Biography

Sunday, 16 August 2026

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Rasputin
The cult of Rasputin flourished among the ladies of St. Petersburg.
There were times when queues lined up to wash the feet of the holy man. It was rumored that he was u ...
Charles Darwin
He ate animals that were not on the menu of traditional English cuisine. He definitely did not like owls.
It was all due to a group he joined while studying at Cambridge between 1828 and 1831. There, a grou ...
Robert Oppenheimer
In 1947, Oppenheimer took a position as director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
He received a hefty salary of $20,000 a year and the opportunity to live for free in a 17th-century house, with a cook and caretaker. The house was surrounded by woods covering 107 acres.
John Sutter
Although his colony was expanding, Sutter had financial problems.
In August 1848, Sutter's son John Augustus Sutter Jr. came to the colony to help his father get out of financial difficulties.
Marilyn Monroe
She got married thrice.
For the first time, she tied the not at the age of 16.
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 ...
Kate Middleton
Many consider her a style icon.
Although her image used to be less formal, Kate Middleton has developed a style that inspires women ...
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was an American engineer of Serbian descent.
He was an electrical engineer, designer, inventor, and visionary.
Rasputin
During his early years at the Tsar's court, Rasputin went on various pilgrimages several times, including (possibly) Jerusalem in 1911.
During one stay in his native village, an attempt on his life took place. One of the members of the ...
Frederic Chopin
In 1817 the first printed work by Frederic Chopin was published. It was a polonaise in the key of G minor.
It was published in the parish typographical establishment of the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the New Town in Warsaw.