Biography

On his return to Spain, the ailing Columbus requested an audience at court, but his greatest protector, Isabella of Castile, was already dead, and King Ferdinand was unwilling to receive him.

The dying Chopin asked that after his death his heart be taken from his body and sent to Warsaw.

Dali was fascinated by Hitler.

At the age of six he began taking piano lessons from Wojciech Żywny, a Polish pianist of Czech origin.

Michelangelo was given special care at the Medici court by Lorenzo de'Medici, who was interested in his work.

Her father guided Hypatia's education. It is likely that he instilled in her an interest in science. She studied philosophy, but also specialised in mathematics and astronomy.

In 1791, Wolfgang's librettist and friend Emanuel Schikaneder commissioned him to write "The Magic Flute" - a fairy tale opera (singspiel - opera with spoken interludes).

She educated successive members of Alexandria's elite, and her students held high positions.

He produced numerous scrolls in various fields of science.

She underwent psychoanalysis.