By Tim Lambert His Early Life King John was born in December 1166 or 1167. John was a younger son of Henry II and he was not expected to become king. His father conquered Ireland and in 1185 John was sent to that country. The expedition was a failure and John returned to England in… Continue reading A Brief Biography of King John
Category: Brief histories of famous people across the world and ages
A Brief Biography of Margaret Fell
By Tim Lambert Her Early Life Margaret Fell helped to found the Quakers. Margaret was born in Dalton in Furness in Lancashire in 1614 (the exact date is not known. Her father was John Askew, a well-off landowner. In 1632 Margaret married a barrister called Thomas Fell. Her husband later became a judge and an… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Margaret Fell
A Brief Biography of Margery Kempe
By Tim Lambert Margery Kempe was an English mystic of the Middle Ages. She is famous for her autobiography. Margery was born in n in 1373. Her father was a wealthy merchant. At that time Kings Lynn was a large and important town and port. When she grew up Margery married a merchant named John… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Margery Kempe
A Brief Biography of Marie Curie
By Tim Lambert Her Early Life Marie Curie (1867-1934) was a famous Polish scientist. She was born Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw on 7 November 1867. Her father and mother were both teachers. They had 4 other children, all of them older than Maria. She had a brother named Jozef and 3 sisters, Zofia, Bronia, and… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Marie Curie
A Brief Biography of Martin Luther
By Tim Lambert His Early Life Martin Luther was a religious reformer who lived in the 16th century. Luther was born on 10 November 1483 in the German town of Eisleben. (In those days Germany was not a single country but was a federation of states called the Holy Roman Empire). His father was Hans… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Martin Luther
A Brief Biography of Mary Seacole
By Tim Lambert Mary Seacole was a famous woman of the 19th century. She was born Mary Jane Grant in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805. (At that time Jamaica was part of the British Empire). Her father was a white Scottish soldier in the British army. Her mother was of mixed race. Her mother ran a boarding house… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Mary Seacole
A Brief Biography of Mary Shelley
By Tim Lambert Mary Shelley was a famous woman writer of the early 19th century. She is famous for her novel Frankenstein. Mary Shelley was born on 30 August 1797 in Somerstown, London. Her father was William Godwin and her mother was the famous writer Mary Wollstonecraft. Unfortunately, her mother died 11 days after Mary… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Mary Shelley
A Brief Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft
By Tim Lambert Mary Wollstonecraft was a famous woman writer of the late 18th century. Mary was born in Spitalfields, London on 27 April 1759. She was the second of 7 children. Mary had an older brother called Edward or Ned, on whom, she claimed her mother lavished affection. Ned was also well educated while… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft
A Brief Biography of Nicolaus Copernicus
By Tim Lambert His Early Life Nicolaus Copernicus was one of the great astronomers of the 16th century. He was born on 19 February 1473 in the Polish town of Torun. (His real name was Mikolaj Kopernik although he is better known by his Latin name). His father was a rich merchant and Nicolaus was… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Nicolaus Copernicus
A Brief Biography of Thomas More
By Tim Lambert His Early Life Thomas More was an English statesman and writer of the early 16th century. Thomas More was born on 7 February 1478 in Milk Street in London. (At that time London was a bustling town of perhaps 60,000 or 70,000 people). His father, John More was a lawyer and the… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Thomas More