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.
When his friend and patron Archduke Rudolph - youngest son of Emperor Leopold II and brother of Emperor Franz - was appointed Archbishop of Olmtz, Bee...
Russia, in the Age of Peter the Great, became a very different place when the Russian Tsar began to transform his country to make it more modern.
Columba (521-597), the famous saint of Scotland, was actually an Irishman.
Samuel Clemens first used his pen name, Mark Twain, while working for Territorial Enterprise, a newspaper in Virginia City, Nevada.
While Samuel Huntington was president in 1781, the Articles of Confederation went into effect, thus making him the first president of the United State...
On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse successfully tests an electrical telegraph. So why did it take years longer to send the first message?
Sandhamn is a settlement on Sandn ("Sand Island") - located in Stockholm's Outer Archipelago - although most people actually refer to the island by it...
For nearly 50 years, scientists around the world have been thinking about, and searching for, a sub-atomic particle called the "Higgs Boson."Peter Hig...
Scarlet Fever is an illness which is caused by bacteria. It may have been the illness which permanently impaired Helen Keller.
Scott Hatteberg rejoined the Oakland A's, in 2011, as a special adviser to Billy Beane, the team's general manager.
What made this superb colt, called Secretariat, such a tremendous athlete?
A gifted composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff has an incredibly large hand span which allows him to play piano as few others can. His Piano Concerto No. 3 in...
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