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Biography of Guillaume de La Landelle (excerpt)
Guillaume Joseph Gabriel de La Landelle, born on March 5, 1812, in Montpellier and died (due to tuberculosis) on January 19, 1886, in Paris, was a French naval officer, journalist, and man of letters.He was a novelist of the sea and author of other maritime works.
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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 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 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.
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Biography of Augustin Mouchot (excerpt)
Augustin-Bernard Mouchot, born April 7, 1825, in Semur-en-Auxois and died October 4, 1912, in Paris, was a French inventor and teacher renowned for his work in solar energy, creating early conversion tools. Coming from a humble family, he studied in Dijon and became a mathematics and physics teacher.
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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. ![]()
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 Léon Gastinel (excerpt)
Léon Gustave Cyprien Gastinel, born on August 15, 1823, in Villers-les-Pots, Côte-d'Or, and died on October 18, 1906, in Fresnes, was a French violinist and composer. He began his musical journey in Burgundy, composing a symphonic overture at fourteen. In 1840, he joined the Paris Conservatory, studying under Guérin and Alard, and played in the Opéra-Comique orchestra.
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Biography of Demófilo (writer) (excerpt)
Antonio Machado Álvarez, known by his pseudonym Demófilo, was a Spanish writer, anthropologist, and folklorist born ion April 6, 1848 in Santiago de Compostela and died on February 4, 1893 in Seville. Educated in Seville, he explored philosophy and justice, later venturing into folklore at the Free Institution of Education in Madrid. ![]()
Biography of Joseph Vallot (excerpt)
Joseph Vallot (Henry Marie Joseph Vallot) was a French astronomer, geographer, naturalist, alpinist, and patron, born on February 16, 1854, in Lodève (Hérault) and died on April 11, 1925, in Nice. Coming from a wealthy family, he never faced financial issues, and his fortune allowed him to fund most of the construction of his observatory.
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Biography of Elizabeth Harrison (educator) (excerpt)
Elizabeth Harrison (September 1, 1849 – October 31, 1927) was an American educator from Kentucky. She was the founder and first president of what is today National Louis University in Chicago, Illinois. Harrison was a pioneer in creating professional standards for early childhood teachers and in promoting early childhood education. ![]()
Biography of Ambrosius Hubrecht (excerpt)
Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht (2 March 1853, in Rotterdam – 21 March 1915, in Utrecht) was a Dutch zoologist. Hubrecht studied zoology at Utrecht University with Harting and Donders, for periods joining Selenka in Leiden and later Erlangen, and Gegenbauer in Heidelberg.
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Biography of Julien Barois (excerpt)
Julien Hippolyte Eugène Barois, born on March 3, 1849, in Chartres and died on December 25, 1937, in Paris, was a French civil engineer who served as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Works in Egypt. His birth certificate comes from Wikimedia Commons.
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Biography of Albert Robin (professor of medicine) (excerpt)
Édouard Charles Albert Robin (1847-1928) was a professor at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, a pioneer in laboratory analysis, art collector, and patron. Born in Dijon, he studied at the Dijon Faculty of Sciences and later at the Paris Faculty of Medicine.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Biography of Otto of Greece (excerpt)
Otto (German: Otto Friedrich Ludwig von Wittelsbach; 1 June 1815 – 26 July 1867) was King of Greece from the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece on 27 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed in October 1862.
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Biography of Albert Neuhuys (excerpt)
Johannes Albert Neuhuys (June 10, 1844 – February 6, 1914) was one of the best-known painters of the Laren School and a friend of many Hague School painters. Neuhuys was born in Utrecht and attended the Municipal Drawing School from 1858 to 1860. ![]()
Biography of Cecilie Thoresen Krog (excerpt)
Ida Cecilie Thoresen Krog (March 7, 1858 - November 13, 1911) was the first female university student in Norway and a women's rights pioneer. Gaining fame in 1882 as the first Norwegian woman to pass the examen artium, she was integral in the women's rights movement, serving as the first president of Skuld and vice president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.
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Biography of Louise of Hesse-Kassel (excerpt)
Louise of Hesse-Kassel (German: Luise Wilhelmine Friederike Caroline Auguste Julie, Danish: Louise Wilhelmine Frederikke Caroline Auguste Julie; 7 September 1817 – 29 September 1898) was Queen of Denmark as the wife of King Christian IX from 15 November 1863 until her death in 1898.
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Biography of August Thyssen (excerpt)
August Thyssen (17 May 1842 – 4 April 1926) was a German industrialist, founder and controlling shareholder of Thyssen & Co (presently ThyssenKrupp).He was a prominent member of the Thyssen family. Born in 1842 in Prussia, August Thyssen, heir to a banking family, studied engineering and economics before joining his father's bank.
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Biography of Albert Pitres (excerpt)
Albert Pitres, born on August 26, 1848, in Bordeaux and died on March 25, 1928, was a French neurologist. He received his training in Paris, where he was a student of Charcot and Dejerine. He later became the dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Bordeaux.
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Biography of Roger de Barbarin (excerpt)
Roger de Barbarin, full name Émile Roger Thomas de Barbarin, was born on June 2, 1860, in Paris 16th arrondissement, and died on March 4, 1925, in Paris 7th arrondissement. He was a sports shooter and the first Olympic champion in his category, and remains the only Frenchman to hold this title to this day.
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Biography of Ernest Courtot de Cissey (excerpt)
Ernest Courtot de Cissey, born on December 23, 1810, in Paris, and died on June 15, 1882, in Paris, was a French general and statesman, decorated with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and the Military Medal. He commanded the 2nd Army Corps during the suppression of the Paris Commune and served as Minister of War from 1871 to 1873 and again from 1874 to 1876.
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Biography of Bernhard von Lepel (excerpt)
Georg Friedrich Gustav Bernhard von Lepel (May 27, 1818 – May 17, 1885) was a Prussian officer and writer.Born in Meppen, he belonged to the Pomeranian and Mecklenburg nobility. He joined the Kaiser Franz Guard Grenadier Regiment No.2 at 18 and participated in the Danish campaign in 1848 before leaving the military.
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Biography of Charles Laffitte (excerpt)
Charles Pierre Eugène Laffitte, born in Paris on November 19, 1803, and died there on December 26, 1875, was a French banker, horseman, and politician. Nephew of famed banker Jacques Laffitte, Charles was instrumental in constructing the Paris-Rouen railway between 1841 and 1843.
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Biography of Johanna Mestorf (excerpt)
Johanna Mestorf (17 April 1828, Bad Bramstedt, Duchy of Holstein – 20 July 1909, Kiel) was a German prehistoric archaeologist, the first female museum director in the Kingdom of Prussia and usually said to be the first female professor in Germany.
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Biography of Edgar Humann (excerpt)
Edgar Eugène Humann (born May 7, 1838, Paris – died May 9, 1914, Paris) was a French admiral who served as the Chief of Staff of the French Navy from 1894 to 1895. Born to diplomat Jules Emile Humann and Augustine Angélique Guilleminot, he was the grandson of Minister Georges Humann and General Armand Charles Guilleminot.
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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.
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Biography of Max Schede (excerpt)
Max Schede (7 January 1844 – 31 December 1902) was a German surgeon born in Arnsberg. Schede studied medicine at the Universities of Halle, Heidelberg and Zurich, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1866.After serving as a doctor in the Austro-Prussian War, he became an assistant to Richard von Volkmann (1830-1889) at Halle.
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Biography of Franz Schwechten (excerpt)
Franz Heinrich Schwechten (August 12, 1841 – August 11, 1924) was a prominent German architect of the Wilhelmine era, known for his contributions to historicist architecture. Born in Cologne, he studied at the Bauakademie in Berlin under Karl Bötticher and Friedrich Adler, and worked with Friedrich August Stüler and Martin Gropius.
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Biography of Léopold Manen (excerpt)
Eugène Hyppolyte Léopold Marie Manen, born on July 30, 1829, in Toulouse and passed away on May 21, 1897, in Paris, was a distinguished French hydrographic engineer and the Chief Engineer of the Navy's general hydrography service. He was also a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences. ![]()
Biography of Krisjānis Valdemārs (excerpt)
Krišjānis Valdemārs (born December 2, 1825 (Gregorian calendar), in Ārlava Parish, Latvia – died December 7, 1891, in Moscow, Russian Empire) was a Latvian writer, editor, and folklorist. After studying law at the University of Tartu (1855-1858), Valdemārs moved to Saint Petersburg, where he worked for the Latvian magazines St.
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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.
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Biography of Clémentine of Orléans (excerpt)
Princess Clémentine of Orléans (French: Marie Clémentine Léopoldine Caroline Clotilde d'Orléans) (3 June 1817 – 16 February 1907), princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and duchess in Saxony, was the sixth child and youngest daughter of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies. ![]()
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).
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Biography of Julian Ochorowicz (excerpt)
Julian Leopold Ochorowicz (Radzymin, February 23, 1850 – Warsaw, May 1, 1917) was a Polish philosopher, psychologist, inventor, poet, publicist, and leading exponent of Polish Positivism. The son of Julian and Jadwiga Ochorowicz, he studied natural sciences at Warsaw University and earned his doctorate at Leipzig in 1874 with a thesis on the conditions of consciousness.
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Biography of Otto Körner (excerpt)
Otto Körner (18 May 1858 in Frankfurt am Main – 9 October 1935 in Rostock) was a German otorhinolaryngologist. From 1878 to 1882 he studied medicine at the universities of Marburg, Freiburg and Strasbourg, where he was a student of internist Adolf Kussmaul.
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Biography of Théophile Ferré (excerpt)
Théophile Ferré, born on May 6, 1846, in Paris and executed on November 28, 1871, in Satory, was a notable figure of the Paris Commune. Formerly a notary clerk and a Blanquist militant, he was repeatedly condemned for his political views under the Second Empire.
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Biography of Casimir Lefaucheux (excerpt)
Casimir Lefaucheux (January 26, 1802 – August 9, 1852) was a French gunsmith and engineer born in Bonnétable, France, and died in Paris. He obtained his first patent in 1827 and, in 1832, developed a drop-barrel sporting gun with paper-cased cartridges. Lefaucheux is credited with creating one of the first efficient self-contained cartridge systems in 1835, featuring a pinfire mechanism.
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Biography of Oskar Kolberg (excerpt)
Henryk Oskar Kolberg (22 February 1814 – 3 June 1890) was a Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer active in Partitioned Poland. Life Kolberg was born in Przysucha, the son of the German Julius(z) Kolberg, a professor of the Warsaw University, and Fryderyka née Mercoeur, Warsaw-born while being of French descendance.
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Biography of Otto Wallach (excerpt)
Otto Wallach, born March 27, 1847 and died February 26, 1931, was a German chemist and recipient of the 1910 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on alicyclic compounds. Born in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad in Russia) to a Prussian official of Jewish descent who had converted to Lutheranism, Wallach grew up in Stettin and Potsdam, developing an interest in literature and art history.
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Biography of Philippe Comairas (excerpt)
Philippe Comairas, born on October 24, 1803, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and died on February 15, 1875, in Fontainebleau, was a French painter, second prize winner of the Prix de Rome in 1833. A student of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, he gained recognition with his painting "Moses and the Brazen Serpent".
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Biography of Marcus Samuel (excerpt)
Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, JP (5 November 1853 – 17 January 1927), known as Sir Marcus Samuel between 1898 and 1921 and subsequently as The Lord Bearsted until 1925, was a Lord Mayor of London and the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, which was later restructured including a Netherlands-based company commonly referred to as Royal Dutch Shell. ![]()
Biography of Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (excerpt)
Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (13 November 1801 – 14 December 1873) was queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William IV. By birth, she was a Bavarian princess from the House of Wittelsbach; she was related to the ruling houses of Austria and Saxony through the marriages of her sisters.
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Biography of Charles Beauquier (excerpt)
Charles Beauquier (born December 18, 1833, in Besançon (Wikipedia mistakenly states the 19th), died August 12, 1916) was a French politician and historian. He graduated from the École impériale des chartes in 1857 and became a general councilor of Besançon in 1871.
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Biography of Jenneval (excerpt)
Hypolite Louis Alexandre Dechet, known as Jenneval, was a French actor and poet, born on January 29, 1801, in Lyon on Rue Peyrat, and died at the age of 29 on October 18, 1830, in battle near Lier during the Belgian Revolution of 1830.
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Biography of Rosa Campbell Praed (excerpt)
Rosa Campbell Praed (née Murray-Prior; 27 March 1851 – 10 April 1935), often credited as Mrs. Campbell Praed (and also known as Rosa Caroline Praed), was an Australian novelist in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Her approximate time of birth comes from the biography "Rosa! Rosa!: A Life of Rosa Praed, Novelist and Spiritualist" by Patricia Clarke (Melbourne UP, 1999), which indicates that she had an Aries Ascendant.
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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). |
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