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birth charts 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. in ![]()
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.
Biography of Auguste Metz (excerpt)
Jean-Antoine Auguste Metz (8 August 1812 – 22 June 1854) was a Luxembourgish entrepreneur, politician, and lawyer. He played a key role in developing Luxembourg’s steel industry in the 19th century and was a prominent liberal member of the Chamber of Deputies, alongside his brothers.
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.
Biography of Martha Carey Thomas (excerpt)
Martha Carey Thomas (January 2, 1857 – December 2, 1935) was an American educator, suffragist, and linguist.She was the second president of Bryn Mawr College, significantly influencing its academic rigor and architectural expansion. A pioneering advocate for women's higher education, Thomas earned a Ph.D.
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.
Biography of Mary Slessor (excerpt)
Mary Mitchell Slessor (2 December 1848 – 13 January 1915) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria. Once in Nigeria, Slessor learned Efik, one of the numerous local languages, then began teaching. Because of her understanding of the native language and her bold personality Slessor gained the trust and acceptance of the locals and was able to spread Christianity while promoting women's rights and protecting native children.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Biography of Erazm Jerzmanowski (excerpt)
Erazm Józef Jerzmanowski (2 June 1844 – 7 February 1909) was an industrialist, philanthropist, and soldier who fought in the January Uprising of 1863-1865. After the uprising, he was interned but later released, moving to Paris to continue his education. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War before moving to the United States in 1873, where he gained citizenship.
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.
Biography of Hermann Seeger (excerpt)
Hermann Seeger (15 October 1857 – 23 February 1945) was a German genre and landscape painter.Seeger was also known as a talented engraver. Hermann Seeger was born at Halberstadt.At the age of 18, he moved to Halle to study philosophy, but eventually, Seeger turned to art and enrolled at the Berlin Academy.
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."
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.
Biography of Li Shanlan (excerpt)
Li Shanlan (2 January 1811 – 9 December 1882) was a Chinese mathematician of the Qing Dynasty.His date and time of birth come from the biography "Li Shanlan: Forerunner of Modern Science in China" by Wang Yusheng, in "Chinese Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology" by Fan Dainian and Robert S.
Biography of Johann Salvator of Austria (excerpt)
Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria (25 November 1852 - presumed dead, July 1890; declared dead in absentia 2 February 1911) was a member of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. After renouncing his titles, he was known as Johann (John) Orth.
Biography of Édouard Marie Heckel (excerpt)
Édouard Marie Heckel was a French pharmacist, physician, and botanist, born on March 24, 1843, in Toulon and died on January 20, 1916, in Marseille. He dedicated his life to studying plants from French colonies, focusing on their economic and medical aspects.
Biography of Adam Asnyk (excerpt)
Adam Asnyk (11 September 1838 – 2 August 1897), was a Polish poet and dramatist of the Positivist era. Life and work Born in Kalisz to a szlachta family, he was educated to become an heir of his family's estate.As such he received education at the Institute of Agriculture and Forestry in Marymont and then the Medical Surgeon School in Warsaw.
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." Salisbury initially entered the House of Commons in 1854 and later served as Secretary of State for India and Foreign Secretary.
Biography of Margaret Fuller (journalist) (excerpt)
Sarah Margaret Fuller, born May 23, 1810, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died July 19, 1850, was an American journalist, editor, critic, and feminist thinker linked to the transcendentalist movement. Her 1845 book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is regarded as the first major feminist work in the U.S.
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.
Biography of Agnes McLaren (excerpt)
Agnes McLaren (4 July 1837 – 17 April 1913) was a pioneering Scottish doctor who provided medical assistance to women in India who could not receive care from male doctors due to cultural restrictions. Active in social justice, she protested the white slave trade and signed the 1866 women’s suffrage petition.
Biography of Maurice Rouvier (excerpt)
Maurice Pierre Rouvier, born on April 17, 1842, in Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), and died on June 7, 1911, in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine), was a French banker, journalist, and statesman. An opportunistic republican, he served as a deputy, several times as a minister, and twice as President of the Council of Ministers.
Biography of Émile Vallin (excerpt)
Émile Arthur Vallin, born November 27, 1833, in Nantes and died in February 1924 in Montpellier, was a French military physician considered a precursor of public health in France. The son of a physician, Vallin completed secondary education in Nantes and earned his medical degree in Paris in 1858.
Biography of Pierre Bazy (excerpt)
Pierre Bazy, born on March 28, 1853, in Sainte-Croix-Volvestre and died on January 22, 1934, in Paris, was a renowned urological surgeon in the Hospitals of Paris. He studied at the Faculty of Medicine in Toulouse before moving to Paris, where he made significant contributions to urological surgery.
Biography of Angelo Inganni (excerpt)
Angelo Inganni (November 24, 1807 – December 2, 1880) was an Italian painter. Born in Brescia, he learned the basics of art from his father Giovanni and elder brother Francesco. Noticed during his military service for his skills as a draftsman, he was admitted to the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 1833 thanks to Marshal Radetzky.
Biography of Yan' Dargent (excerpt)
Yan' Dargent, pseudonym of Jean-Édouard Dargent (born October 15, 1824, in Saint-Servais, Finistère (not Saint-Servan), and died November 19, 1899, in Paris), was a French painter and illustrator primarily focused on Brittany. Initially working as a draftsman and construction inspector, he later devoted himself to art, becoming a prolific illustrator.
Biography of Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon (excerpt)
Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon (9 January 1818 – 28 April 1881) was a French sculptor and photographer.Born to a French Jewish family in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, his father intended him to become a merchant. After working as a modeler, he received a scholarship to study sculpture in Paris and traveled to Switzerland and England.
Biography of Louis Mouillard (excerpt)
Louis Pierre Mouillard (September 30, 1834 – September 20, 1897) was a French artist and pioneer in mechanical flight, inspired by studying birds in Algeria and Cairo. He is known for his 1881 work "L'Empire de l'Air," proposing fixed-wing gliders, later translated by the Smithsonian in 1892.
Biography of Léon Stienon (excerpt)
Léon Stienon was a distinguished Belgian physician, having earned his MD in 1874.In 1876, he became an associate at the University of Brussels and a year later, he served as a substitute histology lecturer at the same university. His career progressed as he became a Professor of Medical Matters in 1880 and then took on the role of doctor at the civilian hospitals of Brussels in 1881, later becoming Chief in 1884.
Biography of Edmond Tulasne (excerpt)
Edmond Tulasne, born on September 12, 1815, in Azay-le-Rideau and died on December 22, 1885, in Hyères, was a French botanist and mycologist. Son of a clerk, he studied law and worked as a notary clerk while developing a passion for botany with Charles Delastre.
Biography of Nielsine Nielsen (excerpt)
Nielsine Nielsen (June 10, 1850 – October 8, 1916) was Denmark’s first female academic and physician. Graduating in 1885, she opened her own practice in 1889 and worked as a general practitioner. She was active in the gender equality movement within the Danish Women's Society.
Biography of Dolors Aleu i Riera (excerpt)
Dolores Aleu Riera (April 7, 1857, in Barcelona – February 19, 1913) was a Spanish medical doctor.She was the first woman in Spain to be licensed in medicine and the second to earn a Doctor of Medicine degree. An only child, she began reading at age 5 and studied at the University of Barcelona, earning her undergraduate degree in 1874.
Biography of Francesco Crispi (excerpt)
Francesco Crispi (October 4, 1818 – August 11, 1901) was an Italian patriot and statesman.A key figure in the Risorgimento, he was a close ally of Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi and played a central role in the Italian unification of 1860.
Biography of Mathias-Marie Duval (excerpt)
Mathias-Marie Duval, born on February 7, 1844, in Grasse and died on February 28, 1907, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, was a French professor of anatomy and histology.He was the son of the botanist Joseph Duval-Jouve (1810-1883). Mathias-Marie Duval studied medicine in Paris.
Biography of Johann Ludwig Krapf (excerpt)
Johann Ludwig Krapf (11 January 1810 – 26 November 1881) was a German missionary in East Africa, as well as an explorer, linguist, and traveler.Krapf played an important role in exploring East Africa with Johannes Rebmann. They were the first Europeans to see Mount Kenya with the help of Akamba who dwelled at its slopes and Kilimanjaro.
Biography of Carlos, Duke of Madrid (excerpt)
Don Carlos de Borbón y Austria-Este (Spanish: Carlos María de los Dolores Juan Isidro José Francisco Quirico Antonio Miguel Gabriel Rafael; French: Charles Marie des Douleurs Jean Isidore Joseph François Cyr Antoine Michel Gabriel Raphaël; 30 March 1848 – 18 July 1909) was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain as Carlos VII from 1868 (his father's Spanish renunciation), and holder of the Legitimist claim to the throne of France under the name Charles XI after the death of his father in 1887.
Biography of Anatole Chauffard (excerpt)
Anatole Marie Émile Chauffard (* 22 August 1855 in Avignon; † 1 November 1932 in Paris) was an internationally renowned French physician, professor of clinical medicine at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Biography of Antonio Giannoni (excerpt)
Antonio Giannoni (March 29, 1814 – September 6, 1883) was the first Italian to settle in South Australia. Born in Rimini, he gained seamanship experience before fleeing to England in 1838 to avoid arrest for his involvement in the Young Italy movement.
Biography of Valentin le Désossé (excerpt)
Edme-Étienne-Jules Renaudin, known as Valentin le Désossé, Valentin Montagné, or Seigneur Valache (Paris, February 28, 1843 – Sceaux, March 4, 1907), was a French dancer and contortionist.Wikipedia has February 26 in error. Biography The son of a lawyer from Sceaux, he initially worked as a wine merchant on Rue Coquillière in Paris's 1st arrondissement.
Biography of Abel Bergasse Du Petit Thouars (excerpt)
Abel-Nicolas-Georges-Henri Bergasse du Petit-Thouars, also known as Dupetit-Thouars, was born on March 23, 1832, in Bordeaux-en-Gâtinais, France, and died on May 14, 1890, in Toulon. A French naval officer, he is celebrated as the savior of Lima during the Pacific War (1879-1884), where he is hailed as a hero in Peru.
Biography of Sophia Jex-Blake (excerpt)
Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake (21 January 1840 – 7 January 1912) was an English physician, teacher, and feminist. She led the campaign to secure women access to a university education, when six other women and she, collectively known as the Edinburgh Seven, began studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1869.
Biography of Georg Luz (writer) (excerpt)
Georg Luz (born February 25, 1818, in Ofterdingen, died April 11, 1884, in Biberach an der Riß) was a German teacher and writer. After attending the Latin school in Ebingen, he joined the Esslingen teacher's seminary in 1833. Luz began his teaching career in 1835 in Bernhausen, later moving to Esslingen as a teacher and supervisor at the seminary in 1837.
Biography of Isala Van Diest (excerpt)
Isala Van Diest, born on May 7, 1842, in Louvain and passed away on February 9, 1916, in Knokke, was the first female doctor and the first female university graduate in Belgium. Daughter of a progressive surgeon, she went to study in Switzerland due to limited opportunities in Belgium.
Biography of Edmond Duquesne (excerpt)
Edmond Duquesne, born February 25, 1849 in Angers, died November 24, 1918, was a French silent film actor, known in particular for Le Chiffonnier de Paris (1913), La Légende de l'Aigle (1911) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1911).
Biography of Johnston Forbes-Robertson (excerpt)
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (16 January 1853 – 6 November 1937) was an English actor and theatre manager and husband of actress Gertrude Elliot. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the Victorian era and one of the finest actors of his time, despite his dislike of the job and his lifelong belief that he was temperamentally unsuited to acting.
Biography of Antoine Bouchacourt (excerpt)
Antoine Bouchacourt, born January 3, 1812, in Lyon and died October 6, 1898, in the same city, was a renowned French doctor. Son of Gabriel Bouchacourt and Suzanne Geneviève Duclaux, he studied at the Royal College of Lyon and became an intern at the Antiquaille Hospital in Lyon at 19.
Biography of Henri Milne-Edwards (excerpt)
Henri Milne-Edwards (23 octobre 1800 – 29 juillet 1885) était un zoologiste français.Né à Bruges, il était le 27e enfant de William Edwards, planteur anglais, et d'Elisabeth Vaux, une Française. Élevé à Paris, il s'est d'abord orienté vers la médecine et a obtenu un doctorat en 1823, mais s'est ensuite consacré à l'histoire naturelle.
Biography of Sixto Cámara (excerpt)
Sixto Cámara (Calahorra, 6 August 1824 - Olivenza, 1859) was a Spanish politician, journalist, and utopian socialist.His time of birth is mentioned on his Spanish Wikipedia page as being between 2 and 3 AM. Affiliated with the Republican Party from a young age, he contributed to various newspapers in Madrid. |
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