You are viewing the article Humphry Davy at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1778-1829) Synopsis Sir Humphry Davy was a Cornish chemist best known for his contributions to the discoveries of chlorine and iodine. In 1798, he was appointed chemical superintendent of the Pneumatic […]
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
You are viewing the article Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1475-1543) Who Was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo? Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was an ambitious, at times ruthless Portuguese soldier who served the Spanish Empire. He participated in the conquest of Cuba in […]
Was the Getty Family Kidnapping a Hoax?
You are viewing the article Was the Getty Family Kidnapping a Hoax? at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. By the late 1960s, John Paul Getty had become known as the richest man in the world. The title, bestowed on the American businessman and oil […]
Eugène Delacroix
You are viewing the article Eugène Delacroix at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1798-1863) Synopsis Eugène Delacroix was born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, France, on April 26, 1798. He received his artistic training in Paris and became known as a leading figure of the French Romantic […]
Rabindranath Tagore
You are viewing the article Rabindranath Tagore at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. Synopsis Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, novelist and painter best known for being the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 with his book Gitanjali, […]
Kate DiCamillo
You are viewing the article Kate DiCamillo at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1964-) Synopsis Kate DiCamillo was born March 25, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her first novel, Because of Winn-Dixie was published in 2000. She published her second novel, Tiger Rising, in 2001. […]
Emma Lazarus
You are viewing the article Emma Lazarus at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1849-1887) Who Was Emma Lazarus? Emma Lazarus was born into a wealthy New York family that was descended from Sephardic Jewish Americans. She displayed an early talent for poetry, and attracted […]
Sir Nicholas Winton
You are viewing the article Sir Nicholas Winton at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1909-2015) Who Was Sir Nicholas Winton? Sir Nicholas Winton was a 29-year-old stockbroker who in 1939 organized trains out of Prague to secure the safe passage of 669 Jewish children […]
Henri Rousseau
You are viewing the article Henri Rousseau at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1844-1910) Who Was Henri Rousseau? While working as a toll collector in Paris, Henri Rousseau taught himself to paint and exhibited his work almost annually from 1886 until the end of […]
Harriet Tubman: Timeline of Her Life, Underground Rail Service and Activism
You are viewing the article Harriet Tubman: Timeline of Her Life, Underground Rail Service and Activism at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. After escaping slavery on her own in 1849, Harriet Tubman helped others journey on the Underground Railroad. From 1850 to 1860 she […]
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
You are viewing the article Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1841-1935) Who Was Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.? Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the son of writer, educator and doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes, fought on the Union side in the American […]
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
You are viewing the article Sarah Huckabee Sanders at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1982-) Who Is Sarah Huckabee Sanders? Sarah Huckabee Sanders earned an early introduction to politics by campaigning for dad Mike Huckabee, who became Arkansas governor in 1996. She served as […]
Inside Linda Ronstadt’s Courageous Battle Against Parkinson’s Disease
You are viewing the article Inside Linda Ronstadt’s Courageous Battle Against Parkinson’s Disease at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. Linda Ronstadt’s voice was seemingly a gift from the angels above. It was one that enabled her to belt out country-rockers like “Heat Wave” and […]
Mark Consuelos
You are viewing the article Mark Consuelos at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1971-) Who Is Mark Consuelos? Born in 1971, Mark Consuelos is an American television actor and personality whose star turn occurred in 1995 when he was cast as Mateo Santos in […]
Jacob Riis
You are viewing the article Jacob Riis at Lassho.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1849-1914) Who Was Jacob Riis? Jacob Riis immigrated to the United States in 1870. After a series of odd jobs, he became a police reporter, a job he enhanced with his […]