Sir Thomas Brown is an English author and physician, was born in London. He received an education at Oxford University and abroad. In 1671 he was knighted by Charles II. His work, The Religion of a Doctor, in which Brown attempted to reconcile science and religion, was written around 1635. After being transferred to the … Read more
Ani Lorak – the singer, the deserved and national actress of Ukraine, has taken 2 nd place on “Eurovision” in 2008. Carolina was born on September 27, 1978 in the city of Kitsman, Chernivtsi region in Ukraine. The desire to become a singer in the biography of Ani Lorak manifested itself in childhood. Studying at … Read more
Ambrose Gwyneth Beers is an American satirist, journalist, and writer of short stories. Born in Meigs County, Ohio. After an excellent military service during the Civil War, he returned to journalism. In San Francisco, he wrote for the newspaper “News-Letter”, and became its editor in 1868. Soon Beers created himself a reputation as a satirical … Read more
(1812 – 1891) GONCHAROV Ivan Aleksandrovich [6 (18) June 1812, Simbirsk 15 (27) September 1891, Petersburg], Russian writer. “Reading was my school…” Goncharov was born into a merchant family. He received his primary education in a private boarding house, where he learned French and German, and read all available books “an unimaginable mixture… almost learned … Read more
Shchors Nikolai Alexandrovich – a political figure, a member of the Communist Party, a red commander. Nikolay was born on June 6, 1895 on the Korzhovka farm in the Chernigov province. The first education in the biography of Nikolai Shchors was received in 1914. Then he graduated from the Kiev military paramedic school. Two years … Read more
(2/10/1921 – February 28, 1985) Krutilin Sergey Andreevich (2.10.1921, village Delekhovo, Ryazan province – February 28, 1985, Moscow). After graduating in 1940, the artisan school was drafted into the army and sent to the construction sites of the Far East. Having graduated from the military technical school in Khabarovsk in 1941, he was sent to … Read more
Mary Lou Retton – gymnast, was born on January 24, 1968 in Fairmont, West Virginia. Biography Mary Lou Retton is best known as the history of the holder of the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics. In 1984, Retton became the first American to win the gold Olympic medal in gymnastic competitions. Summer Olympic Games … Read more
(born 1924) Starshinov Nikolai Konstantinovich (born in 1924), a poet. He was born on December 6 in Moscow, in Zamoskvorechye, in a large family. The outbreak of the Patriotic War forced yesterday’s schoolboy to wear a soldier’s greatcoat and go to the front. Received the title of senior sergeant. In the battle of Spas-Demensky was … Read more
Ernst Haeckel is a well-known biologist, philosopher, doctor and artist. Childhood and Youth Ernst Heinrich Philippe August Haeckel was born on February 16, 1834 in the province of Potsdam, which at that time was part of Prussia. He studied at the Cathedral High School in Merseburg. After leaving school in 1852 Haeckel continued his education … Read more
(1733-1807) Kheraskov Mikhail Matveyevich (1733 – 1807), poet, prose writer. Born October 25 (November 5, 2001) in Pereyaslav in Poltava in the noble family of Wallachian boyars. Received a good home education. Then he studied in the Landed Gentry Corps in St. Petersburg, which he graduated in 1751. From his youth he was seriously involved … Read more