Biography

Tuesday, 16 December 2025

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Frederic Chopin
Hadi Karimi, a graphic artist with Iranian roots, has recently made a very realistic portrait, the latest reconstruction of Frederic Chopin's face.
He created 3D models of various celebrities and created a computer version of Chopin's silhouette. H ...
Michelangelo
Michelangelo created several works for the Florence Cathedral.
These included statues for the Piccolomini Altarpiece and twelve statues of the apostles. He was als ...
Ada Lovelace
She was no stranger to scandals.
In early 1833, Ada had an affair with one of her tutors and tried to run away with him. The tutor's ...
Aristotle
Around 335 BC, Aristotle founded a peripatetic school of philosophy.
Its main focus was philosophy and science taught by experience, not theory, in order to determine the “why.”
Frederic Chopin
During his studies at the Warsaw Lyceum, Frederic often left Warsaw and visited a large part of Poland.
He visited Szafarnia, from where he sent his famous letters to his parents, "Kuriery Szafarskie" ("C ...
Charles Darwin
During his studies at Cambridge, his attitude toward education changed.
He focused on the natural sciences, was enthralled by the language and logic of the English theologi ...
Roland Garros
He became one of the most famous pilots in France.
He won the Grand Prix d'Anjou in 1911 and triumphed in several air races, such as the Paris-Rome and ...
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer's team developed two bomb designs.
Enriched uranium was used for one, called ''Little Boy'', and enriched plutonium for the other, called ''Fat Man'', and this type of bomb was decided to be tested.
John Sutter
He enslaved, mistreated, and abused Indians who were forced to work for him. Any sign of resistance was considered hostile and tribal villages were raided and destroyed and their inhabitants murdered or kidnapped.
According to reports from travelers who visited Nueva Helvetia, Sutter enslaved many natives and for ...
Hypatia
Her religious and political neutrality secured her the respect of both the imperial governor of Egypt, Orestes, and the bishop of Alexandria, Theophilus.
The situation changed in 412 when Theophilus' nephew, Cyril of Alexandria, ascended the episcopal th ...