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Biography of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (excerpt)
Charles IV (born May 14, 1316, in Prague – died November 29, 1378, in Prague) was Count of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor. Grandson of Emperor Henry VII, he was raised at the French court and succeeded to the empire in 1347 amid civil unrest. ![]()
Biography of Louis Deibler (excerpt)
Louis Antoine Stanislas Deibler, born February 12, 1823 in Dijon and died September 6, 1904 in Paris, was a French executioner.He killed famous people as Prévost, Campi, Pranzini, Eyraud, Ravachol, Vaillant, Henry and Caserio.He is the father of Anatole Deibler, also executionner after him. ![]()
Biography of Louis-Auguste Blanqui (excerpt)
Louis Auguste Blanqui (February 8, 1805 in Puget-Théniers, France – January 1, 1881) was a French political activist, notable for the revolutionary theory of Blanquism, attributed to him. Early life, political activity and first imprisonment (1805-1848) Blanqui was born in Puget-Théniers, Alpes-Maritimes, where his father, Jean Dominique Blanqui, was subprefect. ![]()
Biography of Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau (excerpt)
Pierre Marie Philippe Aristide Denfert-Rochereau, born in Saint-Maixent-l'École January 11, 1823 and died in Versailles May 11, 1878, was a French military commander during the Siege of Belfort in the Franco-Prussian War.
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Biography of Jean-Baptiste Lamy (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste Lamy (October 11, 1814 - February 13, 1888), was a French Roman Catholic clergyman and the first Archbishop of Santa Fe (New Mexico), United States. American writer Willa Cather's novel Death Comes for the Archbishop is based on his life and career.
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Biography of Octave Feuillet (excerpt)
Octave Feuillet (August 11, 1821–December 29, 1890) was a French novelist and dramatist. Overview Octave Feuillet was born at Saint-Lô, Manche (Normandy).His father Jacques Feuillet was a prominent lawyer and Secretary-General of La Manche, but also a hypersensitive invalid.His mother died when he was an infant. ![]()
Biography of Adolphe Niel (excerpt)
Adolphe Niel (4 October 1802-13 August 1869) was a French General and Statesman, also Marshal of France. He was born at Muret and entered the École Polytechnique in 1821.Niel entered the engineer school at Metz, became lieutenant in the Engineers Corps in 1827, and captain in 1833. ![]()
Biography of Charles Adolphe Wurtz (excerpt)
Adolphe Wurtz (November 26, 1817 - May 10, 1884) was a French chemist.He is perhaps best remembered by chemists for the Wurtz reaction, to form carbon-carbon bonds by reacting alkyl halides with sodium, and for his discoveries of ethylamine and ethylene glycol. ![]()
Biography of Antoine-Augustin Cournot (excerpt)
Antoine Augustin Cournot (28 August 1801‑ 31 March 1877) was a French economist, philosopher and mathematician. Augustin Cournot was born in the small town of Gray (Haute-Saône).He was educated in the schools of Gray until he was fifteen.Subsequently, for the next four years, he worked haphazardly as a clerk in a lawyer's office. ![]()
Biography of Xavier Forneret (excerpt)
Xavier Forneret (September 16, 1809, Beaune, Côte-d'Or - August 7, 1884) was a French writer; poet, playwright and journalist. Life Born in Beaune in a rich bourgeois family, he was one of the few members of the Romantic movement who never experienced poverty and could afford to publish his books himself. ![]()
Biography of Prince Alexander of the Netherlands (excerpt)
Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (William Alexander Frederick Constantine Nicholas Michael, Dutch: Willem Alexander Frederik Constantijn Nicolaas Michiel, Prins der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau; 2 August 1818 – 20 February 1848) was born at Soestdijk Palace, the second son to King William II of The Netherlands and Queen Anna Paulowna, daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
Biography of William Herndon (excerpt)
William Henry Herndon (December 25, 1818, Kentucky - March 18, 1891, Springfield, Illinois) was the law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln. Herndon's biography Herndon's family moved from Kentucky to Springfield when he was five.Herndon attended Illinois College from 1836-1837.Following college, he returned to Springfield, where he clerked until 1841, when he went into law practice with Lincoln.
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Biography of Charlemagne Oscar Guet (excerpt)
Charlemagne-Oscar Guet, born in Meaux February 24, 1801 (source not archived) and died November 29, 1871 in Paris, was a French artist and painter.
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Biography of Philippe Rousseau (excerpt)
Philippe Rousseau, born February 22, 1816 in Paris, died in 1888, was a French painter.
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Biography of Alexander Bain (excerpt)
Alexander Bain (11 June 1818 – 18 September 1903) was a Scottish philosopher and educationalist. Early life He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland to George Bain and Margaret Paul.At age eleven he left school to work as a weaver hence the description of him as Weevir, rex philosophorum. ![]()
Biography of Alcide d'Orbigny (excerpt)
Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (September 6, 1802 - June 30, 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology. D'Orbigny was born in Couëron (Loire-Atlantique), the son of a ship's physician and amateur naturalist.
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Biography of Frances Power Cobbe (excerpt)
Frances Power Cobbe (4 December 1822 – 5 April 1904) was an Irish writer, social reformer, and suffragist. She founded a number of animal advocacy groups, including the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) in 1898, and was a member of the executive council of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage.
Biography of Alexandre Becquerel (excerpt)
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (March 24, 1820 - May 11, 1891) was a French physicist who studied the solar spectrum, magnetism, electricity, and optics.He is known for his work in luminescence and phosphorescence.He discovered the photovoltaic effect, which is the physics behind the solar cell, in 1839. ![]()
Biography of Ernest Meissonier (excerpt)
Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (21 February 1815 – 31 January 1891) was a leading French Classicist painter and sculptor famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes. He documented sieges and manoeuvres and was the teacher of Édouard Detaille. ![]()
Biography of Henri Joseph Harpignies (excerpt)
Henri-Joseph Harpignies (July 24, 1819 - August 28, 1916), French landscape painter, was born at Valenciennes. He was intended by his parents for a business career, but his determination to become an artist was so strong that it conquered all obstacles, and he was allowed at the age of twenty-seven to enter Achard's atelier in Paris. ![]()
Biography of Annibale Carracci (excerpt)
Annibale Carracci (November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian Baroque painter. Early career Annibale Carracci was born in Bologna, and in all likelihood first apprenticed within his family.In 1582, Annibale, his brother Agostino, and his cousin Ludovico Carracci opened a painters' studio, initially called by some the Academy of the Desiderosi (desirous of fame and learning) and subsequently the Incamminati (progressives; literally "of those opening a new way"). ![]()
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Córdoba (Spanish pronunciation: ) is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about 700 km (435 mi) northwest of the Buenos Aires.It is the capital of Córdoba Province and the second most populous city in Argentina after Buenos Aires, with about 1.3 million inhabitants according to the 2010 census.
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Biography of Charles Brown-Sequard (excerpt)
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard (variant Charles Edward), Mauritian physiologist and neurologist, was born at Port Louis, Mauritius, on the April 17, 1817. His father was an American and his mother a Frenchwoman, but he himself always desired to be looked upon as a British subject. ![]()
Biography of Pierre-Julien Eymard (excerpt)
Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868) was a French Catholic priest, founder of two religious orders, and a canonized saint. Eymard was born 4 February 1811 at La Mure, Isère, France.His first attempt as a seminarian ended when he departed because of poor health. ![]()
Biography of Jules Sandeau (excerpt)
Leonard Sylvain Julien (Jules) Sandeau (February 19, 1811 – April 24, 1883) was a French novelist. He was born at Aubusson (Creuse), and was sent to Paris to study law, but spent much of his time in unruly behaviour with other students.
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Biography of Peter Frans Van Kerckhoven (excerpt)
Pieter Frans van Kerckhoven (Antwerp, 10 November 1818 - Antwerp, 1 August 1857) was a Flemish writer and one of the leaders of the early Flemish movement.He was the son of a broker, and his well-off birth allowed him a decent education.
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Biography of Victor de Laprade (excerpt)
Pierre Martin Victor Richard de Laprade (January 13, 1812 - December 13, 1883), known as Victor de Laprade, was a French poet and critic. He was born at Montbrison, in the département of the Loire, of a modest provincial family.After completing his studies at Lyon, he produced, in 1839, a small volume of religious verse, Les Parfums de Madeleine.
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Biography of William Laud (excerpt)
Archbishop William Laud (7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. He pursued a High Church course and opposed radical forms of Puritanism. This and his support for King Charles I resulted in his beheading in the midst of the English Civil War. ![]()
Biography of Alphonse Karr (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (November 24, 1808 – September 29, 1890) was a French critic, journalist, and novelist.His brother Eugène was a talented engineer, and his aunt Carme Karr was a writer, journalist and suffragist in La Roche-Mabile. He was born in Paris, and after being educated at the Collège Bourbon, became a teacher there. ![]()
Biography of Pauline Viardot (excerpt)
Pauline Viardot (July 18, 1821 – May 18, 1910) was a nineteenth century French mezzo-soprano and composer of Spanish descent. Her name Her name appears in various forms.When it is not simply "Pauline Viardot", it most commonly appears in association with her maiden name García or the unaccented form, Garcia. ![]()
Biography of Louis Jules Trochu (excerpt)
Louis Jules Trochu (12 March 1815 - 7 October 1896) was a French military leader and politician. He served as President of the Government of National Defense - being France's de facto head of state - from 4 September 1870 until his resignation on 22 January 1871 (although he retained the role symbolically until the legislative elections of February 1871). ![]()
Biography of George Baxter (excerpt)
George Baxter (1804–1867) was an English artist and printer based in London.He is credited with the invention of commercially viable colour printing. Though colour printing had been developed in China centuries before, it was not commercially viable.However, in early years of the 19th century the process of colour printing had been revived by George Savage, a Yorkshireman in London.
Biography of Gustave Charles Nadaud (excerpt)
Gustave Nadaud (20 February 1820 in Roubaix - 1893 in Passy) was a French songwriter and chansonnier. Nadaud's first career was as an accountant; he took up songwriting as a hobby at age 28. His friends encouraged him, and he submitted his work for publication in L'Illustration and Le Figaro. ![]()
Biography of Anne Juliana Gonzaga (excerpt)
Anne Catherine Gonzaga, O.S.M.(November 16, 1566 – August 3, 1621) was an Archduchess of Austria who went on to become a Servant of Mary upon the death of her husband, the Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria. Biography Anne Juliana was born Anne Catherine in Mantua, Italy on November 16, 1566 to Duke William Gonzaga and his wife, Eleonora of Austria. ![]()
Biography of Alfred Moquin-Tandon (excerpt)
Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon (May 7, 1804 (time birth source: Lescaut) - April 15, 1863) was a French naturalist and doctor. Moquin-Tandon was professor of zoology at Marseille from 1829 until 1833, when he was appointed professor of botany and director of the botanical gardens at Toulouse. ![]()
Biography of Sanctorius (excerpt)
Santorio Santorio (March 29, 1561 Koper (Capodistria) – February 22, 1636 Venice), also called Santorio Santorii, Sanctorius of Padua, and various combinations of these names, was an Italian physiologist, physician, and professor.From 1611 to 1624 he was a professor at Padua where he performed experiments in temperature, respiration and weight.
Biography of Lorenzo N. Fowler (excerpt)
Lorenzo Niles Fowler, born June 23, 1811 in Coshocton, New York, died in 1896, was an Amercian famous author and phrenologist.He is the brother of phrenologist Orson Squire Fowler. Phrenology (from Greek: φρήν, phrēn, "mind"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is a defunct field of study, once considered a science, by which the personality traits of a person were determined by "reading" bumps and fissures in the skull. ![]()
Biography of Friedrich Burgmuller (excerpt)
Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (4 December 1806 – 13 February 1874) was a German pianist and composer.He was born in Regensburg, Germany.Both his father, August, and his brother, Norbert, were musicians.His father was a musical theatre director in Weimar and other Southern German centers. ![]()
Biography of Casimir III the Great (excerpt)
Casimir III the Great (Polish: Kazimierz Wielki) (30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370), last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty (reigned 1333–1370), was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz. Royal titles Royal titles in Latin: Kazimirus, Dei gracia rex Poloniæ ac terrarum Cracoviæ, Sandomiriæ, Syradiæ, Lanciciæ, Cuyaviæ, Pomeraniæ, Russiequæ dominus et heres. English translation: Casimir by the grace of God king of Poland, lord and inheritor of the land of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Pomerania (Pomerelia) and Ruthenia. Also known as the Peasants' King. ![]()
Biography of Armand Carrel (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Armand Carrel (May 10, 1800 – July 25, 1836) was a French writer. He was born at Rouen.His father was a wealthy merchant, and he received a liberal education at the college of Rouen, afterwards attending the military school at St Cyr.
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Biography of Xavier Marmier (excerpt)
Xavier Marmier (22 June 1808 - 12 October 1892) was a French author born in Pontarlier, in Doubs.He had a passion for travelling, and this he combined throughout his life with the production of literature.After journeying in Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands, he was attached in 1835 to the Arctic expedition of the Recherche; and after a couple of years at Rennes as professor of foreign literature, he visited (1842) Russia, (1845) Syria, (1846) Algeria, (1848–1849) North America and South America, and numerous volumes from his pen were the result.
Biography of Louis-Antoine Bonduelle (excerpt)
Louis-Antoine Bonduelle (or Louis Bonduelle-Dalle), born October 23, 1802 in Bousbecque, died in 1880, was a French businessman and industrialist.He started producing Korn and Jenever in Marquette-lez-Lille.Later was created the French company Bonduelle, producing processed vegetables. ![]()
Biography of Beatrice Cenci (excerpt)
Beatrice Cenci (February 6, 1577 – September 11, 1599) was an Italian noblewoman.She is famous as the protagonist in a lurid murder trial in Rome. Beatrice was the daughter of Francesco Cenci, an aristocrat who, due to his violent temper and immoral behaviour, had found himself in trouble with papal justice more than once.
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Biography of Robert Stephenson (excerpt)
Robert Stephenson FRS (Willington Quay, UK, 16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an English civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and railway engineer; many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son. ![]()
Biography of William H. Seward (excerpt)
William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 (birth time source: Penfield) – October 10, 1872) was the 12th Governor of New York, United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.A determined opponent of the spread of slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War, he was a dominant figure in the Republican Party in its formative years, and was widely regarded as the leading contender for the party's presidential nomination in 1860 – yet his very outspokenness may have cost him the nomination. ![]()
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Durango City, officially Victoria de Durango is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Durango.The city, which is located in Northern Mexico has a population of 654,876 as of the 2015 census, and sits at an altitude of 1,890 metres (6,201 feet). ![]()
Biography of Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay (excerpt)
Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay, born April 2, 1804 in Nantes, died March 24, 1865 in Paris, was a French painter and sculptor.
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Biography of Alfred Rethel (excerpt)
Alfred Rethel (1816 - December 1, 1859) was a German history painter. Rethel was born in Aachen in 1816.He showed an interest in art in his early life, and at the age of thirteen he executed a drawing which procured his admission to the academy of Düsseldorf. ![]()
Biography of Bettino Ricasoli (excerpt)
Bettino Ricàsoli, Barone Ricàsoli, Conte di Brolio (March 9, 1809 – October 23, 1880; Italian pronunciation: ) was an Italian statesman. Ricasoli was born in Broglio, in the province of Siena.Left an orphan at eighteen, with an estate heavily encumbered, he was by special decree of the grand duke of Tuscany declared of age and entrusted with the guardianship of his younger brothers.
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Biography of Paul Huet (excerpt)
Paul Huet (October 3, 1803, Paris - 1869, Paris) was a French painter. Works (selection) Intérieur de forêt Le bois de la Haye Matinée de printemps, (1834) Soirée d'automne dans le parc de St Cloud, (1835) Brisants à la pointe de Granville |
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