Biography

He defended his doctorate at the age of twenty-two.

Ada Lovelace lived from 1815 to 1852.

On his return to Spain, the ailing Columbus requested an audience at court, but his greatest protector, Isabella of Castile, was already dead, and King Ferdinand was unwilling to receive him.

Hemingway had a special bond with his black and white male cat, Boise.

As a widower, Columbus met Beatriz Enriquez in Spain, whom he never married but left her a large portion of his fortune.

At the age of six he began taking piano lessons from Wojciech Żywny, a Polish pianist of Czech origin.

The composer was originally buried at the St. Marx cemetery in Vienna, from which in 1888 the remains of the deceased were moved to the newly established Central Cemetery in Vienna, where they were placed in a grave adjacent to Schubert's.

He played the title role in a comedy series "Servant of the Nation".

American astronomer Edward Bowell named Kosciuszko for one of the asteroids he discovered.

Caesar is said to have suffered from epilepsy.