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birth charts with Apollon in CancerYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Apollon in Cancer. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]() ![]()
Biography of John George Bartholomew (excerpt)
John George Bartholomew or J.G.Bartholomew (1860-1920) was a Scottish cartographer and geographer.As a holder of a royal warrant, he used the title "Cartographer to the King." He was the son of John Bartholomew, and the grandson of the founder of John Bartholomew and Son Ltd. ![]()
Biography of Wilhelm Dilthey (excerpt)
Wilhelm Dilthey (November 19, 1833 – October 1, 1911) was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist, student of hermeneutics, and philosopher. He could be considered an empiricist, in contrast to the idealism prevalent in Germany at the time, but his account of what constitutes the empirical and experiential differs from British empiricism and positivism in its central epistemological and ontological assumptions, which are drawn from German literary and philosophical traditions. ![]()
Biography of Ella Young (excerpt)
Ella Young (December 26, 1867 – 1956) was an Irish poet, political activist, and mystic. Born in County Antrim, she grew up in Dublin and attended the Royal University. Her interest in Theosophy led her to become an early member of the Hermetic Society, and her acquaintance with "Æ" (George William Russell) led to her becoming one of his select group of protegés, known as the "singing birds." Her nationalist sentiments also led her to a friendship with Patrick Pearse, and she had a supporting role in the Easter Rising; as a member of Cumann na mBan, she smuggled rifles and other supplies in support of Republican forces. ![]()
Biography of Paul-Jean Toulet (excerpt)
Paul-Jean Toulet (5 June 1867, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques - 6 September 1920) was a French poet. He was a descendant of Charlotte Corday, and son of a wealthy man living in Mauritius. He was most famous for his opus describing La vie parisienne. ![]()
Biography of Marguerite Audoux (excerpt)
Marguerite Audoux (July 7, 1863 at Sancoins, Cher – January 31, 1937 at Saint-Raphaël, Var) was a French novelist. Marguerite Donquichote, who took her mother's name, Audoux, in 1895, was orphaned by age three, following the death of her mother and abandonment by her father. ![]()
Biography of Jean-Baptiste Faure (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste Faure, born January 15, 1830 in Moulins, died in 1914, was a French baritone. ![]()
Biography of Paul Bourget (excerpt)
Paul Charles Joseph Bourget (September 2, 1852 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – December 25, 1935), was a French novelist and critic. Biography He was born in Amiens in the Somme département of Picardie, France.His father, a professor of mathematics, was later appointed to a post in the college at Clermont-Ferrand, where Bourget received his early education. ![]()
Biography of Luther Burbank (excerpt)
Luther Burbank (7 March 1849 – 11 April 1926) was an American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career.Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables.
Biography of Lewis Weston (excerpt)
Lewis Weston, born on December 27, 1862 in Burrows, Indiana, died on September 23, 1945, was an American astrologer and author;
Biography of Jeanne Maillot (excerpt)
Jeanne Maillot, born on April 28, 1860 in Lille and died on July 16, 1940, was a figure in the French political world. She was the wife of Henri de Gaulle, the father of Charles de Gaulle, and the mother of Charles de Gaulle. ![]()
Biography of Ellen Terry (excerpt)
Dame Ellen Terry, GBE (27 February 1847 – 21 July 1928) was an English stage actress, who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain. Born into a family of actors, Terry began acting as a child in Shakespeare plays, and continuing as a teen, sometimes in London and sometimes on tour.
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Biography of Paul Durand-Ruel (excerpt)
Paul Durand-Ruel (31 October 1831, Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 5 February 1922, Paris) was a French art dealer who is associated with the Impressionists. He was one of the first modern art dealers who provided support to his painters with stipends and solo exhibitions. ![]()
Biography of Lawrence Alma-Tadema (excerpt)
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (pronounced /ˈælmə ˈtædɪmə/), OM, RA (8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was one of the most renowned painters of late nineteenth-century Britain. Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. ![]()
Biography of Eleuthere Mascart (excerpt)
Eleuthère Elie Nicolas Mascart, born February 20, 1837 in Quarouble and died August 24, 1908 in Paris, was a French physicist and researcher.
Biography of James Coats (excerpt)
James Coats, born September 5, 1843 in Belfast, was an Irish mesmerist, magnetizer and author.
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Biography of Jean Béraud (excerpt)
ean Béraud (January 12, 1849 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, archives from the Quai d'Orsay) – October 4, 1935) was a French Impressionist painter and commercial artist noted for his paintings of Parisian life during the Belle Époque. Biography Béraud was born in Saint Petersburg.
Biography of Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (excerpt)
Princess Alexandra Amalie of Bavaria (26 August 1826 – 21 September 1875) was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and devoted her life to literature. Early life Alexandra was born in Schloss Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg, the eighth child and fifth daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and of his wife Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. ![]()
Biography of Albert Maignan (excerpt)
Albert Pierre René Maignan, born October 14, 1845 in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe (birth time source: Didier Geslain) and died September 29, 1908 in Saint-Prix, was a French painter and illustrator. Bibliography Dominique Mallet, Albert Maignan et son oeuvre. Conférence au Mans le 14 novembre 1912.
Biography of Catherine Thompson (excerpt)
Catherine Thompson, born April 10, 1858 in London and died in December 1934, was a British astrologer and author. ![]()
Biography of Edmond Gondinet (excerpt)
Edmond Gondinet (March 7, 1828; Laurière – November 19, 1888; Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French playwright and librettist. This author, nearly forgotten today, produced forty plays of which several were successful. He collaborated with Alphonse Daudet and Eugène Labiche, among others. Plays (extract)
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Biography of Giuseppe Zanardelli (excerpt)
Giuseppe Zanardelli (October 29, 1826 – December 26, 1903) was an Italian jurisconsult, nationalist and political figure.He was prime minister of Italy from February 15, 1901 to November 3, 1903. Biography Giuseppe Zanardelli was born at Concesio (Lombardy). A combatant in the volunteer corps during the war of 1848, he returned to Brescia after the defeat of Novara, and for a time earned a livelihood by teaching law, but was molested by the Austrian police and forbidden to teach in consequence of his refusal to contribute pro-Austrian articles to the press. ![]()
Biography of Charles Ricketts (excerpt)
Charles De Sousy Ricketts (2 October 1866 - 7 October 1931) was a versatile English artist, illustrator, author and printer, and is best known for his work as book designer and typographer from 1896 to 1904 with the Vale Press, and his work in the theatre as a set and costume designer.
Biography of James Caird (excerpt)
Sir James Caird of Glenfarquhar, Baronet (2 January 1864 – 27 September 1954) was a shipowner and the principal donor in creating the National Maritime Museum, London. Early life and education The eldest son of James Caird, a lawyer, and his wife, Mary Ann Hutcheson, James Caird was born in Glasgow, Scotland, educated at Glasgow Academy, and then in 1878 joined a firm of East India merchants, William Graham & Co. ![]()
Biography of Tristan Bernard (excerpt)
Tristan Bernard (September 7, 1866 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – December 7, 1947) was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer. Born Paul Bernard into a Jewish family in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France, the son of an architect. He left Besançon at the age of 14, moving with his father to Paris, where he studied at the Lycée Condorcet, which was noted for its numerous literary alumni. ![]()
Biography of Henri Filhol (excerpt)
Henri Filhol (May 11, 1843 in Toulouse (source: Lescaut) – April 28, 1902 in Paris) was a French medical doctor, malacologist and naturalist.He served as the expedition doctor and naturalist on the French 1874 Transit of Venus expedition to Campbell Island, New Zealand, with a peak on the island, Filhol Peak, being named after him. ![]()
Biography of Venustiano Carranza (excerpt)
Venustiano Carranza Garza (December 29, 1859 – May 21, 1920) was one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution.He ultimately became President of Mexico following the overthrow of the dictatorial Huerta regime in the summer of 1914 and during his administration the current constitution of Mexico was drafted. ![]()
Biography of Louis-Paul Cailletet (excerpt)
Louis-Paul Cailletet (21 September 1832 – 5 January 1913) was a French physicist and inventor. Life and work Cailletet was born in Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte-d'Or.Educated in Paris, Cailletet returned to Chatillon to manage his father's ironworks.In an effort to determine the cause of accidents that occurred while tempering incompletely forged iron, Cailletet found that heating the iron put it in a highly unstable state, with gases dissolved in it.
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Biography of Charles August Lindbergh (excerpt)
Charles August Lindbergh Sr. (January 20, 1859 – May 24, 1924) was a United States Congressman from Minnesota's 6th congressional district from 1907 to 1917. He opposed both American entry into World War I, and the 1913 Federal Reserve Act. He was the father of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh. ![]()
Biography of Havelock Ellis (excerpt)
Henry Havelock Ellis (February 2, 1859 - July 8, 1939) was a British sexologist, physician, and social reformer. Early life Ellis, son of Edward Peppen Ellis and Susannah Mary Wheatley, was born at Croydon, then a small town south of London.His father was a sea captain, his mother the daughter of a sea captain, and many other relatives lived on or near the sea.
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Biography of Wilhelm Raabe (excerpt)
Wilhelm Raabe (September 8, 1831 – November 15, 1910), German novelist, whose early works were published under the pseudonym of Jakob Corvinus, was born at Eschershausen (then in the Duchy of Brunswick, now in the Holzminden District). He served apprenticeship at a bookseller's in Magdeburg for four years (1849-1854); but tiring of the routine of business, studied philosophy at Berlin (1855-1857).
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Biography of Elme-Marie Caro (excerpt)
Elme Marie Caro (March 4, 1826, Poitiers, Vienne – July 13, 1887, Paris), was a French philosopher. His father, a professor of philosophy, gave him an excellent education at the Stanislas College and the École Normale, where he graduated in 1848. After being professor of philosophy at several provincial universities, he received the degree of doctor, and came to Paris in 1858 as master of conferences at the École Normale. ![]()
Biography of Mabel Collins (excerpt)
Mabel Collins (9 September 1851 - 31 March 1927) was a theosophist and author of over 46 books. She was born in London. Works (extract) The Blossom and the Fruit (1888) The Idyll of the White Lotus (1890) Morial the Mahatma (1892) ![]()
Biography of Richard von Krafft-Ebing (excerpt)
Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (August 14, 1840 – December 22, 1902) was an Austro-German sexologist and psychiatrist. He wrote Psychopathia Sexualis (1886), a famous series of cases studies of sexual perversity. The book remains well-known for his coinage of the term masochism using the name of a contemporary writer, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose partially autobiographical novel Venus in Furs tells of the protagonist's desire to be whipped and enslaved by a beautiful woman.
Biography of Gabriel Montoya (excerpt)
Gabriel Montoya, born October 20, 1868 in Alès, died in 1914, was a French composer, poet, author and physician. He was very famous in French cabaret Le Chat noir in Montmartre, Paris. Songs and poetry collections (extract) - La chanson du macchabée (musique de Gaston Maquis) ![]()
Biography of Ferruccio Busoni (excerpt)
Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, teacher of piano and composition, writer on musical questions, and conductor. Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Ferruccio Busoni was born in Empoli in Tuscany, the only child of two professional musicians: his Italian/German mother a pianist, his Italian father a clarinetist.
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Biography of August Weismann (excerpt)
Friedrich Leopold August Weismann (Birth. January 17, 1834 in Frankfurt am Main; Death. November 5, 1914 in Freiburg im Breisgau, ) was a German biologist. Ernst Mayr ranked him the second most notable evolutionary theorist of the 19th century, after Charles Darwin. ![]()
Biography of Alphonse Bertillon (excerpt)
Alphonse Bertillon (April 22, 1853—February 13, 1914) was a French law enforcement officer and biometrics researcher who created anthropometry, an identification system based on physical measurements (sole sources give April 22, 1853). Anthropometry was the first scientific system police used to identify criminals. ![]()
Biography of Louis Bertrand (novelist) (excerpt)
Louis Bertrand (20 March 1866, Spincourt, Meuse – 6 December 1941, Cap d'Antibes) was a French novelist, historian and essayist. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1925. ![]()
Biography of Charles Fabry (excerpt)
Maurice Paul Auguste Charles Fabry (11 June 1867, Marseille – 11 December 1945, Paris) was a French physicist. He and Henri Buisson discovered the ozone layer in 1913. In optics, he discovered an explanation for the phenomenon of interference fringes. Together with his colleague Alfred Pérot he invented the Fabry-Perot interferometer.
Biography of Louis Emile Bertin (excerpt)
Louis-Émile Bertin (March 23,1840-1924) was a French naval engineer, one of the foremost of his time, and a proponent of the "Jeune École" philosophy of using light, but powerfully armed warships instead of large battleships. Early life Bertin was born in Nancy, France in 1840. ![]()
Biography of Emile Pouvillon (excerpt)
Emile Pouvillon (1840 - 1906), French novelist, was born at Montauban (Tarn et Garonne). He published in 1878 a collection of stories entitled Nouvelles réalistes.Making himself the chronicler of his native province of Quercy, he painted its scenery and its life with great clearness of outline and without exaggeration.
Biography of Carl Beck (excerpt)
Carl Beck, born April 4, 1856 in Neckargemünd, died June 9, 1911, was a German-American surgeon, physician and author.
Biography of Junius Massau (excerpt)
Belgian engineer Junius Massau (April 9, 1852–1909) is considered to be the creator of graphical integration.He worked out careful techniques of geometrical calculation accurately to construct the integral curves of differential equations y = f(x) and, more generally, y = f(x, y).
Biography of Emilio de Bono (excerpt)
Emilio De Bono (March 19, 1866 – January 11, 1944) was an Italian general who fought in World War I and fascist activist who helped organize the Italian Fascist Party.In 1943, he participated in the Fascist Grand Council of which toppled Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. ![]()
Biography of Ivo of Kermartin (excerpt)
Saint Ivo of Kermartin (17 October 1253 at Kermartin, a manor near Minihy-Tréguier (Tréguier), Brittany, France - 19 May 1303 at Louannec, Brittany), also known as Erwann (in Breton) and Yves (in French), Yvo, Ives, or Ivo.He is a saint and patron of lawyers and abandoned children. ![]()
Biography of Oskar Hertwig (excerpt)
Oscar Hertwig (April 21, 1849, Friedberg, Hesse - October 25, 1922, Berlin) was a German zoologist and professor, who also wrote about the theory of evolution circa 1916, over 55 years after Charles Darwin's book The Origin of Species. He was the older brother of zoologist-professor Richard Hertwig (1850-1937). ![]()
Biography of Jules Vandenpeereboom (excerpt)
Jules Henri Pierre François Vandenpeereboom (18 March 1843–6 March 1917) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician. Vandenpeereboom was born in Kortrijk and educated as a lawyer.He represented Kortrijk in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives from 1878 to 1900. He held several ministerial posts, beginning with Railways, Posts and Telegraphs, from 1884 to 1899. ![]()
Biography of Louis-Antoine Ranvier (excerpt)
Louis-Antoine Ranvier (b.Lyon, France, October 2, 1835; d.Vendranges, France, March 22, 1922, French physician, pathologist, anatomist and histologist, discoverer of the myelin sheath and the nodes of Ranvier, subcellular structure which covers the axons of neurons. Ranvier studied medicine at Lyon, graduating in 1865. ![]()
Biography of Emily Greene Balch (excerpt)
Emily Greene Balch (January 8, 1867 – January 9, 1961) was an American academic, writer, and pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 (the prize that year was shared with John Mott), notably for her work with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).
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Biography of Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant (excerpt)
Paul-Henri-Benjamin Baluet d'Estournelles, baron de Constant de Rébecque (22 November 1852 – 15 May 1924), was a French diplomat and politician, advocate of international arbitration and winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for Peace.He was born at La Flèche (Sarthe) in the Loire valley to an old aristocratic family which traced its genealogy back to the Crusades; the renowned Revolution-era writer and politician Benjamin Constant was his great-uncle. |
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