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Biography of Hermann Sudermann (excerpt)
Hermann Sudermann (30 September 1857 – 21 November 1928) was a German dramatist and novelist. Life Early career Sudermann was born at Matzicken, a village to the east of Heydekrug in the Province of Prussia (now Macikai and Šilutė, in southwestern Lithuania), close to the Russian frontier.
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Biography of Alexandre Millerand (excerpt)
Alexandre Millerand (February 10, 1859 - April 7, 1943) was a French socialist politician. He was President of France from September 23, 1920 to June 11, 1924 and Prime Minister of France January 20 to September 23, 1920. His participation in Waldeck-Rousseau's cabinet at the turn of the century, alongside the marquis de Galliffet who had directed the repression of the 1871 Paris Commune, sparked a debate in the French socialist movement and in the Second International about the participation of socialists in "bourgeois governments".
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Biography of Ludwig Quidde (excerpt)
Ludwig Quidde (March 23, 1858 – March 4, 1941) was a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: that of Bismarck (up to 1890); the Hohenzollern Empire under Wilhelm II (1888 - 1918); the Weimar Republic (1918–1933); and, finally, Nazi Germany.
Biography of Paul-Louis Grolleron (excerpt)
Paul Louis Narcisse Grolleron, born on June 14, 1848 in Seignelay, died in 1901, was a French artist and painter.
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Biography of Auguste Dorchain (excerpt)
Auguste Dorchain, born March 19, 1857 in Cambrai and died February 8, 1930, was a French poet and writer. Works (extract) La Jeunesse pensive, préface de Sully Prudhomme (1881) Alexandre Dumas, à propos en vers (1882) Conte d'Avril, comédie en vers en 4 actes (1885)
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Biography of Louis Binger (excerpt)
Louis Gustave Binger (October 14, 1856 – November 10, 1936) was a French officer and explorer who claimed the Côte d'Ivoire for France. Binger was born at Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin departement. In 1887 he travelled from Senegal up to the Niger River, arriving at Grand Bassam in 1889. ![]()
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The Santiago de Compostela derailment occurred on 24 July 2013, when an Alvia high-speed train traveling from Madrid to Ferrol, in the north-west of Spain, derailed at high speed on a bend about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) outside of the railway station at Santiago de Compostela. ![]()
Biography of Paul-Albert Besnard (excerpt)
Paul-Albert Besnard (2 June 1849 – 4 December 1934) was a French painter and printmaker. Biography He was born in Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, studied with Jean Bremond and was influenced by Alexandre Cabanel. He won the Prix de Rome in 1874 with the painting Death of Timophanes ![]()
Biography of May Robson (excerpt)
May Robson (19 April 1858 – 20 October 1942) was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.
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Biography of Georges Colomb (excerpt)
Georges Colomb, best known as Christophe, born May 25, 1856 in Lure, (Haute-Saône)(birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died January 3, 1945 in Nyons, was a French comics artist and author.
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Biography of Jules Jouy (excerpt)
Jules Théodore Louis Jouy, best known as Jules Jouy, born on April 27, 1855 in Paris, died on March 17, 1897, was a French poet, artist, and singer.
Biography of Gilbert Dalleu (excerpt)
Gilbert Dalleu, born on March 5, 1861 in Saint-Pons (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), died on March 1, 1931, was a French actor. Filmography (extracts) 1928 La passion de Jeanne d'Arc Jean Lemaître (uncredited) 1926 La terre qui meurt 1924 Les mystères de Paris Le Maître d'école 1924 L'arriviste
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Biography of Paul Hervieu (excerpt)
Paul Hervieu, full name Paul-Ernest Hervieu (2 November 1857 - 25 October 1915), French dramatist and novelist, was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine. Biography He was called to the bar in 1877, and, after serving some time in the office of the president of the council, he qualified for the diplomatic service, but resigned on his nomination in 1881 to a secretaryship in the French legation in Mexico. ![]()
Biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett (excerpt)
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden (published in 1911), A Little Princess (published in 1905), and Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-6). ![]()
Biography of Maurice Donnay (excerpt)
Charles Maurice Donnay (Paris, October 12, 1859 - 1945), French dramatist, was born of middle-class parents in Paris. Graduated as an engineer of École Centrale Paris, he left the industrial sector to write. He made his serious debut as a dramatist on the little stage of the Chat Noir with Phryne (1891), a series of Greek scenes.
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Biography of Louis Racine (excerpt)
Louis Racine (November 6, 1692 - January 29, 1763), was a French poet. The second son of the dramatist Jean Racine, he was born in Paris. Interested in poetry from childhood, he had been dissuaded from trying to make it his career by Boileau on the grounds that the gift never existed in two successive generations.
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Biography of Andrew Pringle-Pattison (excerpt)
Andrew Seth (December 20, 1856, Edinburgh (source for his time of birth: Paul Wright) – 1931, The Haining, Selkirkshire), who changed his name to Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison to fulfill the terms of a bequest, was a Scottish philosopher. Seth's twin enemies were English Empiricism and the Anglo variant of Hegelianism. ![]()
Biography of Albrecht Rodenbach (excerpt)
Albrecht Rodenbach (* 27 October 1856 in Tournai, Belgium; † 23 June 1880 in Roeselare) was a Flemish poet, and a leader in the revival of Flemish literature that occurred in the late 19th Century. He is more noteworthy as a symbol of the Flemish movement, than for his actual activities, since he died at the age of 23. ![]()
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Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico that is the capital of and the largest city in Sinaloa and in the Culiacán Municipality. It was founded on September 29, 1531 by the Spanish conquerors Lázaro de Cebreros and Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán under the name of Villa de San Miguel, which referred to its patron saint, Michael the Archangel.
Biography of Jacques Aubert (compositeur) (excerpt)
Jacques Aubert (30 September 1689 – 19 May 1753), also known as Jacques Aubert le Vieux (Jacques Aubert the Elder), was a French composer and violinist. Aubert was born in Paris and became a student of Jean Baptiste Senaillé. His first position was as violinist in the service of the Prince of Condé.
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Biography of Paul Harel (excerpt)
Paul Harel, born on May 18, 1854 in Échauffour, died in 1927, was a French poet and innkeeper. Selected publications Sous les pommiers, poésies, 1879 Gousses d'ail et fleurs de serpolet, 1881 Les Vingt-Huit Jours du caporal Ballandard, 1882 Rimes de broche et d’épée, 1883 Aux champs, 1886 Gustave Le Vavasseur, 1888 La Hanterie, 1889 Souvenirs d’auberge, 1894 Gorgeansac. ![]()
Biography of Ronald Ross (excerpt)
Sir Ronald Ross KCB FRS (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a British doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on malaria. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of the Anopheles mosquito led to the realization that malaria was transmitted by Anopheles, and laid the foundation for combating the disease.
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Biography of William K.L. Dickson (excerpt)
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a French-Anglo-Scottish photographer, director, screenwriter, actor and inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employ of Thomas Edison (post-dating the work of Louis Le Prince). Dickson was born on 3 August 1860 in Le Minihic-sur-Rance, Brittany, France. ![]()
Biography of Arnold Dolmetsch (excerpt)
(Eugène) Arnold Dolmetsch (24 February 1858 - 28 February 1940), was a French-born musician and instrument maker who spent much of his working life in England and established an instrument-making workshop in Haslemere, Surrey. He was a leading figure in the 20th century revival of interest in Early Music.
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Biography of Emile Picard (excerpt)
Charles Émile Picard (24 July 1856 - 12 December 1941) was a French mathematician. He was elected the fifteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie Française in 1924. Picard's mathematical papers, textbooks, and many popular writings exhibit an extraordinary range of interests, as well as an impressive mastery of the mathematics of his time. ![]()
Biography of Sarah Orne Jewett (excerpt)
Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set in or near South Berwick, Maine, on the border of New Hampshire, which in her day was a declining New England seaport.
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Biography of Bernard Zweers (excerpt)
Bernard Zweers (born Bernardus Josephus Wilhelmus Zweers) (Amsterdam, May 18, 1854 - December 9, 1924) was a Dutch composer and music teacher. Life Bernard Zweers was born in 1854 as the son of an Amsterdam book- and music shopkeeper. Although his father was an amateur singer, he strongly disapproved of his son’s musical interests, expecting him to follow him in the family business. ![]()
Biography of Frederick Warde (excerpt)
Frederick Barkham Warde (23 February 1851, Wardington, Oxfordshire, England - 7 February 1935, Brooklyn, New York) was a Shakesperian actor who moved from Britain to the United States in the late 1800s. In the late 1870s he partnered with actor Maurice Barrymore and the two agreed to tour plays around the United States. ![]()
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On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and the injury of 458 others. ![]()
Biography of Victor Herbert (excerpt)
Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor who is best known for his many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway. He was prominent among the tin pan alley composers and later a founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).
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Biography of Niels Ryberg Finsen (excerpt)
Niels Ryberg Finsen (December 15, 1860 – September 24, 1904) was a Faroese-Danish physician and scientist of Icelandic descent. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1903 "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science.
Biography of Arthur Hannequin (excerpt)
Arthur Hannequin, born October 27, 1856 in Pargny-sur-Saulx (Marne), died July 5, 1905, was a French physicist , professor of philosophy and sciences and author.
Biography of Nicolas Pietri (excerpt)
Nicolas Pietri (February 2, 1862, Sartène, Corsica, France) was a French politician, business man and art amateur. ![]()
Biography of Camille Jullian (excerpt)
Camille Jullian (March 15, 1859 - December 12, 1933) was a French historian, philologist, archaeologist and historian of French literature, student of Fustel de Coulanges, whose posthumous work he published. Biography Jullian was born in Marseille. Specialising in Gaul and the Roman epoch, he was notably a student of the École Normale Supérieure, member of the École française de Rome and professor of national antiquities at the Collège de France. ![]()
Biography of Louis Brocq (excerpt)
Louis-Anne-Jean Brocq (February 1, 1856 – December 18, 1928) was a French dermatologist who was born in Laroque-Timbaut, a village in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. He practiced medicine in Paris at the Hospice la Rochefoucauld, the Hôpital Broca, and from 1906 to 1921, the Hôpital Saint-Louis.
Biography of John Carteek (excerpt)
John Carteek, born January 22, 1861 in Rockland, Michigan, was an American wrestler.
Biography of Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste, Daniel-Dupuis, born February 15, 1849 in Blois, died November 14, 1899, killed by his wife, was a French painter, sculptor, and engraver.
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Biography of Yves Delage (excerpt)
Yves Delage (13 May 1854 – 7 October 1920) was a French zoologist known for his work into invertebrate physiology and anatomy. He also discovered the function of the semicircular canals in the inner ear. He is also famous for noting and preparing a speech on the Turin Shroud, arguing in favour of its authenticity.
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Biography of Guillaume Bigourdan (excerpt)
Camille Guillaume Bigourdan (April 6, 1851 – February 28, 1932) was a French astronomer. Bigourdan was born at Sistels, Tarn-et-Garonne. In 1877 he was appointed by Félix Tisserand as assistant astronomer at the Toulouse Observatory, and in 1879 followed Tisserand to the Paris Observatory when the latter became director there. ![]()
Biography of Alfred North Whitehead (excerpt)
Alfred North Whitehead, OM FRS (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas. ![]()
Biography of Frank B. Kellogg (excerpt)
Frank Billings Kellogg (December 22, 1856 – December 21, 1937) was an American lawyer, politician and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State. He co-authored the Kellogg-Briand Pact, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1929. ![]()
Biography of Takeda Shingen (excerpt)
Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄., December 1, 1521 – May 13, 1573), of Kai Province, was a preeminent daimyo in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period. In this Japanese name, the family name is "Takeda". ![]()
Biography of Maurice Blondel (excerpt)
Maurice Blondel (2 November 1861, Dijon (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) - 4 June 1949, Aix-en-Provence) was a French philosopher. Blondel developed a "philosophy of action” that integrated classical Neoplatonic thought with modern Pragmatism in the context of a Christian philosophy of religion. ![]()
Biography of Alfred Loisy (excerpt)
Alfred Firmin Loisy (28 February 1857 – 1 June 1940) was a French Roman Catholic priest, professor and theologian who became the intellectual standard bearer for Biblical Modernism in the Roman Catholic Church. He was a critic of traditional views of the biblical creation myth, and argued that biblical criticism could be applied to interpreting scripture.
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Biography of Charles Taze Russell (excerpt)
Charles Taze Russell (February 16, 1852 – October 31, 1916), or Pastor Russell, was an American early 20th century Christian restorationist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founder of what is now known as the Bible Student movement. After his death, Jehovah's Witnesses and numerous independent Bible Student groups developed from this base.
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Biography of David Dunbar Buick (excerpt)
David Dunbar Buick, born September 17, 1854 in Arbroath and died March 5, 1929, was a Scottish-born American inventor best known for founding the Buick Motor Company. He was born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland moving to Detroit, Michigan at the age of two when his parents emigrated to the United States. ![]()
Biography of Pierre Puiseux (excerpt)
Pierre Henri Puiseux (July 20, 1855 – September 28, 1928) was a French astronomer. Born in Paris, son of Victor Puiseux, he was educated at the Ecole Normale Supérieure before starting work as an astronomer at the Paris Observatory in 1885. He worked on the aberration of light, asteroids, lunar dynamics and, in collaboration with Maurice Loewy, the ill-fated Carte du Ciel project. ![]()
Biography of Jean-Louis Forain (excerpt)
Jean-Louis Forain (October 23, 1852 - July 11, 1931) was a French Impressionist painter, lithographer, watercolorist and etcher. Forain was born in Reims, Marne but at age eight, his family moved to Paris. He began his career working as a caricaturist for several Paris journals but wanting to expand his horizons, enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts, studying under Jean-Léon Gérôme as well as another sculptor/painter, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. ![]()
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The 2014 Isla Vista killings were a series of deadly misogynistic terror attacks in Isla Vista, California. On the evening of May 23, 22-year old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others – by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle ramming – near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and then killed himself.
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Biography of Marshall Pinckney Wilder (excerpt)
Marshall Pinckney Wilder, born September 19, 1859 in New York, died January 10, 1915 in St. Paul, Minnesita, was an American actor and screenwriter. |
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