Research Organization Sheet

Person: __________________

Try to address the following list, and feel free to add your own categories:

1. What is this person best known for?



2. What field did this person work in?



3. What is this person's most important legacy?



4. Whom did this person influence, and how?



5. What obstacles did this person face in his or her society?



6. What new ideas did this person develop?



7. Who are some of the famous people in this field, at this time?



8. Compare the subject to someone else in his or her field.



9. What were some major developments in the field at that time?



10. How was this person associated with these developments, and who were some other people involved?



11. Consider why this person, and not a similar person, was chosen to have a stamp in his or her honor.




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