Biography

Konstantin Fedorovich was diminutively called "Kostyushka," which years later became a family name. ...

Only five of his signatures remain: one under his will, one on the title page of Montaigne’s work “T ...

Despite the observation of these birds in the Galapagos Islands, the founder of the theory of evolut ...

During those six months on the job, he picked up some editorial advice (use short sentences, use short first paragraphs, use energetic words, be positive) that became the basis of his writing style.

During his first stay, he met Giovanni Battista Martini, an Italian composer, pedagogue, and music t ...

The transaction amounted to $15 million. Napoleon realized that it would be difficult to keep such a ...

Despite believing that society may be content only when both men and women are equally pleased, he c ...

He developed a patent for a device to transmit sound waves in 1900 but was preceded in this idea by ...

He was the first British monarch to deliver a speech to the German parliament.

Kosciuszko entrusted the rest of his estate to Thomas Jefferson. The latter was the executor of his ...