Biography

Monday, 31 August 2026

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Hypatia
A planet, an asteroid, a crater and a group of fissures (Rimae Hypatia) on the Moon are named after Hypatia.
In 2015, her name crossed the borders of the solar system. An exoplanet discovered in 2002 orbiting ...
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William Shakespeare
There are over 100 variations of the name Shakespeare. The poet was also known as Shakspere, Shakspear, Shakespere, Shaksper, Shaxper Shake-spear.
The spelling rules were not yet clearly established at the time.
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Frederic Chopin
In the autumn of 1810 the Chopin family moved to Warsaw.
They settled in a tenement house on Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, which no longer exists, and soon ...
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare used close to a million words in 38 plays and 154 sonnets.
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Ada Lovelace
At the age of seventeen, Ada was introduced to the royal court.
She quickly became the "popular beauty of the season," largely because of her "brilliant" mind. By 1 ...
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Rasputin
Rasputin's disappearance caused unrest in Tsarskoye Selo, a town containing the residence of the Russian imperial family.
The perpetrators of the murder were quickly discovered, and they wanted to punish them severely, but ...
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Anna Pavlova
Anna died on January 23rd, 1931 in Hague, Netherlands, at the age of 49.
She died of pleurisy, which was a result of a 12-hour train delay she was forced to wait out in the ...
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Antonio Vivaldi
His work at the orphanage proved to be an excellent inspiration for his work.
Located in the Ospedale della Pieta, the music school was renowned for its excellent level of musica ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte
According to historians, Napoleon was a short man, being 169 centimeters tall.
One anecdote says that during one of his deliberations, Napoleon could not reach a map lying on a sh ...
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Anna Pavlova
Anna was the principal ballerina of the Imperial Russian Ballet.
The Imperial Russian Ballet, currently known as the Kirov Ballet, was founded in the 18th century an ...
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