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The people in LAAD: Web links

Want to read more about some of the people in Longman Advanced American Dictionary? Check out these links!

We will add links for more people every month!

Click on a name to go to their web links

Louis Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Benedict Arnold

Alexander Graham Bell

George W. Bush

George Washington Carver

Miguel de Cervantes

Neville Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain

Agatha Christie

Eldridge Cleaver

Samuel Langhorne Clemens ("Mark Twain")

Cleopatra

Hillary Clinton

Cochise

James Dean

Deng Xiaoping

Joe DiMaggio

Bob Dylan

George Eastman

Federico Fellini

Ella Fitzgerald

Mohandas Gandhi

George Gershwin

Rube Goldberg

King Henry VIII

Alfred Hitchcock

Ho Chi Minh

Jesse James

Scott Joplin

Michael Jordan

Helen Keller

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Loretta Lynn

Nelson Mandela

Georgia O'Keeffe

Rosa Parks

Pelé

Pablo Picasso

Pocahontas

William Rehnquist

Diego Rivera

Babe Ruth

John Steinbeck

Gloria Steinem

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Edward Teach ("Blackbeard")

Louis Armstrong
A biographical site created by students and teachers:
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Armstrng.htm

A very easy-to-read timeline:
http://www.satchmo.net

Read an encyclopedia article about Louis Armstrong:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0804776.html

Neil Armstrong
A short biography:
http://www.astronauthalloffame.com/astronauts/armstrong.htm

A biographical site with a movie clip of Armstrong's moon landing:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/armstrong.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Neil Armstrong:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0804777.html

Benedict Arnold
Biographical sites:

http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html

http://www.nps.gov/sara/s-arnold.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about Benedict Arnold:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0804793.html

Alexander Graham Bell
Biographical site:
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/11.html

A site with separate sections on Bell: The Man, The Inventor, and The Humanitarian:
http://www.fitzgeraldstudio.com/html/bell/default.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Alexander Graham Bell:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0806861.html

George W. Bush
The official White House site:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html

Biographical site:
http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=23367

Read two short encyclopedia articles about George W. Bush:
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/43pgwb.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0809584.html

George Washington Carver
Biographical sites:

http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Carver.htm

http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/bio.html

http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/carver.html

Read an encyclopedia article about George Washington Carver:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0810661.html

Miguel de Cervantes
A reference and research site dedicated to the study of Cervantes' works and life:
http://csdl.tamu.edu/cervantes/english/index.html

Read encyclopedia articles about Miguel de Cervantes:

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0811156.html

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/cervante_life.asp

Neville Chamberlain
A biographical site:
http://www.britannia.com/gov/primes/prime46.html

A site with additional links about the people of Chamberlain's time:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRchamberlain.htm

Read two encyclopedia articles about Neville Chamberlain:
http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=4479
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0811259.html

Wilt Chamberlain
A biography and career statistics:
http://www.wiltchamberlain.com

Biographical site:
http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Chamberlain.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about Wilt Chamberlain:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0811260.html

Agatha Christie
Biographical sites:

http://christie.mysterynet.com/christie/timeline

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ch/ChristieA.html

Eldridge Cleaver
Biographical sites:

http://www2.worldbook.com/features/aawriters/html/cleaver.html

http://www.cnn.com/us/9805/01/cleaver.late.obit

Read an encyclopedia article about Eldridge Cleaver:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0812498.html

Samuel Langhorne Clemens ("Mark Twain")
Biographical sites:

http://www.net4tv.com/net4tv/bookworm/twain/bio.htm

http://www.geocities.com/swaisman/

Read an encyclopedia article about Samuel Langhorne Clemens:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0849801.html

Cleopatra
Biographical sites:
http://interoz.com/egypt/cleopatr.htm
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/alexandria/History/cleo.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Cleopatra:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0812535.html

Hillary Clinton
Biography from The White House site:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/hc42.html

Biographical information from the U.S. Senate site:
http://www.senate.gov/~clinton/about_hrc.html

Short biography from Women's International Center:
http://www.wic.org/bio/hclinton.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about Hillary Clinton:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0812585.html

Cochise
Biographical sites:

http://impurplehawk.com/cochise.html

http://www.desertusa.com/magfeb98/feb_pap/du_apache.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Cochise:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0812724.html

James Dean
Biographical sites:

http://www.jamesdeancountry.com/jdbio.html

http://www.jamesdeanartifacts.com/frames26.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about James Dean:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0814872.html

Deng Xiaoping
Short biographical timeline:
http://www.freep.com/news/nw/deng/deng3.htm

More detailed information from Chinese Business World:
http://www.cbw.com/asm/xpdeng/life.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Deng Xiaoping:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0815155.html

Joe DiMaggio
An interactive tour through DiMaggio’s career and life:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/spt/dimaggio/dimaggio.asp

A biographical site with entries on DiMaggio and the important people in his life:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dimaggio/peopleevents/pande02.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Joe DiMaggio:
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/dimaggio1.html

Bob Dylan
Biographical site:
http://www.bobdylanbiography.8k.com/

More detailed biographical sites (more difficult reading):

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bio.asp?oid=184.

http://bobdylan.50g.com/biography.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about Bob Dylan:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0816510.html

George Eastman
Biographical site:
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/aboutKodak/kodakHistory/eastman.shtml

Read an encyclopedia article about George Eastman:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0816611.html

Federico Fellini
Biographical sites:

http://www.foreignfilms.com/bio.asp?person_id=1023

http://www.1worldfilms.com/federico_fellini.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about Federico Fellini:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0818424.html

Ella Fitzgerald
A biographical essay and a career timeline:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/fitzgerald_e_homepage.html

Biographical sites:
http://www.ellafitzgerald.com/about/bio/index.html
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=2

Read an encyclopedia article about Ella Fitzgerald:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0818803.html

Mohandas Gandhi
Biographical sites:

http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/newsid_50000/50664.stm

http://www.engagedpage.com/gan1.html

A timeline:
http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/chron2.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Mohandas Gandhi:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0820141.html

George Gershwin
Biographical sites:

http://www.gershwinfan.com/biogeorge.html

http://www.jazzradio.org/george.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about George Gershwin:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0820660.html

Rube Goldberg
Biographical sites:

http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/bio.htm

http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/rube/rube.history.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Rube Goldberg:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0821154.html

King Henry VIII
A brief timeline:
http://royalhistory.com/england/monarchs/henryviii/index.htm

A more detailed biography (more difficult reading):
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page19.asp

Read an encyclopedia article about Henry VIII:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823372.html

Alfred Hitchcock
Biographical sites:
http://www.mysterynet.com/hitchcock/
http://alfred.hitchcock.com/

Read an encyclopedia article about Alfred Hitchcock:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823822.html

Ho Chi Minh
A brief and easy-to-read biography:
http://www.altenforst.de/faecher/geschi/vietnam/minh.htm

A longer biography:
http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/ho.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about Ho Chi Minh:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823874.html

Jesse James
Information about Jesse James from the official Web site of the city where he was killed:
http://www.ci.st-joseph.mo.us/jesjames.html

Facts about the James gang of outlaws and their exploits:
http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/james_jesse/james_jesse.html
Read an encyclopedia article about Jesse James:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0825930.html

Scott Joplin
Biographical sites:

http://www.scottjoplin.org/biog.htm

http://www.lsjunction.com/people/joplin.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Joplin.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about Scott Joplin:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0826592.html

Michael Jordan
Biographical sites:

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/michael_jordan/bio.html?nav=TextNavBar

http://www.unc.edu/~lbrooks2/jordan.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Michael Jordan:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0826601.html

Helen Keller
Biographical sites:

http://www.helenkeller.org/graphicversion/bio.html

http://www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?documentid=1351

Read an encyclopedia article about Helen Keller:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0827305.html

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Biographical sites:

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Martin Luther King, Jr.:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0827680.html

Loretta Lynn
Biographical sites:
http://www.lorettalynn.com/
http://www.allsands.com/Music/Bio/lorettalynn_wai_gn.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about Loretta Lynn:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0830743.html

Nelson Mandela
Biographical sites:

http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html

http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Nelson Mandela:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831499.html

Georgia O'Keeffe
Biographical sites:

http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/background/index.html

http://www.ellensplace.net/okeeffe1.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Georgia O'Keefe:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0836495.html

Rosa Parks
Brief biographical information:

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=117

http://www.tsum.edu/museum/parksbio.htm

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1

Pelé
Biographical sites:

http://www.360soccer.com/pele/pelebio.html

http://www.famouspeople.com/famous/52.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Pelé:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0838077.html

Pablo Picasso
To look at Picasso's works from different periods, check out:
http://artchive.com/artchive/P/picasso.html

For a very detailed biography, go to the On-Line Picasso Project:
http://www.tamu.edu/mocl/picasso/

Read an encyclopedia article about Pablo Picasso:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0838929.html

Pocahontas
Biographical site (with tips on books about Pocahontas):
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Pocahontas.html

Information from the Jamestown Rediscovery official site:
http://www.apva.org/history/pocahont.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Pocahontas:
http://www.infoplease.com/ceb/people/A0839424.html

William Rehnquist
A brief biography with links to more information:
http://www.who2.com/williamrehnquist.html

Biographical site (more difficult language level):
http://www.supremecourthistory.org/justice/rehnquist.htm

Read an encyclopedia article about William Rehnquist:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0841448.html

Diego Rivera
A timeline in English and Spanish:
http://www.diegorivera.com/bio/index.html

Biographical site:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/rivera_d.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Diego Rivera:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0842002.html

Babe Ruth
Biographical site:
http://www.baberuth.com/biograph.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Babe Ruth:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0842757.html

John Steinbeck
Biographical sites:

http://www.steinbeck.org/Bio.html

http://www.ultranet.com/~gregjonz/steinbeck/steinbec.html

Read an encyclopedia article about John Steinbeck:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0846620.html

Gloria Steinem
Brief biographical information:

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=150

http://www.hergeneration.com/Leaders/steinem.shtml

http://www.lifetimetv.com/shows/ip/portraits/9847/9847_index.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Gloria Steinem:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0846623.html

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Biographical sites:

http://www.d-vista.com/OTHER/tchai.html

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5648/TheMan.htm

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/tchaikovsky.html

Read an encyclopedia article about Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0848016.html"

Edward Teach ("Blackbeard")
Biographical sites:

http://www.piratesinfo.com/biography/biography.php?article_id=39

http://www.teachshole.com/exhibit.htm

http://www.bartleby.com/65/bl/Blackbea.html


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