friends about his life‚ and how he had overcome all the obstacles from his beginning as the grandson of a slave‚ born "at the corner of Jeff Davis Avenue and South Oak Street in Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ the Capital in the cradle of the confederacy‚"1 to scientist‚ inventor‚ business leader‚ humanist‚ protagonist of human rights‚ he liked to illustrate this long arduous climb by Donald Adams’ The Seventh Fold: My dear friends‚ who daily climb uncertain hills in the countries of their minds‚ hills that
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Martin Cooper (inventor) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Martin Cooper Cooper‚ 2010 Born December 26‚ 1928 (age 85) Chicago‚ Illinois‚ U.S. Residence Del Mar‚ California‚ U.S. Nationality American Education Illinois Institute of Technology (B.S.E.E.; M.S.E.E.) Occupation Inventor Entrepreneur Executive Employer Motorola Founder & CEO of ArrayComm Co-Founder & Chairman of Dyna LLC Known for Inventing the handheld cellular Mobile phone. Making world ’s first handheld cellular
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bartolomeu dias Early Life Why on earth would a person sail around the southernmost tip of Africa without modern sailing technology such as GPS? Bartolomeu Dias was such a person to accomplish his great voyage around the Cape of Good Hope. He was born in Portugal around 1450 and was a Portuguese navigator and explorer and was known as the first European who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa and reached the Cape of Good Hope. Bartolomeu Dias’ achievement had ultimately led to expansion
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Biography of SP5 CLARENCE E. SASSER Created by: SPC Roche‚ Paulin Biography Born • • • • : September 12‚ 1947 Chenango‚ Texas Branch/tour : United States Army (1967 – 1968) Unit : 60th Infantry Regiment‚ 9th Infantry Division Wars / Battle : Vietnam War Award / Badges : Medal of Honor Purple Heart Combat Medical Badge Expert Marksmanship Badge Biography Cont. Clarence Sasser was drafted into the United States Army after giving up his college deferment at the University of Houston. PFC
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father was making good money. He was head of a reform school and was able to send Bronya money each month. Marie continued to work as a tutor. On Sundays‚ and at night‚ she went to the museum to study chemistry in an illegal lab for training Polish scientists. When Marie was around 24‚ she decided that she had saved enough money to go to school in Paris. Marie had little money and food‚ and she was behind all of the other students. That didn’t stop her; she completed all of her studies and graduated
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Biography of Dashiell Hammett On May 27th‚ 1894 in St. Mary’s County‚ Maryland‚ Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born to Richard Hammett and Anne Dashiell. In order to help support his family‚ Hammett dropped out of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute at the age of 13 and found employment in various fields of unskilled labor such as a stevedore‚ newsboy‚ and freight clerk. At the age of 20‚ Hammett joined the Pinkerton detective agency where he served sporadically as a gumshoe for 6 years. This was the
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1. Famous People: 2. "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." a. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) 3. "Glory is fleeting‚ but obscurity is forever." b. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) 4. "Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." c. Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956) 5. "Don’t be so humble - you are not that great." d. Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat 6. "His ignorance is encyclopedic" e. Abba
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Sierra Russell Dr. Sharfstein NENG – 114 Extra Credit 8 December 2015 One of the most influential woman scientists in history is Marie Curie‚ she is also one of the most important scientists overall. In the photograph taken in October of 1927 at the Fifth Solvay International Conference on Electrons and Photons‚ Marie Curie sat with other great figures of science. This included Albert Einstein‚ Max Planck‚ and Neils Bohr. Marie Curie made great accomplishments in the world of science‚ and gained
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Have students write a biography of one older person (one-to-two pages). Describe this person’s life in terms work‚ social relationships (family‚ spouse‚ friends)‚ and community ties. Share the biographies with the class. (3-4 pages long‚ font size 12‚ double-spaced) Arnold Schwarzenegger Have you ever met someone with unwavering determination? Someone so determined that you wouldn’t dare doubt him or her. This actor‚ model‚ producer‚ director‚ activist‚ businessman‚ investor‚ writer‚ philanthropist
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RUNNING HEAD: Biography of Manny Pacquiao 1 Biography of Manny Pacquiao (Informative Speech) Juana M. Jackson Keiser University RUNNING HEAD: Biography of Manny Pacquiao 2 As a fellow native of the
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