He was a great man, and many even say a legend. Roger Bacon, also known as Doctor Mirabilis (which translates too wonderful teacher), is a well known English philosopher and Franciscan friar. Born 1214 and too this day he still leaves footprints in many different lives. As the inventor of magnifying glass, Roger also studied many different things, which gave him the title of a wizard. Mr. Bacon had also been a huge impact on his community, as he helped shape the world the way it is today.
Wealthiest families use their money to buy elegant houses and expensive cars, but the DuPonts were different. The Dupont’s being the wealthiest family in Delaware used their money to make and develop better things to help improve Delaware. From starting a gunpowder mill to developing a hospital for sick children .Alfred I.DuPont and the DuPont family have influenced and affected Delaware in many different ways.
Throughout his childhood Logan (Tachnechdorus) attained advantageous values and social etiquette. One particular influential ally was a Quaker identified as James Logan who not only provided Tachnechdorus with his name but also educated him until he befriended the future war leader . However, it was after one unprovoked fatal incident involving other settlers that Logan, who once considered the white people as his allies, quickly changed his opinion of them. Hostility erupted within this once diplomatic, unbiased and compassionate man. Recognizing the conflict among the two cultures became the major cause of Logan to take vengeance.
Nathaniel was born January 2, 1647, in Suffolk Country, England. Years later he enrolled at Saint Catherine's College, Cambridge University, he never finishes his dad pulled him out two years later. In May 1670 Bacon married Elizabeth Duke and had two daughters.
Steven Evans will be one of the youngest President if elected. He was raised in Santa Barbara, California, then moved to Berkeley to study law. He was voted governor of California at age 36 and began running for Presidency at age 40. He is a regular donor to St Jude’s Children’s Hospital and World Vision. Evans is all about helping children and will go the extra mile to do what he can for them. To Evans, the children are the treasures of the world and our future. Because of that, he enjoy and will spend all his available time volunteering at his children’s school event to raise money. He also volunteers at Oakland Children’s hospital when time permits. His hard work and determination helped him become the man that he is today. Raised in a Christian family, and growing up in an underprivileged and poor neighborhood had made him a more compassionate person.
We all love bacon, right? Maybe not! Many people have grew to dislike Mr. Nathaniel Bacon. Why, or how, could they? Well, I’ll tell you why, because Nathaniel Bacon is a very important history character that we all need to know about.
Francis Abel, after thirty-five years of service, is a retired high school music educator. He was also the former Minister of Music for the Memorial Presbyterian Church of Roosevelt, NY and the former Gospel Choir Director for The Lady Of Loretta, The St. Marths’s and The St. Ladislaus Catholic Churches of Long Island.
On January 2nd, 1647 in Suffolk County, England Nathaniel Bacon was born. Nathaniel Bacon grew up around a wealthy and well educated environment. He attended Cambridge University to receive his education. Later on he wed Sir Edward Duke's daughters, Elizabeth Duke. Bacon did not receive Sir Edward Duke permission if he could take his daughter hand in marriage. Bacon received a large amount of money from his father which led him travel across the Atlantic. Bacon purchased two frontier plantations in Virginia. He became a new member of Jamestown. Bacon’s background and his wife’s honor assisted him into joining the government council. "Many said he was young, bold, active, of an inviting aspect, and powerful elocution.” (Ver Steeg and Hofstadler
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On February 5, 1788 in Lancashire, England, Robert Peel was born to his parents, Ellen Yates and Robert Peel, where he would become the eldest boy of eleven children. His family made their fortune in textile manufacture after they had dealt their hand in the weaving industry. Robert Peel was homeschooled by Rev. James Hargreaves until he was ten years old and moved to a Tamworth school in Drayton Manor. Throughout his studies at Harrow, Peel was awarded with several honors such as a double First in Classics as well as the same in Mathematics and Physics. In 1809, the young man began the long road towards his law career at Lincoln’s Inn. However, his father obtained Peel the title of Cashel in Co. Tipperary and he commenced the beginning of his life-long parliamentary career.
Jonathan Winthrop was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony even before they set sail to New England. He along with a thousand of his fellow Puritans set sail and Winthrop had a twist to the normal way things were done. He actually had the Massachusetts Bay Colony with him. This would give this group freedom from any members of the Massachusetts Bay Company that remained in England.
If Andrew Wakefield hadn’t been stopped, he could’ve potentially put many people’s lives at risk. People should be against Andrew Wakefield because he exposed people to life threatening diseases killed off vaccinations to help with these diseases because he thought those vaccinations would cause autism, was selfish with his studies which led to unethical decisions and did what he felt was needed even though he knew it was bad, and lastly started all controversy for money and attention. Andrew Wakefield is a very corrupt, dishonorable person. It has been proven what a horrible person he really is.
Rebel or Murder! Have you ever wondered who was the first person to fight for the freedom of France.
The Medieval Period was ushered into existence with the fall of the Western Roman Empire. There were many people that contributed to present time with their inventions, philosophies, and reign during the Medieval Period. As a matter of fact, there were continents all over the world that progressed due to certain achievements of people. The two people that fall inti this category are Roger Bacon and Genghis Khan. Roger was a scholar of the 13th century that was part of the Catholic Church until he was expelled and taught at both the University of Paris and Oxenford University. He was also known as Doctor Mirabalis, meaning “wonderful teacher” in Latin, because he was a scholar that defied the rules in certain areas like pursing alchemy and
Nathaniel Bacon was a pivotal character in the building of the nation in its early years and it will be discussed here. Bacon was not born in the US but after coming to the land of America he was pivotal in a rebellion that was against the treatment of Native Americans by William Berkeley. Bacon believed that Berkeley was treating these hostile people in a way that was not beneficial to the colony. Bacon did not live a long life but he obviously had an impact on the people of his time. Bacon had a significant
Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. was born July 15, 1940. He was originally from Chicago, Illinois, but moved to Little Rock, Arkansas with his mother and stepfather. His stepfather, William D. Griffen, was a civil engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Simmon’s biological father, William Simmons, died when he was only three years old. Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. eventually dropped out of school and joined the U.S. Navy. In 1963, he left the navy. Two years later, he joined the air force for twenty two years. Simmons retired in 1979 with the rank of master sergeant.