Joseph Henry

across City Hall. Large crowds gathered, in the size of thousands. People drove in from Baltimore and Philadelphia just to witness the event. There was an air of celebration. It felt like a public holiday. Yet, one important man was not officially invited to the event. The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Henry. This was by no mere accident. It was the building committee’s, constituting some politicians, ploy to irritate Henry. Henry had repeatedly clashed with the politicians on board regarding the building. He wanted to minimize the cost for the building as much as possible. Whereas…

Joseph Henry is a 16 years 10 month old Caucasian male currently in 11th grade at St Peter’s Prep, NJ. He was referred by his mother, Ms. Rosemarie Henry with concerns in the area of attention, academic performance, and emotional well-being. A neuropsychological evaluation was conducted for the purpose of identifying and clarifying diagnoses and establishing treatment recommendations. Comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of Joseph Henry reveals a pattern of dysfunction associated with a…

The book I will be analyzing is, Kopet: A Documentary Narrative of Chief Joseph’s Last Year’s by M. Gidley. It was published in 1981 in Seattle, Washington, United States of America. This book is split up into three different sections: 1. Starting Out from the Meany Papers An introduction 2. Chief Joseph of the Nez Peres A chronology 3. White Witnesses to Chief Joseph’s End A Narrative This book discusses the last few years of Chief Joseph’s life, the white people…

One of the awards Robert Brown received was the Copley Medal. Brown had received this medal in 1839, for his discoveries of vegetable impregnation. This medal was also handed out to many other famous scientists including Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Lister, Charles Darwin, Karl Ernst von Baer, Dmitri Mendeleev, Ernest Rutherford, Elbert Einstein, and Louis Pasteur. The Copley Medal is the highest achievement in the Royal Society. It is given for exceptional research in any branch of science. Brown…

McCarthy had many supporters, such as Joseph Kennedy. Kennedy became friends with McCarthy because he found him to be a likable fellow Catholic who had all the right ideas on domestic communist. “JFK liked the fact that McCarthy went after the "elites" in the State Department whom JFK regarded with contempt” (the Kennedys and McCarthyism, web). Even before McCarthy made accusations against the State Department of subversion, JFK had already aligned himself with the militant anti-communists who…

He worked as a correspondent for Joseph Pulitzer's New York newspaper, The World. He crossed the Spanish lines to reach the Cuban insurgents, something that Davis failed to do. On his way from the camps of the insurgents to the coastal town of Tuna de Zaza, Scovel was arrested because of his time spent with the insurgents. He was traveling to Tuna de Zaza send dispatches to The World (Campbell, 143). Because of Scovel’s connection he was living in very good conditions while imprisoned, he had…

It can be said that within the core of every human being, lies a certain amount of darkness. While this is true, it can also be said that this internal darkness can only surface given the right opportunity and within the right environment. However, once this darkness does manage to emerge, its force is powerful enough to destroy the very part of us that makes us human. This darkness and evilness of man is a prominent theme reflected in the setting, plot structure, and characterization of Joseph…

George Gershwin was born on September 26,1898 in Brooklyn,New York. George started focusing more on his music when he turned 10. Gershwin had a natural talent but he needed to get mentors in order to fully flourish in his talent. Charles Hambitzer, was one of his mentors. He was a noted piano teacher. Some of the other mentors he studied under were: Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, Edward Kilenyi and Joseph Schillinger. Gershwin dropped out of school at age 15. Gershwin played in several New…

Either good or bad, the person has to do something that year that changes and contributes something to the world. Like Franklin D Roosevelt (32) giving hope to the American people being elected to president. Or Joseph Stalin (39) and his Non-aggression Pact with Germany. As well as Harry Truman ending the war in the Pacific with dropping the Nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These people all contributed to the world one way or another and Time acknowledged them with giving them the award.…

Edsel Bryant Ford was born in Detroit, MI on November 6 1893. He was the only child of Ford Motor Company’s creator Henry Ford and his wife Clara. Edsel showed he too had a strong interest for cars. In his teens, he began working on designs and sketches, eventually at the age of 16 he built his first speedster. Edsel never attended college; instead, he began working for at the Ford Motor Company plant at the age of 19. However, the young man took to the design aspect rather than following in…