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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. in ![]()
Biography of Paul Poirier (surgeon) (excerpt)
Paul-Julien Poirier, born on February 9, 1853, in Granville, and died on May 1, 1907, in Auteuil, was a French surgeon and anatomist. Paul Poirier became a hospital surgeon in 1889, first at the hospital in Ivry, then at Tenon Hospital, and later at Lariboisière Hospital in 1904.
Biography of Krisjānis Valdemārs (excerpt)
Krišjānis Valdemārs (born December 2, 1825 (Gregorian calendar), in Ārlava Parish, Latvia – died December 7, 1891, in Moscow, Russian Empire) was a Latvian writer, editor, and folklorist. After studying law at the University of Tartu (1855-1858), Valdemārs moved to Saint Petersburg, where he worked for the Latvian magazines St.
Biography of Carl Peters (excerpt)
Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918) was a German explorer and colonial administrator.He was a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa (part of the modern republic Tanzania) and one of the founders of the German East Africa Company.
Biography of Georges Balagny (excerpt)
George or Georges Balagny, born in Batignolles on February 16, 1837, and died in Paris XVIIe on December 17, 1919, was a French photographer. Son of Auguste Balagny, a notary who later became the mayor of Batignolles-Monceau, then of the XVIIe arrondissement of Paris, and finally of Maule, and Adélaïde Léopoldine Genet.
Biography of Marie Laurent (actress) (excerpt)
Marie Laurent was a French actress born on June 22, 1825, in Tulle (Corrèze) and died on July 5, 1904, in Villiers-le-Bel (Seine-et-Oise). Her real name was Marie-Thérèse-Désirée Alliouz-Luguet, and she belonged to a dynasty of actors who gained fame in Paris since the early 19th century.
Biography of Alexandre Arquillière (excerpt)
Alexandre Arquillière was a French actor, born on April 18, 1870, in Boën-sur-Lignon and passed away on January 8, 1953, in Saint-Étienne. Originally a house painter, he later became a student at the Conservatoire.He made his stage debut at the Théâtre Libre in 1888 alongside Firmin Gémier, with whom he maintained a close relationship.
Biography of Henri Desgrange (excerpt)
Henri Antoine Desgrange, born on January 31, 1865, in Paris 10th district and died on August 16, 1940, in Grimaud, was a French cyclist, sports executive, and journalist. He is not only known for setting twelve world records in track cycling, but, perhaps more enduringly, for organizing the first Tour de France in 1903.
Biography of Ferruccio Garavaglia (excerpt)
Ferruccio Garavaglia (May 1, 1868 – April 29, 1912), born Giovita, was an Italian actor in theater and silent cinema.He was the husband of actress Adele Garavaglia, father of actor Leo Garavaglia, and grandfather of actress Miranda Bonansea. Alongside Achille Majeroni, he co-directed his own theatrical company.
Biography of Witold Zglenicki (excerpt)
Witold Zglenicki (6 January 1850 - 6 July 1904), a Polish inventor, geologist, metallurgist, oil worker, and philanthropist, is known as the "father of Baku kerosene" and the "Polish Nobel." He studied in Płock, Warsaw, and St. Petersburg under Dmitry Mendeleev. Initially focusing on mining and metallurgy, Zglenicki later dedicated himself to the oil industry, pioneering techniques in oil extraction, including undersea drilling.
Biography of Louis Capazza (excerpt)
Louis Henri Capazza, born January 17, 1862, in Bastia and died December 28, 1928, in Paris, was a French aeronaut.After high school in Bastia, he joined the administration of Bridges and Roads. He co-developed a precision instrument for railway curve calculations, which won a gold medal at the Work Exhibition in Paris.
Biography of Jacques-Augustin Normand (excerpt)
Jacques-Augustin Normand (October 4, 1839 – December 11, 1906) was a French naval engineer and shipbuilder from Le Havre, stemming from a family entrenched in shipbuilding since the 18th century. Inheriting the family yard in 1871, he significantly advanced its operations over 35 years, developing high-performance machines and vessels, including the revolutionary yacht "Vélox" in 1875, capable of exceeding 17 knots.
Biography of Draga Ljocic (excerpt)
Draga Ljočić Milošević (22 February 1855 – 5 November 1926) was a Serbian physician, socialist, and feminist. In 1872, she became the first Serbian woman to be accepted at the University of Zürich in Switzerland. During the war between Serbia and the Ottoman Empire, she worked as a medical assistant in the army and received the grade of a Lieutenant.
Biography of Yone Suzuki (excerpt)
Yone Suzuki (鈴木よね, August 15, 1852 – May 6, 1938) was a Japanese businesswoman, described in 1918 as "the wealthiest woman in Japan". Early Life Yone Suzuki was from Osaka. Career As a widow with two sons, Yone Suzuki took over her late husband's business, the Suzuki Trading Company (Suzuki Shoten), trusting manager Kaneko Naokichi with many of the strategic decisions.
Biography of Louis Couperus (excerpt)
Louis Marie-Anne Couperus, born on June 10, 1863, in The Hague and died on July 16, 1923, in De Steeg, was a Dutch poet and writer, considered a prominent figure in Dutch literature. Born into a wealthy patrician family, he spent part of his youth in the Dutch East Indies.
Biography of Leo von König (excerpt)
Leo Freiherr von König (28 February 1871 - 19 April 1944) was a German painter and a member of the Berlin Secession. He was the eldest son of Götz von König, a cavalry general, and Baroness Hertha von Cramm. He studied at the Prussian Academy of Art and later at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1889 to 1897.
Biography of Pierre Cuypers (architect) (excerpt)
Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers (May 16, 1827 – March 3, 1921) was a Dutch architect best known for Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–1885).He designed over 100 churches and restored numerous monuments. Born in Roermond, he studied architecture at the Royal Academy of Art in Antwerp, earning the Prix d'Excellence in 1849.
Biography of Léon Stienon (excerpt)
Léon Stienon was a distinguished Belgian physician, having earned his MD in 1874.In 1876, he became an associate at the University of Brussels and a year later, he served as a substitute histology lecturer at the same university. His career progressed as he became a Professor of Medical Matters in 1880 and then took on the role of doctor at the civilian hospitals of Brussels in 1881, later becoming Chief in 1884.
Biography of Erazm Jerzmanowski (excerpt)
Erazm Józef Jerzmanowski (2 June 1844 – 7 February 1909) was an industrialist, philanthropist, and soldier who fought in the January Uprising of 1863-1865. After the uprising, he was interned but later released, moving to Paris to continue his education. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War before moving to the United States in 1873, where he gained citizenship.
Biography of Ippolito Nievo (excerpt)
Ippolito Nievo, an Italian writer, journalist, and patriot, was born in Padua on 30 November 1831 during Austrian rule. A law graduate from the University of Padua, he rejected a legal career under Austrian governance, influenced by Giuseppe Mazzini's ideas. Nievo fought for Italian unification with Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 and witnessed Italy's unification in 1861, just before his tragic death in a shipwreck.
Biography of Eduardo Scarpetta (excerpt)
Eduardo Scarpetta (March 13, 1853 – November 12, 1925) was an Italian actor and playwright from Naples. Although he did not come from a theatrical family, he was on stage by the age of four.He is best remembered as the creator of a character that became his stage alter-ego: Felice Sciosciammocca, a figure representing the quintessential Neapolitan spirit—joyful and wide-eyed with a charming gullibility.
Biography of Lucien Millevoye (excerpt)
Lucien Millevoye, born on August 1, 1850 in Grenoble and died on March 25, 1918 in Paris, was a French journalist and politician. Initially a lawyer then a magistrate, he resigned in 1880 to protest the expulsion of religious congregations and then pursued a career in political journalism.
Biography of Willy von Beckerath (excerpt)
Willy von Beckerath (28 September 1868 – 10 May 1938) was a German painter and art professor associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. He was primarily known for portraits, landscapes and murals.From 1902, he was instrumental in the formation of the Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau.
Biography of Martha Carey Thomas (excerpt)
Martha Carey Thomas (January 2, 1857 – December 2, 1935) was an American educator, suffragist, and linguist.She was the second president of Bryn Mawr College, significantly influencing its academic rigor and architectural expansion. A pioneering advocate for women's higher education, Thomas earned a Ph.D.
Biography of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (excerpt)
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister three times, totaling over thirteen years. He was also Foreign Secretary for much of his tenure, maintaining a policy of "splendid isolation." Salisbury initially entered the House of Commons in 1854 and later served as Secretary of State for India and Foreign Secretary.
Biography of Joaquín Ruiz Jiménez (excerpt)
Joaquín Ruiz Jiménez, born on September 12, 1854 in Jaén and died on June 16, 1934 in Madrid, was a Spanish lawyer and politician. Affiliated with the Liberal Party, he began his political career as a deputy for Jaén in the 1881 elections.
Biography of Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (excerpt)
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand Maria Johann Evangelist Franz Ignaz of Austria (11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913) was an Austrian prince and politician who served as Minister-President of Austria from 1861 to 1865. Later in his life, he took up the collection of preserved papyri, largely from Egypt, and served as a benefactor and patron while working with the Oriental studies department of the University of Vienna.
Biography of Dinah Craik (excerpt)
Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik; 20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She is best remembered for her novel "John Halifax, Gentleman", which depicts mid-Victorian ideals of English middle-class life.
Biography of August Kessler (excerpt)
Jean Baptiste August Kessler (15 December 1853 – 14 December 1900) was a Dutch entrepreneur and oil explorer who was largely responsible for the growth and development of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., now part of present-day Shell. Unexpected death The hard work amid difficult surroundings led to Kessler's death one day shy of his 47th birthday.
Biography of Elena Vacarescu (excerpt)
Elena Văcărescu, also known as Hélène Vacaresco (September 21, 1864 (October 3, Gregorian calendar) – February 17, 1947), was a Romanian-French aristocrat and twice a laureate of the Académie française. Descending from the noble Văcărescu family, she grew up on the family estate near Târgoviște.
Biography of Hermann Julius Grüneberg (excerpt)
Hermann Julius Grüneberg (11 April 1827 – 7 June 1894) was a German chemist and inventor, and together with Julius Vorster the founder of the Chemische Fabrik Kalk. Grüneberg was born in Stettin, Province of Pomerania, Prussia, now Szczecin, the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland.
Biography of Georges Henri Roger (excerpt)
Georges Eugène Henri Roger (born June 4, 1860, in Paris and died April 19, 1946, in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt) was a French physician known for co-authoring a significant medical treatise with Pierre Joseph Teissier and Fernand Widal. He was the son of Jean Alfred Roger and Françoise Louise Papavoine, dramatic artists, and a descendant of composer Jean-Pierre Solié.
Biography of Jules Moy (excerpt)
Jules Moy (1862–1938) was a French stage and film actor. Selected filmography The Vein (1928) Cagliostro (1929) Mistigri (1931) The Man at Midnight (1931) Let's Touch Wood (1933) Bach the Detective (1936) The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy (1936)
Biography of Johnston Forbes-Robertson (excerpt)
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (16 January 1853 – 6 November 1937) was an English actor and theatre manager and husband of actress Gertrude Elliot. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the Victorian era and one of the finest actors of his time, despite his dislike of the job and his lifelong belief that he was temperamentally unsuited to acting.
Biography of Armando Diaz (excerpt)
Armando Diaz, 1st Duke della Vittoria, OSSA, OSML, OMS, OCI (5 December 1861 – 28 February 1928) was an Italian general and a Marshal of Italy. He is mostly known for his role as Chief of Staff of the Regio Esercito during World War I from November 1917.
Biography of Pierre Bazy (excerpt)
Pierre Bazy, born on March 28, 1853, in Sainte-Croix-Volvestre and died on January 22, 1934, in Paris, was a renowned urological surgeon in the Hospitals of Paris. He studied at the Faculty of Medicine in Toulouse before moving to Paris, where he made significant contributions to urological surgery.
Biography of Sister Dora (1832) (excerpt)
Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison, better known as Sister Dora, was born on 16 January 1832 in Hauxwell, North Riding of Yorkshire.Her time of birth comes from the biography Sister Dora: The Life of Dorothy Pattison by Jo Manton (Methuen, 1971). She was the eleventh of twelve children of Reverend Mark James Pattison and his wife Jane.
Biography of Thekla Resvoll (excerpt)
Thekla Susanne Ragnhild Resvoll (22 May 1871 – 14 June 1948) was a Norwegian botanist and educator.A pioneer in Norwegian natural history education and nature conservation, she worked closely with her sister, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen. Resvoll was born in Vågå, Oppland, Norway.She initially worked as a nurse in Stockholm before studying natural history at the Royal Frederick University in Kristiania in 1894.
Biography of Nikolai Fyodorov (philosopher) (excerpt)
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (Russian: Никола́й Фёдорович Фёдоров; surname also Anglicized as "Fedorov", June 7, 1829, Elatomsk District, Tambov Province – December 28, 1903), known in his family as Nikolai Pavlovich Gagarin, was a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, religious thinker and futurologist, library science figure and an innovative educator.
Biography of Jean Coquelin (excerpt)
Camille Léon Jean Coquelin (Paris, December 1, 1865 - Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames, October 1, 1944) was a French actor, son of Coquelin aîné. He was a student of Mme Arnould Plessy and Coquelin aîné, his father.He followed the latter on a major tour in Europe, then joined the Comédie-Française.
Biography of Alice Hegan Rice (excerpt)
Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, was an American novelist born on January 11, 1870, in Shelbyville, Kentucky. She gained fame with her 1901 novel "Mrs.Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," which was adapted into a play and four films.
Biography of Käthe Schirmacher (excerpt)
Käthe Schirmacher, born on August 6, 1865, in Danzig (now Gdańsk), was a German writer, journalist, and political activist, notable as a leading advocate for women's rights in the 1890s. The daughter of a wealthy merchant, Schirmacher lost her family fortune early and became one of the first German women to earn a doctorate in Romance studies.
Biography of Charles Moureu (excerpt)
François Charles Léon Moureu (19 April 1863, in Mourenx – 13 June 1929, in Biarritz) was a French organic chemist and pharmacist. In 1902 Charles Moureu published Notions fondamentales de chimie organique, translated into English as Fundamental principles of organic chemistry (1921).
Biography of Wen Tingshi (excerpt)
Wen Tingshi was a Chinese political figure, poet, and scholar born to a family with a history in politics.He achieved the Jinshi status in 1890 and worked at the imperial court. A firm opponent of peace with Japan during the First Sino-Japanese War, he joined officials criticizing the government and submitted memorials.
Biography of André Spire (excerpt)
André Spire (28 July 1868 – 29 July 1966) was a French writer, poet, and Zionist activist.Born into a Jewish middle-class family, he pursued literature and law, then entered the Council of State in 1894. He became involved in Dreyfus Affair politics and social welfare, founding a society to aid workers.
Biography of Blanche Edwards-Pilliet (excerpt)
Blanche Edwards-Pilliet (24 November 1858 – 10 January 1941) was a French physician, medical teacher, and social reformer advocating for women.She was one of the first women to intern at a Parisian hospital. Educated at home by her father, she entered the Paris faculty of medicine at 19.
Biography of Hermann Abert (excerpt)
Hermann Abert (25 March 1871 – 13 August 1927) was a German historian of music. Life Abert was born in Stuttgart, the son of Johann Josef Abert (1832–1915), the Hofkapellmeister of that city. From 1890 to 1896 he studied classical philology at the Universities of Tübingen, Berlin and Leipzig.
Biography of Rukhmabai (excerpt)
Rukhmabai (22 November 1864 – 25 September 1955) was an Indian physician and feminist. She is best known for being one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India (first one being Dr. Kadambini Ganguly who started practicing in 1886) as well as being involved in a landmark legal case involving her marriage as a child bride between 1884 and 1888.
Biography of Eleanor Marx (excerpt)
Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx (16 January 1855 – 31 March 1898), sometimes called Eleanor Aveling and known to her family as Tussy, was the English-born youngest daughter of Karl Marx. Her time of birth comes from the biography "Eleanor Marx" (Lawrence & Wishart, 1972, Vol.
Biography of Emmanuel Leclainche (excerpt)
Auguste-Louis-Emmanuel Leclainche, born on August 29, 1861, in Piney (Aube) and died on November 26, 1953, in Paris, was a French veterinarian and microbiologist, internationally renowned for his scientific achievements in veterinary medicine, as well as for his major role in organizing veterinary education and French veterinary services.
Biography of Yan' Dargent (excerpt)
Yan' Dargent, pseudonym of Jean-Édouard Dargent (born October 15, 1824, in Saint-Servais, Finistère (not Saint-Servan), and died November 19, 1899, in Paris), was a French painter and illustrator primarily focused on Brittany. Initially working as a draftsman and construction inspector, he later devoted himself to art, becoming a prolific illustrator. |
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