Biography

Thursday, 8 January 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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Peter the Great
He organized a network of secular schools at the elementary level.
He reformed the existing Cyrillic alphabet, creating a new script. He established the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
Roland Garros
In 1988, a 10-franc coin with a portrait of Roland Garros was released in France.
It was a gesture to commemorate the 100th birthday of the aviator.
Ernest Hemingway
Neither Snowball (Snow White) nor the other cats living with Hemingway were the only cats in his life.
Since childhood, wherever he lived and worked, he was accompanied by cats, with whom he shared a par ...
Peter the Great
In Poland, there is a giant oak tree in the village of Toporów, which was named the Peter I Oak in honor of Peter the Great.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Despite the enemy's overwhelming strength, the Polish army managed to achieve victory at the Battle of Zieleniec.
To commemorate this victory, the King established the Order of Virtuti Militari. The first list of awarded includes, among others, the name of Major General Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
Jane Austen
In 2017, a £10 bill with Jane Austen's likeness was introduced into circulation in the United Kingdom.
It is the only British banknote to have an image of a woman on the reverse (apart from the British Queen, whose image is on the obverse as an image of the monarch).
Frederic Chopin
As early as 1836, Chopin met the French writer Aurora Dudevant, known as George Sand, who was six years older.
The couple existed as a relationship only in gossip; George Sand herself claimed to be Chopin's seco ...
Ada Lovelace
After her first meeting with Charles Babbage, Lovelace visited him whenever she could.
Babbage was impressed with her intellect and analytical skills. He called her the "The Enchantress o ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In high school, Volodymyr was nicknamed Hammer, after the popular American rapper MC Hammer.
Later he was called Green (after his surname). Volodymyr's interest in humanistic subjects was the cause of his father's displeasure, as he wanted his son to study science - mathematics and physics.
Ernest Hemingway
Throughout his life, including in his prose, Ernest Hemingway emphasized the importance of male strength.
His biographers tried to explain this fact with an emotional need to exorcise the painful memory of his mother, who emphasized her superiority over Ernest’s father.