Biography

James Parkinson

James Parkinson

Parkinson was the first person to systematically describe six individuals with symptoms of the disease that bears his name. In An Essay on the Shaking Palsy (1817), he reported on three of his own patients and three persons whom he saw in the...

Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna

Senna inspired millions across the globe because of his skill and dedication to his sport. He seemed to live life to the full and always sought to stretch himself to his limits.

Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby

Kirby was involved in Timely’s 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, which in the next decade became Marvel. There, in the 1960s under writer-editor Stan Lee, Kirby co-created many of the company’s major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the...

Marie Curie

Marie Curie

In addition to her Nobel Prizes, she has received numerous other honours and tributes; in 1995 she became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in Paris’ Panthéon.