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Horoscopes with Proserpina in LeoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Proserpina in Leo. 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 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 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 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 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.
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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 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 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 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 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 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."
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Biography of Hermann Goetz (excerpt)
Hermann Gustav Goetz (7 December 1840 – 3 December 1876) was a German composer primarily active in Switzerland, most noted for his opera "Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung" based on Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew." His time of birth comes from the biography Hermann Goetz: sein Leben und seine Werke by Eduard Kreuzhage (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1916).
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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). ![]()
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. ![]()
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 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 Élodie La Villette (excerpt)
Élodie La Villette, born Elodie Jacquier (12 April 1842 – 1917), was a French painter. Along with her sister Caroline, she pursued an artistic career despite limited opportunities for women. Born to an army doctor, she and her sister studied under Ernest Coroller, becoming painters known as Élodie La Villette and Caroline Espinet.
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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.
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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 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 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 Jeanette Schwerin (excerpt)
Jeanette Schwerin (born Jeannette Abarbanell; November 21, 1852 – July 14, 1899) was a German women's rights activist and a pioneer in social work. Life Jeannette Abarbanell was born in Berlin into a prosperous liberal Jewish family. Her father, Eduard Abarbanell, was a respected physician supporting the liberal democratic aspirations of the 1848 revolutionaries. ![]()
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 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 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.
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Biography of Elizabeth of Clarence (excerpt)
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide; 10 December 1820 – 4 March 1821) was a member of the British royal family. She was the second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Clarence and St Andrews, later King William IV and Queen Adelaide.
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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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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 Georges Balagny (excerpt)
George or Georges Balagny, born in Batignolles on February 16, 1837, and died in Paris XVIIe on December 17, 1919, was a French photographer. Son of Auguste Balagny, a notary who later became the mayor of Batignolles-Monceau, then of the XVIIe arrondissement of Paris, and finally of Maule, and Adélaïde Léopoldine Genet.
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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 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 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 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 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 Adelbert Lebarbier de Tinan (excerpt)
Marie Charles Adelbert Le Barbier de Tinan, born in Paris on May 2, 1803, and deceased there on December 18, 1876, was a prominent French vice-admiral. His notable contributions include playing a key role during the Crimean War in 1853, aiding troop landings and blockading Greek ports.
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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 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 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.
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Biography of Carl Peters (excerpt)
Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918) was a German explorer and colonial administrator. He was a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa (part of the modern republic Tanzania) and one of the founders of the German East Africa Company.
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Biography of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (excerpt)
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister three times, totaling over thirteen years. He was also Foreign Secretary for much of his tenure, maintaining a policy of "splendid isolation.
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Biography of Georges Henri Roger (excerpt)
Georges Eugène Henri Roger (born June 4, 1860, in Paris and died April 19, 1946, in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt) was a French physician known for co-authoring a significant medical treatise with Pierre Joseph Teissier and Fernand Widal. He was the son of Jean Alfred Roger and Françoise Louise Papavoine, dramatic artists, and a descendant of composer Jean-Pierre Solié.
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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 Lucien Millevoye (excerpt)
Lucien Millevoye, born on August 1, 1850 in Grenoble and died on March 25, 1918 in Paris, was a French journalist and politician. Initially a lawyer then a magistrate, he resigned in 1880 to protest the expulsion of religious congregations and then pursued a career in political journalism.
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Biography of Yone Suzuki (excerpt)
Yone Suzuki (鈴木よね, August 15, 1852 – May 6, 1938) was a Japanese businesswoman, described in 1918 as "the wealthiest woman in Japan". Early Life Yone Suzuki was from Osaka. Career As a widow with two sons, Yone Suzuki took over her late husband's business, the Suzuki Trading Company (Suzuki Shoten), trusting manager Kaneko Naokichi with many of the strategic decisions. ![]()
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 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.
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Biography of Hugh Grosvenor (1825) (excerpt)
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, KG, PC, JP (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845, Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869, and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an English landowner, politician and racehorse owner.
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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 Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (excerpt)
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand Maria Johann Evangelist Franz Ignaz of Austria (11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913) was an Austrian prince and politician who served as Minister-President of Austria from 1861 to 1865. Later in his life, he took up the collection of preserved papyri, largely from Egypt, and served as a benefactor and patron while working with the Oriental studies department of the University of Vienna.
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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 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. |
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