Tag: Biography
Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti, (1935- ). Italian operatic tenor. The son of an amateur tenor, Pavarotti made his debut in 1961 as Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Boheme, a role …
St Paul St Paul, original name Saul (d. c. 67 AD). New Testament figure. Brought up as a strict Jew and educated under the rabbi Gamaliel, he later directed …
George S. Patton George S. Patton (1885-1945). US general. After graduating from West Point in 1909, Patton saw active service in Mexico and in World War I. Between the …
St Patrick St Patrick, (c. 389-461 AD). Patron saint of Ireland. Patrick is believed to have been born in Wales. At 16 he was captured by a group of …
Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur, (1822-95). French chemist. After completing some distinguished work on the optical activity of tartaric acid, Pasteur was appointed dean of the faculty of sciences at …
Boris Pasternak Boris Pasternak, (1890-1960). Russian novelist and poet. From a cultured Jewish background, he made his name after the Russian Revolution as an avant-garde poet. During the 1930s …
Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal, (1623-62). French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. While only 17 he produced a highly successful mathematical treatise. He subsequently invented a mechanical adding machine to …
Charles Stewart Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell, (1846-91). Irish nationalist leader. As leader of the Irish Home Rule party from 1880, he organized obstructive tactics that caused chaos in Parliament. …
