The Friendship of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Charles Dickens
Victorian writers Alfred Lord Tennyson and Charles Dickens enjoyed mutual admiration and friendship. The two were arguably the most popular and well-known writers of...
The Story of the Trung Sisters: A Leader Is Made
The Trung sisters are national heroines in VietNam, with many statues and temples in their honor. This is the story of how they became...
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. visits Afghanistan in 1933
After the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. proffered his resignation as Governor-General of the Philippines. Usually a polite formality after an...
The Candy Empire of Milton Hershey, Maker of the Hershey Bar
Milton Hershey was born in 1857 into a deeply religious Mennonite family that lived on a farm in south-central Pennsylvania. His ancestors had been...
The Rise, Reign and Fall of Anne Boleyn, Part 2
Henry VIII chose to believe that a simple appeal to Pope Clement would bring about the divorce he so desired, but Henry would...
Billy Bishop – Canadian Flying Ace
William Avery Bishop, also known as Billy Bishop, was born in Owen Sound, Ontario on February 8, 1894. He was the third of four...
Fukuzawa Yukichi: A Driving Force in the Moderization of Japan
Fukuzawa Yukichi was a powerfully influential man during Meiji Japan, when the country changed from a feudal government to a constitutional monarchy.
The most successful...
The Story of the Trung Sisters: Undaunted Courage
On February 6, 40 A.D., Trung Trac stood before her troops in full military regalia. She rallied 30,000 soldiers that had gathered at the...
Alexander The Great
Born in July of 356 BC in Pella, Macedon, Alexander The Great was one of the most successful military commanders in all of history....
General James Neill 1810 – 1857
James Neill was born on 26th May 1810 in the village of Dalry, Ayrshire in Scotland. Following an education at the University of Glasgow,...