Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917)‚ known as the Grand Old Man‚ was a Parsi intellectual‚ educator‚ cotton trader‚ and an early Indian political and social leader. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895‚ and the first Asian to be a British MP. Naoroji is also credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress‚ along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India brought attention
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Introduction Many Americans enjoy sitting back‚ relaxing‚ and listening to the jazz and swing rhythms of one of the best musicians of the 20th century‚ Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong is easily recognized by simply listening to his infamous raspy voice and legendary‚ creative skill on the trumpet. All Armstrong had to do to play beautifully was to play one note. Louis Armstrong had a strong influence in music. His forte in jazz‚ ragtime‚ and swing was solo performing and improvisation. First‚ his
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the city. After Shakespeare’s twins were baptized around 1592‚ not much was know about him so these years were known as “The Lost Years”. While this occurred William had left Stratford to go to London so he can pursure his career. In the mid 1590’s Shakespeare became well known by many people in London as a established playwright. Moving to London had Shakespeare become a well-known actor‚ writer‚ and director. Soon after he became known as a poet and a playwright that many theatres called upon
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BIOGRAPHY OF KARL MARX Karl Heinrich Marx was born on May 5th‚ 1818 in the city of Trier‚ Germany to a comfortable middle-class‚ Jewish family. His father‚ a lawyer and ardent supporter of Enlightenment liberalism‚ converted to Lutheranism when Marx was only a boy in order to save the family from the discrimination that Prussian Jews endured at the time. Marx enjoyed a broad‚ secular education under his father‚ and found an intellectual mentor in Freiherr Ludwig von Westphalen‚ a Prussian nobleman
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The 90’s‚ a time of change and technological innovation in the United States. The internet was gaining momentum‚ our presence in the Middle East was increasing. There was economic segregation‚ and racial tension surrounding cities like Brooklyn‚ New York‚ and Compton‚ which gave birth to some of the most talented rap artists to date. One of whom‚ was named Christopher Wallace‚ also known as the Notorious B.I.G‚ or Biggie. With over 17 million albums sold since 1992‚ Biggie’s legacy and music has
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Bill Cosby William Henry "Bill" Cosby‚ Jr was born July 12‚ 1937 and is an American comedian‚ actor‚ author‚ television producer‚ educator‚ musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer‚ he got his start at various clubs‚ then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show‚ I Spy. He later starred in his own sitcom‚ The Bill Cosby Show. He was one of the major characters on the children’s television series The Electric Company for its first two seasons‚ and created the educational
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Biography of GEOFFREY CHAUCER GEOFFREY CHAUCER‚ English poet. The name Chaucer‚ a French form of the Latin calcearius‚ a shoemaker‚ is found in London and the eastern counties as early as the second half of the 13th century. Some of the London Chaucers lived in Cordwainer Street‚ in the shoemakers’ quarter; several of them‚ however‚ were vintners‚ and among others the poet’s father John‚ and probably also his grandfather Robert. Legal pleadings inform us that in December 1324 John Chaucer was
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Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004. He began his run for the presidency in February 2007. After a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Clinton‚ he won his party ’s nomination. In the 2008 general election‚ he defeated Republican nominee John McCain and was inaugurated as president on January 20‚ 2009. On October 9‚ 2009‚ Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Contents [hide] 1 Early life and career
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“Don’t worry about becoming successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.” - Oprah Winfrey. These are words that Oprah Winfrey herself lived by and that her life story will reflect. She has been dubbed the “Queen of All Media” and one of the most powerful women in the world( Biography.com Editors). Winfrey is most known for hosting her own nationally syndicated talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show‚ which ran from September 8‚ 1986 to May 25‚ 2011. In that time
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George Washington was born on February 22‚ 1732. He was born in the town of Westmoreland county‚ Virginia. He had a dad named Augustine and a mother named Mary Ball Washington. With his father he had two half-brothers and five other siblings. His father‚ Augustine‚ had land and slaves‚ built mills‚ and grew tobacco. There is not much known about George Washington’s childhood but what is known is that from age seven to fifteen he was schooled and studied at the local church. George’s father died
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