Tag: Biography
Darius I Darius I (550-486), King of Persia. After seizing the throne in 522, Darius organized the Persian Empire, dividing it into a number of semi-independent provinces and establishing …
Georges Danton Georges Danton (1759-94), French revolutionary leader. He led the rising of 1792, which over-threw Louis XVI and the monarchy, and was effectively head of the revolutionary government. …
Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, son of a Florentine nobleman. At the age of nine he met Beatrice and his infatuation with her lasted until her death …
John Dalton John Dalton (1766-1844), British chemist. His early work was in the fields of meteorology and colour blindness. In 1801 he published the results of his re-searches into …
Salvador Dali Salvador Dali (1904-89), Spanish painter. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid but was expelled because of his bizarre behaviour. After studying the’ works …
Gottlieb Daimler Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900), German mechanical engineer. He constructed one of the first internal combustion engines, which he applied successfully to a bicycle and a four-wheeled vehicle, the …
Louis Daguerre Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), French inventor of the daguerreotype, an early photographic process. A successful painter of panoramic views, he began work on the production of single positive …
Cyrus the Great Cyrus the Great (590-529 BC), King of Persia. By usurping the Median king’s leadership of Iran (549), he founded the Persian Empire, which he enlarged until …
