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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. ![]() ![]() ![]()
Biography of Christian Morgenstern (excerpt)
Christian Morgenstern (May 6, 1871–March 31, 1914) was a German author and poet from Munich. Morgenstern's poetry, much of which was inspired by English literary nonsense, is immensely popular, even though he enjoyed very little success during his lifetime. He made fun of scholasticism, e. ![]()
Biography of Fannie Farmer (excerpt)
Fannie Merritt Farmer (23 March 1857 - 15 January 1915) was an American culinary expert whose Boston Cooking-School Cook Book became a widely used culinary text. Biography Farmer was born in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, to Mary Watson Merritt and John Franklin Farmer, an editor and printer.
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Biography of Daniel Frohman (excerpt)
Daniel Frohman (August 22, 1851 - December 26, 1940) was a Jewish American theatrical producer and manager, and an early film producer. Frohman was born in Sandusky, Ohio. In his younger days he worked as a clerk at the New York Tribune, and while there witnessed the fatal shooting of the reporter Albert Deane Richardson by Daniel McFarland on November 25, 1869, and was a witness at McFarland's murder trial.
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Biography of David Belasco (excerpt)
David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American playwright, impresario, director and theatrical producer. Born in San Francisco, California, where his Sephardic Jewish parents had moved from London, England during the Gold Rush, he began working in a San Francisco theatre doing a variety of routine jobs such as call boy and script copier.
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Biography of Olive Schreiner (excerpt)
Olive Schreiner (24 March 1855 - December 11, 1920), was a South African author, pacifist and political activist. She is best known for her novel The Story of an African Farm, which has been acclaimed for the manner it tackled the issues of its day, ranging from agnosticism to the treatment of women.
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Biography of Lucien Descaves (excerpt)
Lucien Descaves (18 March 1861, Paris - 6 September 1949) was a French novelist and journalist. A disciple of Joris-Karl Huysmans and the Goncourt brothers his novels Le Calvaire d'Héloïse Pajadou (1883) and Une vieille rate (1883) followed strongly the naturalism movement. ![]()
Biography of Peter Debye (excerpt)
Peter Joseph William Debye (March 24, 1884 – November 2, 1966) was a Dutch physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry. Biography Early life Born Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije in MMaastricht, Netherlands, Debye attended the Aachen University of Technology, Rhenish Prussia just 30 km away in 1901. ![]()
Biography of Philipp Lenard (excerpt)
Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (June 7, 1862 – May 20, 1947), -German physicist and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 for his research on cathode rays and the discovery of many of their properties. He was also an active proponent of Nazi ideology. ![]()
Biography of Pope Innocent XII (excerpt)
Pope Innocent XII (March 14, 1615 – September 27, 1700), born Antonio Pignatelli was Pope from 1691 to 1700. He was the successor of Pope Alexander VIII (1689–91). His date and time of birth come from "Insediamenti albanesi in val di Crati Volume 2°" by Italo Sarro (Nuova Santelli Edizioni sas, 2012).
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Biography of Albert Ritchie (excerpt)
Albert Cabell Ritchie (August 29, 1876 – February 24, 1936), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 49th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1920 to 1935. Ritchie campaigned for, but did not win, the Democratic presidential nomination in both 1924 and 1932.
Biography of August Bernoulli (excerpt)
August Bernouilli, born June 6, 1879 in Basel, died on February 20, 1939, was a Swiss chemist and physicist. ![]()
Biography of Lise Meitner (excerpt)
Lise Meitner, ForMemRS (7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian, later Swedish, physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics. Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize. ![]()
Biography of William Burrell (excerpt)
Sir William Burrell (July 9, 1861 (source for his time of birth: Paul Wright collection) - March 29, 1958) was a Glaswegian shipping merchant and philanthropist. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1861. He was the third of nine children in a family, which ran a shipping business. ![]()
Biography of Henry Bataille (excerpt)
Henry Bataille is a French author, painter and poet, born April 4, 1872 in Nîmes, died March 2, 1922 in Rueil-Malmaison. Some works La Chambre blanche, 1895 Le Beau Voyage, 1904 La Divine Tragédie, 1907 La Quadrature de l'amour, 1920 ![]()
Biography of Maurice Hamy (excerpt)
Maurice Théodore Adolphe Hamy, born October 31, 1861 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, died April 9, 1936, was a French astronomer. He was President of Bureau des Longitudes, a French scientific institution, founded by decree of June 25, 1795 and charged with the improvement of nautical navigation, standardisation of time-keeping, geodesy and astronomical observation. ![]()
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Bermuda (The Somers Isles, or Islands of Bermuda) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean (the source for this date comes from the website hurricanescience.org. It is about 1,035 km (643 mi) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (with Cape Point on Hatteras Island being the nearest landfall); 1,236 km (768 mi) south of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia; 1,759 km (1,093 mi) northeast of Cuba, and 1,538 km (956 mi) due north of the British Virgin Islands. ![]()
Biography of Othon Friesz (excerpt)
Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 - 10 January 1949), a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement. Othon Friesz was born in Le Havre, the son of a long line of shipbuilders and sea captains. He went to school in his native city. ![]()
Biography of August Bier (excerpt)
August Karl Gustav Bier (24 November 1861 – 12 March 1949) was German surgeon and the pioneer of spinal anaesthesia. After professorships in Greifswald and Bonn, Bier became a professor at the Charité in Berlin. Bier's breakthrough in spinal anaesthesia was made in 1898 when he performed the first planned spinal anaesthetic on a series of 6 patients for lower extremity surgery.
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Biography of Henri Moissan (excerpt)
Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan (September 28, 1852, Paris – February 20, 1907) was a French chemist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Biography The family Moissan originated from Toulouse and moved to Paris, where Moissan was born September 28, 1852, the son of a lesser officer of the eastern railway company and a seamstress. ![]()
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Butte is the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers 718 square miles (1,860 km2), and, according to the 2010 census, has a population of 33,503, making it Montana's fifth largest city. ![]()
Biography of Bruno Traven (excerpt)
B. Traven (Schwiebus, Poland, February 23, 1882) was the nom de plume of an enigmatic Twentieth Century novelist whose most famous work is the novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, filmed by John Huston in 1948. The name B. Traven appeared as author of many other novels, including The Death Ship and the epic Jungle Novel series, which is a description of government corruption and an Indian uprising set at the birth of the Mexican Revolution. ![]()
Biography of Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (excerpt)
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Ph.D, LL.D. (9 October 1858 – 12 March 1935; Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло Идворски Пупин), also known as Michael I. Pupin, was a Serbian-American physicist and physical chemist. Pupin is best known for his numerous patents, including a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils (of wire) at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire (known as "pupinization"). ![]()
Biography of August Vermeylen (excerpt)
August Vermeylen (May 12, 1872 in Brussels (source for his time of birth: Gauquelin, Lescaut) – January 10, 1945 in Ukkel) was a Belgian writer and literature critic. In 1893 he founded the journal Van Nu en Straks (English: Today and Tomorrow).
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Biography of Henri Bremond (excerpt)
Henri Bremond (31 July 1865 – 17 August 1933) was a French literary scholar, sometime Jesuit, and Catholic philosopher, one of the theological modernists. Biography He was born and educated in Aix-en-Provence. He served his novitiate in England, and took orders in 1892. ![]()
Biography of Avery Hopwood (excerpt)
Avery Hopwood (May 28, 1882 - July 1, 1928), who was born in Cleveland and graduated from the University of Michigan, was one of the most successful playwrights of the Jazz Age, having four plays running simultaneously on Broadway in 1920. ![]()
Biography of Arthur Pearson (excerpt)
Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet, GBE (24 February 1866 – 9 December 1921) was a British newspaper magnate and publisher, most noted for founding the Daily Express. Early life Pearson was born in Wells to Arthur Cyril and Phillippa Massingberd Maxwell (Lyte) Pearson and educated at the prestigious Winchester College in Hampshire. ![]()
Biography of Max Beerbohm (excerpt)
Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (August 24, 1872 – May 20, 1956) was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist. Early life Born in London, England at 57 Palace Gardens Terrace, Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was the youngest of nine children of a Lithuanian-born grain merchant, Julius Ewald Edward Beerbohm (1811–1892).
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Biography of Kenneth Miller (excerpt)
Kenneth Hayes Miller, born March 11, 1876 in Oneida Castle, New York, died in 1952 in New York, was an American painter.
Biography of Robert William Johnstone (excerpt)
Robert William Johnstone, born August 11, 1879 in Edinburgh, was a Scottish physician, gynecologist and obstetrician. ![]()
Biography of Pulcheria (excerpt)
Aelia Pulcheria (January 19, 399 – 453) was the daughter of Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Empress Aelia Eudoxia. She was the second child born to Arcadius and Eudoxia. Her oldest sister was Flaccilla born in 397, but is assumed she had died young. ![]()
Biography of Maurice Hewlett (excerpt)
Maurice Henry Hewlett (January 22, 1861-1923), was an English historical novelist, poet and essayist. He was born at London and raised at Weybridge, the eldest son of Henry Gay Hewlett, of Shaw Hall, Addington, Kent. He was educated at the London International College, Spring Grove, Isleworth, and was called to the bar in 1891. ![]()
Biography of Samuel Rutherford Crockett (excerpt)
Samuel Rutherford Crockett (24 September 1859 – 16 April 1914) was a Scottish novelist, born at Duchrae, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, the illegitimate grandson of a farmer. He was raised on his grandfather's Galloway farm, and graduated from Edinburgh University during 1879. After some years of travel he became in 1886 minister of Penicuik. ![]()
Biography of Ethelbert Nevin (excerpt)
Ethelbert Nevin, born in November 25, 1862, in Edgeworth (PA) was an American musician and composer. He is best known for his song "The Rosary".
Biography of James Baum (excerpt)
James Baum, born November 14, 1875 in San Fransisco, was an American executive of the Los Angeles Times. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States.
Biography of Edmond Carton de Wiart (excerpt)
Edmond Carton de Wiart, born on January 4, 1876 in Brussels, died on December 3, 1959, was a Belgian author, and the brother of Prime Minister of Belgium Henry Carton de Wiart. Bibliography Jean-Michel Bruffaerts, Dans la main du géant.
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Biography of Gabrielle Dorziat (excerpt)
Gabrielle Dorziat (real name: Marie Odile Léonie Gabrielle Sigrist) was a French actress born in Epernay, France on January 25 in 1880 and died in Biarritz on November 30, 1979. She performed many years on stage before becoming a movie actress in 1936.
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Biography of Finlay Currie (excerpt)
Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor on stage, screen and television. Born in Edinburgh, Currie's acting career began on the stage. He and his wife Maude Courtney (1884 - 1959) did a song and dance act in the US in the 1890s.
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Biography of Pierre Gauthiez (excerpt)
Pierre-Michel Gautiez, born March 28, 1862 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, was a French poet and author. ![]()
Biography of Sven Hedin (excerpt)
Sven Anders Hedin (February 19, 1865 – November 26, 1952) was a Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician. His achievements include the production of the first detailed maps of vast parts of Pamir, the Taklamakan Desert, Tibet, the ancient Silk Road, and the Himalayas.
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Biography of Ludwig Ganghofer (excerpt)
Ludwig Ganghofer (July 7, 1855 - July 24, 1920) was a German writer who became famous for his homeland novels. Biography Born in Kaufbeuren, he graduated from a gymnasium in 1873 and subsequently worked as a fitter in Augsburg engine works. In 1875, he entered Munich Polytechnic as a student of mechanical engineering, but eventually changed his major to history of literature and philosophy, which subjects he studied in Munich, Berlin and Leipzig. ![]()
Biography of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (excerpt)
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (17 September 1857 – 19 September 1935) was an Imperial Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory. Along with his followers the German Hermann Oberth and the American Robert H. Goddard, he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. ![]()
Biography of Francois-Henry Laperrine (excerpt)
Marie-Joseph-François-Henry Laperrine (1860 - 1920) was French general who served during World War.
Biography of Elbert Benjamine (excerpt)
C.C. Zain, born Elbert Benjamine (Dec 12, 1882 - Nov 18, 1951) was a prominent astrologer, occult author, and the founder of the Church of Light. His interest in occultism began when, at the age of 18, he joined the Brotherhood of Light, where he studied occult and spiritual topics, eventually becoming one of the organization's leaders. ![]()
Biography of Charles Tournemire (excerpt)
Charles Tournemire (22 January 1870 – 4 November 1939) was a French composer and organist, notable partly for his improvisations, which were often rooted in the music of Gregorian chant. His compositions include many organ works, eight symphonies (one of them choral), four operas, twelve chamber works and eighteen for piano, but by far the best known piece from his pen is L'Orgue Mystique.
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Biography of Hanns Heinz Ewers (excerpt)
Hanns Heinz Ewers (3 November 1871 in Düsseldorf – 12 June 1943 in Berlin) was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilogy of novels about the adventures of Frank Braun, a character modeled on himself. ![]()
Biography of Bramwell Booth (excerpt)
Bramwell Booth, CH (8 March 1856 (birth time source: Lois Rodden) – 16 June 1929) was the first Chief of Staff (1881–1912) and the second General of The Salvation Army (1912–1929), succeeding his father, William Booth. Biography Born as William Bramwell Booth in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, the oldest child born to William Booth and Catherine Mumford, he had two brothers and five sisters, including Evangeline Booth, Catherine Booth-Clibborn, Emma Booth and Ballington Booth.
Biography of Ernst Wijnants (excerpt)
Ernest Wijnants, born September 1878 in Mechelen, died in 1964, was a Belgian sculptor.
Biography of Jean-Louis Faure (excerpt)
Jean-Louis Faure, born October 27, 1863 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, died October 1944 in Saint-Laurent-des-Combes, is a French surgeon, the brother of author and historian Élie Faure. Selected works Leçons de clinique et de technique chirurgicale, 1905 Sur la chirurgie de guerre, 1916 ![]()
Biography of Louise, Princess Royal (excerpt)
The Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar; 20 February 1867 – 4 January 1931) was the third child and the eldest daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Christian IX of Denmark. ![]()
Biography of Gaston Cotte (excerpt)
Gaston Cotte, born on November 14, 1879 in Lyon, died in 1951, was a French surgeon and gynecologist. |
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