Biography Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (601) essays
Biographies essays:
"Gandhi: Voice of a New Age Revolution"
... of a New Age Revolution Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, a town on the Arabian Sea coast of India. He received the name Mahatma (Great Soul) later in his life. His family was a "family of politicians," he said, "always involved in secret alliances and ...
Greek philosopher Hippocrates.
... Hippocrates is Greek physician, who is often called 'the father of medicine.' Despite the existence of an elaborate tradition surrounding his name, modern scholarship recognizes that actually very little is known about his life, his activities, or his writings, and ...
this is a biography on Andrija Mohorovicic
... secondary school in Rijeka and studied mathematics and physics at the Faculty of Philosophy in Prague in 1875. After graduating, he first taught in grammar school in Zagreb (1879-1880) and then secondary school in Osijek. On 1 November 1882 he began to teach at the Nautical School in Bakar ...
Wystan Hugh Auden
... School for Social Research (also 1946-47) 1941-42 Faculty member of University of Michigan 1942-45 Faculty member of Swarthmore College 1943-45 Faculty member of Bryn Mawr College 1945 Guggenheim fellowships award received; Award of Merit Medal, American Academy of Arts and ...
"William Randolph Hearst" (April 29, 1863 - August 14, 1951)
... in attempts to become the Mayor of New York City in 1905 and 1909, and also to becoming the Governor of New York in 1906. An opponent of the British Empire, Hearst opposed United States involvement in the World War I and attacked the formation of the League of Nations ...
Andy Warhol: the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and film maker
... in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928, shortly afterwards settling in New York. The only son of immigrant, Czech parents, Andy finished high school and went on to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1949 with hopes of becoming an art teacher in the public schools. While in ...
Mark Twain.
... of the great masterpieces of American literature. In the later years of his life, Twain began to speak out more on public issues and write less. Because of his great accomplishments, the University of Oxford gave Twain an honorary doctorate. Three years later, he died at the age of ...
An analysis of the book Frida Kahlo: A Biography.
... the Graduate School of the City University of New York, as well as a grant from the Art History Program Dissertation Fund. Hayden Herrera, an art historian, intrigued by the complex and contradictive life of Frida Kahlo, felt the desire to record and perfect an autobiography in tribute ...
An analysis on jack london
... and short stories, becoming in his lifetime one of the most popular authors. In 1902 London went to England, where he studied the British living conditions in East End and working class areas of the capital city. Originally he set out for South Africa ...
Henry Ford.
... in Detroit, picking up more and more valuable knowledge. This apprenticeship allowed him to work in the factories of Detroit and learn what a hard working blue-collar job was like. When he did return to Dearborn he was always tearing apart and rebuilding his fathers ...