Biography

Sunday, 24 May 2026

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John Sutter
He spoke three languages.
Besides Swiss French, which was his native language, he also learned English and Spanish before traveling to the USA.
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway missed Paris very much, found Toronto boring and wanted to return to a writer’s life instead of living the life of a journalist.
He returned to Paris in 1924 and edited the monthly literary magazine The Transatlantic Review.
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was a great cat lover.
His home in Key West currently houses about 50 cats, most of which are descendants of Hemingway’s pe ...
Charles Darwin
Charles was fascinated by South America.
He was enthralled by the rainforests of Brazil, excitedly discovered the mysteries of Patagonia, and ...
Abraham Lincoln
At a very young age, he lost his younger brother Thomas due to illness, and his mother died shortly thereafter.
A few years later he also lost his older sister, who died of postpartum fever.
Jane Austen
In Joe Wright's 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, young lovers struggling with social conventions, barriers, and prejudices were played by Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.
Amadeus Mozart
Amadeus practically never left Vienna anymore. His father died, and he began to sink into depression.
In such a depressed state, he threw himself into composing. Two of his best-known operas were writte ...
Constantine the Great
In 325 he decided to establish the capital in the city of Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople - the city of Constantine (now Istanbul).
The inauguration ceremony of the new capital city took place in the year 330. The city later became ...
Michelangelo
Lodovico was not interested in the children, for whom he was cold and strict, especially Michelangelo.
Unfortunately, the father was a man whose only interest in life was money, which he wasn't able to e ...
Michelangelo
Michelangelo loved Florence, but his most exciting assignments were in Rome.
He was eager to take advantage of them because he felt it would enhance his position as a well-known ...