Biography

Saturday, 13 December 2025

Did you know?

John Sutter
Founding Sacramento turned out to be a success.
This made John Sutter jealous and bitter, which was reflected in his relationship with son. All vent ...
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was one of the pioneers of roentgenology.
Independently of attempts by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen, widely recognized as the discoverer ...
Anna Pavlova
Anna’s ashes are stored in a columbarium at Golders Green Crematorium.
Her urn was decorated with a ballet shoe, which was stolen. Currently, the decoration involves a dancing ballerina and a swan.Dandré’s urn is placed below his wife’s.
Hypatia
Her father guided Hypatia's education. It is likely that he instilled in her an interest in science. She studied philosophy, but also specialised in mathematics and astronomy.
Together with her father, she worked on the edition of Euclid's Elements and commentaries on the wor ...
Frederic Chopin
Chopin studied at the Warsaw School of Music, where he began learning harmony and counterpoint with Joseph Elsner.
Joseph Elsner was a Polish composer of German origin, educator, music culture activist, music theori ...
Charles III
Charles publicly admitted his infidelity. In a documentary aired in June 1994, the future king confessed to an extramarital relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles that lasted several years.
 On August 28, 1996, Charles and Diana's marriage officially ended. However, Charles had no official relationship with Camilla, who had been divorced since 1995. 
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In 2006 he won the Ukrainian edition of "Dancing with the Stars".
In the program he danced with his partner Olena Shoptenko. After this performance he became probably ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He spent several years of his early childhood in Mongolia.
When he was a few years old, the family moved to Erdenet - now the second largest city in Mongolia a ...
Sting
His bandmate from "Phoenix Jazzman" gave him the nickname Sting because of the black and yellow striped sweater he often wore during performances.
Charles Darwin
HMS Beagle returned from the expedition in 1836.
The publication of Darwin's voyage diary was met with great interest by the British.