Certain people in our lives have this special ability to inspire. They give us strength when things get tough, when we feel pessimistic due to some events in our lives, or they motivate us to do the things we want but are afraid of. They...
When I think of someone is inspiring I think of person who drives influences by both their words and their writing a lot of these qualities can be found in teachers and or people in power. There is one person always comes to my mind...
I have been fortunate enough to have both my parents in my life, but I believe my dad has been the most influential person in my life. I think that he has been able to guide me through my life in the best way he...
I would like to write about my favorite person in this essay, I’ve chosen my friend Vie. Weâve known each other for almost 4 years and I never really thought about what I felt about her until just recently when I started looking at things...
Cyril Ramaphosa In the year 1996 Cyril Ramaphosa began his exploits in the business field by trying to help underprivileged youth, by giving them bursaries to go to university. From there he got involved in other initiatives that helped uplift the community and eventually properly...
Ten most important people or influential people are John Smith, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Fredrick Douglas, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Hennery Schoolcraft, Noah Webster, Jonathan Edwards, Anne Brad sheet These are all important, influential people throughout the Colonial and Romantic period. how later on...
Andrew Carnegie is the most outstanding entrepreneur and philanthropist in the American industrialization era, one of the most important leaders of the rapid rise of the steel industry in the United States at the end of the 19th century, and one of the most important...
What is a hero? A hero is someone you look up to or admire. This could be a family member, teacher, friend, celebrity, or even a random stranger who did a kind deed. The acts of heroism are considered as an inspiration to others and...
Have you ever known that when Elon Musk in 12 years old, he sold his first software (Blsatar) for about 500$. In 1992, after he studied at Queenâs University. He left Canada to study concurrently in business and physics at the University of Pennsylvania and...
Who is Larry Page? Not many people know who he is, yet we use what he made almost every day: Google, one of the most used websites on the internet. Google is a search engine which, ‘organizes the world’s information and makes it universally accessible...
Have you ever wanted to learn about the guy who created Mickey Mouse himself? Well, Walter Elias Disney was his name the creator of Disney films. Walt Disney had a very hard childhood with his brother and his sister. Disney is famous for all of...
For many years tons of people have made a huge difference in this world and they have not gained the recognition they deserve. If you think about it everyone gets their knowledge from something or someone. Everything we discover has already been discovered by our...
Theodore Roosevelt held position as the president of the United States of America from 1901-1909. Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family on October 27, 1858, in Manhattan, New York City, NY and was a very sickly child. He passed away on January 6, 1919,...
For a long time, America has been known for breaking barriers in history. Breaking barriers in history is natural, physical, or ideological that has a positive or negative created by people or societies. For example, figures like Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman. Jackie Robinson, a professional...
Henry Ford was an American industrialist and business magnate who had coined the transformation of automobiles, shaping the 20th century as it continues to affect the 21st. Henry Ford allowed the field of commercial automobiles to flourish, as he continually revolutionized factory production with his...
Introduction Our presentation topic was Henry Ford who is an American industrialist who revolutionized the automobile industry with his assembly-line and production methods while greatly impacting the society. My two group members were Ata and Timothee. I made general research about Henry Ford to able...
Introduction Jackie Robinson was an important and influential figure in history that had a positive impact in Americaâs sports as a whole because he challenged racism. Jackie Robinson is widely known as the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. He played for...
Introduction Rupert Murdoch is probably one of the most influential people in the last half-century, owning over fifty media companies all over the world organized in one big conglomerate called âNews corporationâ, but if it were just one word to call him, it would be...
Helen Keller was an important and successful author, political activist, and lecturer in American history. Helen was born a healthy child, but at the age of two, she contracted an illness called âbrain feverâ which left her deaf and blind. As a result, Helen became...
The well-known linguist, activist and author Noam Chomsky is a person who I greatly admire. His work has influenced many people in many different fields, from linguistics to psychology to politics. Through all his many achievements he has still remained a humble and down to...
Temple Grandin, an extraordinary woman with autism described herself as different, but not less. In the 1950s and 60s, there was less tolerance for people with autism, than there is today. No one understood Grandin, or what she was feeling inside, some even doubted she...
When jazz is mentioned, one of the first instruments that comes to mind is the trumpet. The trumpet is an iconic image of jazz. From Miles Davisâ mellow and laid back âcool jazzâ to Clifford Brownâs hard bop, the trumpet is a staple piece in...
Born on the 26th of May 1926 in Alton, Illinois, not far up the Mississippi river from East St. Louis, Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is regarded as one of the most influential and acclaimed figures in...
Jean Jacques Rousseau Although most famously known for his work in philosophy, Jean Jacques Rousseau contributed to many other areas during his lifetime. He not only built upon contemporary moral, political, and educational thought, but also developed the subjects of musical composition and writing. His...
What makes a Hero? Superman, Iron Man, The Flash, Captain America, Wonder Woman, Spiderman, all of these figures have been lauded as the ideal of a true hero for the better part of a century, but have we ever really stopped to think about what...
One of the arts that transcends culture is the art of music. Louis Armstrong was an individual who took the art of music, specifically jazz, and transformed it. Louis Armstrong was born in August of 1901, to Maryann and Willie Armstrong. When Louis Armstrong was...
For this assignment, I chose to do Jane Addams who was born in the 1860. Around this time, the abolition of Slavery in the United States led to the breakdown of the Atlantic slave trade. Abraham Lincoln Assassinated, The Thirteenth Amendment Ratified, Wyoming Gives Women...
Sir Timothy John ‘Tim’ Berners-Lee, also known as ‘TimBL,’ is a British computer scientist, the inventor of the World Wide Web. In March 1989, he presented a suggestion for an information management system and successfully implemented the first communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)...
No doubt the Civil War was a dark time in Americaâs History. However, like most dark times in history, heroes are b often times born during these hard times. There were larger than life heroes, men like Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E....
Over the course of history, women all over the world have been challenging status quos, in pursuit of the freedom to live and achieve their dreams. In January 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell made history as the first formally accredited female physician in the United States, thereby...