From the University founded by Benjamin Franklin comes an excellent historical site that provides brief histories as well as special topics in Penn history and biographies of distinguished men and women of Penn.

An extensive look at the life and works of Sterling A. Brown of the Harlem Renaissance. With links to specific poems and analysis, a biography, and related topics.

This site from the University of Illinois contains great information on Gary Snyder. The information is presented in a link format with links to various topics, such as: biography, chronology, online interviews, online poems, and on...

Guide to Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies provides historical context, author biography, questions, and a collection of resources for teachers, including a ten-day lesson schedule, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio...

Biographical sketch of baseball great Jackie Robinson, who was the first African American to play baseball in the major leagues.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. King sought equality and human rights for African...

Colin Powell (1937-2021) ascended from a humble upbringing in New York City to rise through military ranks and eventually become a four star general, a national security adviser, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first...

A biography of Francisco Pizarro, organized into grade-appropriate sub-topics.

A short biography of Golda Meir, a resident of Milwaukee in her early years. She went on to become the first female prime minister of Israel and a prominent world leader.

A biography of Byron Paine, a Wisconsin abolitionist lawyer and later a judge.

A short biography of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, a Spanish explorer, who is credited with sighting the Pacific Ocean while crossing the isthmus of Panama.

A short biography with links to related topics, filmography, and a short bibliography are included in this Red Hot Jazz Archive.

The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals with the history and uses of the octet rule. Biographical information on G.N....

This site, provided by CNN, acts as an index to many related topics to the Million Man March of 1995. The site provides links to images, videos, sound clips, biographies, and related sites, and related stories to the Million Man March.

Biographical information on the life, work, and political significance of Jose Marti. Be sure to check out the external links to see sites on related topics and Wikipedia in Spanish.

A great in-depth biography of William Howard Taft. Topics include: his life before the presidency, campaigns and elections, domestic affairs, foreign affairs, and life after the presidency. Links to the first lady, his Cabinet members,...

This resource provides a biography of Josef Albers and links to related topics.

Deutsches Histoisches Museum offers a biography of Heinz Ruhmann with links to topics and personalities of the period.

This site from BizEd is an introduction to the economic theories of Milton Friedman. It includes formulas, links to related topics, and links to other Friedman works and biographical information.

Wikipedia offers a brief biography of retired NBA great David Robinson, dealing mostly with the history of his career. Includes many in-text links to related topics.

This page has a biography of Heinrich Himmler. Includes speech delivered in 1943 to SS members. Links to related topics.

This site from The Galileo Project of The Rice University provides a list format biography of Copernicus. The topics that are covered in this biography include: dates, father, nationality, education, religion, means of support, and so on.

This is a short biography of the legendary composer Johann Sebastian Bach. This site has many links to other topics about Bach.

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University contains an outlined biography of James Gregory. A lot of information is contained in this site, with the topics including: dates, father, nationality, education, religion, and so on.