Also Try More Biographies Lists Earhart, Amelia (Patria Press) Provides over a dozen carefully selected resources for studying about Amelia Earhart. 11-01 Earnhardt, Dale (Mel) Provides career statistics. 2-01 Papers African American Biographies D - F (Learning Network - TeacherVision.com) Provides short biographies of Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Dubois, Duke Ellington, Marian Wright Edelman, Medgar Evers, and Ella Fitzgerald. 2-01 Da Vinci, Leonardo (Artchive.com) Provides a biography, as well as examples of some of his more famous works. 3-01 Da Vinci, Leonardo (LeoNet) Da Vinci, Leonardo (Renaissance Man) Dalai Lama (ABC News) Provides a brief background on how the leader of the Tibetan government in exile came into a position of power. Also provides quotes, a picture, and a short biography. Dali, Salvador (Artchive.com) Provides a biography, as well as examples of some of his more famous works. 3-01 Darwin, Charles (Minnesota State University) Provides a short biography. 7-99 De Gaulle, Charles (Biography.com) The first President of the Fifth Republic of France. Sometimes visitors misspell as deGall, de Galle, or deGalle. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00 De Soto, Hernando (Sheppard) Provides a description of de Soto's passage across early America in an article entitled: "Hernando de Soto's Conquest of America." Provides a description of early contacts between Spanish and Native Americans using translations of Native American accounts dating back to the original times. Descartes's Face (Lynds) Diana - Links to the Royal Web Page Includes the funeral speech by Earl Spencer. 1-001 Diana, Princess of Wales (Royal Government of the United Kingdom) Includes a biography of her life, including pictures of key events. 1-001 Dickens, Charles (Perry Internet Consulting) Provides a creative and engaging biography of Charles Dickens, including a summary of key events in his life. Dirie, Waris - Waris Dirie Speaks Out (UNICEF) Provides a short history on Waris Dirie, supermodel who is working with UNICEF to combat FGM, mutilation of young girls practiced within some cultures. Douglass, Frederick (America's Story) Provides a short biography. 12-00 Douglass, Frederick (Bright) Provides a picture and a short biography of this influential 19th Century African American. DuBois, W.E.B. (US Post Office) Provides a short biography and U.S. postage stamp. Edison, Thomas (Ima Hero) Provides a short biography for children. 8-01 Einstein - Short Biography (Routledge) Einstein Links (NOVA) Einstein's Life and Work (NOVA) Einstein, Albert (Discovery.com) Provides a picture and a short biography of the astronomer. 3-02 Eisenhower, Dwight D - Library El Greco (Artchive.com) Provides a biography, as well as examples of some of his more famous works. 3-01 Emerson, Ralph Waldo (Bibliomania - Simmonds) Provides a biography, with an emphasis on his contribution to American Literature. Environmentalists - Profiles (Natural Resources Defense Council)) Provides profiles on people working to make the environment cleaner and more sustainable. 6-01 Explorers - Biographies (DiscoverySchool.com) Provides biographies of explorers of the United States. 3-01 Fanning, Shawn (Time.com) Provides a short biographical statement about why this person was influential in the year 2000, according to Time magazine. 12-00 Fitzgerald, Ella (Ella Fitzgerald Homepage) Provides a biography of one of the greatest jazz and popular singers. Includes music. 1-01 Fitzgerald, Ella (National Women's Hall of Fame) Provides a biography of a singer, "perhaps the nation's greatest jazz and pop artist." 1-01 Flipper, Henry O. (CMH) Provides a short biography of the first African American graduate of West Point. 5-02 Ford, Gerald R. (Gerald R. Ford Library) Provides biographical infomation on Gerald Ford, former President of the United States. Fossey, Dian (Minnesota State University) Provides a short biography. 7-99 Frank, Anne (AnneFrank.com) Provides pictures and information about her life and times. Frank is famous for her notes as a Jewish girl hiding out from Nazis during World War II. 2-01 Frank, Anne (Gale Group) Provides a biography of the girl who became famous for her diary during World War II. 8-01 Franklin, Benjamin (Bibliomania - Simmonds) Provides a biography, with an emphasis on his contribution to American Literature. Franklin, Benjamin (Franklin Institute) Provides a biography, a family tree, resources, contributions by field and more. Franklin, Benjamin (Franklin Institute) Provides biographical information. 11-01 Franklin, Benjamin (Franklin Institute) Provides sources of information on the life of Franklin. 3-00 Franklin, Benjamin (Houghton Mifflin Co.) Provides a lesson plan on the life of Franklin. 3-00 Franklin, Benjamin (Ima Hero) Provides a short biography for children. 8-01 Freedman, Milton (Hoover Institution) Provides a biography of the economist. "He is widely regarded as the leader of the Chicago School of monetary economics, which stresses the importance of the quantity of money as an instrument of government policy and as a determinant of business cycles and inflation." 4-02 Freire, Paulo Provides exerpts from Paulo Freire's biography. Fuller, R. Buckminster - Biography (About.com - Craven) Provides a short biography and related resources on a very influential architect who invented the geodesic dome, Dymaxion house, and Dymaxion car. Also famous for a structure found in chemistry, "buckyballs," that were named after him because of their geodesic shape. Sometimes visitors misspell as Buckminister or Buck Minister. 3-01 Hubble, Edwin (Discovery.com) Provides a picture and a short biography of the astronomer. 3-02 Lemaitre, Georges (Discovery.com) Provides a picture and a short biography of the astronomer. 3-02 Penzias, Arno and Robert Wilson (Discovery.com) Provides a picture and a short biography of the astronomers. 3-02 Van Gogh, Vincent (Artchive.com) Provides a biography, as well as examples of some of his more famous works. 3-01 Whitman, Christine Todd (Gale Group) Provides a biography of the former governor of New Jersey who became the head of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency. 8-01

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