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O’Henry William Syd ney Porter.
O’Henry’s real name was William Syd
ney Porter.
He was born in Greensboro, a little
town in North Carolina in 1862.
O’Henry is one of the most widely pub
lished American authors.
His works have been translated into
nearly every language.
He has been cal ed “the American
Maupassant” and is ranked among the
world’s outstanding shortstory writers.
The best of these were published in
books: “Cabbages and Kings”, “The
Fourth Million”, “Heart of the West”,
“The Voice of the City” and others.
The works of O’Henry reflect
a specific period in American
literature — the turn of the centuries.
O’Henry’s comments on society had
a considerable force.
American Writers Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Oak Park is a suburb of Chicago.
There Ernest Hemingway, the second
child of the local doctor was born on
July 21 in 1899.
In 1917 the USA entered World War I.
Hemingway tried to enlist but was
rejected because of his poor eyesight.
For six months he worked as a reporter
in the “Kansas City Star”, one of the
biggest newspapers in the Middle West.
Then he found a way to leave for
Europe with American Red Cross and
served on the Italian front.
Famous People of america
The fates of many famous people of
America have very much in common.
Thus, one of the most wellknown
statesmen of the USA, Abraham Lin
coln, was born in 1809.
His father was a poor farmer and the
boy had to work much on their small
farm.
But he read a lot, too.
When he grew older he felt a strong
interest to law.
He became a lawyer and he always
tried to use the law to defend people.
In 1846 he was elected to Congress.
Ernestr utherford
Ernest Rutherford is called the
Newton of atomic physics.
He was recognized by his fellow
scientists as a man of colossal energy
and tireless enthusiasm.
As he himself remarked he lived in the
“heroic age of physics”.
Ernest Rutherford was born in New
Zealand.
He graduated from New Zealand Uni
versity and entered Trinity College,
Cambridge.
In 1919 he was appointed a Professor
of experimental physics in the
University of Cambridge.
alexander Fleming Олександр Флемінг
Олександр Флемінг
Alexander Fleming, the discoverer
of penicillin, was born in Scotland in
1881 at a farm.
He began to go to school when he was
five.
In 1895 he went to London and decided
to dedicate his life to medicine.
At first Fleming wanted to become
a surgeon but soon he got interested
in bacteriology and decided that he
was to find his future in research.
Sir Alexander Fleming did not have the
life which was outwardly very exciting.
James Clerk Maxwell
Maxwell, born in a wellknown
Scottish family, early showed signs of
mathematical talent.
At the age of 15 he contributed
a piece of original work on the
drawing of oval curves to the royal
society of Edinburgh.
The work was so well done that many
refused to believe that such a young
boy could be the author.
At Cambridge, which he entered in
1856, he graduated the second in his
class in mathematics.
Maxwell was appointed to his first pro
fessorship at Aberdeen in 1859.
Cecil Frank Powell
Powell was a prominent English sci
entist noted for his techniques and
discoveries in particle physics.
He was also deeply concerned with
problems relating to the responsibility
of scientists.
Сесиль Франк Пауелл
Пауелл був видатним англійським
ученим, відомим своєю технікою
і відкриттями у фізиці елементар
них часток.
Його також хвилювали проблеми
відповідальності вчених.
British Scientists британські вчені Isaac newton—the Great ісаак ньютон—великий
Isaac newton—the Great ісаак ньютон—великий
English Scientist англійський учений
Ісаак Ньютон — великий англійський учений.
Isaac Newton was a great English
scientist.
He was born in 1642 in a little village
in Lincolnshire: Newton’s father was
a farmer and died before his son’s
birth.
When Newton was 15, his uncle re
moved him from school because he
wanted to make a farmer of him.
Чарльз Спенсер Чаплін Charles Spencer Chaplin
With shoes and trousers too big for
him, and jacket too tight, moustache,
bowler hat and walking cane the
famous tramp portrayed by Charlie
Chaplin as the little man suffering all
unfair things of life.
He produced a figure that would be
immortal in film history.
Charlie Chaplin was born in London
as the son of a poor variety artist and
appeared on the stage when was a child.
During a tour of the USA in 1913 he
was offered an engagement by the
Keystone film company.
His role in the film “The Tramp” made
him worldfamous during the 1920s.
He also played in such films as “The
Child” and “The Gold Rush” produced
Dame edithevans Дейм Едітіванс
(1—1) (1—1)
Dame Edith Evans is a famous English
actress.
She made her first appearance on
the stage in 1912 as an amateur,
playing in Shakespeare’s “Troilus and
Cressida”.
She then became a professional
actress and toured with Even Terry.
She was with many companies playing
roles in the plays by Shakespeare,
Shaw, Wilde, Congreve, Wycherley,
Sheridan, Chekhov.
Dame Edith had an enormous
success playing the part of Millament.
The actress had to reflect a very
real, feministic woman and had to be
checked a bit.