Biography

Thursday, 13 August 2026

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Robert Oppenheimer
He was admitted to the honorary society Phi Beta Kappa ( ΦΒΚ ).
To compensate for a year's delay in starting his studies, he took six courses each semester (Harvard ...
Jane Austen
Jane received her education primarily at home, learning drawing, music, and dance.
Jane's parents were avid readers, which they also strongly encouraged their daughter to do. As a res ...
John Sutter
John Augustus Sutter was born on February 23, 1803, in Kandern, former Holy Roman Empire.
Kandern is now a part of Germany.
Alfred Nobel
The Nobel family came from Östra Nöbbelöv, a village in Skåne, hence the family name.
The first member of the family was Petrus Olai Nobelius, who married Wendela Rudbeck, daughter of th ...
Nikola Tesla
In 1881, Tesla moved to Budapest to work for the telegraph company of Tivadar Puskás de Ditró, the Hungarian inventor of the telephone exchange and pioneer of telephony.
However, the company was still in the organizational stage, so he was initially employed by the Cent ...
Sting
On October 10th, 2003, Sting was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for his countless contributions to music.
Gaius Julius Caesar
He was the initiator of the creation of the Julian calendar.
The author of the calendar was the Greek astronomer Sosygenes and it was introduced in 45 BC. The ca ...
Anna Pavlova
In 1980, Igor Carl Fabergé, a member of the family whose company launched the Fabergé Eggs, licensed a collection of crystal wine glasses in commemoration of the centenary of Pavlova’s birth.
Jane Austen
In 1995, a television adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" - a miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, was awarded an Emmy statuette.
Marilyn Monroe
Her path to fame started in a factory.
She was employed at Radioplane Munitions Factory, where she met a photographer David Conover, and decided to leave her current life behind and try her hand at modelling.