Category: Biography

I live in Charlotte North Carolina, in mecklenburg county. Growing up I was never taught the history of charlotte or even mecklenburg county, so I had to take matters into my own hands. While researching influential people from mecklenburg county I stumbled across the Brevard Family. The Brevard’s were French Huguenots who moved to Ulster…

Pablo Escobar was a latter day Robinhood and a terrorizing criminal rolled into one. By the mid 1990s, Pablo Escobar emerged as the foremost emblem of the drug-related violence that fired Columbia during the 80s and early 90s. Pablo Escobar and other drug lords rose to prominence in Medellin and Cali. With the instatiable demand…

(e) Ants hold regular ‘markets’ where they exchange goods. Mr.Neisen Choir December 13 2018 Cecilia McDowall She was born in London in 1951. She went to school at Edinburgh and London Universities and was a prize-winning student at Trinity College of Music. Her music has been commissioned and performed by leading choirs, including the BBC…

The author, Sandra M. Gustafson, has written a small biography on the literature writer Roger Williams. Gustafson immediately describes Williams as “the preeminent figure associated with freedom of conscience and religious liberty” (203). The literature piece written by Williams titled “From a Key into the Language of America” may give the impression to the reader…

Born in Rome, Italy on September 29, 1901, Enrico Fermi was born into a well-sized family. Enrico was the third child of his father Albert, and mother Ida de Gattis Fermi. Enrico was pushed to learning at an early age due to his mother’s influence towards education. Fermi’s passion towards physics was most likely a…

Born in Chicago, Illinois on April 6, 1928, James Watson was an only child and was quite intelligent. His father and mother were James D. Watson and Jean Mitchell. Today, we know James Watson as a successful scientist, discovering the structure of DNA. However, it took endless amounts of work to figure it out. During…

In 1580, French writer Michel Montaigne created a literary genre with the publication of his Essais. Montaigne’s work is a collection of over 100 musings on a variety of subjects, including “Of Idleness”, “Of Liars”, “Of Fear”, “Of Friendship”, and “Of Cannibals”. After Montaigne, hundreds of collections of essays appeared by noted writers such as…

Being John Malkovich Endless riches, untouchable fame, authority that would never dare be challenged. Isn’t that the goal? To live in a world where one can walk out of their beach house into their new Lamborghini knowing they don’t have a worry in the world simply because they have those material goods. Most see it…

Kate Warne, the first female detective in the United States, born in 1833, grew up in Erin Cheung County, New York. Not much is known about her mother or her father, but she was not the only child. Kate Warne is an inspiration to all women for being one of the very first private eye…

Susan McGalla’s biography is a testament to her success and achievements in the corporate world, paving the way for other women in leadership positions. Born and raised in East Liverpool, Ohio, McGalla’s upbringing instilled in her a strong and determination that would become the driving forces behind her future accomplishments. Growing up in a family…