Jean Paul Marat

Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. Marat published his views in pamphlets, placards and newspapers. A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, Marat was a fierce defender of the sans-culottes, a radical voice.Marat T-shirts on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZHL7BT2

Pierre Baillot

Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot (1771-1852) was a French violinist and composer. He was born in Passy, Paris, France he wrote “the Art of the Violin.” He taught at the Conservatoire de Paris along with Pierre Rode and Rodolphe Kreutzer. Kreutzer wrote the Conservatoire’s official violin method. Baillot studied the violin under Giovanni Battista …

Victor Emmanuel II

Victor Emmanuel (1820-1878) was King of Sardinia from 1849 until 1861, when he assumed the title of King of Italy. He was the first king of an independent united Italy since the 6th century. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was heir to King Victor Emmanuel II. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914) was …

Joseph Gay-Lussac

Joseph Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) was a French chemist and physicist. He pioneered investigations into the behavior of gases, established new techniques for analysis, and made notable advances in applied chemistry. The Gay-Lussac’s Law states that the pressure of a given mass of gas varies directly with the absolute temperature of the gas, when the volume is …

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was born in London. He was an English poet, translator, and satirist during the Enlightenment era. Pope is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. He was best known for his poems An Essay on Criticism, The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad.Alexander Pope T-shirts …

Ainsworth & bad guys

English bad guys come in all flavors in the Victorian era William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) was an English historical novelist born. As a lawyer, the legal profession held no attraction for him. In 1820, Ainsworth began to publish his writing then later writing plays. Praising Ainsworth as a playwright it was said that he rivaled …