George Frideric Handel was a law school drop out, last chair violinist¹, and the first international composing superstar. Born in what is n...

Though armed with only a scant education, Hildegard of Bingen would go on to be the world's first known composer, a prestigious scienti...

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You may have noticed, but I love prehistory. We know so little about where man actually came from, and because there's so little archae...

Born November 4, 1801 Kathinka Zitz-Halein was an influential writer and political activist during the mid 1800's. Not only would she g...

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Empress Adelaide was quite the lady. And by 'quite the lady' I mean she was a hecking badass. Her life reads like a Dumas novel met...