Essays on Biography

Lewis Binford’s birth took place in Norfolk in Virginia at the time of the Great Depression in 1932. The name of his father was Joseph Lewis Binford while his mother’s name was Eoline Roberts Binford. Binford went to government established schools due to his parents’ humble income. As early as...

Jackson Pollock is a famous artist well known for his great talent in painting. He was the youngest in his family (Pollock 11), born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. Thomas Benton was his tutor, taught him the basics of painting and influenced most of his early works. Later...

Harold Adam Innis Harold Adam Innis, a Canadian professor of political economy, was born in 1894 in Southwestern Ontario in Oxford County. Harold s parents practiced farming and were association Baptists. Harold started his schooling in Sunday college and the local one-room public school. His high college career began at Otterville...

Byron Kim Bibliography Kim Byron is a contemporary artist that was born in La Jolla California in 1961. His early years in art were in the 1990s where he produced artwork with single colours on canvases. His works made a major contribution to the Whitney Biennial. Part of...

William Matthew Flinders William Matthew Flinders has made great contributions to the methods and techniques of field excavations. An Egyptologist and archaeologist, he was born in 1853 in Charlton Kent, England. The dating method used by archaeologists in reconstructing history was invented by him. Popularly known as Mathew Petrie, his interest...

The US has produced a truthful share of outstanding composers and songwriters who have made a great contribution into the tune industry not solely to the country but to the world as well. However, a move from the American frontier to the boarders of the European countries exposes one to...

Ludwig Van Beethoven: A Musical Genius Ludwig Van Beethoven was a pianist and composer of German origin. His music is greatly distinct from the rest because of their large extended architectonic designs that featured broad templates, musical materials, and motifs developed through 'modulation' technique (Swafford 92). The Technique of Modulation The technique involved...

On 18 May 1920, in Wadowice, Poland, Papal John Paul II was conceived of Karol Józef Wojtyla. In 1946 he was appointed priest of Ombi, in 1958, and in 1964 he became supervisor of the diocese of Cracow. In 1967, as named by Pope Paul VI, John Paul II was...

Discourse on Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was born in Qunu, South Africa, to a tribal leader. He was to replace his father, according to tradition. He decided to seek a career in politics instead. In the year 1939, Nelson Mandela went to Fort Hare University College, where he studied Roman-Dutch law...

In the family of the dukes of Marlborough in 1874, on 30 November and in 1965 on 24 Jan, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born. He was an official of the British government and served as Prime Minister between 1940 and 1945 and also in the UK between 1951 and 1955....

Napoleon Bonaparte wasn't born in a situation to take power simply. He had Corsican noble origins, born in 1769 (Schom, 1998). Originally, Napoleon had surpassed hatred for his country, unaware that he would be the leader many years later. Even though Napoleon's prospects to ascend to leadership can be counted...

A great and humble artist named Antoni Gaudi, was an extraordinary architect and even though he did not for once create his own artistic school, he has many achievements. Many painters all over the world have been inspired by his views on art and architects. Whenever you speak of this...