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- 3611: Upton Sinclair
- ... 1911 Sinclair and his wife had a divorce. This break-up led to the writing of "Springtime and Harvest" which was a tale of poor lovers in a costly relationship. From 1915 to 1934 Sinclair lived in Pasadena, California and later in Buckeye, Arizona. During this time Sinclair continued to write many books as a protest for the socialistic movements of that day. In 1934 Sinclair decided to run for governor ...
- 3612: Timothy Findley
- ... been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. On the international scene, he has received France’s highest distinction for achievement in the arts; Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters. Findley has lived most of his life with his partner William Whitehead on a farm in Cannington, Ontario. They recently put their home up for sale and plan on travelling between the south of France and Stratford, Ontario ...
- 3613: Thomas Jefferson
- ... Americans to keep accounts in dollars and cents. He married Martha Wayles Skelton in 1772. They settled at Monticello before it was finished. Together they had one son and five daughters, but only two children lived to maturity: Martha (1772-1836) and Mary (1778-1804). Mrs. Jefferson died in 1782, after only ten years of marriage, he never remarried. Jefferson cultivated on of the finest gardens in America. He invented a ...
- 3614: Thomas Hobbes
- was an English philosopher who was lived from 1588-1679. He attended Oxford University where he studied classics. His occupation was a tutor, but he also traveled around Europe to meet with scientists and to study different forms of government. He became ...
- 3615: Theodore Dreiser
- ... associate religion with his father being unaffectionate and the family’s endless poverty level. He always spoke and wrote of his mother being affectionate and caring at all times. was born in Terre Haute and lived in Indiana until the age of eighteen. He was born into a family that was stricken with poverty and he had little hope of making it big in the real world. Dreiser did not have ...
- 3616: Ted Bundy
- ... trying to steal a vehicle in Aspen. However, seven months later he escaped again and fled to Florida. Bundy changed his name to Chris Hagen and settled in an apartment in Tallahassee, Florida (Reinhold.) Ted lived off of stolen credit cards for the time being. Bundy spent a considerable amount of time at the Chi Omega House on the university campus in Florida. On January 14th, after 3A.M. two sorority ...
- 3617: Stonewall Jackson
- ... wasn’t just born a general, he earned it. Since his parents died when he was very young, life was very rough for him. He was raised by his uncle, Cummins Jackson, a miller who lived near what is now known as Weston, West Virginia. Later on, he was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy. He had to work several times harder than the other cadets to learn the lessons ...
- 3618: Stephon Marbury
- ... failed to make it to the National Basketball Association, he would be ridiculed in Brooklyn. New York City can be unforgiving toward its phenoms. The starmakers ballyhooed former playground legend Dwayne (Pearl) Washington, who never lived up to his precious nickname while playing at Syracuse, and struggling St. John's guard Felipe Lopez, who sat for Richard Avedon's camera while still in high school, only to turn their backs on ...
- 3619: St. Francis Of Assisi
- ... completion of the Rule of in 1223. All this effort took its tool on the health of Francis, he started realizing that he was nearing the end of his life. Since he believed he had lived like Christ, he pleaded to die like Christ. In 1224, accompanied by a few followers, he marched up the Alvernia Mountain, near Assisi to pray. At this time, Francis and Christ shared words with each ...
- 3620: Socrates
- ... were no gods, but that the sun was hot metal and the moon earth. He was put on trial by the majority, who was religious, but Pericles sent him away to Asia Minor where he lived to the last of his days in peace. Socrates agreed with Anaxagoras, but wanted more answers and explanations. He listened to many other scientists and philosophers, but when Anaxagoras’ book came out in writing, he ...
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