… Boston, Massachusetts, on Jan. 17, 1706. He was the 15th child and youngest son in a family of 17 children. His parents, Josiah and Abiah “Folger” Franklin, were hard working, God-fearing folk. His father made soap and candles in his shop at the first…

… of Shanghai in 1945, and three years later earned a Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University. In 1951 he founded Wang Laboratories, Inc., which under his technological and managerial guidance soon became one of the most recognized and successful…

… leaders who lived at the dawn of the Twentieth Century. Few people can lay claim to the to the titles of college athlete, naturalist, conservationist, big game hunter, soldier, and politician. Most would be content with experiencing one or two of…

… mathematician of all time. His prize work, Elements, was the textbook of elementary geometry and logic up to the early twentieth century. For his work in the field, he is known as the father of geometry and is considered one of the great Greek mathematic…

… rated by the FAA to fly by instruments. Pilots may qualify for this rating by having a total of 105 hours of flight experience, including 40 hours of experience in flying by instruments; they also must pass a written examination on procedures and FAA…

… Jerome David Salinger on January 1, 1919 in New York City, New York, only son to Sol and Marie Salinger. Very little is known about Mr. Salinger’s personal life, as he is a firm recluse currently living alone in a cottage in Cornish,…

… New York, but was raised in Portland. His philosophy of labor was the effect of his religious upbringing in the Universalist Church. Pullman’s father instilled honesty and hard work in his children. When his father became ill and passed on, George…

… to shoot if anything happened to his expecting wife, a very erratic William Frost welcomed his son Robert Lee Frost into the world in San Francisco California on March 26, 1874. Frost was named part after his grandfather and after the defeated…

… 20, 2001 Death in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry Emily Dickinson was largely known for her morbid writings that seemed to mirror her own life. Her best works were written after the death of a close friend or family member. Emily Dickinson’s loneliness,…

… compared to the world of knowledge. People are often too distracted by money and materialistic things to appreciate truth and reality. Socrates says, “the capacity for knowledge is innate in each man’s mind.” This exemplifies the point that man…