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Pleasant maintained her influence over the home following Bell’s death, although she eventually left after a disagreement with family member, Theresa Bell.[4] Mary Ellen Pleasant made the headlines again with the much publicized case of Sarah Althea Hill and former senator William Sharon. Hill claimed to be the wife of Sharon and sued for.

André Marie Ampère, (born Jan. 22, 1775, Lyon, France—died J, Marseille), French physicist, founder of the science of electromagnetism.A prodigy who mastered the entire known field of mathematics by age 12, he became a professor of physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

Mary Devenport O'Neill, poet and playwright, was initially a student of art. Born in Galway and educated in Dublin at the Dominican Convent in Eccles Street and at the Metropolitan School of Art, she was a talented painter, but later turned to literature as her sole artistic focus.

Rose Marie, who died last week at age 94, began her career as a 3-year-old moppet flapper with the voice of a gin mill chanteuse and carried on performing in nightclubs and television, notably in.

“Marie Lloyd was the greatest music hall artist in England: she was also the most popular It is evidence of the extent to which she represented and expressed that part of the english nation which has perhaps the greatest vitality and interest.

(JTA) — Poet and children’s book author Mary Ann Hoberman, whose own childhood in a “very loud, raucous, opinionated” Jewish household inspired the family themes that infused her books, died.

Mary Bruce is a senior White House correspondent at ABC News and a mother of two. Learn more about her age, education, height, salary, career, & kids today.

Eve Curie writes the story of her mother's life in an inspirational and detailed way. Through reading the novel, you are able to be transported into the 19th century and into the Polish world that Marie grew up in. Through details, dialogue, and imagery, Eve paints the story of Marie's life so clearly that her story is relatable and easy to.

Marie Antoinette was born in Vienna on 2 November 1755, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa. Her marriage with the future Louis XVI, celebrated in the Royal Chapel at Versailles on 16 May 1770, was partly the work of the Duke de Choiseul, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and one of the principal architects of the reconciliation between France.

Mary Meachum was an abolitionist who, with her husband John Berry Meachum, helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the Underground Railroad, and by purchasing their freedom. [1] Mary was born in slavery about 1801 in Kentucky.

Mary Astell was born in 1666 in Newcastle. Her parents (Peter Astell and Mary Errington) had three children, of which she was the eldest. Her uncle, Ralph Astell, was a clergyman, and was known to be a strong influence on her life.

Roger Woolhouse. Locke: A Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xviii + 528 pp. + 12 b/w pls. index. illus. map. bibl. $39.99. ISBN: 978–0–521–81786–8. Even given the recent unfashionable nature of scholarly biography, it seems astonishing that this is the first major biography of John Locke since Maurice.

Eminem 's father, Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr., In a 1999 interview with Rolling Stone, Debbie said that her son wrote and mailed a few letters to Bruce as a teenager, but they came back marked.

Lindsey Hughes does a great job on bringing this all to life in this short and concise biography. For me a little too short in places, but in analysis I’d argue it tips Robert K Massie excellent book. Peter was born in old, holy Russia, the third son of Tsar Alexis.

Pressman is best known for her breakthrough role in Ang Probinsyano as Alyana R. Arevalo-Dalisay, she is known in the Philippine show business as a versatile actress, singer and dancer. Pressman regularly appears in TV series, variety shows, local blockbuster movies and multiple product endorsement advertisements.

Sylvia Nasar is the author of the bestselling A Beautiful Mind, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography. She is the John S. and James. L Knight Professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.