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Brno (German: Brünn) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the EU.
Biography of Denise Zola (excerpt)
Denise Zola, born Septembre 20, 1889 in Paris, is the daugther of French writer Emile Zola and Jeanne Rozerot. ![]()
Biography of Georges Migot (excerpt)
Georges Migot, born February 27, 1891 in Paris, died January 5, 1976 in Levallois-Perret (Hauts de Seine), was a French composer, writer and painter. Bibliography (extract) Léon Vallas : Georges Migot (Paris, 1923), Pierre Wolff : La route d'un musicien : Georges Migot (Paris, 1933 - Georges Migot, étude générale (Paris, Leduc 1933),
Biography of Harry Benjamine (excerpt)
Harry Benjamine, born August 9, 1896 in London, was a British author.
Biography of Rudolf Bing (excerpt)
Sir Rudolf Bing (January 9, 1902 – September 2, 1997) was an Austrian-born opera impresario. Bing was General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972. He was knighted in 1971. Career Born Rudolph Franz Joseph Bing in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire to a well-to-do Jewish family (his father was an industrialist) Bing studied at the University of Vienna and as a young man worked in theatrical and concert agencies. ![]()
Biography of Lily Pons (excerpt)
Lily Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976) was a French-American coloratura soprano. Born Alice Joséphine Pons in Draguignan near Cannes, Pons first studied piano at the Paris Conservatory, winning the First Prize at the age of 15. During World War I, she played piano and sang for soldiers in Paris hospitals.
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Biography of Herbert Marcuse (excerpt)
Herbert Marcuse (July 19, 1898, Berlin, Germany – July 29, 1979) was a German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Celebrated as the "Father of the New Left," his best known works are Eros and Civilization, One-Dimensional Man and The Aesthetic Dimension. ![]()
Biography of Adrienne Bolland (excerpt)
Adrienne Bolland (November 25, 1895 (birth time source: FDAF) – March 18, 1975) was a French test pilot and the first woman to fly over the Andes. Bolland was the first or second woman to cross the English Channel on August 25, 1920. ![]()
Biography of Josef von Sternberg (excerpt)
Josef von Sternberg aka Jonas Sternberg (29 May 1894 – 22 December 1969) was an Austrian-American film director. He is one of the earliest examples of 'auteur' filmmakers, and practised many other skills while making his films including cinematographer, writer, and editor. ![]()
Biography of Jacques Necker (excerpt)
Jacques Necker (September 30, 1732 – April 9, 1804) was a French statesman of Swiss origin and finance minister of Louis XVI. Early life Necker was born in Geneva, Switzerland. His father was a native of Küstrin in Neumark (Prussia, now Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland), and had, after the publication of some works on international law, been elected as professor of public law at Geneva, of which he became a citizen.
Biography of Albert Decaris (excerpt)
Albert Decaris, born May 6, 1901 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, died January 1, 1988 in Paris, is a french engraver. ![]()
Biography of Battista Pininfarina (excerpt)
Giovanni Battista "Pinin" Farina (later Battista Pininfarina) (November 2, 1893 - April 3, 1966) was an Italian automobile designer, the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina coachbuilding company, a name forever associated with many of the best-known postwar sports cars (especially Ferraris). ![]()
Biography of Legs Diamond (excerpt)
Jack "Legs" Diamond (born Jack Nolan; July 10, 1897 - December 18, 1931), also known as Gentleman Jack, was a famous Irish-American gangster in Philadelphia and New York City during the Prohibition era. A bootlegger and close associate of gambler Arnold Rothstein, Diamond survived a number of attempts on his life between 1916 and 1931, causing him to be known as the "clay pigeon of the underworld. ![]()
Biography of Edna Purviance (excerpt)
Edna Purviance (October 21, 1895 – January 11, 1958) was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many Charlie Chaplin movies. In a span of eight years, she appeared in over 30 films with Chaplin.
Biography of Eugène Léonardon (excerpt)
Eugène Léonardon, born September 22, 1888 in Montaigut-en-Combraille, died March 30, 1980 in Houston, Texas, USA, was one of the last pioneers of applied Geophysics.
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Biography of Achille Van Acker (excerpt)
Achille Honoré Van Acker (8 April 1898—10 July 1975) was the 33rd Prime Minister of Belgium in four different cabinets from 1945 to 1958, for a total period of seven years. He was a member of the BSP-PSB - the then still national Belgian Socialist Party. ![]()
Biography of Alastair Sim (excerpt)
Alastair Sim, CBE (9 October 1900 – 19 August 1976) was a Scottish character actor who appeared in a string of classic British films. He is best remembered in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1951 film Scrooge, and for his portrayal of Miss Fritton, the headmistress in two of the much-loved St. ![]()
Biography of Helen Duncan (excerpt)
Helen Duncan (November 25, 1897 – December 6, 1956) was a Scottish medium, best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act of 1735. Duncan was born in Callander, Stirling, northwest of the city of Stirling, in November, 1897.
Biography of Madeleine Suffel (excerpt)
Madeleine Suffel, born November 26, 1899 in Paris and died April 11, 1974, is a French actress and comedian. Filmography * 1931 : Pas un mot à ma femme d’André E. Chotin - court métrage - * 1931 : Plein la vue d’Edmond Carlus et Nico Lek - court métrage - * 1932 : Il a été perdu une mariée de Léo Joannon * 1933 : Ça colle de Christian-Jaque * 1934 : Pour un piano de Pierre Chenal - court métrage - * 1935 : L'École des cocottes de Pierre Colombier
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Biography of Isabel Briggs Myers (excerpt)
Isabel Briggs Myers (October 18, 1897 – May 5, 1980) was an American psychological theorist. She was co-creator, with her mother, of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). She was home-schooled by her mother (Katharine Cook Briggs, January 3, 1875 – 1968) and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in political science from Swarthmore College. ![]()
Biography of Clifton Webb (excerpt)
Clifton Webb (November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966) was an American actor, dancer, and singer known for his Oscar-nominated roles in such films as Laura, The Razor's Edge, and Sitting Pretty. In the theatrical world he was known for his appearances in the plays of Noël Coward, notably Blithe Spirit, as well as career on Broadway in a number of incredibly successful musical revues.
Biography of Adrian Zeigler (excerpt)
Adrian Zeigler, born August 31, 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died July 6, 1966 in Hollywood, California (heart attack), was an American astrologer, writer, editor, lecturer and teacher.
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Biography of Germaine Acremant (excerpt)
Germaine Acremant, born June 13, 1889 in Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died in 1986 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French novelist. Novels (extract) Ces dames aux chapeaux verts (Prix Nelly Lieutier, 1921) La hutte d'acajou La Sarrasine Gai ! Marions-nous ! (Prix National de Littérature, 1927) ![]()
Biography of Nestor Makhno (excerpt)
Nestor Ivanovich Makhno (Ukrainian: Нестор Іванович Махно, October 26, 1888 (November 8, Gregorian calendar)–July 6, 1934) was an anarcho-communist guerrilla leader turned army commander who led an independent anarchist army in the Ukraine during the Russian Civil War. A commander of the peasant Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine, also known as the Anarchist Black Army, Makhno led a guerrilla campaign during the Russian Civil War. ![]()
Biography of Michael Praetorius (excerpt)
Michael Praetorius (probably February 15, 1571 – February 15, 1621) was a German composer, organist, and writer about music. He was one of the most versatile composers of his age, being particularly significant in the development of musical forms based on Protestant hymns. ![]()
Biography of Robert Adam (excerpt)
Robert Adam (14 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his older brother John, Robert took on the family business, which included lucrative work for the Board of Ordnance, after William's death.
Biography of Frank Skinner (excerpt)
Frank Skinner (December 31, 1897 – October 9, 1968) was an American film composer and arranger. Career In 2014, Dallas pre-swing orchestra The Singapore Slingers released a fifteen-track CD homage to Skinner's arrangements. Partial filmography The Rage of Paris (1938) Son of Frankenstein (1939) Big Town Czar (1939) ![]()
Biography of Pierre Reverdy (excerpt)
Pierre Reverdy (13 September 1889 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) - 17 June 1960) was a French poet associated with surrealism and cubism. Pierre Reverdy was born in Narbonne and grew up near the Montagne Noire in his father's house. ![]()
Biography of Wiley Post (excerpt)
Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits. His plywood monocoque aircraft, the Winnie Mae is on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F.
Biography of André Baugé (excerpt)
André Gaston Baugé (4 January 1893, Toulouse - 25 May 1966, Clichy-la-Garenne) was a French baritone, active in opera and operetta, who also appeared in films in the 1930s. Life and career The son of Alphonse Baugé, a vocal teacher, and Anna Tariol-Baugé a soprano active in operetta, he studied with his parents and appeared in the French provinces billed as André Grilland. ![]()
Biography of Dwight Frye (excerpt)
Dwight Iliff Frye (February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943) was an American stage and screen actor, noted for his appearances in the classic horror films Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Early life and career Frye was born in Salina, Kansas.
Biography of Maurice Zundel (excerpt)
Maurice Zundel, born January 21, 1897 in Neuchâtel, died August 10, 1975 in Ouchy, was a Swiss Roman Catholic priest and author ![]()
Biography of Gaston Ouvrard (excerpt)
Gaston Ouvrard, born March 10, 1890 in Bergerac, died in 1981, was a French author, composer, humorist and actor. ![]()
Biography of Gabriel Fournier (excerpt)
Gabriel Fournier, born on May 26, 1893 in Grenoble, died on April 13, 1963 in Grenoble, was a French artist and painter.
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Biography of Johann Gottfried Müthel (excerpt)
Johann Gottfried Müthel (January 17, 1728 – July 14, 1788) was a German composer and noted keyboard virtuoso. Along with C.P.E. Bach, he represented the Sturm und Drang style of composition. As far as is known, he was the first to use the term fortepiano in a published work, in the title of his Duetto für 2 Clavier, 2 Flügel, oder 2 Fortepiano (1771), which reflects the rising popularity of the fortepiano at that time. ![]()
Biography of Paul Muni (excerpt)
Paul Muni (October 14, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an American Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning stage and film actor. Early life and career He was born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund to a Jewish family in Lemberg, Galicia, a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Lviv, Ukraine. ![]()
Biography of Gracie Allen (excerpt)
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964), known as Gracie Allen, was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns. For contributions to the television industry, Gracie Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6672 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Biography of Alfred Sauvy (excerpt)
Alfred Sauvy (1898-1990) was a demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy. Sauvy coined the term Third World ("Tiers Monde") in reference to the underdeveloped countries in an article published in the French magazine L'Observateur on August 14, 1952. At the end of the article Sauvy said:
Biography of Robert Devereux (excerpt)
obert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex KG (10 November 1566 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599. ![]()
Biography of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and a Marshal of France who participated in the American Revolutionary War. During the French Revolution, he commanded the Armée du Nord, but was arrested during the Reign of Terror and narrowly escaped the guillotine. ![]()
Biography of Beniamino Gigli (excerpt)
Beniamino Gigli (March 20, 1890 - November 30, 1957) was an Italian singer, widely regarded as one of the greatest operatic tenors of all time. He was blessed with a voice of immense beauty and technical facility but, regrettably, he was not always the most tasteful and stylish of singers, especially in the latter stages of his career.
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Biography of André Morice (excerpt)
André Morice, born October 11, 1900 in Nantes and died January 17, 1990 in Nantes, was a French politician and businessman. He was Minister, several times (1947-1957).
Biography of Leslie Stannard Hunter (excerpt)
Leslie Stannard, born May 2, 1890 in Glasgow, was a Scottish author, ecclesiastic and minister of the Church of England.
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Biography of Judith Anderson (excerpt)
Dame Judith Anderson, (10 February 1897 – 3 January 1992) was an Australian Tony award- and Emmy-winning actress of stage and screen, who was also nominated for a Grammy and an Oscar. She is generally regarded by theatre critics as the greatest classical actress produced by Australia. ![]()
Biography of Frédéric Lefèvre (excerpt)
Frédéric Lefèvre, born on May 7, 1889 in Izé (birth time source: Lescaut), died in 1949 in Paris, was a French novelist, writer, and critic. Publications (extract) La jeune poésie française, Rouart et Cie, Fribourg-Paris, 1917. La poésie dans nos poètes
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Biography of Vera Vergani (excerpt)
Vera Vergani, born February 19, 1895 in Milan, died September 22, 1989 in Procida, Naples, Campania, was an Italien actress. Trivia: Great-grand mother of Inti Carboni and Jana Carboni. Mother of producer Leo Pescarolo and assistant director Vera Pescarolo, grandmother of costume designer Elisabetta Montaldo, sister of writer Orio Vergani, aunt of journalist Guido Vergani, mother-in-law of director Giuliano Montaldo. ![]()
Biography of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (excerpt)
Otto I the Great (23 November 912 in Wallhausen – 7 May 973 in Memleben), son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, and "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy" according to Arnulf of Milan.
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Biography of Adriano Olivetti (excerpt)
Adriano Olivetti (b. 11 April 1901, Ivrea - d. 27 February 1960, on a train from Milan to Lausanne) was an Italian entrepreneur, the son of the founder of Olivetti, Camillo Olivetti. Adriano Olivetti was known worldwide during his lifetime as the Italian manufacturer of Olivetti typewriters, calculators, and computers.
Biography of Georges Jean Darrieus (excerpt)
Georges Jean Marie Darrieus (24 September 1888 - 15 July 1979) was a French aeronautical engineer in the 20th century. He is perhaps most famous for his invention of the Darrieus rotor, a wind turbine capable of operating from any direction and under adverse weather conditions, and the vertical-axis giromill. ![]()
Biography of Steve Passeur (excerpt)
Etienne Morin, best known as Steve Passeur, born September 24, 1899 in Sedan, was a French author and screenwriter. Filmography (extract) "Au théâtre ce soir" (1 episode, 1975) - La moitié du plaisir (1975) TV episode (earlier screenplay "Le jeu de la vérité") |
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