’s job to pinpoint what events and people would prove to be an effective story. This was certainly the case for Howard R....
Susan B Anthony
Susan B Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams Massachusetts to Daniel and Lucy Anthony. Susan was the second born of eight children in a strict Quaker family. Her father, Daniel Anthony, was a stern...
King Henry VIII
King Henry VIII
King Henry VIII
Henry VIII (born 1491, ruled 1509-1547). The second son of Henry VII
and Elizabeth of York was one of England's strongest and least popular
monarchs. He was born at Greenwich on June 28, 1491...
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou.
Maya Angelou, born April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, was
r...
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
As a composer, Igor Stravinsky knew many conductors. Later, he wrote an essay about them. What could
he write about them? What would your typical composer have to say about conductors? Surprisingly, when ...
George Lucas
George Lucas
Part I, Summary:
THX 1138, American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back…the list goes on and on. Although many have not heard of each of these films, everyone certainly has to know the man behind t...
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf was a very powerful and imaginative writer. In a "Room of Ones Own" she takes her motivational views about women and fiction and weaves them into a story. Her story i...
Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Jones Jr. was born on January 16, 1969 in Pensacola Florida. Unlike
other black boxers Roy developed his boxing skills on a hog farm in a hamlet
called Barth, outside Pensacola, when many others developed...
Peter The Great
Peter the Great
Peter the Great or Peter I, czar of Russia, reigned from (1672-1725). In many ways he bettered the country
of Russia, but in other ways he hurt Russia. The ways in which bettered the country outweighs the...
Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy, born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1947, was the son of a mail carrier and a credit employee. He graduated from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1969. After marrying Wanda Thomas, an insuran...
James Cameron
James Cameron
James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario in Canada August 14 (16) 1954. His family later moved to Chippewa Falls near Niagra Falls. James Cameron was during his youth years always very fascinated with mo...
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson
He was the first black person to ever be at bat in the Major Leagues, and made his name famous. But now, everyone seems to have forgotten this great legend. So I hope that ...