Biography

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

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Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer's family was wealthy.
The Oppenheimers lived in Manhattan, a neighborhood known for its luxury mansions and townhouses. Th ...
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Amadeus Mozart
Mozart received a commission from Munich to write a grand opera for the start of the opera season in that city in December 1780.
He wrote "Idomeneo, King of Crete" and traveled to Munich to supervise rehearsals and conduct the pr ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte
He was born as Napoleone di Buonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica, on August 15, 1769.
He was the son of an indigent nobleman of Italian descent, Carlo Maria Buonaparte, and his wife, Let ...
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Jane Austen
Jane's mother, Cassandra Leigh, came from a prominent family-her father was a rector of All Souls College in Oxford.
He met his eight-years younger wife when Cassandra came to Oxford to visit her uncle. George's family was not present at the wedding, and the bride wore a red riding suit.
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Nikola Tesla
In 1913, Tesla patented a bladeless disc turbine - his 100th patent.
Tesla was mainly concerned with the subject of electricity. He experimented with various methods of ...
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Frederic Chopin
Chopin's relationship with George Sand lasted almost until the last years of the composer's life, ending in 1847.
Chopin greatly outlived this separation, and after leaving Nohant he did not compose any significant works.
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Charles III
His marriage to Lady Diana was tumultuous from the start.
The couple had two sons: Wilhelm (born June 21, 1982) and Henry (born September 15, 1984). The famil ...
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Salvador Dali
Dali and his beloved wife Helena Diakonova, better known as Gala, loved to organize lavish parties.
They were extremely extravagant and required a lot of creativity and courage from the invited guests ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte
During Napoleon's reign, France was involved in more than a dozen wars, in variable coalitions, with all European countries taking part.
Napoleon fought in Austria, Spain, and Germany, where he won great victories (Marengo, Ulm, Austerli ...
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Frederic Chopin
In the autumn of 1810 the Chopin family moved to Warsaw.
They settled in a tenement house on Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, which no longer exists, and soon ...
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