At 16 he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. B. Washington joined the military and rose to the rank of Colonel. He was then commissioned the commander of the Continental Army. He then retired to private life.
This book contains three chapters which talks about Jefferson memorial lectures. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia. He was a draftsman of the United States Declaration of Independence; the nation’s first secretary of the state from (1789-1794); Second Vice President from (1797-1801); and, as the Third President from (1801-1809), the statesman responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. His father had been among the earliest settlers in this wilderness country, and his position of Leadership transferred to his oldest son, along with five thousand acres of land. He became one of the best-educated Americans of his time.
These figures are the folk hero Johnny Appleseed, the aristocrat frontier Margaret Blennerhasset, Lewis and Clark explorer York, Iroquois Chief John Logan, and Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry will be featured on June 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at Urbana University. Oliver Hazard Perry was born on August 23, 1785 in South Kingston, Rhode Island to United States Naval officer and wife. At a young age, Perry would sail with his father all over the world. He soon became a commissioned lieutenant in the United States Army.
Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, on August 11, 1921. He is older then 3 brothers and a sister. Haley lived with his family in Henning, before he returned to Ithaca with his family when he was five years old. Haley's father was a professor of agriculture at Alabama A&M University. The younger Haley always spoke proudly of his father and the stuff of racism he had overcome.
Horace Greeley was born in Amherst, New Hampshire (U.S. History.com, 2013) on February 3, 1811 to Zaccheus Greeley and Mary Woodburn (Howe, 2013). b.) His family moved around a lot, so he was home-schooled off and on, until the age of 14. According to the Unitarian and Universalist Biography web page, Horace loved to read and mostly taught himself. As a teenager, he worked as an apprentice printer for a newspaper in Vermont, called “Northern Spectator” (Howe, 2013).
English Extra Credit Assignment Who is Robert Brown and what did he do ROBERT BROWN ( 1773-1858) The discoveries, accomplishments and contributions that Robert Brown gave to the world were admirable and perpetual. His dreams didn’t stay as thoughts, they were fulfilled with hard work that eventually made history. Robert Brown who made a significant difference on this earth during the years of December 21, 1773 through June 10, 1858, was a Scottish Botanist. Brown was a son of a clergyman. Having a standard childhood, Brown attended a grammar school, but then withdrew due to the reason of his family moving to Edinburgh.
John Brown was born into a deeply religious family in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1800. His father, Owen, was vehemently opposed to slavery. So his father and mother, Ruth, moved the family to northern Ohio, when John was five. His father opened a tannery. At the age of 16, John left his family and went to Plainfield, Massachusetts, where he enrolled in a preparatory program.
Semiotics of Walt Whitman’s Petry 1. Introduction Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, Long Island, New York on May 31 1819. The second children of Walter and Louisa Whitman, he grew up in family full of sincerity and compassion. They lived in wealthy family with a ranch, than their ranch sold by the time young Walt was born. As the consequence, his father should work very hard to recoup some of their earlier asset as a farmer, carpenter and real estate speculator.
Both his father, Niccolo, and his uncle, Maffao, were merchants. Marco was destined to be a merchant like his Uncle and Father. He was schooled in business. When he was six years old, his father and uncle left on a trip to trade goods with the rulers of Russia. Maffao and Niccolo were gone for nine years.
He married Barbara Watzenrode around the year 1463. Nicholaus Copernicus was the youngest of the two sons and two daughters in the family. Nicholaus’ father died when he was only ten years old, leaving him and his siblings in the care of his uncle Lucas Watzenrode. In 1488 his uncle sent him to the cathedral school of Wloclawek where he received good humanist education. He entered the University of Krakow three years later.