Biography

Monday, 1 June 2026

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Robert Oppenheimer
He took a course in thermodynamics taught by Professor Percy Bridgman.
He then became interested in experimental physics. Since there were no world-class experimental phys ...
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William Shakespeare
Power is considered the most essential theme of his dramas.
Shakespeare depicts it as a destructive and demoralizing phenomenon with severe consequences for the ...
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Peter the Great
He subordinated the Orthodox Church to the state, allowing Russia to take over the cultural tradition of Byzantium.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
After his return to Kryvyi Rih, Volodymyr began to study at the secondary school No. 95.
It was a school with an intensive English program. All the teachers of the school remember Volodymyr ...
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Salvador Dali
He created about 1500 paintings.
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Peter the Great
In Poland, there is a giant oak tree in the village of Toporów, which was named the Peter I Oak in honor of Peter the Great.
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Christopher Columbus
He had to wait some time before organizing the third expedition (1498-1500), as it was difficult for him to regain the lost confidence of the people.
He set out for the west with six ships. Three of them he immediately sent back to Haiti, with the others he sailed to the southwest hoping to find the Asian continent.
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Ernest Hemingway
In 1923 Hemingway and his wife returned to Toronto, where their son Jack Hemingway (John Hadley Nicanor Hemingway) was born.
His parents called him Bumby. At the same time, Hemingway’s first collection of short stories, “Thre ...
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Aristotle
As a reward for teaching his son, Philip II of Macedon freed the inhabitants of Aristotle’s hometown of Stagira from slavery.
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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 ...
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