Biography

Friday, 20 March 2026

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Hypatia
A planet, an asteroid, a crater and a group of fissures (Rimae Hypatia) on the Moon are named after Hypatia.
In 2015, her name crossed the borders of the solar system. An exoplanet discovered in 2002 orbiting ...
Alfred Nobel
He was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833.
He was the third son of Immanuel Nobel, an inventor and engineer and a graduate of the Royal Institu ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
In the political life of Poland at the time, a group of activists pushing the need for reform played an increasingly important role.
Great political writers, such as Stanislaw Staszic and Hugo Kollataj, called for strengthening the c ...
John Sutter
He was granted by Mexico land of 48,4 thousand acres (19,6 thousand hectares).
After erecting a camp, Sutter contacted local Nisenan and Miwok people, to whom offered work with expanding the settlement and building a fort.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
In August 1792, the National Legislative Assembly of revolutionary France awarded Kosciuszko the honorary title of Citizen of France.
It was awarded in recognition of his activities and struggle for the ideals of freedom.
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 ...
Aristotle
Out of over 200 scrolls and manuscripts written by Aristotle, approximately 31 have survived to the present day.
William Shakespeare
The farce “The Comedy of Errors” is Shakespeare’s shortest comedy at 1,770 lines. His most extended play is “Hamlet,” with 4042 lines.
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway traveled to China with Martha, where both worked as reporters - Martha for Collier’s magazine and Ernest for the PM newspaper.
They returned to Cuba before the United States joined World War II. There are suggestions that even ...
Amadeus Mozart
Contrary to the prevailing opinion about the poverty in which Mozart's family lived, caused by their inability to earn a living, the composer earned a great deal of money in the last decade of his life.
He earned a lot, but spent even more. He lived beyond his means, went into debt to friends, and squa ...