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Robert Louis Stevenson Biography

WebPopular novels Treasure Island (1881, 1883), first published as a series in a children's magazine, ranks as Stevenson's first popular book, and it established his fame. A perfect …

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Carl Sagan Biography

WebYounger years and education Carl Edward Sagan was born on November 9, 1934, in New York City to Samuel and Molly Sagan. His father was a factory manager.

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Alfred Adler Biography

WebAlfred Adler was born on February 7, 1870, in a suburb of Vienna, Austria. He was the second of seven children of a Hungarianborn grain merchant. The Adlers were a musical …

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F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography

WebOn September 24, 1896, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born into an Irish Catholic family in St. Paul, Minnesota. His mother was from a wealthy family, and his father, Edward, …

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Werner Heisenberg Biography

WebWerner Karl Heisenberg was born on December 5, 1901, in Würzburg, Germany, the son of August and Annie Wecklein Heisenberg. As a boy Heisenberg began playing the piano …

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Pierre Auguste Renoir Biography

WebThe French painter Pierre Auguste Renoir was one of the central figures of the impressionist movement (a French art movement of the second half of the nineteenth century whose …

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Anna May Wong Biography

WebAn early retirement In 1942, finally fed up with the Hollywood system, Wong retired from films at the age of thirty-five. Throughout the war, she contributed to the war efforts by …

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Zach Braff Biography

WebSidelights New Jersey actor Zach Braff parlayed his success as the star of the NBC series Scrubs into his first feature film, Garden State, in 2004. The novice filmmaker wrote, …

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Elizabeth Dole Biography

WebEarly life and education Elizabeth Hanford Dole was born on July 29, 1936, and grew up in Salisbury, North Carolina, the daughter of a well-to-do flower wholesaler.

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Benjamin Spock Biography

WebNew Haven, Connecticut. Died: March 15, 1998. La Jolla, California. American pediatrician and political activist. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician (doctor who …

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Myron Floren Biography

WebMyron Floren was born on a farm in Day County, South Dakota, near the town of Roslyn, on November 5, 1919. Floren's birthplace has sometimes been given as the county seat of …

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Christine Ebersole Biography

WebBorn February 21, 1953, in Chicago, IL; daughter of Robert (an engineer) and Marian (a psychiatric social worker) Ebersole; married Peter Bergman (an actor), 1976 (divorced, …

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Joe Louis Biography

WebBorn: May 13, 1914 Lexington, Alabama Died: April 12, 1981 Las Vegas, Nevada African American boxer African American boxer Joe Louis was world heavyweight champion …

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Frankie Muniz Biography

WebShow-business childhood. Francisco James Muniz IV was born in 1985 in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey. His family—which includes dad Frank, mom Denise, and big sister …

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Art Carney Biography

WebBorn Arthur William Matthew Carney, November 4, 1918, in Mount Vernon, NY; died November 9, 2003, in Chester, CT. Actor and comedian. Art Carney is most remembered …

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Jerry Orbach Biography

WebBorn Jerome Bernard Orbach, October 20, 1935, in New York, NY; died of prostate cancer, December 28, 2004, in New York, NY. Actor. Jerry Orbach spent a dozen years on the …

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Kanye West Biography

WebSelected discography The College Dropout, Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam Records, 2004. Late Registration, Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam Records, 2005. Sources Periodicals …

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Benilde Little Biography

WebSelected writings Novels Good Hair , Simon and Schuster, 1996. The Itch , Simon and Schuster, 1998. Acting Out , Free Press, 2003. Who Does She Think She Is? , Free

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Janet Evanovich Biography

WebNew Jersey, Evanovich has created what may be "the single hottest character in crime fiction at the moment," wrote Bill Ott in a Booklist review of 2001's Hot Six. The character …

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William Gottlieb Biography

WebBorn William Paul Gottlieb, January 28, 1917, in New York, NY; died of complications from a stroke, April 23, 2006, in Great Neck, NY. Photographer, jazz writer, and children's book …

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S. Epatha Merkerson Biography

WebTheatre Awards Society, for The Old Settler , 1999; Emmy Award for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a movie, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for …

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Tensie Whelan Biography

WebBorn May 20, 1960, in New York, NY; daughter of Sidney S. (an attorney) and Carol (a systems consultant; maiden name, Storke) Whelan; married Johan Ashubud (an activist), …

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