Tag: Biography
Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath, (1932-63). US poet. Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of a university professor. As an undergraduate at Smith College she ‘showed early signs …
Max Planck Max Planck, (1858-1947). German physicist. Heoriginated the quantum theory, upon which much of modern physics is based. While investigating black-both, radiation he discovered that energy is emitted …
Francisco Pizzaro Francisco Pizzaro, (1478-1541). Spanish adventurer. In 1530, .under powers granted by Charles V of Spain, Pizarro led the expedition to Peru that conquered the Incas. He also …
Pius IX Pius IX, original name Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti (1792-1878). Roman Catholic churchman, pope from 1846. At first sympathetic to liberal and nationalist causes, he became steadily more reactionary …
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-78). British statesman and orator; known as the ‘Great Commoner’, he was created earl of Chatham in …
Sir Isaac Pitman Sir Isaac Pitman, (1813-97). British educator and inventor of a system of shorthand writing. The system, Published as The Stenographic Sound Hand, was invented by Pitman …
Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello, (1867-1936). Italian dramatist and writer. The son of a mine owner, Pirandello was born in Sicily and studied in Rome and Bonn. Although family wealth …
Harold Pinter Harold Pinter, (1930- ). British dramatist. The son of a Jewish tailor in the East End of London, he published poems and acted in repertory before turning …
