The composer
Robert Schumann was born on June 8, 1810, in Zwickau, Germany. Robert inherited a love of romantic poetry from his bookstore owning father. Robert began to study law at Leipzig, largely to please his mother, but his real interest lay in music, and in 1830 his piano teacher, Friedrich Wieck, persuaded Schumann's mother to let him give up law. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era was also an influential music critic.
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| Schumann's birthplace, now the Robert Schumann House |
Frank Lloyd Wright was born in the farming town of Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States, on June 8, 1867. His education included attending Madison High School. Wright turned to architecture on seeing their newly erected wing of the Wisconsin state capitol collapse. One of the outstanding architects of the 20th century, Wright influenced design over the world by his freedom from convention and rule.
Tim Berners-Lee was born on June 8, 1955, in London, the son of Mary Lee Woods, a mathematician, and Conway Berners-Lee, a mathematician and computer scientist. Tim Berners-Lee is famous for inventing the World Wide Web, revolutionizing the way information is shared and accessed on the internet.
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