William Harvey William Harvey, (1578-1657). English physician. Harvey was educated at Cambridge and Padua, where he was taught by Fabricius and influenced by Galileo. He returned to England after …
Harun ar-Rashid Harun ar-Rashid (766-809 AD). Caliph of Baghdad. He held military commands against the Byzantine Empire from the age of 14 and succeeded his brother as caliph …
Harold II Harold II (c. 1020-66). The last Anglo-Saxon king of England. The son of Earl Godwin, he was recognized as heir to the throne by Edward the Confessor …
Fidel Castro Fidel Castro (1926), Cuban statesman and socialist revolutionary. As a boy Castro threatened to burn down the family home unless his parents sent him to school. As …
James Hargreaves James Hargreaves, (d. 1778). British spinner and inventor. In 1764 he invented a hand-powered machine that .could operate eight spindles mechanically. This he named the spinning ‘jenny’ …
Giacomo Casanova Giacomo Casanova (1725-98), Italian adventurer and libertine. Having been expelled from a Venetian seminary, he became a violinist, a soldier, and a preacher. On returning to Venice in …
Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy, (1840-1928). British novelist and poet. The son of a Dorset builder, he was educated locally and became an architect. Most of his novels are …
Pablo Casals Pablo Casals (1876-1973), Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer. In 1895 he became leading cellist at the Paris Opera. He played in a classical trio and as a …
