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Biography of Wladyslaw Belza (excerpt)
Władysław Bełza, born on October 17, 1847, in Warsaw, died on January 29, 1913, in Lwów, was a Polish writer. Bełza, who was the son of a prominent chemist, studied partly in his hometown and partly in Kazan, but after travels in Western Europe, he was expelled from Posen in 1871 and settled in Lwów, where he became a library secretary after 1882.
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Biography of Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (excerpt)
Charles Marie Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (16 December 1847 – 21 May 1923) was an officer in the French Army from 1870 to 1898. He gained notoriety as a spy for the German Empire and the actual perpetrator of the act of treason of which Captain Alfred Dreyfus was wrongfully accused and convicted in 1894.
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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."
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Biography of Marian Langiewicz (excerpt)
Marian Langiewicz (August 5, 1827 – May 11, 1887), was a key figure in the Polish January Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1863. Born in Krotoszyn, he was educated in Posen, Breslau, and Prague, and worked as a lecturer to earn a living.
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Biography of Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (excerpt)
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (April 3, 1835 – August 14, 1921) was an American writer of novels, poems and detective stories. One of the United States's most widely-published authors, her career spanned more than six decades and included many literary genres, such as short stories, poems, novels, literary criticism, biographies, and memoirs.
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Biography of Paul Berger (surgeon) (excerpt)
Paul Berger (January 6, 1845 - October 17, 1908) was a French surgeon renowned for his research on abdominal hernias and his operative technique for interscapulothoracic amputation, known as the Berger technique. Born in Beaucourt, he studied medicine in Paris, becoming an intern in 1866 and a surgeon at Paris hospitals in 1877.
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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.
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Biography of Benoît Rouquayrol (excerpt)
Benoît Rouquayrol (1826–1875) was a French inventor.Along with Auguste Denayrouze, Rouquayrol invented a diving suit and breathing apparatus. Benoît Rouquayrol was born on June 13, 1826, at Espalion, in the Aveyron department of Southern France.He became an engineer at the Saint-Étienne School of Mines.
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Biography of Albert Jurardus van Prooijen (excerpt)
Albert Jurardus van Prooijen (7 September 1834 – 31 October 1898) was a Dutch painter known for cityscapes, landscapes (often with animals), and genre scenes. Born in Groningen, he studied at the Academie Minerva under Jacob Bruggink and Jan Ensing. He won the "Grote Koninklijke Medaille" in 1853 and later worked on watercolors and cityscape drawings.
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Biography of Natalie Zahle (excerpt)
Ida Charlotte Natalie Zahle (June 11, 1827 – August 11, 1913) was a Danish educational reformer and a pioneer in women's education. After the early death of her parents, she was raised by her grandparents and later by the family of zoologist Daniel Frederik Eschricht.
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Biography of Hugo Heermann (excerpt)
Hugo Heermann (3 March 1844, in Heilbronn – 6 November 1935, in Meran, Italy) was a German violinist.He studied the violin with Lambert Joseph Meerts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, and later with Joseph Joachim. From 1864 he lived in Frankfurt am Main, where he taught violin from 1878 to 1904 at the Hoch Conservatory.
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Biography of Hudson Taylor (excerpt)
James Hudson Taylor (21 May 1832 – 3 June 1905) was a British Baptist Christian missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM, now OMF International). Taylor spent 54 years in China. The society that he began was responsible for bringing over 800 missionaries to the country who started 125 schools and directly resulted in 20,000 Christian conversions, as well as the establishment of more than 300 stations of work with more than 499 local helpers in all 18 provinces.
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Biography of Diederik Korteweg (excerpt)
Diederik Johannes Korteweg (31 March 1848 – 10 May 1941) was a Dutch mathematician best known for the Korteweg–de Vries equation, developed with Gustav de Vries. Initially studying at a military academy, he switched to the Polytechnical School of Delft for engineering but ultimately pursued mathematics.
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Biography of Charles Fechter (excerpt)
Charles Albert Fechter (23 October 1824 – 5 August 1879) was a notable Anglo-French actor renowned for his dramatic prowess in both France and England. Born in Paris to a multicultural family, Fechter initially ventured into sculpture before transitioning to acting. His early success in Berlin propelled him to further acclaim in Paris and London.
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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.
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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.
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Biography of Blanche d'Antigny (excerpt)
Marie-Ernestine Antigny, known as Blanche d'Antigny, born in Martizay in the Indre on May 9, 1840, and died in Paris on June 27, 1874, was a French actress and courtesan. Considered a mediocre performer, she was a famous figure in the demi-monde during the Second Empire and inspired, among others, Émile Zola for his character Nana in the novel of the same name.
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Biography of Oscar Brefeld (excerpt)
Julius Oscar Brefeld (19 September 1839 – 12 January 1925), commonly known as Oscar Brefeld, was a German botanist and mycologist. Born in Telgte, he studied pharmacy and worked as an assistant to Anton de Bary.He became a botany lecturer at Eberswalde Forestry Academy in 1878 and a professor at the University of Münster in 1882, later succeeding Ferdinand Cohn at the University of Breslau in 1898.
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Biography of Dinah Félix (excerpt)
Mélanie, known as Dinah Félix, was a French actress born on March 11, 1836, in Paris and died on November 1, 1909. She was one of the three Félix sisters, all members of the Comédie-Française, along with Rachel Félix and Rébecca Félix.
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Biography of William Rockefeller Jr. (excerpt)
William Avery Rockefeller Jr.(May 31, 1841 – June 24, 1922) was an American businessman and financier.Rockefeller was a co-founder of Standard Oil along with his elder brother John Davison Rockefeller.He was also a part owner of Anaconda Copper, which was the fourth-largest company in the world by the late 1920s.
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Biography of Gustave Trouvé (excerpt)
Gustave Pierre Trouvé, born on January 2, 1839, in La Haye-Descartes (Indre-et-Loire) and died on July 27, 1902, in Paris, was a French electrical engineer and inventor of the 19th century. In 1902, Gustave Trouvé was working on his latest innovation, a small portable device that uses ultraviolet light to treat skin diseases, the prototype of PUVA therapy, when he accidentally cut his thumb and index finger. ![]()
Biography of Eliza Frances Andrews (excerpt)
Eliza Frances Andrews (August 10, 1840 - January 21, 1931) was a novelist, essayist, historian, journalist, local press correspondent, botanist, environmentalist, diarist, and American teacher. She was a popular American writer of the Gilded Age.Her shorter works were published in popular magazines and papers, including the New York World and Godey's Lady's Book.
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Biography of Léon Labbé (excerpt)
Léon Labbé, born September 29, 1832, and died March 21, 1916, was a French surgeon and politician. Known for his surgical expertise, particularly at the Beaujon Hospital in Paris, he was renowned for his innovative techniques, including the application of asepsis in abdominal surgery.
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Biography of Théophile Labat (excerpt)
Henri Jean Théophile Labat, born March 20, 1834, in Lormont, and died September 10, 1896, in Bordeaux, was a French military engineer, economist, and Polytechnique graduate. He specialized in naval construction, pioneering in hauling techniques, and was recognized for his innovations. Politically, he served as a deputy of the Gironde from 1893 to 1896, focusing on economic and tax issues.
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Biography of Edwin Klebs (excerpt)
Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs (6 February 1834 – 23 October 1913) was a German-Swiss microbiologist known for his foundational work in bacteriology. He was the first to identify the bacterium causing diphtheria, known as Corynebacterium diphtheriae or Klebs–Loeffler bacterium. Klebs studied under Rudolf Virchow and later taught in various universities, including in Berlin, Bern, Prague, and Zürich.
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Biography of Félix Guyon (excerpt)
Jean Casimir Félix Guyon (21 July 1831 – 2 August 1920) was a French surgeon and urologist born in Saint-Denis, Ile-Bourbon (Réunion). He studied medicine in Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1858.He was appointed médecin des hôpitaux in 1864, and was later a professor of surgical pathology (from 1877) and genitourinary surgery (from 1890) at the University of Paris.
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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.
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Biography of Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa (excerpt)
Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa, Marquis of Cerralbo (Madrid, June 8, 1845 – Madrid, August 27, 1922) was a Spanish archaeologist, collector, and politician. A Grandee of Spain, he was the chief delegate of the Traditionalist Communion (the official political party of Carlism) from 1890 to 1898 and from 1913 to 1919.
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Biography of Théophile Aube (excerpt)
Théophile Aube, born in Toulon on November 22, 1826, and died on December 31, 1890, in the same city, was a French naval officer and politician. Promoted to vice-admiral in 1886, his career was mainly colonial.As Governor of Martinique in 1879, he advocated for the Jeune École naval doctrine, favoring small naval units.
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Biography of Henry Campbell-Bannerman (excerpt)
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB PC (né Campbell; 7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a British statesman and Liberal politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908.
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Biography of Mathilda of Austria (excerpt)
Archduchess Mathilde Marie Adelgunde Alexandra of Austria (25 January 1849 – 6 June 1867) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine as the daughter of Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen. She was intended to become the Queen of Italy as the wife of King Umberto I, but her early death prevented the marriage.
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Biography of Louis Ratisbonne (excerpt)
Louis Gustave Fortuné Ratisbonne (29 July 1827 – 24 September 1900) was a French man of letters, journalist, and critic. He was born at Strasbourg.He was the son of the banker Adolphe Ratisbonne and his wife Charlotte Oppenheim (daughter of Salomon Oppenheim), and the nephew of the priests Marie Theodor Ratisbonne and Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne.
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Biography of Elizabeth Harrison (educator) (excerpt)
Elizabeth Harrison (September 1, 1849 – October 31, 1927) was an American educator from Kentucky. She was the founder and first president of what is today National Louis University in Chicago, Illinois. Harrison was a pioneer in creating professional standards for early childhood teachers and in promoting early childhood education.
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Biography of Hermann Goetz (excerpt)
Hermann Gustav Goetz (7 December 1840 – 3 December 1876) was a German composer primarily active in Switzerland, most noted for his opera "Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung" based on Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew." His time of birth comes from the biography Hermann Goetz: sein Leben und seine Werke by Eduard Kreuzhage (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1916).
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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.
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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.
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Biography of Magdalene of Brandenburg (excerpt)
Magdalene of Brandenburg, also Magdalene and Magdalen, (7 January 1582 – 4 May 1616) was the daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg and his third wife Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst. Her time of birth comes from the biography "Les vies des Electeurs de Brandenbourg de la maison des burgraves de Nurenberg, avec leurs portraits et leurs généalogies" by Jean Cernitius and Antoine Teissier (J.M.
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Biography of Julien Barois (excerpt)
Julien Hippolyte Eugène Barois, born on March 3, 1849, in Chartres and died on December 25, 1937, in Paris, was a French civil engineer who served as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Works in Egypt. His birth certificate comes from Wikimedia Commons.
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Biography of Demófilo (writer) (excerpt)
Antonio Machado Álvarez, known by his pseudonym Demófilo, was a Spanish writer, anthropologist, and folklorist born ion April 6, 1848 in Santiago de Compostela and died on February 4, 1893 in Seville. Educated in Seville, he explored philosophy and justice, later venturing into folklore at the Free Institution of Education in Madrid.
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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.
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Biography of August Thyssen (excerpt)
August Thyssen (17 May 1842 – 4 April 1926) was a German industrialist, founder and controlling shareholder of Thyssen & Co (presently ThyssenKrupp).He was a prominent member of the Thyssen family. Born in 1842 in Prussia, August Thyssen, heir to a banking family, studied engineering and economics before joining his father's bank.
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Biography of Augustin Mouchot (excerpt)
Augustin-Bernard Mouchot, born April 7, 1825, in Semur-en-Auxois and died October 4, 1912, in Paris, was a French inventor and teacher renowned for his work in solar energy, creating early conversion tools. Coming from a humble family, he studied in Dijon and became a mathematics and physics teacher.
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Biography of Léon Gastinel (excerpt)
Léon Gustave Cyprien Gastinel, born on August 15, 1823, in Villers-les-Pots, Côte-d'Or, and died on October 18, 1906, in Fresnes, was a French violinist and composer. He began his musical journey in Burgundy, composing a symphonic overture at fourteen. In 1840, he joined the Paris Conservatory, studying under Guérin and Alard, and played in the Opéra-Comique orchestra.
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Biography of Johanna Mestorf (excerpt)
Johanna Mestorf (17 April 1828, Bad Bramstedt, Duchy of Holstein – 20 July 1909, Kiel) was a German prehistoric archaeologist, the first female museum director in the Kingdom of Prussia and usually said to be the first female professor in Germany.
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Biography of Edgar Humann (excerpt)
Edgar Eugène Humann (born May 7, 1838, Paris – died May 9, 1914, Paris) was a French admiral who served as the Chief of Staff of the French Navy from 1894 to 1895. Born to diplomat Jules Emile Humann and Augustine Angélique Guilleminot, he was the grandson of Minister Georges Humann and General Armand Charles Guilleminot.
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Biography of Albert Robin (professor of medicine) (excerpt)
Édouard Charles Albert Robin (1847-1928) was a professor at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, a pioneer in laboratory analysis, art collector, and patron. Born in Dijon, he studied at the Dijon Faculty of Sciences and later at the Paris Faculty of Medicine. ![]()
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).
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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.
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Biography of Otto Wallach (excerpt)
Otto Wallach, born March 27, 1847 and died February 26, 1931, was a German chemist and recipient of the 1910 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on alicyclic compounds. Born in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad in Russia) to a Prussian official of Jewish descent who had converted to Lutheranism, Wallach grew up in Stettin and Potsdam, developing an interest in literature and art history.
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Biography of Léopold Manen (excerpt)
Eugène Hyppolyte Léopold Marie Manen, born on July 30, 1829, in Toulouse and passed away on May 21, 1897, in Paris, was a distinguished French hydrographic engineer and the Chief Engineer of the Navy's general hydrography service. He was also a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences. |
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