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Biography of Melchior Treub (excerpt)
Melchior Treub (1851–1910) was a Dutch botanist renowned for his work on tropical flora at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, Java, and founder of the Bogor Agricultural Institute. A 1873 biology graduate from Leiden University, he remained a botanical assistant in Leiden before moving to the Dutch East Indies in 1880.
Biography of Gabriel Narutowicz (excerpt)
Gabriel Józef Narutowicz, born into a Polish noble family on March 29, 1865 and assassinated on December 16, 1922, was the first President of Poland, serving from December 11, 1922, for only five days. A distinguished hydroelectric engineer, he led the construction of Europe's first hydroelectric power plants and was a professor in Zurich.
Biography of Joseph Sullivan (British politician) (excerpt)
Joseph Sullivan (16 September 1866 – 13 February 1935) was a Scottish Labour Party politician, MP from 1922 to 1924 and 1926 to 1931. Born in Glasgow to Irish parents, he worked as a coal miner and became a prominent figure in the Lanarkshire Miners' County Union.
Biography of Édouard Dupont (excerpt)
Édouard François Dupont, born in 1841 in Dinant, Belgium, and died in 1911 in Cannes, was a Belgian geologist, a precursor in paleontology and prehistory. Trained by Jean-Baptiste d'Omalius, he earned his doctorate in natural sciences at the age of 22. From 1864 to 1868, he explored Belgian caves, uncovering fossils and prehistoric tools.
Biography of Salvatore Farina (excerpt)
Salvatore Farina (10 January 1846 – 15 December 1918) was an Italian novelist whose style of sentimental humor has been compared to that of Charles Dickens. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. Life Born in the Sardinian town of Sorso, he studied law at Turin and Pavia before moving to Milan and taking up literature, remaining there for the rest of his life.
Biography of Désiré van Monckhoven (excerpt)
Désiré Charles Emmanuel van Monckhoven, born and died in Ghent (1834-1882), was a Belgian chemist, physicist, optician, and photographer, a pioneer in astrophotography and photochemistry in Belgium. He earned a degree in sciences from the University of Ghent in 1862 and was renowned for his work in photographic optics.
Biography of Paul de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle (excerpt)
Paul-Marie de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle was a renowned French naturalist, botanist, and entomologist, born on October 7, 1873, and died on January 2, 1957. He made significant contributions to biospeleology, especially in the Basses-Alpes. Peyerimhoff was a pioneer in studying cave entomology and conducted extensive research in North Africa, contributing valuable specimens to the National Museum of Natural History.
Biography of Käthe Schirmacher (excerpt)
Käthe Schirmacher, born on August 6, 1865, in Danzig (now Gdańsk), was a German writer, journalist, and political activist, notable as a leading advocate for women's rights in the 1890s. The daughter of a wealthy merchant, Schirmacher lost her family fortune early and became one of the first German women to earn a doctorate in Romance studies.
Biography of Domingo de Orueta y Duarte (excerpt)
Domingo de Orueta y Duarte, born January 21, 1862 in Málaga and died January 16, 1926 in Madrid, was a renowned Spanish geologist and scientist. Orphaned at a young age, he nonetheless pursued his studies with excellence, obtaining a degree in chemistry in Málaga and furthering his education in England.
Biography of August Krogh (excerpt)
Schack August Steenberg Krogh, a Danish professor at the University of Copenhagen's department of zoophysiology (1916-1945), was a renowned physiologist who made significant discoveries across various fields and developed the Krogh Principle. His time of birth comes from the biography August and Marie Krogh: Lives in Science" by his daughter Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen " in which it is specified that he was born "in the morning.
Biography of Paul Vidal de La Blache (excerpt)
Paul Vidal de La Blache (French pronunciation: , Pézenas, Hérault, 22 January 1845 – Tamaris-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 5 April 1918) was a French geographer. He is considered to be the founder of modern French geography and also the founder of the French School of Geopolitics.
Biography of Maria Konopnicka (excerpt)
Maria Konopnicka, a significant Polish poet, novelist, and women's rights activist, was born in Suwałki on May 23, 1842. Educated at home and in Warsaw, she debuted as a writer in 1870. Konopnicka's marriage to Jarosław Konopnicki was strained due to her literary pursuits, leading to their separation in 1878.
Biography of Césaire Phisalix (excerpt)
Césaire Phisalix, born on October 8, 1852, in Mouthier-Haute-Pierre (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region) and died in Paris on March 15, 1906, was a French herpetologist known for developing a serum against the bites of certain vipers. The son of winemakers, he studied in Besançon and Paris, earning a doctorate in medicine in 1877.
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 Noël Ballay (excerpt)
Dr. Noël Eugène Ballay, born on July 14, 1847, in Fontenay-sur-Eure, Eure-et-Loir, and died on January 27, 1902, in Saint-Louis, Senegal, was a French explorer and colonial administrator, serving as the second Governor-General of French West Africa (AOF). After completing his education in medicine, Ballay participated in exploratory missions alongside Savorgnan de Brazza in the Ogooué region during the 1870s and represented France at the Berlin Conference in 1885.
Biography of Émile Duployé (excerpt)
Émile Duployé, born on September 10, 1833, in Liesse-Notre-Dame, Aisne, and died on May 9, 1912, in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (now in Val-de-Marne), was a French ecclesiastic. He is the author of the Duployé shorthand technique, which was widely used in France in the early 20th century.
Biography of Louis Capazza (excerpt)
Louis Henri Capazza, born January 17, 1862, in Bastia and died December 28, 1928, in Paris, was a French aeronaut. After high school in Bastia, he joined the administration of Bridges and Roads. He co-developed a precision instrument for railway curve calculations, which won a gold medal at the Work Exhibition in Paris.
Biography of Eduard Kaufmann (excerpt)
Eduard Kaufmann (24 March 1860, Bonn – 15 December 1931, Göttingen) was a German physician. The disease Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome is named for him. Career Kaufmann studied in Bonn and Berlin, and earned his doctorate from the University of Bonn in 1884. He was appointed Privatdozent for anatomical pathology in Breslau three years later, and assisted at Emil Ponfick’s institute.
Biography of Alix Joffroy (excerpt)
Alix Joffroy, born on December 16, 1844, in Stainville (Meuse) and died on November 24, 1908, in Paris, was a French neurologist, neuropathologist, and psychiatrist, a student of Charcot, and the second holder of the chair of clinical mental illnesses and the brain at Sainte-Anne.
Biography of Witold Zglenicki (excerpt)
Witold Zglenicki (6 January 1850 - 6 July 1904), a Polish inventor, geologist, metallurgist, oil worker, and philanthropist, is known as the "father of Baku kerosene" and the "Polish Nobel." He studied in Płock, Warsaw, and St. Petersburg under Dmitry Mendeleev. Initially focusing on mining and metallurgy, Zglenicki later dedicated himself to the oil industry, pioneering techniques in oil extraction, including undersea drilling.
Biography of Ludwik Krzywicki (excerpt)
Ludwik Joachim Franciszek Krzywicki (1859-1941) was a Polish Marxist anthropologist, economist, and sociologist, and an early proponent of sociology in Poland. Born into an aristocratic family in Płock, he developed early interests in psychology, philosophy, and natural sciences, influenced by Darwin and others.
Biography of Wilhelm Camerer (excerpt)
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Camerer (17 October 1842 – 25 March 1910) was a German physician born in Stuttgart. Camerer was a pioneer in the field of pediatric medicine. He studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen and Vienna. At Tübingen he was a student of physiologist Karl von Vierordt (1818–1884).
Biography of Jacques-Augustin Normand (excerpt)
Jacques-Augustin Normand (October 4, 1839 – December 11, 1906) was a French naval engineer and shipbuilder from Le Havre, stemming from a family entrenched in shipbuilding since the 18th century. Inheriting the family yard in 1871, he significantly advanced its operations over 35 years, developing high-performance machines and vessels, including the revolutionary yacht "Vélox" in 1875, capable of exceeding 17 knots.
Biography of Émile Vallin (excerpt)
Émile Arthur Vallin, born November 27, 1833, in Nantes and died in February 1924 in Montpellier, was a French military physician considered a precursor of public health in France. The son of a physician, Vallin completed secondary education in Nantes and earned his medical degree in Paris in 1858.
Biography of Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire (excerpt)
Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire, born on July 2, 1834, in Saumur and died on July 25, 1923, in Vitrai-sous-Laigle, was a French magistrate, journalist, and writer. As a prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal, he prepared the indictment against General Boulanger.
Biography of Arthur Nikisch (excerpt)
Arthur Nikisch (12 October 1855 – 23 January 1922) was a Hungarian conductor who performed internationally, holding posts in Boston, London, Leipzig and—most importantly—Berlin. He was considered an outstanding interpreter of the music of Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Liszt. Johannes Brahms praised Nikisch's performance of his Fourth Symphony as "quite exemplary, it's impossible to hear it any better."
Biography of Armand du Paty de Clam (excerpt)
Charles Armand Auguste Ferdinand Mercier du Paty de Clam (21 February 1853 - 3 September 1916) was a French army officer and amateur graphologist, central to the Dreyfus affair. He pinpointed Dreyfus as a suspect based on graphology, leading to Dreyfus's arrest and conviction without substantial evidence.
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 Louis Carrière (excerpt)
Louis Norbert Carrière (7 December 1833 - 31 December 1919) was a French military justice officer. His military career began at Saint-Cyr in 1853, serving in various roles, including in the war against Prussia and in the Versailles army. Promoted within the gendarmerie, he was recognized for his intelligence and competence.
Biography of Ferdinand Laulanié (excerpt)
Ferdinand Laulanié, a distinguished French veterinarian, was also a renowned professor of animal physiology and served as the director of the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse. In honor of the 150th anniversary of his birth, Guy Bodin published an insightful biography in 2001, titled "Biography of Ferdinand Laulanié (1850-1906) on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary" in the Revue Médicale Vétérinaire.
Biography of Léon Dehon (excerpt)
Léon-Gustave Dehon, SCJ (14 March 1843 – 12 August 1925), also known as Jean of the Sacred Heart, was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (the Dehonians). Dehon's focus in his ecclesial life was to express his closeness with workers but he especially promoted a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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 Gustav von Schmoller (excerpt)
Gustav Friedrich von Schmoller (1838–1917) was a prominent figure in the "younger" German historical school of economics and a leading figure in social policy. As the long-standing chairman of the Verein für Socialpolitik, he influenced economic and social reform in Germany. Dubbed a "Kathedersozialist" (Socialist of the Chair) by opponents, Schmoller's work was rooted in a heterodox liberalism influenced by several European thinkers and aimed to integrate liberal state principles with monarchy and effective parliamentarism for social improvement.
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 Hubert-Joseph Henry (excerpt)
Hubert-Joseph Henry, born on June 2, 1846, in Pogny, Marne, and died on August 31, 1898, at the Mont-Valérien fortress, was a French officer who produced false documents aimed at accusing Captain Alfred Dreyfus and confirming his conviction. Confessions and Death The suicide of Lieutenant Colonel Henry in a cell of the Mont-Valérien fortress (Le Progrès Illustré, September 11, 1898).
Biography of Wen Tingshi (excerpt)
Wen Tingshi was a Chinese political figure, poet, and scholar born to a family with a history in politics. He achieved the Jinshi status in 1890 and worked at the imperial court. A firm opponent of peace with Japan during the First Sino-Japanese War, he joined officials criticizing the government and submitted memorials.
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 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 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 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 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 Paul Oudin (excerpt)
Paul Oudin, a French physician born in Épinal on November 29, 1851, and died in Paris on November 10, 1923, is famous for inventing the Oudin coil, a pioneer in the use of high-frequency currents in medicine. In 1876, he became a hospital extern and obtained his medical degree in 1880.
Biography of Felix Dahn (excerpt)
Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (February 9, 1834 – January 3, 1912) was a German law professor, nationalist author, poet, and historian. Born in Hamburg, he studied law and philosophy in Munich and Berlin, becoming a professor of German Law. Dahn wrote extensively, influencing German historiography of the European Migration Period with works like "Prehistory of the Germanic and Roman Peoples."
Biography of Joseph Vallot (excerpt)
Joseph Vallot (Henry Marie Joseph Vallot) was a French astronomer, geographer, naturalist, alpinist, and patron, born on February 16, 1854, in Lodève (Hérault) and died on April 11, 1925, in Nice. Coming from a wealthy family, he never faced financial issues, and his fortune allowed him to fund most of the construction of his observatory.
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 Berthe Jalabert (excerpt)
Berthe Jalabert, born Marie Berthe Augusta Péricaud on October 31, 1858, in Rennes, France, was a distinguished actress in theatre and early silent films. Raised in a family of performers, her career began early under her father's guidance, despite his initial opposition.
Biography of Carl Peters (excerpt)
Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918) was a German explorer and colonial administrator. He was a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa (part of the modern republic Tanzania) and one of the founders of the German East Africa Company.
Biography of Ernst Abbe (excerpt)
Ernst Karl Abbe HonFRMS (23 January 1840 – 14 January 1905) was a German businessman, optical engineer, physicist, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he developed numerous optical instruments. He was also a co-owner of Carl Zeiss AG, a German manufacturer of scientific microscopes, astronomical telescopes, planetariums, and other advanced optical systems.
Biography of Johan d'Aulnis de Bourouill (excerpt)
Johan Baron d'Aulnis de Bourouill (1850-1930), a Dutch jurist and professor of economics at the University of Utrecht, began his career in academia after practicing law in Amsterdam. His scholarly work included a dissertation on societal income and he served as a professor from 1878 until his retirement in 1917.
Biography of Léon Stienon (excerpt)
Léon Stienon was a distinguished Belgian physician, having earned his MD in 1874. In 1876, he became an associate at the University of Brussels and a year later, he served as a substitute histology lecturer at the same university. His career progressed as he became a Professor of Medical Matters in 1880 and then took on the role of doctor at the civilian hospitals of Brussels in 1881, later becoming Chief in 1884. |
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