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1. FAMOUS
PEOPLE
of the 19th
CENTURY
BIOGRAPHIES AND INTERVIEWS
BY 3B PUPILS
2008/09
If you donât want to be forgotten as soon as you are dead or
rotten, either you write things worth reading or do things worth
the writing.
2. Here is a collection of biographies and intreviews by 3B students. Famous men and
women of the 19th century were interviewed after a process of research; this pro-
cess started in the library and continued on Internet. Students themselves played the
role of famous scientists, writers, inventors, musicians and politicians such as Edgar
Allan Poe Thomas Edison, the Brönte Sisters, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Robert Koch etc.
Abraham Lincoln Robert Koch Robert L. Stevenson
Cristian SĂĄnchez Mario CarriĂłn Alberto Almirante
interviewed by Jose Ant. LĂłpez interviewed by Antonio Rico interviewed by Almudena HernĂĄndez
4. THOMAS ALVA EDISON
By Francisco Gutierrez
Biography:
He was born in a small town of Ohio (E.E.U.U.) called Milan, on February 11th
1.847. He grew up in Milan, but when he was seven years old, his family and
him moved to Port Huron, in Michigan. In 1861, when he was 14 years old he
started to work selling newspapers and when he was 16 years old, he left his
town because it was very small to him. The next years he worked in a lot of
towns and cities and patented his first invention (1968) until he achieved a very
good work in New York (1869). He was one of the best inventors in the world.
He is famous because he invented more of one thousand inventions but the most
important inventions were The Phonograph (1877), The Light Bulb (1879), The Edi-
son Effect (1883) and The Dictating Machine (1907). The Light Bulb made Edison
become famous. His over one thousand inventions changed peopleâs habits. When
he was 84 years old, he died in West Orange, New Jersey, on October 18th 1931.
Personal background:
âą He was born in Milan, Ohio, United Sstates, on February 11th 1847.
âą He didnât study any thing; he only read scientific and electric books.
âą He was smaller than his three brothers. His mother was called Nancy Elliot and
his father was called Samuel Edison.
âą When he was young, he lived in Milan and in Port Huron.
âą When he was adult he lived in a lot of different cities and towns such as New
York.
Personality:
âą He was friendly, intelligent, competitive, talented, energetic, adventurous and
funny.
Famous for:
âą He is famous because he invented more of one thousand inventions, but
everybody knows him because he invented The Light Bulb.
5. Biggest obstacle:
âą His biggest obstacle was that he was par-
tially deaf.
Famous quotation:
Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration
Important inventions:
âąThe Phonograph, in 1877. âąThe Light Bulb, in 1879.
âąThe Edison Effect, in 1883. âąThe Kinetoscope Parlor, in 1894.
âąThe Dictating Machine, in 1907.
Curiosities:
âąHe only went to the school three months because he was partially deaf and he
didnât pay attention in class.
Bibliography:
Title: Nueva Enciclopedia
Larousse.
Publication date: April, 1984,
in Barcelona.
Publisher: Editorial Planeta.
Pages: 3170.
6. by Francisco Polaino
One of the most famous inven-
tions is the car. It was invented in the
XIX century but the first car was the
steam machine. The making of the car
took a long time but with the inven-
tion of the assembly line things changed
because this new system saved time.
The inventor of this was Henry Ford.
Henry Ford was born on 30th of July in
1863, in the city Dearborn on a farm
in the state of Michigan (United Sta-
des). His parents were William Ford
and Mary Liteget. His parents were
very poor. When he was a student, he
started repairing tractors. In 1873 the
young Henry saw an auto propoesate
machine which was used in agricul-
tural activities. His parents gave him
a clock and he repaired the clock. In
1878 he became a train driver in James
F.Flawer & Brosy after that he worked in
Detroit Dry Dock CO. In 1882 he went
to Dearborn to work on a farm whe-
re he learnt to drive a portable steam
machine. It was called Wastinghouse.
He worked for Edison Illuminating
Company. He had one son and ca-
lled him Edsel. In 1891 he was one
of the most important engineers.
Then Henry used half of his time to
make a car. He worked in a small
7. garage. He invented one car with two ci-
lindres and four times, refrigerated with
water and without speed. In 1896 he
introduced the construction in se-
ries and this allowed him to earn
more money. The car cost 200 dollars.
In 1903 created his own factory: Ford Mo-
tor Company. The best model was Ford T. The
company finished making this car in 1927.
In 1908 this first model was called FOR-
TINGO. He sold 10.000.000 cars. This car
sold better than other models such as V-8.
He also wrote books. âMy industrial philoso-
phyâ was published in 1929, he wrote other
books with a collaborator, Samuel Crouther .
â My life and work â was published in 1922
and â Today and tomorrow â in 1926.
He patented 161 ideas.
After that in 1927 the company made Ford A
, B and T. All these models were very luxu-
rious and faster than the previous model.
Famous Quotation
Coming together is a beginning, staying to-
gether is progress, and working together is
success
8. Emilio Castelar
y Ripoll
âA life in defence of the libertyâ
Author: RamĂłn GĂłmez Laguna
Publication date: 22nd December 2008
Publisher: Alianza Editorial
Biography
Emilio Castelar y Ripoll was an important politician and
a very good orator. He was the president of the 1st Spanish Re-
public. As an orator, he made some famous speeches such as:
âAlciraâs speechâ, âSpanish Cortesâ speechâ (in a session of the Par-
liament where the Republic was proclaimed), and a lot more. He
was also a writer. He was born in CĂĄdiz, on September 7th 1832.
Emilioâs father ran away to Gibratar due to King Fernando VII.
After losing his father, he started to live in Elda (Alicante) with his
motherâs family. Afterwards, he began to study Law and Philosophy at
Madrid University. There, he met future rival politicians, such as CĂĄnovas.
When he finished University, to defend his ideals, he started to
write for different newspapers, such as El Tribuno del Pueblo, La Sobe-
ranĂa Nacional, until he founded his own newspaper: La Democracia.
But, before it he had written his first speech. It was in Ma-
drid, in a meeting of the Democratic Party, he was only twenty two
years old. In this speech, the people, the press considered him as an
exceptional orator and a defender of the liberty and the democracy.
He defended a democratic and liberal republicanism.
In 1865, he wrote a famous article called âEl rasgoâ; in that
article, he criticized Queen Isabel II. As a result, he was dismissed
of his chair and from this moment, he suffered a lot of disturban-
ces caused by students and professors. And all this was repressed
with intensity and violence in the so called âNoche de San Danielâ.
Emilio Castelar ran away to France, however he returned
two years later to participate in a revolution called âLa Glo-
riosaâ that dethroned Isabel II. But there was no democracy.
Spain tried to achieve the democracy with a new King, Amadeo I.
But Amadeo I abdicated three years later. That same day, the Spanish
Cortes held a meeting to decide the future of Spain: Republic or Monar-
chy? Amadeo I had abdicated, because of the difficult situation of Spain.
When the Spanish Cortes session started, the majori-
ty of the members were monarchic, but Emilio Castelar deli-
vered a famous speech. He changed the opinion of the Parlia-
ment. There is one sentence which summarizes the speech:
âSeñores, con Fernando VII, muriĂł la MonarquĂa tradicional, con