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Biography of Philipp Scheidemann (excerpt)
Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann (born July 26, 1865, in Cassel, died November 29, 1939, in Copenhagen) was a German statesman and SPD member.He served as the second chancellor of the Weimar Republic after Friedrich Ebert. Trained as a typesetter, he joined the SPD in 1883 and became a journalist for social-democratic newspapers.
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Biography of Paul Flechsig (excerpt)
Paul Emil Flechsig was born on June 29, 1847, and died on July 22, 1929.He was a German neuroanatomist and neuropathologist affiliated with the University of Leipzig.He is notably known as the physician of jurist Daniel Paul Schreber. After studying medicine in Leipzig, he became an assistant in pathology and later led the histology department in 1873.
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Biography of Hermann Kümmell (excerpt)
Hermann Kümmell (22 May 1852, Korbach, Waldeck-Pyrmont – 19 February 1937) was a German surgeon. In 1875, he received his medical doctorate at Berlin, later working as an assistant physician to Max Schede (1833-1902) at the municipal hospital in Friedrichshain.In 1883 he became chief physician of the surgical department at the "Marienkrankenhaus" in Hamburg, and in 1895 was appointed surgeon-in-chief of the Allgemeinen Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf.
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Biography of Henry Van de Velde (excerpt)
Henry Van de Velde (born April 3, 1863, in Antwerp, Belgium; died October 15, 1957, in Oberägeri, Switzerland) was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and teacher. At the end of the 19th century, alongside Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, he was one of the founders of Art Nouveau in Belgium and became a key figure in Belgian modernism.
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Biography of Philipp Franck (painter) (excerpt)
Johann Heinrich Philipp Franck (9 April 1860 – 13 March 1944) was a German Impressionist painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. Encouraged by his father, Franck initially studied architecture but shifted to art after his father’s death.At 17, he enrolled at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, specializing in landscapes and fairy tale illustrations under Eduard Jakob von Steinle.
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Biography of Pieter Jelles Troelstra (excerpt)
Pieter Jelles Troelstra (born 20 April 1860 in Leeuwarden, died 12 May 1930 in The Hague) was a Dutch politician, remembered as a key figure in the labor movement. He was married from 1888 to 1904 to writer Sjoukje Bokma de Boer, better known as Nynke van Hichtum.
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Biography of Henri Polak (excerpt)
Henri Polak (born 22 February 1868 in Amsterdam, died 18 February 1943 in Laren) was a Dutch trade unionist and politician. The son of a Jewish diamond cutter, he began working young before moving to London, where he embraced Marxist ideas and learned about the British labor movement.
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Biography of Oscar Fetrás (excerpt)
Oscar Fetrás (16 February 1854 – 10 January 1931), born Otto Kaufmann Faster in Hamburg, was a German composer of light music, known for his waltzes and marches. His best-known piece is the waltz Mondnacht auf der Alster Op. 60, still widely loved today.
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Biography of Karolina Widerström (excerpt)
Karolina Olivia Widerström (December 10, 1856 – March 4, 1949) was a Swedish medical doctor and gynecologist, the first woman in Sweden to earn a medical degree. A strong advocate for women's rights, she fought for sexual education and female suffrage. She served as chairwoman of the National Association for Women's Suffrage and was a member of Stockholm’s city council.
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Biography of Ludwig Schames (excerpt)
Ludwig Schames (born August 11, 1852, in Frankfurt am Main; died July 3, 1922, in the same city) was a German art dealer who supported German expressionists, notably Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, becoming his principal gallerist. Coming from a long-established Jewish family in Frankfurt, he initially worked as a banker in Paris, where he became fascinated by the emerging art scene.
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Biography of Gabriele Possanner (excerpt)
Gabriele Possanner (27 January 1860 – 14 March 1940) was the first woman medical doctor to practice medicine in Austria. She was the daughter of the Austrian jurist Benjamin Possanner, and lived in six different cities until the age of twenty due to him moving often for his work.
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Biography of Lucien Schnegg (excerpt)
Lucien Schnegg (19 March 1864 – 22 December 1909) was a French sculptor, close to Auguste Rodin, though he distanced himself from Rodin’s expressive style to promote a classical aesthetic. Born in Bordeaux into a family of Bavarian cabinetmakers, Schnegg began his training as an ornamental sculptor.
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Biography of Sofía Casanova (excerpt)
Sofía Casanova (September 30, 1861 – January 16, 1958) was a Spanish poet, novelist, and journalist, the first woman from Spain to become a permanent foreign correspondent and war reporter. A respected figure in literary circles, she wrote for ABC, portraying the human side of civilian suffering in Poland and Russia.
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Biography of Félix Galipaux (excerpt)
Félix Galipaux, born on December 12, 1860, in Bordeaux and died on December 7, 1931, in Paris, was a French playwright, novelist, actor, humorist, and violinist. Born Félix Martin to unknown parents, he was recognized by his mother in 1866. After winning first prize at the Conservatoire, he chose the Palais-Royal theater over the Comédie-Française.
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Biography of Paul Bar (obstetrician) (excerpt)
Paul Bar (November 5, 1853 – November 26, 1945) was a French obstetrician, a student of Stéphane Tarnier, and the founder of clinical obstetrics, merging obstetrics and gynecology. He began his medical career in 1875 as an extern, later becoming an intern and earning his doctorate in 1881.
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Biography of Theo Mann-Bouwmeester (excerpt)
Theo Mann-Bouwmeester (April 19, 1850 – April 18, 1939) was one of the most famous Dutch actresses of her time, coming from a renowned family of performers. She first appeared on stage at the age of seven and secured her first major engagement in 1866.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Wally Moes (excerpt)
Wally Moes, born on 16 November 1856 in Amsterdam and died on 6 November 1918 in Laren, was a Dutch genre painter and author, known for her depictions of everyday life, especially scenes with children. She studied under August Allebé at the Rijksacademie but left in 1878 during a protest, returning in 1880 when he became director.
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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 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 Passchier de Fijne (excerpt)
Passchier de Fijne, born in Leiden on January 31, 1588, and buried in Haarlem on October 27, 1667, was a Dutch pastor and writer.He was one of the first ministers of the Remonstrant Brotherhood, linked to the Arminian movement. Trained by pastors rather than at university, he was appointed in Jaarsveld in 1611.
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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.
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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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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 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 Titia van der Tuuk (excerpt)
Titia Klasina Elisabeth van der Tuuk, born on November 27, 1854, and died on May 7, 1939, was a Dutch feminist and socialist. The daughter of a preacher and a children’s author, she was born in ’t Zandt, Groningen. Initially a teacher, she was forced to give up her profession due to deafness and hostility toward her openly declared atheism. ![]()
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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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 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 Betsy van Vloten (excerpt)
Elizabeth “Betsy” van Vloten, born July 12, 1862 in Deventer and died February 21, 1946 in Haarlem, was a Dutch poet and writer. She was the daughter of scholar Johannes van Vloten and sister to translators Martha and Kitty. She was close to the “Tachtigers” literary circle, where she connected with writers like Frederik van Eeden and Frank van der Goes, enjoying both intellectual and social interactions with them.
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Biography of Ninian Comper (excerpt)
Sir John Ninian Comper (10 June 1864 – 22 December 1960) was a major Scottish architect of the Gothic Revival. He focused almost exclusively on churches, designing and restoring them along with liturgical furnishings, stained glass, and vestments. He masterfully blended Gothic and Classical styles, a method he called “unity by inclusion.” His use of color, iconography, and liturgical focus made his work distinct and highly revered. |
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