George Gershwin is one of the greatest influences to American music in the 20th century. His compositions can be found throughout the entertainment world‚ ranging from Broadway to motion pictures. Though he had a short career‚ George Gershwin’s music continues to bring inspiration and delight almost sixty years later. On September 26‚ 1898 George Gershwin was born to the Gershowitz family as Jacob Gershowitz. The Gershowitzs’ were an immigrant family that lived in Brooklyn‚ NY at the time. His
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Georg Simmel Georg Simmel is German sociologist‚ philosopher‚ and critic from the 19th century. Simmel graduated from the University of Berlin with his Bachelors after studying philosophy and history. Simmel later graduated with his Doctorate also from the University of Berlin with his thesis on Kant’s philosophy of matter. Once graduating with his doctorate Simmel began to teach lectures on different topics such as ethics‚ logic‚ philosophy‚ and of course sociology. Even though Simmel was German
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During his short life‚ Georges-Pierre Seurat was an innovator in an age of innovators in the field of art. This french painter was a leader in a movement called neo-impressionist in the late 19th century. Unlike the broad brushstrokes of the impressionist‚ Seurat developed a technique called pointillism or divisionism. In this method‚ he used small dots or strokes of contrasting color to create the subtle changes contained within the painting. Seurat was an art scientist in that he spent much of
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George Washington George Washington was one of the greatest leaders in American history. He is recognized for his bravery and honorable acts. His life began in February 22‚ 1732. He was born near present-day Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County‚ Virginia. His parents were Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. During Washington’s time‚ Virginia was a slave society. His father was a slave-owning tobacco planter. During his youth‚ Washington’s family was ranked “middle” in society. When
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George Gey is introduced into The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks as the head of tissue-culture research at John Hopkins hospital. He was about 52 years old when he discovered the immortality of Henrietta’s cells‚ and this was most likely the peak of his life‚ thanks to this brilliant discovery. However‚ he came from an interesting background. Gey was born in 1889 and grew up with his parents in Pittsburgh. He was always adventurous and liked to make do with what he had. He was always looking
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Georges Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who led the nation to victory in the First World War. A leader of the Radical Party‚ he played a central role in politics after 1870. Clemenceau served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909‚ and again from 1917 to 1920. He was one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Nicknamed "Le Tigre" (The Tiger)‚ he took a very harsh
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George Westinghouse II The Westinghausen family tree stretches back to that of the ninth century in Westphalia‚ Germany. Some of the family decided to emigrate to Europe and later settle in the United States. In the nineteenth century‚ George Westinghouse decided to move all over the former United States and settled in Central Bridge‚ New York where he had George Westinghouse II. Born into a family of ten (which would become twelve later on) on October 16‚ 1846‚ George Westinghouse Jr. (son of
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George Harold Harrison‚ the youngest Beatle‚ was born February 25‚ 1943. He had two brothers‚ Harold Jr. and Peter‚ and a sister‚ Louise. His mother‚ Louise‚ was a housewife‚ and his father‚ Harold‚ was a bus driver.George’s initial interest in the guitar came about slowly. His mother remembers that she started finding paper covered in drawings of guitars among his school things. So‚ she bought George an old second hang guitar from one of his class mates for three pounds. George tried to teach himself
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George Steinbrenner George Steinbrenner is most famously known as one of the most successful sport owners in history. On July 4th‚ 1930 Steinbrenner was born in Rocky River‚ Ohio (Bio.com). His two parents‚ Rita and Henry‚ raised him in an upper middle class lifestyle in Cleveland. He dedicates most of his success to both of them (Bio.com). At a young age‚ George had to learn that his father refused to all him to accept failure‚ and he was pushed to succeed in all aspects of life. Henry always
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Viewers Through The Work of Gilbert and George In this essay I would argue that Gilbert and George are urging us to consider three central concerns. For me‚ these three consist of opening our minds to the artistic aspects of society that we do not normally see‚ shocking us by exposing us to images that we are typically unexposed to and imploring us to be accepting of the concepts that are most commonly unaccepted. First‚ I feel that Gilbert and George are dealing with the issue of our outlook
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