Maria Gaetana Agnesi Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1719-1799). Born in Milan‚ she was a gifted scholar. She was a scientist‚ mathematician and later in her life she devoted herself to religious beliefs. She is most famous for the Witch of Agnesi. Her father married 3 times and had 21 children‚ which she was the oldest child. Her first essay was published in Latin when she was only 9 years old. She wrote in defense of higher education for woman. By age 13 she learned and spoke more than 6 languages. In
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Although there are many famous mathematicians that I do not know of‚ Maria Gaëtana Agnesi is an important mathematician of the Renaissance period. Born on May 16‚ 1718‚ Maria was the oldest of twenty one. “She was the daughter of Pietro Agnesi who came from a wealthy family who made their money from silk.”(O’Connor and Robertson) Recognized as a child prodigy‚ early‚ Maria’s father made sure to provide the finest tutors for his daughter. All of Maria’s tutors were men educated by the Church
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John Wallis John Brehaut Wallis was born November 23‚ 1616 in Kent‚ England. Born to Joanna Chapman and John Wallis who was a minister; his father died when he was very young‚ and his mother was left to raise all five of their children. At the age of fifteen‚ he attended the well known school of Martin Holbeach at Felsted‚ Essex‚ where he excelled in learning three languages: Hebrew‚ Latin and Greek. In that same year‚ he was first introduced to mathematics through his brother since his school
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Maria Bochkareva Becca Roberts 4th 2-25-14 Russia had rules forbidding women joining the army‚ but some did. For the first few years of the war‚ the few women who actually fought in the front lines required required the complicity of military officals-- except one. Maria Leontievna Bochareva was the third daughter of a pesant family. She as born in Novgorod Oblast in 1889. Badly beaten by her alcoholic father‚ she left home at fifteen to marry Afansi Bochkareva. The couple moved to Tomsk
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Topic: The effects of tradition and how it displayed in short stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ and “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe. Tradition is something you pass down through generation to generation. Something that usually is a long established custom or belief that has been passed on a certain way. When the word tradition enters your mind‚ no one comes to think that tradition may have negative effects. Times have changed‚ should the way we live our lives change along
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Contexts of Canadian Culture: Maria Chapdelaine – The role of women in the early 1900s in French-Canada Student: Kathleen Adam Student #: 209809518 TA: Peter Stevens Tutorial #: 04 Course: HUMA 1200 Word Count: 1023 Page Count: 4 Due Date: Thursday‚ October 8th‚ 2009 Louis Hémon creates a story of the rural life in a family of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region‚ the Chapdelaine’s. He uses the climate and traditional values in a way in which the novel still has an ironic and crucial element
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Maria Goretti I have chosen to do my saint report on Maria Goretti. She was born in Corinaldo‚ Ancona‚ Italy‚ near Anzio Nettuno‚ 20 miles outside of Rome on October 16 1890. Her farm working father moved his family to Ferrier Di Conca‚. Her father died from malaria‚ when Maria was only 9 years old‚ so her mother struggled to feed and take care of her children. Maria helped her mother around the house though. Marietta was her nickname. At the age of twelve she was already a very pretty young lady
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31st 1870‚ Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle in the province of Alcona‚ Italy to father Alessandro Montessori and mother Renilde Stoppani Montessori. Her father‚ being a soldier‚ had old-fashioned ideas‚ conservative manners and apparent military habits. Her mother‚ Renilde Stoppani‚ was a bright well-educated woman. Being a well-read person‚ she also encouraged Maria to do the same. For Renilde it was important for girls to have a good education. With Renilde’s influence‚ Maria started to
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How does the newspaper review help us to understand the singing qualities of an operatic diva such as Callas? Maria Callas was probably the most famous opera star of the mid-twentieth century and from reading the review I get the impression that the writer was a fan of Maria Callas. The writing is very complimentary not only to her vocal abilities but also to her stage presence. But the writer also picks up very quickly on the weaknesses of her voice as it has a “tendency to wobble slightly in
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EIGHTY-ONE YEARS after it first appeared on the eve of World War I and with over ten million copies sold‚ Louis Hémon Maria Chapdelaine is among the all-time French-language best-sellers. 1 A grim tale of life and death in the rugged Lake Saint John country‚ the novel initially met with a mixed recep- tion in Quebec and‚ over the years‚ has given rise to much controversy. 2 it can- not be gainsaid‚ however‚ that Hémon‚ a Frenchman who worked for a year as a farm hand at Péribonka shortly
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