Biography

According to some legends, Homer was blind.

Chopin's relationship with George Sand lasted almost until the last years of the composer's life, ending in 1847.

Oppenheimer's team developed two bomb designs.

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.

Darwin worked very hard and neglected his health.

Anna graduated from the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet School at the age of 18.

He subordinated the Orthodox Church to the state, allowing Russia to take over the cultural tradition of Byzantium.

Anna was born on February 12th, 1881 in Sankt Petersburg, Russia.

Since Ludwig showed musical talent from an early age, his father, following the example of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, wanted to turn him into a "child prodigy".

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