John Cobook Biography

John Hood was born January 13th, 1935, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, to the loving parents of John Robert and Margarette Elizabeth Hood. A gifted and precocious child, John graduated from high school early and matriculated to Vanderbilt University, where he earned his B.A. in English. After being drafted and serving in the

John Hancock was born on January 12, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was orphaned as a child and then was adopted by a wealthy merchant uncle who was childless. Hancock went to Harvard College for a business education. He graduated Harvard College at the age of 17. He apprenticed to his uncle as a clerk and proved to be honest and capable that in 1760, he was sent on a business mission to England. In England, he witnessed the coronation of King George III and engaged some of the leading businessmen of London.

John Smith was born in Lincolnshire, England to a farmer and his wife in 1580. He only had a grammar school education, but with this

John Tipton was born August 15, 1730 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was an American Frontiersman and statesman who were active in the early development of the State of Tennessee. His father, Jonathan, was a farmer as were the great majority of colonists in English American and his mother was Elizabeth Edwards Tipton. He had four brothers and three sisters so they grew up learning, playing, and working among.

The general explained that “... after the Llandovery Castle was torpedoed, not a helping hand was offered to our wounded comrades” (137) and that there was “more than three hundred wounded Canadians struggling in the choppy waters of the English Channel....”(137). These words burned a picture into the minds of the soldiers. It showed the unfair and inhumane ways of the German army. The wounded soldiers with amputated limbs sunk to the bottom instantly with the salt stingy in their wounds all whilst the Germans soldiers laughed on. It was described that “... the lifeboats were sprayed by machine-gun fire ... the laughing men on the U-boat ... the amputation cases went to the bottom instantly ... they couldn't swim, poor chaps ... the salt water added to their dying agony....” (138). The general then used this to motivate the soldiers to avenge the deaths of their wounded Canadians soldiers. He said “... men, we are going into action in a few days, and we will be given an opportunity to avenge the lives of our murdered comrades ... if they choose to suspend the accepted rules for conducting civilized warfare, by

John Hancock was born on January 23, 1727 in Braintree, Mass. He is the son of John Hancock and Mary Hawke. John Hancock (father) was a Harvard graduate and minister. They lived in a part of town which eventually became the

This gave the men a stronger sense of patriotism, national identity and loyalty to their beloved country. When the Singapore based British Navy was captured by the Japanese the

Laws are made to keep a society at peace among the people. They can protect people from each other, while maintaining a functioning and productive society. However some crime victims may have laws named after them. These laws typically address legal ineffectiveness, which could have helped to find and punish the criminal in that case. Laws that have been named in honor of a crime victim, aim to protect future potential victims and lessen the chances of recurrences of previous cases.

In 1941, the United States once again found itself involved in a war. The following year, Sachem was returned to the U.S. Navy for the second time. Being passed on to different owners, this ship encounters different names too. From Celt to USS Sachem, now under the name USS Phenakite, it was deployed to patrol the waters of Florida Keys.

Asia. The Japanese also hoped to use the attack towards the United States to get them

Nicholas Winton was born May 19, 1909 in London, England.(Nicholas Winton biography)He was the oldest of three siblings. Rudolf and Barbara Wertheimer were German Jews, but converted to Christianity and changed their last name to Winton. Nicholas' father was a banker who housed his family in a 20-room mansion right outside London. Nicolas went to Stowe school and later followed his fathers footsteps and became an international banker. Nicholas worked in banks in Berlin, London, and Paris. After he worked at banks,

When Elizabeth turned 17 years of age John Howland married her. She’s my 10th Great Grandmother. They were married for 49 happy years and had 10 children. One daughter, Desire (Howland) Gorham is my 9th Great Grandmother.

On July 3, 1940, the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill order the British Royal Navy to arrive off the coast of the naval base Mers-el-Kebir in North Africa, and demand the surrender of the French vessels that were docked there. The British were to offer the French Admiral Marcel Gensoul four alternatives that would have prevented the French fleet from falling into German hands, but if the French admiral refused the alternatives then the entire French fleet would be sunk. The terms fell through on July 3, 1940 and the British resorted to destroying the French vessels at Mers-el-Kebir, where over 1,297 French sailors lost their lives to the British. The bulk of the French naval power at Mers-el-Kebir was either sunk or on fire by the

-he was married to Elisabeth cook in 1762, in 16 years of marriage, they were together for 4, they had 6 children, and Elisabeth buried all, alone. She survives James, by 56 years, dying at 93.

This greatest of Victorian writers was born in Landport, Portsmouth, on February 7, 1812. His father John worked as a clerk in the Navy Payroll Office in Portsmouth. The elder Dickens was transfered several times, first to London, then to Chatham, and finally, in 1822, back to London, where the family lived in Camden Town.