Biography

Thursday, 23 January 2025
21 facts about Ada Lovelace
21 facts about Ada Lovelace
The first female programmer
Ada Lovelace was a British poet and mathematician who lived in the first half of the 19th century. She was the daughter of one of Britain's greatest d ...

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Michelangelo
Wanting to learn more about human anatomy, he secretly performed autopsies in the hospital (Santo Spirito Monastery).
As a token of his gratitude, Michelangelo carved a wooden crucifix for the monastery, which is the only polychrome wooden sculpture in the artist's oeuvre.
Ada Lovelace
She wanted to be buried next to her father.
Although she didn't know him, he was in her thoughts all her life. She even named her two sons Byron ...
Aristotle
Aristotle put great effort into studying logic.
He proposed a new concept called Syllogism he described in his work on deductive reasoning, Prior An ...
Kate Middleton
The relationship with the Prince brought her to the attention of the media.
Their relationship became public in 2004, after their first break up in 2003. Kate was accompanying ...
Peter the Great
In Poland, there is a giant oak tree in the village of Toporów, which was named the Peter I Oak in honor of Peter the Great.
Frederic Chopin
At the age of six he began taking piano lessons from Wojciech Żywny, a Polish pianist of Czech origin.
Żywny taught Chopin for six years. He acquainted Frederic with works of the baroque and classical mu ...
William Shakespeare
In 1596, thanks to Shakespeare’s efforts, his father was granted a noble title.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Thanks to Napoleon's military concept, the history of ancient Egypt was rediscovered in Europe.
To end the war with Great Britain, the last country of the First Anti-French Coalition, formed in 17 ...
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in the family home on Henley Street.
The exact date of William Shakespeare’s birth is unknown. Parish records show he was baptized on April 26th, 1564, so it is assumed that he was born three days earlier, on April 23rd, 1564.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo created many monumental works in Rome.
He led the construction of St. Peter's Basilica and did so until the end of his life. Unfortunately, ...