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Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :

I have a short biography to write. It has to be on a person who: Is from Europe, Is well-known, and was born after 1800. Any Ideas?

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

Mmmmmm....

*licks Allegra for no reason*

Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :

*raises eyebrows*

Uh...thanks Telpy.

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

Freud.
Hitler.
Churchill
Picaso
Beatles. Any of them.
Queen Elizabeth II
Princess Diana

To name some. I'll get some more.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Arthur Conan Doyle
C.S. Lewis
G.K. Chesterton

[ February 20, 2005, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Roald Dahl
Spike Milligan

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

Tolkien

Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :

Marie Curie

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Michael Caine
Queen Victoria (or any other Royalty)

[ February 20, 2005, 06:12 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

Andrew Lloyd Webber
John Keats
Eddie Izzard
Neil Gaiman
Terry Pratchet
Anyone from Monty Python...

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

Kama! Anna!!

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

Heh, I was thinking them, too.

And Stephen Hawking.

Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :

Karl Marx

Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :

Is Roald Dahl really European?

Thank you all for the ideas. I really like some of them.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Albert Einstein

Neils Bohr

Nikola Tesla

Erwin Shrödinger

Louis de Broglie

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Francis Crick

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Pfft. If you're going to do one of the helix people, Rosalind Franklin is, IMO, both more interesting and (unfairly) less over-exposed.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

quote:
Is Roald Dahl really European?

How would he not be?

He was born in England to Norwegian Parents and lived there for most of his life.

Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :

For some reason I always thought he was American.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Oh, rivka, that's a great idea!!!

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

Audrey Hepburn. [Big Grin]

Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :

Spice Girls.

Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :

Michael Faraday

James Clerk Maxwell

Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :

quote:
Spice Girls.

My teacher would not find it amusing at all. It almost makes it worth doing, but it is never a good idea to torture someone who is responsible for your grade.

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

write about whoever you think would make hoagland the happiest. or not, make him miserable, or uncomfortable, but get a good grade.

Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :

A good grade is the goal. I need it to balance out the horrible final exam.

Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :

Isaac Asimov

Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :

I really appreciate all of the suggestions. They are all really good ones. I think I have decided on the Spice Girls. The look of horror on the face of my history teacher will make it more then worth it. He will either kill me or die laughing or both.

Normally I would really like to research one of these amazing people, but I have just finished the week from hell and I am not sure I will get it done if I am not laughing the entire time.

I can't wait to see his face. [Big Grin]

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

Roald Dahl, American?!?

*Pfffht*

This is what that stupid film adaption of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is responsible for.

Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :

[Eek!]

I was just kidding! High School is not the place to stand out and be creative. You save that for college.

Good luck on the biography. I can't stop you from doing it on the Spice Girls. Especially if that is what you want, what you really really want. [Razz]

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

You should figure out who Hoagland's ancestors are, if there are any after 1800 that are from Europe, and write about them. THAT he would appreciate. [Big Grin]

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

but her teacher is fun to ammuse.

I'm almost positive that his son was very into the spice girls in 6th grade.

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

raia, I was just thinking about that. hehe

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

You know what they say... great minds... [Wink]

Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :

quote:
I was just kidding! High School is not the place to stand out and be creative. You save that for college

I am starting early. [Big Grin]

And it is what I want what I really really want.