Biography

Monday, 7 September 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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Hypatia
A planet, an asteroid, a crater and a group of fissures (Rimae Hypatia) on the Moon are named after Hypatia.
In 2015, her name crossed the borders of the solar system. An exoplanet discovered in 2002 orbiting ...
Alfred Nobel
He was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833.
He was the third son of Immanuel Nobel, an inventor and engineer and a graduate of the Royal Institu ...
Nikola Tesla
However, he arrived in Prague too late to enroll at the university.
Another obstacle to his studies was his unfamiliarity with Greek as a compulsory subject and the Cze ...
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
At the age of 23, he opened a tavern with his friend William Berry. Unfortunately, the partner’s alc ...
Aristotle
He was born in 384 BC in Stagira, Chalcidice, Greece.
A son of Nicomachus, a doctor to the Macedonian king, Amyntas, Aristotle was orphaned as a baby and placed under the care of a guardian named Proxenus of Atarneus.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
For four years he lived in Moscow.
This episode lasted from 1999 to 2003. At that time he became the co-owner of the production company ...
Kate Middleton
Many consider her a style icon.
Although her image used to be less formal, Kate Middleton has developed a style that inspires women ...
Peter the Great
The reforms introduced by Peter the Great over the years affected the military, administration, economy, as well as education, culture, and the Orthodox Church.
He established a table of ranks. The first to be introduced were changes in customs (boyars had to s ...
Christopher Columbus
While acquiring a maritime practice, Columbus simultaneously educated himself by reading the writings of ancient and classical writers Strabo, Seneca, and Aristotle, as well as his humanist contemporaries.
Imago Mundi  by Pierre d'Ailly's and famous map of the Florentine astronomer Toscanelli had a great ...
Jane Austen
The 1940 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice"- "In Pursuit of a Husband" won an Oscar.
Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier played the roles of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.