Biography

Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from ailurophobia - an irrational, terrifying fear of cats.

Chopin studied at the Warsaw School of Music, where he began learning harmony and counterpoint with Joseph Elsner.

He was born into a peasant family in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye in Tyumen Oblast.

During her career, Anna performed over four thousand times.

Shakespeare’s works have inspired filmmakers. Some 420 full-length films were based on his works.

Both of Mozart's sons never married and left no offspring.

Beethoven's income during this period came from the publication of his works, from their performances, and from patrons for whom he performed private concerts and exclusive copies of the works they commissioned before their publication.

Anna settled at the Ivy House in Golders Green, London, in 1912.

After the annexation of Crimea and the establishment of separatist republics in Donbass, Volodymyr Zelenski stopped cooperating with Russian television.

Her father guided Hypatia's education. It is likely that he instilled in her an interest in science. She studied philosophy, but also specialised in mathematics and astronomy.