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Biography of Daniel Dunglas Home (excerpt)
Daniel Dunglas Home (pronounced 'Hume') (March 20, 1833 – June 21, 1886) was a Scottish Spiritualist, famous as a physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights, speak with the dead, and to produce rapping and knocks in houses at will. ![]()
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Salem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood of West Salem is in Polk County. ![]()
Biography of Julius Maggi (excerpt)
Julius Michael Johannes Maggi (Frauenfeld, Switzerland, October 9, 1846, – Küsnacht, October 19, 1912) was a Swiss entrepreneur, an inventor of precooked soups and Maggi spice, and the founder of the food company Maggi. Maggi was the youngest of five children of Michael Maggi, an immigrant from Italy, and his Swiss wife Sophie.
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Biography of Mihai Eminescu (excerpt)
Mihai Eminescu (Romanian pronunciation: ( listen); born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918). ![]()
Biography of Charles Gordon (excerpt)
Major-General Charles George Gordon (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator. He is remembered for his campaigns in China and northern Africa. Early career
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Biography of Louis Henry (excerpt)
Louis Henry (December 26, 1834-1913) was a Belgian organic chemist. ![]()
Biography of Vincent Voiture (excerpt)
Vincent Voiture (24 February 1597 - 26 May 1648), French poet, was the son of a rich merchant of Amiens. He was introduced by a schoolfellow, the count Claude d'Avaux, to Gaston, Duke of Orleans, and accompanied him to Brussels and Lorraine on diplomatic missions. ![]()
Biography of Constantine III (Byzantine emperor) (excerpt)
Constantine III (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γ'; 3 May 612 – 20 April or 24/26 May 641) was Byzantine Emperor for four months in 641. He was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius and his first wife Eudokia. Constantine's birth name was Heraclius the New Constantine (Latin: Heraclius Novus Constantinus, Greek: Ἡράκλειος νέος Κωνσταντίνος), which was also the official name under which he reigned. ![]()
Biography of Paul Gachet (excerpt)
Paul-Ferdinand Gachet (30 July 1828 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate - 9 January 1909) was a French physician most famous for treating the painter Vincent van Gogh during his last weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise. Gachet was a great supporter of artists and the Impressionist movement.
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Biography of Ferdinand Mannlicher (excerpt)
Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher (January 30, 1848 in Mainz, Germany – January 20, 1904 in Vienna, Austria) was an engineer and small armaments designer. He was famous for inventing the en-bloc clip loading system, and later for patenting the Mannlicher-Schönauer rotary magazine rifle with his protégé Otto Schönauer. ![]()
Biography of Alfred Vulpian (excerpt)
Edmé Félix Alfred Vulpian (January 5, 1826 – May 18, 1887) was a French physician and neurologist. He was the co-discoverer of Vulpian-Bernard spinal muscular atrophy and the Vulpian-Heidenhain-Sherrington phenomenon. Vulpian was born in Paris, France, in 1826. Among other noted discoveries and experiments, Vulpian discovered adrenaline in the adrenal medulla. ![]()
Biography of Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (excerpt)
Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, best known as Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (January 25, 1852 - September 14, 1905), was a Franco-Italian explorer, born in Italy and later naturalized Frenchman. With the backing of the Société de Géographique de Paris, he opened up for France entry along the right bank of the Congo that eventually led to French colonies in Central Africa.
Biography of Otto Von Guericke (excerpt)
Otto von Guericke (originally spelled Gericke) (November 20, 1602 – May 11, 1686 (Julian calendar); November 30, 1602 – May 21, 1686 (Gregorian calendar) was a German scientist, inventor, and politician. His major scientific achievement was the establishment of the physics of vacuums. ![]()
Biography of Artemus Ward (excerpt)
Charles Farrar Browne (April 26, 1834 – March 6, 1867) was a United States humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward. At birth, his surname was "Brown." He added the "e" after he became famous. Biography Browne was born in Waterford, Maine. ![]()
Biography of Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville (excerpt)
Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville or Henri de Valois-Longueville (6 April 1595 – 11 May 1663), a legitimated prince of France (of royal descent) and peer of France, was a major figure in the civil war of France, the Fronde, and served as governor of Picardy, then of Normandy. ![]()
Biography of Pope Clement IX (excerpt)
Pope Clement IX (28 January 1600 – 9 December 1669), born Giulio Rospigliosi, was Pope from 1667 to 1669. Early life Born Giulio Rospigliosi to a noble family of Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, he was a pupil of the Jesuits. After receiving his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Pisa, he taught theology there.
Biography of Gustavo Aldolfo Becquer (excerpt)
Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, (Seville February 17, 1836; Madrid (December 22, 1870) was an Andalusian post-romanticist writer of poetry and short stories, now considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature. He adopted the alias of Bécquer as his brother Valeriano Bécquer, a painter, had done earlier.
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Biography of Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier (excerpt)
Edme-Armand-Gaston, duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier (21 October 1823 – 4 June 1905), known as Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier, was a French politician and member of the Académie française, Seat 16. He was preceded in his position by Félix Dupanloup and succeeded by Alexandre Ribot. He was the grand-nephew and adopted son of Baron Etienne Denis Pasquier, an academician.
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Biography of Johann Hermann Schein (excerpt)
Johann Hermann Schein (January 20, 1586, Grunhein, Germany – November 19, 1630) was a German composer of the early Baroque era. He was born in Grünhain and died in Leipzig. He was one of the first to import the early Italian stylistic innovations into German music, and was one of the most polished composers of the period. ![]()
Biography of Joseph Grasset (excerpt)
Joseph Grasset (18 March 1849 – July 1918), was a French neurologist and parapsychological investigator, born in Montpellier. He received his medical degree (1873) in Montpellier, where in 1881 he became a professor of therapy. In 1886 he attained the chair of clinical medicine, and in 1909 was appointed chair of general pathology. ![]()
Biography of Emile Loubet (excerpt)
Émile François Loubet (31 December 1838, Marsanne, France - 20 December 1929) was a French politician and the 8th President of France. Early life He was born the son of a peasant proprietor and mayor of Marsanne (Drôme). Admitted to the Parisian bar in 1862, he took his doctorate in law the next year. ![]()
Biography of Kate Chase (excerpt)
Katherine Jane ("Kate") Chase (August 13, 1840 – July 31, 1899), was the daughter of famous Ohio politician Salmon P. Chase, the Treasury Secretary to President Abraham Lincoln and later Chief Justice of the United States. She is best known as a society hostess during the American Civil War, and a strong supporter of her widowed father's presidential ambitions that would have made her First Lady. ![]()
Biography of Karl May (excerpt)
Karl Friedrich May (February 25, 1842 – March 30, 1912) was one of the best selling German writers of all time, noted mainly for books set in the American Old West, (best known for the characters of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand) and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East. ![]()
Biography of Jozef Israels (excerpt)
Jozef Israëls (27 January 1824, Groningen – 12 August 1911, Scheveningen) was a Dutch painter, and "the most respected Dutch artist of the second half of the nineteenth century". Youth He was born in Groningen, of Jewish parents. His father intended for him to be a man of business, and it was only after a determined struggle that he was allowed to enter on an artistic career.
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Biography of Édouard Debat-Ponsan (excerpt)
Édouard Debat-Ponsan (Toulouse, 25 April 1847 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – Paris, 29 January 1913) was a French academic painter. Biography A pupil of Cabanel, Debat-Ponson was famous for his portraits of wealthy citizens and politicians in Paris, paintings of ancient history and scenes of peasant life. ![]()
Biography of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (excerpt)
The Princess Helena (Helena Augusta Victoria: Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein by marriage; 25 May 1846 – 9 June 1923) was a member of the British Royal Family, the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. ![]()
Biography of Arthur Sullivan (excerpt)
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer, of Irish and Italian descent, best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert, including such continually-popular works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado.
Biography of Paul Alexis (excerpt)
Paul Alexis (16 June 1847 – 28 July 1901) was a French novelist, dramatist, and journalist. He is best remembered today as the friend and biographer of Émile Zola. Life Alexis was born at Aix-en-Provence. He attended the Collège Bourbon where he first learned of Zola, who was himself a graduate.
Biography of Berha von Suttner (excerpt)
Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner), born 9 June 1843 in Prague (now Czech Republic) as Gräfin (Countess) Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, died 21 June 1914 in Vienna (Austria), was an Austrian novelist, radical (i.e. organizational) pacifist, and the first woman to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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Biography of Jean de Reszke (excerpt)
Jean de Reszke, born Jan Mieczyslaw, (14 January 1850 – 3 April 1925) was a Polish operatic tenor. He was born in Warsaw in 1850. His parents were Poles; his father was a state official and his mother a capable amateur singer, their house being a recognized musical centre.
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Biography of Pierre Bardou-Job (excerpt)
Pierre Bardou-Job (17 August 1826 – 24 February 1892) was a French industrialist, manufacturer of JOB cigarette papers, and art collector. Son of Jean Bardou, Pierre Bardou will extend his brand JOB cigarette paper created by his father. The legal protection of the patent filing, by guaranteeing competition, had the effect of considerably enriching the descendants of Jean Bardou. ![]()
Biography of Paul Deussen (excerpt)
Paul Jakob Deussen (German pronunciation: ; January 7, 1845 – July 6, 1919) was a German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar. He was influenced by Arthur Schopenhauer. He was also a friend of Friedrich Nietzsche and Swami Vivekananda. In 1911, he founded the Schopenhauer Society (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft). ![]()
Biography of Joseph Joachim (excerpt)
Joseph Joachim (June 28, 1831 – August 15, 1907) was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant violinists of the 19th century. Life Origins Joseph Joachim was born in Kittsee (Kopčany / Köpcsény), near Bratislava and Eisenstadt, in what is today's Burgenland area of Austria.
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Biography of William Michael Rossetti (excerpt)
William Michael Rossetti (25 September 1829 – 5 February 1919) was an English writer and critic. Born in London, he was a son of immigrant Italian scholar Gabriele Rossetti, and the brother of Maria Francesca Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Georgina Rossetti. ![]()
Biography of Paul Georges Dieulafoy (excerpt)
Paul Georges Dieulafoy (November 18, 1839 – August 16, 1911) was a French physician and surgeon. He is best known for his study of acute appendicitis and his description of Dieulafoy's lesion, a rare cause of gastric bleeding. Life, studies, and career ![]()
Biography of Etienne-Jules Marey (excerpt)
Étienne-Jules Marey (March 5, 1830 – May 21, 1904) was a French scientist and chronophotographer, born in Beaune, France. His work was significant in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography and the science of labor photography. He is widely considered to be a pioneer of photography and an influential pioneer of the history of cinema. ![]()
Biography of Pierre De Geyter (excerpt)
Pierre Chretien De Geyter (also known as Pierre Chrétien Degeyter) (Ghent, Belgium, 8 October 1848 (birth time source: André Dekoster, birth certificate n° 2547) – Saint-Denis, France, 26 September 1932) was a socialist (who later became a communist) and a composer, known for writing the music of The Internationale. ![]()
Biography of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (excerpt)
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (4 January 1355 – 8 or 9 September 1397) was the thirteenth and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Queen Philippa. He was the fifth of the five sons of Edward III who survived to adulthood. ![]()
Biography of François Crépin (excerpt)
François Crépin (30 October 1830 in Rochefort, Belgium – 30 April 1903 in Brussels) was an important botanist of the 19th century and director of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium. The genus Crepinella (Araliaceae) is named after him. ![]()
Biography of Edwin Booth (excerpt)
Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893), was a famous 19th century American actor. He was born near Bel Air, Maryland into the English American theatrical Booth family. Booth toured throughout America and to the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespeare; in 1869 he founded Booth's Theatre in New York, a spectacular theatre that was quite modern for its time.
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Biography of Henry Lerolle (excerpt)
Henry Lerolle, born October 4, 1848 in Paris, died in 1929, was a French painter. ![]()
Biography of Vincent d'Indy (excerpt)
Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (March 27, 1851 – December 2, 1931) was a French composer and teacher. Life D'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age but, to please his family, studied law. ![]()
Biography of Charles Lavigerie (excerpt)
Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie (31 October 1825–26 November 1892) was a French cardinal, archbishop of Carthage and Algiers and primate of Africa. Born at Bayonne, he was educated at St Sulpice, Paris. Ordained a priest in 1849, he was professor of ecclesiastical history at the Sorbonne from 1854 to 1856. ![]()
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St. Joseph is a city in and the county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri. Small parts of St. Joseph extend into Andrew County. Located on the Missouri River, it is the principal city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas. ![]()
Biography of Hippolyte Taine (excerpt)
Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (21 April 1828 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – 5 March 1893) was a French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism, and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism. ![]()
Biography of Castro Alves (excerpt)
Antônio de Castro Alves (March 14, 1847 - July 6, 1871), more commonly known as Castro Alves, was a Brazilian poet best remembered for his abolitionist and republican poems, and is considered one of the most important Brazilian poets of the 19th century. ![]()
Biography of Louis Landouzy (excerpt)
Louis Théophile Joseph Landouzy (Reims, March 27, 1845 - May 10, 1917) was a French neurologist from Reims, and whose father and grandfather were also physicians. He studied medicine in Reims and Paris, earning his doctorate in 1876. He spent much his career at the University of Paris, becoming a professor of therapy in 1893 and a dean of medicine in 1901. ![]()
Biography of A.P. Sinnett (excerpt)
A.P. Sinnett (18 January 1840 - 26 June 1921) was an author and Theosophist. Sinnett's father died while he was young, by 1851 Sinnett is listed as a "Scholar - London University", living with his widowed mother Jane whose occupation is listed as "Periodical Literature", and his older sister Sophia age 22 who is a teacher. ![]()
Biography of Louis Comfort Tiffany (excerpt)
Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. ![]()
Biography of Joaquim Nabuco (excerpt)
Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo (Recife, August 19, 1849 — Washington, D.C., January 17, 1910) was a Brazilian writer and statesman. Born in Brazil, Joaquim was the son of a wealthy landowner named Jose Thomas Nabuco (1849-1910), who was a major political figure in the Brazilian Empire, becoming a lifetime senator and counselor of state. |
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