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Title: THOMAS ALVA EDISON


1
THOMAS ALVA EDISON
  • Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine
    percent perspiration."

2
BIOGRAPHY
  • Born February 11, 1847 Ohio,
    United States
  • Died October 18, 1931, New
    Jersey, United States
  • Occupation Inventor, scientist, businessman
  • Spouse Mary Stilwell (18711884) Mina
    Miller (18861931)
  • Children
  • Marion Estelle
    Edison (18731965)
    Thomas Alva Edison Jr. (18761935)
    William Leslie Edison (18781937)
    Madeleine Edison
    (18881979) Charles
    Edison (18901969)
    Theodore Miller Edison (18981992)
  • Parents
  • Samuel Ogden
    Edison, Jr. (18041896)
    Nancy Matthews Elliott (18101871)

3
Ludwig van beethoven
  • What you are, you are by accident of birth what
    I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a
    thousand princes there is only one Beethoven.

4
biography
  • Born on Dec 16, 1770
  • Died on March 26 1827
  • Ludwig had two sisters, but they did not have any
    children.
  • Only one of his four brothers had a child. The
    child was a boy, named Carl

5
ACHIEVEMENTS
  • There are 138 pieces of music composed by
    Beethoven and numbered by himself or his
    publishers. These numbers are called Opus
    numbers.
  • There are also 205 works without opus numbers.
    They were published after Beethoven's death and
    were numbered with WoO numbers (Werke ohne
    Opuszahl - Works without Opus number).

6
Helen keller
  • I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do
    everything, but still I can do something and
    because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse
    to do something that I can do.

7
BIOGRAPHY
  • Born on June 27, 1880
  • Alabama USA
  • Education Bachelor Degree
  • Works 12 Books and several
  • Articles.
  • The Story of My Life
    (1983)
  • Died on June 1, 1968.

8
awards
  • In 1999, Keller was listed in Gallup's Most
    Widely Admired People of the 20th Century.
  • In 2003, Alabama honored its native daughter on
    its state quarter.28
  • The Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama
    is dedicated to her.29
  • There are streets named after Helen Keller in
    Getafe, Spain and Lod, Israel.30

9
Wilma rudolph
  • My doctor told me I would never walk again. My
    mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

10
biography
  • Birth June 23, 1940
  • Tennesses
  • Education Bachelor Degree
  • Spouse Robert Eldridge
  • Children Yolanda
  • Diuanna
  • Robert Jr
  • Xurry
  • Death Nov 12, 1994

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awards
  • United Press Athlete of the Year 1960
  • Associated Press Woman Athlete of the Year 1960
  • James E. Sullivan Award for Good Sportsmanship
    1961
  • The Babe Zaharias Award 1962
  • European Sportswriters' Sportsman of the Year
  • Christopher Columbus Award for Most Outstanding
    International Sports Personality 1960
  • The Penn Relays 1961
  • New York Athletic Club Track Meet
  • The Millrose Games
  • Black Sports Hall of Fame 1980
  • U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame 1983
  • Vitalis Cup for Sports Excellence 1983
  • Women's Sports Foundation Award 1984

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Jessica Cox
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Jessica Cox
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achievements
  • Earned licence to fly at the age of 25. 10th
    October, 2008.
  • Two Black Belts in Tace Kwan Do
  • Degree in Psychology
  • Career Motivational Speaker.

15
quotes
  • Handicaps are mindsets, whatever it is that
    stands in the way of achieving something, that's
    when it's a handicap. I prefer them as obstacles
    or challenges. This is how I've been my whole
    life, I don't know any different. I just live my
    life through my feet.
  • I think it does make a point and got me for a
    second, and I looked around.

16
Stephen hawkin
  • Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

17
biography
  • Born January 1942 (age 68)
  • Birth place Oxford, England, UK England.
  • Residence UK British
  • Fields Applied mathematics
    Theoretical physics
    Cosmology
  • Institutions University of Cambridge
    Perimeter Institute for Theoretical
    Physics
  • Known for Black holes
    Theoretical cosmology Quantum
    gravity Hawking radiation

18
awards
  • Wolf Prize (1988)Prince of Asturias Award
    (1989)Copley Medal (2006)Presidential Medal of
    Freedom (2009)

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rajalakshmi
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ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Kalpana Chawla Awardee.
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