Category: Biography
Niccolo Paganini Niccolo Paganini, (1782-1840). Italian violinist. He first appeared in public at the age of 11. After studying in Parma he made the first of many European tours …
Ignace Jan Paderewski Ignace Jan Paderewski, (1860-1941). Polish pianist and statesman. He made his debut in Vienna in 1887 and over the next few years established himself internationally, especially …
Jesse Owens Jesse Owens, full name James Cleveland Owens (1913-80). US Black athlete. Born in Alabama, the son of poor farmers, Owens showed remarkable athletic abilities from an early …
Robert Owen Robert Owen, (1771-1858). Welsh industrialist and re-former. In 1880 he became the co-owner of a mill at New Lanark, Scotland, where he introduced schemes to improve the …
Ovid Ovid, full name Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC-17 AD). Roman poet. His love poems (16 BC) made him famous. He also wrote Love-Letters of the Heroines and the …
Otto I Otto I, known as Otto the Great (912-73). King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor. He succeeded to the throne in 936 and deliberately used the bishops …
John Osborne John Osborne, (1929-94). British dramatist. After leaving .university he worked for a time as an actor. His first play, Look Back in Anger (1956), depicts a dissatisfied …
George Orwell George Orwell, penname of Eric Blair (1903-50). British novelist and writer. Born in India, he was educated at Eton and served with the police in Burma for …
