This resource provides a brief biography of award winning novelist Lloyd Alexander.

Biographical profile of Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Matthew Alexander Henson, an American black explorer who accompanied Robert E. Peary on most of his expeditions, including that to the North Pole in 1909.

Read about the co-laureate's accidental discovery of penicillin, as well as his other work in bacteriology.

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

A rich collection of information on the last years of Imperial Russia, mainly of its last tzar, Nicholas Romanov, and his family. It offers virtual tours of the palace, open letters and diaries of the family, a Romanov photo album, and...

An entry on the life of Alexander Martin, who served briefly in the Continental Army. He was later tried for cowardice, was acquitted but resigned shortly afterward. This did not hurt his political career, however. He was a delegate to...

Time Magazine offers a detailed account of Alexander Fleming's work in the field of bacteriology with penicillin. View a timeline of Fleming's most noted accomplishments and answer the "pop" quiz question to see if you really the...

The international website of the Alexander Technique, an alternative method of coping with the physical stresses that many performers encounter. Lots of resources, including a list of those who teach the method.

This site from Mr. Baseball has information about the man who created the modern rules of baseball, Alexander Joy Cartwright.

This site from the U.S. Congress provides a short biography of Alexander McDougall, a member of the Continental Congress who fought in the Revolutionary War.

Text of Plutarch's ALEXANDER.

A profile of Edward Alexander Bouchet (1852-1918), the first African American to graduate from Yale in 1874, and the first to earn a doctorate from an American university when he earned a Ph.D. in physics in 1876.

This ebook version of Robert Steele's The Story Of Alexander has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.

This site gives a brief overview of Alexander Pope's life. It includes links to two pictures of him--one as a child and one as an adult.

Read the full text of "Alexander's Bridge" by Willa Cather. A synopsis is included.

In this lesson, students use the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as a springboard for writing their own very-bad-day story.

Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Alexander Borodin, born on November 12, 1833.

Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Late Romantic composer Alexander Glazunov, born on 1865.

This site provides a biography of Alexander Pope including detailed information about Pope's life and literary career. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of...

This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Alexander Kerensky.

This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Alexander Gardner.

This is a transcript of a letter of Delegates to Congress written by James McHenry to Alexander Hamilton: Volume 21 October 1, 1783 - October 31, 1784.

Profile of Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, popularly known as Connie Mack, a baseball player in the 1880s who went on to own and manage the Philadelphia Athletics team for fifty years.