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Biography of Lucien Laberthonnière (excerpt)
Priest Lucien Laberthonnière, born October 5, 1860 in Chazelet, died October 6, 1932 in Paris, was a French theologist, philosopher, historian and writer. Works (extracts) (fr) Théorie de l'éducation, 1901. Essais de philosophie religieuse, 1903. Le réalisme chrétien et l'idéalisme grec, 1904. ![]()
Biography of Elisée Reclus (excerpt)
Élisée Reclus (March 15, 1830 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – July 4, 1905), also known as Jean Jacques Élisée Reclus, was a renowned French geographer, writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork over a period of nearly 20 years: La Nouvelle Géographic universelle, la terre et les hommes (1875 – 1894). ![]()
Biography of Paul Mounet (excerpt)
(Jean) Paul Mounet (1847-1922) was a French actor, brother of Jean Mounet-Sully. He was born at Bergerac, Dordogne, became a doctor of medicine, and first appeared on the stage in Horace at the Paris Odéon (1880). It was in 1889 that he first played at the Comédie Française, of which he became sociétaire two years later.
Biography of Eugène Ysaÿe (excerpt)
Eugène Ysaÿe (July 16, 1858, Liege – May 12, 1931) was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor. His brother was pianist and composer Théo Ysaÿe (1865–1918). He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein mentioned, "tzar". ![]()
Biography of Bedrich Smetana (excerpt)
Bedřich Smetana (pronounced (help·info); 2 March 1824 - 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer. He is best known for his symphonic poem Vltava (better known as The Moldau), the second in a cycle of six which he entitled Má vlast ("My Country"), and for his opera The Bartered Bride.
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Biography of Camille Flammarion (excerpt)
Nicolas Camille Flammarion (February 26, 1842 – June 3, 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was usually credited as Camille Flammarion He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about spiritualism and related topics. ![]()
Biography of Wilhelm Trübner (excerpt)
Wilhelm Trübner (February 3, 1851 – December 21, 1917) was a German realist painter of the circle of Wilhelm Leibl. Trübner was born in Heidelberg and had early training as a goldsmith. In 1867 he met classicist painter Anselm Feuerbach who encouraged him to study painting, and he began studies in Karlsruhe under Fedor Dietz. ![]()
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Memphis is a city along the Mississippi River in southwestern Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. Its 2019 estimated population was 651,073, making it Tennessee's second-most populous city behind Nashville, the nation's 28th-largest, and the largest city proper situated along the Mississippi River.
Biography of Olney H. Richmond (excerpt)
Olney H. Richmond,, born February 22, 1844, was an American mystic. Richmond founded the Temple of the Stars and wrote several metaphysical books.
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Biography of Léopold Courouble (excerpt)
Léopold Courouble, born in February 3 1861 in Brussels, Belgium was a Belgian writer. Works (in French) (extracts) Mes Pandectes Notre langue Profils blancs et Frimousses noires La Famille Kaekebroeck Pauline Platbrood Les Noces d'or. ![]()
Biography of Francisco Tárrega (excerpt)
Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea, (21 November 1852 — 15 December 1909) was an influential Spanish composer and guitarist. His time of birth comes from the biography "Francisco Tárrega Eixea: Tagebuch und Briefe - diario y cartas" by Francisco Tárrega Eixea (2012). ![]()
Biography of Frédéric Bazille (excerpt)
Jean Frédéric Bazille (Montpellier, 6 dicembre 1841 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – Beaune-la-Rolande, 28 novembre 1870) è stato un pittore francese. Proveniente da una famiglia protestante agiata, si reca a Parigi a studiare medicina, facoltà che abbandona presto per dedicarsi, con la disapprovazione dei genitori, alla pittura, influenzato dalla pittura di Eugene Delacroix. ![]()
Biography of Anna Haining Bates (excerpt)
Anna Haining Bates, born Anna Haining Swan (August 6, 1846 – August 5, 1888), was a Canadian from Mill Brook, New Annan, (near present-day Tatamagouche), Colchester County, Nova Scotia, famed for her great height, believed to be 2.27 m (7' 5½") at the peak of her stature. ![]()
Biography of François Bertrand (excerpt)
François Bertrand, born October 29, 1823 in Voisey and died in 1850 in Paris (suicide), was a French military and necrophiliac, called the Vampire of Montparnasse. The Werewolf of Paris (movie) by Guy Endore was written about his story. ![]()
Biography of Giosuè Carducci (excerpt)
Giosuè Carducci (pseudonym: Enotrio Romano) (July 27, 1835 – February 16, 1907) was an Italian poet, oft reckoned one of Italy's greatest; also, a teacher. He was very influential and was regarded as the unofficial national poet of modern Italy. In 1906 he became the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. ![]()
Biography of Francis Planté (excerpt)
Francis Planté (March 2, 1839, in St. Avit – December 19, 1934) was a French pianist famed as one of the first ever recording artists. He studied piano under Antoine Marmontel, his career beginning at the young age of 7 in Paris. ![]()
Biography of Auguste Escoffier (excerpt)
Georges Auguste Escoffier (28 October 1846 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – 12 February 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. He is a near-legendary figure among chefs and gourmets, and was one of the most important leaders in the development of modern French cuisine. ![]()
Biography of Alexandre Falguière (excerpt)
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (also given as Jean-Joseph-Alexandre Falguière, or in short Alexandre Falguière) (7 September 1831 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), Toulouse - 20 April 1900, Paris) was a French sculptor and painter. He was born in Toulouse. A pupil of the École des Beaux-Arts, he won the Prix de Rome in 1859; he was awarded the medal of honor at the Paris Salon in 1868 and was appointed officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1878. ![]()
Biography of Armand Fallières (excerpt)
Clément Armand Fallières (November 6, 1841 – June 22, 1931) was a French politician, president of the French republic from 1906 to 1913. He was born at Mézin in the département of Lot-et-Garonne, France, where his father was clerk of the peace. ![]()
Biography of Horatio Alger (excerpt)
Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works have been described as rags to riches stories, illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others.
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Biography of William Morris (excerpt)
William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. Born at Walthamstow near London, Morris was educated at Oxford University, where he met his life-long friend and collaborator, the artist Edward Burne-Jones. ![]()
Biography of Pope Pius X (excerpt)
Pope St. Pius X (Latin: Pius PP. X) (June 2, 1835—August 20, 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Catholic Roman Pontiff, reigning from 1903 to 1914, succeeding Pope Leo XIII (1878–1903). He was the first Pope since Pope Pius V (1566–72) to be canonized.
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Biography of Pedro II of Brazil (excerpt)
Pedro II, (December 2, 1825 – December 5, 1891) was the second and last Emperor of Brazil. His name in full was Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Bragança e Habsburgo, By the Grace of God and Unanimous Acclamation of the People, Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil. ![]()
Biography of Adolphe Sax (excerpt)
Antoine-Joseph 'Adolphe' Sax (November 6, 1814 – February 3, 1894) was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (clarinetist), best known for inventing the saxophone. Adolphe Sax was born in Dinant in Wallonia, Belgium. His father, Charles-Joseph Sax, was an instrument designer himself, who made several changes to the design of the horn. ![]()
Biography of Jean-Marie Le Bris (excerpt)
Jean-Marie Le Bris (1817 - 1872) was a French aviator, born in Concarneau, Brittany, who accomplished a glider flight in December 1856. A sailor and sea captain, Jean-Marie Le Bris sailed around the world observing the flight of the Albatross bird. Although he sailed around the world, his true ambition was to fly. ![]()
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Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Côte d'Ivoire to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south-southwest. It has a population of around 5 million and covers an area of 111,369 square kilometers (43,000 sq mi). ![]()
Biography of Eugène Boudin (excerpt)
Eugène Boudin (July 12, 1824 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – August 8, 1898) was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors. Boudin was a marine painter, and expert in the rendering of all that goes upon the sea and along its shores. ![]()
Biography of Théodore Aubanel (excerpt)
Théodore Aubanel (Occitan: Teodòr Aubanèu) (March 26, 1829 in Avignon – November 2, 1886 in Avignon) was a Provencal poet. He was born in Avignon in a family of painters. Aubanel started writing poetry in French but quickly switched to Provençal, due to the influence of Joseph Roumanille. ![]()
Biography of O. Henry (excerpt)
O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910). O. Henry short stories are known for wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. Early life Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Biography of Léo Baekeland (excerpt)
Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Gent, November 14, 1863 - February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic. Career Born in Gent, Belgium, Baekeland was the son of a cobbler and a maid. ![]()
Biography of Catulle Mendès (excerpt)
Catulle Mendès (21 May 1841 – 8 February 1909) was a French poet and man of letters. Of Jewish extraction, he was born in Bordeaux. He early established himself in Paris, attaining speedy notoriety by the publication in the Revue fantaisiste (1861) of his Roman d'une nuit, for which he was condemned to a month's imprisonment and a fine of 500 francs. ![]()
Biography of Lillie Langtry (excerpt)
Lillie Langtry (13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a highly successful British actress born on the island of Jersey. A renowned beauty, she was nicknamed the "Jersey Lily" and had a number of prominent lovers, including the future King Edward VII. ![]()
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Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah, as well as the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With an estimated population of 200,567 in 2019, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,222,540 (2018 estimate).
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Biography of Ivan Turgenev (excerpt)
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев IPA: ) (November 9 1818 – September 3 1883) was a Russian novelist and playwright. His novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. Life Turgenev was born into a wealthy landed family in Oryol, Russia, on October 28, 1818. ![]()
Biography of Aristide Briand (excerpt)
Aristide Briand (28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932) was a French statesman who served several terms as Prime Minister of France and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Early life He was born in Nantes, Brittany of a bourgeois family. He attended the Nantes Lycée, where, in 1877, he developed a close friendship with Jules Verne. ![]()
Biography of Eugène Atget (excerpt)
Eugène Atget (12 February 1857 (birth time source: Didier Geslain); 4 August 1927) was a French photographer noted for his photographs documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris. Personal life Born outside the French city of Bordeaux, he was orphaned at seven and raised by his uncle.
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Biography of François Coppée (excerpt)
François Edouard Joachim Coppée (January 26, 1842 – May 23, 1908), was a French poet and novelist. He was born in Paris to a civil servant. After attending the Lycée Saint-Louis he became a clerk in the ministry of war, and won public favour as a poet of the Parnassian school. ![]()
Biography of Louis Clément Faller (excerpt)
Louis Clément Faller, born on June 1, 1819 in Habsheim, near Mulhouse (birth time source: Lescaut), died on February 27, 1901 in Paris (suicide), was a French painter. ![]()
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Bakersfield is a charter city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km2) near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. ![]()
Biography of Selma Lagerlof (excerpt)
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (20 November 1858–16 March 1940) was a Swedish author and the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Known internationally for Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (a story for children, in the most common translation The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, but the literal translation would be "Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey Through Sweden"), she was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1909 "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings. ![]()
Biography of Félix Tisserand (excerpt)
François Félix Tisserand (January 13, 1845 - October 20, 1896) was a French astronomer. Tisserand was born at Nuits-Saint-Georges, Côte d'Or. In 1863 he entered the Ecole Normale Superieure, and on leaving he went for a month as professor at the lycee at Metz. ![]()
Biography of Jean-Léon Gérôme (excerpt)
Jean-Léon Gérôme (May 11, 1824 – January 10, 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. ![]()
Biography of David Livingstone (excerpt)
David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 4 May 1873) was a Scottish Presbyterian pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in central Africa. He was the first European to see Victoria Falls, which he named in honour of the reigning monarch.
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Biography of Frédéric Mistral (excerpt)
Frédéric Mistral (September 8, 1830 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – March 25, 1914) was a French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature. He was a key figure in the literary félibrige movement. He shared the Nobel Prize in literature in 1904 for his contributions in literature and philology.
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Biography of Joris-Karl Huysmans (excerpt)
Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (February 5, 1848 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – May 12, 1907) was a French novelist who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans; he is most famous for the novel À rebours (Against Nature). His style is remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, wide-ranging vocabulary, wealth of detailed and sensuous description, and biting, satirical wit.
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Biography of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (excerpt)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 – April 09, 1882) was an English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator. Early life The son of émigré Italian scholar Gabriel Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti, D.G. Rossetti was born in London, England and originally named Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti.
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Biography of Alexander Borodin (excerpt)
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin) (31 October/12 November 1833 (birth time source: Penfield, conflicting sources) – 15 February/27 February 1887) was a Russian composer of Georgian parentage who made his living as a notable chemist. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five (or "The Mighty Handful"), who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music . ![]()
Biography of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (excerpt)
The Princess Alice (Alice Maud Mary; 25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878) was a member of the British Royal Family, the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria. As the consort of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse she was The Grand Duchess of Hesse. ![]()
Biography of Mary Cassatt (excerpt)
Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt (pronounced ca-SAHT) often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children.
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Biography of Jules Méline (excerpt)
Félix Jules Méline (French pronunciation: ; 20 May 1838 – 21 December 1925) was a French statesman, prime minister from 1896 to 1898. Méline was born at Remiremont. Having taken up law as his profession, he was chosen a deputy in 1872, and in 1879 he was for a short time under-secretary to the minister of the interior. |
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