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Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin
There was a man named Josiah Franklin. He owned a candle and soap shop in Boston, Massachusetts. The sign for the shop was shaped like a blue ball. Josiah had children, but there were often not living at home. J...
Charles Wade Barkley
Charles Wade Barkley
Charles Wade Barkley is an American Professional Basketball Player,
known to fans as "Sir Charles". He was born in Leeds, Alabama and later
attended Auburn University where he started basketball and...
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill: Britain’s Man of the Century
Never give in–never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour a...
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564. He was baptized on April 24, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He was the third of eight children born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. John was a well...
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
One of the greatest female authors of all time, Virginia Woolf, produced a body of writing respected worldwide. Driven by uncontrollable circumstances and internal conflict, her life was cut short by suicide...
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Marx:
Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in a place called Trier in Prussia. His parents were of Jewish descent, however they did not practice Judaism. In 1824 Karl's father adopted Protestantism. Marx atte...
Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes-A Flying Life
Howard Robard Hughes was a very inventive, attention getting man. He was an out-spoken entrepreneur who was best known for his hard work and dedication in motion pictures and the a...
Rudyard Kipling
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 ...
Andy Worhal
Andy Worhal
Andy Warhol, the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and film maker was born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928, shortly afterwards settling in New York. The only son of immigrant, Czech parents, Andy finishe...
Travis Anderson
Travis Anderson
English 101
Essay#2
Refuge From The Concrete
After starting school recently, my life became overloaded with responsibility. A typical day starts at six thirty as a screaming alarm summons me from bed. I...
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Marx was the greatest thinker and philosopher of his time. His views on life and the social structure of his time revolutionized the way in which people think. He created an opportunity for the lower class t...
John Keats
John Keats
English Literature Biographical Speech
Keats, John (1795-1821)
English poet, one of the most gifted and appealing of the 19th century and a seminal figure of the romantic movement.
Keats was born in London, Oct...
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher is the first woman to have held the office of prime minister in Great Britain. She was born Margaret Hilda Roberts in Grantham, Lincolnshire and educated at the University of Oxfor...
Laura Secord
Laura Secord
Laura Secord was originally an American. She was born in Massachusetts on September 13, 1775. Her father was Thomas Ingersoll. He was a major in the American army. They were well known because Laura's fathe...
Ernest Che Guevara
Ernest Che Guevara
Ernesto Guevara de Serna was born in Argentina in 1928 into a fairly privileged family. He developed serious asthma at the age of two, which would plague him throughout his life. He was home-schooled by...