British South Africa’s financier, statesman, and empire builder Cecil Rhodes, full name Cecil John Rhodes, was born in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England on July 5, 1853, and passed away in Muizenberg, Cape Colony (currently South Africa), on March 26, 1902. He founded the massive diamond mining company De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. during his 1890–1996 … Read more
Leonardo da Vinci, also known as “Leonardo from Vinci,” was an Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer.He was born on April 15, 1452, in Anchiano, close to Vinci, Republic of Florence, and died on May 2, 1519, in Cloux, now in France. Clos-Lucé], France), whose talent and intellect, perhaps more than those of any … Read more
Earliest years Burnham was the youngest son and the sixth of seven children. His parents belonged to the Church of the New Jerusalem (now known as the New Church), also known as Swedenborgians, a radical Christian sect named for Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish scientist and mystic who opposed church hierarchy and emphasized serving others. In … Read more