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My Own Story (other)
My Own Story may refer to: Autobiographies and memoirs "My Own Story" is frequently the title of an autobiography or a memoir: * ''My Own Story: An Account of the Conditions in Kentucky Leading to the Assassination of William Goebel, who was Declared Governor of the State, and My Indictment and Conviction on the Charge of Complicity in His Murder'', a 1905 memoir by American politician Caleb Powers * ''My Own Story: With Recollections of Noted Persons'', a 1903 memoir by American author John Townsend Trowbridge * ''My Own Story: An Episode in the Life of a New Zealand Settler of 50 Years Back'', a 1904 memoir by Emilie Monson Malcolm * ''My Own Story by Louisa of Tuscany Ex-Crown Princess of Saxony'', a 1911 memoir of Archduchess Louise of Austria * ''My Own Story'' (also released as ''Suffragette: My Own Story''), a 1914 autobiography of British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst * ''Mo Sgéal Féin'' ( ga, link=no, My Own Story), a 1915 autobiography by Irish writer Peadar Ua Lao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autobiography
An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life. It is a form of biography. Definition The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English periodical ''The Monthly Review'', when he suggested the word as a hybrid, but condemned it as "pedantic". However, its next recorded use was in its present sense, by Robert Southey in 1809. Despite only being named early in the nineteenth century, first-person autobiographical writing originates in antiquity. Roy Pascal differentiates autobiography from the periodic self-reflective mode of journal or diary writing by noting that " utobiographyis a review of a life from a particular moment in time, while the diary, however reflective it may be, moves through a series of moments in time". Autobiography thus takes stock of the autobiographer's life from the moment of composition. While biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti (, , ; 12 October 19356 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, gaining worldwide fame for his tone, and gaining the Honorific nicknames in popular music, nickname "King of the High Cs". As one of the Three Tenors, who performed their first concert during the 1990 FIFA World Cup before a global audience, Pavarotti became well known for his televised concerts and media appearances. From the beginning of his professional career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy to his final performance of "Nessun dorma" at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Pavarotti was at his best in bel canto operas, pre-''Aida'' Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi roles, and Giacomo Puccini, Puccini works such as ''La bohème'', ''Tosca'', ''Turandot'' and ''Madama Butterfly''. He sold over 100 milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sekai Nzenza
Sekai Irene Nzenza Kanhutu is a Zimbabwean writer, cultural critic and politician. Biography She was born in rural Zimbabwe, where she trained as a nurse, before doing additional nursing studies in England and subsequently going to live in Australia. She held senior positions in Melbourne and Los Angeles. Her semi-autobiographical first book, ''Zimbabwean Woman: My Own Story'', was published in 1988. Her book ''Songs to an African Sunset'' (1997) describes her return to her family's village in the early 1990s.Nzenza-Shand, Sekai. ''Songs to an African Sunset: A Zimbabwean Story'' (1997) ().(30 October 2003"Life Matters: Feature Interview: Dr Sekai Nzenza-Shand" ''Radio National'' She has a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Melbourne.Sylvester, ChristineFictional Development Sovereignties in Edkins, Jenny, et al. (eds), ''Sovereign Lives: Power in Global Politics'', Routledge 2004, pp. 143–44 ().Bond, Marybeth, & Pamela Michael''A Woman's Passion for Trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dema Harshbarger
Dema Harshbarger (September 8, 1884 — February 20, 1964) was an American businesswoman, concert promoter, and talent manager. Early life Dema E. Harshbarger was born in Knox, Illinois Knox is an unincorporated community located in Knox County, Illinois Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 49,967. Its county seat is Galesburg. Knox County comprises the ..., one of the seven children of Richard Henry Harshbarger and Sarah Belle Lewis Harshbarger. She survived polio and rheumatic fever in her youth.Hedda Hopper"There'll Never Be Another"''Los Angeles Times'' (February 24, 1964): 62. via Newspapers.com She attended Knox College. Soon after college, she went traveling with her music teacher Mrs. Parry; the two were among the rescued passengers in the wreck of the RMS Slavonia off the coast of Portugal. Career Harshbarger started her career at the Century Lyceum Bureau in Chicago, booking lecturers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Howitt
Mary Howitt (12 March 1799-30 January 1888) was an English poet, the author of the famous poem '' The Spider and the Fly''. She translated several tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Some of her works were written in conjunction with her husband, William Howitt. Many, in verse and prose, were intended for young people. Background and early life Mary Botham, daughter of Samuel Botham and Ann, was born at Coleford, Gloucestershire, where her parents lived temporarily, while her father, a prosperous Quaker surveyor and former farmer of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, looked after some mining property. In 1796, aged 38, Samuel had married 32-year-old Ann, daughter of a Shrewsbury ribbon-weaver. They had four children: Anna, Mary, Emma and Charles. Their Queen Anne house is now called Howitt Place. Mary Botham was taught at home, read widely and began writing verse at a very early age. Marriage and writing On 16 April 1821 she married William Howitt and began a career of joint authorship w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007) was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. Early life and education Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg on February 26, 1921, in Battle Creek, Michigan. While she was very young, her father abandoned the family for another woman. They did not hear of him again until they received a telegram in 1937, informing them of his suicide. Betty and her older sister, Marion Hutton, Marion, were raised by her alcoholic mother, who took the surname Hutton. Marion was later billed as the actress Sissy Jones. The three started singing in the family's speakeasy when Betty was 3 years old. Troubles with the police kept the family on the move. They eventually landed in Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, where she attended Foch Intermediate School. On one occasion, when Betty, preceded by a police escort, arrived at the premiere of ''Let's Dance (1950 film), Let's Dance'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Little
Syd Little (born Cyril John Mead; 19 December 1942) is an English comedian who was the straight man in the double act Little and Large, with Eddie Large. Life and career Born in Blackpool, Little was raised in Manchester. After leaving Yew Tree Secondary Modern School, Wythenshawe, and working as an interior decorator, Little began his performing career as a singer and guitarist in Manchester pubs before teaming up with Large. Originally titled ''Cyril Mead and Friend'', then ''Mead and McGinnis'', after changing their name to ''Little and Large'' their double act won '' Opportunity Knocks'' in 1971 leading to a successful 20-year television career. The partnership's first television pilot was recorded in 1976, followed by a regular series in 1977. After switching to the BBC, their show was cancelled in 1991. After the cancellation of '' The Little and Large Show'', Little appeared occasionally on shows such as '' Shooting Stars'', until 2005 when he took part in the reality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oksana Baiul
, altname= Oksana Baiul-Farina , birth_date= , birth_place=Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union , residence= , height= , formercoach= Galina Zmievskaya Valentyn Nikolayev Stanislav Koritek , formerchoreographer= Sarah Kawahara , formertraininglocations= Simsbury, Connecticut Odesa Dnipro , skating club= , beganskating= , retired= 1994 , show-medals= yes , medaltemplates= Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul-Farina (; born 16 November 1977) is a Ukrainian retired competitive figure skater. She is the 1993 world champion and the 1994 Olympic champion in ladies' singles. Baiul is the first and only skater representing Ukraine to win gold at the Winter Olympics. She is also the first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine in any sport. After winning the gold medal in 1994, Baiul decided to turn professional in order to tour in the United States and have a career based on her skating. She followed one of her coaches to Connecticut. Later, she also became involved in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international cricketer, whose career ran from 1991 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-handed batsman for Victoria, Hampshire and Australia. He is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the sport; he made 145 Test appearances, taking 708 wickets, and set the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket, a record he held until 2007. Warne was a useful lower-order batsman who scored more than 3,000 Test runs, with a highest score of 99. He retired from international cricket at the end of Australia's 2006–07 Ashes series victory over England. In the first four seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Warne was a player-coach for Rajasthan Royals and also captained the team. During his career, Warne was involved in off-field scandals; his censures included a ban from cricket for testing positive for a prohibited substance, and char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ray
Mark Ray (born 2 October 1952 in Surry Hills, New South Wales) is a former Australian first-class cricket player. Cricket career Mark Ray played for New South Wales in the 1981–82 season, before moving to Tasmania, where he played for Tasmania from 1982-83 until he retired after the 1985–86 season. He also captained Tasmania on five occasions, becoming Tasmania's 40th captain. A left-handed opening batsman, and slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he was a capable all-rounder, although his batting relied on a limited range of strokes and his bowling on accuracy and flight rather than spin. His highest first-class score was 94, for Tasmania against Western Australia in 1983–84. His best bowling figures were 5 for 79, for Tasmania against New South Wales in 1985–86, in his second-last match. While playing for Tasmania, he worked as a photographer for the Examiner newspaper in Launceston. After he retired from first-class cricket, he became a cricket journalist and author, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan White
Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnosis of AIDS. As a hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated factor VIII blood treatment and, when diagnosed in December 1984, was given six months to live. Doctors said he posed no risk to other students, as AIDS is not an airborne disease and spreads solely through bodily fluids, but AIDS was poorly understood by the general public at the time. When White tried to return to school, many parents and teachers in Howard County rallied against his attendance due to unwarranted concerns of the disease spreading to other students and staff. A lengthy administrative appeal process ensued, and news of the conflict turned Ryan into a popular celebrity and advocate for AIDS research and public education. Surprising his doctors, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Taylor
Dennis Taylor (born 19 January 1949) is a Northern Irish retired professional snooker player and current commentator. He is best known for winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship, where he defeated the defending champion Steve Davis in a final widely recognised as one of the most famous matches in professional snooker history. Despite losing the first eight frames, Taylor recovered to win 18–17 in a dramatic duel on the last . The final's conclusion attracted 18.5 million viewers, setting UK viewership records for any post-midnight broadcast and for any broadcast on BBC Two that still stand to this day. Taylor had previously been runner-up at the 1979 World Snooker Championship, where he lost the final 16–24 to Terry Griffiths. His highest world ranking of his career was in 1979–1980, when he was second. He won one other ranking title at the 1984 Grand Prix, where he defeated Cliff Thorburn 10–2 in the final, and also won the invitational 1987 Masters, defeating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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