Autobiography

Bella “Bel” Kaufman (born May 10, 1911) is a Russian-American professor and author, best known for writing the 1965 best-seller Up the Down Staircase. Kaufman was born in Berlin, Germany, where her father was studying medicine. Although born in Germany, her native language was Russian. She was raised in Odessa. She emigrated to the United […]

Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary was born in 1951 at a middle class family where his father’s work is breeding cow business while his mother is just a housewife. His higher education is only until form 5 because he can’t afford to further his studies at that time. He started help his father’s business by keeping and […]

Joseph Louis Proust was born on September 26, 1754 in Angers, France. Though there is not much information about his family, his father and Joachim, his brother, were pharmicists. Other than being a chemist, Joseph was a teacher at the Chemistry School in Segovia and at the University of Salamanca which were both in Spain. […]

In the world, people are meant to work to be efficient in life. One is looked upon to get an education and get the proper job to maintain a certain lifestyle. Not every individual is willing to work hard to maintain that type of lifestyle. While others strive for the best, certain people look for […]

Hector Lavoe revolutionized the Latin salsa boom of the 1970s. He was a man born to sing and his passion for music led him on a remarkable journey of attaining endless dreams. Born Hector Juan Perez Martinez on September 30, 1946 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he lived a life full of achievements, setbacks, and tragedy […]

Sculptor extraordinaire George Segal made a huge impression on American still life art and the Pop Art Era. Segal was born in New York City, in 1924. His family moved to South Brunswick, New Jersey where Segal was raised on a chicken farm. Living in New Jersey led to Segal attending Rutgers University, where he […]

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was the 10th President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, a member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949–1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959–1965). He was Senate President from 1963-1965. He claimed to have led a […]

Also known as Lachhman Dev alias Madho dass Bairagi, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur (16 October, 1670 – 9 June, 1716) hailed from the Jammu region and is honored as one of the most valorous Sikh warriors and respected martyrs of the Khalsa Army. The Khalsa heroically resisted the oppressive Mughals, known for their brutal regime […]

Written in the mid-1960s, The Autobiography of Malcolm X covers a span of around 35 years and is situated within a historical context that encompasses the vibrant 1920s, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Civil Rights movement. Malcolm’s personal challenges mirrored the widespread upheaval experienced during this time. Born on May 19, 1925 […]

Have you ever looked at a piece of art and wondered how it could be based on real life, because it was just so beautiful? Well Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was able to paint in such new and exciting ways; people were left wondering just this. Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was a woman of many […]

Truong Van Cam, later known as Nam Cam, grew up in a poor family in the former Saigon. When Truong was fifteen years old, he was arrested for stabbing a man to death in a fight and spent more than two years in jail. He enlisted in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam after […]

Leon Battista Alberti, a writer, Renaissance architect, philosopher of humanism, and theorist of artistry, is highly regarded as the “universal man” of the Renaissance era because of his diverse knowledge. Beyond painting and architectural designing, Alberti is renowned for his writings on scientific, artistic, and philosophical subjects as well as his books on Italian grammar […]

Lucio Tan (born July 17, 1934) is a prominent Chinese Filipino business magnate and is one of the most prominent business magnates in the Philippines. He, as of 2010, is currently the second richest businessman in the country, holding a net worth of $2. 1 billion. He owns Asia Brewery, the second largest brewery in […]

Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney is a colonial planter born in Antigua. Her father was a lieutenant governor who even wanted her be paired to some of the well known child of land owners there. She refuse doing so and marry a man whom she chose to be with for the rest of her life. Marrying a […]

Margaret Preston was a dynamic, unique Australian artist born on the 29th of April 1875 in Adelaide. She is renowned for her bold artworks, and through them, she showed her ongoing passion to establish a national identity. What were the different experiences for your individual? She began to take interest in art after an influential […]

Julie Andrews was born Julia Elizabeth Wells on 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. She is a born natural at performing, and she loves the stage. She made her first stage appearance at the very young age of two, as a fairy. Her aunt, Joan worked for dancing school where her mother, Barbara provided piano […]

Along with his mother he attended the Mt. Olive Baptist Church near Plumerville where the pastor, Mason’s half-brother, the Reverend I.S. Nelson, baptized him in an atmosphere of praise and thankgiving. From that point in his life, Mason went throughout the area of southern Arkansas as a lay preacher, giving his testimony and working with […]

Devon Myles, as played by Nick Cannon, is on a personal journey to be the greatest snare drummer that has ever gone through Atlanta A&T University. Devon wants to take part of every opportunity that comes his way while he is at college. But that also includes steamrolling people into thinking like him with his […]

Robert Hanssen joined the FBI as an agent on January 12, 1976 and was transferred to the Gary, Indiana, office. In 1978, Hanssen and his family moved to New York when the FBI transferred him to its office there. The next year, Hanssen was moved into counter-intelligence and given the task of compiling a database […]

Swami Vivekananda is a renowned figure in India and is known for his unconditional love for all humanity, regardless of caste, class, creed, race, region, or religion. This paper explores the impact of Swami Vivekananda and his contribution to strengthening the sense of integrity in India. India, with its diverse population consisting of various races, […]

Pharmacy Busa, Aida Marae Calalang, Nicudemus Catolico, Kyla Veron Ching, Deniece Justinne Clet, Flavie Ann The Wedding Dance Amador T. Daguio SUMMARY Awiyao and Lumnay is a long married couple from the Mountain tribes. Awiyao is going to marry another woman, Madulimay, because Lumnay was not able to give him a child. Awiyao went back […]

Kara Walker, an American artist, was born on November 26th, 1969 in Stockton, California. Renowned for her contemporary artwork, she earned her bachelor’s degree from the Atlanta College of Art and achieved her master’s degree at the School of Design in Rhode Island. Throughout her career, she has created over 30 large-scale installations and exhibited […]