FAMOUS PEOPLE 1 ESO

He / She said, "I dont care that they stole my idea . . I care that they dont have any of their own.”

He/ She had made important contributions to the field of mathematical analysis, number and game theory.

He / She spent much of his / her life giving lectures and speeches.

He / She said, "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"

He / She said, "If you want a thing done well, do it yourself"

His / Her mother was an inventor and his / her father was a priest

He / She helped in developing technology that is used by all of us every single day.

His / Her biography ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity‘ was published in 1991 and there is a movie based on him/ her.

He / She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.

He / She was great friends with the writer Mark Twain and inventor Graham Bell.

He / She said,‘The most beautiful things in the world can't be seen or touched. They must be felt with the heart.’

He / She had two siblings and two older half-brothers from his / her father’s prior marriage

His / Her innovative ideas and vision still serve as a great resource for modern mathematicians.

He / She died on January 7, at the age of 86.

His / Her father was employed as a clerk in a cloth merchant's shop.

In his / her honour, December 22 is now celebrated as the National Mathematics Day in India.

With his / her amazing leadership and warfare skills, he / she became a national hero / heroine.

At the age of 16, he/ she got a scholarship for his/ her first year at the Government College in his/ her hometown

He / She wrote a total of 12 published books and several articles.

He / She was born on August 15, 1769.

He / She was an exceptionally good student and won a number of merit certificates and awards

He / She was the first deaf – blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

He / She wrote a romance novel.

One of his / her famous quotes is: "An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God"

He / She had over 800 different patents to his / her name, and despite that he / she was penniless.

He / She came from a wealthy family as his / her father was a lawyer.

At the age of 28, he / she decided to go to America in pursuit of his / her desire to create new inventions.

He/She re-established Christianity as the official state religion, and allowed freedom of religion to his / her citizens

He / She could speak 8 languages and had the ability to memorize a large amount of information.

He / She experimented with electricity and radio frequency magnetic waves in his / her laboratory in Colorado

He / She lived about a hundred and sixty years ago.

He / She was extremely fond of pigeons.

After dropping out of college, he / she had to struggle a lot to earn his/ her living.

During WW I, countries looked for ways to detect enemy submarines under water but his/her idea was considered absurd.

He / She worked for the rights of persons with disabilities and under privileged sections of society.

He / She was forced into exile on the island of Elba.