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Horoscopes with Neptune in CancerYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Neptune in Cancer. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]() ![]()
Biography of Girolamo Frescobaldi (excerpt)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (Italian pronunciation: ; September 9, 1583 – March 1, 1643) was a musician from Ferrara, one of the most important composers of keyboard music in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. A child prodigy, Frescobaldi studied under Luzzasco Luzzaschi in Ferrara, but was influenced by a large number of composers, including Ascanio Mayone, Giovanni Maria Trabaci, and Claudio Merulo.
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Biography of Philleo Nash (excerpt)
Philleo Nash (October 25, 1909-October 12, 1987) was a government official, educator, anthropolologist, and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1959-1961 as a Democrat. Philleo Nash was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1932. In 1935, he received his Ph. ![]()
Biography of Arshile Gorky (excerpt)
Arshile Gorky (/ˌɑrʃiːl ˈɡɔrkiː/; born Vosdanig Manoug Atoian (Armenian: Ոստանիկ Մանուկ Ադոեան) (April 15, 1904. – July 21, 1948) was an Armenian American painter, who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. As such, his works were often speculated to have been informed by the suffering and loss he experienced of the Armenian Genocide. ![]()
Biography of Rose Bertin (excerpt)
Marie-Jeanne Rose Bertin (2 July 1747, Abbeville, Picardy, France – 22 September 1813, Épinay-sur-Seine) was a French milliner (Marchande de modes), known as the dressmaker to Queen Marie Antoinette. She was the first celebrated French fashion designer and is widely credited with having brought fashion and haute couture to the forefront of popular culture.
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Biography of Bill Stern (excerpt)
Bill Stern (July 1, 1907 – November 19, 1971) was a U.S. actor and sportscaster who announced the nation's first remote sports broadcast and the first telecast of a Major League Baseball game. In 1984, Stern was part of the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame’s inaugural class which included sportscasting legends Red Barber, Don Dunphy, Ted Husing and Graham McNamee. ![]()
Biography of Daniel Bovet (excerpt)
Daniel Bovet FRS (23 March 1907 – 8 April 1992) was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters. He is best known for his discovery in 1937 of antihistamines, which block the neurotransmitter histamine and are used in allergy medication.
Biography of Jacques Griffe (excerpt)
Jacques Griffe, born on November 29, 1909 in Conques-sur-Orbiel near Carcassonne, Aude (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on June 24, 1996 in Villesiscle, Aude, is a French stylist and costume designer. Filmography (extract) Costume Designer (5 titles) 1953 L'esclave 1953 Les amants de minuit ![]()
Biography of Slam Stewart (excerpt)
Leroy Eliot "Slam" Stewart (September 21, 1914 – December 10, 1987) was an African American jazz bass player whose trademark style was his ability to bow the bass (arco) and simultaneously hum or sing an octave higher. He was originally a violin player before switching to bass at the age of 20. ![]()
Biography of Barney Bigard (excerpt)
Albany Leon Bigard (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980), aka Barney Bigard, was an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, though primarily known for the clarinet. Bigard was born in New Orleans and studied music and clarinet with Lorenzo Tio. He moved to Chicago in the early 1920s, where he worked with Joe "King" Oliver and others.
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Biography of Albrecht Marcuse (excerpt)
Friedel Albrecht Marcuse, sometimes best known as Rolf Marbot, born on May 28, 1906 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), died on Augut 22, 1974 in Cannes, France, was a German lawyer, author, composer and music publisher. External link: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Albrecht+Marcuse ![]()
Biography of Virginia Bruce (excerpt)
Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer. Career Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she went with her family to Los Angeles intending to enroll in the University of California when a friendly wager sent her seeking film work. ![]()
Biography of Sophie Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (excerpt)
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was by marriage to King George III the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from her wedding in 1761 until the union of the two kingdoms in 1801, after which she was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1818.
Biography of Henri Calet (excerpt)
Henri Calet, born Raymond-Théodore Barthelmess, on March 3, 1904 in Paris, died on July 14, 1956 in Vence, was a French writer and journalist. Works (extracts) * 1935 : La Belle Lurette, Éditions Gallimard * 1937 : Le Mérinos, Éditions Gallimard
Biography of Sarah Palfray Cooke (excerpt)
Sarah Hammond Palfrey Fabyan Cooke Danzig (September 18, 1912 in Sharon, Massachusetts, U.S. – February 27, 1996 in New York City) was a female tennis player from the United States. Cooke twice won the singles title at the U.S. Championships, the second time in 1945 at the age of 32.
Biography of Carlo Verri (agronomist) (excerpt)
Carlo Verri (February 24, 1743 in Milan - July 7, 1823) was an Italian politician and agronomist. Born in Milan, he was the brother of literates Alessandro and Pietro Verri. During the Napoleonic suzerainty in Italy, he was deputy and prefect in the Italian Republic and the Kingdom of Italy.
Biography of Marc Bonel (excerpt)
Marc Bonel, born December 10, 1911 in Paris and died May 11, 2002 in Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val (Tarn-et-Garonne), was a French musician and accordionist. He has been the accordionist of singer Edith Piaf, actor singer Fernandel and singer dancer Mistinguett.
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Biography of Sammy Baugh (excerpt)
Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh (March 17, 1914 – December 17, 2008) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952.
Biography of Robert McCloskey (excerpt)
Robert McCloskey (September 15, 1914 – June 30, 2003) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. McCloskey wrote and illustrated eight books, two of which won the Caldecott Medal, the American Library Association's annual award of distinction for children's book illustration.
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Biography of Georges Cravenne (excerpt)
Joseph-Raoul Cohen, best known as Georges Cravenne, born January 24, 1914, died Januaray 10, 2009, was a French producer and owner of advertising agencies. He married actress Françoise Arnoul.
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Biography of Frantisek Plánicka (excerpt)
František Plánička (Czech pronunciation: ; 2 June 1904 – 20 July 1996) was a Czech football goalkeeper and one of the most honoured players in the history of Czechoslovakian football. He played the majority of his career for Slavia Prague, during which time the club won the Czech league eight times and the Mitropa Cup once.
Biography of Peter Rogers (excerpt)
Peter Rogers (20 February 1914 – 14 April 2009) was a British film producer. Rogers began his career as a journalist for his local paper before graduating to scriptwriting religious informational films. He progressed to film production, working with director Gerald Thomas, the first work being a production for the Children's Film Foundation. ![]()
Biography of Jimmy Rushing (excerpt)
James Andrew Rushing (August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972), known as Jimmy Rushing, was an American blues shouter and swing jazz singer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.
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Biography of Machito (excerpt)
Machito (February 16, 1912 (source: Wikipedia in German and French) – April 15, 1984), born as Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo in Havana, Cuba, was an influential Latin jazz musician. His sister was the singer Graciela. Machito played a huge role in the history of Latin jazz. ![]()
Biography of Wilbur J. Cohen (excerpt)
Wilbur Joseph Cohen (June 10, 1913, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – May 17, 1987, Seoul, South Korea) was an American social scientist and federal civil servant. He was one of the key architects in the creation and expansion of the American welfare state and was involved in the creation of both the New Deal and Great Society programs. ![]()
Biography of Jacqueline Cochran (excerpt)
Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was a pioneer American aviator, considered to be one of the most gifted racing pilots of her generation. She was an important contributor to the formation of the wartime Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). ![]()
Biography of Franz Kline (excerpt)
Franz Jozef Kline (May 23, 1910 – May 13, 1962) was an American painter mainly associated with the abstract expressionist movement centered around New York in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and attended Girard College, an academy in Philadelphia for fatherless boys. ![]()
Biography of Fredi Washington (excerpt)
Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was an accomplished African American dramatic film actress, who was active during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance (1920s-1930s). She is best known for her role as Peola in the 1934 version of the film Imitation of Life.
Biography of Robley C. Williams (excerpt)
Robley Cook Williams (1908 - January 3, 1995) was an early biophysicist and virologist. He served as the first President of the Biophysical Society. Career Williams attended Cornell University, completing a B.S. in 1931 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1935. He was also selected for membership in the Quill and Dagger society.
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Biography of Jean Minjoz (excerpt)
Jean Minjoz (12 October 1904 - 18 November 1987) was a French politician. Minjoz was born in Montmélian, but moved to Besançon with his family as a child. He represented the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1945, in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1946 and in the National Assembly from 1946 to 1958.
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Biography of Gilbert Romme (excerpt)
Gilbert Romme (26 March 1750 – 17 June 1795) was a French politician and mathematician who developed the French Republican Calendar. Biography Charles-Gilbert Romme was born in Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, in the Auvergne region of France, where he received an education in medicine and mathematics. ![]()
Biography of Luigi Dallapiccola (excerpt)
Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. Biography Dallapiccola was born at Pisino d'Istria (current Pazin, Croatia), to Italian parents. Unlike many composers born into highly musical environments, his early musical career was irregular at best.
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Biography of Kay Stammers (excerpt)
Katharine "Kay" Esther Stammers (3 April 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a tennis player from the United Kingdom. Career Stammers was born in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home.
Biography of Set Svanholm (excerpt)
Set Svanholm (2 September 1904 – 4 October 1964) was a Swedish operatic tenor, considered the leading Tristan and Siegfried of the first decade following World War II. Svanholm began his musical career at the age of 17 as a precentor, elementary school teacher, and organist. ![]()
Biography of Peter McIntyre (artist) (excerpt)
Peter McIntyre OBE (4 July 1910 (source for his time of birth, Garth Carpenter) – 11 September 1995) was a New Zealand painter and author. He was the son of Peter McIntyre, a lithographic artist, and his wife, Isabella Edith Cubitt. ![]()
Biography of Luigi Bertolini (excerpt)
Luigi Bertolini (September 13, 1904 – February 11, 1977) was an Italian football (soccer) midfielder. Biography Born in Busalla, province of Genoa, he played in the 1920s for Savona, Alessandria and Juventus. He played 135 matches for Juventus, scoring five goals, helping the team to win four Serie A tournaments.
Biography of Ran Laurie (excerpt)
William George Ranald Mundell Laurie (4 May 1915 – 19 September 1998), known as Ran Laurie, was a British physician, rowing champion and Olympic gold medallist. His younger son is the actor and writer Hugh Laurie. Rowing career Ran Laurie was born in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire in 1915.
Biography of Tex McCrary (excerpt)
John Reagan McCrary (October 13, 1910–July 29, 2003), better known as Tex McCrary, was an American journalist and public relations specialist who invented the talk show genre for television and radio, and appeared on radio and TV with his wife, Jinx Falkenburg.
Biography of Phil Drabble (excerpt)
Philip Percy Cooper Drabble OBE (13 May 1914 – 29 July 2007) was an English countryman, author and television presenter. Raised in the Black Country, he later lived in – and wrote mostly about – the countryside of north Worcestershire and at Abbots Bromley in south Staffordshire, where he created a nature reserve.
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Biography of Pierre Vilar (excerpt)
Pierre Vilar (Frontignan, 1906 - Saint-Palais, 2003) was a French historian specialized in the history of Catalonia and hispanism. He is considered one of the most authoritative 20th century historians for the history of Spain, for both the Ancien Régime and modern history.
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Biography of Enver Hoxha (excerpt)
Enver Halil Hoxha (16 October 1908 – 11 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who served as the head of state of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania.
Biography of Dmitry of Moscow (excerpt)
Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, also known as Tsarevich Demetrius, Tsarevich Dimitri, Dmitry of Uglich, and Dmitry of Moscow, (Russian: Дмитрий Иванович, Дмитрий Угличский, Дмитрий Московский; 19 October 1582 — 15 May 1591) was a Russian tsarevich, son of Ivan the Terrible and Maria Nagaya.
Biography of William Beverly Murphy (excerpt)
William Beverly Murphy (June 17, 1907 birth time source: Gauquelin, Lescaut) – May 29, 1994) was a U.S. food businessman. He was the president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company between 1953 and 1972. From 1942 to 1945 he was on leave from Campbell's Soup to the War Production Board. ![]()
Biography of Russ Morgan (excerpt)
Russ Morgan (April 29, 1904 – August 7, 1969) was a big band orchestra leader and musical arranger in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. In 1944 he was one of the composers of "You're Nobody til Somebody Loves You" along with Larry Stock and James Cavanaugh. ![]()
Biography of Cartola (excerpt)
Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola (Portuguese for top hat), (Portuguese pronunciation: ; October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a major figure in the development of samba. Cartola composed, alone or with partners, more than 500 songs. ![]()
Biography of Peg Entwistle (excerpt)
Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle (February 5, 1908 – September 16, 1932 (age 24, suicide)) was a Welsh-born English stage and screen actress. Entwistle began her stage career in 1925, appearing in several Broadway productions. She appeared in only one film, Thirteen Women, which was released after her death. ![]()
Biography of Velio Spano (excerpt)
Velio Spano, born on January 15, 1905 in Teulada (birth time source: Lescaut), died on October 7, 1964 in Rome, was an Italian politician and Senator. ![]()
Biography of Dominique Villars (excerpt)
Dominique Villars or Vilars (born on 14 November 1745 in Le Villard, Le Noyer (Hautes-Alpes)) and died on 26 June 1814 in Strasbourg) is a French botanist. His main work is Histoire des plantes du Dauphiné published between 1786 to 1789, in which about 2,700 species (particularly alpine plants) are described, after over twenty years of observation. ![]()
Biography of Fred Perry (excerpt)
Frederick John Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995) was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936 and was World No.
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Biography of Archer Martin (excerpt)
Archer John Porter Martin, FRS (1 March 1910 – 28 July 2002) was a British chemist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Richard Synge. His father was a GP. Martin was educated at Bedford School and Cambridge University.
Biography of Allan Pettersson (excerpt)
Gustav Allan Pettersson (19 September 1911 – 20 June 1980) was a Swedish composer. Today he is considered one of the most important Swedish composers of the 20th century. His symphonies developed a devoted international following, starting in the final decade of his life. |
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