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Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland.
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Biography of Georges Simenon (excerpt)
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (February 13, 1903–September 4, 1989) was a Belgian writer who wrote in French. Early life and education Georges Simenon was born at 26 rue Léopold (now number 24) in Liège to Désiré Simenon and his wife Henriette. Désiré Simenon worked in an accounting office at an insurance company and had married Henriette in April 1902.
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Biography of Maurits Cornelis Escher (excerpt)
Maurits Cornelis Escher (June 17, 1898 – March 27, 1972), usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations. ![]()
Biography of Claude Pompidou (excerpt)
Claude Jacqueline Pompidou (13 November 1912 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 3 July 2007) was the wife of President of France Georges Pompidou. She was a philanthropist and a patron of modern art, especially through the Centre Georges Pompidou. Life before politics ![]()
Biography of James J. Braddock (excerpt)
James Walter "Cinderella Man" Braddock (June 7, 1905 (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, from "James J. Braddock's Life Story," Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic.), 7 Aug 1935, p. 12) – November 29, 1974) was an American boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935–37.
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Biography of Thelonious Monk (excerpt)
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire (including his classic works "'Round Midnight" and "Blue Monk"). He is often regarded as a founder of bebop, although his playing style evolved away from the form.
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Biography of Gerald Ford (excerpt)
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States (1974–1977), and is, to date, the only person to occupy that office who had been elected neither to the presidency nor the vice-presidency. ![]()
Biography of Wanda Landowska (excerpt)
Wanda Landowska (July 17, 1879 (gregorian calendar) – August 16, 1959), was a Polish (later a naturalized French citizen) harpsichordist whose performances, teaching, recordings and writings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 20th century.
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Biography of Marie Besnard (excerpt)
Marie Besnard (August 15, 1896 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) - February 14, 1980) was an accused serial poisoner in the early 20th century. Born Marie Davaillaud in Loudun, France (1897), Marie married Auguste Antigny in 1920. The marriage lasted until his death in 1927 of pleurisy (Antigny was known to suffer from tuberculosis).
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Biography of Dorothy Parker (excerpt)
Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. Early life Also known as Dot or Dottie, Parker was born Dorothy Rothschild at 732 Ocean Avenue in the West End village of Long Branch, New Jersey, where her parents had a summer beach cottage.
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Biography of Jennifer Jones (excerpt)
Jennifer Jones (born as Phylis Lee Isley on March 2, 1919) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actress. Early life Jones was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Phillip R. Isley and Flora Mae Suber, who toured the Midwest in a traveling tent show they owned and operated.
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Biography of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (excerpt)
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ (1 May 1881 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – 10 April 1955) was a French idealist philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of Peking Man.
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Biography of Vaslav Nijinsky (excerpt)
Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (Вацлав Фомич Нижинский; transliterated: Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky; Polish: Wacław Niżyński) (March 11, 1888 (birth time source: from a biography. Nijinsky was not baptized until two years four months after his birth as his mother post-dated his birth for reasons connected with military service) – April 8, 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish origin.
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Biography of Rose Kennedy (excerpt)
Countess Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) married into the Kennedy family and became its matriarch in the 20th century, when its members helped shape American politics. Birth She was born Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, and died at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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Biography of Willem de Kooning (excerpt)
Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.
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Biography of René Char (excerpt)
René Char (June 14, 1907 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 74) – February 19, 1988) was a 20th century French poet. Born in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in the Vaucluse departement of France, he died in 1988, in Paris. In 1929 he met André Breton and Paul Éluard and joined the surrealist group but distanced himself gradually from the mid 1930s on.
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Biography of Vladimir Mayakovsky (excerpt)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский) (July 19 1893 – April 14, 1930) was a Russian poet and playwright, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Russian Futurism. Early life He was born the last of three children in Kutaisi, Georgia where his father worked as a forest ranger.
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Biography of Hirohito (excerpt)
Emperor Shōwa (昭和天皇, Shōwa Tennō.) (April 29, 1901–January 7, 1989) was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from December 25, 1926 until his death in 1989. In the Western World, he is most known by the name he had while he was alive, Hirohito.
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Biography of Tennessee Williams (excerpt)
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pseudonym Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright and one of the prominent playwrights of the twentieth century. The name "Tennessee" was a name given to him by college friends because of his southern accent and his father's background in Tennessee.
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Biography of Françoise Giroud (excerpt)
rançoise Giroud, born France Gourdji (21 September 1916 in Lausanne, Switzerland and not in Geneva as often written - 19 January 2003 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French journalist, screenwriter, writer and politician. Biography Giroud was born to immigrant Sephardic Turkish Jewish parents; her father was Salih Gourdji, Director of the Agence Télégraphique Ottomane in Geneva.
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Biography of Nisargadatta Maharaj (excerpt)
Nisargadatta Maharaj (17 April 1897 (birth time source: Ashish Set from a biography "Shri Sadguru Nisargadatta Maharaj was born at break of dawn on 17 April 1897", original source unknown. Some old websites give March 1897) – 8 September 1981), born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli, was a Hindu guru of nondualism, belonging to the Inchagiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers from the Navnath Sampradaya and Lingayat Shaivism.
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Biography of Mircea Eliade (excerpt)
Mircea Eliade (March 13 1907 – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day.
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Biography of Antonio Salazar (excerpt)
António de Oliveira Salazar, pron. IPA: , (April 28, 1889 – July 27, 1970) was the President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal (Prime Minister) and the de facto dictator of the Portuguese Republic from 1932 to 1968. He was the founder and leader of the Estado Novo (New State), the authoritarian right-wing regime that presided over and controlled Portugal's social, economic, cultural and political life from 1933 to 1974.
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Biography of Abdel Gamal Nasser (excerpt)
Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر - Gamāl ‘Abd an-Nāṣir; - January 15, 1918 – September 28, 1970) was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death in 1970. Along with Muhammad Naguib he led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 which removed King Farouk I, heralding a new period of industrialization in Egypt, and a profound advancement of Arab nationalism, including a short-lived union with Syria. ![]()
Biography of Gayatri Devi (excerpt)
Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur (born May 23 1919 as Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar), was the third Maharani of Jaipur from 1939 to 1970 through marriage to Sawai Man Singh II, and is currently styled (unofficially) as the Rajmata, or Queen Mother.
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Biography of Arletty (excerpt)
Arletty (born Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat) (May 15, 1898 - July 24, 1992) was a French fashion model, singer, and actress. Arletty was born in Courbevoie, France, to a working-class family. Her early career was dominated by the music hall, later appearing in plays and cabaret.
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Biography of J. Paul Getty (excerpt)
Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 (birth time source: Helen Allen) – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into a family already in the petroleum business, he was one of the first people in the world with a fortune of over $1 billion U.
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Biography of Klaus Barbie (excerpt)
Klaus Barbie (October 25, 1913 – September 25, 1991) was an SS-Hauptsturmführer, soldier and Gestapo member. He was known as the Butcher of Lyon. Early life Klaus Barbie was born in Bad Godesberg, near Bonn, Germany. Barbie was born to a Roman Catholic family.
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Biography of Herbert Hoover (excerpt)
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933), was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted economic modernization. ![]()
Biography of François Duvalier (excerpt)
Dr. François Duvalier, known as "Papa Doc" (April 14, 1907 (birth time source: Luc de Marre) – April 21, 1971), was the President of Haiti from 1957 and later dictator (President for Life) from 1964 until his death. His rule was marked by autocracy, corruption, and reliance on private armies (see Tonton Macoute) to maintain power.
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Biography of Jean Piaget (excerpt)
Jean Piaget (August 9, 1896 – September 16, 1980) was a Swiss philosopher, natural scientist and developmental psychologist, well known for his work studying children and his theory of cognitive development. According to Ernst von Glasersfeld, Jean Piaget is also "the great pioneer of the constructivist theory of knowing".
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Biography of Deng Xiaoping (excerpt)
Deng Xiaoping (simplified Chinese: 邓小平; traditional Chinese: 鄧小平; pinyin: Dèng Xiǎopíng; Wade-Giles: Teng Hsiao-p'ing; August 22, 1904 – February 19, 1997) was a prominent Chinese politician and reformer, and the late leader of the Communist Party of China (CCP). Deng never held office as the head of state or the head of government, but served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to the early 1990s.
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Biography of Bertold Brecht (excerpt)
Bertolt Brecht (born Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht; February 10, 1898 – August 14, 1956) was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director. A seminal theatre practitioner of the twentieth century, Brecht's achievement is equally significant in dramaturgy and in theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble—the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife and long-time collaborator, the actress Helene Weigel—with its internationally acclaimed productions.
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Biography of B. F. Skinner (excerpt)
Burrhus Frederic "Fred" Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990), Ph.D. was a highly influential American psychologist, author, inventor, advocate for social reform and poet. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until retirement in 1974. ![]()
Biography of Pierre Boulle (excerpt)
Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist largely known for his combination of psychology and adventure, most famously in The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963).
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Jeane L. Dixon (January 5, 1904 – January 25, 1997) was one of the best-known American astrologers and psychics of the 20th century, due to her syndicated newspaper astrology column, some well-publicized predictions, and a best-selling biography. Early life Dixon was born as Lydia Emma Pinckert to German immigrants, Gerhart and Emma Pinckert, in Medford, Wisconsin, but raised in Missouri and California.
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Biography of Jean Genet (excerpt)
Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – April 15, 1986), was a a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. ![]()
Biography of Kirk Kerkorian (excerpt)
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian (born June 6, 1917) is an American billionaire, and president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping the city of Las Vegas, Nevada and, with architect Martin Stern, Jr.
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Biography of Milton Erickson (excerpt)
Milton Hyland Erickson, MD (born 5th December 1901 in Aurum, Nevada, died 25th March 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona) was an American psychiatrist specializing in medical hypnosis and family therapy. He was founding president of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychopathological Association.
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Biography of Gustav Holst (excerpt)
Gustav Holst (September 21, 1874, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - May 25, 1934, London) was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years. Holst is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets. Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, his early work was influenced by Ravel, Grieg, Richard Strauss, and Ralph Vaughan Williams, but most of his music is highly original, with influences from Hindu spiritualism and English folk tunes.
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Biography of Alfred Jarry (excerpt)
Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – November 1, 1907) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side.
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Biography of Norman Rockwell (excerpt)
Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was a 20th century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over more than four decades.
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Biography of Meher Baba (excerpt)
Meher Baba (Persian: مهر بابا Devanāgarī: महर बाबा ), born Merwan Sheriar Irani (February 25, 1894 – January 31, 1969), was an Indian guru of Persian descent. Educated at St. Vincent's High School in Pune, India, as well as Deccan College, he led a normal school life, showing no particular inclination toward spiritual matters.
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Biography of Otto Dix (excerpt)
Otto Dix (December 2, 1891 - July 25, 1969) was a German painter and printmaker. Noted for his ruthless depictions of Weimar society and of the brutality of war, he is one of the most important artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). ![]()
Biography of Annabella (actress) (excerpt)
Annabella (July 14, 1907 – September 18, 1996) was a French cinema actress who achieved her greatest success in French cinema, but who also achieved some success in Hollywood films of the late 1930s. Born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier in Paris, France, Annabella made her film debut in 1927 and over the following decade established herself as one of France's most popular cinema actresses.
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Biography of Jack Dempsey (excerpt)
Jack "Manassa Mauler" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926. Dempsey's aggressive style and punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history.
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Biography of Anna Magnani (excerpt)
Anna Magnani (March 7, 1908 - September 26, 1973) was one of the best Italian's and world actress, with stage experience and an Academy Award win, for her lusty portrayal of a Sicilian widow in The Rose Tattoo. Born in Rome, she was brought up in poverty by her maternal grandmother in a slum district of the city.
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Biography of Django Reinhardt (excerpt)
Jean "Django" Reinhardt (January 23, 1910 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian Sinto Gypsy jazz guitarist. He was one of the first prominent jazz musicians to be born in Europe, and one of the most renowned jazz guitarists of all time.
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Biography of Marcel Petiot (excerpt)
Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot (January 17, 1897 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – May 25, 1946) was a French doctor who was convicted of multiple murders after the discovery of the remains of twenty six people in his home in Paris after World War II. ![]()
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Albania, officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east, Greece to the south; and maritime borders with Greece, Montenegro and Italy to the west. |
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