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Biography of Stonewall Jackson (excerpt)
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 20, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee. His military career includes the Valley Campaign of 1862 and his service as a corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. ![]()
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Rockford is a U.S. city in Winnebago County, Illinois, located in the far northern part of the state. Situated on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County (a small portion of the city is located in Ogle County).
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Biography of Mikhail Lermontov (excerpt)
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов Russian pronunciation: ), (October 15 1814 – July 27 1841), a Russian Romantic writer and poet, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", was the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death. ![]()
Biography of Félix Nadar (excerpt)
Félix Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (6 April 1820 (birth time source: Taeger, birth certificate) – 21 March 1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist. Some photographs by Nadar are marked "P. Nadar" for "Photographie Nadar" (see image below).
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Biography of Alexander II of Russia (excerpt)
Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevich (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (Moscow, 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881 in St. Petersburg) was the Emperor of the Russian Empire and Tsar of Russia from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He was also the Grand Duke of Finland and King of Poland until 1867 when it was annexed into the Russian Empire. ![]()
Biography of Jefferson Davis (excerpt)
Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War. A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment, and was the United States Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce. ![]()
Biography of Christopher Sholes (excerpt)
Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 - February 17, 1890) is an American who contributed to the development of the typewriter. Born in Bath, Pennsylvania, Sholes moved to nearby Danville as a teenager, where he worked as an apprentice to a printer. ![]()
Biography of Théodore de Banville (excerpt)
Théodore Faullain de Banville (March 14, 1823–March 13, 1891) was a French poet and writer. He was born in Moulins in Allier, Auvergne, the son of a captain in the French navy. His boyhood, by his own account, was cheerlessly passed at a lycée in Paris; he was not harshly treated, but took no part in the amusements of his companions. ![]()
Biography of Isabella d'Este (excerpt)
Isabella d'Este (19 May 1474 - 13 February 1539, death at 65 years old) was marchesa of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance and a major cultural and political figure. Family Born in Ferrara, she was the first daughter of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Leonora of Naples, daughter of Ferdinand I of Naples, the Aragonese King of Naples, and Isabella of Taranto. ![]()
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Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered by Tennessee to the north; Georgia to the east; Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south; and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U. ![]()
Biography of Franklin Pierce (excerpt)
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was an American politician and the fourteenth President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. To date, he is the only president from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" (a Northerner with Southern sympathies) who served in the U. ![]()
Biography of Elisée Reclus (excerpt)
Élisée Reclus (March 15, 1830 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – July 4, 1905), also known as Jean Jacques Élisée Reclus, was a renowned French geographer, writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork over a period of nearly 20 years: La Nouvelle Géographic universelle, la terre et les hommes (1875 – 1894). ![]()
Biography of Bedrich Smetana (excerpt)
Bedřich Smetana (pronounced (help·info); 2 March 1824 - 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer. He is best known for his symphonic poem Vltava (better known as The Moldau), the second in a cycle of six which he entitled Má vlast ("My Country"), and for his opera The Bartered Bride. ![]()
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Memphis is a city along the Mississippi River in southwestern Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. Its 2019 estimated population was 651,073, making it Tennessee's second-most populous city behind Nashville, the nation's 28th-largest, and the largest city proper situated along the Mississippi River.
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Biography of Jules Grévy (excerpt)
François Judith Paul Grévy (15 August 1807 – 9 September 1891), known as Jules Grévy (French pronunciation: ), was a French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887, and was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republican faction.
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Biography of Pierre Proudhon (excerpt)
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (pronounced /ˈpruːd ɒn/ in British English, in French) (January 15, 1809 – January 19, 1865) was a French mutualist political philosopher of the socialist tradition. He was the first individual to call himself an "anarchist" and is considered among the first anarchist thinkers.
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Biography of Louis XII of France (excerpt)
Louis XII (27 June 1462 – 1 January 1515) was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Maria of Cleves, he succeeded his 2nd cousin once removed, Charles VIII, who died without direct heirs in 1498. ![]()
Biography of François Bertrand (excerpt)
François Bertrand, born October 29, 1823 in Voisey and died in 1850 in Paris (suicide), was a French military and necrophiliac, called the Vampire of Montparnasse. The Werewolf of Paris (movie) by Guy Endore was written about his story. ![]()
Biography of Pope Paul III (excerpt)
Pope Paul III (February 28, 1468 – November 10, 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death 1549. He also called the Council of Trent in 1545. Born in Canino, Latium, Italy, on the peculiar day of February 29, Farnese was descended through his mother from the Caetani family, which had also produced Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303).
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Biography of Johann Strauss I (excerpt)
Johann Strauss I (German: Johann Strauß) born in Vienna, (March 14, 1804 – September 25, 1849) was an Austrian Romantic composer known particularly for his waltzes and for popularizing it alongside Josef Lanner thereby (without intention) setting the foundations for his sons to carry on his musical dynasty. ![]()
Biography of Alexandre Falguière (excerpt)
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (also given as Jean-Joseph-Alexandre Falguière, or in short Alexandre Falguière) (7 September 1831 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), Toulouse - 20 April 1900, Paris) was a French sculptor and painter. He was born in Toulouse. A pupil of the École des Beaux-Arts, he won the Prix de Rome in 1859; he was awarded the medal of honor at the Paris Salon in 1868 and was appointed officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1878. ![]()
Biography of Horatio Alger (excerpt)
Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works have been described as rags to riches stories, illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others.
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Biography of Ferdinand II of Aragon (excerpt)
Ferdinand V of Castile & II of Aragon the Catholic (Spanish: Fernando V de Aragón "el Católico", Catalan: Ferran II d'Aragó "el Catòlic", Aragonese: Ferrando II d'Aragón "lo Catolico"; March 10, 1452 – January 23, 1516) was king of Aragon (1479–1516), Castile, Sicily (1468–1516), Naples (1504–1516), Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona.
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Biography of Pedro II of Brazil (excerpt)
Pedro II, (December 2, 1825 – December 5, 1891) was the second and last Emperor of Brazil. His name in full was Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Bragança e Habsburgo, By the Grace of God and Unanimous Acclamation of the People, Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil. ![]()
Biography of Théophile-Jules Pelouze (excerpt)
Théophile-Jules Pelouze (also known as Jules Pelouze, Théophile Pelouze, Theo Pelouze, or TJ Pelouze, February 26, 1807 - 1867) was a French chemist. He was born at Valognes, and died in Paris. His father, Edmond Pelouze, was an industrial chemist and the author of several technical handbooks. ![]()
Biography of Adolphe Sax (excerpt)
Antoine-Joseph 'Adolphe' Sax (November 6, 1814 – February 3, 1894) was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (clarinetist), best known for inventing the saxophone. Adolphe Sax was born in Dinant in Wallonia, Belgium. His father, Charles-Joseph Sax, was an instrument designer himself, who made several changes to the design of the horn. ![]()
Biography of Jean-Marie Le Bris (excerpt)
Jean-Marie Le Bris (1817 - 1872) was a French aviator, born in Concarneau, Brittany, who accomplished a glider flight in December 1856. A sailor and sea captain, Jean-Marie Le Bris sailed around the world observing the flight of the Albatross bird. Although he sailed around the world, his true ambition was to fly. ![]()
Biography of Eugène Boudin (excerpt)
Eugène Boudin (July 12, 1824 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – August 8, 1898) was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors. Boudin was a marine painter, and expert in the rendering of all that goes upon the sea and along its shores. ![]()
Biography of Théodore Aubanel (excerpt)
Théodore Aubanel (Occitan: Teodòr Aubanèu) (March 26, 1829 in Avignon – November 2, 1886 in Avignon) was a Provencal poet. He was born in Avignon in a family of painters. Aubanel started writing poetry in French but quickly switched to Provençal, due to the influence of Joseph Roumanille.
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Biography of Jean-François Gigoux (excerpt)
Jean-François Gigoux, born January 6, 1806 in Besançon, died in 1894, was a French artist, portrait painter and lithographer.
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Biography of Ivan Turgenev (excerpt)
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев IPA: ) (November 9 1818 – September 3 1883) was a Russian novelist and playwright. His novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. Life Turgenev was born into a wealthy landed family in Oryol, Russia, on October 28, 1818.
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Biography of Alfred Tennyson (excerpt)
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular English poets. Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, although In Memoriam was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and classmate at Trinity College, Cambridge, who was engaged to Tennyson's sister, but died from a cerebral hemorrhage before they were married. ![]()
Biography of Mariano José de Larra (excerpt)
Mariano José de Larra (24 March 1809 - 13 February 1837) was a Spanish romanticist writer noted for satire and perhaps the best prose writer of 19th-century Spain. He was born in Madrid; his father served as a regimental doctor in the French army, and, as an afrancesado, was compelled to leave the Peninsula with his family in 1812. ![]()
Biography of Louis Clément Faller (excerpt)
Louis Clément Faller, born on June 1, 1819 in Habsheim, near Mulhouse (birth time source: Lescaut), died on February 27, 1901 in Paris (suicide), was a French painter. ![]()
Biography of Jean-Léon Gérôme (excerpt)
Jean-Léon Gérôme (May 11, 1824 – January 10, 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.
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Biography of Frédéric Mistral (excerpt)
Frédéric Mistral (September 8, 1830 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – March 25, 1914) was a French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature. He was a key figure in the literary félibrige movement. He shared the Nobel Prize in literature in 1904 for his contributions in literature and philology. ![]()
Biography of David Livingstone (excerpt)
David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 4 May 1873) was a Scottish Presbyterian pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in central Africa. He was the first European to see Victoria Falls, which he named in honour of the reigning monarch.
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Biography of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (excerpt)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 – April 09, 1882) was an English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator. Early life The son of émigré Italian scholar Gabriel Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti, D.G. Rossetti was born in London, England and originally named Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti.
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Biography of Alexander Borodin (excerpt)
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin) (31 October/12 November 1833 (birth time source: Penfield, conflicting sources) – 15 February/27 February 1887) was a Russian composer of Georgian parentage who made his living as a notable chemist. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five (or "The Mighty Handful"), who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music . ![]()
Biography of Pierre Larousse (excerpt)
Pierre Athanase Larousse (October 23, 1817 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, archives) - January 3, 1875) was a French grammarian and lexicographer born in Toucy. At the age of sixteen he won a scholarship at the teaching school in Versailles. Four years later, he returned to Toucy to teach in a primary school, but became frustrated by the archaic and rigid teaching methods. ![]()
Biography of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (excerpt)
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardinia from 1849 to 1861. On February 18, 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy, a title he held until his death in 1878. ![]()
Biography of René Goblet (excerpt)
French politician, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1886-1887. He helped found a Liberal journal, Le Progrès de la Somme.
Biography of Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin (excerpt)
Blessed Marie-Azélie "Zélie" Martin née Guérin (23 December 1831 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) - 28 August 1877) was a French laywoman and the mother of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux. Her husband was Blessed Louis Martin. Life Early life Marie-Azélie Guérin was born in Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon, Orne, France and was the second daughter of Isidore Guérin and Louise-Jeanne Macé.
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Biography of John Ruskin (excerpt)
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic, sage writer, and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Ruskin's essays on art and architecture were extremely influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. ![]()
Biography of Eugène Sue (excerpt)
Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (January 20, 1804 – August 3, 1857) was a French novelist He was born in Paris, the son of a distinguished surgeon in Napoleon's army, and is said to have had the Empress Joséphine for godmother. Sue himself acted as surgeon both in the Spanish campaign undertaken by France in 1823 and at the Battle of Navarino (1828).
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Biography of Rosa Bonheur (excerpt)
Rosa Bonheur, née Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, (b. Bordeaux, France, March 16, 1822 – d. Thomery (By), France, May 25, 1899) was a French animalière and realist artist. As a painter she became famous primarily for two chief works: Ploughing in the Nivernais (in French Le labourage nivernais, le sombrage ), which was first exhibited at the Salon of 1848, and is now in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris depicts a team of oxen ploughing a field while attended by peasants set against a vast pastoral landscape; and, The Horse Fair (in French Le marché aux chevaux ), which was exhibited at the Salon of 1853 (finished in 1855) and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City. ![]()
Biography of Théodore Ballu (excerpt)
Théodore Ballu (born in Paris on 8 June 1817 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died in Paris on 22 May 1885) was a French architect. He entered the École royale des beaux-arts de Paris in 1835 and was the pupil of Louis-Hippolyte Lebas.
Biography of Napoléon Reber (excerpt)
Napoléon Henri Reber (October 21, 1807, Mulhouse, Alsace – November 24, 1880, Paris) was a French composer. He studied with Anton Reicha and Jean François Lesueur, wrote chamber music, and set to music the new poems of the best French poets. He became professor of harmony at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1851 and succeeded Fromental Halévy as professor of composition in 1862, was inspector of the branch conservatories from 1871, and was elected to George Onslow's chair in the Academie Française in 1853.
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Biography of Théophile Roussel (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste Victor Théophile Roussel or Théophile Roussel, born July 28, 1816 in Albaret-Sainte-Marie, Lozère, died September 27, 1903 in Albaret-Sainte-Marie, Lozère, was a French psysician, author and politician. ![]()
Biography of Francis Galton (excerpt)
Sir Francis Galton F.R.S. (February 16, 1822 – January 17, 1911), half-cousin of Charles Darwin, was an English Victorian polymath, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, and statistician. He was knighted in 1909. Galton had a prolific intellect, and produced over 340 papers and books throughout his lifetime. |
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