Biography

Sunday, 2 August 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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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 ...
Nikola Tesla
Tesla and Edison were in constant conflict.
In 1915, a report by the Reuters Agency claimed a Nobel Prize for Tesla and Edison, but the news was ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Kosciuszko then appeared in the Krakow Market Square, where he took the oath after the reading of the act of uprising.
The act of the uprising gave Kosciuszko the title of Supreme Chief of the National Armed Forces and placed total authority in his hands.
Ernest Hemingway
By the end of the 1950s, Hemingway worked on material that was published after his death as “A Moveable Feast.”
Ernest and Mary left Cuba for good on July 25th, 1960. Hemingway still took trips to Spain for Life ...
Robert Oppenheimer
He was so absorbed in teaching that he lost touch with reality. He didn't read newspapers, listen to radio news, or use the telephone.
He learned about the economic crisis of 1929 from students who were in financial trouble. When he re ...
Amadeus Mozart
Just before his death, Mozart began work on the Requiem funeral mass.
He did not manage to complete this work. In the manuscript, the last notes put by his hand fall on t ...
Nikola Tesla
Tesla was a capable, bright student able to perform integral calculus by memory.
Of course, this aroused the disbelief of his teachers, who thought he was cheating. Finally, however, he finished his education scheduled for four years in three.
Aristotle
Around 335 BC, Aristotle founded a peripatetic school of philosophy.
Its main focus was philosophy and science taught by experience, not theory, in order to determine the “why.”
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist who lived from 1770 to 1827.
He remains one of the most admired composers in the history of music, his works are among the most frequently performed in the classical music repertoire.
Roland Garros
Garros was able to escape from captivity. He rejoined the French air force and managed to shoot down another plane.
Together with French aviation pioneer Anselme Marchal, he escaped to Belgium in February 1918 and re ...