Genghis Khan in Folklore Legends of the Mongolian Peoples: Mythological Framework of Memory by Aleksand V. Isakov

“…Most of the real details of Genghis Khan's life were beyond the scope of these mythological ideas, and his folklore image and biography were composed mainly of a set of traits and motives traditionally attributed to heroes of this type. …”
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Henri Bremond: Preaching Newman the Preacher by C. J. T. Talar

“…In his psychological biography of Newman, initially published in 1906, Henri Bremond (1865–1933) devoted one part of the work explicitly to ‘The Writer and the Preacher’. …”
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Trouble in the Colonies: Review of D.W.A. Baker, Preacher Politician, Patriot: A life of John Dunmore Lang by B. Zuiddam

“… From text: Some people write biographies of great men they admire for their particular virtues or achievements. …”
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Social networks and biographical method by M. A. Panarina, O. A. Kulikova

“…Storytelling allows you to get visual, emotional, and evaluative components of any biography. Information obtained using this method gives us an opportunity to study several layers of a particular biography and build a network of social relationships of the individual, that is, to look at these or other facts of the biography from different points of view of the participants of the events. …”
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Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell: Memoirs of Julian by S. P. Rosenbaum

“…The unpublished parts of Virginia Woolf’s memoir display its narrative shape and the extent to which it is a family memoir that reflects her relationships with Vanessa, Julian, and his brother Quentin (who originally published only part of Virginia’s memoir in his biography). Woolf’s memoir also illuminates her early memoir-biography of Vanessa and her late ‘Sketch of the Past.’ …”
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Z. Ivinskis: the first objective researcher of St. Casimir's life by Jonas Boruta

“…Ivinskis was the first to use methods of critical modern hagiography to research the biography of St. Casimir and the cause of his canonization. …”
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Ray Hollis de Philippe Starck : la mise en scène de l’ubiquité de l’objet by Florine Barnet

“…For this study, we have chosen to focus on the object itself, rather than on a particular copy, as a biography would traditionally require.…”
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APPROACHING THE LEGENDARY HSUAN TSANG, THE PILGRIM AND SCHOLAR THROUGH THE LENS OF BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM by Thanh Trung Nguyen

“… Hsuan Tsang, the Pilgrim & Scholar by Venerable Thich Minh Chau is notably intriguing due to its unique hybrid of historical narrative and biography. Examining this work from the perspective of biographical criticism not only holds scientific significance in elucidating the historical figure of Tang Hsüan-tsang but also sheds light on the activities of Venerable Thich Minh Chau through their notable similarities. …”
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Luvsandanzanzhaltsan (1639–1704) and his Role in the History of Buddhism in Mongolia by Tsymzhit P. Vanchikova

“…The article examines the biography of the first Lamyn-gegen Luvsandanzanzhaltsan and his activities in spreading Buddhism in Khalkha-Mongolia in the 17th century. …”
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Professor Zigmas Žemaitis by Jonas Kubilius

“… A short biography of the prominent Lithuanian mathematician and educator Zigmas Žemaitis (1884–1969) is given. …”
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EXPLORING THE EXEMPLARY ROLE OF SHEIKH HISAMUDDIN AS AN ISLAMIC PREACHER IN LAMONGAN, EAST JAVA: ANALYSIS OF LOCAL ISLAMIC HISTORY by M Irsyad Al Abdillah, Sharfina Nur Amalina, Wanasa Rahmat Akbar Adzani, Dinda Novita Sari

“…This research emphasizes the biography of Sheikh Hisammuddin and his contribution to Islamization, especially in Lamongan. …”
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ISLAM, EMPIRE, AND IDEOLOGY: Lord Stanley and the Intersection of Islam and Politics in 19th Century Europe by Baiquni Hasbi, Husnul Khitam

“…<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This article delves into the political biography and thought of Lord Henry Stanley, a member of British House of Lords, who embraced Islam in the mid-19th century. …”
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Scolar, Mufti and Politician – Three “Lives” of Jakub Szynkiewicz by Diliara Usmanova

“… The article deals with the biography of the outstanding representative of the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian Tatar community – Jakub Szynkiewicz, whose life path fell on the first half of the 20th century, full of political upheavals and turning points. …”
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Quina lenga per revitalizar l’occitan ? by Cristian Lagarda

“…After an incursion into the teacher’s personal linguistic biography and professional language, it focuses on the evaluation of the students from the point of view of language varieties, their competences, and it ends, in the prospective, on their motivations and their possibilities of transmitting the language –for those who will teach. …”
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Wolfgang Mórócz z Beketfalvy (1575–1648). Spoločenský vzostup kariérneho úradníka v ranonovovekom Uhorsku by Frederik Federmayer

“… The study is an archontology and biography paper dealing with the emergence of the new aristocracy in the early Modern Age Hungary. …”
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Con-donare. Ipertrofia del dono nello Sri Lanka post-tsunami by Mara Benadusi

“… The paper traces a biography of the gift in post-tsunami Sri Lanka. It shows that the process of “commodification” of international aid was not produced by a monolithic humanitarian apparatus, considered as the perverse expression of the interference of the North on the South of the world. …”
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The life and activities of Jonas Matulionis by Vidmantas Pekarskas, Aldona Pekarskienė

“… A brief biography of the mathematician prof. J. Matulionis is presented. …”
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Lagorio’s Wall in the Crimea: pages of scientific activity of the geologist Oleksandr Lagorio by Dmytro Mikhalenok

“…The paper presents selected pages from the biography and scientific activity of the world-famous geologist Oleksandr Lagorio (1852–1944). …”
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