Frederick II was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king. His most significant accomplishments during his reign included his military victories, his reorganization ...Wikipedia
Born: January 24, 1712, Berlin, Germany
Died: August 17, 1786, Potsdam, Germany
Reign: 31 May 1740 – 17 August 1786
Spouse: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (m. 1733–1786)
He who defends everything defends nothing.
A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
At a time when monarchs were regarded as semidivine beings who could cure diseases with the royal touch, he despised religion as a farrago of nonsense, avoided court life, doffed his hat to ordinary Prussians and encouraged inoculation against smallpox
Edward James Hughes, OM, OBE, FRSL, known as Ted Hughes, was an English poet and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Wikipedia
Born: August 17, 1930, Mytholmroyd, United Kingdom
Died: October 28, 1998, London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Carol Orchard (m. 1970–1998), Sylvia Plath (m. 1956–1963)
Sir Jonathan Bate, professor of English literature at Oxford University, likens the poet’s life to a Greek tragedy, with the death of Ted Hughes’s first wife, Sylvia Plath, as the first of a series of devastating events
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