He formed many good friendships at Lincoln; two of the most important were his relationships with the president of Clark University G. Stanley Hall, and his relationship with James P. Porter who was the Dean of Clark University and a professor of psychology. During the spring of 1915, Sumner was notified by Porter that he had been accepted to Clark's undergraduate program for the fall semester. While attending Clark, Sumner continued reading many different books and he hoped to become a writer. In June 1916, Sumner received his second Bachelor's Degree in English. According
Settling in Collingwood (Melbourne, Victoria) he worked as a photographer's assistant through the 1870s while studying art at night under Louis Buvelot and befriending others who were to become prominent artists. He returned to England for three years of full-time art study at the Royal Academy Schools from 1881 to 1884. Through the 1880s and 1890s he worked in Victoria, at the famous studio complex of Grosvenor Chambers in Melbourne, and at a number of artists' camps and visits around the colony. He married Elizabeth Williamson in 1896, had a son, Caleb. Many of his most famous paintings come from this period.
When Jennings was 6 he moved to Australia by boat. Jennings went to Bentleigh West, a small primary school in Melbourne. After Jennings left school he wanted to be a teacher & went Frankston Teachers College & after studying taught at a number of schools. After that studied at Lincoln Institute & became a speech pathologist & after numeras jobs that involved writing & speech, Jennings became a full time writer in 1989. “Unreal” Jennings first book was published in 1985 then followed by “Unbelieveable” which was the second instalment in the series.
The first person to write a dictionary of American English and permanently alter the spelling of American English, Noah Webster through his spelling book taught millions of American children to read for the first half-century of the republic and millions more to spell for the following half-century. Born a farmer's son in what is now West Hartford, Connecticut, Webster attended Yale College from 1774 to 1778, during the Revolutionary War. After graduating, he taught at Connecticut district schools before studying for the bar. The dismal conditions of these schools, combined with his patriotism and a search for self-identity, inspired him to compose three schoolbooks that, he believed, would unify the new nation through speaking and writing a common language. (Previously, almost all American schoolbooks had been reprints of imported British ones.)
Dave Barry was born on July 3rd, 1947 in Armonk, New York to a Presbyterian minister, also named David Barry. He grew up with the dream of writing, and his sense of humor was present from a very early point in life. He was labeled Class Clown of his graduating class at Pleasantville High School in 1965. Barry attended Haverford College outside of Philadelphia, and he received a bachelor’s degree in English in 1969. Then he married his college sweetheart, Ann Shelnutt in 1970, though they got divorced six years later.
Guy and his father built a three-wheeled bicycle cart named “The Awesome Pretzel” which he sold pretzels from, for six years until he had enough money to study at Chantilly Framce at the age of 16. This was during his junior and senior years of high school. When he returned from France, Guy by passed his own high school graduation. When he was done with high school he attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and graduated in 1990. He received his Bachelor of Science in Hospital Management.
John Steinbeck was born in 1902, in California's Salinas Valley, a region that would eventually serve as the setting for Of Mice and Men, as well as many of his other works. He studied literature and writing at Stanford University. He then moved to New York City and worked as a laborer and journalist for five years, until he completed his first novel in 1929, Cup of Gold. With the publication of Tortilla Flat in 1935, Steinbeck achieved fame and became a popular author. He wrote many novels about the California laboring class.
John Simpson Kirkpatrick was born in England, in South Shields to a Scottish couple in 1892. Simpson was educated from the age of 6 to his 13th birthday, learning how to read and write fluently. In June 1903 he decided to leave school and start work on a horse drawn milk delivery run. He was a member of the Territorial Army (the British Army reserve corps) serving with the Royal Field Artillery in a Howitzer Battery at South Shields. In 1909 Simpson’s father died and he wanted to follow in his footsteps, so he joined the Merchant Navy at 17 years of age, working as a stoker and steward.
In exploring his many published novels, I have discovered not only that King is an experienced writer, but also very talented at exploring many different genres of writing. Steven king was born in 1947 in Portland, Maine. As a teenager, he would come home from the movies, write a novelization in two days, mimeograph a few dozen copies and sell them at school for a quarter
This is my little brother's favorite book ever (and his favorite author - I think he's read all of Marsden's books.) For years I've wanted to see what was so enticing, and finally this week I picked it up. I had recently bought another copy for my bf's tutorees, and I am in the midst of reading The Fatal Shore in which a historical figure named Marsden comes up a lot which kept popping this book back into my mind. Ellie and her friends are about 16 and living in the bush (outback) mostly on ranches near a small town. The weekend of the county fair, six of the teens decide to go camping well outside of town in a mountain range called Tailor's Stitch, and try to get down into a gorge called Hell.