Biography

Saturday, 18 May 2024

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Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist.
He lived from 1904 to 1967.
Napoleon Bonaparte
At the internment, Napoleon stayed for six years. He stayed there in the company of a small group of dedicated comrades-in-arms. He spent his time dictating his memoirs and taking solitary walks along the ocean shore.
He died on May 5, 1821, at the age of 51. In 1840, his remains were transported to Paris, where he w ...
Charles Darwin
In his adult life he also ate unusual animals.
This was dictated by the lack of access to traditional foods while travelling in South American coun ...
Ernest Hemingway
Grace Hall-Hemingway followed the Victorian convention of not differentiating children’s clothing by gender.
She wanted the eldest daughter Marcelline and the year younger Ernest to look like twins. So the chi ...
Antonio Vivaldi
His father most likely taught Antonio to play the violin.
He made his first public appearance in 1696, playing with his father in the basilica as a violinist. ...
Homer
The movie"Troy", which premiered in 2004, is an adaptation of the "Iliad".
It was directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The main roles were played by Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Peter O'Toole, Eric Bana, Sean Bean.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770 in a house at Bonnstrasse 20, where the Beethoven-Haus Museum is now located.
There is no authentic record of his date of birth, but a record of his baptism has been preserved, w ...
Hypatia
She was the daughter of the mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Theon of Alexandria.
Theon was an active scholar, he is known to have observed the solar eclipse that took place in Alexa ...
Nikola Tesla
Nikola was the fourth of five children.
He had three sisters, Milka, Angelina, and Marica, and an older brother named Dane, who died in a horseback riding accident when Nikola was five.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He is a wealthy person.
When registering as a presidential candidate, he submitted a declaration of assets showing that he o ...