Biography

Friday, 12 June 2026
21 facts about Ada Lovelace
21 facts about Ada Lovelace
The first female programmer
Ada Lovelace was a British poet and mathematician who lived in the first half of the 19th century. She was the daughter of one of Britain's greatest d ...

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William Shakespeare
At 18, Shakespeare married 26-years old Anne Hathaway. Because of the age difference and Anne’s pregnancy, it was suspected that the wedding was a necessity.
They had three children, a daughter Susanna, born in 1583, and twins Hamnet and Judith, born in 1585 ...
Marilyn Monroe
Monroe’s autobiography, “My story,” was written at the peak of her career, but published 10 years after her death.
Ernest Hemingway
He lived from 1899 to 1961.
He was born on July 21st, 1899, in Oak Park, an affluent neighborhood west of Chicago. His father, C ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
In 1784, Kosciuszko returned to Poland.
He went to his hometown of Siechanowicz, where his brother-in-law administered his part of the estat ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
Caesar is said to have suffered from epilepsy.
There is no conclusive evidence, however, the premise is based on Plutarch's account. Current medica ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
At the peak of his virtuoso fame, in the period 1796-1798, Beethoven experienced the first symptoms of deafness.
Initially, he treated it as a short-term indisposition of the body, but over time, he realized that ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s name appears in the surviving books of Queen Elizabeth I’s treasurer as one of three so-called “Lord Chamberlain’s servants” who got paid to perform a play before the Queen at Greenwich Palace on December 26 and 28, 1594.
Nikola Tesla
He also invented the wireless transfer of electricity.
Here he took advantage of the resonant transformer's ability to generate a strong alternating electr ...
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway was mentally in terrible shape, worrying about money and his safety.
He feared he would never return to Cuba, where he had stored his manuscripts in a safe. He was convi ...
Charles III
He is the first member of the British monarchy to visit Cuba.
The visit took place in March 2019. He was accompanied by his wife Camilla.