Biography

Sunday, 23 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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Aristotle
Aristotle was the first ancient philosopher who would rely on science and logic.
Other great thinkers of his time, such as Socrates and Plato, discarded Aristotle’s fondness for factual and scientific reasoning in favor of philosophical thought.
Amadeus Mozart
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).
It is one of Mozart's most recognizable operas. Some see in it the author's connections with Freemas ...
Aristotle
Because of Aristotle’s Macedonian ties, he fled Athens and ventured to the court of his father-in-law, Hermias of Atarneus.
Anti-Macedonian sentiments grew stronger in Athens around Plato’s death, and Aristotle may have feared some sort of retaliation, even though he was not of Macedonian origin, but an Ionian Greek.
William Shakespeare
At 18, Shakespeare married 26-years old Anne Hathaway. Because of the age difference and Anne’s pregnancy, it was suspected that the wedding was a necessity.
They had three children, a daughter Susanna, born in 1583, and twins Hamnet and Judith, born in 1585 ...
Homer
"The Aeneid" - the epic by the Roman poet Virgil is a direct reference to the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey".
The Roman epic was written in hexameter in the first century BC.  In twelve books of 9892 verses, it describes the story of the Trojan Aeneas, the legendary protoploss of the Romans.
Ernest Hemingway
During World War I, Hemingway sought to be sent to the Italian front.
In December 1917, after being rejected by the U.S. Army due to poor eyesight, he was sent to the Ita ...
Frederic Chopin
He worked less and less, limiting the number of lessons to more advanced students.
His apartment became a place for evening meetings of friends. Most of his time was spent in the comp ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
He was the initiator of the creation of the Julian calendar.
The author of the calendar was the Greek astronomer Sosygenes and it was introduced in 45 BC. The ca ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770 in a house at Bonnstrasse 20, where the Beethoven-Haus Museum is now located.
There is no authentic record of his date of birth, but a record of his baptism has been preserved, w ...
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was given special care at the Medici court by Lorenzo de'Medici, who was interested in his work.
He provided him with an apartment on the palace grounds, an education, and a steady salary.