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- African American Biographies G - I (Learning Network - TeacherVision.com)
Provides short biographies of Althea Gibson, Fannie Lou Hamer, Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. 2-01
- Galileo (Ima Hero)
Provides a short biography of Galileo Galilei for children. 8-01
- Galileo, Galilei (Discovery.com)
Provides a picture and a short biography of the astronomer. 3-02
- Gandhi, Indira (Gale Group)
Provides a biography of her political role in her country. 6-00
- Gandhi, Mahatma (Sarvodaya Mandal and Sarvodaya Ashram)
Provides a full biography of Mahatma Gandhi. 12-99
- Gandhi, Mahatma (Williams)
Provides a biography and a picture of Gandhi.
- Gandhi, Mahatma - Gandhi's Voice (AmeriSoft)
Provides a recording of a speech by Gandhi.
- Gershwin, George (Classical Net)
Provides a biography of the great American composer. 2-01
- Gershwin, George - Biography (Classical Music Pages - Boynick)
Provides a biography. 2-01
- Gillespie, Dizzy (Southern Music Network)
Provides a biography of the trumpeter. 6-02
- Giuliani, Rudy (New York City)
Provides a biography of the former Mayor of New York City, admired by many Americans for his heroic efforts to promote calm after the September 11th attack on America. Visitors sometimes misspell as Guliani, Gulliani, Gullianni, Giulianni, Giulliani, Giullianni, or Gulianni. 12-01
- Gonzalez, Elian (Time.com)
Provides a short biographical statement about why this person was influential in the year 2000, according to Time magazine. 12-00
- Goodall, Jane (Minnesota State University)
Provides a short biography. 7-99
- Goodall, Jane (PBS Online and Nature)
Provides a brief history of her professional career related to studying and saving wild chimpanzees. 7-00
- Gorbachev (SSG - TeacherNet)
Provides a timeline on the life of Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, leader of the USSR during the 1980's. 12-99
- Gore, Albert (Encyclopedia.com)
Provides a short biography of the former Vice President of the United States. 5-02
- Gore, Albert A.., Jr. (Biography.com)
Provides an editorial style of biography of Gore's political and business career. 3-00
- Graham, Katharine - Autobiography (Randomhouse)
Provides a short summary or Graham's book, Personal History. Graham is known as the Pulitzer Prize-winning publisher of the Washington Post newspaper. Visitors sometimes misspell as Catherine or Katherine. 7-01
- Graham, Katharine - Biography (LifeTimeTV.com)
Provides biographical information on the Pulitzer Prize-winning publisher of the Washington Post newspaper. Visitors sometimes misspell as Catherine or Katherine. 7-01
- Graham, Martha (Gale Group)
Provides a biography of the dancer and choreographer. Includes a picture. 6-00
- Grant, Ulysses - Home Page (Scott)
- Grant, Ulysses - Network (Kelsey)
Provides biographical information. 11-01
- Gymnastics - International Teams (USA Gymnastics Online)
Provides brief profiles of achievements of some key athletes who have competed in the USA. 6-02
- Gymnastics - U.S. National Team (USA Gymnastics Online)
Provides brief profiles of achievements. 6-02
- Hadrian (Roman Empire)
Provides an extensive biography of Publius Aelius Hadrianus, often referred to as Hadrian, the Roman Emperor. (Includes some grammatical errors.) 11-00
- Hamer, Fannie Lou Townsend (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
Provides a biography of the civil rights activist. 6-00
- Hammerstein, Oscar (Rogers and Hammerstein Organization)
Provides a biography and information on major works. 11-01
- Harriman, Averell (Biography.com)
Provides a brief biography of the diplomat. 11-00
- Harrison, George (ABC News)
Provides a short profile of George Harrison, a member of the Beatles. 5-01
- Hemingway, Ernest (Biography.com)
Wrote many popular works, such as For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, To Have and Have Not, and The Old Man and the Sea. He was awarded the Nobel prize in Fiction in 1953. 9-00
- Himes, Gregory (USAToday.com - Artz)
"Gregory Hines, the greatest tap dancer of his generation who transcended the stage with a successful screen career that included starring roles in White Nights and The Cotton Club, has died at 57." 5-02
- Hobby, Oveta Culp (Rice University)
Provides a biography of the "first commanding officer of the WACs and the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare." Includes a picture of her. 6-00
- Hoover, Herbert Biography (Hoover Library) 2-01
- Hope, Bob Biography (MSNBC News)
"Hope’s awards included scores of honorary degrees; special Oscars for humanitarianism and service to the film industry; the George Peabody Award; the National Conference of Christians and Jews Award; and the Medal of Freedom from President Johnson. He received honorary knighthood from Britain in 1998."
"He also appeared more than 20 times at the Academy Awards, first on radio and than on television, as presenter, cohost or host between 1939 and 1978."
“ 'For more than five decades, through four wars and years of peacekeeping missions, Bob Hope came to symbolize, for every man and woman in uniform, the idea that America cared for and supported its troops,' said Edward A. Powell, president and CEO of the United Service Organizations."
"His 1966 Vietnam Christmas show, when televised, was watched by an estimated 65 million people, the largest audience of his career." 7-03
- Hopper, Grace (National Women's Hall of Fame)
Provides a short biography of a great mathematician, computer pioneer, and inventor. She was the first female Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy. 1-01
- Houston, Sam (The West Film Project and WETA)
Provides a short biography of the first President of the Lone Star Republic, which became Texas. 6-02
- Hubble, Edwin (Discovery.com)
Provides a picture and a short biography of the astronomer. 3-02
- Hughes, Karen (Washington Post - Allen)
Provides a profile of the counselor to President George W. Bush. "She is also the highest-ranking female aide to a modern president." Hughes resigned in April, 2002. 4-02
- Hussein, Abdullah (ABC News)
Provides a brief background on how the King of Jordan came into a position of power. Also provides quotes, a picture, and a short biography.
- Huxley, Aldous
- Irene of Athens (Gale Group)
Provides a biography of the "first woman ever to hold the throne of the old Roman Empire." 6-00
- Irving, Washington (Excellent Drawing from the Kansas Collection)
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