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birth charts with Poseidon in VirgoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Poseidon in Virgo. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]()
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Biography of Sylvan Kalib (excerpt)
Sylvan Sholom Kalib (July 24, 1929 – January 15, 2025) was an American music theorist, musicologist, cantor, conductor, pedagogue, and composer.His key contributions spanned two fields: Schenkerian music theory and the musical traditions of the Eastern European synagogue. After retiring as Professor Emeritus from Eastern Michigan University in 1999, Kalib resumed work on his monumental project, The Musical Tradition of The Eastern European Synagogue.
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Biography of Robert Watts (artist) (excerpt)
Robert Marshall Watts (14 June 1923 – 2 September 1988) was an American artist best known for his work as a member of the international group of artists Fluxus. Born in Burlington, Iowa, he became Professor of Art at Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Jersey in 1953, a post he kept until 1984. ![]()
Biography of Robert Cornthwaite (actor) (excerpt)
Robert Rae Cornthwaite (April 28, 1917 – July 20, 2006) was an American character actor with a significant career in film and television. Born in Saint Helens, Oregon, he developed an interest in acting during his teens and pursued this passion throughout his life. ![]()
Biography of Joaquín Gallegos Lara (excerpt)
Joaquín Gallegos Lara (Guayaquil, April 9, 1909 – November 16, 1947) was an Ecuadorian writer. His most famous novel is "Las cruces sobre el agua" ("The Crosses on the Water"), a historical novel that describes the general strike of November 1922 in Guayaquil and the subsequent repression.
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Biography of Giuseppe Prezzolini (excerpt)
Giuseppe Prezzolini (27 January 1882 – 14 July 1982) was an Italian literary critic, journalist, editor and writer.He later became an American citizen. Prezzolini was born in Perugia in January 1882, to Tuscan parents from Siena, Luigi and Emilia Pianigiani.In 1903 he founded together with Giovanni Papini the literary journal Leonardo.
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Biography of Henri van Booven (excerpt)
Hendrik Cornelis Alexander (Henri) van Booven (7 July 1877 in Haarlem – 31 January 1964 in The Hague) was a Dutch writer and journalist. His most successful work was the novel Tropenwee (Tropical agony, 1904), a thinly veiled autobiographical literary report of a mission to Congo in 1898, somewhat similar to Heart of Darkness.
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Biography of Patricia Billings (excerpt)
Patricia Billings (born May 15, 1926) is an American sculptor, inventor, and businesswoman who created the building material Geobond. After studying art in the 1950s, she began sculpting with plaster, leading her to invent a stronger material. In 1997, Geobond, known for its fireproof and non-toxic properties, was patented and hailed as a safe alternative to asbestos.
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Biography of Craig Ellwood (excerpt)
Craig Ellwood (born Jon Nelson Burke on April 22, 1922, in Clarendon, Texas; died May 30, 1992) was an American architect whose career spanned from 1950 to 1977 in Los Angeles. Despite lacking formal training, he achieved recognition for merging Mies van der Rohe's formalism with California modernism, supported by his talent and self-promotion.
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Biography of Ernesto Calindri (excerpt)
Ernesto Calindri, born February 5, 1909, in Certaldo and died June 9, 1999, in Milan, was an Italian actor.He began his theatrical career at 18 and became renowned for his diction and silhouette. In 1937, he starred in Il bugiardo by Carlo Goldoni, marking the start of a brilliant career.
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Biography of William McCance (excerpt)
William McCance (6 August 1894 – 19 November 1970) was a Scottish artist, and was second Controller of the Gregynog Press in Powys, mid-Wales. William McCance was the seventh of eight children. After attending Hamilton Academy, McCance entered Glasgow School of Art, studying there 1911–15 and subsequently undertaking a teacher-training course at Glasgow's Kennedy Street school.
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Biography of Doris Ilda Allen (excerpt)
Doris "Lucki" Ilda Allen (1927-2024) was a physical education teacher from El Paso who joined the US Army Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1950. She became a military intelligence specialist and did three tours in Vietnam. For predicting the Tet Offensive and other achievements, she was inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Biography of Ken Oliver (racehorse trainer) (excerpt)
James Kenneth Murray Oliver OBE (1 February 1914 – 17 June 1999) was a renowned Scottish racehorse trainer, breeder, and jockey. Educated in Edinburgh, he initially joined his family's livestock auctioneering business. During WWII, he served in North Africa and Sicily. He won the Scottish Grand National as a jockey in 1950 and started training horses in the early 1950s, achieving his first victory in 1953.
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Biography of Camille Paul Josso (excerpt)
Camille Paul Josso, born on June 6, 1902, in Nantes and died on October 2, 1986, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, was a French engraver, painter, and illustrator. An orientalist painter, he exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in the 1930s and in Morocco. ![]()
Biography of Frank Sutton (excerpt)
Frank Spencer Sutton (October 23, 1923 – June 28, 1974) was an American actor best known for his role as Sergeant Vince Carter on the CBS television series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, he discovered his passion for acting at age nine.
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Biography of Eric Hoffer (excerpt)
Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) was an Atheist American philosopher and social critic.A conservative moderate with an atypical working-class background, Hoffer authored ten books over his career and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983.
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Biography of Georg von Küchler (excerpt)
Georg Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Küchler (30 May 1881 – 25 May 1968) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. He commanded the 18th Army and Army Group North during the Soviet-German war of 1941–1945.
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Biography of Leonetto Cappiello (excerpt)
Leonetto Cappiello, born in Livorno on 9 April 1875 and died in Cannes on 2 February 1942, was a versatile Italian artist who became a French citizen in 1930. He is recognized as the modernizer of French posters, following Jules Chéret’s influence.
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Biography of Jan Piwnik (excerpt)
Jan Piwnik (born August 31, 1912, in Janowice in the Kielce Voivodeship and died in combat on June 16, 1944, in Jewłasze near Vilnius) was a Polish soldier during World War II, a Cichociemni (Polish special forces soldier), and a notable leader of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains.
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Biography of Kjell Bækkelund (excerpt)
Kjell Bækkelund (6 May 1930 – 13 May 2004) was a Norwegian classical pianist. Bækkelund was born in Oslo, Norway. He was the son of Martin Bækkelund (1903–66) and Rallik Antonette Hansen (1904–94). He was a student at the Oslo Conservatory of Music from 1935 until 1944.
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Biography of Walter Göttsch (excerpt)
Leutnant Walter Göttsch HoH, IC (10 June 1896—10 April 1918) was a German World War I flying ace credited with 20 aerial victories. Born in Altour, he joined the German army on 1 July 1915 and was initially assigned to Flieger-Abteilung 33.
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Biography of Erminio Spalla (excerpt)
Erminio Spalla (7 July 1897 – 14 August 1971) was an Italian professional heavyweight boxer, film actor and singer. Spalla studied fine arts in Brera, when in 1910 he saw film footage of the world boxing championships and decided to become a professional boxer.
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Biography of Gino Cappello (excerpt)
Gino Cappello (2 June 1920 – 28 March 1990) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. He began his career at Padova before joining AC Milan in 1940, playing three seasons in Serie A.After the war, he spent ten seasons at Bologna, scoring 80 goals in 245 matches.
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Biography of Genoa Keawe (excerpt)
'Aunty' Genoa Leilani Adolpho Keawe-Aiko (October 31, 1918 – February 25, 2008) was a Hawaiian musician.Keawe was born on the island of Oʻahu in the Kakaʻako district of Honolulu and grew up in Lā'ie. She was an icon in Hawaiian music and a mainstay on the Hawaiian music scene for more than 60 years.
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Biography of Marcel Boulestin (excerpt)
Marcel Boulestin, also known as Xavier Marcel Boulestin, was born on April 14, 1877, in Poitiers, and died on September 20, 1943, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.A French chef and writer, he became famous in England and the United States for introducing French cuisine to the English-speaking world.
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Biography of Hans Jantzen (excerpt)
Hans Jantzen (26 April 1881 – 15 February 1967) was a German art historian specializing in Medieval art. Initially studying law, he later turned to art history, archaeology, and philosophy, studying under Heinrich Wölfflin in Berlin and Adolph Goldschmidt in Halle. He earned his PhD in 1908 with a dissertation on architecture in Netherlandish paintings.
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Biography of Joseph Reinhardt (excerpt)
Joseph Reinhardt, born on March 1, 1912, in Paris and died on February 24, 1982, in Bondy, was a French jazz guitarist known for his contributions to gypsy jazz. He was the younger brother of Django Reinhardt and played a key role in his brother’s early career, including introducing Django to the guitar after an injury.
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Biography of Édouard-Émile Violet (excerpt)
Édouard-Émile Violet, born on December 8, 1880 in Mâcon and died on January 4, 1955 in Perpignan, was a French actor, director, screenwriter, and producer, primarily active during the 1910s and 1920s. He founded Les Films Lucifer in July 1919, but the company was dissolved by the end of 1922.
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Biography of Len Younce (excerpt)
Leonard Alonzo Younce (January 8, 1917 – March 26, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He had a six year career, interrupted by World War II in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the New York Giants. ![]()
Biography of Harry Clarke (artist) (excerpt)
Henry Patrick (Harry) Clarke (17 March 1889 – 6 January 1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator, and a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. His work was influenced by Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and French Symbolism.
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Biography of Jan Twardowski (excerpt)
Jan Jakub Twardowski (1 June 1915 – 18 January 2006) was a Polish poet and Catholic priest. He was a chief Polish representative of contemporary religious lyrics. He wrote short, simple poems, humorous, which often included colloquialisms. He joined observations of nature with philosophical reflections.
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Biography of Lina Prokofiev (excerpt)
Lina Ivanovna Prokofieva (Russian: Ли́на Ива́новна Проко́фьева), born Carolina Codina Nemísskaia, (20 October 1897 – 3 January 1989) was a Spanish singer and the first wife of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. His time of birth comes from the biography "Sergei Prokofiev: A Soviet Tragedy" by Victor Ilyitch Seroff (Taplinger, 1979).
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Biography of Gwen Plumb (excerpt)
Gwendoline Jean Plumb AM BEM (2 August 1912 – 5 June 2002), was an Australian performer of international appeal, actress and comedian active in literally every form of the art genre, (except circus) including revue, pantomime, vaudeville, interviewing, game shows, live appearances, compering, radio production, scriptwriting and acting, television soap opera and mini-series and made-for-TV film.
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Biography of Johannes Georgi (excerpt)
Johannes Georgi, born on December 14, 1888, in Frankfurt am Main and died on May 24, 1972, in Hamburg, was a German explorer, meteorologist, and glaciologist. He conducted the first in-depth meteorological measurements of the Greenland ice sheet and was the first in Europe to observe the jet stream.
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Biography of Jan van Nijlen (excerpt)
Joannes Joannes-Baptista Maria Ignatius van Nijlen (Antwerp, November 10, 1884 – Vorst, August 14, 1965) was a Flemish civil servant, poet, and essayist. Van Nijlen moved frequently but lived for a long time in Uccle near Brussels. He is widely known for the line "Never board the train without your suitcase of dreams, then you'll find proper accommodation in every city..." from the poem "Message to Travelers," which first appeared in the collection Geheimschrift (1934).
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Biography of Marcel Gitton (excerpt)
Marcel Gitton, born on April 20, 1903, in Versailles and died on September 5, 1941, in Paris, whose real name was Marcel Giroux, was a French politician. As the third-ranking member of the French Communist Party (SFIC) at the beginning of World War II, he was one of the communist politicians who opposed the party’s official line in 1939-1940 following the German-Soviet Pact. ![]()
Biography of Menno ter Braak (excerpt)
Menno ter Braak (January 26, 1902 – May 14, 1940) was a Dutch modernist writer, critic, essayist, and journalist. Born in Eibergen, he grew up in Tiel where he excelled as a student. At the University of Amsterdam, he majored in Dutch and History, contributed to the student magazine Propria Cures, and co-founded the Filmliga with Joris Ivens to study animated film.
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Biography of Gertrud von Le Fort (excerpt)
Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort, born on October 11, 1876, in Minden, was a German writer. The daughter of a Prussian colonel, she studied at Heidelberg, Marburg, and Berlin, and settled in Bavaria in 1918. Her literary career began in earnest in 1925 when she edited a posthumous work by her mentor, Ernst Troeltsch.
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Biography of Louis Heijermans (excerpt)
Louis Heijermans (December 22, 1873 – July 22, 1938) was a Dutch social physician dedicated to improving the health of the poor and workers in the early 20th century. Born into a family of eleven children, he was the brother of playwright Herman Heijermans.
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Biography of Alexandre Arquillière (excerpt)
Alexandre Arquillière was a French actor, born on April 18, 1870, in Boën-sur-Lignon and passed away on January 8, 1953, in Saint-Étienne. Originally a house painter, he later became a student at the Conservatoire.He made his stage debut at the Théâtre Libre in 1888 alongside Firmin Gémier, with whom he maintained a close relationship.
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Biography of Siegfried Handloser (excerpt)
Siegfried Adolf Handloser was a German physician and general. He was born on March 25, 1885, in Constance. His father’s name was Konstantin, and his mother’s name was Anna Maria. In 1903, he began studying medicine, earning his doctorate in 1911.
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Biography of Salvador Seguí (excerpt)
Salvador Seguí Rubinat (born in Lleida on September 23, 1887, and assassinated in Barcelona on March 10, 1923), known as "El Noi del Sucre" ("The Sugar Kid"), was a leading anarcho-syndicalist figure in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo in Catalonia during the early 20th century.
Biography of Franco Becci (excerpt)
Franco Becci (Rome, December 1, 1888 – Rome, November 5, 1951) was an Italian actor.He began his theater career in 1909 and quickly rose to prominence in Flavio Andò's company. In 1912, he joined companies performing the works of Sem Benelli, working with Gualtiero Tumiati and Arnaldo Ninchi until 1932.
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Biography of Charles Loupot (excerpt)
Charles Loupot, born in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) on July 20, 1892, and died in Les Arcs-sur-Argens (Var) on October 18, 1962, was a French poster artist and graphic designer. Charles Loupot, whose career spanned from 1916 to 1960, is one of the major creators in the history of posters during the interwar period, alongside Cassandre, Jean Carlu, and Paul Colin.
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Biography of Clotilde-Camille Deflandre (excerpt)
Clotilde-Camille Deflandre (born November 21, 1871, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, and died on June 7, 1946, in Paris) was a French physician and scientist, primarily known for her discovery, alongside her mentor Paul Carnot, of hemopoietin (erythropoietin). She also initiated research that led to the development of organ transplantation.
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Biography of Mary Kid (excerpt)
Mary Kid (born Marie Anna Albertine Keul; 3 February 1901 – 29 October 1988) was a German actress. She appeared in more than forty films during the Weimar Republic, but her career came to an end in the early sound era.
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Biography of Lila Leeds (excerpt)
Lila Leeds (born Lila Lee Wilkinson, January 28, 1928 – September 15, 1999) was an American film actress. Born in Dodge City, Kansas, she spent her teenage years in Clovis, New Mexico, before running away. After working as a dancer in St. Louis, she moved to Los Angeles, briefly marrying Jack Little before annulling the marriage.
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Biography of Drucilla Strain (excerpt)
Drucilla Anna Strain (24 February 1913 – 19 January 1994) was an American musical theater actress and Ziegfeld Girl. The daughter of Robert Strain and Anna Fallon, she debuted on Broadway in 1929 in Follow Thru. She later appeared in several iconic musicals, including Cole Porter's Anything Goes (1934) and On Your Toes (1936).
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Biography of Guido Piovene (excerpt)
Guido Piovene (27 July 1907 – 12 November 1974) was an Italian writer and journalist. Born in Vicenza into a noble family, Piovene graduated in philosophy in Milan and then devoted himself to journalism, notably collaborating with Corriere della Sera, La Stampa and Il Tempo.
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Biography of Bob Donham (excerpt)
Robert E. Donham (October 11, 1926 – September 21, 1983) was an American professional basketball player. Donham was selected in the third round of the 1950 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics after a collegiate career at Ohio State. In four NBA seasons, all with the Celtics, Donham recorded 1,818 points, 1,071 rebounds and 706 assists.
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Biography of Ludwig Finckh (excerpt)
Ludwig Finckh (* March 21, 1876 in Reutlingen; † March 8, 1964 in Gaienhofen) was a German writer and physician. Born into a modest family, Finckh initially studied law but switched to medicine, earning his doctorate in 1904.He moved to Gaienhofen, where he formed a friendship with Hermann Hesse. |
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