Brian Jacques was born on June 15, 1939, in Liverpool, England. As a child, he attended St. John's School in Liverpool. When he was 10 years old, he was given an assignment to write a story about animals. Jacques wrote about a bird that cleaned that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. His teacher could not believe that a ten year-old could write so well, and accused the young Jacques of copying the story. Jacques refused, and he was then called a liar. At fourteen, Jacques took up an interest in poetry and Homer's epics thanks to his English teacher. On the Redwall website, he mentions that he “saved up seven shillings and sixpence to buy The Iliad and The Odyssey at this dusty used book shop.” Jacques finished school at 15 and became a merchant seaman. He travelled to many places around the world, including the United States and Japan. He eventually returned to Liverpool, where he held many other jobs, including a truck driver, a bus driver, a boxer, and a stand-up comedian.
Redwall was written for the children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind, where Jacques delivered milk. He did not expect it to be published at all. Jacques' childhood English teacher, Alan Durband, read Redwall and showed it to a publisher without first informing Jacques. Because of Durband, Jacques got a contract for the first five Redwall books. Due to the fact that the children for whom the story was originally written were blind, Jacques wrote Redwall as descriptively as possible, and used real-world accents for his characters. He continued in that style in all other Redwall books, which he wrote until he died on February 5, 2011. Jacques' diction in Redwall creates vivid imagery and believable dialogue in his characters.
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Robert Hooke was born on July 18th, 1635 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England. His father, John Hooke, was a clergyman. As a child Hooke became ill of smallpox, of which he survived from, only to be disfigured and scarred. Throughout his childhood, Robert never really received much of any regular schooling due to his sickness and weakness. On the other hand he had an amazing natural curiosity, which led to the development of his mind through self-learning. When Robert was merely thirteen years old his father committed suicide by hanging himself. All that was left behind for Robert was 40 pounds. After his father died, Hooke was sent to London as an orphan, where he studied under Peter Lely, an artist of the time. He soon realized that he should spend his inheritance attending Westminster School, where he lodged with Dr. Richard Rusby. Robert had a large interest in mechanical objects and was encouraged greatly by Dr. Busby. Within the first week of being with Dr. Busby, Hooke was able to work through many books of Euclid's geometry. He was soon allowed unsupervised access to Dr. Busby's library. When Robert was eighteen he moved on and attended Oxford, where he soon after obtained his masters degree. Once he secured the sponsorship and guidance of John Wilkins, the warden of Wadham College, he was well on his way to become one of the greatest inventors, microscopists, physicists, surveyors, astronomers, biologists, artists.