Biography

Thursday, 20 August 2026

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Jane Austen
Jane's mother, Cassandra Leigh, came from a prominent family-her father was a rector of All Souls College in Oxford.
He met his eight-years younger wife when Cassandra came to Oxford to visit her uncle. George's family was not present at the wedding, and the bride wore a red riding suit.
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Christopher Columbus
This time the king responded decisively, sending Francisco Fernandez de Bobadilla west, equipped with far-reaching powers.
Upon arriving in Haiti, Bobadilla had Columbus and his son Diego arrested and sent back to Spain in ...
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Kate Middleton
As an active member of the Royal Family, Kate Middleton performs a variety of functions.
Among the most important are public appearances, official meetings, and charity work.Kate Middleton ...
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Aristotle
Out of over 200 scrolls and manuscripts written by Aristotle, approximately 31 have survived to the present day.
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Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway’s home in Key West still serves as a museum dedicated to the writer.
Legend has it that the Hemingway family purchased the pool worth $20,000 in the 1930s (the equivalen ...
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Abraham Lincoln
He loved telling stories and anecdotes, especially in situations where he could not openly express his opinion.
During the escape of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, when asked by General Sherman whether he ...
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Ada Lovelace
In September 2022, Nvidia Corporation announced the Ada Lovelace graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture, the successor to the Ampere architecture.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He played the title role in a comedy series "Servant of the Nation".
The 2015 series told the story of how, through a video recorded for a joke, its main character, quit ...
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Christopher Columbus
Columbus was accused of extreme brutality againts indigenious people.
Some claimed that he refused to baptize the natives just to have an opportunity to abuse them withou ...
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Marilyn Monroe
Her photo graced the first-ever front cover of Playboy magazine.
The magazine launched in 1953.
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