Jennifer Ferris

Most Recent Articles by Jennifer Ferris

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  Happy Birthday, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Founder of the American School for the Deaf
  When Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet met a 9-year-old deaf neighbor, he was determined to find a way to communicate with her. After traveling the world researching the language of the deaf, Gallaudet returned to America to found the American School for the Deaf.
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  Happy Birthday, Sonia Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress
  Once a reluctant leader, Sonia Gandhi is now one of India’s strongest voices in her role as head of the Indian National Congress, the ruling party in that country.
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  Happy Birthday, Georges Seurat, Pointillist Painter
  Although his artistic career lasted only a decade, Georges Seurat’s influence has stood the test of time. Popularized with his famous work “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” his method of painting with precisely placed small dots is a famous and often imitated technique, blending science and beauty on a single canvas.
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  Happy Birthday, Madame Marie Tussaud, Wax Sculptor and Museum Owner
  After showing early artistic skill, Marie Tussaud apprenticed under one of the greatest wax modelers of her time. She made it—just barely—through the French Revolution and coupled her craft with keen financial acumen to create a business that still thrives today.
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  Happy Birthday, Neil Gaiman, Writer of "Coraline" and “The Sandman”
  Neil Gaiman transformed a writing career penning rock and roll biographies into a multinational success story. In less than three decades writing comics, graphic novels and various works of speculative fiction, he has earned legions of loyal fans, produced Hollywood blockbusters adapted from his work and been named one of the 10 best authors living today.