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Biography of Montague Rhodes James (excerpt)
Montague Rhodes James (born August 1, 1862, in Goodnestone – died June 12, 1936, in Eton) was an English medieval scholar, author, and academic administrator.He served as Provost of King’s College, Cambridge (1905–1918), Provost of Eton College (1918–1936), and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–1915).
Biography of Otto Güntter (excerpt)
Otto Güntter (born 30 October 1858, died 30 March 1949) was a German philologist and the long-serving director of the Schiller National Museum in Marbach. Influenced by Friedrich Theodor Vischer, he studied philosophy and modern philology in Tübingen, later continuing his education in France and England.
Biography of Betsy van Vloten (excerpt)
Elizabeth “Betsy” van Vloten, born July 12, 1862 in Deventer and died February 21, 1946 in Haarlem, was a Dutch poet and writer. She was the daughter of scholar Johannes van Vloten and sister to translators Martha and Kitty. She was close to the “Tachtigers” literary circle, where she connected with writers like Frederik van Eeden and Frank van der Goes, enjoying both intellectual and social interactions with them.
Biography of Friedrich Theodor Vischer (excerpt)
Friedrich Theodor Vischer (born 30 June 1807, died 14 September 1887) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, and philosopher of art. He is best remembered for Auch Einer, a novel in which he introduced the humorous concept of Die Tücke des Objekts—the spitefulness of objects toward humans.
Biography of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (excerpt)
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (21 September 1853 – 21 February 1926) was a Dutch experimental physicist, best known as the first to liquefy helium in 1908, reaching the record temperature of 1.5 kelvin.His groundbreaking work earned him the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Biography of Manoël de Grandfort (excerpt)
Manoël de Grandfort, born Marie Antoinette Barsalou on May 6, 1829, in Casteljaloux and who died on June 28, 1904, in Ville-d’Avray, was a French writer.She published under several pseudonyms, including Manoël de Grandfort, Mme de Grandfort, Marie Fontenay, and Ryno.
Biography of Jules Férat (excerpt)
Jules-Descartes Férat, born on 28 November 1829 in Ham and died on 6 June 1906 in Paris, was a French painter, engraver, and illustrator. Alongside Léon Benett and Édouard Riou, he ranks among the most prominent illustrators of Jules Verne, contributing to nine of his novels.
Biography of Gustav Pfizer (excerpt)
Born on July 29, 1807, in Stuttgart, Gustav Pfizer came from a family of jurists and pursued classical education that led him to the theological seminary at Blaubeuren and to studies in theology and philosophy at Tübingen (1825–1830). A member of the Burschenschaft Germania Tübingen from 1825, he began his career as a tutor at the Tübinger Stift and became a literature teacher at a Stuttgart gymnasium, a position he held until 1872.
Biography of Antoine Cyvoct (excerpt)
Antoine Cyvoct, born February 28, 1861, in Lyon and died April 5, 1930, in Paris, was a French anarchist activist wrongfully accused of carrying out the October 22, 1882 bombing at the Bellecour Theatre restaurant. Involved in the “Trial of the Sixty-Six,” he became a symbol of political repression in 19th-century France.
Biography of Mariano Benlliure (excerpt)
Mariano Benlliure y Gil (8 September 1862 – 9 November 1947) was a Spanish sculptor and medallist, renowned for his public monuments and religious works in a heroic realist style.Born in Valencia, he began sculpting bullfighting scenes as a teenager and exhibited a wax model at the 1876 Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes.
Biography of Francisco Domingo Marqués (excerpt)
Francisco José Domingo y Marqués, born March 1, 1842, in Valencia and died July 22, 1920, in Madrid, was a Spanish painter in the Eclectic style. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos, later studying in Madrid with Federico de Madrazo and in Rome under Eduardo Rosales, where he won awards for his Baroque-inspired works.
Biography of William Strang (excerpt)
William Strang, born February 13, 1859 in Dumbarton, Scotland, and died April 12, 1921 in Bournemouth, England, was a Scottish painter and printmaker who also produced book illustrations. He was a member of several prestigious institutions, including the Royal Academy in London.
Biography of Theodor Reuss (excerpt)
Albert Karl Theodor Reuss, born June 28, 1855, in Augsburg and deceased October 28, 1923, was a German occultist, freemason, illuminatus, martinist, rosicrucian, theosophist, journalist, and singer. Best known as the founder of the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), he played a key role in shaping early 20th-century esotericism.
Biography of Edmond Got (excerpt)
François Jules Edmond Got (October 1, 1822 – March 20, 1901) was a French actor and librettist born in Paris. From a family originally from Le Perche, he excelled at the Collège Charlemagne before giving up law for the stage. Entering the Conservatoire in 1841, he won two comedy prizes and made his debut at the Comédie-Française in 1844 after a year of military service.
Biography of Gabriel Biessy (excerpt)
Gabriel Biessy, born Marie-Gabriel Biessy on March 25, 1854, in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes) and died on September 9, 1935, in Bourg-la-Reine, was a French painter best known for his portraits, genre scenes, and views of Paris. After a period in Bordeaux, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon under Félix Clément, then entered the Paris studios of Carolus Duran and Luc-Olivier Merson in 1879.
Biography of Theodor Fontane (excerpt)
Theodor Fontane (born December 30, 1819, in Neuruppin – died September 20, 1898, in Berlin) was a German novelist and poet, widely regarded as the foremost German-language realist author of the 19th century.After a long career in journalism, he published his first novel at the age of 58.
Biography of Charles Kuwasseg (excerpt)
Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg (1838, Draveil, Essonne – 1904) was a French 19th-century painter, primarily specializing in landscape paintings, particularly coastal landscapes of Brittany and Normandy.His father, Karl Joseph Kuwasseg, was an Austrian painter born in Trieste on March 16, 1802, and a renowned artist in his own right.
Biography of Philip Snowden (excerpt)
Philip Snowden, born on July 18, 1864, and died on May 15, 1937, was a British politician and an influential figure in early twentieth-century Labour politics. A forceful speaker, he gained popularity in trade union circles through his denunciation of capitalism as unethical and his advocacy of a socialist ideal.
Biography of Louisa Atkinson (excerpt)
Caroline Louisa Waring Calvert née Atkinson (25 February 1834 – 28 April 1872) was an Australian writer, botanist and illustrator.She was recognized for her fiction during her lifetime, although her lasting importance is tied mainly to her botanical work. She is regarded as a pioneer for Australian women in journalism and natural science.
Biography of Krisjanis Valdemars (excerpt)
Krišjānis Valdemārs, born on December 2, 1825, in Vecjunkuri, Courland, and died on December 7, 1891, in Moscow, was a writer, editor, educator, politician, lexicographer, folklorist and economist. He is regarded as the spiritual leader of the First Latvian National Awakening and the most prominent member of the Young Latvians movement.
Biography of Harold Raeburn (excerpt)
Harold Andrew Raeburn, born on July 21, 1865, and died on December 21, 1926, was a Scottish mountaineer regarded as one of the leading British climbers of his time. He achieved numerous first ascents and played a central role in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century mountaineering.
Biography of Charles Malato (excerpt)
Charles Malato, born September 7, 1857, in Foug and died November 7, 1938, in Paris, was a French journalist, writer, and libertarian activist. A key figure in European anarchism, he helped shape and connect the movement’s intellectual networks. During World War I, he joined the Union sacrée and signed the Manifesto of the Sixteen alongside Peter Kropotkin, supporting the Allies.
Biography of Louis Désiré Besozzi (excerpt)
Louis-Désiré Besozzi (April 3, 1814 – November 11, 1879) was a French pianist, organist, and composer.A descendant of a distinguished family of Italian musicians, he represented the fourth generation of the Besozzis, whose members had served in the royal courts of Parma, Naples, and Versailles.
Biography of Jean-Frédéric Van der Rit (excerpt)
Jean Frédéric Van Der Rit, born 25 March 1823 in Brussels and died 19 January 1882 in Molenbeek Saint Jean, was a Belgian architect and archaeologist active in the mid nineteenth century.Trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, he also pursued a political career as a municipal councillor in Molenbeek Saint Jean, where he served as captain of the Civic Guard.
Biography of Théophile Poilpot (excerpt)
Théophile François Henri Poilpot (March 20, 1848, Paris – February 6, 1915, Paris) was a French painter, engraver, poster artist, and art collector, born into a family of artists, his father also being a painter. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Gustave Boulanger, and began his artistic career at an early age.
Biography of César Daly (excerpt)
César Denis Daly, born 17 July 1811 in Verdun and died 11 January 1894 in Wissous, was a French architect.The natural son of a British military commissary held prisoner in France and of Camille Augustine Bernard, he grew up in Douai.
Biography of Thomas Koschat (excerpt)
Thomas Koschat (8 August 1845 – 19 May 1914) was a composer and bass singer from Austria Hungary.He became widely known for popularizing Carinthian folk music, which he introduced to audiences throughout Europe and the Americas. He was born in the Viktring district of Klagenfurt and studied chemistry at the Technical University of Vienna from 1865 to 1867, without completing a degree.
Biography of Angela of the Cross (excerpt)
Angela of the Cross Guerrero y González, born María de los Ángeles Guerrero González (January 30, 1846 – March 2, 1932), was a Spanish religious sister and the founder of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross. This Catholic institute is dedicated to helping the abandoned poor and the sick who have no one to care for them.
Biography of Anselme (actor) (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste Eugène Bert, known as Anselme Bert, born February 24, 1820, and died July 18, 1858, in Auteuil, was a 19th-century French actor. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1851 and became its 280th full member in 1856, reflecting his recognized status within the company.
Biography of Rosalía de Castro (excerpt)
María Rosalía Rita de Castro (24 February 1837 – 15 July 1885) was a Galician poet and novelist, regarded as one of the most important figures of 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Her date and time of birth come from the biography "Rosalía de Castro, poeta incompreendido" by Alberto Machado da Ros, Revista Hispánica Moderna, 20.3 (July 1954), pp.
Biography of Alice Sollier (excerpt)
Alice Sollier (née Maille, later Alice Mathieu-Dubois) (3 April 1861 – 29 January 1942) was a French physician.She was the first Black woman to earn the French baccalaureate and the first Black French woman to obtain a medical doctorate, in 1887.
Biography of Emanuel Herrmann (excerpt)
Emanuel Alexander Herrmann (born June 24, 1839, in Klagenfurt, died July 13, 1902, in Vienna) was an Austrian economist best known for his decisive role in the invention and international adoption of the modern postal card. After earning a doctorate in law at the University of Vienna, he pursued both a civil service and academic career in political economy.
Biography of Claus Spreckels (excerpt)
Claus Spreckels, born Adolph Claus J. Spreckels (July 9, 1828 – December 26, 1908), was a German-American industrialist who became a dominant economic figure in Hawaii and California. He is best known as the head of the Spreckels Sugar Company, one of the leading sugar enterprises of the period.
Biography of Anton Ghon (excerpt)
Anton Ghon (1 January 1866 – 23 April 1936) was an Austrian pathologist and bacteriologist best known for his research on tuberculosis, which led to the description of the “Ghon complex.” Born in Villach, he studied medicine at the University of Graz from 1884 to 1890 and later trained in Vienna in dermatology and pathological anatomy.
Biography of Alexandre Desrousseaux (excerpt)
Alexandre Joachim Desrousseaux, born on 1 June 1820 in Lille (Wikipedia has June 2 in error), where he died on 23 November 1892, was a French goguettier, poet, songwriter, and composer.He wrote both in the Lille dialect, a variety of Picard, and in French.
Biography of Karl Weierstrass (excerpt)
Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897) was a German mathematician often regarded as the “father of modern analysis.” After leaving university without a degree, he continued studying mathematics independently while training as a schoolteacher. He later became a professor in Berlin and received an honorary doctorate.
Biography of Henriette Delamarre de Monchaux (excerpt)
Henriette Delamarre de Monchaux (born Valentine Henriette Huberte Delamarre de Monchaux on October 11, 1854, in Paris; died May 12, 1911, in Paris) was a French naturalist, geologist, and paleontologist. A pioneer in the latter two fields, she became a specialist in faluns.
Biography of Jan Simon van der Aa (excerpt)
Jan Simon van der Aa (born July 25, 1865, in Hornhuizen, died February 24, 1944, in Lausanne) was a Dutch jurist, law professor, and senior civil servant at the Ministry of Justice. He contributed significantly to major legal reforms in the Netherlands, including the child protection laws enacted in 1901.
Biography of Ethel Pedley (excerpt)
Ethel Charlotte Pedley (19 June 1859 – 6 August 1898) was an English-Australian author and musician, born in Acton near London. She began piano lessons at a young age and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music under her uncle Prosper Sainton and her aunt Charlotte Sainton-Dolby.
Biography of Harry Collingwood (excerpt)
Harry Collingwood, the pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster (23 May 1843 – 10 June 1922), was a British civil engineer and novelist who wrote more than 40 boys’ adventure books, most of them set in maritime environments. His extensive travels, including in South Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia, provided realistic backgrounds for his stories.
Biography of Sylvester Z. Poli (excerpt)
Sylvester Zefferino Poli, born 31 December 1858 in Piano di Coreglia near Lucca, Italy, and died 31 May 1937, was an Italian-American entrepreneur who became one of the most prominent theatre owners in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Biography of Ludwig Willroider (excerpt)
Ludwig Willroider, born January 11, 1845 in Villach and died May 22, 1910 in Bernried am Starnberger See, was an Austrian landscape painter and etcher.He was the brother of the landscape painter Josef Willroider. The son of a city architect, he first trained as a carpenter in his father’s workshop before turning to painting.
Biography of Josef Willroider (excerpt)
Josef Willroider, born June 16, 1838 in Villach in Carinthia and died June 12, 1915 in Munich, was an Austrian landscape painter and etcher.He was the elder brother of the painter Ludwig Willroider. The son of a city architect, he first trained in his father’s carpentry workshop before receiving his first art lessons from Jakob Canciani in Villach.
Biography of Arthur Lemisch (excerpt)
Arthur Lemisch, born February 4, 1865 in Sankt Veit an der Glan and died October 29, 1953 in the same town, was an Austrian politician. He led Carinthia as provisional head of the regional assembly from 1918 to 1921 and later served as governor of the province from 1927 to 1931.
Biography of Arrigo Boito (excerpt)
Arrigo Boito, born Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito (24 February 1842 – 10 June 1918), was an Italian librettist, composer, poet, and critic.His only completed opera was Mefistofele, and he is best known for writing the libretti of Giuseppe Verdi’s final operas, Otello and Falstaff, as well as La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli.
Biography of Otto Hölder (excerpt)
Ludwig Otto Hölder (December 22, 1858 (Wikipedia has 1859 in error) – August 29, 1937) was a German mathematician born in Stuttgart into a family of scholars.He studied at the Polytechnikum in Stuttgart and later in Berlin under Leopold Kronecker, Karl Weierstrass, and Ernst Kummer.
Biography of Catherine Spence (excerpt)
Catherine Helen Spence (October 31, 1825 – April 3, 1910) was a Scottish-born Australian writer, preacher, and social reformer.Initially a novelist, she became an influential public figure in South Australia through her journalism and public speaking. She advocated for electoral reform, women’s suffrage, girls’ education, and poverty relief.
Biography of Justo Millán Espinosa (excerpt)
Justo Millán Espinosa (May 29, 1843 – June 4, 1928) was a Spanish architect, born and died in Hellín. He studied at the School of Architecture in Madrid, graduating in 1871 before returning to his hometown, where he established his family.
Biography of Agostino Depretis (excerpt)
Agostino Depretis (January 31, 1813 – July 29, 1887) was an Italian statesman and politician.He served several terms as Prime Minister between 1876 and 1887 and led the Historical Left for more than a decade. A central figure in post-unification Italian politics, he was at the time of his death the longest-serving prime minister.
Biography of Lluís Domènech i Montaner (excerpt)
Lluís Domènech i Montaner (December 21, 1849 – December 27, 1923) was a Catalan architect and politician, and a leading figure of Catalan Modernisme, closely related to the Art Nouveau movement. Born in Barcelona, he initially studied science before turning to architecture. |
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