Biography

Byron was disappointed by the birth of his daughter, he expected a son, "a wonderful boy". The girl was named after Byron's half-sister (his great love), Augusta Leighi; Byron called her Ada.

Ada Lovelace befriended her tutor Mary Somerville.Mary Somerville was a Scottish physicist, writer and scholar. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel (a British astronomer) were elected as the first honorary members of the Royal Astronomical Society.

His favorite song was an American chant written by Daniel Emmett, “Dixie.”

Jane Austen died on 18 July 1817 in Winchester at the age of 41.

Eugene Adrien Roland Georges Garros was a French aviation pioneer and fighter pilot.

He was so absorbed in teaching that he lost touch with reality. He didn't read newspapers, listen to radio news, or use the telephone.

During the American Revolution, volunteers from several European countries took part in the colonies' side.

Ernest Hemingway was a great cat lover.

Thanks to the Corsican governor's patronage, he was admitted to a military school in Brienne-le-Chateau.

In Munich, Amadeus met the sixteen-year-old soprano Aloysia Weber and fell in love with her.