Biography of Father Serra Father Junipero Serra was born in November 24‚ 1713. He was born on the Island of Majorca off of the coast of Spain. He wanted to become a Missionary. It was his dream to become a missionary. He wanted to go to the New World but he was too young. Father Francisco Palou went with him in August of 1749. 19 other Missionaries went too. The ships took 99 days. It was‚ rough‚ rocky and difficult. They landed in Vera Cruz and walked 300 Miles to Mexico City. Father
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Cambridge University PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston‚ Massachusetts PLACE OF DEATH: London‚ England Best Known For Sylvia Plath was a gifted‚ troubled poet‚ known for the confessional style of her work. She wrote the novel The Bell Jar. Sylvia Plath biography Synopsis Sylvia Plath was a gifted‚ troubled poet‚ known for her confessional style work. Winning a scholarship to Smith College in 1950‚ she eventually went on to work as an editor for Mademoiselle magazine. After her husband Ted Hughes cheated
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(Al Capone”s LIfe )Al Capone was born in Brooklyn‚NY in 1899.His parents were Poor immigrants(Gabriela and Tressa Capone).He was among eight children of the parents.His childhood was typical for an italian immigrants.His father was a barber and mother a seamstress nothing could have predicted his rise to the most notorious gangster.Capone was a good student in grade school but started to fall behind and had to repeat the sixth grade.Around that time had begun to hang around the docks
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Cited: 1. "Miles Davis." Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 6 Aug. 2007 <http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/miles-davis>. 2. "Miles Davis." Wikipedia. 6 Aug. 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis>. 3. "The Biography of Miles Davis." 6 Aug. 2007 <http://www.milesdavis.com/bio.asp>.
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ALIA BHATT: a biography Alia Bhatt (born 15 March 1993) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. Born into a family where her parents‚ Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan‚ and elder sister Pooja Bhatt were actors and filmmakers‚ Bhatt made her acting debut at the age of 19 withKaran Johar’s Student Of The Year (2012)‚ which was a box-office success. Alia was born in Mumbai to Bollywood personalities Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan. Her father Mahesh Bhatt is a director‚ producer
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Maya Angelou Biography Maya Angelou is an amazing American author‚ poet‚ entertainer‚ actress‚ playwright‚ producer and director‚ historian and civil rights activist. She is best known for her portrayals of strong African American women. Born April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Maya Angelou’s given name was Marguerite Johnson‚ Maya and her brother Bailey spent most of their childhood living with their grandmother in rural Arkansas. Maya grew up in Stamps and learned what it was like to
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Cassius Clay better known as Muhammad Ali is by far the greatest boxer of all time. "King of the World" by David Reminick is a very detailed biography of Muhammad and good documentation how boxing used to be. The book takes you on a journey behind the scenes of Alli’s rise to the top and boxing run in with La Costra Nostra. On an October afternoon in 1954 when Cassius was 12 he left his 60 dollar red Schwinn outside the Columbia Auditorium to visit a bazaar. When he and his friends left he realizes
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Cited: Mandela‚ Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela : With Connections (HRW library). New York: Holt Rinehart &Amp; Winston‚ 1995. "Biography of Nelson Mandela." Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. 27 Feb. 2007. 7 May 2007 . Liberfield‚ David. "Nelson Mandela as a Peacemaker." Presented At the ISA Convention. Mar. 2002. 11 May 2007 . http://www.essortment.com/all/biographywinnie_rbmg.htm
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the profoundest dissimulation. A most law-defying‚ law-obeying citizen. A stickler for discipline‚ he never hesitated to disobey his superior. A democratic aristocrat. An urbane savage. An atrocious saint." James Parton‚ the "father of American biography"‚ writing a few years after Jackson’s presidency‚ was tempted to throw up his hands over Jackson - an apparent bundle of contradictions. It is not just that his friends and enemies see two different men; the very facts make one wonder whether he
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whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/jm4/about/madison.htm http://bioguide.congress.gov/scriptsbiodisplay.p?index=M000043 http://print.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760589.html www.americanpresident.org/history/jamesmadison/biography/printable.html www.leftjustified.com/leftjust/lib/sc/ht/fed/mbio.html
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