Frederick Cossom (Fred) Hollows was one of the greatest Australians who had ever lived. He is known to be one of the most caring men in history who always put others before himself to help the world be seen as a better place.
Fred Hollows was born on the 9th of April, 1929 in Dunedin, New Zealand. He was the second of four boys in his family and he attended North East Valley Primary School and Palmerston North Boy’s High School growing up. He did well academically but only when he was interested in the subject and he enjoyed the Protestant Boy’s Brigade, camping and tramping around the bush. When he was young he always pictured himself to become a missionary so he went to church enthusiastically and then sat a bible exam to find out he came first in the whole of New Zealand.
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The first letter told him that he failed a subject at Victoria University and the other one told him that since he’d come in the top 100 in New Zealand in his science subjects, the University of Otago in Dunedin would like to offer him a place in medicine. Without much time to decide as the plane was leaving that day, he had a massive decision. One of the students at the same camp reassured Fred about taking medicine, so he took it and sent a letter back to them on the same plane. After he completed his studies as an ophthalmologist, he then went on to enrol in Otago Medical School. In 1961 he travelled to Moorfields Eye Hospital in England to study ophthalmology only 4 years after in 1965 he moved to Australia. Fred then went on to work at a leading hospital in Sydney and in 5 years became the head of the ophthalmology
In the mid-1890s, Tom Anderson was a man on the rise in New Orleans. Tom Anderson already established himself as a clever businessman involved in different ventures around town. Anderson considered doing the inevitable- going into politics. Entering into politics in New Orleans was the key to great prosperity. Tom Anderson made himself useful to the neighborhood, helping out at brothels, friends with the police, and a bookkeeper at the Insurance Oil Company. Moreover, Tom Anderson made connections in significant places of power in New Orleans. In addition, Tom Anderson created a restaurant with private rooms where deals and payoffs could be made. Also, in the early 1880s, Anderson and his friend Frank Lamothe began sponsoring Mardi gras which
In the case of Stanley Tookie Williams’s execution by the state of California was justified. Williams was the co-founder of the infamous Crips gang. Throughout his gang career he put his community in danger. 51-year old Williams was convicted of murder. He killed a couple along with their daughter, and a store clerk. Williams showed no remorse and according to witness he bragged about the murders. Not only was Williams a murder but he was a leader of one of the most dangerous gangs. It is known that gang leaders still have power over their people even behind bars. Williams was a very influential person for all the wrong reasons. He had followers that would agree and act upon his requests. So influential that celebrities such
In March 1, 2009, suspect Lawrence Henry Lewis and Lawrneil Henry Lewis and their cousin Alejandro Sam Gray threw a large piece of concrete at customers in a gay bar in Galveston, Texas. There individual who was a victim, his name was Marc Bosaw. He needed 12 stitches in his head from being hit by concrete.
John M. Stephen was born in Missouri in 1814 and moved to Texas in 1831 with his family, he served during the Texas Revolution and was paid 24 dollars for his service. He married Maranda E. Walker in 1837 in Washington County, Texas by his bride's uncle, Gideon Walker. Stephen received a land grant for his military service and in 1854 he moved a black family to the post oak grove, now Stephenville, to open a store to trade with the Indians for honey, hides, and buffalo hams. In 1855, he returned with the first 30 settlers after he agrees to give them land if they signed an agreement that they would build and improve it. Among the settlers were his wife and two sons, brother and future son-in-law. In 1856, John M. Stephen offered to donate
Michael Thomas a 23-year old, 6’3, 209 pound dynamic wide receiver out of Ohio State. Look at any mock draft, any big board, or any prospect rankings and look for Thomas. What do you see? I looked at a combination of over 100 different mock drafts, big boards, and player rankings, and much to my surprise, on average Thomas was rated as the sixth best receiver in the draft.
On July 22,1864,General William T.Sherman and his army closed in on John B. Hood and his confederate army while he was defending atlanta. John B.Hood also attacted James B.McPherson's army of Tennessee on the east side of atlanta. He deployed Benjamin F. Cheatham northeast and sent william J harmy on the morning of July 22. After all the fighting William T. Sherman neutralized the rail and supply hub and defeated the confederate forces and burned most of all the biuldings in the
Even though there can be better centers, Travis Frederick is one of the best centers in the NFL because he has so much experience as a center and makes a big impact on the Dallas Cowboys offence. He is also one of the tallest and biggest centers in the game and plays for the best offensive line in the NFL.
Cliff Barrows, who served as the head of music choir at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association for about six decades, died on November 15 at the age of 93.
One of the politicians who have had a significant impact upon state politics was Matthew Gaines in Texas, his biography and impact on the state of Texas is discussed below.
There were several survivors during the Holocaust and one of them was Eugene Black. His life was very hard and intense, but in the end it all turned out to be good for him. Eugene was born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia in 1928. He had a happy life with his family of three sister and a brother. Two of his sister's names were Paula and Jolan. Eugene’s mother came from an orthodox Jewish family but his father, who was a master tailor, did not.
John Simpson Kirkpatrick ‘the man with the donkey’ has had an incredible involvement with Australia in the World War One. His life leading up and during the war made contemporary Australia commemorate Simpson because of his sacrifice and the significance of his involvement during the war and his true Australian spirit.
efferson Thomas, the youngest of seven children, was born in Little Rock to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Thomas. His parents named him after Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States. Thomas first attended Horace Mann High School, a segregated all-black school, where he was a track athlete. In 1957, he chose to volunteer to integrate all-white Little Rock Central High School for the 1957–58 school year as a sophomore.
A woman says she fought an attacker who tried to protect her unborn baby but failed. Wilkins had seen a craigslist advertisement over maternity clothing for her seven and a half month unborn baby. She had decided to arrive at the location that was provided and met the person. As she was being guided to the basement of Lane’s, Lane had turned around and started to attack Wilkins. The cause of this fight was Lane had jealousy over those women who were pregnant. She was overly obsessed about being pregnant and about having a child. Lane had even posted online that she was supposedly expecting a baby boy and a baby shower was done for her. This lady have the brutal fate of cutting Wilkins’ belly while she was conscious on the floor. Lane had taken the seven and a half month unborn baby from Wilkins and was taken to the hospital by her husband. Wilkins had called the police and was sent
The United States of America has a very dark and very deep history no one ever talks about. From the origin of accumulating the land owned by the government by murder, to the logistics of slavery, to the logistics of the Civil War, to more war and many things not mentioned by anyone all the way to the present year. The most important things not spoken of is the most horrific people in history; one of those individuals being H.H Holmes.
Did you know that over six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)? Knud Peterson was one of many that lived in the Holocaust time period. Although he was a young boy, nothing stopped him from making a difference.