… Virginia, and in his many restless moves, lived in half a dozen Eastern cities. His true home was always in the "misty mid region of Weir" of his own fertile and troubled imagination. His father was David Poe, a Baltimore actor. His actress…

… lived in the distinct political, social and cultural environment that found expression in his literary works. Instead of trying to hide behind the lightness of his skin color, as many fair skin African-Americans did, Chesnutt chose to show his…

… in Quebec, Canada. He was the son of the Governal General, Georges Vanier. Jean was educated in England, and was a part of the British Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy. He resigned from the nay in 1950 and went to France to work…

… in history. His Antisocial personality and psychotic character made him feared across the country. After all was said and done Ted left behind a trail of bloody slayings that included the deaths of 36 young women and spanned through four states.…

… which was the same place Petrach was born years before. Sometimes referred to as Aretino because of the city in which he was born, Leonardo went on to become almost as much a figure in the humanistic movement as Petrarch. Griffiths states that…

… on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich and he began his schooling there at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal…

… in the year 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand. She was born into a middle-class family. Her father, Harold Beauchamp, was a banker and her mother, Annie Burnell Dyer, strived to maintain the appearance of middle-class social status. At the age of nine,…

… Bach and Maria Elisbetha, nee Lamerhirt. He was baptized two days after he was born. He was a helpful boy, and if he was very good, his father would give him a piano lesson. When Bach was 7 he entered Latinschule in Eisenach, where Martin Luther…

… in the South Pacific where sexual practices are much different than in the United States. In Mangaia girls are raised and encouraged and sleep with multiple partners. The usual expectation is for a girl to have 3 or 4 boyfriends from the time she…

… a symbol for the the American fight for liberty and self government. Patrick Henry was born in 1736 in Hanover County, Virginia 1736 and died in 1799. He was educated in a country school and in a school kept by his father. Henry tried merchandising…