Biography

His work at the orphanage proved to be an excellent inspiration for his work.

The Stade Roland Garros tennis complex in Paris is named after Roland Garros.

Based on the information he gathered, Columbus was convinced that by traveling west, one could reach Asia.

Six-fingered cats - Hemingway cats - were named in honor of Ernest Hemingway.

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.

Charles Darwin died after a long illness on April 19, 1882, at the age of 73.

At nineteen, he married Praskovia Fedorovna Dubrovna, with whom he had four children.

In 1911, he set an altitude record of 3950 meters.

She ranked 6th in the list of the Greatest Actresses of All Time published by the American Film Institute.

Eventually, both brothers became tsars, with their sister Sophia as regent.