Category: Imported

A Brief Biography of Hildegard of Bingen

By Tim Lambert Her Early Life Hildegard of Bingen was a writer in the 12th century. She was born about 1098 in Germany. Hildegard came from an upper-class family. She was one of ten children. When she was 15 Hildegard became a Benedictine nun. In 1136 when she was about 38 Hildegard became the abbess.… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Hildegard of Bingen

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 History of Mozambique

By Tim Lambert Early Mozambique After 100 AD Bantu Bantu-speaking people arrived in what is now Mozambique. They lived by farming and they made iron tools. They were organized into small kingdoms. By the 9th century, Arab merchants arrived at the coast of Mozambique. For centuries afterward, there was trade between Africans and Arabs. Then… Continue reading A Brief History of Mozambique