Biography

Studies in Literature Dallas, Tx. Alice Walker Poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, anthologist, teacher, editor, publisher, womanist and activist, Alice Malsenior Walker was born at home on February 9,…

The life story of Cleopatra is one which has become increasingly embellished throughout history. To some, the Elizabeth Taylor version of her is enough to satisfy any and all curiosity….

He was born in 1885 and died in 1930. His name was David Herbert Lawrence. He was born in the 11th September 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. His father was a…

Max Dupain is one of Australia’s greatest modernist photographers, when he started photography in 1929 there was an emphasis on painterly, soft-hued romanticism. He was one of the first to…

Harper lee was born in 1962 in Monroeville, Alabama. Her father, A. C Lee, worked as editor of a local newspaper as well as being a, member of the Alabama…

George Luks was one of two sons of a doctor. He was born in Pennsylvannia in 1867. Luks was a painter who had a lack of sentimentality and was part…

Alec Arnold Constantine Issigonis was born is Smyrna, a Greek community in the Ottoman Empire. His grandfather Demosthesis migrated to Smyrna in the 1830’s and worked on the British railway…

She was born in Kenya in 1956. In 1975 she came to England to study Fine Art at Reading University followed by a post-graduate course in printmaking at the Slade;…

In order to discuss these issues I shall begin by introducing Howard Mitchell and his work. I will look at what written or printed sources he had access to and…

Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on the 17th of October 1972 in Missouri U. S. A, but is better known as ‘Eminem’. Eminem is an American rapper, record producer,…

Singer, actress. Demi Lovato was born on August 20, 1992, in Dallas, Texas. Lovato’s mother, Dianna Lovato, was a former country music recording artist and Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. Lovato is…

James Connolly was born to irish parents in Edinburgh in 1868. From an early age, he showed an interesting in history, economics and politics and spent much time reading and…

Wilfred Owen was born in Shropshire on 8th March 1893. He was encouraged to write poetry from an early age by his mother. Owen volunteered for the army in 1914…

Rapper and producer, born Kurtis Walker on August 9, 1959 in Harlem, New York. Blow got his first practice as a DJ in grade school, mingling with guests at his…

Henry Morgan was born in Llanrhymney in Glamorganshire, now known as Welsh England, in 1635. (Carse 146) “Although there is no mention of Morgan in historical record until 1665, it…

Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal circa 1480. As a boy, he studied mapmaking and navigation. By his mid-20s, he was sailing in large fleets and was committed in combat….

St. Clare was born Chiarra Offreduccio in Assisi, Italy on July 16, 1194 to a wealthy family. Her father, Favorino Scifi, was a count and her mother was the countess…

Marian Wright Edelman is the first Afro-American who practised law as member of Mississippi state bar. She remained a social reformer and activist throughout her life and founded the Children’s…

This is a biography of a great man name Tatanka- Iyontanka popularly known as Sitting Bull also nicknamed Slon-he or “Slow”. He was born around 1831 on Grand River which…

Fray Junipero Serra (1713-1785) created California’s mission system and spread the Church’s mission by working in unsettled territories and working to gain new converts. He left a comfortable teaching position…