Biography

Friday, 16 January 2026

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Ernest Hemingway
Contrary to prevailing legend, Hemingway was not the first person in liberated Paris, nor did he liberate the Ritz Hotel.
While there, he reconciled with Gertrude Stein and visited Pablo Picasso and Sylvia Beach.
Kate Middleton
Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born on January 9th, 1982, in Reading.
Kate’s parents, Carole and Michael, met at work; the Princess’ mother worked as a flight attendant a ...
Aristotle
In 343 BC, Aristotle became tutoring Alexander the Great.
He has done so at the request of Alexander’s father, Philip II of Macedon.
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer dominated all scientific discussions.
He was so enthusiastic that he sometimes took over the seminar, which did not please the other parti ...
Anna Pavlova
Anna was the principal ballerina of the Imperial Russian Ballet.
The Imperial Russian Ballet, currently known as the Kirov Ballet, was founded in the 18th century an ...
Charles III
The British monarch is a talented watercolorist. The Telegraph described him as one of the highest earning artists in the British Isles.
 He was expected to earn £2 million from the sale of his paintings. However, the profit from the sal ...
Ada Lovelace
The Ada computer language was developed at the request of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was named in honor of Ada Lovelace.
In 1981, the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) established the Ada Lovelace Award. Since 1998, the British Computer Society has awarded the Lovelace Medal.
Antonio Vivaldi
He wrote his first opera "Ottone in villa" at the age of 35.
It premiered on May 17, 1713, at the Teatro delle Grazie in Vicenza.
Homer
During the Hellenistic period, Homer was the object of hero worship in several cities.
One of the most distinctive features of Greek religion was the worship of heroes (heros), who became ...
Sting
Sting's relative came from Warsaw.
In an interview, Sting mentioned that his uncle Stanislaw emigrated to the UK, settled in Newcastle, ...