Biography

Hemingway was mentally in terrible shape, worrying about money and his safety.

"Northanger Abbey" is a parody of the so-called Gothic novel, a literary genre extremely popular in Britain at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Already separated from Pauline, Hemingway moved out of Key West to a summer residence in Ketchum, Idaho.

During the Hellenistic period, Homer was the object of hero worship in several cities.

He made his public debut in Vienna in 1795.

In 1596, thanks to Shakespeare’s efforts, his father was granted a noble title.

Oppenheimer's family was wealthy.

Upon his return to Poland, which had been partitioned by Russia, Austria, and Prussia three years earlier, he found no employment in the army (the Polish army at the time was reduced to 10,000 soldiers).

Tesla then went to Paris, where he worked at the Continental Edison Company. This company manufactured generators, motors, and lighting based on the patents of Thomas A. Edison.

Columbus' second expedition took place between 1493 and 1494.