BIOGRAPHIES.

TEACHER: JUAN PABLO SANTILLÁN RIVERA.

 MARY WINSTON JACSON

Mary Winston Jackson (BE) born in Hampton, Virginia on 9 / April /

1921.

She (BE) a good student, she (GRADUATE) with high

honors in the school George P. Phoenix.

She (CONTINUE) her studies in the Hampton Institute where

she (GRADUATE) in mathematics and physical science.

She (WORK) as teacher, bookkeeper and secretary, later she

(MARRY) and she (HAVE) two children.

In 1951 She (FIND) employment in National Advisory Committee for

Aeronautics (NACA) and later (NASA)

In 1958 she (BE) the first black woman as engineer of the NASA.

She (HELP) in the institutes and projects how the Federal Women`s
Programs Manager of the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs.

She (DIE) on 11/ February/ 2005 in Hampton, Virginia.

 MARIE CURIE

Marie Curie 1) (be/born) in Warsaw in 1867. She 2) (be) a Polish

physicist and chemist, also she 3) (be) the wife of the French physicist
Pierre Curie and 4) (help) him to discover the radio, in 1905 5) she

(receive) with her husband the Nobel prize for physics, in 1911 she 6) (win)
the Nobel prize for chemistry and she 7) (die) in 1934.
 BIOGRAPHY OF FRIDA KAHLO

Frida Kahlo ___________ (be born) in 1907. She was a Mexican painter. She _________
(suffer) an accident at age of 18.

Frida ______ (marry) with Diego Rivera in 1929 and 3 years after she _________ (have)
an abortion. In 1939 she _______ (expose) her paintings in France.

Frida was an important symbol of feminism. She ______ (die) in 1954.

 IGNACIO ALDAMA

He _________ (born) in San Miguel El Grande, Guanajuato.

He _________ (receive) the advocate title.

He _________ (dedicate) to commerce and business.

He _________ (is) an insurgent.

He _________ (come) back to San Miguel in 1810

 Pedro María Anaya

Pedro Maria Anaya ___________(be) a Mexican General, he ___________(Be) born in

1795 in Huichapan Hidalgo, he _____________(Enter) the army and________ (Reach)
the rank of brigadier, he ______________(Be) part of the defense in Churubusco in the
American Invasions, he _____________(Be) minister of war also acting president and
general principal, he ___________(die) in 1854.
 Rosario Castellanos

She ________ (be) a famous Mexican writer. She ________ (be) born on 25 th
May 1925 in Mexico City. She ________ (study) philosophy in the University of
Mexico. She ________ (publish) three important poetries. Also she ________
(write) a book of poems in 1957. She ________ (be) a teacher in de UNAM. She
________ (be) ambassadress of Mexico in Israel. She ________ (die) on 7th
August, 1974.
 Pablo Neruda

He_________ (be) born on 12th July, 1904.

He__________(be) a Chilean writer and he______(write) “twenty poems of love and one
song desperate”. He________(receive) a Nobel prize for literature.

He _______ (be) a member of the academy of arts and letters in the United States and
he ______(marry) with Matilde Urrutia.

He_______(die) in 1973.
 Álvaro Obregón

Álvaro Obregón ______________(be, was, been) born on February 19th, 1880, in Sonora
(Mexico). He ______________(study, studied, studied)and _____________ (work,
worked, worked) in his village. In 1910, Obregon ______________(support, supported,
supported) Francisco Madero in the Mexican revolution. In 1914, Obregon
______________ (defeat, defeated, defeated) Pancho Villa and ____________(be, was,
been) Minister of War ______________(appoint, appointed, appointed) by Carranza.
Between 1920 and 1924 he _______________(be, was, been) President of Mexico. In
1924 he ___________(finish, finished, finished)his period and ______________(retire,
retired, retired) to Sonora. In 1928 he _____________(postulate, postulated,
postulated)and won the presidency again. He was ___________ (assassinate,
assassinated, assassinated) by Cristero José de León Toral, on July 17th, 1928, in the
restaurant "La Bombilla", in Mexico City.
Ramón López Velarde

He_________ (be) born in Jerez Zacatecas on 15th June, 1881.

He _________(be) a Mexican poet, he _______(study) in Scientific and Literacy Institute

of San Luis Potosi, after he ________(graduate) as a lawyer, then he ________(write)
some poems and he ________(die) in 1921.
EDMOND HALLEY _________ (BE BORN) IN HAGERSTOWN LONDON ENGLAND ON
NOVEMBER 8th, 1656. HE ____ (IS) AN ENGLISH MATHEMATIC AND ASTRONOMER.
IN 1676 HE ___________ (EMBARK) IN THE ISLAND OF SANTA ELENA ON THE
SOUTH ATLANTIC AND HE __________ (PERFORM) A CLASSIFIED INVESTIGATION
OF THE STARS OF THE SOUTHERN SKY. HE _____________ (COOPERATE) WITH
NEWTON IN HIS GRAVITATIONAL THEORIES AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE ASTRAL
BODIES. HE _________ (WRITE) THE BOOK “A SYNOPSIS OF THE ASTRONOMY OF
COMETS” IN 1705. HE ________ (DIE) IN 1742.
 Frida Kahlo
Calderón
Frida Kahlo ___________ (born) in Coyoacán in 1910.

She _____________ (is) a Mexican painter.

She _____________ (study) in the national school for teachers.

When she ___________ (is) 16 she ____________ (have) a car accident.

In 1929 she __________________ (get married) with Diego Rivera.

Then, she __________ (is) a painting teacher at the plastic arts school.

She _____________ (die) in 1954.

 ANASTASIO BUSTAMENTE

He _______ (be/born) in Jiquilpan, Michoacán. In 1780, he ______ (be) a Mexican

politician, general and doctor.

He ____________ (serve) General Calleja in 1812, he ________ (join) Ayala plan and he
______________ (be) one of the best generals.

He ________ (be) president in 1829, but he ___________ (be/dismiss) for Santa Ana, he

____________ (return) to power in 1837.

He __________ (die) in 1853.

 Edward Jenner

He________ (Be) born in 1749, he ________ (be) an English doctor, he

___________ (Discover) the chickenpox vaccine and the means to control
diseases, so he __________(Save) thousand of lives.

Then, he _________ (be) ___________ (Award) for his discovery, also he

___________ (Publish) the memory “Research on the causes and effects of
antiviral vaccine”. He ________ (Die) in 1823.
 Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt _____________ (born) in Hyde Park New York on 30th of January
1882, he ____________(is) a lawyer and an American president.

He_____________(study) in the Harvard University.

He_________(is) the only president to be elected 4 consecutive times.

He_______________(is) president of United States of America, New York, secretary of
the navy, and Senator of New York. He_________________(die) in 1995.
 Marie curie

She (be)___________ a polish physicist. She (be)________born in Warsaw on 7th

November 1867. When she (be)________ a teenager she (move)__________ to Paris
where she (study)__________ physics.

In 1895 she (marry)____________ Pierre Curie. They (discover)_____________ “Radium”

and “Polonium” so they (win)___________ the Nobel Prize for physics and the Nobel Prize
for chemistry. She (be)___________ the first woman who (win)_______ it.

She (teach)____________physics in the university of Paris.

She (die)_______ because of cancer on 4th July, 1934 in Paris

Charles Darwin (be) an English naturalist and
geologist.

He (be/ born) in Shrewsbury on 12th February,

1809.

He (study) in Edinburg and Cambridge and he

also (travel) around the world.

He (write) “On the Origin of Species by Means

of Natural Selection”.

He (die) in 1882.
 Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz was a Mexican writer he was born in Mexico City on 31st March, 1914.

He_____________ (travel) to Europe to meet writers.

He____________ (write) the labyrinth of solitude and works of Aztec mythology and
surrealism.

He was ambassador of Mexico in India

He_____________ (receive) the Nobel Prize for literature in 1990

He__________(die) in 1998
 FRIDA KAHLO

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter. She was born on 6th July, 1907 in Coyoacan.

She ____________ (study) in Mexico City also she ____________ (marry) with Diego
Rivera.

She ____________ (suffer) an accident at the age of 16 and she _____________ (exhibit)
her works in Mexico and Paris.

She ____________ (die) on 13th July, 1954 in Coyoacan.

 Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo. she_______ (be) born on July 6 1910 in Coyoacán, she_________ (Study) in
the Normal School of Teachers, and she______ (be) a Mexican painter.

She______ (Suffer) many fractures in an accident, and she________ (be) paralyzed for
the rest of her life.

Frida___________ (paint) many famous paintings, she_________ (perform) realistic and

surrealist paintings.

She________ (Marry) with the famous Mexican painter Diego Rivera in 1929, also
she______ (be) a teacher of plastic arts.

She______ (Die) in 1954.

Robert Fulton ___ (is) ____ (bear) in Little Britain on 14th of November 1765.

He ___ (is) an American engineer. He _________ (attempt) to apply the Papen’s

experiments, after he ______ (change) the dredges and the lock system, he ________
(invent) the sawing machine Stone and the spinner.

He___ (do) a proof navigation to vapor in the Loire River. He____ (die) in New York on the
24th February, 1815.
 JOSEFA ORTIZ DE DOMINGUEZ

She_________(is) born in Valladolid, Mexico in 1768

She___________(is) a patriotic and Mexican heroine

She__________(marry) Miguel Dominguez

Josefa Ortiz________(give) the cry of independence

She______(have) an appointment of the corregidora de Queretaro

Josefa Ortiz _______(is) prisoner in the convent of Santa Catalina de Sirena

She________(die) in 1829
 MARÍA FÉLIX.

She __________(Be/born) in Sonora in 1914.

She______ (Be) an actress and Mexican singer.

In 1986 she ___________(Receive) the Ariel de Oro for her career.

She______ ________ (Be/marry) with Jorge Negrete.

María Félix ______________(Represent) the highest figures of Latin American cinema in

the 1940's and 1950's.

She _________ known (be) by the nickname "María bonita" or "La Doña".

In 1949 she________(Act) in the tape "Doña Diabla".

She ______(Die) in 2002 in Mexico.

 Maria Felix

Maria Felix __________(is) a Mexican actress, she ________(be) born in 1915, she
__________ (debut) in the movie”el peñón de las animas “she _________(act) together
with Jorge Negrete, she _________(act) in the film “Doña Barbara”, she
_____________(work)with the film director, she __________(get) her big success with the
movie “la mujer sin alma “she_______(get) the Ariel award for her brilliant work, she
_____(die) in 2002.
 Salvador Díaz Mirón

Salvador Díaz (born)____________________ in Veracruz, Veracruz in 1853.

When he (be)__________ 14 years old, he (write)_____________ newspaper
articles and then he (be)__________ editor. Also he
(collaborate)____________________ in the newspaper “El Pueblo”.

He (return)________________ to Mexico in 1878 from the United States and he

(represent)___________________ Jalancingo in the legislature of Veracruz. He
(point)_______________ social Im balance and the discountent of the people by
the oppression of the gouvernement.

Salvador Díaz (die)_________ in Veracruz in 1928.

 GUADALUPE VICTORIA

Guadalupe Victoria, his original name ________ (to be), Manuel Félix Fernandez. He
_________ (to be) a Mexican military man and politician, he ____________ (to born) in
Tamazula, Durango in September 1786, he ____________ (abandon) his studies, he
___________ (join) the Insurgents, he ____________ (follow) orders from Maria Morelos
in 1812.

He ___________ (organize) one of the most important wars in the mountains around
Veracruz and Puebla. He ___________(change) his name to show his devotion to the
cause of Mexican Independence.

He ________ (to be) the first President of the Mexican Republic, he ________ (die) in
1843.