Category: Biography
Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, son of a Florentine nobleman. At the age of nine he met Beatrice and his infatuation with her lasted until her death …
John Dalton John Dalton (1766-1844), British chemist. His early work was in the fields of meteorology and colour blindness. In 1801 he published the results of his re-searches into …
Salvador Dali Salvador Dali (1904-89), Spanish painter. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid but was expelled because of his bizarre behaviour. After studying the’ works …
Gottlieb Daimler Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900), German mechanical engineer. He constructed one of the first internal combustion engines, which he applied successfully to a bicycle and a four-wheeled vehicle, the …
Louis Daguerre Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), French inventor of the daguerreotype, an early photographic process. A successful painter of panoramic views, he began work on the production of single positive …
Cyrus the Great Cyrus the Great (590-529 BC), King of Persia. By usurping the Median king’s leadership of Iran (549), he founded the Persian Empire, which he enlarged until …
Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-55), French author and soldier. He was famous as a duellist and fought over 1000 duels, reputedly on account of his long nose. …
George Armstrong Custer George Armstrong Custer (1839-76), US soldier. De-spite his poor achievements at West Point military academy, he showed such brilliance as a cavalry officer during the American …
