Biography

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

He came from a family of American Jews.

In one entry in the Stationer’s Register of Stationer’s Company of London, a Society established in 1403 with a monopoly on the publishing industry, Shakespeare, as well as John Fletcher, Shakespeare’s associate, is credited with the authorship of the play “Cardenio” staged by the King’s Men in 1613.

Every summer, the family traveled to Windemere on Walloon Lake, where Clarence taught his son about hunting, fishing and camping in the forests of Northern Michigan. These experiences instilled in him a lifelong passion for spending time outdoors in remote areas.

He organized a network of secular schools at the elementary level.

Among Lincoln’s favorite readings were the Bible, Aesop’s Fables, “The Pilgrim’s Wanderings” by John Buyan, and “The Cases of Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe.

The National Tadeusz Kosciuszko Memorial Museum is located in Philadelphia.

At the age of four, he lost his father and was placed under the care of boyar Rodion Streshnev.

At his father's request, Michelangelo returned to Florence, where he undertook the statue of David.

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