Sentences with phrase «biographies of the great man»

When I objected that his father would not have wanted one, the answer was: A. N. W. believed that there should be biographies of great men, but never thought of himself as in that class.

Despite his influence, Genyo Takeda has never been on my radar, so I thought I'd correct that by giving a brief biography of the great man

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Jerome, the great Latin scholar who in the fifth century was responsible for the Latin translation of the Bible known as the Vulgate, in his brief biography of James, says: «James wrote a single Letter... and even this is claimed by some to have been published by someone else under his name, and gradually, as time went on, to have gained authority» (Lives of Illustrious Men 2).

Biographies of «great men» can be misleading in their selectivity.

John Campbell's superb new biography of Roy Jenkins brought to mind my only lunch with the great man.

Although there won't be a great deal that's new to those who take a particular interest in Westminster politics, Bobby Friedman's well - written, enjoyable new biography of John Bercow tries to paint a balanced picture of the man.

Seamlessly weaving together Einstein's life and science, Kaku presents an engaging biography of the man and his theories, which were framed around questions a child might ask and duly gave rise to the great discoveries of modern physics, from gravity waves to black holes.

Formally, this is the kind of traditional Great Man biography rolled out every Oscar season that could just as easily be about creating the polio vaccine.

May 13, 2018 • Dave Zirin's new biography portrays a black liberation activist with a conservative streak, a man with an alleged history of violence against women and maybe the greatest running back in NFL history.

This standout biography uses Douglass» own writings to provide a complete picture of not only a great man of the nineteenth century but also slavery.