Biography

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

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Homer
He is credited with the authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
According to accounts, these two great works of Homer were passed down orally until the time of Pisi ...
Peter the Great
Peter the Great is Vladimir Putin's favorite historical figure.
Nikola Tesla
Nikola was the fourth of five children.
He had three sisters, Milka, Angelina, and Marica, and an older brother named Dane, who died in a horseback riding accident when Nikola was five.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Faced with this state of affairs, he left for Dresden but did not find a position there either - he sought to enter service at the Saxon court or the Elector's army.
He left again for Paris and learned about the war in America - the war for American independence - t ...
Frederic Chopin
In 1818, the first review of Chopin's works was published in print.
Jane Austen
The city of Bath in the county of Somerset is home to the Jane Austen Centre.
The writer lived in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and the city is the setting for her two novels: "Northan ...
Robert Oppenheimer
When Ernest Rutherford introduced him to the Danish Nobel laureate Niels Bohr at a university conference, he was delighted and the conversation with him restored his confidence in his own abilities and skills. He decided to pursue theoretical physics.
He chose to go to the world center of theoretical physics - the University of Göttingen, where he co ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
At the age of 27, he married the widowed aristocrat Josephine de Beauharnais (she was the mistress of many influential politicians after her husband's death).
After marrying Josephine, Buonaparte changed his name, giving it a French spelling and pronunciation ...
Charles III
The king received a thorough education.
Charles's education began at Hill House School in London and continued at Cheam preparatory school i ...
Hypatia
Bishop Cyril harboured a deep, pathological hatred for Hypatia.
He envied the mathematician's wisdom and extensive astronomical knowledge, but above all her popular ...