Biography

Friday, 10 July 2026

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Napoleon Bonaparte
Bonaparte was a Catholic; his baptism took place in the cathedral of Ajaccio.
As a 10-year-old, he began his education at the seminary in Autun, where he learned French. He atten ...
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Salvador Dali
He appeared in restaurants in the company of his cat.
Babou was an ocelot, which Dali acquired in 1960 from a Colombian notable. He took him for walks in a collar richly encrusted with precious stones.
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Gaius Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was forced to grow up very quickly.
In 85 BC, his father died suddenly, making the sixteen-year-old Julius have to become the head of the family.
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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.
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Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway owned a fishing boat, “Pilar,” which he sailed around the Caribbean.
While sailing, he stayed for several months in the westernmost district of the Bahamas - Bimini - where he worked on the novel “To Have and Have Not.”
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Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was one of the pioneers of roentgenology.
Independently of attempts by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen, widely recognized as the discoverer ...
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Jane Austen
Jane Austin was born on 16 December 1775 in Stevenson near Basingstoke, Hempshire.
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Michelangelo
Michelangelo was given special care at the Medici court by Lorenzo de'Medici, who was interested in his work.
He provided him with an apartment on the palace grounds, an education, and a steady salary.
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Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist.
He lived from 1904 to 1967.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte is the author of the romantic novel "Clisson and Eugenie" ("Clisson et Eugenie").
It tells the story of a soldier at war and his beloved woman waiting at home. The story was based on ...
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