Biography

Thursday, 29 January 2026

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Robert Oppenheimer
His funeral was attended by 600 of his scientific, political and military colleagues.
The scientist's body was cremated, and his ashes placed in an urn were thrown into the sea by Oppenheimer's wife.
Ludwig van Beethoven
At the peak of his virtuoso fame, in the period 1796-1798, Beethoven experienced the first symptoms of deafness.
Initially, he treated it as a short-term indisposition of the body, but over time, he realized that ...
Michelangelo
He became a very distrustful man, filled with artistic jealousy.
He was convinced of the unkindness of other artists. He considered Leonardo da Vinci his enemy - a m ...
Jane Austen
Jane Austen's first novel - "Sense and Sensibility" was published in 1811 in three volumes as a work, "By a Lady."
The first version of the novel, previously titled "Elinor and Marianne," was written in 1795 as a co ...
Peter the Great
Peter the Great is Vladimir Putin's favorite historical figure.
Michelangelo
Wanting to learn more about human anatomy, he secretly performed autopsies in the hospital (Santo Spirito Monastery).
As a token of his gratitude, Michelangelo carved a wooden crucifix for the monastery, which is the only polychrome wooden sculpture in the artist's oeuvre.
Rasputin
Since the poison did not work, it was decided to shoot Rasputin. But the first shot wounded him only slightly.
Rasputin had some supernatural strength because not only under the effect of the poison and with his ...
Rasputin
Some scientific journals report that Rasputin's ribs were fused together, giving him extraordinary physical strength.
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway’s second son Patrick was born in 1928 in Kansas City.
While staying with his first son in New York, he received a telegram about his father’s suicide. Mom ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
During the uprising, Kosciuszko reformed the Polish army, introducing many innovations.
Due to the lack of sufficient weapons, he ordered the formation of peasant troops armed with war scy ...