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Biography of Oscar Romero (excerpt)
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (August 15, 1917 – March 24, 1980), commonly known as Monseńor Romero, was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in El Salvador. He later became the eighth Bishop and fourth Archbishop of San Salvador, succeeding the long-reigning Luis Chávez y González.
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.
Biography of Hervé Bazin (excerpt)
Hervé Bazin (Jean-Pierre Hervé-Bazin) (April 7, 1911, Angers - February 17, 1996, Angers) was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families. Bazin had a difficult childhood living in bigoted bourgeois family. He opposed his authoritarian mother, ran away several times during his teens, and refused Catholic teachings.
Biography of Louis Aragon (excerpt)
Louis Aragon (3 October 1897 (birth time source: Didier Geslain. There is no time of birth on his birth certificate. But Bordoni quotes Berthon, from a birth register) – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France.
Biography of Erich Maria Remarque (excerpt)
Erich Maria Remarque (born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1928), about the German military experience of World War I, was an international best-seller which created a new literary genre, and was subsequently made into the film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).
Biography of Martha Graham (excerpt)
Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American dancer and choreographer. She is regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance. Early years She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, a small town that is now part of Pittsburgh.
Biography of Boris Pasternak (excerpt)
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (10 February (O.S. 29 January) 1890 – 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pasternak's first book of poems, My Sister, Life, was published in Berlin in 1922 and soon became an important collection in the Russian language.
Biography of Vittorio de Sica (excerpt)
Vittorio De Sica (July 7, 1901 (source: Italian, German and French Wikipedia, some sources give 1902)–November 13, 1974) was a critically acclaimed Italian neorealist director and actor. Born into poverty in Sora (province of Frosinone), near Rome, he began his career as a theatre actor in the early 1920s and joined Tatiana Pavlova's theatre company in 1923.
Biography of Jean Anouilh (excerpt)
Jean Anouilh (June 23, 1910 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – October 3, 1987) was a French dramatist He was born in Cérisole, a small village on the outskirts of Bordeaux and had Basque ancestry. His father was a tailor and Anouilh maintained that he inherited from him a pride in conscientious craftmanship.
Biography of Manfred von Richthofen (excerpt)
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (May 2, 1892 (birth time source: birth certificate) - April 21, 1918) was a German fighter pilot known as The Red Baron. He was the most successful flying ace of World War I, and was credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories.
Biography of Arnold Schoenberg (excerpt)
Arnold Schoenberg (the anglicized form of Schönberg — Schoenberg changed the spelling officially when he left Germany and re-converted to Judaism in 1933), (September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951) was an Austrian and later American composer. Many of Schoenberg's works are associated with the expressionist movements in early 20th-century German poetry and art, and he was among the first composers to embrace atonal motivic development.
Biography of Ferruccio Lamborghini (excerpt)
Ferruccio Lamborghini (April 28, 1916- February 20, 1993) was an Italian car maker and the founder of the Lamborghini brand. Ferruccio Lamborghini was born in Ferrara. The founding of Lamborghini A wealthy manufacturer of tractors and air conditioning and heating units systems after World War II, Lamborghini was an enthusiastic owner of sports cars, including Ferraris.
Biography of Alexander Fleming (excerpt)
Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. Fleming published many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. His best-known achievements are the discovery of the enzyme lysozyme in 1922 and isolation of the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum in 1945, for which he shared a Nobel Prize with Florey and Chain.
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The Virgin Islands (Spanish: Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. They are geologically and biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles, the northern islands belonging to the Puerto Rico Trench and St. Croix being a displaced part of the same geologic structure.
Biography of Emiliano Zapata (excerpt)
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) became a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.
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The invention of the telephone is the culmination of work done by many individuals, the history of which involves a collection of claims and counterclaims. The development of the modern electrical telephone involved an array of lawsuits founded upon the patent claims of several individuals and numerous companies.
Biography of Jose Raul Capablanca (excerpt)
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (November 19, 1888 (birth time source: Jerry DeGattis, birth certificate) – March 8, 1942) was a Cuban world-class chess player in the early to mid-twentieth century. One of the first five unofficial grandmasters, he held the title of world chess champion from 1921 to 1927.
Biography of Fernand Léger (excerpt)
Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. Léger was born in the Argentan, Orne, Basse-Normandie, where his father raised cattle. He apprenticed with an architect from 1897-1899 before moving in 1900 to Paris, where he supported himself as an architectural draftsman.
Biography of Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (excerpt)
tanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (February 24, 1885 (birth time source: PTA, birth certificate)– September 18, 1939) more commonly known as "Witkacy" was a Polish playwright, novelist, painter, photographer and philosopher. Life Born in Warsaw, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was the son of painter, architect and art critic Stanisław Witkiewicz.
Biography of Violette Nozičre (excerpt)
Violette Nozičre, born January 11, 1915 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died 1966, was a French women convicted to have poisoned her parents - her mother has been reanimated -, August 28, 1933.
Biography of Maria Dabrowska (excerpt)
Maria Dąbrowska (; 6 October 1889 – 19 May 1965) was a Polish writer, novelist, essayist, journalist and playwright, author of the popular Polish historical novel Noce i dnie (Nights and Days) written between 1932 and 1934 in four separate volumes.
Biography of Alfonso Garcia Robles (excerpt)
Alfonso García Robles (20 March 1911 – 2 September 1991) was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. García Robles was born in Zamora, Michoacán, and trained in law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) before joining his country's foreign service in 1939.
Biography of Georges Bataille (excerpt)
Georges Bataille (French IPA: ) (September 10, 1897 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – July 9, 1962) was a French writer and philosopher, though he avoided this last term himself. Life and work Bataille was born in Billom (Auvergne). He initially considered priesthood and went to a Catholic seminary but renounced his faith in 1922.
Biography of Gloria Swanson (excerpt)
Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 - April 4, 1983), was an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American Hollywood actress. She was prolific during the silent film era, but her career declined with the advent of "talkies." She is now best known for her comeback role in the film Sunset Boulevard (1950), in which—mirroring her own life—she portrayed a former silent movie star largely forgotten by audiences of the day.
Biography of Astrid of Sweden (excerpt)
Astrid, Queen of the Belgians (born Princess Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra of Sweden) (November 17, 1905 - August 29, 1935) was the Queen consort of Léopold III of the Belgians. Princess Astrid of Sweden was born on November 17, 1905. She was the youngest daughter of Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark.
Biography of Karen Blixen (excerpt)
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (April 17, 1885 – September 7, 1962), née Karen Dinesen, was a Danish author also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen. Blixen wrote works both in Danish and in English. She is best known, at least in English, for Out of Africa, her account of living in Kenya, and one of her stories, Babette's Feast, both of which have been adapted into highly acclaimed motion pictures.
Biography of Edgard Varčse (excerpt)
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varčse (December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was an innovative French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States. The record label Varčse Sarabande Records is named after the composer. Varčse's music features an emphasis on timbre and rhythm.
Biography of George Gershwin (excerpt)
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed both for Broadway and for the classical concert hall.
Biography of Ernst Jünger (excerpt)
Ernst Jünger, (March 29, 1895 – February 17, 1998) was a German novelist who accounted on his war experiences. Many regard him as one of Germany's greatest modern writers and a hero of the conservative revolutionary movement following World War I.
Biography of Jean-Louis Barrault (excerpt)
Jean-Louis Barrault (September 8, 1910 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – January 22, 1994 in Le Vésinet) was a French actor, director and mime artist, training that served him well when he portrayed the 19th-century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau (Baptiste Debureau) in Marcel Carné's 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise).
Biography of Erich Fromm (excerpt)
Erich Pinchas Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was an internationally renowned Jewish-German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher. He was associated with what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Life Erich Fromm started his studies in 1918 at the University of Frankfurt am Main with two semesters of jurisprudence.
Biography of Sacha Guitry (excerpt)
Sacha Guitry (February 21, 1885 – July 24, 1957) was a French film actor, director, screenwriter and playwright. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, he was the son of Lucien Germain Guitry (1860–1925), a major Parisian stage actor who spent nine years at the Michel Theater, in St.
Biography of Chiang Kai-shek (excerpt)
Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was the Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. He led the national government of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 to his death in 1975.
Biography of Edwin Hubble (excerpt)
Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer. He was born to an insurance executive in Marshfield, Missouri and moved to Wheaton, Illinois in 1898. In his younger days, he was noted more for his athletic prowess rather than his intellectual abilities, although he did earn good grades in every subject, except for spelling.
Biography of Maurice Caręme (excerpt)
Maurice Caręme, born May 12, 1899 in Wavre, died January 13, 1978 in Anderlecht, is a Belgian francophone poet, best known for his simple writing style and children's poetry. Born May 12, 1899 in Wavre (Belgium), then a rural part of Belgium.
Biography of Pope John Paul I (excerpt)
Pope John Paul I (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. I, Italian: Giovanni Paolo I), born Albino Luciani, (October 17, 1912—September 28, 1978) reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and as Sovereign of Vatican City from August 26, 1978 until his death.
Biography of Martin Bormann (excerpt)
Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900–May 2, 1945.) was a prominent Nazi official. He became head of the Party Chancellery (Parteikanzlei) and private secretary to German Führer Adolf Hitler. He gained Hitler's trust and derived immense power within the Third Reich by controlling access to the Führer.
Biography of Loulou Gasté (excerpt)
Louis Gasté, best known as Loulou Gasté, born March 18, 1908 in Paris, died January 8, 1995 in Rueil-Malmaison, is a French composer. He was the husband of French actress and singer Line Renaud. Bibliography Line Renaud, Les Brumes d'oů je viens, Paris, Edition n° 1, 1989 (p.
Biography of James Cagney (excerpt)
James Francis Cagney Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who won acclaim for a wide variety of roles, including the career-launching The Public Enemy, and won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1942 for his role in Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Biography of Bela Lugosi (excerpt)
Béla Lugosi (October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), was a Hungarian actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Broadway stage production (1927), and subsequent film (1931), of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story. Early life Lugosi, the youngest of four children, was born as Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó in Lugos, Hungary, at the time part of Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), to Paula de Vojnich and István Blasko, a banker.
Biography of Alexander Ruperti (excerpt)
Dr Alexander Ruperti is a famous astrologer, osteopath, and author born May 23, 1931 in Stuttgart. Source for his time of birth: the Steinbrecher Collection, birth certificate, Rodden. Books Cycles of Becoming: The Planetary Pattern of Growth Astrological Passages: The Planetary Pattern of Growth
Biography of William Somerset Maugham (excerpt)
William Somerset Maugham, CH (January 25, 1874 – December 16, 1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and theatre writer. He was one of the most popular authors of his era, and reputedly the highest paid of his profession during the 1930s.
Biography of Swami Sivananda (excerpt)
Swami Sivananda Saraswati (Sep 8, 1887—Jul 14, 1963), was a Hindu spiritual leader and a well known proponent of Yoga and Vedanta. Sivananda was born Kuppuswami in Tamil Nadu. He studied medicine and served in Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism.
Biography of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (excerpt)
Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov (Russian: Цесаревич Алексей Николаевич), full title: Heir, Tsarevich and Grand Duke (Russian: Наследник-Цесаревич и Великий Князь) (12 August 1904 — July 17, 1918), of the House of Romanov, was Tsarevich - the heir apparent - of Russia, being the youngest child and the only son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna.
Biography of Guglielmo Marconi (excerpt)
Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874 - 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor of mixed Italian and Irish ethnicity, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system, which served as the foundation for the establishment of numerous affiliated companies worldwide.
Biography of Dino Buzzati (excerpt)
Dino Buzzati Traverso (October 16, 1906 - January 28, 1972) was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel Il deserto dei Tartari, translated into English as The Tartar Steppe.
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Calgary (/ˈkćlɡri/ (About this soundlisten)) is a city in the western Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly 299 km (186 mi) south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately 240 km (150 mi) north of the Canada–United States border.
Biography of William Delbert Gann (excerpt)
William Delbert Gann (June 6, 1878 – June, 1955), also W. D. Gann, was a trader recognized not only for his trading abilities, but also for his financial market forecasts. The accuracy of his forecasts is still the subject of substantial debate.
Biography of Margot Fonteyn (excerpt)
Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias, DBE, (18 May 1919, Reigate, Surrey, England - 21 February 1991, Panama City, Panama), the English assoluta, was considered the greatest ballerina of her time. Early life Fonteyn was born Margaret ("Peggy") Hookham to an English father and an Irish mother, with Brazilian ancestry, who was the daughter of Brazilian businessman Antonio Fontes.
Biography of Blaise Cendrars (excerpt)
Frédéric Louis Sauser (September 1, 1887 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – January 21, 1961), better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss novelist and poet naturalized French in 1916. Life He was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland and at age 15, he left home to work for a jewel merchant that provided him with the opportunity to travel. |
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