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Biography of Godefroy Cavaignac (politician) (excerpt)
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac (21 May 1853 - 25 September 1905) was a French politician known for his involvement in the Dreyfus affair. Born in Paris, he demonstrated early republican convictions. A veteran of the Franco-Prussian War, he later entered the École Polytechnique and served as a civil engineer before becoming a republican deputy.
Biography of Edmond Loutil (excerpt)
Eugène Edmond Loutil, known as Pierre the Hermit, born November 17, 1863 in Mohon (Ardennes) and died April 16, 1959 in Paris, is a parish priest who became honorary canon of the Paris chapter and apostolic protonotary. He was also a journalist, editor at La Croix from 1891 and a writer under the pseudonym Pierre L'Ermite.
Biography of Padre Cruz (excerpt)
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz, SJ (29 July 1859 – 1 October 1948), known as Father Cruz, was a Portuguese Catholic priest celebrated for his apostolic zeal and charity. He visited prisons and hospitals, helped the poor, and ministered to many, earning a reputation for sanctity during his lifetime.
Biography of Charles Murray (poet) (excerpt)
Charles Murray, born on September 28, 1864, and passing away on April 12, 1941, was a Scottish poet renowned for writing in the Doric dialect of Scots. Much of his poetry was penned during his time in South Africa, where he worked as a civil engineer.
Biography of Léon Labbé (excerpt)
Léon Labbé, born September 29, 1832, and died March 21, 1916, was a French surgeon and politician. Known for his surgical expertise, particularly at the Beaujon Hospital in Paris, he was renowned for his innovative techniques, including the application of asepsis in abdominal surgery.
Biography of Charles Dancla (excerpt)
Jean Baptiste Charles Dancla, born on 19th December 1817 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre and died on 10th October 1907 in Tunis, was a French violinist and composer, considered the last representative of the classic French violin school. His early violin lessons were in his hometown, and at nine years old, he impressed the famous violinist Pierre Rode, who recommended him to the Conservatoire de Paris.
Biography of Auguste Mercier (excerpt)
Auguste Mercier (born in Arras on December 8, 1833 and died in Paris on March 3, 1921) was a French general and polytechnician, Minister of War at the time of the Dreyfus Affair. In the summer of 1894, General Mercier, upon learning of the intercepted "Bordereau," saw a political opportunity in convicting the culprit, aiming to gain favor and control the far-right press.
Biography of Gabriel Narutowicz (excerpt)
Gabriel Józef Narutowicz, born into a Polish noble family on March 29, 1865 and assassinated on December 16, 1922, was the first President of Poland, serving from December 11, 1922, for only five days. A distinguished hydroelectric engineer, he led the construction of Europe's first hydroelectric power plants and was a professor in Zurich.
Biography of Marian Langiewicz (excerpt)
Marian Langiewicz (August 5, 1827 – May 11, 1887), was a key figure in the Polish January Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1863. Born in Krotoszyn, he was educated in Posen, Breslau, and Prague, and worked as a lecturer to earn a living.
Biography of Ippolito Nievo (excerpt)
Ippolito Nievo, an Italian writer, journalist, and patriot, was born in Padua on 30 November 1831 during Austrian rule. A law graduate from the University of Padua, he rejected a legal career under Austrian governance, influenced by Giuseppe Mazzini's ideas. Nievo fought for Italian unification with Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 and witnessed Italy's unification in 1861, just before his tragic death in a shipwreck.
Biography of Artur Zawisza (excerpt)
Artur Zawisza Czarny of Przerowa coat of arms, born on September 24, 1809, in Sobota, was a Polish independence activist. He played a significant role in the November Uprising (1830–1831), was a member of the Patriotic Society, and after 1831 lived in exile in France, joining the Polish Democratic Society.
Biography of René Ponsard (excerpt)
Alexandre René Ponsard, born December 20, 1826, in Arpajon and died June 22, 1894, in Paris, was a French poet, songwriter, and goguettier. Orphaned, raised by his grandparents, he joined the naval cadets in Brest at 13. Following a career as a sailor and boatman, he worked for a railway company, married, and started a family.
Biography of Melchior Treub (excerpt)
Melchior Treub (1851–1910) was a Dutch botanist renowned for his work on tropical flora at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, Java, and founder of the Bogor Agricultural Institute. A 1873 biology graduate from Leiden University, he remained a botanical assistant in Leiden before moving to the Dutch East Indies in 1880.
Biography of Joseph Sullivan (British politician) (excerpt)
Joseph Sullivan (16 September 1866 – 13 February 1935) was a Scottish Labour Party politician, MP from 1922 to 1924 and 1926 to 1931. Born in Glasgow to Irish parents, he worked as a coal miner and became a prominent figure in the Lanarkshire Miners' County Union.
Biography of Édouard Dupont (excerpt)
Édouard François Dupont, born in 1841 in Dinant, Belgium, and died in 1911 in Cannes, was a Belgian geologist, a precursor in paleontology and prehistory. Trained by Jean-Baptiste d'Omalius, he earned his doctorate in natural sciences at the age of 22. From 1864 to 1868, he explored Belgian caves, uncovering fossils and prehistoric tools.
Biography of Salvatore Farina (excerpt)
Salvatore Farina (10 January 1846 – 15 December 1918) was an Italian novelist whose style of sentimental humor has been compared to that of Charles Dickens. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. Life Born in the Sardinian town of Sorso, he studied law at Turin and Pavia before moving to Milan and taking up literature, remaining there for the rest of his life.
Biography of Dinah Craik (excerpt)
Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik; 20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She is best remembered for her novel "John Halifax, Gentleman", which depicts mid-Victorian ideals of English middle-class life.
Biography of Jean-Baptiste Billot (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste Billot (15 August 1828 - 31 May 1907) was a French general and politician. Educated at Saint-Cyr, he maintained republican beliefs while advancing his career under Napoleon III, receiving the Legion of Honor in 1859. He distinguished himself in the Mexican expedition and the Franco-Prussian War, achieving the rank of general and participating in key battles.
Biography of Domingo de Orueta y Duarte (excerpt)
Domingo de Orueta y Duarte, born January 21, 1862 in Málaga and died January 16, 1926 in Madrid, was a renowned Spanish geologist and scientist. Orphaned at a young age, he nonetheless pursued his studies with excellence, obtaining a degree in chemistry in Málaga and furthering his education in England.
Biography of Désiré van Monckhoven (excerpt)
Désiré Charles Emmanuel van Monckhoven, born and died in Ghent (1834-1882), was a Belgian chemist, physicist, optician, and photographer, a pioneer in astrophotography and photochemistry in Belgium. He earned a degree in sciences from the University of Ghent in 1862 and was renowned for his work in photographic optics.
Biography of Käthe Schirmacher (excerpt)
Käthe Schirmacher, born on August 6, 1865, in Danzig (now Gdańsk), was a German writer, journalist, and political activist, notable as a leading advocate for women's rights in the 1890s. The daughter of a wealthy merchant, Schirmacher lost her family fortune early and became one of the first German women to earn a doctorate in Romance studies.
Biography of Maria Konopnicka (excerpt)
Maria Konopnicka, a significant Polish poet, novelist, and women's rights activist, was born in Suwałki on May 23, 1842. Educated at home and in Warsaw, she debuted as a writer in 1870. Konopnicka's marriage to Jarosław Konopnicki was strained due to her literary pursuits, leading to their separation in 1878.
Biography of Paul Vidal de La Blache (excerpt)
Paul Vidal de La Blache (French pronunciation: , Pézenas, Hérault, 22 January 1845 – Tamaris-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 5 April 1918) was a French geographer. He is considered to be the founder of modern French geography and also the founder of the French School of Geopolitics.
Biography of Césaire Phisalix (excerpt)
Césaire Phisalix, born on October 8, 1852, in Mouthier-Haute-Pierre (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region) and died in Paris on March 15, 1906, was a French herpetologist known for developing a serum against the bites of certain vipers. The son of winemakers, he studied in Besançon and Paris, earning a doctorate in medicine in 1877.
Biography of William Craigie (excerpt)
Sir William Alexander Craigie (13 August 1867 – 2 September 1957) was a renowned philologist and lexicographer. A University of St Andrews alumnus, he became the third editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and co-edited its 1933 supplement with C. T.
Biography of Émile Duployé (excerpt)
Émile Duployé, born on September 10, 1833, in Liesse-Notre-Dame, Aisne, and died on May 9, 1912, in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (now in Val-de-Marne), was a French ecclesiastic. He is the author of the Duployé shorthand technique, which was widely used in France in the early 20th century.
Biography of Noël Ballay (excerpt)
Dr. Noël Eugène Ballay, born on July 14, 1847, in Fontenay-sur-Eure, Eure-et-Loir, and died on January 27, 1902, in Saint-Louis, Senegal, was a French explorer and colonial administrator, serving as the second Governor-General of French West Africa (AOF). After completing his education in medicine, Ballay participated in exploratory missions alongside Savorgnan de Brazza in the Ogooué region during the 1870s and represented France at the Berlin Conference in 1885.
Biography of Louis Capazza (excerpt)
Louis Henri Capazza, born January 17, 1862, in Bastia and died December 28, 1928, in Paris, was a French aeronaut. After high school in Bastia, he joined the administration of Bridges and Roads. He co-developed a precision instrument for railway curve calculations, which won a gold medal at the Work Exhibition in Paris.
Biography of Alix Joffroy (excerpt)
Alix Joffroy, born on December 16, 1844, in Stainville (Meuse) and died on November 24, 1908, in Paris, was a French neurologist, neuropathologist, and psychiatrist, a student of Charcot, and the second holder of the chair of clinical mental illnesses and the brain at Sainte-Anne.
Biography of Eduard Kaufmann (excerpt)
Eduard Kaufmann (24 March 1860, Bonn – 15 December 1931, Göttingen) was a German physician. The disease Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome is named for him. Career Kaufmann studied in Bonn and Berlin, and earned his doctorate from the University of Bonn in 1884. He was appointed Privatdozent for anatomical pathology in Breslau three years later, and assisted at Emil Ponfick’s institute.
Biography of Natalie Zahle (excerpt)
Ida Charlotte Natalie Zahle (June 11, 1827 – August 11, 1913) was a Danish educational reformer and a pioneer in women's education. After the early death of her parents, she was raised by her grandparents and later by the family of zoologist Daniel Frederik Eschricht.
Biography of Witold Zglenicki (excerpt)
Witold Zglenicki (6 January 1850 - 6 July 1904), a Polish inventor, geologist, metallurgist, oil worker, and philanthropist, is known as the "father of Baku kerosene" and the "Polish Nobel." He studied in Płock, Warsaw, and St. Petersburg under Dmitry Mendeleev. Initially focusing on mining and metallurgy, Zglenicki later dedicated himself to the oil industry, pioneering techniques in oil extraction, including undersea drilling.
Biography of Walerian Kalinka (excerpt)
Walerian Kalinka, sometimes Valerian Kalinka, a Polish priest and historian, was born in Kraków in 1826. His time of birth comes from the biography "Valerian Kalinka: life and activity" by Jerzy Mrówczyński (1972). He fled Poland in 1846 due to political involvement in the Krakow Uprising and founded the Polish branch of the Resurrectionist Order.
Biography of Émile Vallin (excerpt)
Émile Arthur Vallin, born November 27, 1833, in Nantes and died in February 1924 in Montpellier, was a French military physician considered a precursor of public health in France. The son of a physician, Vallin completed secondary education in Nantes and earned his medical degree in Paris in 1858.
Biography of Wilhelm Camerer (excerpt)
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Camerer (17 October 1842 – 25 March 1910) was a German physician born in Stuttgart. Camerer was a pioneer in the field of pediatric medicine. He studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen and Vienna. At Tübingen he was a student of physiologist Karl von Vierordt (1818–1884).
Biography of Jacques-Augustin Normand (excerpt)
Jacques-Augustin Normand (October 4, 1839 – December 11, 1906) was a French naval engineer and shipbuilder from Le Havre, stemming from a family entrenched in shipbuilding since the 18th century. Inheriting the family yard in 1871, he significantly advanced its operations over 35 years, developing high-performance machines and vessels, including the revolutionary yacht "Vélox" in 1875, capable of exceeding 17 knots.
Biography of Anita Garibaldi (excerpt)
Anita Garibaldi (born Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro; 30 August 1821 – 4 August 1849) was a Brazilian republican revolutionary. Her time of birth comes from the biography Anthony Valerio, "Anita Garibaldi: A Biography" (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2001). She was the wife and comrade-in-arms of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Biography of Arthur Nikisch (excerpt)
Arthur Nikisch (12 October 1855 – 23 January 1922) was a Hungarian conductor who performed internationally, holding posts in Boston, London, Leipzig and—most importantly—Berlin. He was considered an outstanding interpreter of the music of Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Liszt. Johannes Brahms praised Nikisch's performance of his Fourth Symphony as "quite exemplary, it's impossible to hear it any better."
Biography of Armand du Paty de Clam (excerpt)
Charles Armand Auguste Ferdinand Mercier du Paty de Clam (21 February 1853 - 3 September 1916) was a French army officer and amateur graphologist, central to the Dreyfus affair. He pinpointed Dreyfus as a suspect based on graphology, leading to Dreyfus's arrest and conviction without substantial evidence.
Biography of Ludwik Krzywicki (excerpt)
Ludwik Joachim Franciszek Krzywicki (1859-1941) was a Polish Marxist anthropologist, economist, and sociologist, and an early proponent of sociology in Poland. Born into an aristocratic family in Płock, he developed early interests in psychology, philosophy, and natural sciences, influenced by Darwin and others.
Biography of Juliusz Konstanty Ordon (excerpt)
Konstanty Juliusz Ordon, often known as Konstanty Julian Ordon, was born on October 15, 1810, in Warsaw and died on May 4, 1887, in Florence. He was a notable figure in the Polish November Uprising of 1830-1831, where he commanded artillery at Fort 54 in Wola during the Russian Army's storming of Warsaw on September 6, 1831.
Biography of Louis Carrière (excerpt)
Louis Norbert Carrière (7 December 1833 - 31 December 1919) was a French military justice officer. His military career began at Saint-Cyr in 1853, serving in various roles, including in the war against Prussia and in the Versailles army. Promoted within the gendarmerie, he was recognized for his intelligence and competence.
Biography of Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire (excerpt)
Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire, born on July 2, 1834, in Saumur and died on July 25, 1923, in Vitrai-sous-Laigle, was a French magistrate, journalist, and writer. As a prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal, he prepared the indictment against General Boulanger.
Biography of Paul Stroobant (excerpt)
Paul Stroobant, born in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium, in 1868 and passed away in the same town in 1936, was a Belgian astronomer with a doctorate in physical and mathematical sciences. The son of painter François Stroobant, he was passionate about astronomy from an early age and joined the Royal Observatory of Belgium in 1885.
Biography of Ferdinand Laulanié (excerpt)
Ferdinand Laulanié, a distinguished French veterinarian, was also a renowned professor of animal physiology and served as the director of the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse. In honor of the 150th anniversary of his birth, Guy Bodin published an insightful biography in 2001, titled "Biography of Ferdinand Laulanié (1850-1906) on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary" in the Revue Médicale Vétérinaire.
Biography of Léon Dehon (excerpt)
Léon-Gustave Dehon, SCJ (14 March 1843 – 12 August 1925), also known as Jean of the Sacred Heart, was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (the Dehonians). Dehon's focus in his ecclesial life was to express his closeness with workers but he especially promoted a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Biography of Gustav von Schmoller (excerpt)
Gustav Friedrich von Schmoller (1838–1917) was a prominent figure in the "younger" German historical school of economics and a leading figure in social policy. As the long-standing chairman of the Verein für Socialpolitik, he influenced economic and social reform in Germany. Dubbed a "Kathedersozialist" (Socialist of the Chair) by opponents, Schmoller's work was rooted in a heterodox liberalism influenced by several European thinkers and aimed to integrate liberal state principles with monarchy and effective parliamentarism for social improvement.
Biography of Hubert-Joseph Henry (excerpt)
Hubert-Joseph Henry, born on June 2, 1846, in Pogny, Marne, and died on August 31, 1898, at the Mont-Valérien fortress, was a French officer who produced false documents aimed at accusing Captain Alfred Dreyfus and confirming his conviction. Confessions and Death The suicide of Lieutenant Colonel Henry in a cell of the Mont-Valérien fortress (Le Progrès Illustré, September 11, 1898).
Biography of Benoît Rouquayrol (excerpt)
Benoît Rouquayrol (1826–1875) was a French inventor. Along with Auguste Denayrouze, Rouquayrol invented a diving suit and breathing apparatus. Benoît Rouquayrol was born on June 13, 1826, at Espalion, in the Aveyron department of Southern France. He became an engineer at the Saint-Étienne School of Mines.
Biography of Wen Tingshi (excerpt)
Wen Tingshi was a Chinese political figure, poet, and scholar born to a family with a history in politics. He achieved the Jinshi status in 1890 and worked at the imperial court. A firm opponent of peace with Japan during the First Sino-Japanese War, he joined officials criticizing the government and submitted memorials. |
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