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Ezekiel

Ezekiel lived in a time of international crisis and conflict. Assyria was the world power in the area under the rule of Tiglath-pilesar III. In 724 B.C Israel raged war upon Assyria, and Israel was no...

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald’s life was reflected in his work, making his name synonymous with the characters of his stories. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota as the...

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pavlov’s dog

Who was Ivan Pavlov? The Russian scientist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was born in 1849 in Ryazan, where his father worked as a village priest. In 1870 Ivan Pavlov abandoned the religious career for which he...

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Jim Abbott

It is a clear summer night at Fenway Park in Boston. The Boston Red Sox and the California Angels are in a hot pennant race. The Boston Red Sox are the best hitting team in the American League. The...

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DUKE ELLINGTON

Grade 8th 11-26-00 Reading With complete sincerity and honesty, one can easily recognize Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington as America’s greatest composer in any genre. Leading his orchestra for over...

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Robert Hooke

In 1948 Robert’s father died. He went to Westminster boarding school. The headmaster noticed that Hooke was very advanced and put him in a curriculum that included Latin, Greek, and Math. Hooke went to...

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Hopes And Dreams

Science has been the backbone of my life ever since my high school days in Malaysia. Although I studied many science subjects like Physics and Biology, I was especially fond of chemistry. My fondness...

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andy warhol bio

Campbell’s Soup: Black Bean (c) VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2001/2002 No other artist is as much identified with Pop Art as Andy Warhol. The media called him the Prince of Pop. Warhol made his way from a...

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Biography Of Arthur Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke, a science fiction author, has had a very interesting life. Arthur was born on December 16, 1917, in Minehead, England. He was the oldest of four children. His two brothers were...

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Shakespeare

Life A complete, authoritative account of Shakespeare’s life is lacking, and thus much supposition surrounds relatively few facts. It is commonly accepted that he was born in 1564, and it is known that...

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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

1827 – 1875 The son and grandson of stonemasons, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux was born in 1827 in Valenciennes and moved to Paris at the age of eleven. Beginning in the early 1840s he studied at the Petite...

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