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Mary Gaunt: a biography
If a nation's story is told by the weaving together of the strands of individual lives, the biographies of its achievers, then the story of Mary Gaunt adds an important thread of colour and interest to the tapestry of Australia's identity. Born on the Victorian goldfields in 1861, she grew up in …
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Biography and the Educative
Often modern institutionalised notions of the educative connect less to education as a means through which individuals and society can improve, but more with education as the conduit by which to achieve a particular career. Both these notions are of equal importance because of the dynamics in which …
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Davis Shuman: a biography
This dissertation documents the life and work of the pioneering trombone soloist, Davis Shuman (1912-1966). An early champion of the solo trombone, he was active in numerous areas of music, including teaching at Juilliard and the Music Academy of the West, principal trombone with the American …
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Napalm, An American Biography
This dissertation offers a history of napalm from its invention in 1942 at Harvard University to President Barack Obama's signature on 21 January 2008 of the first U.S. treaty to limit its use. It describes the incendiary weapon's creation through a partnership between government and academia; …
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Dorothy Scarborough : biography and criticism.
In the classroom of Dr. A. Joseph Armstrong in Pat Neff Hall, Baylor University named for Dorothy Scarborough is her portrait. In her countenance one sees love, sympathy, understanding, and a keen sense of humor. Her countenance is not misleading for she was richly endowed with these qualities, and …
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Eugippius of Lucullanum: A Biography
The following thesis is concerned with reconstructing the life of Eugippius of Lucullanum, abbot of the monastery of St Severinus. We must rely upon written sources for the majority of our information about Eugippius' career as biographer and abbot, and we have three texts from which we must …
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James Alexander Walker: a biography
James Alexander was born on August 21, 1832. Raised in Augusta County, Virginia, he was an active youth. In 1848, he entered the Virginia Military Institute. Though a fine student, in 1852, he was dismissed for his poor conduct in the class of Major Thomas J. Jackson. In the years before the Civil …
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Little Egypt: A Critical Biography
<p>Structured as a biography, this thesis investigates the origins of Little Egypt—a stage name assumed by multiple women performing either the <em>danse du ventre</em> or the hoochie-coochie—and considers the character’s cultural legacy. The work draws on nineteenth and twentieth century …
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Victoriano Huerta: A Political Biography
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Lucia Berlin: A Critical Biography
… Lucia Berlin (1936–2004). It is also her first biography. Although she was not well known during her lifetime, Berlin became an unexpected bestseller in 2015, with the publication of *A Manual for Cleaning Women*. The thesis charts the evolution of Berlin’s style, tracing her wide-ranging …
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A biography of the second
A few blinks of an eye. The time it takes a hummingbird to flap its wings 80 times. For a photon of light to travel from Los Angeles to New York and back almost 40-fold. The second has been there since the literal dawn of time, if one exists. But what defines the second? Like a pop star constantly …
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Douglas MacArthur- An Administrative Biography
For more than a half century Douglas MacArthur was a servant of the United States. He is best remembered as a general and a soldier, especially for his leadership during World War II and the Korean War. MacArthur was also the Superintendent of West Point, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, …
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John Charles Ryle: An Intellectual Biography
This dissertation is an intellectual biography of John Charles Ryle, the first Bishop of Liverpool. Chapter 1 focuses on Ryle’s intellectual, theological, and spiritual formation. Special attention is given to his home, education at Eton and Oxford, conversion, religious opinions, and unexpected …
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Amos Cooper Dayton: A Critical Biography
Scanned copy of Taulman's dissertation as part of our digitization on demand service.
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The Biography of Dr. Terry Winkler
… of this thesis is to create a skillfully written biography of the life of Dr. Terry Winkler. I obtained information on Dr. Winkler's life by working in conjunction with Dr. Winkler, his friends, and family members. In preparing for this thesis, I researched the multiple considerations of …
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The Heroic Biography of Cú Chulainn
Early Irish literature is romantic, idealised, stylised and gruesome. It shows a tension between reality and fantasy ’which seem to me to be usually an irresolvable dichotomy. The stories set themselves in pre-history. It presents these texts as a “window on the iron age”. The writers may have been …
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