Famous Biographies

Herman Melville was born August 1, 1819, in New York City. His parents were Allan Melville, a Unitarian, who made a living as a merchant-importer, and Maria Gansevoort Melville of New York Dutch ancestry and a member of the Calvinistic Dutch-Reformed Church. Herman’s father was volatile and s Continue reading the biography

Edgar Allan Poe Born on January 19th 1809 Died on October 7th 1949 Born in Boston. Low family. Both parents were actors. When he was born, Dad left the family. His sister went insane. His brother died of horrible disease. His mother died when he was 4. (1813). of Tuberculosis. Adopted to John and Fr Continue reading the biography

Anne Dudley Bradstreet was born in Northhampton, England in either 1612 or 1613, to Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke. Thomas Dudley was a steward at the manor house Of the Earl of Lincoln, and young Anne enjoyed the aristocratic mansion nestled in the English countryside. Her early years were spent b Continue reading the biography

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) Biography Thornton Wilder American writer and playwright, best known for the Pulizer Prize awarded play OUR TOWN (1938), which was seen by the critic Brendan Gill as “a nightmare of passive awareness felt through all eternity”, misinterpreted as a slice of Continue reading the biography

* Real name : Mark Callaway * Height : 6′10″ * Weight : 328 lbs. * Date of Birth : 3/24/1965 [caption id="attachment_264" align="alignright" width="199" caption="The Undertaker"][/caption] * Hometown : Las Vegas, NV * Pro. wrestler since 1989 * Finishing mane Continue reading the biography

* Height : 5′11″ * Weight : 220 lbs. * Date of Birth : 5/21/1967 * Date of Death : 6/24/2007 (aged 40) * Hometown : Edmonton, Alberta * Pro. wrestler since 1985 * Finishing maneuver : Crippler CrossFace * former 4 time Stampede British Commonwealth Mid Heavyweight Champion * former 4 ti Continue reading the biography

Amanda Coetzer (koot-sur) Residence: Hoopstad, South Africa; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Birthdate: October 22, 1971 Birthplace: Hoopstad, South Africa Height: 5′ 2″ (1.58 m) Weight: 120 lbs. (54 kg) Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Status: Pro (January 1988) COREL WTA TO Continue reading the biography

BORN IN DODGE CITY, Kansas, in May, 22, 1925, James King studied music in Lousiana State University , receiving later a master’s degree in music in 1952 in the Kansas City University. He began singing as a baritone and, during a performance of Handel’s Messiah in 1955, started to notice he w Continue reading the biography

David Gray was born in Manchester sometime around 1970 (which would make him only about 28). He soon moved to Wales with his family by the time he was nine years old, and was raised there until leaving to be schooled at the University of Liverpool. He began by playing in punk bands where he lived, Continue reading the biography

The great Sammy Reshevsky was born in Poland in 1912. By the time Sammy was only eight years old, he toured the world to display his prowess as a child prodigy of chess, giving exhibitions in Europe and the United States. He was the darling of the crowds. He was known as the “Wonder Boy̶ Continue reading the biography