Biographies: Social Studies

Following is a continuously expanding list of biographies written by your About guide. For each of these, the Biography Framework is used. Grading from this framework is easy using the Biography Rubric. Enjoy!

Marcus Aurelius - 121-180

Winston Churchill - 1874-1965

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Christopher Columbus - 1451-1506

Edward VIII - 1894-1972

Mohandas Gandhi - 1869-1948

Alexander Hamilton - 1755-1804

Thomas Hobbes - 1588-1679

Tokugawa Ieyasu - 1542-1616

Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1929-1968

Abraham Lincoln - 1809-1865

John Locke - 1634-1704

Nelson Mandela - 1918 -

Richard Nixon - 1913-1994

St. Patrick - 389-461

Plato - 428 B.C.-348 or 347 B.C.

Maximilien Robespierre - 1758-1794

Jean Jacques Rousseau - 1712-1778

Captain John Smith - c.1579 - 1671

Gloria Steinem - 1934 -

William Marcy "Boss" Tweed - 1823-1878

Booker T. Washington - 1856-1915

George Washington - 1732-1799

Mao Zedong - 1893-1976

Other Biographies

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