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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.
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Biography of Felix Dahn (excerpt)
Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (February 9, 1834 – January 3, 1912) was a German law professor, nationalist author, poet, and historian. Born in Hamburg, he studied law and philosophy in Munich and Berlin, becoming a professor of German Law. Dahn wrote extensively, influencing German historiography of the European Migration Period with works like "Prehistory of the Germanic and Roman Peoples."
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Biography of Wladyslaw Belza (excerpt)
Władysław Bełza, born on October 17, 1847, in Warsaw, died on January 29, 1913, in Lwów, was a Polish writer. Bełza, who was the son of a prominent chemist, studied partly in his hometown and partly in Kazan, but after travels in Western Europe, he was expelled from Posen in 1871 and settled in Lwów, where he became a library secretary after 1882.
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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.
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Biography of Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (excerpt)
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (April 3, 1835 – August 14, 1921) was an American writer of novels, poems and detective stories. One of the United States's most widely-published authors, her career spanned more than six decades and included many literary genres, such as short stories, poems, novels, literary criticism, biographies, and memoirs.
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Biography of Louise Otto-Peters (excerpt)
Louise Otto-Peters (26 March 1819 – 13 March 1895) was a prominent German suffragist and activist for women's rights who engaged in writing novels, poetry, essays, and opera libretti. She contributed to several periodicals and founded the Frauen-Zeitung, Germany's first political women's newspaper.
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Biography of John Scott Haldane (excerpt)
John Scott Haldane CH FRS (2 May 1860 – 14/15 March 1936) was a British physician physiologist and philosopher famous for intrepid self-experimentation which led to many important discoveries about the human body and the nature of gases.He also experimented on his son, the celebrated and polymathic biologist J.
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Biography of Paul Berger (surgeon) (excerpt)
Paul Berger (January 6, 1845 - October 17, 1908) was a French surgeon renowned for his research on abdominal hernias and his operative technique for interscapulothoracic amputation, known as the Berger technique. Born in Beaucourt, he studied medicine in Paris, becoming an intern in 1866 and a surgeon at Paris hospitals in 1877.
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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.
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Biography of Maurice Letulle (excerpt)
Maurice Éléonor Joseph Lucien Letulle, born in Mortagne-au-Perche in the Orne on March 19, 1853, and died in Paris on January 1, 1929, was a physician specializing in pathological anatomy and an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris.
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Biography of Pierre Termier (excerpt)
Pierre Termier, born in Lyon on July 3, 1859, and died in Grenoble on October 23, 1930, was a prominent French geologist, specializing in tectonics and the structural synthesis of the Alps. Graduating top of his class from Polytechnique, he joined the prestigious Corps des mines and quickly developed a passion for studying the Alps.
Biography of Louis Toussaint Doutrelaine (excerpt)
Louis Toussaint Simon Doutrelaine, born on July 9, 1820, and died on May 1, 1881, was a French general in the engineering corps. Educated at the École Polytechnique and the military engineering school in Metz, he held various military positions, including during the siege of Rome and the Italian campaign.
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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.
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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.
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Biography of Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1860) (excerpt)
Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (German: Elisabeth Maria Maximiliana; 28 May 1860 – 7 February 1881) was the Duchess of Braganza and wife of Miguel Januário, Duke of Braganza. Life Elisabeth was a Princess of Thurn and Taxis by birth and an Infanta of Portugal, Princess of Braganza, and titular Queen consort of Portugal through her marriage to Miguel Januário, Duke of Braganza, Miguelist claimant to the throne of Portugal from 1866 to 1920.
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Biography of Albert Jurardus van Prooijen (excerpt)
Albert Jurardus van Prooijen (7 September 1834 – 31 October 1898) was a Dutch painter known for cityscapes, landscapes (often with animals), and genre scenes. Born in Groningen, he studied at the Academie Minerva under Jacob Bruggink and Jan Ensing. He won the "Grote Koninklijke Medaille" in 1853 and later worked on watercolors and cityscape drawings.
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Biography of George Hendrik Breitner (excerpt)
George Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. He painted en plein air, and became interested in photography as a means of documenting street life and atmospheric effects – rainy weather in particular – as reference materials for his paintings.
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Biography of Bonar Law (excerpt)
Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister from October 1922 to May 1923. Born in New Brunswick, he moved to Scotland in 1870 and became wealthy in the iron industry. Elected to the House of Commons in 1900, he served in various roles including Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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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 Gaston La Touche (excerpt)
Gaston de La Touche, born on October 22, 1854, in Saint-Cloud, was a French painter, engraver, illustrator, and sculptor. He began taking drawing lessons in 1864, but his studies were interrupted by the 1870 war. In 1875, he exhibited his first bas-relief medallion at the Salon, later befriending Édouard Manet and admiring Émile Zola, whose works he illustrated.
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Biography of Hans Huber (composer) (excerpt)
Hans Huber (28 June 1852 – 25 December 1921) was a Swiss composer. Between 1894 and 1918, he composed five operas. He also wrote a set of 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 100, for piano four-hands in all major and minor keys.
Biography of Henri Michel (politician, born 1857) (excerpt)
Henri Michel, a French politician, was born on January 27, 1857, in Lambesc and died on June 19, 1930, in Charenton-le-Pont. Initially a high school teacher in Avignon and later a journalist and lawyer in Paris, Michel entered politics as a deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône in 1898, aligning with the radical-socialist group.
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Biography of Hudson Taylor (excerpt)
James Hudson Taylor (21 May 1832 – 3 June 1905) was a British Baptist Christian missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM, now OMF International). Taylor spent 54 years in China. The society that he began was responsible for bringing over 800 missionaries to the country who started 125 schools and directly resulted in 20,000 Christian conversions, as well as the establishment of more than 300 stations of work with more than 499 local helpers in all 18 provinces.
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Biography of Hugo Heermann (excerpt)
Hugo Heermann (3 March 1844, in Heilbronn – 6 November 1935, in Meran, Italy) was a German violinist.He studied the violin with Lambert Joseph Meerts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, and later with Joseph Joachim. From 1864 he lived in Frankfurt am Main, where he taught violin from 1878 to 1904 at the Hoch Conservatory.
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Biography of Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot (excerpt)
Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot, born in Paris on September 18, 1804, and died in Sainte-Menehould on January 29, 1883, was a French military physician and surgeon, a precursor of surgical asepsis and a promoter of anesthesia using chloroform. He performed the first human gastrostomy in 1846.
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Biography of Alexis Damour (excerpt)
Augustin Alexis Damour was a French mineralogist born in the former 11th arrondissement of Paris on July 19, 1808, and died in the same city in the 9th arrondissement on September 22, 1902. After completing a legal education, he pursued an administrative career, notably at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, until 1853.
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Biography of Charles Fechter (excerpt)
Charles Albert Fechter (23 October 1824 – 5 August 1879) was a notable Anglo-French actor renowned for his dramatic prowess in both France and England. Born in Paris to a multicultural family, Fechter initially ventured into sculpture before transitioning to acting. His early success in Berlin propelled him to further acclaim in Paris and London.
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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.
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Biography of Diederik Korteweg (excerpt)
Diederik Johannes Korteweg (31 March 1848 – 10 May 1941) was a Dutch mathematician best known for the Korteweg–de Vries equation, developed with Gustav de Vries. Initially studying at a military academy, he switched to the Polytechnical School of Delft for engineering but ultimately pursued mathematics.
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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.
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Biography of Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (excerpt)
Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (5 September 1807 in Jülich – 11 September 1863 in Karlsruhe) was a German landscape artist born in Jülich, within the Prussian Duchy of Jülich. Schirmer was started as a student of historical painting under Schadow at the academy of Düsseldorf.
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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.
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Biography of Peter Mackie (excerpt)
Sir Peter Jeffrey Mackie, 1st Baronet, JP (26 November 1855 – 22 September 1924) was a Scottish whisky distiller and writer. Mackie was born at St Ninians, Stirling. His father, Alexander Mackie (died 1884), was a distiller. His mother was Jane Simpson Brown (died 1886).
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Biography of Oscar Brefeld (excerpt)
Julius Oscar Brefeld (19 September 1839 – 12 January 1925), commonly known as Oscar Brefeld, was a German botanist and mycologist. Born in Telgte, he studied pharmacy and worked as an assistant to Anton de Bary.He became a botany lecturer at Eberswalde Forestry Academy in 1878 and a professor at the University of Münster in 1882, later succeeding Ferdinand Cohn at the University of Breslau in 1898.
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Biography of Blanche d'Antigny (excerpt)
Marie-Ernestine Antigny, known as Blanche d'Antigny, born in Martizay in the Indre on May 9, 1840, and died in Paris on June 27, 1874, was a French actress and courtesan. Considered a mediocre performer, she was a famous figure in the demi-monde during the Second Empire and inspired, among others, Émile Zola for his character Nana in the novel of the same name. ![]()
Biography of Eliza Frances Andrews (excerpt)
Eliza Frances Andrews (August 10, 1840 - January 21, 1931) was a novelist, essayist, historian, journalist, local press correspondent, botanist, environmentalist, diarist, and American teacher. She was a popular American writer of the Gilded Age.Her shorter works were published in popular magazines and papers, including the New York World and Godey's Lady's Book.
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Biography of Dinah Félix (excerpt)
Mélanie, known as Dinah Félix, was a French actress born on March 11, 1836, in Paris and died on November 1, 1909. She was one of the three Félix sisters, all members of the Comédie-Française, along with Rachel Félix and Rébecca Félix.
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Biography of Gustave Trouvé (excerpt)
Gustave Pierre Trouvé, born on January 2, 1839, in La Haye-Descartes (Indre-et-Loire) and died on July 27, 1902, in Paris, was a French electrical engineer and inventor of the 19th century. In 1902, Gustave Trouvé was working on his latest innovation, a small portable device that uses ultraviolet light to treat skin diseases, the prototype of PUVA therapy, when he accidentally cut his thumb and index finger.
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Biography of William Rockefeller Jr. (excerpt)
William Avery Rockefeller Jr.(May 31, 1841 – June 24, 1922) was an American businessman and financier.Rockefeller was a co-founder of Standard Oil along with his elder brother John Davison Rockefeller.He was also a part owner of Anaconda Copper, which was the fourth-largest company in the world by the late 1920s.
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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.
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Biography of Théophile Labat (excerpt)
Henri Jean Théophile Labat, born March 20, 1834, in Lormont, and died September 10, 1896, in Bordeaux, was a French military engineer, economist, and Polytechnique graduate. He specialized in naval construction, pioneering in hauling techniques, and was recognized for his innovations. Politically, he served as a deputy of the Gironde from 1893 to 1896, focusing on economic and tax issues.
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Biography of Edwin Klebs (excerpt)
Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs (6 February 1834 – 23 October 1913) was a German-Swiss microbiologist known for his foundational work in bacteriology. He was the first to identify the bacterium causing diphtheria, known as Corynebacterium diphtheriae or Klebs–Loeffler bacterium. Klebs studied under Rudolf Virchow and later taught in various universities, including in Berlin, Bern, Prague, and Zürich.
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Biography of Félix Guyon (excerpt)
Jean Casimir Félix Guyon (21 July 1831 – 2 August 1920) was a French surgeon and urologist born in Saint-Denis, Ile-Bourbon (Réunion). He studied medicine in Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1858.He was appointed médecin des hôpitaux in 1864, and was later a professor of surgical pathology (from 1877) and genitourinary surgery (from 1890) at the University of Paris.
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Biography of Johan d'Aulnis de Bourouill (excerpt)
Johan Baron d'Aulnis de Bourouill (1850-1930), a Dutch jurist and professor of economics at the University of Utrecht, began his career in academia after practicing law in Amsterdam. His scholarly work included a dissertation on societal income and he served as a professor from 1878 until his retirement in 1917.
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Biography of Grace Cadell (excerpt)
Grace Ross Cadell (October 25, 1855 – February 19, 1918) was a Scottish medical doctor and suffragist, and one of the first group of women to study medicine in Scotland and qualify. She was, with Elsie Inglis, one of the initial entrants to the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, set up by Sophia Jex-Blake in 1886.
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Biography of Louis Ratisbonne (excerpt)
Louis Gustave Fortuné Ratisbonne (29 July 1827 – 24 September 1900) was a French man of letters, journalist, and critic. He was born at Strasbourg.He was the son of the banker Adolphe Ratisbonne and his wife Charlotte Oppenheim (daughter of Salomon Oppenheim), and the nephew of the priests Marie Theodor Ratisbonne and Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne.
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Biography of Mathilda of Austria (excerpt)
Archduchess Mathilde Marie Adelgunde Alexandra of Austria (25 January 1849 – 6 June 1867) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine as the daughter of Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen. She was intended to become the Queen of Italy as the wife of King Umberto I, but her early death prevented the marriage.
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Biography of Henry Campbell-Bannerman (excerpt)
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB PC (né Campbell; 7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a British statesman and Liberal politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908.
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Biography of Mieczyslaw Ledochowski (excerpt)
Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski (1822-1902) was a Polish prelate born in Górki, within Russian-controlled Congress Poland. Ordained a priest in 1845, he served in various Vatican diplomatic roles, including as a papal delegate in South America and papal nuncio to Belgium. He became Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań and opposed Prussia's anti-Catholic Kulturkampf policies, leading to his imprisonment in 1874.
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Biography of Théophile Aube (excerpt)
Théophile Aube, born in Toulon on November 22, 1826, and died on December 31, 1890, in the same city, was a French naval officer and politician. Promoted to vice-admiral in 1886, his career was mainly colonial.As Governor of Martinique in 1879, he advocated for the Jeune École naval doctrine, favoring small naval units. |
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