Biography

Wednesday, 8 July 2026

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Nikola Tesla
Tesla and Edison were in constant conflict.
In 1915, a report by the Reuters Agency claimed a Nobel Prize for Tesla and Edison, but the news was ...
William Shakespeare
The farce “The Comedy of Errors” is Shakespeare’s shortest comedy at 1,770 lines. His most extended play is “Hamlet,” with 4042 lines.
Nikola Tesla
In 1879, Nikola Tesla suffered a nervous breakdown.
His father came to Maribor and begged his son to return home, but he refused. He was soon detained b ...
Ada Lovelace
The Ada computer language was developed at the request of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was named in honor of Ada Lovelace.
In 1981, the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) established the Ada Lovelace Award. Since 1998, the British Computer Society has awarded the Lovelace Medal.
Homer
The authorship and circumstances of the Iliad and the Odyssey have been debated for centuries. The lack of reliable information about Homer's life has led some scholars to hypothesise that Homer never existed.
In the 3rd century BC, Alexandrian critics - the so-called Chorizontes ('dividers') - believed that ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
When Bonaparte was sixteen, his father died.
Napoleon always respected his mother, treating her with typical Corsican reverence. His attitude tow ...
Charles III
His first foreign trip as King was to Germany, which he visited on March 29, 2023.
He was the first British monarch to deliver a speech to the German parliament.
Charles III
However, his love for nature did not immediately eradicate his love for hunting.
Charles was a lover of fox hunting, which was banned in the Isles in 2004. One issue Charles tried t ...
John Sutter
He spoke three languages.
Besides Swiss French, which was his native language, he also learned English and Spanish before traveling to the USA.
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was a great cat lover.
His home in Key West currently houses about 50 cats, most of which are descendants of Hemingway’s pe ...