Category: Biography

Table of contents Sally Ride Leaving NASA Career at NASA Sally Ride Sally Ride’s full name is sally kristen ride she specialized in being a physicist she was also a astronaut specifically a girl american astronaut. The big thing she did was that she was the first girl american to go into space and was…

ENGL 2323.730 January 24,2018 Roald Dahl: James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl the British children’s author was born September 13, 1916 in Llandaff, Wales. He was the only boy of the marriage, having six sisters. At the age of three, old his dad and older sister passed away, leaving his mother to provide for…

Oguz Atay was born on September, 12, 1934, in Inebolu, Kastamonu. His father Cemil Atay was a member of Parliament for three consecutive periods before the first democratic elections in 1950. He was schooled in Ankara at Maarif Koleji, which was one of the most prominent state colleges for the children of bureaucrats and rich…

One of the most skillful speakers and successful politicians of his time, Huey Long was a political leader. Long was elected governor of Louisiana and then a U.S. senator, if he hadn’t been assassinated, he might have had a chance to take Franklin D. Roosevelt’s spot in the white house. From an early age it…

Early Life James Watt was born on January 19, 1736, in Greenock, the United Kingdom to James Watt and Agnes Muirhead. He was not a healthy child because he suffered from toothaches. This medical condition made it where he had to be homeschooled. His mother taught him reading while his father taught him arithmetic and…

Marshall Warren Nirenberg was born on April 10, 1927, in New York City to Harry and Minerva Nirenberg. At the age of twelve he and his family moved to Orlando, Florida there he found a love of bird watching which introduced him to the world of zoology. In 1948 Nirenberg graduated from the University of…

Melanie Martinez is a multi-talented artist who has captivated audiences with her unique blend of music, fashion, and storytelling. From her humble beginnings on The Voice to becoming a pop sensation, Martinez’s journey has been one of perseverance, creativity, and authenticity. Born in Astoria, Queens in 1995, Martinez’s upbringing and experiences have shaped her into…

The 80th year of his death on Oct. 31, 1926, was made into a book called “The Secret Life of Harry Houdini, The Making of America’s First Superhero,” by William Kalush and Larry Sloman. Ever the illusionist, Houdini made everyone think in his professional years that he had been born in Appleton on April 6,…

Maximilian Kolbe was a polish catholic priest that helped many polish people from persecution, he let 3000 people in their shelter and shared everything with them. Food water clothes you name it they let them have it. After awhile the nazis got suspicious about the place and took kolbe to jail, but then released him.…

Being a person with flawless language and great writing skill, it is no wonder that Aravind Adiga bagged Britain’s most prestigious literary award – The Man Booker Award for his book ‘The White Tiger’. From a proven student to a journalist and then to a famous writer, success always accompanied him. He always kept his…