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Biography of Charles M. Schwab (excerpt)
Charles Michael Schwab (February 18, 1862, Williamsburg, Pennsylvania - October 18, 1939 in London, England) was an American steel magnate. Under his leadership, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation became the second largest steel maker in the United States, and one of the most important heavy manufacturers in the world.
Biography of Leoš Janacek (excerpt)
Leoš Janáček (Czech pronunciation: ( listen)) (baptised Leo Eugen Janáček) (July 3, 1854 – August 12, 1928), was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and all Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style.
Biography of André Le Nôtre (excerpt)
André Le Nôtre (12 March 1613 – 15 September 1700) was a landscape architect and the gardener of King Louis XIV of France from 1645 to 1700. Most notably, he was responsible for the construction of the park of the Palace of Versailles.
Biography of Alice Roosevelt Longworth (excerpt)
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was the oldest child of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. She was the only child of Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee. Alice led an unconventional and controversial life.
Biography of Emperor Meiji (excerpt)
Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji-tennō, 3 November 1852 – 30 July 1912), also called Meiji the Great (明治大帝, Meiji-taitei), or Meiji the Good (明治聖帝, Meiji-seitei), was the 122nd Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 3 February 1867 until his death on 30 July 1912, and the first monarch of the Empire of Japan.
Biography of Léon Vannier (excerpt)
Dr Leon Vannier (October 30, 1880-1963) was one of the major figures in modern French homoeopathy, practising in Paris from 1905 until the year of his death. He founded the journal L'Homoeopathie Francaise in 1912 and was the author of many books, including a substantial materia medica.
Biography of Gaston Leroux (excerpt)
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (May 6, 1868, Paris – April 15, 1927,) was a French journalist, detective, and novelist. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney; and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.
Biography of Anna de Noailles (excerpt)
Anna, Marquise Mathieu de Noailles (born Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba, Princess de Brancovan; November 15, 1876 (birth time source: FDAF, birth certificate n° 1515) – April 30, 1933 (56 years), was a French writer. Born in Paris and a descendant of the Bibescu and Craioveşti families of Romanian boyars, she was the daughter of Prince Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba, a son of Wallachian Prince Gheorghe Bibesco de Brancovan and Zoe Brâncoveanu.
Biography of Neville Chamberlain (excerpt)
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. Chamberlain's legacy is marked by his appeasement policy regarding his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding part of Czechoslovakia to German dictator Adolf Hitler.
Biography of Louis I, Duke of Orléans (excerpt)
Louis of Valois (March 13, 1372 – November 23, 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. He was also Count of Valois, Duke of Touraine (1386–1392), Count of Blois (1397–1407), Angoulême (1404–1407), Périgord, Dreux and Soissons. Louis was son of King Charles V of France and Joanna of Bourbon and younger brother of Charles VI.
Biography of Léo Baekeland (excerpt)
Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Gent, November 14, 1863 - February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic. Career Born in Gent, Belgium, Baekeland was the son of a cobbler and a maid.
Biography of Pierre Quéméneur (excerpt)
Pierre Quemeneur, born August 19, 1877 in Commana (Finistère), was a French man, killed in the night of 25/26 May 1923 during a business trip from Brittany to Paris with Seznec. The Seznec Affair was a controversial French court case of 1923-1924.
Biography of O. Henry (excerpt)
O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910). O. Henry short stories are known for wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. Early life Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Biography of François Jollivet-Castelot (excerpt)
François Jollivet-Castelot, born on July 8, 1874 in Douai, died in 1939 in Clairac, was a French occultist, author, and alchemist. Works (extracts) * L'Âme et la vie de la matière (1893), essai de physiologie chimique. * L'Alchimie (1896) Paris : édition du "Mercure de France"
Biography of Clement Attlee (excerpt)
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.
Biography of André Salmon (excerpt)
André Salmon (October 4, 1881, Paris (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, birth certificate) - March 12, 1969, Sanary-sur-Mer in Provence) was a French poet, art critic and writer. He was one of the defenders of cubism, with Apollinaire and Maurice Raynal.
Biography of Edouard Michelin (excerpt)
Édouard Michelin (June 23, 1859 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)–1940) was a French industrialist. He was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Édouard was co-director of the Michelin company, along with his brother André. In 1889, he improved greatly on the design of the pneumatic tyre for bicycles, making them easier to repair.
Biography of Gustav Meyrink (excerpt)
Gustav Meyrink (January 19, 1868 – December 4, 1932) was an Austrian author, storyteller, dramatist, translator, banker and Buddhist, most famous for his novel The Golem. Childhood Gustav Meyrink was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). He was the illegitimate son of Baron Karl von Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen and actress Maria Wilhelmina Adelheyd Meier.
Biography of Alphonse de Châteaubriant (excerpt)
Alphonse Van Bredenbeck de Châteaubriant (25 March 1877 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) - 2 May 1951) was a French writer who won the Prix Goncourt in 1911 for his novel Monsieur de Lourdines and Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française for La Brière in 1923.
Biography of Inayat Khan (excerpt)
Hazrat Inayat Khan (July 5, 1882 (Madras time is applied) – February 5, 1927) was the founder of Universal Sufism and the Sufi Order International. He initially came to the West as a representative of several traditions of classical Indian music, having received the title Tansen from the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Biography of Eugène Atget (excerpt)
Eugène Atget (12 February 1857 (birth time source: Didier Geslain); 4 August 1927) was a French photographer noted for his photographs documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris. Personal life Born outside the French city of Bordeaux, he was orphaned at seven and raised by his uncle.
Biography of Juan Ramon Jimenez (excerpt)
Juan Ramón Jiménez (Moguer, Spain, 24 December 1881 – Santurce, Puerto Rico, 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet. One of his most important contributions to modern poetry was the idea of poesía pura (Spanish for "pure poetry"). A prolific author, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956.
Biography of Charles Nicolle (excerpt)
Charles Jules Henry Nicolle (September 21, 1866 Rouen - February 28, 1936) was a French bacteriologist who earned the 1928 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typhus. He learned about biology early from his father Eugène Nicolle, a doctor at a Rouen hospital.
Biography of Edouard Vuillard (excerpt)
Jean-Édouard Vuillard (November 12, 1868 - June 21, 1940) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Nabis. Jean-Édouard Vuillard, the son of a retired captain, spent his youth at Cuiseaux (Saône-et-Loire); in 1878 his family moved to Paris in modest circumstances.
Biography of Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (excerpt)
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres (6 July 1877 - 18 February 1949) served, briefly, as the first Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic, and then — from 1931 to 1936—as its President. Alcalá-Zamora was born in Priego de Cordoba, Spain, son of Manuel Alcalá-Zamora y Caracuel (brother of Gregorio (d.
Biography of Princess Louise of Orléans (excerpt)
Princess Louise Françoise Marie Laure of Orléans (born 24 February 1882 in Cannes, France ; died 18 April 1958 in Seville, Spain ) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and maternal grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Louise was the youngest daughter of Philippe of Orléans (1838-1894), Count of Paris and claimant to the French throne as "Philippe VII".
Biography of Aristide Briand (excerpt)
Aristide Briand (28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932) was a French statesman who served several terms as Prime Minister of France and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Early life He was born in Nantes, Brittany of a bourgeois family. He attended the Nantes Lycée, where, in 1877, he developed a close friendship with Jules Verne.
Biography of Wilbur Wright (excerpt)
The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two Americans who are generally credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903.
Biography of Miguel de Unamuno (excerpt)
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (September 29, 1864–December 31, 1936) was an essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher from Spain. Miguel de Unamuno was born in the medieval centre of Bilbao, Basque Country, the son of Félix de Unamuno and Salomé Jugo.
Biography of Ernest Shackleton (excerpt)
Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. His first experience of the polar regions had been as third officer on Captain Scott’s Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, from which he was sent home early on health grounds.
Biography of François Darlan (excerpt)
François Darlan (7 August 1881 – 24 December 1942) was a French naval officer. Darlan rose through the French Navy, ultimately becoming Admiral of the Fleet, and was a major figure of the Vichy France regime during World War II. Darlan was born in Nérac, Lot-et-Garonne, graduating from the École Navale in 1902.
Biography of Selma Lagerlof (excerpt)
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (20 November 1858–16 March 1940) was a Swedish author and the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Known internationally for Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (a story for children, in the most common translation The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, but the literal translation would be "Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey Through Sweden"), she was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1909 "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings.
Biography of John Dewey (excerpt)
John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thoughts and ideas have been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. He, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James, is recognized as one of the founders of the philosophical school of Pragmatism.
Biography of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (excerpt)
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox.
Biography of Paul Signac (excerpt)
Paul Signac (November 11, 1863 (birth time source: Arno Müller) - August 15, 1935) was a French neo-impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the pointillist style. Paul Victor Jules Signac was born in Paris on November 11, 1863 He started his career in architecture, but he abandoned this at the age of 18 to pursue a career as a painter.
Biography of Lillie Langtry (excerpt)
Lillie Langtry (13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a highly successful British actress born on the island of Jersey. A renowned beauty, she was nicknamed the "Jersey Lily" and had a number of prominent lovers, including the future King Edward VII.
Biography of René Bazin (excerpt)
René François Nicolas Marie Bazin (December 26, 1853 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – July 20, 1932) was a French novelist. Born at Angers, he studied law in Paris, and on his return to Angers became professor of law in the Catholic university there.
Biography of Réjane (actress) (excerpt)
Gabrielle Réjane (née Gabrielle Charlotte Réju (6 June 1856 – 14 June 1920), was a French actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The daughter of a former actor, Réjane studied at the Paris Conservatoire and made her stage debut in 1875.
Biography of Henri-Pierre Roché (excerpt)
Henri-Pierre Roché (May 28, 1879 – April 9, 1959) was a French author who was involved with the Dada movement. Born in Paris, France, Henri-Pierre Roché was a respected journalist as well as an art collector and dealer. At the turn of the 20th century, he became close friends with a number of young artists from the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris including: Manuel Ortiz de Zárate, Marie Vassilieff, Max Jacob, and Pablo Picasso.
Biography of Douglas Fairbanks (excerpt)
Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 (birth time source: Nella Webb) – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Black Pirate (1926).
Biography of Manuel de Falla (excerpt)
Manuel de Falla y Matheu (November 23, 1876 – November 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. Manuel de Falla was born in Cádiz. His early teacher in music was his mother; at the age of 9 he was introduced to his first piano professor.
Biography of John Singer Sargent (excerpt)
John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 in Florence, Italy – April 14, 1925) was the most successful portrait painter of his era. During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings.
Biography of Richard Wilhelm (excerpt)
Richard Wilhelm (May 10, 1873, Stuttgart, Germany - March 2, 1930, Tübingen, Germany) was a German translator. He translated many philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English.
Biography of Margaret Sanger (excerpt)
Margaret Higgins Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, an advocate of negative eugenics, and the founder of the American Birth Control League (which eventually became Planned Parenthood). Initially met with fierce opposition to her ideas, Sanger gradually won some support, both in the public as well as the courts, for a woman's choice to decide how and when, if ever, she will bear children.
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Bakersfield is a charter city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km2) near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region.
Biography of Jules Guérin (excerpt)
Jules Guérin (1860-1910) was the founder and leader of the French Ligue Antisemitique, an organisation similar to the Ligue des Patriotes. The Ligue was involved in many anti-semitic and anti-Dreyfus protests during the Dreyfus Affair. The Ligue was outlawed in November 1899 and Guérin was imprisoned for ten years.
Biography of Robert Peary (excerpt)
Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole -- a claim that has subsequently attracted much criticism.
Biography of Antoine Furetière (excerpt)
Antoine Furetière (28 December 1619 - 14 May 1688) French scholar and writer, was born in Paris. Biography He studied law and practised for a time as an advocate, but eventually took orders and after various promotions became abbé of Chalivoy in the diocese of Bourges in 1662.
Biography of Anthony Gildès (excerpt)
Anthony Gildès, born Anatole Gleizes, August, 13, 1856 in Metz, Moselle (birth time source: Michaël Mandl, birth certificate), and died October 6, 1941 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography (extract) * 1916 : Le Droit à la vie d'Abel Gance
Biography of Jacques Marquette (excerpt)
Father Jacques Marquette SJ (June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), sometimes known as Pere Marquette, was a French missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan. Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first non-Native Americans to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River. |
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