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Ruth Benedict's Anthropological Contributions

School for Social Research, and was influenced by Elsie Clews Parsons and Alexander Goldenweiser who sent her to study anthropolog...

The Life of Emily Dickinson by Richard B. Sewall

came into the world on December 10, 1830, the second of four children born to Edward and Emily Norcross Dickinson. As Sewall note...

Book II of the History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

even falling ill himself (Halsall Ancient History Sourcebook: 11th Britannica: Thucydides). During a heated campaign in 424, Thuc...

Critical Biography King by David Lewis

and sufficient material for a book. Despite his earlier assessment of King, Lewis did decide to write the book. It would be a jour...

Connection Between Biography and History

individual experiences. Williams (1972) recognized that it is not uncommon for man to apply a collective view of individual or pa...

Eleanor Roosevelt A Personal and Public Life by J. William T. Youngs

not only who she was as a person, but to also put her contributions and her legacy into a proper perspective. The book details sp...

An Examination of Pocahontas

met John Smith in 1608 and between that time and the time she married another gentleman in 1614, she was kidnapped and raped by th...

The Life of Leon Trotsky

been deported to Siberia. Again, he escaped and returned to London, where he met Stalin....

Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy and Marilyn Monroe

grandmother were institutionalized when they died and her mother spent most of the rest of her life in a mental institution (Towso...

The Roosevelt Presence The Life and Legacy of FDR by Patrick J. Maney

number of secondary sources listed and subdivided into ten chapters covering Roosevelts privileged youth, his marriage and growing...

Life and Times of Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger

Warren Burger's life and career are the focus of this biography consisting of eight pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Biography of Elton John

a weight problem ("Wilsonweb," 1998). His parents divorced and after remarriage, his mother would encourage his musical career whe...

Biography of Teddy Roosevelt

the West, specifically, the Dakota Territory, soon after their deaths, bought land, and spent the next few years writing books and...

Alexander Hamilton, American by Richard Brookhiser

review, said that he felt like a candle "beside the sun at noonday" when comparing his career to that of Hamilton (11). It is fr...

Leadership Qualities of William Bratton

"one of the first" hed "seen with the new-style rotating gumball-machine light, so that fascinated me. Every morning, this red-fac...

Life and Music of Composer Oliver Messiaen

book has had a significant influence on his characters and destiny (Johnson 9). During World War I, he lived with his mother and...

Ann Blackman's Biography on Madeleine Korbel Albright

and not dependent upon a man to pave the way. The biography is single-minded in its efforts to expose the root of Albrights uncom...

Biography of Evita Peron

old enough to venture out on her own, Evita - whose beauty helped open many a door of opportunity - sought an acting career in Bue...

Biography of Wisconsin's District 1 Representative Paul Ryan

former Vice Presidential candidate Jack Kemp and former U.S. Drug Czar Bill Bennett, and as a Legislative Director in the U.S. Sen...

A Biography of Alice Munro

bootleggers and prostitutes and hangers-on lived" (Fraser, 2001; wls-fraser.shtml). She claims that these were the people she knew...

Biography of Bob Marley

his genre, but his music made pop charts in the United States. He was able to break through barriers that other musicians could no...

Biography of Bill Gates

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington ("Gates" PG). His knickname was, or at least his family called him,...

Biography of Terrorist Osama bin Laden

some extent, bin Laden embraces core beliefs that have not been changed. He continues to propel his desire to oust his enemies. ...

A Biography of Archbishop Oscar Romero

In six pages the life and achievements of Archbishop Oscar Romero are examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Biography of Leland Stanford

In six pages this paper discusses the life, entrepreneurial career, and California political role of Leland Stanford, for which St...

The Sane Positivist A Biography of Edward L. Thorndike by Geraldine Joncich

the first name that typically comes to mind is Edward Lee Thorndike. Considered one of the leading educators in the field of psyc...

Biography of Josef Stalin

In twenty four pages this essay considers the life of Josef Stalin, comparing his leadership of the Soviet Union with other leader...

A Biography of Alessandro Volta

In five pages this paper discusses the life and scientific contributions of electrical energy pioneer Alessandro Volta. There are...

Biography of Legendary NFL Coach Vince Lombardi

been both a CPA and an attorney. He did take that coaching job, however. He not only coached football there, but also...

Biography of Mathematician Josiah Willard Gibbs

In fifteen pages this Yale professor and U.S. mathematician is considered in a biographical overview. Four sources are cited in t...