Biography

Monday, 17 November 2025

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Nikola Tesla
Edison was surprised by Tesla's success and began campaigning on the dangers of using A.C.
Tesla's installations began to take over the market for the production and transmission of electrici ...
Michelangelo
The son overcame his father's resistance and entered the studio of Domenico Ghirlandaio, a famous Florentine painter at the age of thirteen.
He learned the fresco painting technique from him and seemed to have discovered his vocation, but then he became fascinated by sculpture. Again he had to convince his father to change his decisions.
Ernest Hemingway
For several years, it was believed his death was an accident.
Mary claimed his shotgun had fired while her husband was cleaning it. Considering Hemingway’s life - ...
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 ...
Ada Lovelace
Although she never knew her father, she was fascinated by him throughout her life.
Ada showed an aptitude for poetry, but her mother tried to discourage her because she believed that ...
Amadeus Mozart
The performances of talented children brought splendor and, above all, material benefits to the family.
Practically all of Amadeus' childhood was spent traveling and giving concerts at European courts, wh ...
Homer
According to tradition, Homer died in old age on the island of Chios.
Amadeus Mozart
Mozart died as a very young man, he was only 35 years old. He died in Vienna on December 5, 1791.
For many years, it was not known what caused his death. Although a bloodletting by a medic, two hour ...
Homer
According to some legends, Homer was blind.
In some dialects of ancient Greek, the name Homer meant blind ('not seeing'). It is possible that in ...
Charles Darwin
In 1839, Darwin married his cousin Emma Wedgwood.
The Darwins had ten children. Two died in infancy, and their beloved daughter Annie died at the age ...