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Bhagat Singh In 1923, Singh joined National College in Lahore, where he excelled not only in academics but also in extra-curricular activities. He was a participant in the dramatics society of the college. By this time, he was fluent in Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi, and Sanskrit. In 1923, Singh won an essay competition set by…

Andrew Jackson, born in 1767 was a child of poorScotch-Irish immigrants. He ended up with enough educationJacksons father died before he was born. TheRevolutionary War started soon after he was born. It wasvery bloody in the wild and poor country where they lived. Jackson at the age of 13, joined a regiment. He was capturedby…

Surgeon, food reformer; born in Tyrone Township, Mich. (brother of Will K. Kellogg). Born into a Seventh Day Adventist family, he took a course in a “hygieotherapeutic” school. He rejected this approach and took regular medical training, finishing at Bellevue Hospital Medical College (New York City) but with a thesis claiming that disease is the…

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston, cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick and goddaughter of soul legend Aretha Franklin. She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, as a…

Albert Camus was a French philosopher/writer who was born in Algeria (part of North Africa that was owned by the French) in 1913. He wrote this book showing how life is “absurd” because death is final, therefore making life meaningless. This is a very basic look at the philosophy and you shouldn’t assume that what…

“Bankruptcy is perhaps the greatest and most humiliating calamity which can befall an innocent man. The greater part of men, therefore, are sufficiently careful to avoid it. Some, indeed, do not avoid it; as some do not avoid the gallows.” Adam Smith. Adam Smith was a Scottish political economist and philosopher. The exact date of…

Albert Einstein was born in Germany on March 14, 1879.As a kid he hadtrouble learning to speak. His parents thought that he might be mentallyretarded. He was not smart in school. He suffered under the learning methodsthat they used in the schools of Germany at that time so he was never able tofinish his studies….

Malcolm X remains one of the most influential African America whose contributions to the civil rights movement are still celebrated.  Born in 1925 in Nebraska, Malcolm X went ahead to become a critical and vehement advocate of the rights of blacks against the systemic discrimination meted out against them.  This paper shall examine the life…

Mary Cassatt was a strong and opinionated feminist, as well as a talented artist who changed her styles significantly through as her interests changed. A. Schooling—-Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in PhiladelphiaIV. Cassatts Influences and Her Changes in Style3. impressionistic styles and theories2. examples of people who were part of the movementB. Japanese (drypoint) and…