It turns out that among the geniuses there were many virgins.
In our collection there are outstanding historical figures who have never known carnal pleasures. Who knows, maybe that's why they became geniuses.
Isaac Newton
The famous scientist was not interested in anything other than science: neither theater, nor art, nor travel, nor even women. Only formulas and scientific schemes made his heart beat faster. In addition, Newton was modest and unsociable and had difficulty converging with people. He was never married and probably died a virgin. By the way, he lived for 86 years and in those days was considered a long-liver.
Lewis Carroll
The author of "Alice in Wonderland" spent her whole life avoiding the society of women, but loved spending time with little girls. At the same time, he preferred nice, graceful girls from good families. He got acquainted with them even on the streets, and, going on a trip, took with him some games and puzzles to attract the attention of children. In addition, he liked to photograph his young girlfriends in the nude, though, with the permission of the parents. At that time, children under 14 were considered asexual, so Carroll's love for them was perceived as harmless eccentricity.
Nevertheless, the writer was subsequently accused of pedophilia. However, his girls, growing up, recalled that Carroll treated them gently and delicately, without a hint of something indecent. But with older women, he did not have any business at all and, apparently, remained a virgin.
Hans Christian Andersen
The famous storyteller all his life reverenced the women, but at the same time he had an insurmountable fear of the opportunity to enter into an intimate relationship. He with all his strength suppressed the attraction to the beautiful sex. For example, when he arrived in sunny Naples, he constantly poured cold water over his head to resist the temptations of a hot city. When he left, he wrote with relief:
"Yet I came out of Naples as innocent"
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
Gogol all his life was very suspicious and painfully religious. He exhausted himself by fasting and dreamed of becoming a monk. Women avoided the writer, considering them witches and cunning temptresses. In a letter to his comrade in love, he wrote:
"I understand and feel the state of your soul very much, although I myself, thanks to destiny, did not manage to experience such a thing. That's why I say thanks to the fact that this flame would turn me into dust in an instant "
The doctor who took care of Gogol before his death, testified:
"He had no relations with women for a long time (most likely he did not have anything at all). And he admitted that he did not feel the need for it ... "
Nikola Tesla
The ingenious Croatian-American inventor all his life was indifferent to women, however, and to men too. He was obsessed with science and believed that his discoveries were made precisely by innocence: he did not waste time and energy on any nonsense.
Leonardo da Vinci
Da Vinci had many friends and students, but there was no information about his novels. Some researchers believe that he was homosexual, although there is absolutely no evidence. Other biographers believe that he was a virgin all his life, remaining indifferent to carnal pleasures.
Ludwig Beethoven
The composer was distinguished by a grim and grumpy character, was closed and unsociable, but at the same time he often and unrequitedly fell in love with women. He indulged in dreams of happiness, which quickly gave way to disappointment and anguish. It is believed that, despite the boiling passions in him, he never parted with innocence.
Mother Theresa
Mother Teresa from the age of 12 dreamed of serving God, in 21 she took tonsure and became a Catholic nun. There is little doubt that she strictly abided by the vow of chastity.
Jane Austen
Jane Austen wrote amazing love stories, but she had a very meager love experience. In her youth she was in love with her young neighbor Thomas Lefroy, the relationship with which did not go beyond the bounds of decency. Unfortunately, the Jane family did not allow her to marry a lover, and she decided to keep his loyalty all his life. Later Thomas married, but Jane remained an old maid until the end of her days.
Joan of Arc
The national heroine of France proudly called herself "Jeanne the Virgin". At the age of 19 she was burned at the stake as a heretic and a witch, never parting with innocence. However, there are alternative versions, according to which Jeanne was saved from execution, married, gave birth to children and thus died not a virgin.
John Edgar Hoover
Hoover, who for almost half a century was the director of the FBI, spent most of his life under the wing of his mother. He was never married, and nothing is known about his novels with women. Some researchers suggest that Hoover remained chaste to death. There is also a version that Hoover was homosexual and cohabited with his friend Clyde Tolson, who bequeathed his entire fortune.
Andy Warhole
7 years before his death in 1980, the artist admitted that he was heterosexual, but he did not have a woman. In the last years of his life he was never seen with someone who could brighten his loneliness. On the other hand, much indicates that he could be a homosexual.