Biography

Friday, 30 January 2026

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Charles Darwin
Charles was fascinated by South America.
He was enthralled by the rainforests of Brazil, excitedly discovered the mysteries of Patagonia, and ...
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Currently, Beethoven is recognized mainly as the author of the Ninth Symphony, which he composed in 1824.
The composer spent over 30 years in Vienna, where the premieres of all his symphonies took place, in ...
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Kate Middleton
Some accuse her of being too rigid and hiding her emotions.
Life in the Royal Family, especially when one occupies the position of the wife of the heir to the t ...
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Anna Pavlova
Anna was advised to undergo surgery due to her illness but refused since it would have meant she would not be able to perform any longer.
She decided she would rather die than end her career in such a manner.
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Anna Pavlova
She was not only exceptionally talented but ambitious, dedicated, and hardworking.
She claimed that although talent is given by God, hard work transforms it into genius. Anna had to o ...
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Nikola Tesla
It took Tesla almost a full year to complete this task.
He also proposed that Edison switch to alternating current production in his power plants (they prod ...
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John Sutter
John Augustus Sutter was born on February 23, 1803, in Kandern, former Holy Roman Empire.
Kandern is now a part of Germany.
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Gaius Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was the first Roman to be officially deified.
Deification is the attribution of divine qualities to a mortal. He was posthumously given the title Divus Iulius (divine Julius) by decree of the Roman Senate on January 1, 42 BC.
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Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway’s marital relations began to deteriorate when he met Pauline Pfeiffer and got into an affair with her, and his wife found out.
Hadley asked for a separation and later filed for divorce. The couple divorced in January 1927, and ...
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Nikola Tesla
Direct current power plants came to a definitive end with Tesla's invention - the water turbine, which produces alternating current based on the energy of water flow in rivers.
In 1887, Tesla and two partners founded the Tesla Electric Company. He worked in his laboratory to improve and develop new types of electric motors, generators, and other devices.
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