Town Biographies Samples For Students

Introduction

The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) contains a lovely harbor city on the east coast of central Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Nanaimo is the sixth largest city in British Columbia and is popular for its beauty, large variety of recreational opportunities, and shopping centres. It is the second largest urban city on the Island.

In 1891the main part of Nanaimo is what is now considered to be the northern part of the City of Nanaimo (Map 1). In the 1890s north ward was the center for retail, industry At that time the population was approximately 1300. (VIU, 2011)

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Some of you might know me by my birth name, Gaius Octavius Thurinus, or Augustus meaning “the revered one” the title I have earned and have been granted by the senate of Rome. I’m the first emperor of Rome, and of course many of you might also recognize me as the nephew of my great uncle Julius Caesar. I’ve been ruling Rome from 27 BC – 14AD. It almost feels as I have been supporting Rome since 63 BC the year I was born.

Due to the fact that my father Gaius Octavius governor of Macedonia on 61 ...

Women have long been suppressed and prevented to hold higher office or positions since the ancient times. There were suppositions that women are not politically savvy or capable of handling responsibility outside the home, let alone have a voice in society. Some societies even restricted women from becoming educated to suppress their desire to fight for their rights. However, as the years progressed, societies around the globe slowly became divided in how they treat their female constituents. Jamaica, for instance, had been open to women empowerment but they still held certain reservations on allowing to dominate in the political arena. ...

The historians have maintained that Tecumseh was born in 1768 near Springfield, Ohio. It is believed that the murder of his father by invading Virginia frontiersmen led to his abhorrence of American’s intrusion into Indian homelands. As an adolescent Tecumseh was considered a superior hunter; later he was described as a great warrior. Although he developed a hatred of white invaders Tecumseh was opposed to abuse of war prisoners. Many of the early historians considered him a savage noble. This assumption was probably based on cultural differences. Tecumseh was a phenomenal leader, orator and warrior. In this treatise a discussion of his achievements will ...

Biography on Steve Israel, a U.S. Representative for New York
Steve Israel is a member of the U.S House of Representatives from the Third Congressional District of New York since 2001. Steve is a true leader. He values education. He respects the middle class and the low-income group. Even in the worst situations, Steve always raised his voice and stood up for his people. He has sponsored and co-sponsored numerous bills and voted in favor of several reforms that benefit the public to a great extent. He has been in power since 2001 and never misled his people. He introduced acts and ...

Jane Addams is one of the influential philosophers in the history. She is regarded as one of the most important thinkers in the history of the modern America. Her thought and influence in the western thought cannot be measured. She is considered as the starting point of the inspiration of the idealism in America during the late 19th and early 20th century. Her contributions to the metaphysics, ethics, epistemology, as well as aesthetics have had an effect on almost all the philosophical movements after him (Addams 4). Her masterworks include the critique of critical thinking as well as the ...

Jane Addams entered public life in an era not all that different from our own time: the Oval Office was inhabited by a succession of men who were, it seemed, much smaller than the times, too often treating the position as a way to confer privileges on cronies for four (or, quite infrequently, eight) years, sucking all of the possible prestige (and income) out of this position but doing very little in the way of inspiring or even leading the nation. This procession began with the Republican Party’s deal to effectively end Reconstruction if Rutherford B. Hayes could take office, ...