Q: Facts:   - relatives: homer -rrb- jim hickam -lrb- brother -rrb- hickam -lrb- father -rrb- elsie hickam -lrb- mother    - language: english    - module: honorific_prefix = native_name_lang = image = image_size = alt = caption = = birth_date = death_date = birth_place = death_place = placeofburial name = placeofburial_label = placeofburial_coordinates = nickname = birth_name = allegiance = = branch = u.s. army serviceyears = 1964 -- 1970 homer rank = captain servicenumber = unit = fourth infantry division hickam commands = battles = vietnam -lrb- 1967 -- 1968 -rrb- honorific_suffix battles_label = awards = army commendation medal , bronze star = native_name    - caption: author '' ` homer hickam , jr. '' '    - notableworks: '' the josh thurlow series the coalwood way sky of stone rocket red helmet we are not afraid '' october sky boys torpedo junction back to the moon    - citizenship: american    - genre: memoirs , historical fiction    - spouse: linda terry hickam      - education: bs in industrial engineering -lrb- 1964 -rrb-    - birth date: 19 february 1943    - name: homer h. hickam , jr. .    - image size: 250px    - image: h3photo3.jpg    - birth place: coalwood , west virginia , united states    - alma mater: virginia polytechnic institute and state university    - occupation: author , aerospace engineer -lrb- retired -rrb-   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of homer hickam .
A: homer hadley hickam , jr. -lrb- born february 19 , 1943 -rrb- is an american author , vietnam veteran , and a former nasa engineer .his autobiographical novel `` rocket boys : a memoir '' , was a no. 1 new york times best seller , is studied in many american and international school systems , and was the basis for the 1999 film `` october sky '' .hickam has also written a number of best-selling memoirs and novels including the `` josh thurlow '' historical fiction novels .his books have been translated into several languages .

Q: Facts:   - death date: 12 august 1919      - birth date: 21 december 1864    - name: ernest gimson    - death place: sapperton , england    - birth place: leicester , england   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ernest gimson .
A: ernest william gimson -lrb- pronounced ` jimson ' -rrb- -lrb- 21 december 1864 in leicester -- 12 august 1919 in sapperton -rrb- was an english furniture designer and architect .gimson was described by the art critic nikolaus pevsner as `` the greatest of the english architect-designers '' .today his reputation is securely established as one of the most influential designers of the english arts and crafts movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries .

Q: Facts:   - president: hu jintao xi jinping    - predecessor: fu ying    - country: united kingdom      - term start: march 2010    - birth date: 1956    - name: liu xiaoming    - image: liu china to the uk.jpg xiaoming , ambassador of the peoples republic of    - birth place: jieyang , guangdong , china    - ambassador from: people 's republic of china   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of liu xiaoming .
A: liu xiaoming -lrb- born 1956 in jieyang , guangdong -rrb- is a chinese diplomat currently serving as ambassador to the united kingdom .he graduated from dalian university of foreign languages with a major in english and undertook further studies in the usa , obtaining a master 's degree in international relations from the fletcher school of law and foreign affairs at tufts university in 1983 .between 2001 and 2003 , liu acted as china 's ambassador in egypt , and from 2006 to 2010 as chinese ambassador in north korea .in 2010 he replaced fu ying as chinese ambassador in the uk .

Q: Facts:   - years active: 1967 -- 1971    - past members: bernie benson -lrb- guitar -rrb- oak o'connor -lrb- drums -rrb- geoffrey `` morris -lrb- guitar -rrb- tom mulcahy -lrb- guitar -rrb- jerry b.b causi -lrb- bass -rrb- '' fieldings -lrb- vocals -rrb- bruce    - origin: usa san francisco , california , united states      - name: black pearl    - background: group_or_band   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of black pearl -lrb- band -rrb- .
A:
black pearl was a san-francisco-based band that existed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s .they released two albums , `` black pearl '' -lrb- 1969 -rrb- and `` black pearl - live ! ''-lrb- 1970 -rrb- .