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- 2571: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Biography
- ... and he loved the house and the view, the woods, special trees...." He attended Groton (1896-1900), a prestigious preparatory school in Massachusetts, and received a B.A. degree in history from Harvard in only three years (1900-03). Roosevelt next studied law at New York's Columbia University. When he passed the bar examination in 1907, he left school without ... Depression worsened in the months preceding Roosevelt's inauguration, March 4, 1933. Factory closings, farm foreclosures, and bank failures increased, while unemployment soared. Roosevelt faced the greatest crisis in American history since the Civil War. He undertook immediate actions to initiate his New Deal. . These measures revived confidence in the economy. Another flurry of New Deal legislation followed in 1935 including ...
- 2572: Helen Keller
- ... was taught. It will also explain to the reader the difficulty of not having the ability to speak, see, and hear and overcoming this to be a wonderful person in history. Once Helen did not respond to the sounds of bells her parents knew at once that something was wrong with Helen. They soon discovered that Helen was deaf. They discovered ... her life, has always been an overachiever. She beat the odds of being deaf, dumb, and blind and became one of the most, if not the most notable woman in history. She always taught to others the way that she was taught. Over the years Helen has received many awards and has achieved many of her goals. She has been asked ...
- 2573: Pope Paul III: The Sixteenth Century Miracle
- ... the council was well under way political events interrupted its great work. Nevertheless the council continued until 1563. The Council of Trent was definitely established as a watershed of church history. A huge dispute between Paul and his grandsons also cause the council to be postponed for a while. It seems Paul's grandsons, one of them being Cardinal Alessandro, rebelled ... Boston: Crossway Books, 1970. Brusher, Joseph. Popes Through The Ages. New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Co. Inc., 1965. John, Eric. The Popes. New York: Hawthorn Books Inc.,1964. Ranke, Von. History of The Popes Volume I. New York: Warner Books, 1975.
- 2574: Niccolo Machiavelli
- ... carefully : Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, Signore Pagolo and Duke Gravina's killing which is bound with Duke Valentino's behavior (1503). This writing was so important in Machiavelli's history of political thought as well as the two other works of him written in the same year : the first work he harshly criticizes the hesitant character of the politics in ... thinking and writing about his thoughts. His friends were writing letters about the new government and keeping him aware of everything. In 1513 on the first ten volumes of Livius' History of Rome, he started writing Discorsi. This work was finished in 1519. Also in 1513 he wrote Principe (Prince). Machiavelli's thinking most maturely and strongly is presented in these ...
- 2575: Albert Einstein 1879-1955
- ... www.netfrance.com/Libe/manhat/ho_ eins.html http://magna.com.au/~prfbrown/albert_e.html http://cuy.net/%7Eeinstein/einstein.html http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~ history/Mathematicians/Einstein.html http://www.aip.org/history/esva/einstein.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/nova/einstein/ http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Encyclopedia http://www2.elibrary.com/id/27/86/search.cgi 1 Robert Oppenheimer was ...
- 2576: Aristotle
- ... ruler Alexander the Great. Aristotle was the first known person to make major advances in the fields of logic, physical works( such as physics, meteorologists, ect.) , psychological works, and natural history( modern day biology). His most famous studies are in the field of philosophical works. His studies play an important role in the early history of chemistry. Aristotle was the first person to propose the idea of atoms matter and other grand ideas. Aristotle made the first major advances in the field of philosophy of ...
- 2577: Thomas Jefferson: The Man, The Myth, and The Morality
- ... that Thomas Jefferson shows his moral character is in his most famous achievement, the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. This document is probably the most important document in the history of the United States, and one of the most important in the history of the world. Jefferson writes that “all men are created equal” and argues that every man has the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Jefferson's document ...
- 2578: Biography of Aaron Montgomery Ward
- ... cheating the farmers for so many years, became known fondly as the "Wish Book" and was a favorite in households all across America. The Montgomery Ward catalog's place in history was assured when the Grolier Club, a high respected club of book readers in New York, exhibited it in 1946 alongside Webster's Dictionary as one of 100 American books ... his lifelong friend, business partner and brother-in-law, passed away in 1918. Thorne's five sons all were involved with the business and carried it forward until 1920.The history and growth of the company has since then grown not only to mail order catalog companies, but the company of arron montgomery ward has also grown to chain stores and ...
- 2579: The Life and Work of Washington Irving
- ... and poems on New York society. Irving's contributions to this thing established his reputation as an essayist and wit, and this reputation was enhanced by his next work, "A History of New York " (1809), evidently written by Irving's famous comic creation, the Dutch-American scholar Diedrich Knickerbocker. The work is a account of New York State during the period ... the staff of the United States legation in Madrid. During this time and after his return to England, he wrote several historical works, the most popular of which was the History of Christopher Columbus in (1828). Another well known work of this period was The "Alhambra" in (1832), a series of sketches and stories based on Irving's life in 1829 ...
- 2580: Biography of Rasputin
- Biography of Rasputin The way a person lives his life and his religious beliefs can greatly affect history and the well being of a nation. A life of stealing and lying can kill you and destroy a nation, while leading a Godly life will keep you and everyone around you protected. Rasputin, in both his distorted religious beliefs and lifestyle, not only got himself killed, but changed the history of Russia and the world forever. Rasputin was born Grigory Yefimovich Novykh in 1872, to a Siberian family, in the town of Pokrovskoye. Even though Grigory attended school, he remained ...
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