We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.
George Washington, born in 1732, was a "Founding Father" of America. Learn about his life, who he was as a man and his surprising role model.
Geraldine Doyle was born in Inkster, Michigan on the 31st of July, 1924.
Giuseppe Mazzini is often called the "soul" or the "heart" of Italy's unification.
Not only was Gordon Welchman a very intelligent mathematician, he was a practical organizer who played a leading role in the setup of Bletchley Park's...
Graca Machel was born Graca Simbine on the 17th of October, 1945, in Incadine, Gaza Province, Mozambique. She was married to two different Presidents ...
Photograph of the Granicus River as it appears today. Alexander the Great and his troops defeated the Persians at this river in 334 BC.
U.S. Marines fight desperately to keep the airfield at Guadalcanal.
Scholars believe that Jules Verne patterned Captain Nemo on Gustave Flourens (1838-1871), a French revolutionary and writer. Who was he?
During 1758, Halley's Comet appeared over the Hawaiian Islands; the same day, King Kamehameha I was born.
Hannah More opposed slavery and the slave trade. She fought hard with people like Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce, John Newton and many others to...
We know how Henry VIII and many of his contemporaries appeared thanks to the work of a prolific German artist known as Hans Holbein the Younger. Who w...
Dr. Harold Gillies innovated a procedure known as the "tubed pedicle" to help restore the faces of men injured during WWI.
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