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Biography of William Craigie (excerpt)
Sir William Alexander Craigie (13 August 1867 – 2 September 1957) was a renowned philologist and lexicographer. A University of St Andrews alumnus, he became the third editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and co-edited its 1933 supplement with C. T.
Biography of Joseph Okinczyc (excerpt)
Joseph Okinczyc was a French surgeon, born in Villepreux (Yvelines) on February 24, 1879, and died on September 29, 1952, in Saint-Chamassy (Dordogne). He was the son of Doctor Alexandre Okinczyc. An associate professor at the Paris Faculty of Medicine and a member of the National Academy of Surgery, he was described by his colleague Jacques Mialaret as "a surgeon with unshakeable faith."
Biography of André Auffray (excerpt)
André Auffray (born Alexandre Offray; 2 September 1884 – 3 November 1953) was a French racing cyclist. At the 1908 Olympics he won a gold medal in the tandem, together with Maurice Schilles, and a bronze in the 5000 m event; he also competed in the individual sprint and in the 1,980 yard team pursuit.
Biography of Arthur Hoffmann (athlete) (excerpt)
Arthur ("Aute") Hoffmann (10 December 1887 – 4 April 1932) was a German athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Danzig, and died in Hamburg, Germany. Hoffmann was a member of the silver medal German medley relay team.
Biography of Aino Ackté (excerpt)
Aino Ackté (originally Achte; 24 April 1876 – 8 August 1944) was a Finnish dramatic soprano. She was the first international star of the Finnish opera scene after Alma Fohström, and a groundbreaker for the domestic field. Aino Ackté, born in Helsinki to mezzo-soprano Emmy Achté and conductor-composer Lorenz Nikolai Achté, trained under her mother before studying at the Paris Conservatory.
Biography of Walter Ruttmann (excerpt)
Walter Ruttmann (28 December 1887 – 15 July 1941) was a German cinematographer and film director, an important German abstract experimental film maker, along with Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger. He is best known for directing the semi-documentary 'city symphony' silent film, with orchestral score by Edmund Meisel, in 1927, Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis.
Biography of Helene Voigt-Diederichs (excerpt)
Helene Theodora Voigt-Diederichs (26 May 1875 – 3 December 1961) was a German writer. The daughter of Christian Theodor Voigt and Marie Louise Brinckmann, she was born Helene Theodora Voigt on the family estate Marienhoff near Eckernförde and was educated by private tutors.
Biography of Louis-Athanase Dubois (excerpt)
Louis-Athanase Dubois, born on February 4, 1874, in Audierne and died on November 5, 1954, in Angers, was a French naval officer. Joining the Naval School in 1891, he served in the Far East and distinguished himself during the Boxer Rebellion.
Biography of Alice Voinescu (excerpt)
Alice Voinescu (10 February 1885 – 4 June 1961) was a Romanian writer, essayist, university professor, theatre critic, and translator. She was the first Romanian woman to become a Doctor of Philosophy, which she did at the Sorbonne in 1913 in Paris.
Biography of Óscar Esplá (excerpt)
Óscar Esplá y Triay (August 5, 1886 – January 6, 1976) was a renowned Spanish composer. The Conservatorio Superior de Música in Alicante is named in his honor, and since 1955, the city of Alicante has awarded the Óscar Esplá international prize for composition.
Biography of Élisabeth Toulemont (excerpt)
Elisabeth Claire Toulemont, born on March 8, 1888, in Paris, was a French dancer and writer. She married the writer Marcel Jouhandeau on June 4, 1929. Elisabeth, who grew up with a difficult childhood influenced by a troubled family, turned her early passion for dance into a career despite her unconventional appearance.
Biography of Michael Bohnen (excerpt)
Franz Michael Bohnen (born May 2, 1887, in Cologne, and died April 26, 1965, at the age of 77 in Berlin) was a German opera singer (bass-baritone) and actor. Michael Bohnen deepened his music and singing skills at the Cologne Conservatory (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln) and at a private opera singing school.
Biography of Carmen Baroja (excerpt)
Carmen Baroja Nessi (10 December 1883, Pamplona - 4 June 1950, Madrid) was a significant Spanish writer and ethnologist, known for her pseudonym Vera Alzate. Born into a culturally rich family, she was the sister of noted writers Ricardo and Pío Baroja.
Biography of Karl Schwarzschild (excerpt)
Karl Schwarzschild (9 October 1873 – 11 May 1916) was a German physicist and astronomer. Schwarzschild provided the first exact solution to the Einstein field equations of general relativity, for the limited case of a single spherical non-rotating mass, which he accomplished in 1915, the same year that Einstein first introduced general relativity.
Biography of Paul Stroobant (excerpt)
Paul Stroobant, born in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium, in 1868 and passed away in the same town in 1936, was a Belgian astronomer with a doctorate in physical and mathematical sciences. The son of painter François Stroobant, he was passionate about astronomy from an early age and joined the Royal Observatory of Belgium in 1885.
Biography of Monna Delza (excerpt)
Monna Delza, born Marguerite Delesalle in Paris on September 26, 1882, and later known as the Countess of Patrimonio through marriage, was a distinguished French actress. Discovered by playwright Gaston Arman de Caillavet, she started her acting career in the early 20th century and quickly achieved success.
Biography of María Enriqueta Camarillo (excerpt)
María Enriqueta Camarillo (also known as María Enriqueta Camarillo y Roa de Pereyra) (1872–1968) was a Mexican poet-novelist, short story writer and translator. She was widely recognized for her works, with schools and libraries named after her, as well as a bust by Spanish sculptor Mariano Benlliure erected in Hidalgo Park in Mexico City in her honor.
Biography of Albert Kluyver (excerpt)
Albert Jan Kluyver (3 June 1888 – 14 May 1956) was a Dutch microbiologist and biochemist renowned for his pivotal work on biochemical unity. His 1926 paper, "Die Einheit in der Biochemie" ("Unity in Biochemistry"), co-authored with Hendrick Jean Louis Donker, established the concept that all organisms are biochemically similar, famously summarized by Kluyver's aphorism: "From elephant to butyric acid bacterium – it is all the same".
Biography of Korbinian Brodmann (excerpt)
Korbinian Brodmann (17 November 1868 – 22 August 1918) was a pioneering German neuropsychiatrist renowned for mapping the cerebral cortex and identifying 52 distinct regions, known as Brodmann areas, based on their histological characteristics. Born in Hohenfels, Germany, Brodmann studied medicine across various universities, receiving his medical diploma in Freiburg in 1895 and his doctorate from the University of Leipzig in 1898.
Biography of Heinrich Klose (médecin) (excerpt)
Heinrich Klose, born to a railway official, studied medicine at the University of Göttingen from 1898 and later at the University of Strasbourg, graduating in 1903. He trained in surgery under Ludwig Rehn and Victor Schmieden in Frankfurt. During WWI, he served as a medical officer and later became a professor in Danzig, specializing in urology.
Biography of Kurt Warnekros (excerpt)
Kurt Warnekros (November 15, 1882–September 30, 1949) was a German gynaecologist and pioneer in sex reassignment surgery. Biography Kurt Warnekros was born on November 15, 1882, in the family of the professor of medicine Ludwig Warnekros at the University of Berlin. Warnekros himself studied medicine in Würzburg and Berlin from 1902 to 1907.
Biography of María Arias Bernal (excerpt)
María Arias Bernal, known as María Pistolas (1884–1923), was a Mexican schoolteacher and revolutionary agitator during the Mexican Revolution. Supporting President Francisco I. Madero until his assassination by Victoriano Huerta, Arias notably defended Madero’s tomb against Huerta's regime. She founded the Women's Loyalty Club to promote Madero's legacy and led protests.
Biography of Paul Capellani (excerpt)
Paul Henri Capellani (born September 9, 1877, in Paris 4th arrondissement and died on November 7, 1960, in Cagnes-sur-Mer) was a French theater and film actor. He was the brother of director and screenwriter Albert Capellani and the uncle of director Roger Capellani.
Biography of Léontine Zanta (excerpt)
Léontine Zanta, born on February 14, 1872, in Mâcon, and died on June 15, 1942, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French educator, journalist, novelist, and speaker. She was notably the first French woman to earn a doctorate in philosophy in 1914. Her father was a professor who ensured she received a philosophy education.
Biography of Benita Asas (excerpt)
Benita Asas Manterola (4 March 1873 – 21 April 1968) was a Spanish teacher, journalist, and suffragist. Benita Asas Manterola was born in San Sebastián. She trained as a teacher and worked in the Madrid public school system. Together with Pilar Fernández Selfa, Asas founded the bi-monthly periodical El Pensamiento Femenino, which ran from 1913 to 1917.
Biography of Enrique Nieto (architect) (excerpt)
Enrique Nieto y Nieto, born on October 6, 1883 and died on January 20, 1954, was a Spanish architect noted for his Modernisme style, distinct from modernism (Nieto was recognized for his involvement in the Spanish-specific Modernisme movement, and not for the more global and diverse modernism.
Biography of Gabriellino D'Annunzio (excerpt)
Gabriele Maria "Gabriellino" D'Annunzio (10 April 1886 – 8 December 1945) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the son of the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. He adapted the 1921 film The Ship from a novel by his father.
Biography of Jacques Cariou (excerpt)
Jacques Cariou, sometimes mistakenly called Jean, was born on September 23, 1870, in Peumerit, Finistère, and died on October 7, 1931, in Toulon, Var. He was a French equestrian who won three medals (gold, silver, and bronze) at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm.
Biography of Jean Brusselmans (excerpt)
Jean Brusselmans (13 June 1884 - 9 January 1953) was a Belgian painter. He developed his own style and, whereas he is often considered a representative of Flemish Expressionism, he refused to associate himself with any art movement. He was not very well known during his life, and had difficulties selling his work, but posthumously he was recognized as one of important Belgian painters of the 20th century.
Biography of Siegfried Oberndorfer (excerpt)
Siegfried Oberndorfer, a Jewish-German physician and cancer researcher, was born on June 24, 1876, in Munich and passed away in 1944 in Istanbul. He studied medicine in Munich and Kiel, becoming a doctor in 1900. After working as a ship's doctor, where he halted a plague outbreak, he returned to Germany in 1902.
Biography of Victor Barnowsky (excerpt)
Victor Barnowsky, originally Isidor Abrahamowsky, was a German actor, director, and significant theater manager born on September 10, 1875, in Berlin, and died on August 9, 1952, in New York City. He led several Berlin stages, including the Kleine Theater Unter den Linden, Lessingtheater, and more.
Biography of Karl Theodor Fahr (excerpt)
Karl Theodor Fahr (3 October 1877 – 29 October 1945) was a German pathologist born in Pirmasens of the Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1903 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Giessen, afterwards continuing his studies with Eugen Bostroem (1850-1926) in Giessen, under Morris Simmonds (1855-1925) in Hamburg and with Ilya Ilyich Metchnikoff (1845-1916) in Paris.
Biography of Smith Ely Jelliffe (excerpt)
Smith Ely Jelliffe (October 27, 1866 – September 25, 1945) was an American neurologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst based in New York City. After initial training in botany and pharmacy, he transitioned to neurology in the mid-1890s and later delved into psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and psychoanalysis.
Biography of Hans Thirring (excerpt)
Hans Thirring (23 March 1888 – 22 March 1976) was an Austrian theoretical physicist, professor, and father of the physicist Walter Thirring. He won the Haitinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1920. His approximate time of birth comes from Sandra Belcsak.
Biography of Manuel Machado (poet) (excerpt)
Manuel Machado y Ruiz (August 29, 1874 - January 19, 1947) was a Spanish poet and a key figure in the Generation of 98. Born in Seville and later moved to Madrid, he inherited a deep appreciation for Andalusian culture from his family.
Biography of Peter Fraser (excerpt)
Peter Fraser CH PC (28 August 1884 – 12 December 1950) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 24th prime minister of New Zealand from 27 March 1940 until 13 December 1949. Born and raised in the Scottish Highlands, Fraser left education early to support his family.
Biography of Louis Davids (excerpt)
Louis Davids, born Simon David on December 19, 1883, in Rotterdam, was a seminal figure in Dutch entertainment as an actor, singer, and comedian. He began performing at a young age in Groningen and achieved early fame as a child prodigy. Alongside his sister Rika, he formed a successful duo, performing across the Netherlands and later, with his subsequent duo partners, including his second sister Henriëtte and later his partner Margareth Whitefoot, known as Margie Morris.
Biography of Théodore Simon (excerpt)
Théodore Simon, born on July 10, 1873, in Dijon and died on September 4, 1961, in Paris, was a French psychiatrist. He had a distinguished career in asylum medicine, working notably at Dury-les-Amiens, Saint-Yon near Rouen, and the admissions department of Sainte-Anne Hospital.
Biography of André Strohl (excerpt)
André Strohl, born March 20, 1887, in Poitiers and died March 10, 1977, in Paris, was a French physician, co-discoverer of Guillain-Barré syndrome in 1916. Son of Henry Strohl, he was of Alsatian and Bordeaux descent and initially inclined towards sciences. A brilliant student, he earned degrees in natural sciences and physics before completing his doctorates in medicine in 1913 and physics in 1914.
Biography of Evert Rinsema (excerpt)
Evert Rinsema, born on August 28, 1880, in Gorredijk and died on July 4, 1958, in Heerenveen, was a Dutch cobbler and poet closely associated with the De Stijl art movement. Brother to the visual artist Thijs Rinsema, he lived in Drachten and spent his free time immersed in the works and biographies of great philosophers.
Biography of Oscar Orth (surgeon) (excerpt)
Oscar Karl Orth was a distinguished German surgeon and professor at the State Hospital in Homburg. Born into a merchant family in 1876 in Ensheim, he pursued medical studies in Munich, Berlin, and Heidelberg, earning his degree in 1901. Throughout his career, Orth made significant contributions to internal pathology and the history of civil engineering.
Biography of Roger Broders (excerpt)
Roger Broders, born on March 2, 1883, in Paris and died in the same city on October 20, 1953, was a French poster artist and illustrator. Works Roger Broders was one of the most prolific poster artists of the 1930s: his work is inseparable from the PLM company, which commissioned over a hundred posters from him between 1922 and 1932.
Biography of Marius Chapuis (excerpt)
Marius Chapuis, a French cinema operator, was born on May 30, 1878, in Lyon and died on November 16, 1961, in Champfromier, Ain. He was one of the early promoters of the Lumière cinematograph abroad, alongside Alexandre Promio, Félix Mesguich, and Francis Doublier.
Biography of Giuseppe Albenga (excerpt)
Giuseppe Albenga, born on June 9, 1882 in Incisa Scapaccino, died on January 19, 1957 in Turin, was a prominent Italian civil engineer, professor, and historian of civil engineering. He completed his education in civil engineering at the Politecnico di Torino in 1904 under the guidance of Camillo Guidi.
Biography of Édouard-Émile Violet (excerpt)
Édouard-Émile Violet, born on December 8, 1880 in Mâcon and died on January 4, 1955 in Perpignan, was a French actor, director, screenwriter, and producer, primarily active during the 1910s and 1920s. He founded Les Films Lucifer in July 1919, but the company was dissolved by the end of 1922.
Biography of Marcel Martinet (excerpt)
Marcel Martinet (Dijon, 22 August 1887 – Saumur, 18 February 1944) was a French pacifist socialist revolutionary militant and a prolétarian writer. Life Martinet, a Communist and pacifist, opposed the First World War from its outset: his antiwar poems Les temps maudits were banned in France during the war, but circulated secretly: helped by Marguerite Rosmer, he sent copies on thin paper to soldiers at the front.
Biography of Arthur Biram (excerpt)
Arthur Yitzhak Biram, born on August 13, 1878, in Bischofswerda, Saxony, was a German-born Israeli philosopher, philologist, and educator. He studied languages and philosophy at the University of Berlin and the University of Leipzig, where he earned a doctorate in 1902.
Biography of Émile Bulcke (excerpt)
Émile Bulcke, born March 20, 1875 in Ostend and died October 28, 1963 in Schaerbeek, is a Belgian painter and sculptor. He was above all a portrait painter (he produced 16 portraits of the Mayor of Ostend) and a flower painter. He was a friend and student of the portrait painter Albert Cortvriendt.
Biography of Caracciolo Parra Pérez (excerpt)
Caracciolo Parra-Pérez, born on March 19, 1888, in Mérida, Venezuela, and died on September 19, 1964, in Paris, was a notable Venezuelan lawyer, historian, and politician. He served as Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1941 to 1945. Parra-Pérez was highly respected for his contributions to Venezuelan historiography.
Biography of Karen Horney (excerpt)
Karen Horney (née Danielsen; 16 September 1885 – 4 December 1952) was a German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views. This was particularly true of her theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis. |
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