Biography

Oppenheimer was never a spy for the Soviet Union. This was determined in 2009 based on extensive analysis of KGB archives

Shakespeare’s father was probably an obscure Catholic.

During the uprising, Kosciuszko reformed the Polish army, introducing many innovations.

A major boost to the state budget was France's sale of the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803.

Like her sister Aloysia, Constance Weber was a singer.

Thanks to the Corsican governor's patronage, he was admitted to a military school in Brienne-le-Chateau.

His funeral was attended by 600 of his scientific, political and military colleagues.

Anna was advised to undergo surgery due to her illness but refused since it would have meant she would not be able to perform any longer.

Ada Lovelace befriended her tutor Mary Somerville.Mary Somerville was a Scottish physicist, writer and scholar. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel (a British astronomer) were elected as the first honorary members of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Many wealthy Viennese noticed his abilities and offered him financial support, including Prince Joseph Franz Lobkowitz, Prince Charles Lichnowsky, and Baron Gottfried van Swieten.