Odin, also known as Wodan or Wotan, is undoubtedly the most famous god in Norse mythology. A principal Norse god, Odin is most known for having a very complex character...
Writing poems with themes of nature, immortality and death, the reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson was one of our nation’s most renowned poets of the 19th-century. Daughter of a one-time...
William Penn was an iconic personality of 17th-century colonial America famed for the founding of Philadelphia. The London-born Quaker philosopher and entrepreneur was at the forefront of affairs in the...
A prominent pioneer of the mass usage of and distribution of electricity, Thomas Edison was one of the most prolific inventors of the modern era, who developed commercially available electric...
Most known for his philosophical treatises Émile; or, On Education(1762), A Discourse on the Origins of Inequality (1755) and The Social Contract (1762), 18th century Swiss-French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau who stated that society...
In the course of human history, there have been some very amazingly brilliant painters. And even among that elite group of painters that have graced the art world, there are...
In 1769 George III of Great Britain honored English painter Joshua Reynolds with a knighthood. Widely acclaimed as one of the greatest painters in Europe in the 18th century, Reynolds,...
Thomas Edison was an iconic personality of 19th-century American business and engineering environment whose works pioneered mass consumption and distribution of electricity. He was also famed for making his bamboo...
Discover how Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the famous German composer and pioneer of the Romantic Era in music, left an indelible mark on the world with his timeless and spellbinding...
The year was 1762, Abigail Smith, a 17-year-old Weymouth, Massachusetts-born woman meets her third cousin and childhood friend John Adams. After the meeting, John Adams, who was then a young,...