by chriscurnow | Jan 8, 2010 | Character of the Day
Do a google search on Schumann and you will most likely find references to Robert Schumann, the 19th century composer. You won’t immediately find that his wife Clara Schumann, was also a noted composer and virtuoso pianist.As an interesting aside there was a...
by chriscurnow | Jan 6, 2010 | Character of the Day
Marie Curie’s name is intimately associated with the discovery of ‘radioactivity.’ This is not accurate as that discovery belongs to Henri Becquerel. To me precise she isolated the active radioactive source within pitchblende. Starting with...
by chriscurnow | Jan 5, 2010 | Character of the Day
Frank Tate was Victoria’s first Director of Education. Reading his biography is an amazing experience. Here was someone who was passionate about education and an educational reformer. He addressed issues we think of as modern. Tate was not content to be a...
by chriscurnow | Jan 4, 2010 | Character of the Day
Gandhi held no pubic office and was the head of no organisation yet he was one of the most influential people of the 20th Century.
by chriscurnow | Jan 3, 2010 | Character of the Day
Charlotte Bronte (1816 -1885)
by chriscurnow | Jan 2, 2010 | Character of the Day
Eleanor Roosevelt may be best known as the wife of US President Franklin D Roosevelt. However she was an amazing and influential woman in her own right.
