Herbert Spencer : A Brief Biography Of Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher and sociologist in the Victorian era. Spencer is a structural- functionalism theorist. He developed an extensive conception of evolution as the liberal development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies.

In 1841 he was invited to give a speech at an anti-slavery meeting. He spent half a year traveling the east and Midwest USA speaking about eliminating slavery, his strong views, stories, and speeches helped people understand the hardships of slavery and how the US should abolish slavery. In 1845 he wrote his first autobiography, which became a best-seller. Later he wrote two more autobiographies.

John Spencer is a fourteen-year-old kid who is all alone. He was on a ship that was attacked by the wrecker, and everyone aboard the ship died except for him. He must survive the wreckers, and try to live on his own at such a young age. The three most important reasons this book has a good title are because that’s what the bad guys in the book are named, it fits the time period, and it describes the wreckers as a group.

"We learn from failure much more than from success" said author Samuel Smiles. Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann proved that there was an ancient city of Troy. Percy Spencer discovered many thing cause of his mistakes. Mistakes can lead to big discoveries even if it causes greatness or disaster. Mistakes can lead to success in finding discoveries, help scientist in many ways, and is a good way to solving earth's mysteries. Mistakes are the key to making discoveries.

Herbert George Wells was born in the town of Bromley, located in Kent, England, to a set of lower-middle-class parents. Despite his parents lack of education, Wells attempted to educate himself “…by reading in the libraries of his mother’s employers…” according

Sir Isaac Newton was born onChristmas Day, December 25, 1642, in Woolsthrope, Lincolnshire, England (BBC). He was a tiny newborn and was given little to no chance to survive. Yet, Newton survived and went on to become one of the most influential people to make contributions to math and science. Newton wrote the Mathematical Principals of Natural Philosophy were he showed some of his discoveries. Over his lifetime Newton made important discoveries such as the following; Three Laws of Motion, universal gravitation, binomial theorem non-integer exponents, roots of function, calculus, cubic plane curves, optics, and the refracting telescope (Biography). Isaac Newton died from diet mobility issues. He suffered

Herbert Spencer: He believed in Darwin's theory of evolution, and applied it to society. He believed that only the strongest peoples/civilizations would survive over time. He believed that there should be no change, and we should let people be bad/dumb. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

In Bromley, Herbert George Wells was born. Wells started Morley’s school in Bromley when he was seven, when he was 14 he became apprenticed to a draper. In 1883, Wells rebelled against their fate. Herbert arrived at up park when he was 14. Some events that propelled Wells in a new direction are in his autobiography called “starts in life”. When Herbert George Wells was young his mother taught him how to read, Mostly using big

At the time of WW1, men were at war so women played different roles in society. Women were the “money makers” and were relied on to make money for the family. To do so, women had to take on roles in society in which were traditionally seen as male roles. Women were treated equally and Eliot’s views on women were very mixed. Some days he believed in the oppressive views of the society around him; he hated women and was disgusted by them and yet on other days, he was enchanted and mesmerised by them. Eliot adored his second wife Valerie however, Eliot had a painful relationship with his first wife Vivienne in which he wrote about his disgust in her ‘monthly cycles’ and her mental state. Vivienne was known as a bold character that you should not

Albert Borowitz writes in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, “Charles Dickens may have started life on the ‘wrong side of the street,’ but he ended it as the people idle, after writing the many novels and sketches which held the public interest” (“Charles (John Huffam) Dickens,” par. 3). Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 and died on June 9, 1870. Dickens was a writer in Great Britain during the Victorian Era. Influenced by his family and many of his own experiences, Charles Dickens was able to craft his own style that made him one of the most known authors from the Victorian era.

T.S. Eliot was born on September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the seventh and last child of Henry Ware Eliot, a brick manufacturer, and Charlotte Stearns Eliot, a poet. Both parents’ families had emigrated from England to Massachusetts in the early seventeenth century. The poet’s paternal grandfather, William Greenleaf Eliot had moved to St. Louis in the 1830’s where he became a Unitarian Minister, but still kept a very close New England connection. As a young boy, Eliot attended Miss Locke’s Primary School and Smith Academy Record, graduating in 1905. He spent the year following his graduation at Milton Academy, a private prep school in Massachusetts. Late in September of 1906, he began to study at Harvard

Karl Marx (May 5, 1818-March 14,1883) is considered one of the most influential sociologist who ever lived. He first attended the University of Bonn but after getting arrested, his parents enrolled him in the University of Berlin. Where his sociological career began when he joined a club called The Young Hegelians. In this club they would criticize political and cultural establishments. He became a journalist and his writings got him expelled from Germany, France, and even Belgium. In 1848 Marx published The Communist Manifesto and then in 1867 he published Das Kapital. He continued to write other papers but he couldn’t finish them because he died in 1883. History.com staff,(2009), Karl Marx, retrieved from http://www.history.com/topics/karl-marx.

E.E. Cummings was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (E.E Cummings, poets.org 1). Cummings began was an early developer and learner and began writing around the age of 10 (1). He was the son of Rebecca Haswell Clarke and Edward Cummings (Berry, S.L. 29). He had one sister, Elizabeth Cummings, who he loved dearly and played with all the time. He and his father had an inseparable bond, Cummings described his dad as a hero and that they were very close. (29). Cummings being such an early developer had no problem with school and went to a private school where he continued to read and write (10). His reading level was extremely high (10)! Cummings studied many different languages consisting of Latin, French, and Greek (10). As a senior Cummings wrote and was the editor of the schools newspaper (10). When he was 15 years old he did the unbelievable and went to Harvard University (14). While in college Cummings loved to go to circuses and ballets (14). While balancing college and school work Cummings was a romantic (14). He also turned out to be an astonishing dancer (14).When Cummings, who was around twenty, was done earning his degrees and graduating he was ready to leave Massachusetts (15).

Percy LeBaron Spencer was a man born in the late 1800’s. His father died when he was very young, and his mother abandoned him soon after. He lived with uncle and aunt, and his uncle died soon after he moved in. Percy was a very curious child and was always interested by broke down tractors. From ages 12 to 16, Percy worked at a spool mill. After, he heard about an opening at a paper company, and it was going to be run off of electricity, something unheard of in that time. Later, he joined the US Navy, where he learned about radio technology. He was really knowledgeable in radar tube designs. His invention was the microwave, and it was accidental. One day at work, Spencer came across an active radar set. He realized he had melted candy in his

     Spencer based his philosophy on the idea that nothing in life was permanent, and that people and knowledge evolve naturally and continuously over time. He strongly promoted the importance of individual freedom which he felt was a natural right, and at the same time tried to incorporate this with his organicistic view of life. In his works, Spencer also attempted to interconnect philosophy with other ideas like biology, psychology, and sociology.