Category: Biography
Thomas Edison Thomas Edison (1847-1931), US inventor. Largely self-taught, Edison set up his first laboratory at the age of ten. At 12 he was printing his own newspaper, on board a …
George Eastman George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor of the Kodak roll film camera Eastman developed a process for making dry photographic plates in 1880 and subsequently pioneered the use …
Bakhshi Banu Begum Bakhshi Banu Begum, 1540, Mughal princess. Daughter of Humayun and Gunwar Bibi, she along with her infant brother Akbar, fell into the hands of Humayun’s rebellious …
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (1941), US singer and songwriter. Born Robert Zimmerman, he is thought to have taken his new surname from the poet Dylan Thomas. He started ‘ …
Janaki Devi Bajaj Janaki Devi Bajaj, 1893- , social and political worker. Widow of Jamnalal Bajaj, an associate of Mahatma Gandhi, she was closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi …
Antonin Dvorak Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Czech composer. He began composing in the 1860s and in 1875 was awarded a grant to work in Vienna. There he met Brahms, who …
Baiza Bai Baiza Bai, 1862, Maharani of Gwalior. She was married to Daulat Rao Sindhia in 1798 and was widowed in 1827. She was an ambitious lady, and sought …
Albrecht Durer Albrecht Darer (1471-1528), German painter and engraver. Durer was the son of a goldsmith, from whom he probably learned the art of precise detailed drawing. At the …
