Biography

He was born into a Serbian family, and his ancestors came from western Serbia near Montenegro.

Shakespeare’s name appears in the surviving books of Queen Elizabeth I’s treasurer as one of three so-called “Lord Chamberlain’s servants” who got paid to perform a play before the Queen at Greenwich Palace on December 26 and 28, 1594.

Shakespeare used close to a million words in 38 plays and 154 sonnets.

During one of his first journeys, Darwin received a special gift.

At the orphanage's music school, Vivaldi taught girls to play the violin but also began composing his first debut works.

At the age of 17 or 18, he joined Plato’s Academy.

Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short story writer, journalist, and sportsman whose many works are considered classics of American literature.

At the end of his sophomore year, Tesla lost his scholarship and became addicted to gambling.

Ada Lovelace lived from 1815 to 1852.

Hemingway’s home in Key West still serves as a museum dedicated to the writer.