… become president. He had an impressive political background that began at the age of fourteen. He was an intelligent and industrious individual. He was a man of strong character and high principles. By all account, his presidency should have been a…

… enabled him to be successful in his life and business dealings. Sam Walton could do anything he put his mind to. This can be witnessed in his ability to transform a small town store into a 25 billion-dollar industry at the time of his death. Walton…

… Christmas day by the georgian calender in the manor house of Woolsthorpe, England, Issaac Newton was born prematurely. His father had died 3 months before. Newton had a difficult childhood. His mother, Hannah Ayscough Newton remarried when he was…

… 26th of May 1883, in Cologne-Mulheim Germany. The eldest of 13 children, he was born into extreme poverty. Having to live in a small one-room apartment, he was witness to the violent outbursts of a drunken father. On his father’s side of the family…

… in 1313, the illegitimate son of a Florentine merchant and a French noblewoman. Reared in Florence, he was sent to study accounting in Naples around 1323. He abandoned accounting for canon law and gave that up for classical and scientific studies.…

… young lieutenant, who was barely French, would be master of France” (Maurois 5)? Napoleon Bonaparte was a military genius who won many wars and battles for France. Napoleon Bonaparte had a huge impact on all of France and numerous other countries…

… time in our history. He has invented over 1903 patents in his life time. That is more than one person could achieve. He was born in 1847 in Ohio. When he was growing as a child, he didn not receive public education. His mother taught him to read and…

… Allen Hendrix in Washington at Seattle General Hospital. His childhood was not a privileged one, however, he did indulge himself in one particular way: Jimi loved to play the guitar. At first he played an old acoustic, and later a cheap Silvertone electr…

… As a child Grace Hopper enjoyed learning about machines, technology and other countries cultures. Following her mother’s love for mathematics and her father’s love for literature, Grace had high expectations for herself. Family life was large influence…

… behavior. He began notice that people within the northern hemisphere where working harder than the people in the southern hemisphere. This when he began to first conceive a theory, which stated that any one who lived in the southern…