Biography

Thursday, 11 June 2026

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Tadeusz Kosciuszko
An opportunity arose for Kosciuszko to pursue a military career in the army of the Republic, as one of the first resolutions of the Four-Year Sejm was to raise the army to 100,000.
In October 1789, Kosciuszko received an appointment signed by the King as a major general of the cro ...
Charles III
Charles III is the first-born son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
He was born in London on November 14, 1948, the first of four royal children. He was followed by Ann ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Also of great distinction was Kosciuszko's admission (as one of three foreigners) by fellow combatants to the Society of the Cincinnati, founded by the most distinguished officers.
The Society of the Cincinnati was an association formed by veterans of the American Revolution on Ma ...
Abraham Lincoln
Among Lincoln’s favorite readings were the Bible, Aesop’s Fables, “The Pilgrim’s Wanderings” by John Buyan, and “The Cases of Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe.
Anna Pavlova
She loved animals.
She possessed several cats, including a Siamese can, dogs, birds, and swans.
Roland Garros
On the eve of World War I, Garros was in the German Reich. It was there that he learned of the impending conflict.
He arrived in Germany at the invitation of Helmut Hirth, an aeronautical engineer, who gave Garros a ...
Nikola Tesla
At the end of his sophomore year, Tesla lost his scholarship and became addicted to gambling.
He lost his allowance and tuition money - he played pool. When it was time for exams, he was unprepa ...
John Sutter
He wanted to build a town named Sutterville.
His son, John Augustus Sutter Jr., proposed the name Sacramento, derived from the Sacramento River. ...
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was an American engineer of Serbian descent.
He was an electrical engineer, designer, inventor, and visionary.
Hypatia
She probably never left her hometown.
Some scholars believe that Hypatia was educated in Athens, but it is more likely that she never left ...