Hailey C. Brandon G. English Honors ¾ 29 April 2013 The Real Cyrano de Bergerac Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was born on March 6‚ 1619 in Paris‚ France. Cyrano was the son of Abel de Cyrano and Esperance Bellanger. Abel de Cyrano was the lord of Mauvieres and Bergerac. The name “de Bergerac” was given from a place that was attached to one of Abel’s estates. In 1622‚ the Cyrano family moved to Mauvieres‚ a commune in central France. Cyrano was educated by a priest he highly
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research‚ she was introduced to an instructor at the School of Physics and Chemistry named Pierre Curie. At first Marie did not want to marry because of her intention to return home to Poland‚ but Pierre insisted that he would come along when she did so. However‚ unable to find a job in Poland that would accept Marie as a woman‚ she married Pierre and they worked together in Paris. They were hard at work‚ Pierre studying crystals and piezoelectricity‚ when they took interest in an experiment by Henri
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Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie‚ a well-known physicist. In 1897 and 1904‚ respectively‚ Marie and Pierre gave birth to their daughters‚ Irene and Eve Curie. She later hired Polish governesses to teach her daughters her native language‚ and sent or took them on visits to Poland. Achievements: Marie Curie was Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 1867 – 1934. Together with her husband‚ Pierre‚ she discovered two new elements‚ radium and polonium‚
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Marie curie was born on November 7th 1867‚ in Warsaw‚ once the capitol of Poland. Her close friends and family had a nickname for her‚ Manya. Before Marie turned eleven‚ her mother had died of Tuberculosis‚ and her oldest sister had died of Typhus. Despite her grief and short comings‚ Marie graduated from high school at the early age of fifteen with the highest honors. Marie started to feel depressed‚ so her father sent her to live with her cousins in the country side. A short time later‚ Marie
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also because of her work she was paid by the Society of Encouragement of National Industry to investigate the magnetic properties of different steels. It was this that led Marie Sklodowska to Pierre Curie‚ for her work with metals she needed a lab and Pierre agreed to let Marie use his lab for her work. Pierre had made important discoveries on magnetism
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Trudeau essay Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau had an intelligent influence on Canada‚ its culture and society in general. The four important areas that will be focused on this essay are the great leader of Canada‚ his life style‚ FLQ cries and how he scarified his life to Canadians. Pierre Elliot Trudeau was a politician‚ a lawyer‚ a writer and one of Canada’s greatest prime ministers whom had the idea of Canada’s independence and acted on it. Trudeau came into the political scene like
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news and school are terrorism acts. The October Crisis of 1970 was just another one of them. Two members from the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) had kidnapped James Cross and Pierre Laporte. Cross was a British Trade Commissioner and Laporte was a Quebec Labour Minister. After this was heard‚ Prime Minister‚ Pierre Trudeau had invoked the War Measures Act and had sent armed forces through Quebec to help police; this ended in a suspension for the civil liberties. All of this commotion was important
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Marie Curie: A Pioneering Physicist Aspirations come from hopes and dreams only a dedicated person can conjure up. They can range from passing the third grade to making the local high school football team. Marie Curie’s aspirations‚ however‚ were much greater. Life in late 19th century Poland was rough. Being a female in those days wasn’t a walk in the park either. Marie Curie is recognized in history by the name she took in her adopted country‚ France. Born in Poland in 1867
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Why is it that when you research Canadian Prime Ministers on the internet‚ or in a library‚ Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s name appears more than any other? Why is that everyone knows his name? In short‚ what makes Trudeau‚ Canada’s most famous Prime Minister? The fact is without the influence of Pierre Elliot Trudeau‚ it is likely that Canada and Quebec would currently be two separate countries. Pierre Eliot Trudeau was able to unify Canada through the implementation of the Official Languages Act‚ the
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Pierre Elliot Trudeau is known as one of the greatest political figures in Canada’s history. He touched the lives of many Canadians‚ inspiring them to believe they were capable of accomplishing many things. Trudeau’s successes impacted greatly on Canada‚ and his efforts will be remembered by future Canadian generations. During his time of influence‚ Trudeau gained the respect of the majority of the Canadian population. His popularity to the public began a great phenomenon because “he did what no
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