Biography

Saturday, 31 January 2026

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Jane Austen
Made in 1996, this adaptation of "Emma" received 2 Oscar nominations - it won the statuette for Best Original Score.
The title character, Emma Woodhouse, was played by Gwyneth Partlow.
Anna Pavlova
Anna was born on February 12th, 1881 in Sankt Petersburg, Russia.
Her mother, Lyubov Feodorovna, was a laundress. There is a mystery surrounding her fatherhood, howev ...
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 ...
Robert Oppenheimer
He described himself as the loneliest man in the world.
Even as a child, he had trouble interacting with his peers. Children thought he was arrogant and tac ...
Ernest Hemingway
In 1923 Hemingway and his wife returned to Toronto, where their son Jack Hemingway (John Hadley Nicanor Hemingway) was born.
His parents called him Bumby. At the same time, Hemingway’s first collection of short stories, “Thre ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare had likely been in London since 1588. In 1592, the first printed mention of Shakespeare appeared in a pamphlet by Robert Greene - an English writer, playwright, and critic.
The author criticized Shakespeare, accused him of plagiarism, and claimed that Shakespeare was just ...
Charles Darwin
During his studies at Cambridge, his attitude toward education changed.
He focused on the natural sciences, was enthralled by the language and logic of the English theologi ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare invented many words and phraseological compounds that entered everyday usage.
The list of words he introduced into the English language counts about 600 items. For example, Shake ...
Kate Middleton
As an active member of the Royal Family, Kate Middleton performs a variety of functions.
Among the most important are public appearances, official meetings, and charity work.Kate Middleton ...
Frederic Chopin
The composer returned to Paris shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte was elected President of the Second French Republic.
Chopin's state of health was very bad, and the only homeopath doctor who could help the artist died.