Category: Biography
Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna, (1960-94). Brazilian motor-racing driver. He started his Formula One career in 1984 and took his first Grand Prix title in Portugal the following year. An …
Lucius Annaeus Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca, (4 BC-65 AD). Roman philosopher, author and politician. After the death of Emperor Claudius in 54 AD he became first Nero’s tutor and …
Peter Sellers Peter Sellers, (1925-80). British film actor. He established his reputation as a comic actor on the popular radio programme, The Goon Show. His best films have given …
Andres Segovia Andres Segovia, (1893-1987). Spanish guitarist. Largely self-taught, he gave his first concerts in Spain and in 1924 made his debut in Paris. He subsequently toured all over …
Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, (1771-1832). Scottish poet and novelist, who pioneered the historical romance. He was slightly lame, having suffered from infantile paralysis. An Edinburgh lawyer, he …
Robert Falcon Scott Robert Falcon Scott, (1868-1912). British Antarctic explorer. He became a naval cadet and served in the West Indies (1886) under the explorer Sir Clements Markham. On …
Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese, (1942- ). US film director, the son of Sicilian immigrants, Scorsese grew up in New York. After briefly training for the priesthood, he studied at …
Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer, (1875-1965). Alsatian theologian, medical missionary, and organist. He is chiefly remembered as a missionary, running both a hospital, which he founded with his wife in …
