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Biography of John Maynard Keynes (excerpt)
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, CB (pronounced "cains", IPA /keɪnz/) (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist whose ideas, called Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory as well as on many governments' fiscal policies.
Biography of Dylan Thomas (excerpt)
Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet. Early life Dylan Thomas was born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, in Swansea, Wales. His father, David, who taught English Literature at the local Grammar School, brought his son up to speak English; his mother, Florence, spoke Welsh.
Biography of Louise Brooks (excerpt)
Louise Brooks (14 November 1906 – 8 August 1985) was an American dancer, showgirl, and silent film actress. She became, at the end of her life, a writer and critic of the silent film era. Early life Born Mary Louise Brooks in Cherryvale, Kansas, she was a daughter of a lawyer who was usually too busy with his practice to discipline his children, and an artistic mother who determined any "squalling brats" she produced could take care of themselves.
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.
Biography of Wernher von Braun (excerpt)
Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany and the United States. The German scientist, who led Germany's rocket development program (V-2) before and during World War II, entered the United States at the end of the war through the then-secret Operation Paperclip.
Biography of Douglas MacArthur (excerpt)
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and later played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II, receiving the Medal of Honor for his early service in the Philippines and on the Bataan Peninsula.
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.
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.
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.
Biography of Edward Bach (excerpt)
Edward Bach (pronounced "Batch" (), unlike the German surname "Bach") (September 24, 1886 – November 27, 1936) developed Bach flower remedies, a form of alternative medicine inspired by the classical homeopathic traditions. Source for his birth time : Horoskope Lexikon" (Bauer), and the book "Manuel pratique de l'Astrologie Holistique" (Pierre Lassalle).
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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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The State of Colorado is a state in the Mountain West region of the United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.
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.
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".
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
Biography of Jeane Dixon (excerpt)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Biography of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (excerpt)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies (March 27, 1886 -August 17, 1969) was a German architect. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.
Biography of Marthe Robin (excerpt)
Marthe Robin, born March 13 1902 in Châteauneuf-of-Galaure (Drome), in the district of Moïlles, and deceased on February 6 1981, was a French, inedic and stigmatized mystic.
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.
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.
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.
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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