George Bernard Shaw who ranks next to William Shakespeare among English playwrights was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1856. From his mother a talented singer, he had learned much about music. (This knowledge,

The Athenian dramatic poet; with Aeschylus and Sophocles, one of the great triad of Greek tragic writers. He was born on the Greek island of Salamis, on the very day of the great battle and victory there,

Aeschylus the great Athenian tragic dramatist was born at Eleusis, Athens, in 525 B. C. His father was Euphorian, a member of a family of nobles. In 490 B. C. he participated in the battle of Marathon