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Biography Of Katharine Hepburn
753 Words - 3 Pages.... Hostess where she had a small role. Miss Hepburn played a
part as a schoolgirl in the play These Days. It opened in her hometown,
Hartford, Connecticut. She was praised by critics for her performance.
She earned a one hundred twenty-five dollar a week salary for These Days.
In the 1930's, that was a very high salary for begining actresses.
Katharine served as Hope Williams's understudy in Holiday. She sat
through every performance for six months. One day at understudy rehearsal,
Aurhtur Hopkins, the director, watched her act. “Fine,” he said, “Just
don't ever be sorry for yourself.”
One night at midnight, Jimmy Hagen, the writer of the play, asked
her if she s ....
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Queen Elizabeth I
979 Words - 4 Pages.... 1603 when she passed away (Sowards, 28). Elizabeth was the last of the Tudor Dynasty (Upshur, 465). Due to her father's uncontrollable hap-hazardous rule, Elizabeth, at only the age of twenty-five, was already faced with dilemma within England. Henry VIII wanted a male to take over his throne so when he felt his time was running out, Henry VIII needed to divorce his Queen at that time but the Catholic Church doesn’t allow this. He separated from the church and brought England with him. He turned England into a protestant nation. Needless to say people were confused and had to make huge adjustments. At the beginning of Elizabeth's reign there was confusion. She was a ....
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The Life Of Charles Dickens
922 Words - 4 Pages.... Dickens was transferred
again to work in the naval dockyard at Chatman. It was here that Charles
Dickens' earliest and clearest memories were formed (Mankowitz 9-14).
Charles' education included being taught at home by his mother,
attending a Dame School at Chatman for a short time, and Wellington Academy in
London. He was further educated by reading widely in the British Museum
(Huffam).
In late 1822, John was needed back at the London office, so they had to
move to London. This gave Charles opportunities to walk around the town with his
father and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the area. This gave him
early inspiration that he would use later on in his lif ....
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Walt Disney
1140 Words - 5 Pages.... the family and enrolled at McKinley High School (Finch 39-40).
Walt’s brother went into the army in 1918. Walt wanted to join his brother, but he was too young. Instead he applied for an ambulance driver and ended up in France. In 1919 Walt came back to the US (Finch 40).
When he returned new he wanted to pursue a career in the commercial arts fields, so he got a job at a local studio. At the age of 18 Disney already had basic training in animation. He started making Laugh-O-Grams, which were short commercials and illustrated jokes. Walt then started his own company called Laugh-O-Grams. This is were Walt produced a series of updated fairy tales some of these includ ....
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Werner Heisenberg
1578 Words - 6 Pages.... He was also a professor and author. During his career he taught at
many prestigious universities, including the Universities of Leipzig, Goettingen,
and Berlin. He also wrote many important books including, Physical Principles
of the Quantum Theory, Cosmic Radiation, Physics and Philosophy, and
Introduction to the Unified Theory of Elementary Particles. In 1932 he won the
Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in Quantum Mechanics.
With the Nazi's in power, and World War two on the horizon it was
inevitable that his German heritage would play a crucial role in his career.
Before Germany's blitzkrieg on Poland Heisenberg decided to make one final visit
of his fri ....
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Hudson Taylor
1088 Words - 4 Pages.... closer to Him through self-sacrifice and dedication to God in all aspects of his life. Hudson trained himself to live on just the necessities, and nothing more in order that he depend upon God for everything and even his very meal everyday. He lived in a most humble and poor conditions to show his dependence upon God in every day life and activity. He was obedient and listened to the call of God. He was described as many of the fruits of the Spirit that God shows in the Word. Sacrifice became a daily thing for Hudson, as God molded and shaped Hudson for His will.
was just that sort of man, one who you could call a saint. He would go where no one would want to go. And d ....
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Nicholas Romanov
1520 Words - 6 Pages.... leadership may have been more effective.
Russia before 1917 was the largest country under one empire. In economic terms it was backward, as it was late industrialising and late to emerge from feudalism. In political terms it was also backward, there was no legal political parties nor was there any centrally elected government .
Russia at this time was under tsarist rule by Nicholas II of the Romanov empire. Nicholas II was brought up by his father Alexander III who didn’t believe that his son could take an intelligent interest in anything and therefore did not educate him in the business of state . The fact that his father who died at age 49 thought that he had many mo ....
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Georg Fredrich Handel
307 Words - 2 Pages.... law, was appointed the organist at the Halle Cathedral.
Handel met Johann Mattheson in Hamburg on July 9, 1703. It was at this time that Handel joined the opera orchestra as first a violinist and later a harpsichordist.
On February 17, 1704, Handel composed his first opera, Almira. It was not until January 8, 1705 that Almira premiered. From 1706 until approximately 1710, Handel composed 100 chamber cantatas while living in Italy. Some of these cantatas were composed while Handel was employed as a household musician to Marchese Francisco Maria di Ruspoli during a sixth month span in 1707. These cantatas were composed for meetings of the Arcadian Academy.
In 17 ....
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