Biography- Ellen DeGeneres Birth: “For me it’s that I contributed… That I’m on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That to me is the most important thing‚ that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all negative stuff in life.” This was written by Ellen Lee DeGeneres who was born on January 26‚ 1958 in Metairie‚ Louisiana‚ a suburb of New Orleans. She was born to Elliot and Betty DeGeneres‚ and has an older brother‚ Vance DeGeneres. Her father was
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Cited: Baldwin‚ Neil. Edison: Inventing the Century. University of Chicago Press‚ 2001 Beals‚ Gerald. Thomas Edison. Biography. June‚ 1999. http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html Bellis‚ Mary. “The Inventions of Thomas Edison.” “The Life of Thomas Edison.” http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventors/a/Thomas_Edison.htm Guthridge‚ Sue. Thomas Edison: Young Inventor
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I. Biography of the Author Anton Chekhov: The Russian author Anton Chekhov is among the major short-story writers and dramatists in history. He wrote seventeen plays and almost six hundred stories. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in Taganrog in South Russia on the Azov Sea on January 17‚ 1860. He was the third of six children of Pavel Egorovich Chekhov‚ a grocery store owner. Chekhov ’s grandfather was a serf (a peasant who lives and works on land owned by another) who bought his family ’s
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Fazle Hasan Abed Founder and Chairperson‚ BRAC Biography Fazle Hasan Abed was born in 1936 in Hobigonj. His father used to work as theDistrict Sub-registrar in Hobigonj. In his childhood when he was studying inHobigonj Government High School‚ his father got paralysis. At that point of time hewas sent to his uncle who was the district judge in Comilla. He got admitted inComilla Jilla School. After two years‚ his uncle was transferred to Pabna. Abedmoved with his uncle to Pabna and got himself
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BIOGRAPHY OF O. HENRY O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. O. Henry’s real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born in Greensboro‚ North Carolina on September 11‚ 1862. At age of 20 (1882) he moved to Texas‚ where he had various jobs. He married Athol Estes in 1887; they had a son and a daughter. His wife died from tuberculosis in 1897. In 1894 while working for First National Bank in Austin‚ Porter was accused of stealing $4000. He went to prison in Columbus
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Biography of William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was a major English Romantic poet who‚ with Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads. He is the second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson‚ William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Wordsworth House in Cockermouth‚ Cumberland[1]—part of the scenic region in northwest England‚ the Lake District
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Angelina Jolie Biography Angelina Jolie‚ born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4‚ 1975‚ in Los Angeles‚ California‚ is an American actress famous for her tattoos and her acting ability. Jolie‚ which in French means pretty‚ was born to an Academy Award-winning actor‚ Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand with only one brother named James Haven. Just like any other children at her age‚ she also had a favorite cartoon character that she liked very much‚ which was the flying elephant Disney character
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Biography of Steve Jobs When Steve Jobs was born February 24‚ 1955‚ in San Francisco‚ California‚ his unwed mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night‚ his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said‚ “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” His mother felt very strongly that he should be adopted by college graduates and when she found out that both his future parents had never graduated from colleges‚ she refused to sign the
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Biography of Abraham Lincoln Dominique Bailey Table of Contents Page 3 – Introduction Page 4 – Early Life Page 5 – Law Career Page 6 – Entering Politics Page 7 – Elected President Page 8 – Emancipation Proclamation - Civil War Page 9 – Reconstruction - Assassination Page 10 – Conclusion Page 11 – Bibliography 3 Introduction
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