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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 Theo Mann-Bouwmeester (excerpt)
Theo Mann-Bouwmeester (April 19, 1850 – April 18, 1939) was one of the most famous Dutch actresses of her time, coming from a renowned family of performers. She first appeared on stage at the age of seven and secured her first major engagement in 1866.
Biography of Joseph Lambot (excerpt)
Joseph Louis Lambot, born May 22, 1814 in Montfort-sur-Argens and died August 2, 1887 in Brignoles, was a French engineer and the inventor of reinforced cement, the forerunner of reinforced concrete. As early as 1845, he built objects from wire mesh coated with cement.
Biography of Ludwig Schames (excerpt)
Ludwig Schames (born August 11, 1852, in Frankfurt am Main; died July 3, 1922, in the same city) was a German art dealer who supported German expressionists, notably Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, becoming his principal gallerist. Coming from a long-established Jewish family in Frankfurt, he initially worked as a banker in Paris, where he became fascinated by the emerging art scene.
Biography of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (excerpt)
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, born October 28, 1842, and died October 22, 1932, was an American orator, author, and activist for the abolition of slavery and women’s rights. She was the first woman to deliver a political speech before the U.S. Congress.
Biography of Otto von Faber du Faur (excerpt)
Adolph Eduard Otto von Faber du Faur, born June 3, 1828, in Ludwigsburg and died August 10, 1901, in Munich, was a German officer and painter known for his large-scale battle scenes. He first trained under his father, battle painter Wilhelm von Faber du Faur, then studied in Munich, Paris, and Stuttgart with notable artists like Adolphe Yvon and Carl von Piloty.
Biography of Georges Demenÿ (excerpt)
Georges Emile Joseph Demenÿ, born on June 12, 1850, in Douai and passed away on October 26, 1917, in Paris, was a pioneer in film technology, photographer, inventor, cinema pioneer, and gymnast. As an assistant to physiologist Etienne Jules Marey, he developed the chronophotograph, a device for recording moving images.
Biography of Ada Cambridge (excerpt)
Ada Cambridge (born November 21, 1844 – died July 19, 1926) was an English-born Australian writer.Born in Norfolk into a middle-class farming family, she began writing hymns as a teenager before contributing poetry and short fiction to church magazines. In 1870, she married a clergyman and moved to Australia, where they lived in a series of rural parishes until 1893.
Biography of Emilio Sala Cortés (excerpt)
Emilio Sala Cortés, born February 22, 1841, in Barcelona and died June 7, 1921, in La Garriga, was a Spanish architect.In Catalan, his name is Emili Sala i Cortés. He studied at the School of Architecture of Barcelona, where he graduated in 1876 and later taught.
Biography of Félix Potin (excerpt)
Jean Louis Félix Potin (July 9, 1820 – July 19, 1871) was a visionary French grocer and founder of the Félix Potin retail brand. Born into a farming family in Arpajon, he moved to Paris at 16 to become a grocer’s apprentice.
Biography of Charles Barrois (geologist) (excerpt)
Charles Barrois, born on April 21, 1851 in Lille and died on November 5, 1939 in Sainte-Geneviève-en-Caux, was a French geologist and professor at the University of Lille, from a prominent industrial family. Trained by Jules Gosselet, he published in 1876 groundbreaking research on the Upper Cretaceous of England and Ireland, laying the foundations of British chalk stratigraphy.
Biography of Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford (excerpt)
Louisa Anne Beresford (14 April 1818 – 12 May 1891), Marchioness of Waterford, was a British Pre-Raphaelite watercolourist and noted philanthropist.Daughter of diplomat Charles Stuart, she spent her youth between Paris and the family estate at Highcliffe Castle. Her time of birth comes from her grand-mother, in "The Story of Two Noble Lives: Being Memorials of Charlotte, Countess Canning, and Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford," Volume 1, by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (G.
Biography of Paolo Angelo Ballerini (excerpt)
Paolo Angelo Ballerini, born on 14 September 1814 in Milan and died on 27 March 1897 in Seregno, was an Italian prelate. Ordained in 1837, he became vicar general of the Milan archdiocese in 1857 and assumed leadership after Archbishop Romilli suffered a stroke.
Biography of Jennie Kidd Trout (excerpt)
Jennie Kidd Trout (née Gowanlock; April 21, 1841 – November 10, 1921) was the first woman in Canada to become a licensed medical doctor, on March 11, 1875. She remained the only woman authorized to practice medicine until July 1880, when Emily Stowe completed her official qualifications.
Biography of Elisabeth Winterhalter (excerpt)
Elisabeth Hermine Winterhalter (17 December 1856 - 13 February 1952) was a German gynecologist, surgeon, feminist, and patron of the arts. She was one of Germany’s first female doctors and its first female surgeon. She shared her life with painter Ottilie Roederstein.
Biography of Arthur Guest (excerpt)
Arthur Edward Guest (7 November 1841 – 17 July 1898) was a British Conservative politician. His time of birth comes from his mother, in the book "Lady Charlotte Guest; extracts from her journal", 1833-1852 (London: Murray, 1950). He was the fifth son of Sir Josiah Guest and Lady Charlotte Elizabeth, and the younger brother of Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, and Montague Guest.
Biography of Thomas Couture (excerpt)
Thomas Couture, born on December 21, 1815, in Senlis and died on March 29, 1879, in Villiers-le-Bel, was a French painter best known for Romans of the Decadence. Trained in Paris under Gros and Delaroche, he won second prize in the Prix de Rome in 1837 after several failed attempts.
Biography of Wally Moes (excerpt)
Wally Moes, born on 16 November 1856 in Amsterdam and died on 6 November 1918 in Laren, was a Dutch genre painter and author, known for her depictions of everyday life, especially scenes with children. She studied under August Allebé at the Rijksacademie but left in 1878 during a protest, returning in 1880 when he became director.
Biography of August Wilhelm Dieffenbacher (excerpt)
August Wilhelm Dieffenbacher (August 14, 1858 – December 14, 1940) was a German painter and illustrator.He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz and Wilhelm von Lindenschmit the Younger. He debuted in 1888 with Verfolgt at the Academy’s jubilee exhibition.
Biography of Samuel Coucke (excerpt)
Samuel Coucke, born October 1, 1833, in Bruges and died November 7, 1899, was a Belgian stained glass artist and ceramic painter. He was one of the Belgian artists who embraced the neo-Gothic style, which flourished in Bruges in the late 19th century.
Biography of Joseph Naert (excerpt)
Joseph Jean Naert, born January 24, 1838, in Bruges and died unmarried in Brussels on November 16, 1910, was a Belgian architect.He was the brother of Sophie Naert, who married neo-Gothic stained glass artist Samuel Coucke. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bruges under Louis Delacenserie, then in Brussels with Suys and Payen.
Biography of Paul Bar (obstetrician) (excerpt)
Paul Bar (November 5, 1853 – November 26, 1945) was a French obstetrician, a student of Stéphane Tarnier, and the founder of clinical obstetrics, merging obstetrics and gynecology. He began his medical career in 1875 as an extern, later becoming an intern and earning his doctorate in 1881.
Biography of Eugénie de Beauharnais (excerpt)
Eugénie de Beauharnais, born 23 December 1808 in Rieti and died 1 September 1847 in Freudenstadt, was a Franco-German princess. Daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais and Augusta of Bavaria, she grew up in luxury in Munich and inherited Schloss Eugensberg upon her father’s death.
Biography of George MacDonald (Scottish author) (excerpt)
George MacDonald (born December 10, 1824, in Huntly – died September 18, 1905, in Ashtead) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian Congregational minister.A pioneering figure in modern fantasy literature, he served as a mentor to Lewis Carroll and inspired generations of writers through his imaginative and spiritually infused storytelling.
Biography of Ferdinand Karsch (excerpt)
Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch (born September 2, 1853, in Münster, died December 20, 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist, and anthropologist. From around 1905, he also published under the name Ferdinand Karsch-Haack, using his mother's maiden name for his work on human and animal sexual diversity.
Biography of Charles Lassailly (excerpt)
Charles Lassailly (born September 3, 1806, in Orléans; died July 14, 1843, in Paris) was a French writer. He is classified among the "minor romantics" and the "frenetic romantics," alongside Philothée O'Neddy and Xavier Forneret, and is best known for his work Les Roueries de Trialph.
Biography of Samuel van Houten (excerpt)
Samuel van Houten, born February 17, 1837, in Groningen and died October 14, 1930, in The Hague, was a Dutch liberal politician best known for the Kinderwetje van Van Houten, the 1874 law banning certain forms of child labor. Son of a city councilman and brother to painter Sientje van Houten, he studied law and became a lawyer before entering politics in 1864.
Biography of Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (excerpt)
Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (born November 3, 1856, in Santander – died May 19, 1912, in Santander) was a Spanish writer. He worked as a philologist, literary critic, historian of ideas, and politician. His time of birth comes from a biography by Benito Madariaga de la Campa, Ciriaco Morón Arroyo, Adolfo Bonilla et San Martín en 2008.
Biography of Gaston Calmette (excerpt)
Gaston Calmette (July 30, 1858, Montpellier – March 17, 1914, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French journalist and the director of Le Figaro. Career The elder brother of bacteriologist Albert Calmette, he joined Le Figaro at 27 and became its director in 1902. In January 1914, he led a fierce campaign against Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux, publishing compromising personal letters.
Biography of Joseph Apoux (excerpt)
Jacques Apoux, born on November 5, 1846, in Le Blanc and died on November 11, 1910, in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, was a 19th-century French painter, illustrator, and engraver linked to the Decadent movement. He studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme and specialized in aquatint and drypoint techniques.
Biography of Rosier Faassen (excerpt)
Pieter Jacobus (Rosier) Faassen (The Hague, September 9, 1833 – Rotterdam, February 2, 1907) was a Dutch actor and playwright. Born into a family connected to the theater, his father directed the French Opera and a theater in The Hague, immersing Faassen in the theatrical world from an early age.
Biography of Titia van der Tuuk (excerpt)
Titia Klasina Elisabeth van der Tuuk, born on November 27, 1854, and died on May 7, 1939, was a Dutch feminist and socialist. The daughter of a preacher and a children’s author, she was born in ’t Zandt, Groningen. Initially a teacher, she was forced to give up her profession due to deafness and hostility toward her openly declared atheism.
Biography of Olympia Brown (excerpt)
Olympia Brown, born January 5, 1835, and died October 23, 1926, was an American minister and suffragist. She was the first woman to be ordained with the consent of her denomination and was an eloquent advocate for women’s rights, being one of the few first-generation suffragists to vote after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Biography of Franz von Lenbach (excerpt)
Franz von Lenbach, born December 13, 1836, in Schrobenhausen and died May 6, 1904, in Munich, was a German painter best known for his portraits of prominent figures in nobility, arts, and industry. His social stature earned him the nickname Malerfürst ("Painter Prince").
Biography of Luís I of Portugal (excerpt)
Dom Luís I, born October 31, 1838, and died October 19, 1889, was King of Portugal from 1861 until his death.Nicknamed “the Popular,” he belonged to the House of Braganza and succeeded his elder brother, King Pedro V. His time of birth comes from the book "Contemporaneos illustres" by F.
Biography of Louis Dietsch (excerpt)
Louis Dietsch (born March 17, 1808 in Dijon – died February 20, 1865 in Paris) was a French composer and conductor. He studied music in Dijon, then in Paris with Choron, Reicha, and Chenié. An award-winning double bassist, he also served as organist and chapel master at Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, Saint-Eustache, and La Madeleine, where his grand mass was praised by Berlioz.
Biography of Prosper Marilhat (excerpt)
Georges-Antoine-Prosper Marilhat, born on March 26, 1811 in Vertaizon and died on September 13, 1847 in Paris, was a French orientalist and naturalist painter.Trained early in drawing, he left the commercial path planned for him to settle in Paris in 1829 and made his debut at the 1831 Salon.
Biography of Gerard Heymans (excerpt)
Gerardus Heymans (17 April 1857 – 18 February 1930) was a Dutch philosopher and psychologist, widely considered the pioneer of experimental psychology in the Netherlands. He studied law and philosophy in Leiden and Freiburg, earning his doctorate in 1881. From 1890 to 1927, he taught at the University of Groningen, where he founded the country's first psychology lab and served as rector in 1908–1909.
Biography of Sarah Helen Whitman (excerpt)
Sarah Helen Power Whitman (January 19, 1803 – June 27, 1878) was an American poet, essayist, transcendentalist, and spiritualist, best known for her romantic connection with Edgar Allan Poe.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, she married poet John Winslow Whitman in 1828, who died five years later.
Biography of Karolina Widerström (excerpt)
Karolina Olivia Widerström (December 10, 1856 – March 4, 1949) was a Swedish medical doctor and gynecologist, the first woman in Sweden to earn a medical degree. A strong advocate for women's rights, she fought for sexual education and female suffrage. She served as chairwoman of the National Association for Women's Suffrage and was a member of Stockholm’s city council.
Biography of Auguste Stoeber (excerpt)
Auguste Stoeber, also known as August Stöber, was born on July 9, 1808, in Strasbourg and died on March 19, 1884, in Mulhouse. He was an Alsatian poet and folklorist, as well as a Protestant theologian, archaeologist, and historian. His work contributed to preserving and promoting Alsatian popular traditions, blending poetry, folklore, and scholarly research.
Biography of Johann Pucher (excerpt)
Johann Augustin Pucher, sometimes called Janez Puhar or Ivan Pucher, born August 26, 1814, in Kranj and died August 7, 1864, was a Slovene priest, scientist, artist, and photographer. He created a unique photographic process on glass called the hyalotype, or "svetlopis" in Slovene, which used sulfur and mercury instead of silver halides.
Biography of Julia Addington (excerpt)
Julia C.Addington, born on June 13, 1829, and died on September 21, 1875, was a groundbreaking elected official.She was the first woman elected to public office in Iowa, and possibly the first in the United States. Born in New York State, she moved with her family from Wisconsin to Iowa in 1863.
Biography of Jacobus van Looy (excerpt)
Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (13 September 1855 – 24 February 1930) was a Dutch painter and writer. Orphaned at a young age, he grew up in the Haarlem municipal orphanage. Originally trained as a house painter, he entered the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam in 1877.
Biography of Frank van der Goes (excerpt)
Franc van der Goes (February 13, 1859 – June 5, 1939) was a Dutch journalist and Marxist theorist, co-founder of the SDAP and co-translator of Das Kapital into Dutch. Initially active in finance, he shifted to literature and politics, founding the literary journal De Nieuwe Gids in 1885, which he left over political disagreements.
Biography of Albert Günther (excerpt)
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, also known as Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (born October 3, 1830, in Esslingen – died February 1, 1914, in Kew Gardens), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. One of the most prolific naturalists of his time, he described more than 1,600 species of fish and over 340 species of reptiles.
Biography of Johannes van Vloten (excerpt)
Johannes van Vloten (18 January 1818 – 21 September 1883) was a Dutch scholar, philosopher, and literary historian. He is noted for reviving interest in Spinoza and for his commitment to progressive, humanist ideals. Educated in theology, literature, and languages at Leiden University, he opposed the doctrines of the Reformed Church and advocated for the poor and the early labor movement.
Biography of Jean-François Portaels (excerpt)
Jean-François Portaels (30 April 1818 – 8 February 1895) was a Belgian painter from a bourgeois family.Trained by François-Joseph Navez, his future father-in-law, he started with pastoral scenes before turning to Orientalism. After winning the Prix de Rome in 1842, he traveled to Italy and later the Middle East (1845–1847), gathering sketches that would feed his work for years.
Biography of Pierre Martinet (anarchist) (excerpt)
Pierre Martinet, known as “Pol” or “the Pariah,” was born on May 5, 1848, in Laudun (Gard) and died on October 6, 1919, in Clermont (Oise).A French anarchist and Dreyfusard, he was among the founders of European individualist anarchism but remained a divisive figure, often suspected of being a police informant.
Biography of Otto Ludwig (writer) (excerpt)
Otto Ludwig, born on February 12, 1813, in Eisfeld, and died on February 25, 1865, in Dresden, was a 19th-century German writer, novelist, and playwright.His time of birth comes from the book "Otto Ludwig: ein Dichterleben" by Adolf Stern (F.W.
Biography of George E. Ohr (excerpt)
George Edgar Ohr (July 12, 1857 – April 7, 1918) was an American ceramic artist known as the “Mad Potter of Biloxi” in Mississippi. A forerunner of American Abstract Expressionism, he became famous for his daring, experimental forms between 1880 and 1910. |
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