Biography Richard Peck is a 78 years old American novelist. He was born April 10‚ 1934 in Decatur in the US-State Illinois. He attended elementary and high schools in Decatur. He writes stories for young adults and won several awards. Peck began to work as a high school teacher before he was transferred to a junior high school to teach English. After a while‚ he decided to cut his career short and write. However‚ these observations about junior high school students proved excellent material
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Scourfield. (n.d.) Biography in brief. Retrieved 25 September 2012‚ from http://www.stephenscourfield.com/htm/biog_brief.html [v] Stephen Scourfield. (n.d) Publications. Retrieved 25 September 2012‚ from http://www.stephenscourfield.com/htm/publications.html [vi] “He is Travel Editor of The West Australian newspaper in Perth‚ Western Australia‚ and its weekly publication‚ Travel Extra.” (Scourfield‚ 2005‚ p. About the author) [vii] Stephen Scourfield. (n.d) Biography in general. Retrieved
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Biography of John Donne John Donne was an English poet‚ satirist‚ lawyer and priest. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong‚ sensual style and include sonnets‚ love poetry‚ religious poems‚ Latin translations‚ epigrams‚ elegies‚ songs‚ satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor‚ especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne’s style is characterised by abrupt
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Biography Profile: Voltaire François-Marie Arouet‚ better known by the name of Voltaire‚ was a French Enlightenment writer who believed that everyone had the freedom of speech‚ religion‚ and expression. Voltaire’s accomplishments were include writings‚ especially Oedipus‚ a very famous play he wrote. He also fought for everything he believed in‚ no matter how many times he was arrested‚ and exiled. Voltaire had two older siblings‚ and his mother died when he was seven. His father wanted him to
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Jonathan Vogel BOTE 102 Keyboarding Tim Schilling Assignment 1 Christopher Latham Sholes: Father of the typewriter I have always wondered; why is the keyboard arranged the way it is? The alphabet is arranged in an ABCDE format while the keyboard is laid out in the QWERTY format. After doing a little online research‚ I have found the answer. The reason that most keyboards are in the QWERTY format is due to Christopher Sholes‚ the inventor of the typewriter. Christopher was born in
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Biography of Winston Churchill The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965)‚ the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and an American mother‚ was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. After a brief but eventful career in the army‚ he became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. He held many high posts in Liberal and Conservative governments during the first three decades of the century. At the outbreak of the Second World War‚ he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty -
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According to the biography (Gioia‚ N.D.)‚ Ted Gioia - a man of many hats - grew up in Hawthorne‚ California and graduated from Hawthorne High School. Gioia focused his studies at Stanford and Oxford University‚ with degrees in English‚ philosophy‚ politics‚ and economics. Dabbling in the business world as a consultant‚ Gioia proved himself the jack-of-all-trades as he also made himself prominent in the music realm as an author and musician. Gioia has written many books‚ including History of Jazz
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world of R&B with his megawatt smile‚ six-pack abs‚ slick dance moves‚ and hits like "Confessions" and "Yeah!" In 2007‚ the focus was turned to his personal life‚ with his stop-and-go nuptials to former stylist Tameka Foster. But in June 2009‚ the singer filed for divorce from his wife of nearly two years‚ with whom he has two sons‚ Usher V and Naviyd. He brought the focus back to the music in 2013 when he
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Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ where his father was pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. He attended public schools (skipping the ninth and twelfth grades) and entered Morehouse College in Atlanta. He was ordained as a Baptist minister just before his graduation in 1948. He then enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and after earning a divinity degree there‚ attended graduate school at Boston University‚ where he earned a Ph.D. in theology in
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Ninety-Nine The National Hockey League has hosted the finest athletes in which the game of hockey has ever offered. Throughout over a century of history one person has had more of an impact on this league and this game. This man is Wayne Gretzky. Nicknamed "the great one"‚ no player has done more positive for the game of hockey than him. Gretzky holds more records in the NHL than any other player in history‚ which shows his skill. He also holds records for attendance and fan support
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