His father was a farmer. Matthew Brady moved to New York City where he learned about photography, still a new technology then.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

He remembers his mother screaming and crying each time she learned that another family member had been killed.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

He learned to use a camera to show the public clearly what the Mulberry Bend slum was like.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

He learned to get light to go far enough down a glass fiber to pass on signals.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

He learned how to hunt, set traps for wild animals and how to live in the forest.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

This is a result of spiritual influences he learned from his parents who were religious workers.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

He learned in January,eighteen hundred forty-six, that Mexico had refused to negotiate with his representative.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

He learned to speak Spanish. And he learned much from the Native American Indians.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

He learned to play the harmonica by watching an old man play the instrument.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Later he learned that the Voice of America wanted to start a jazz program.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

He says he learned about using lambs while visiting wineries in New Zealand.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

But when he learned that Grant was nearby, he decided not to wait.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

He learned to play harmonica, drums and piano at a very young age.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

I would bet all I have that he learned his lesson about gambling.

VOA: special.2009.10.11