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Horoscopes with Pluto in TaurusYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Pluto in Taurus. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]()
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Biography of Karl Abraham (excerpt)
Karl Abraham (3 May 1877 - 25 December 1925) was an early German psychoanalyst, and a correspondent of Sigmund Freud, who called him his 'best pupil' . He founded the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, and was the president of the International Psychoanalytical Association from 1914 to 1918 and again in 1925. ![]()
Biography of George Eastman (excerpt)
George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. Roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film in 1888 by world's first filmmaker, Louis Le Prince, and a decade later by his followers Léon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès. ![]()
Biography of Fritz Haber (excerpt)
Fritz Haber (9 December 1868 – 29 January 1934) was a German chemist, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his development for synthesizing ammonia, important for fertilizers and explosives. He is also credited as the "father of chemical warfare" for his work developing and deploying chlorine and other poison gases during World War I. ![]()
Biography of Marie-Eugène Debeney (excerpt)
Marie-Eugène Debeney (5 May 1864 – 8 November 1943) was a French Army general. Several streets in his birthplace are named after him Life Marie-Eugène Debeney was born in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain. A student at Saint-Cyr, Marie-Eugène Debeney became Lieutenant des Chasseurs in 1886. ![]()
Biography of Michel Zévaco (excerpt)
Michel Zevaco (also written as Zévaco) (1 February 1860, Ajaccio - 8 August 1918, Eaubonne) was a French journalist, novelist, publisher, film director, and anti-clerical as well as anarchist activist. Michel Zevaco founded the anarchist weekly magazine Gueux (French, Beggars) on March 27, 1892. ![]()
Biography of David Young Cameron (excerpt)
Sir David Young Cameron RA (28 June 1865 – 16 September 1945) was a Scottish painter and, with greater success, etcher, mostly of townscapes and landscapes in both cases. He was a leading figure in the final decades of the Etching Revival.
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Biography of François Albert-Buisson (excerpt)
François Albert-Buisson (French pronunciation: ; 3 May 1881, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme – 21 May 1961, Aix-en-Provence) was a French entrepreneur, industrial, consular magistrate, economist, politician, historian. He was the fourteenth member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1955. ![]()
Biography of Otto Weininger (excerpt)
Otto Weininger (April 3, 1880 – October 4, 1903) was an Austrian philosopher. In 1903, he published the book Geschlecht und Charakter (Sex and Character) which gained popularity after his suicide at the age of 23. Today, the book is generally viewed as misogynistic and antisemitic in academic circles; however, it continues to be held up as a great work of lasting genius and spiritual wisdom by others.
Biography of Karl Brandler-Pracht (excerpt)
Karl Brandler-Pracht, born February 11, 1864 in Vienna and died September 10, 1939 in Berlin, was an author, astrologer, occultist, psychic and sometimes actor of German and Austrian descent. ![]()
Biography of Stephen Crane (writer) (excerpt)
Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. ![]()
Biography of Joseph Déchelette (excerpt)
Joseph Déchelette, born January 8, 1862 in Roanne (Loire), died October 4, 1914 in Vingré (Aisne), was a French archaeologist and author. ![]()
Biography of Théodore Botrel (excerpt)
Théodore Botrel, born September 14, 1868 in Dinan (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died July 26, 1925 in Pont-Aven, was a French singer and songwriter.
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Biography of René Warcollier (excerpt)
René Warcollier, born April 8, 1881 in Ormonville-Le-Rogue, died May 23, 1952 in Paris, was a French chemical engineer, parapsychologist and author. Works (extracts) "Experimental Telepathy" 1938 "La Matapsychique" 1940 "Miracles of the Will" 1912 (with Edmond Duchatel) ![]()
Biography of Gabriel Pierné (excerpt)
Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (Metz, 16 August 1863 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – Ploujean, Finistère, 17 July, 1937) was a French composer, conductor, and organist. Pierné was the organist at Saint Clotilde Basilica in Paris from 1890-1898, succeeding his teacher César Franck, and himself being succeeded by another distinguished Franck pupil, Charles Tournemire.
Biography of Lucien Cuénot (excerpt)
Lucien Cuénot (21 october 1866-1951) was a French biologist. In the first half of the 20th century, Mendelism was not a popular subject among French biologists. Cuénot defied popular opinion and shirked the “pseudo-sciences” as he called them. Upon the rediscovery of Mendel's work by Correns, Devries, and Tschermak, Cuénot proved that Mendelism applied to animals as well as plants. ![]()
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Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2021. The area around Dakar was settled in the 15th century. ![]()
Biography of Émile Cohl (excerpt)
Émile Cohl (January 4, 1857, Paris – January 20, 1938), born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet, was a French caricaturist of the largely forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon" and "The Oldest Parisian". Biography Émile's father Elie was a rubber salesman, and his mother, Emilie Laure, was a linen seamstress.
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Biography of George Marshall (excerpt)
General of the Army George Catlett Marshall (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall served as the U. ![]()
Biography of David Lloyd George (excerpt)
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman and the only Welsh Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was the last Liberal to hold the office. He was Prime Minister throughout the latter half of World War I and the first four years of the subsequent peace. ![]()
Biography of René Béhaine (excerpt)
René Béhaine, born June 17, 1880 in Vervins (Aisne), died January 3, 1966 in Villefranche-sur-Mer, was a French writer and novelist. Publications (extract) * Les Nouveaux venus (Charpentier, 1908) * Les Survivants (Grasset, 1914)
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Biography of Théo Ysaÿe (excerpt)
Théophile Ysaÿe (2 March 1865 (source for his time of birth: Lescaut) – 23 March 1918) was a Belgian composer and pianist, born in Verviers, Belgium. His brother was the violinist and conductor Eugène Ysaÿe. Biography Rather overshadowed throughout his life by the career of his elder brother Eugène, Théo Ysaÿe began amateur studies in music at the Liège Conservatory and, on Eugène's advice, furthered his education in Berlin.
Biography of Félix Oudart (excerpt)
Félix Charles Oudart, born on June 8, 1881 in Lille, died on August 10, 1956 in Suresnes, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography (extract) 1919 : Le Dieu du hasard d'Henri Pouctal 1922 : Crainquebille de Jacques Feyder ![]()
Biography of Jose Ortega y Gasset (excerpt)
José Ortega y Gasset (May 9, 1883 - October 18, 1955) was a Spanish philosopher. José Ortega y Gasset was born May 9, 1883 in Madrid. His father was director of the newspaper "El Imparcial", which belonged to the family of his mother, Dolores Gasset. ![]()
Biography of Antonio Machado (excerpt)
Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado (July 26, 1875 – February 22, 1939) was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. ![]()
Biography of Théodore Gosselin (excerpt)
Théodore Gosselin (October 7, 1855(birth time source: Gauquelin, birth certificate) - February 7, 1935) was a French historian who wrote under the pen name G. Lenotre. Under the pen name Lenotre, Gosselin wrote articles in publications such as Figaro, Revue des deux mondes, Monde illustré and Temps. ![]()
Biography of Paul Sérusier (excerpt)
Paul Sérusier (November 9, 1864 in Paris — October 7, 1927 in Morlaix) was a French painter. Education He studied at the Académie Julian and was a monitor there in the mid 1880s. In the summer of 1888 he travelled to Pont-Aven and joined the small group of artists centered there around Paul Gauguin. ![]()
Biography of Hendrik van Loon (excerpt)
Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 – March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian and journalist. Life and works He was born in Rotterdam, the son of Hendrik Willem van Loon and Elisabeth Johanna Hanken. He went to the United States in 1902 to study at Cornell University, receiving his degree in 1905.
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Biography of Sandor Ferenczi (excerpt)
Sándor Ferenczi (July 7, 1873 – May 22, 1933) was a Hungarian psychoanalyst. Born Sándor Fraenkel in Miskolc, Hungary, to Baruch Fraenkel, a Polish-Jewish man from Kraków, and Rosa Eibenschütz, from a Polish-Jewish family that settled in Vienna. Sandor magyarized his name to Ferenczi.
Biography of Wilhelm Carl Keppler (excerpt)
Wilhelm Carl Keppler, born December 14, 1882 in Heidelberg (birth time source: Steinbrecher, BC), died June 13, 1960, was a German engineer and industrialist, Hitler's personal advisor and the chief liaison between the Nazi party and the business world. ![]()
Biography of Ernest Fourneau (excerpt)
Ernest Fourneau (October 4, 1872 in Biarritz - August 5, 1949 in Ascain) was a famous French chimist.
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Biography of Otto Gebühr (excerpt)
Otto Gebühr (29 May 1877 – 14 March 1954) was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1917 and 1962. His final fimal, Die Blonde Frau des Maharadscha, was released eight years after his death. He was born in Kettwig, Germany and died in Wiesbaden, Germany. ![]()
Biography of Alice Guy-Blaché (excerpt)
Alice Guy-Blaché (July 1, 1873 – March 24, 1968) was a pioneer filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture industry and is considered to be one of the first directors of a fiction film. Early years Alice Guy was born to French parents who were working in Chile where her father owned a chain of bookstores. ![]()
Biography of Ismail Enver (excerpt)
İsmail Enver Beyefendi (Ottoman Turkish: اسماعيل انور) (November 22, 1881 – August 4, 1922), known to Europeans during his political and military career as Enver Pasha (Turkish: Enver Paşa) or Enver Bey, was a Turkish military officer and a leader of the Young Turk revolution. ![]()
Biography of Serge Diaghilev (excerpt)
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (Russian: Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев / Sergei Pavlovich Dyagilev Russian pronunciation: ), also referred to as Serge, (March 31, 1872 – August 19, 1929) was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes from which many famous dancers and choreographers would later arise.
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Biography of Léon Bourgeois (excerpt)
Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois (29 May 1851 – 29 September 1925) was a Jewish French statesman. He was born in Paris, and was trained in law. After holding a subordinate office (1876) in the department of public works, he became successively prefect of the Tarn (1882) and the Haute-Garonne (1885), and then returned to Paris to enter the ministry of the interior. ![]()
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Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city proper and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. ![]()
Biography of James II of England (excerpt)
James II of England and Ireland, James VII of Scotland (14 October (24 October, Gregorian calendar) 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ![]()
Biography of Henrietta Maria of France (excerpt)
Henrietta Maria (25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669), was Princess of France and Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (13 June 1625 – 30 January 1649) through her marriage to Charles I. She was the mother of two kings, Charles II and James II, and was grandmother to both William and Mary and Queen Anne. ![]()
Biography of Grandma Moses (excerpt)
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), better known as "Grandma Moses" was a renowned American folk artist. She is most often cited as an example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts at an advanced age. ![]()
Biography of Montéhus (excerpt)
Gaston Mardochée Brunswick, better known by his pseudonym Montéhus, was a French singer-songwriter. He was born in Paris on 9 July 1872 (birth time source: birth certificate) and died in December 1952. He was the writer of such notable songs as Gloire au 17ème and La Butte Rouge.
Biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams (excerpt)
Ralph Vaughan Williams OM (/ˌreɪf ˌvɔːn ˈwɪljəmz/; 12 October 1872) – 26 August 1958) was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many folk song arrangements set as hymn tunes, and also influenced several of his own original compositions.
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Biography of Hugo Alfvén (excerpt)
Hugo Emil Alfvén (May 1, 1872 – May 8, 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Violinist Alfvén was born in Stockholm and studied at the Music Conservatory there from 1887 to 1891 with the violin as his main instrument, receiving lessons from Lars Zetterquist.
Biography of Upton Sinclair (excerpt)
Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968), was a prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best investigators advocating socialist views. He achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the 20th century. ![]()
Biography of Aimé Cotton (excerpt)
Aimé Auguste Cotton (9 October 1869 - 16 April 1951) was a French physicist known for his studies of the interaction of light with chiral molecules. In the absorption bands of these molecules, he discovered large values of optical rotatory dispersion (ORD), or variation of optical rotation as a function of wavelength (Cotton effect), as well as circular dichroism or differences of absorption between left and right circularly polarized light. ![]()
Biography of Félix Mayol (excerpt)
Félix Mayol (November 18, 1872 - November 1, 1941) was a French singer and entertainer. Mayol was born in Toulon, France. His parents were both amateurs singers or actors, who arranged for Felix to make his debut stage at six years of age. ![]()
Biography of Lady Randolph Churchill (excerpt)
Lady Randolph Churchill, CI, DStJ (January 9, 1854 – June 9, 1921), born Jennie Jerome, was the American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and the mother of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Early life Jennie Jerome was born in Brooklyn (Kings County), New York, the second of three daughters of financier, sportsman, and speculator Leonard Jerome and his wife Clara, daughter of Ambrose Hall, a landowner and sometime New York State Assemblyman. ![]()
Biography of Emile Nelligan (excerpt)
Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 (birth time source: email (the author wants to remain anonymous) – November 18, 1941) was a francophone poet from Quebec, Canada. Nelligan was born in Montreal on December 24, 1879 at 602, rue de La Gauchetière. He was the first son of David Nelligan, who arrived in Quebec from Dublin, Ireland at the age of 12. ![]()
Biography of William Jennings Bryan (excerpt)
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American politician, orator and lawyer. He was a three-time Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. One of the most popular speakers in American history, he was noted for his deep, commanding voice.
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Biography of Anatole Le Braz (excerpt)
Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (April 2, 1859 – March 20, 1926) was a Breton folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm. Le Braz was born in Duault and raised amongst woodcutters and charcoal burners, speaking the Breton language; his parents did not speak French.
Biography of André Charles Weiss (excerpt)
André Charles Weiss, born September 30, 1858 in Mulhouse, died in 1928, was a French author, law teacher in Paris, international law specialist. |
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