Biography

Thursday, 9 October 2025
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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Frederic Chopin
At that time Chopin did indeed begin to fall seriously ill, probably with tuberculosis, although recently it has been said that it could be cystic fibrosis.
John Sutter
He got married to Annette Dubold in 1824.
They had five children. His oldest son, John Augustus Sutter was a founder of Sacramento.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
At the age of 23, he opened a tavern with his friend William Berry. Unfortunately, the partner’s alc ...
Marilyn Monroe
She got married thrice.
For the first time, she tied the not at the age of 16.
Christopher Columbus
On his second expedition, Columbus chose a more southerly route.
He sailed to the Lesser Antilles, discovered Dominica, Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe, Antigua, and Puert ...
Amadeus Mozart
Mozart died as a very young man, he was only 35 years old. He died in Vienna on December 5, 1791.
For many years, it was not known what caused his death. Although a bloodletting by a medic, two hour ...
Rasputin
Women adored Rasputin. He was their guide, not only spiritually.
Among his female admirers were bohemians, court ladies and aristocrats. He never had enough of women ...
Anna Pavlova
Some sources claim Anna wished to be considered a product of her mother’s early marriage, so she claimed her father was a man named Pavel, who died when she was a toddler.
She claimed he was married to her mother before she married Matvej Pavlov.
Charles Darwin
During one of his first journeys, Darwin received a special gift.
On his twenty-fifth birthday (February 12, 1834), the ship's captain, Robert FitzRoy, named the newly discovered highest mountain in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago a Mount Darvin.
Sting
He intended to become a teacher and enrolled at the Northern Counties Teacher Training College (now Northumbria University).