Biography

Monday, 1 December 2025

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Charles Darwin
He was a great opponent of slavery.
During his travels, he witnessed a slave hunt in West Africa, which he described as "barbaric and shocking."
Hypatia
She was the head of the famous Platonic School in Alexandria and many students flocked to her lectures.
From about 400 she was the head of the Platonic School in Alexandria. She taught mathematics, philos ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven worked a lot, led a destructive lifestyle, lived in poor conditions, had many personal problems, and, in addition, suffered from numerous diseases - this led to very severe exhaustion of his body.
He struggled with intestinal disease throughout his life, including dropsy and cirrhosis of the live ...
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin lived from 1809 to 1882.
He was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, author of the theory of evolution, which is considered a fundamental concept in science.
Christopher Columbus
He was probably born in Genoa in the year 1451.
There is no unanimity among historians about the origin of Columbus -  several theories about it hav ...
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway’s home in Key West still serves as a museum dedicated to the writer.
Legend has it that the Hemingway family purchased the pool worth $20,000 in the 1930s (the equivalen ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
Among the reforms to improve the functioning of the state were some very innovative ventures.
Napoleon introduced in France, for the first time in the world, compulsory free education in public ...
Ernest Hemingway
For several years, it was believed his death was an accident.
Mary claimed his shotgun had fired while her husband was cleaning it. Considering Hemingway’s life - ...
Amadeus Mozart
He was born in an apartment building at Getreidegasse 9, in the so-called "Hagenauer House."
The composer's house on Makrtplatz and the tenement on Getreidegasse, now house museums dedicated to the musician.
Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin's career at the Tsar's court began in Poland, specifically at the Tsar's residence in Spala, which was then in the Kingdom of Poland.
There, he managed to convince Tsarina Alexandra and gain her trust.