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    John Keats

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    B. What kind of education did this person receive? Early Life  John Keats was born on 31 October 1795 to Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats. Keats and his family seemed to have marked his birthday on 29 October‚ however baptism records give the birth date as the 31st. He was the eldest of four surviving children; George (1797–1841)‚ Thomas (1799–1818) and Frances Mary "Fanny" (1803–1889). Another son was lost in infancy. John was born in central London although there is no clear evidence of the

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    John Steinbeck

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    John Steinbeck was born in February 27‚ 1902 in Salinas‚ California. Salinas was an agricultural valley in California. His father was the county treasurer and his mother was a schoolteacher. This is where his education began from a mother that encouraged him to read. The community was a comfortable environment for him to live in because of the encouragement of independence and initiative. His parents didn’t want him to be a writer. They wanted him to have a true profession as a lawyer. His early

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    John Woo

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    (and rightfully so)‚ there is one director that puts as much heart and soul into his "fluff" as any number of talented directors put into their "serious" movies. His name is John Woo. Even though you may not have heard about him‚ he is widely considered to be "the best contemporary director of action films working anywhere." John Woo‚ after many years of hard work‚ has become known as the world’s best action film director. His action sequences have become the stuff of legend and are now the basis from

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    John Lott

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    Summary of article in the magazine Handguns: Don B. Kates discusses “shall-issue” laws on concealed carry permits in the United States. In his article‚ he begins by evaluating a famous study done by John Lott. His study credits the ‘deterrent’ effect of states’ “shall-issue” laws which spread handgun licensing out to responsible citizens who abide by the law and have a very minimal criminal record. Lott’s study suggests that “there is a massive reduction in violent crime in the 1990’s because

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    Elton John

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    Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer‚ composer and pianist. In his four-decade career‚ John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music‚ especially during the 1970s. He has sold more than 250 million albums[citation needed] and over one hundred million singles‚[3] making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive #1 U.S. albums‚ 59 Top

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    John Coltrane

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    Experimental Music of John Coltrane John Coltrane the Experimental Musician Jazz‚ taking its roots in African American folk music‚ has evolved‚ metamorphosed‚ and transposed itself over the last century to become a truly American art form. More than any other type of music‚ it places special emphasis on innovative individual interpretation. Instead of relying on a written score‚ the musician improvises. For each specific period or style through which jazz has gone through over the past seventy

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    John Bowlby

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    John Bowlby: John Bowlby was the first psychologist who started an extended study on attachment. According to Bowlby’s Attachment Theory‚ attachment is a ‘lasting psychological connectedness between human beings’. What is attachment- When a person is emotionally bonded with another person then attachment starts. Attachment can be defined as a unique emotional bond held between carer and child. Bowlby believed that early experiences in childhood can have a lasting impression on your development

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    John Dewey

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    based on Social Experiences”? Philosophers such as John Dewey would answer yes to this sensitive question‚ while holding the opinion that the school is the testing ground to prove that education can fuse knowledge with experience. Some may further hold the view that a child-focused approach to education puts credence on the needs and interests of the learners. British philosopher Roger Scruton believes the progressive view supported by John Dewy does not foster parity in learning‚ “traditionalist

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    John Nash

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    John Forbes Nash‚ Jr. (born June 13‚ 1928) is an American mathematician whose works in game theory‚ differential geometry‚ and partial differential equations have provided insight into the forces that govern chance and events inside complex systems in daily life. His theories are used in market economics‚ computing‚ evolutionary biology‚ artificial intelligence‚ accounting‚ politics and military theory. Serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University during the later part of his

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    John Wallis

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    John Wallis—Infinity John Wallis was born at Ashford on November 22‚ 1616‚ and died at Oxford on October 28‚ 1703. He was educated at Felstead school‚ and one day in his holidays‚ when fifteen years old‚ he happened to see a book of arithmetic in the hands of his brother; struck with curiosity at the odd signs and symbols in it he borrowed the book‚ and in a fortnight‚ with his brother’s help‚ had mastered the subject. As it was intended that he should be a doctor‚ he was sent to Emmanuel College

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