Granddad Darwin

The scientist Charles Darwin, famous for his theory of evolution, had a famous grandfather, Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), who was both scienti...

Cosby and the kittens

One of Bill Cosby’s best comic routines has to do with a family debating over which TV show to watch. (Obviously this routine originated in ...

Cardinal Richelieu

Armand Jean du Plessis (1585–1642) is better known as Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister of France’s King Louis XIII and just as autocra...

Mr. Will

George F. Will, the newspaper columnist and political commentator, is known for being fond of baseball—and cats. In one essay, Will noted, “...

Mr. Lewis’s step-cats

C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), a quiet professor of English literature, penned a popular science fiction trilogy, the well-loved Narnia series for ...

The original Egyptian sex kitten

Egyptian queen Cleopatra, the mistress of both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Cleopatra reigned over a cat-loving country , so it is no sur...

Nurse Nightingale

love for their fellow humans can also be very fond of cats. One of the great humanitarians of history was Florence Nightingale (1820–1910),...

After Albert, what?

English monarch (1837–1901), but sadly she spent much of it mourning for her dear husband, the handsome and high-minded Albert. But she was...