The Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovered the enzyme lysozyme and the antibiotic penicillin. Childhood of Alexander Fleming Alexandra Fleming was born on August 6, 1881 in Lochfield, on a farm near Darwel in Ayrshire, in Scotland. Fleming was the third of four children in the family of Hugh Fleming and Grace Stirling Morton. Father Alexander … Read more
Timur Takhirovich Batrutdinov – humorist, actor, TV presenter. Timur was born on February 11, 1978 in the village of Voronovo, Moscow Region. As a son of a military man, he moved to Baltiysk, where he spent his childhood and youth in the biography of Timur Batrutdinov. Actor’s talent in Timur was manifested in his childhood, … Read more
Lenda Murray is a professional bodybuilder, eight-time winner of Miss Olympia. Lenda was born on February 22, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan. First education in the biography of Lenda Murray was obtained at the Henry Ford School in Detroit. Even then, Lenda was fond of sports – running, and also was a member of the support … Read more
Artemisia Gentileski – a Tuscan artist, daughter and student of Orazio Gentileski, was born in Rome. At the beginning of her biography, Artemisia Gentileschi studied painting with her father, then Agostino Tassi. He was a colleague of her father, who was later convicted of raping another teenager Artemisia in 1612. A few years later she … Read more
Galen Claudius is a famous philosopher and doctor of antiquity who made a great contribution to the science of the human body. His merit consists in the development of anatomy and physiology, the promotion of innovative medical theories that were used in Europe more than a thousand years after his death. Galen was born in … Read more
Avicenna was one of the most outstanding philosophers of the “golden age” of Islam. Childhood and early years Little is known about the early years of Avicenna’s life. About him we got only scanty information from the autobiographical work of his pupil Giugiani. And, since there is no other evidence, all the descriptions of Avicenna’s … Read more
Robert Thayer Jones Jr. is an American golfer, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. As a lawyer, Robert Thayer Jones Jr. had a keen interest in golf. Jones won the National Open Championship in 1923, 1926, 1929-30, then the National Amateur Competitions in 1924-25, 1927-28, 1930, as well as the open British championship in 1926-27, 1930. … Read more
(1915 – 1965) Toušnova Veronika Mikhailovna (1915 – 1965), poetess. Born March 14 (27 N. s.) In Kazan in the professorial family. I graduated from school there. Since childhood, she wrote poetry. Then, together with her family, she moved to Leningrad and, at her request, entered the medical institute. The Institute did not graduate, although … Read more
Henri Poincare is known as the creator of topology and as a man who discovered the theory of analytic functions. Childhood and youth Jules Henri Poincare was born in the city of Nancy on April 29, 1854, with Leon Poincaré and Eugénie Lanois. His family was well-known and well-known, with a good income; his father … Read more
Stanislav Pyatrasovich Pyekha is a singer, presenter. Stas Piekha was born on August 13, 1980 in the family of stars: his grandmother Edita Pieha is a famous singer, and Ilona Bronevitskaya’s mother is a singer, actress and presenter. Undoubtedly, this directly affected the biography of Stas Pyekha. Even in his childhood, he began to travel … Read more