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Biography of Jacobus van Looy (excerpt)
Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (13 September 1855 – 24 February 1930) was a Dutch painter and writer. Orphaned at a young age, he grew up in the Haarlem municipal orphanage. Originally trained as a house painter, he entered the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam in 1877.
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Biography of Otto von Faber du Faur (excerpt)
Adolph Eduard Otto von Faber du Faur, born June 3, 1828, in Ludwigsburg and died August 10, 1901, in Munich, was a German officer and painter known for his large-scale battle scenes. He first trained under his father, battle painter Wilhelm von Faber du Faur, then studied in Munich, Paris, and Stuttgart with notable artists like Adolphe Yvon and Carl von Piloty.
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Biography of Arthur Guest (excerpt)
Arthur Edward Guest (7 November 1841 – 17 July 1898) was a British Conservative politician. His time of birth comes from his mother, in the book "Lady Charlotte Guest; extracts from her journal", 1833-1852 (London: Murray, 1950). He was the fifth son of Sir Josiah Guest and Lady Charlotte Elizabeth, and the younger brother of Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, and Montague Guest.
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Biography of Samuel Coucke (excerpt)
Samuel Coucke, born October 1, 1833, in Bruges and died November 7, 1899, was a Belgian stained glass artist and ceramic painter. He was one of the Belgian artists who embraced the neo-Gothic style, which flourished in Bruges in the late 19th century.
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Biography of Louis Fabry (excerpt)
Louis Fabry, born on April 20, 1862, in Marseille and deceased on January 26, 1939, in Les Lecques (Var), was a French astronomer and mathematician. Raised in a scholarly family, he studied at Lycée Thiers and then at École Polytechnique. He earned degrees in mathematics and physics, trained in Paris, and worked at the observatories of Nice and Marseille, where he became assistant astronomer in 1895 and retired in 1924.
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Biography of Jacques Perk (excerpt)
Jacques Perk, born June 10, 1859, and died November 1, 1881, was a pivotal Dutch poet of the 19th century. His sonnet cycle Mathilde, published by Willem Kloos, marked the beginning of modern Dutch poetry and was influenced by Shelley, Goethe, and Lamartine.
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Biography of Rodolphe Julian (excerpt)
Pierre Louis Rodolphe Julian (June 13, 1839 – February 11, 1907), born in Lapalud, was a French painter, engraver, and teacher, best known as the founder of the Académie Julian in Paris. He was legitimized at age eight following his parents’ marriage.
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Biography of Charles Barrois (geologist) (excerpt)
Charles Barrois, born on April 21, 1851 in Lille and died on November 5, 1939 in Sainte-Geneviève-en-Caux, was a French geologist and professor at the University of Lille, from a prominent industrial family. Trained by Jules Gosselet, he published in 1876 groundbreaking research on the Upper Cretaceous of England and Ireland, laying the foundations of British chalk stratigraphy.
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Biography of Joseph Apoux (excerpt)
Jacques Apoux, born on November 5, 1846, in Le Blanc and died on November 11, 1910, in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, was a 19th-century French painter, illustrator, and engraver linked to the Decadent movement. He studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme and specialized in aquatint and drypoint techniques.
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Biography of Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis (excerpt)
Ferdinand Jacobus Domela Nieuwenhuis (December 31, 1846 – November 18, 1919) was a Dutch Lutheran preacher who became a key figure in the country’s socialist movement.After losing his faith, he began a political struggle on behalf of workers’ rights. He was the first socialist elected to the Dutch parliament and later embraced social anarchism and strong anti-militarist views.
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Biography of Jeb Stuart (excerpt)
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (February 6, 1833 – May 12, 1864) was a Confederate general famed for his cavalry operations during the American Civil War. Known for his flamboyant style and daring tactics, he served as Robert E. Lee’s key scout and morale booster.
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Biography of Ferdinand Karsch (excerpt)
Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch (born September 2, 1853, in Münster, died December 20, 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist, and anthropologist. From around 1905, he also published under the name Ferdinand Karsch-Haack, using his mother's maiden name for his work on human and animal sexual diversity.
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Biography of Leonard Huxley (writer) (excerpt)
Leonard Huxley (11 December 1860 – 3 May 1933) was a British schoolteacher, writer, and editor.He was the son of renowned zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley and studied in London, St Andrews, and at Oxford. Hist time of birth comes from the book "Huxley: The Devil's Disciple", by Adrian Desmond (London: M.
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Biography of Frank van der Goes (excerpt)
Franc van der Goes (February 13, 1859 – June 5, 1939) was a Dutch journalist and Marxist theorist, co-founder of the SDAP and co-translator of Das Kapital into Dutch. Initially active in finance, he shifted to literature and politics, founding the literary journal De Nieuwe Gids in 1885, which he left over political disagreements.
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Biography of Franz von Lenbach (excerpt)
Franz von Lenbach, born December 13, 1836, in Schrobenhausen and died May 6, 1904, in Munich, was a German painter best known for his portraits of prominent figures in nobility, arts, and industry. His social stature earned him the nickname Malerfürst ("Painter Prince").
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Biography of Ramón Menéndez Pidal (excerpt)
Ramón Menéndez Pidal (13 March 1869 – 14 November 1968) was a Spanish philologist and historian, renowned for his work on the Spanish language, folklore, and poetry. He was best known for his studies on El Cid and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature a record 154 times.
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Biography of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (excerpt)
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, born October 28, 1842, and died October 22, 1932, was an American orator, author, and activist for the abolition of slavery and women’s rights. She was the first woman to deliver a political speech before the U.S. Congress.
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Biography of Marie Bilders-van Bosse (excerpt)
Maria Philippina (Marie) Bilders-van Bosse (Amsterdam, 21 February 1837 – Wiesbaden, 11 July 1900) was a painter, famous for her landscape paintings in an early Dutch-impressionist style. Marie van Bosse was a daughter of Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879) and Maria Johanna Reynvaan (1809–1864).
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Biography of Sina Mesdag-van Houten (excerpt)
Sina (Sientje) van Houten (born 23 December 1834 in Groningen – died 20 March 1909 in The Hague) was a Dutch painter and wife of marine artist Hendrik Willem Mesdag. She came from a notable family, being the sister of Minister Samuel van Houten.
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Biography of Carl von Linde (excerpt)
Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde (June 11, 1842 – November 16, 1934) was a German scientist, engineer, and industrialist.He discovered the refrigeration cycle and invented the first industrial methods for air separation and gas liquefaction. In 1876, he created the first reliable compressed-ammonia refrigerator, a major breakthrough in cooling technology.
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Biography of Carl Legien (excerpt)
Carl Rudolf Legien (1 December 1861 – 26 December 1920) was a German trade unionist and moderate Social Democrat. Orphaned in childhood, he trained as a wood turner, joined the SPD in 1885, and quickly rose through union ranks, leading the German Turners' Association and the General Commission of German Trade Unions from 1891.
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Biography of Taco Mesdag (excerpt)
Taco Mesdag, born September 21, 1829 in Groningen and died August 4, 1902 in The Hague, was a Dutch banker and painter.He worked in the family banking business with his younger brother Henry. Like his brother Hendrik Mesdag, Taco eventually turned to painting.
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Biography of Barbara Elisabeth van Houten (excerpt)
Barbara Elisabeth van Houten (8 April 1862 – 27 May 1950) was a Dutch painter born in Groningen.She studied at the École du Louvre in Paris and later at the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam under August Allebé. Her aunt, the painter Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, supported her artistic education.
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Biography of Carl Ernst von Stetten (excerpt)
Carl Ernst von Stetten (1857 – 1942) was a Bavarian-born German painter who spent much of his life in France.He came from a banking family in Augsburg and began studying art in Munich in 1876 before moving to Paris. There, he trained under Jean-Léon Gérôme and studied at the Académie Julian with Boulanger and Lefebvre.
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Biography of Samuel van Houten (excerpt)
Samuel van Houten, born February 17, 1837, in Groningen and died October 14, 1930, in The Hague, was a Dutch liberal politician best known for the Kinderwetje van Van Houten, the 1874 law banning certain forms of child labor. Son of a city councilman and brother to painter Sientje van Houten, he studied law and became a lawyer before entering politics in 1864.
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Biography of Maurice Lugeon (excerpt)
Maurice Lugeon (July 10, 1870 – October 23, 1953) was a prominent Swiss geologist, professor at the University of Lausanne, and director of the Cantonal Geological Museum. Born in Poissy and raised in Vaud, he developed a passion for geology early on and earned his doctorate in 1896 with a thesis on the Prealps and Chablais breccia.
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Biography of Gustav Pressel (excerpt)
Gustav Pressel, born on 11 June 1827 in Tübingen and died on 30 July 1890 in Berlin, was a German composer. Raised in a cultured family, he was musically encouraged by Friedrich Silcher, but initially studied theology at his father's request.
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Biography of Jan Schaper (excerpt)
Johan Hendrik Andries (Jan) Schaper (12 February 1868 – 31 August 1934) was a Dutch publicist, poet, and politician, known for his pioneering role in the socialist movement. Originally a house painter, he joined the Sociaal-Democratische Bond (SDB) after an accident and began publishing under the names Arago and Een Arbeider.
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Biography of Mariano Fortuny (painter) (excerpt)
Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, born on June 11, 1838, in Reus and died on November 21, 1874, in Rome, was a Spanish painter known for Orientalist, historical, and military scenes. Orphaned young, he was raised by his grandfather who introduced him to art.
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Biography of Daniel Vorländer (excerpt)
Daniel Vorländer (11 June 1867 in Eupen – 8 June 1941 in Halle) was a German chemist and a pioneer in liquid crystal research. He studied chemistry at Kiel, Munich, and Berlin, and later became a professor at the University of Halle-Wittenberg.
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Biography of Fernand Khnopff (excerpt)
Fernand Khnopff, born on 12 September 1858 in Dendermonde and died on 12 November 1921 in Brussels, was a Belgian Symbolist painter, engraver, photographer, and art critic. Deeply influenced by his youth in Bruges, his art evokes melancholy, silence, and dreamlike mystery.
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Biography of Eulalia of Spain (excerpt)
Infanta Eulalia of Spain, born on February 12, 1864 in Madrid and died on March 8, 1958 in Irun, was the youngest daughter of Queen Isabella II and sister of King Alfonso XII. She married her cousin, the Duke of Galliera, with whom she had two sons before living independently.
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Biography of Floris Verster (excerpt)
Floris Hendrik Verster was a Dutch painter, born on 9 June 1861 in Leiden and died there on 21 January 1927, best known for his still lifes and floral landscapes. Coming from an artistic family, he trained early in drawing and studied at The Hague Royal Academy of Art alongside artists like Breitner and Israëls.
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Biography of Wilhelm von Bismarck (excerpt)
Count Wilhelm von Bismarck-Schönhausen, born on August 1, 1852, and died on May 30, 1901, was a German civil servant and politician. The youngest son of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, he served briefly in the Reichstag (1880–1881) and later as president of the Hanover regency (1889–1890).
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Biography of Willem Witsen (excerpt)
Willem Arnoldus Witsen (born 13 August 1860 – died 13 April 1923 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. Influenced by James McNeill Whistler, he depicted tranquil cityscapes and rural scenes. He also created portraits and photographs of artists and cultural figures, including the French Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine.
Biography of Gerrit Jäger (excerpt)
Gerrit Jäger (Amsterdam, 7 June 1863 – The Hague, 27 August 1894) was a Dutch journalist and playwright. A close friend of Louis Couperus, he adapted Noodlot for the stage in 1892 after Couperus dedicated the second edition of Eline Vere to him.
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Biography of Wladyslaw Barwicki (excerpt)
Władysław Barwicki, born on 11 June 1865 in Puławy and died on 12 February 1933 in Lublin, was a Polish painter, sculptor, and poet. He studied in Warsaw under Wandalin Strzałecki and Wojciech Gerson. He painted religious, patriotic, and landscape scenes, and made his debut in 1888 with portrait exhibitions in Lublin.
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Biography of Jules Joseph Lefebvre (excerpt)
Jules Joseph Lefebvre, born on 14 March 1836 in Tournan-en-Brie and died on 24 February 1911 in Paris, was a French painter, teacher, and art theorist.He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1852 and studied under Léon Cogniet. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1861 with The Death of Priam and regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon, gaining recognition for his portraits and idealized female figures.
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Biography of Jan Veth (excerpt)
Jan Pieter Veth (born 18 May 1864 in Dordrecht – died 1 July 1925 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, poet, art critic, and university lecturer, best known for his portrait work featuring notable contemporaries. He came from a family of merchants and painters, and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, where he co-founded the St.
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Biography of Gustave Courtois (excerpt)
Gustave Claude Étienne Courtois, born on May 18, 1852, in Pusey and died on November 25, 1923, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French painter known for portraits and genre scenes. A student of Jean-Léon Gérôme, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1869 and made his Salon debut in 1875.
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Biography of Gerard Bilders (excerpt)
Born in Utrecht on 9 December 1838, Gerard Bilders was a Dutch landscape painter strongly influenced by his father, Johannes Warnardus Bilders. He spent part of his youth in Oosterbeek, later a center for plein-air painters, and moved to The Hague in 1857.
Biography of Heinrich Triepel (excerpt)
A German jurist and legal philosopher, Heinrich Triepel (born 12 February 1868 in Leipzig – died 23 November 1946 in Obergrainau) was a leading figure in early 20th-century German legal theory. His time of birth comes from the biography "Heinrich Triepel: Leben und Werk" by Ulrich M.
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Biography of William Sharp (writer) (excerpt)
William Sharp, born on September 12, 1855, in Paisley and died on December 12, 1905, in Syracuse, was a Scottish writer best known for publishing under the secret pseudonym Fiona MacLeod. This alter ego allowed him to explore mystical and Celtic themes.
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Biography of Gerard Heymans (excerpt)
Gerardus Heymans (17 April 1857 – 18 February 1930) was a Dutch philosopher and psychologist, widely considered the pioneer of experimental psychology in the Netherlands. He studied law and philosophy in Leiden and Freiburg, earning his doctorate in 1881. From 1890 to 1927, he taught at the University of Groningen, where he founded the country's first psychology lab and served as rector in 1908–1909.
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Biography of Giovanni Agamennone (excerpt)
Giovanni Agamennone, born June 25, 1858 in Rieti and died October 3, 1949 in Rome, was an Italian geologist and seismologist.He earned his physics degree from the University of Rome in 1884. He worked at the geodynamic observatory in Ischia and later at the Central Office of Meteorology and Geophysics in Rome.
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Biography of Willem Weissenbruch (excerpt)
Willem Weissenbruch, born on 4 February 1864 in The Hague, Netherlands, and deceased in 1941, was a Dutch etcher, painter, scenic designer, and draftsman. He was the son of painter Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch and Suzanna Petronella Geertruida Schouw, who later married. Willem began his career as a set painter in The Hague, studying under J.
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Biography of Alexis Didier (excerpt)
Alexis Didier (born March 30, 1826 in Paris – died October 9, 1886) was a famous 19th-century French medium. At his funeral, he was described as “the greatest clairvoyant of modern times.” His case represents a key moment in the clash between Mesmer’s animal magnetism and the 19th-century medical establishment, which stopped all official research into such phenomena in 1842.
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Biography of August Wilhelm Dieffenbacher (excerpt)
August Wilhelm Dieffenbacher (August 14, 1858 – December 14, 1940) was a German painter and illustrator.He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz and Wilhelm von Lindenschmit the Younger. He debuted in 1888 with Verfolgt at the Academy’s jubilee exhibition.
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Biography of Jules Duprato (excerpt)
Jules Laurent Anacharsis Duprato, born on 20 August 1827 and died on 20 May 1892, was a 19th-century French composer. A student of Aimé Leborne at the Paris Conservatoire, he won the prestigious Premier Grand Prix de Rome for composition in 1848. ![]()
Biography of Léo Testut (excerpt)
Leo Testut, born on 8 June 1849 in Saint-Avit-Sénieur and died on 16 January 1925 in Bordeaux, was a renowned French physician and anatomist. He studied medicine in Bordeaux, though his education was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War. He resumed his studies in 1878, earning distinctions for his thesis and later became Professor of Anatomy at the Bordeaux School of Medicine, while also engaging in anthropological research. |
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