Biography

Thursday, 15 January 2026

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Jane Austen
Jane's father, George Austin, was an educated minister of the Anglican Church.
As a promising young man, he won an academic scholarship that enabled him to study at Oxford's St. J ...
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Jane Austen
An admirer of Jane's novels was the Prince Regent - later King George IV, who kept a set of all her novels in every residence.
Upon hearing that Jane Austen was in London before the publication of "Emma," the Duke instructed hi ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Among the reforms to improve the functioning of the state were some very innovative ventures.
Napoleon introduced in France, for the first time in the world, compulsory free education in public ...
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Charles III
As a member of the royal family, Charles has been a patron of charitable initiatives.
Over the years of his life, various institutions were established, such as the Prince of Wales Chari ...
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Anna Pavlova
She loved animals.
She possessed several cats, including a Siamese can, dogs, birds, and swans.
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Aristotle
He produced numerous scrolls in various fields of science.
He contributed to anatomy, astronomy, geology, embryology (along with his first wife), zoology, geog ...
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Rasputin
The Tsar tried to save the monarchy, which was losing prestige, by strengthening his power through personal castling, largely contrary to Russia's state interests.
Since Nicholas II spent all his time outside St. Petersburg, at the headquarters of the Russian mili ...
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Nikola Tesla
Toward the end of his life, Tesla worked obsessively on the concept of free energy.
In 1901, he patented a free energy receiver called the Radiant Energy Apparatus. The patent applies to the sun, as well as other sources of radiant energy, such as cosmic rays.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon divorced Josephine (she did not give him an heir) and married Marie Louise - daughter of the defeated Austrian Emperor Francis II.
Maria Louisa bore him a son - Napoleon II. He was the emperor's only legitimate son.
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Christopher Columbus
He traveled to the American mainland and reached the coast south of the mouth of the Orinoco.
Continuing along the coast in a westerly direction, the expedition discovered Trinidad. He then retu ...
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