Category: Biography
Avogadro, Count Amedeo Avogadro, Count Amedeo (1776-1856). Italian physicist. Avogadro became professor of mathematics at Turin University in 1820. In 1811 he formulated the hypothesis known as Avogadro’s …
Jane Austen Jane Austen (1775-1817). British novelist. A shrewd ob-server of people, she only settled seriously to writing after the death of her father, a clergyman, in 1805. Sense and …
Augustus Augustus (63 BC-14 AD) Roman emperor, founder of the Roman empire. Born Gaius Octavius, he was known as Octavian from 44 to 27 BC, when he was …
Augustine of Hippo Augustine of Hippo, St (354-430 AD). North African theologian and philosopher. Born in Tagaste, he studied in Carthage and subsequently taught rhetoric in Rome and …
Auden Wystan Hugh Auden Wystan Hugh (1907-73). British poet, considered the leader of the young left-wing writers of the 1930s. His first volume, Poems (1930), was an immediate …
Attlee, Clement, Earl Attlee, Clement, Earl (1883-1967). British Labour politician. The son of a solicitor, he became converted to socialism at Oxford and abandoned a legal career for …
Attila Attila (406-453 ), King of the Huns, a nomadic central Asian tribe that settled near the Danube. Nick-named the ‘Scourge of God’, Attila claimed sovereignty over all the …
Attenborough, Richard, Lord Attenborough, Richard, Lord (1923- ) British film director, actor, and producer. Attenborough became a star of the British cinema with his appearances in such films as …
