Category: Biography
Themistocles Themistocles (c. -526-460 BC). Greek statesman and naval commander. He started the building of the Piraeus harbor and induced the Athenians to use the revenue from a silver …
William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray, (1811-63). British novelist. After studying law, he began his career as a journalist for Punch and other periodicals. In 1840 his wife of …
St. Teresa of Avila St. Teresa of Avila, (1515-82). Spanish mystic. In 1533 she entered a Carmelite convent in Avila and in 1555 had an ecstatic vision of Christ. …
Mother Teresa Mother Teresa, original name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu(1910). Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary, born in Albania. Having resolved to become a missionary at the age of 12, …
Tenzing Norgay Tenzing Norgay (1914-86). Sherpa mountaineer. He worked as a porter on an expedition to Mount Everest in 1935 and became a head porter in 1947. With Sir …
Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred, Lord Tennyson, (1809-92). British poet. The son of a Lincolnshire rector, he began writing as a child. At Cambridge University he met Arthur Hallam, whose …
Thomas Telford Thomas Telford, (1757-1834). Scottish civil engineer. The son of a shepherd, he learned the trade of a stonemason and educated himself to be an architect. While working …
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, (1840-93). Russian composer: He became a professor at the Moscow Conservatoire in 1866. For many years he corresponded with Nadezhda von Meck, a …
