Henry (11 September, 1862 – 5 June, 1910) was an American known for his surprising and witty short stories. “William Sydney Porter by doubleday” by W.M. Vanderweyde, New York – NYPL Digital Gallery. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons. The author’s full name was William Sydney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina. He only went to school until the age of 15. At the age of 20, Mr. Porter was working in a ranch in Texas and later, as a bank teller. In 1887. Mr. Porter got married and at the same year founded a humorous weekly – the Rolling Stone. The Rolling Stone failed, and Mr. Porter became a columnist for the Houston Post. Due to a technical mismanagement at the bank, Mr. Porter was indicted for embezzling funds in 1896 and fled to New Orleans, then to Honduras. Sadly, he was forced to return to Texas due to his wife’s illness, and was imprisoned after her death. During his three year incarnation, Mr. Porter wrote adventure stories set in Texas and Central America which became popular. After his release in 1902, Mr. Porter took on the nom de plumb O. Henry and wrote a story a week for…

Syd Hoff (4 September, 1912 May, 22004) was a children’s book author and a cartoonist. Books by Syd Hoff Hoff was born as Sydney Hoffberg in the Bronx, New York to Jewish-American parents. When Mr. Hoff was a high school student in the 1930s, a popular cartoonist named Milt Gross said to him “kid, someday you’ll be a great cartoonist”. When he was 16 years old, Mr. Hoff enrolled at the National Academy of Design in NYC. When he was 18 years old, Mr. Hoff sold his first cartoon to The New Yorker. Between 1931 and 1975 Mr. Hoff sold 571 cartoons to The New Yorker for publication. Hoff’s cartoons usually focused on lower middle class living in the city. Hoff wrote and illustrated over 60 books for the “I Can Read” series for HarperCollins, books for beginning reads. The most popular books were Sammy the Seal and Danny and the Dinosaur. Hoff published left leaning political cartoons under the name of A. Redfield. In 1952 Mr. Hoff was interviewed by the FBI about his A. Redfield cartoons and association with the Communist party. Mr. Hoff was never formally charged or blacklisted, but he was concerned until his last day…

As a young man Mr. Goethe was tutored at home in the usual subjects learned at the time, but specifically in languages. He learned Latin, Greek, French, Italian, English and Hebrew among others.

Shepard claimed he has seen a wild black panther in the forest, which might have been, according to him, the last one in the US.

9)When she was engaged to John Forster she implored him to make inquiries about her transgressions. Forster did, found her to be satisfied or her purity… and promptly broke off the engagement.

Stiernhielm, literally means “Star Helmet”.

Levi’s book The Periodic Table (published in 1975), which links qualities of the elements, was named the best science book ever written by the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

In 1830 Alexandre Dumas worked as a scribe for duc d’Orléans who later became King Louis Philippe.

Agnon was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature for ” his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people”. He shared the prize with author Nelly Sachs.

Adrian Proust, the author’s father and a noted doctor, was the first to write a book about his sickly son. Dr. Proust specialized in sicknesses which have no physical cause and couldn’t understand why his asthmatic son was always sick, despite smoking cigarettes to control his attacks.