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birth charts with Poseidon in CancerYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Poseidon in Cancer. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]() ![]()
Biography of Jean-Jacques Ampère (excerpt)
Jean-Jacques Ampère (August 12, 1800 – March 27, 1864) was a French philologist and man of letters. Born in Lyon, he was the only son of the physicist André-Marie Ampère.Jean-Jacques' mother died while he was an infant. He studied the folk-songs and popular poetry of the Scandinavian countries in an extended tour in northern Europe. ![]()
Biography of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (excerpt)
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (January 10, 1797 – May 25, 1848) was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets. She was born at the family seat of Hülshoff near Münster into an aristocratic, Catholic family in Westphalia. ![]()
Biography of Charles de Bériot (excerpt)
Charles Auguste de Bériot (20 February 1802 - 8 April 1870) was a Belgian violinist. Born in Leuven (Louvain), where there is now a street named in his honour, he studied violin with Jean-Francois Tiby, a pupil of Giovanni Battista Viotti.He was later encouraged by Viotti himself and briefly worked with Baillot but did not embrace all their teachings and was also influenced by Paganini. ![]()
Biography of Beau Brummell (excerpt)
Beau Brummell, né George Bryan Brummell (June 7, 1778, London, U.K.–March 30, 1840, Caen, France), was the arbiter of men's fashion in Regency England and a friend of the Prince Regent. He established the mode of men wearing understated, but fitted, beautifully cut clothes, adorned with an elaborately-knotted cravat.
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Biography of Félix Savary (excerpt)
Félix Savary, born October 4, 1797 in Paris, died July 15, 1841 in Estagel, was a French astronomer, member of Académie des Sciences, December 24, 1832. The discovery of the orbital motion of visual double stars by William Herschel aroused the interest of French astronomers for the observation of double stars and the computation of their orbits at the beginning of the XIX-th century. ![]()
Biography of Louis-Eugène-Marie Bautain (excerpt)
Louis Eugène Marie Bautain (February 17, 1796 – October 15, 1867), French philosopher and theologian, was born in Paris. At the École Normale he came under the influence of Victor Cousin.In 1816 he adopted the profession of higher teaching, and was soon after called to the chair of philosophy in the university of Strasbourg. ![]()
Biography of Antonio José de Sucre (excerpt)
Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (February 3, 1795 – June 4, 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" (English: "Grand Marshal of Ayacucho"), was a Venezuelan independence leader. Sucre was one of Simón Bolívar's closest friends, generals and statesmen. ![]()
Biography of Giuseppe Mazzini (excerpt)
Giuseppe Mazzini (22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872), nicknamed "Soul of Italy," was an Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification of Italy.His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century.
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Biography of Frédéric Soulié (author) (excerpt)
Frédéric Soulié, born in Foix December 23, 1800 and died in Bièvres in Essonne Septembre 23, 1847, was a French author, journalist and novelist. Selected bibliography Clothilde, théâtre, 1832 Les deux cadavres, roman, 1832 Le comte de Toulouse, roman, 1835 Le vicomte de Béziers, roman, 1835
Biography of Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (excerpt)
Louis-Joseph Xavier Francois, Dauphin of France (October 22, 1781–June 4, 1789) was the second child and first son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette of Austria.As the heir apparent to the French throne, he was called the Dauphin. ![]()
Biography of William IV of the United Kingdom (excerpt)
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. William, the third son of George III and younger brother and successor to George IV, was the last king and penultimate monarch of the House of Hanover. ![]()
Biography of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (excerpt)
Leopold II (born Peter Leopold Joseph) (May 5, 1747 – March 1, 1792) was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792 and Grand Duke of Tuscany.He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Queen Maria Theresa. ![]()
Biography of Eduard Mörike (excerpt)
Eduard Friedrich Mörike (Ludwigsburg, 8 September 1804 – 4 June 1875 in Stuttgart) was a German romantic poet. He studied Theology at the Seminary of Tübingen, and followed the ecclesiastical career, becoming a Lutheran pastor.In 1834 he was appointed pastor of Cleversulzbach near Weinsberg, and, after his early retirement for reasons of health, in 1851 became professor of German literature at the Katharinenstift in Stuttgart. ![]()
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Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S.state of New York and the seat of Erie County.It is located at the eastern end of Lake Erie, adjacent to the Canadian border with Southern Ontario, and at the head of the Niagara River. ![]()
Biography of Baron Georges Cuvier (excerpt)
Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier (August 23, 1769–May 13, 1832) was a French naturalist and zoologist.He was the elder brother of Frédéric Cuvier (1773–1838), also a naturalist.He was a major figure in scientific circles in Paris during the early 19th century, and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology by comparing living animals with fossils. ![]()
Biography of Jose Gervasio Artigas (excerpt)
José Gervasio Artigas Arnal (June 19, 1764 – September 23, 1850) is a national hero of Uruguay, sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan independence". Life Born in Montevideo to a wealthy family, at age 12 he moved to the countryside and worked on his family's farms. ![]()
Biography of William I, German Emperor (excerpt)
Wilhelm I, also known as Wilhelm the Great (William Frederick Louis, German: Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig) (March 22, 1797 – March 9, 1888) of the House of Hohenzollern was the King of Prussia (January 2, 1861 – 9 March, 1888) and the first German Emperor (18 January 1871 – 9 March, 1888). ![]()
Biography of Jean Paul (writer) (excerpt)
Jean Paul (21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825), born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. Life and work Jean Paul was born at Wunsiedel, in the Fichtelgebirge mountains (Bavaria).His father was an organist at Wunsiedel. ![]()
Biography of Frédéric Kuhlmann (excerpt)
Charles Frédéric Kuhlmann (22 May 1803 – 27 January 1881) is a French chemist who patented the reaction later used in the Ostwald process. He was both a research scientist and a professor at Université Lille Nord de France. He promoted chemical engineering education for science graduates in Lille and supported the developpement of École centrale de Lille (IDN).
Biography of Johann Karl Zahn (excerpt)
Johann Zahn, born August 21, 1631, died August 22, 1707, was a German architect, critif, author, painter and Professor in the Academy of Arts of Berlin in 1829. ![]()
Biography of Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (excerpt)
Louis-Antoine of France, Dauphin of France and Duke of Angoulême (born Louis-Antoine of Artois; August 6, 1775 – June 3, 1844) was the eldest son of King Louis XVI of France's youngest brother, the Comte d'Artois, and his wife, Princess Marie Thérèse of Savoy. ![]()
Biography of Antonio Canova (excerpt)
Antonio Canova (Possagno, Italy, 1 November 1757 (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, from a biography written by Pier Alessandro Paravia) – 13 October 1822) was an Italian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh.
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Biography of Frédérick Lemaitre (excerpt)
Frédérick Lemaître, (July 28, 1800 - January 26, 1876) was a French actor and playwright. The son of an architect, he was born Antoine Louis Prosper Lemaître at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime but adopted the first name Frédérick as a stage name. ![]()
Biography of Eugène Chevreul (excerpt)
Michel Eugène Chevreul (August 31, 1786 (birth time source: Arno Müller, birth certificate) – April 9, 1889) was a French chemist whose work with fatty acids led to early applications in the fields of art and science.He is credited with discovering margarine and designing an early form of soap made from animal fats and salt.
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Biography of Fromental Halévy (excerpt)
Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy (pronounced ) (27 May 1799 – 17 March 1862), was a French composer.He is known today largely for his opera La Juive. Early career Halévy was born in Paris as Elias Levy, the son of a cantor, Élie Halfon Halévy, who was the secretary of the Jewish community of Paris, a writer and a teacher of Hebrew, and a French Jewish mother. ![]()
Biography of Francisco de Miranda (excerpt)
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez (Caracas, March 28, 1750 – in prison, El Arsenal de la Carraca, Cadiz, July 14, 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda, was a Venezuelan revolutionary.Although his own plans for the independence of the Spanish American colonies failed, he is regarded as a forerunner of Simón Bolívar, who during the Hispanic American wars of independence successfully liberated a vast portion of South America. ![]()
Biography of Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (excerpt)
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (December 23, 1804 in Boulogne-sur-Mer – October 13, 1869 in Paris) was a literary critic and one of the major figures of French literary history. He was born in Boulogne, educated there, and studied medicine at the Collège Charlemagne in Paris (1824-27). ![]()
Biography of Ludwig Feuerbach (excerpt)
Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28, 1804 – September 13, 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist.He was the fourth son of the eminent jurist Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach. Education Feuerbach matriculated in the University of Heidelberg with the intention of pursuing a career in the Church. ![]()
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Santa Cruz (Spanish for 'Holy Cross') is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California. As of 2019, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated Santa Cruz's population at 64,608. Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, about 32 mi (51 km) south of San Jose and 75 mi (120 km) south of San Francisco, the city is part of the 12-county San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area. ![]()
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.It met from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after the British Navy instituted a blockade of Boston Harbor and Parliament passed the punitive Intolerable Acts in response to the December 1773 Boston Tea Party. ![]()
Biography of Karoline von Günderrode (excerpt)
Karoline von Günderrode (11 February 1780 - 26 July 1806) was a German Romantic poet who wrote under the male pseudonym Tian. Born into a noble but impoverished family, she left home at 17 to live in a residence for unmarried women in Frankfurt.
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Biography of Charles de Rémusat (excerpt)
Charles François Marie, Comte de Rémusat (14 March 1797 - 6 June 1875), was a French politician and writer. Biography He was born in Paris.His father, Auguste Laurent, Comte de Rémusat, of a good family of Toulouse, was chamberlain to Napoleon Bonaparte, but acquiesced in the restoration and became prefect first of Haute Garonne, and then of Nord. ![]()
Biography of Paul I of Russia (excerpt)
Pavel (Paul) I Petrovich of Russia (Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич; Pavel Petrovich) (October 1 1754 – March 23 1801) was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. Childhood Paul was born in the Palace of Empress Elizabeth In St Petersburg. ![]()
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Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.As of 2010, the population was 139,988, and in 2020, the population was estimated to be at 159,200.The city's estimated population has grown by 1% percent annually since 2010 on average. ![]()
Biography of Victor Schoelcher (excerpt)
Victor Schoelcher (22 July 1804, Paris - 25 December 1893, Houilles) was a French abolitionist writer in the 1800s and the main spokesman for a group from Paris who worked for the abolition of slavery, and formed an abolition society in 1834. ![]()
Biography of Félix Dupanloup (excerpt)
Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup (January 3, 1802 – October 11, 1878) was a French ecclesiastic. He was born at Saint-Félix, in Haute-Savoie.In his earliest years he was confided to the care of his brother, a priest in the diocese of Chambéry.In 1810 he was sent to a pensionnat ecclésiastique at Paris. ![]()
Biography of Ludwig I of Bavaria (excerpt)
Ludwig I (also rendered in English as Louis I) (August 25, 1786 in Strasbourg – February 29, 1868 in Nice) was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. Crown Prince He was the son of Count Palatine Maximilian Joseph of Zweibrücken by his first wife Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. ![]()
Biography of William Pitt the Younger (excerpt)
William Pitt, the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783, aged 24.He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death.
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Biography of François-Auguste Mignet (excerpt)
François Auguste Marie Mignet (8 May 1796 - 24 March 1884) was a French journalist and historian. Biography He was born in Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), France.His father was a locksmith from the Vendée, who enthusiastically accepted the principles of the French Revolution and encouraged liberal ideas in his son. ![]()
Biography of Charles Lamb (excerpt)
Charles Lamb (London, 10 February 1775 – Edmonton, 27 December 1834) was an English essayist with Welsh heritage, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).
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Biography of Pope Pius IX (excerpt)
Pope Pius IX (May 13, 1792 – February 7, 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from his election in June 16, 1846, until his death more than 31 years later in 1878.Pius IX was elected as the candidate of the liberal and moderate wings on the College of Cardinals, following the pontificate of arch-conservative Pope Gregory XVI. ![]()
Biography of Maria Anna of Bavaria (excerpt)
Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (German: Maria Anna Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Bayern; 27 January 1805 – 13 September 1877), known as 'Marie' was Queen of Saxony from 1836 to 1854 as the second wife of King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony.
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Biography of Jean Reboul (excerpt)
Jean Reboul, born January 23, 1796 in Nîmes and died May 28, 1864, was a French poet. Publications (extract) * L'Ange et l'enfant, 1828 * Poésies, par Jean Reboul de Nîmes, précédées d'une préface par Alexandre Dumas et d'une lettre à l'éditeur par Alphonse de Lamartine, 1836 ![]()
Biography of Sam Houston (excerpt)
Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863), was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier.He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent.Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas, and was elected as the first and third President of the Republic of Texas, US Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and finally as governor of the state. ![]()
Biography of Thomas Chatterton (excerpt)
Thomas Chatterton (November 20, 1752 – August 24, 1770) was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. Committing suicide by arsenic rather than die of starvation at the young age of 17, he served as an icon of unacknowledged genius for the Romantics. ![]()
Biography of Gustav Fechner (excerpt)
Gustav Theodor Fechner (April 19, 1801 – November 28, 1887), was a German experimental psychologist. An early pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics, he inspired many 20th century scientists and philosophers. He is also credited to have created the formula "S = KLogI" that proved the existence of a scientific connection between the body and the mind. ![]()
Biography of James Fenimore Cooper (excerpt)
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century.He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. ![]()
Biography of Nathan Hale (excerpt)
Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an officer for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered America's first spy, he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission, but was captured by the British. He is best remembered for his speech before being hanged following the Battle of Long Island, in which he reportedly said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give my country." Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut. ![]()
Biography of Émile Clapeyron (excerpt)
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (26 janvier 1799 – 28 January 1864) was a French engineer and physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics. Life Born in Paris, Clapeyron studied at the École polytechnique and the École des Mines, before leaving for Saint Petersburg in 1820 to teach at the École des Travaux Publics. ![]()
Biography of Paul Barras (excerpt)
Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras (June 30, 1755—January 29, 1829) was a French politician of the French Revolution, and the main executive leader of the Directory regime of 1795 - 1799. Early life Descended from a noble family of Provence, he was born at Fox-Amphoux, in today's Var département. |
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