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birth charts with Proserpina in VirgoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Proserpina in Virgo. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]()
Biography of Marie-Louise Meilleur (excerpt)
Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur (née Chassé; August 29, 1880 – April 16, 1998) was a French Canadian supercentenarian.Meilleur is the oldest validated Canadian ever and upon the death of longevity world record holder Jeanne Calment, became the world's oldest recognized living person. ![]()
Biography of Joaquín Sorolla (excerpt)
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Valencian: Joaquim Sorolla i Bastida, 27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter.Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes and monumental works of social and historical themes.His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the bright sunlight of Spain and sunlit water.
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Biography of Nikolay Bogolyubov (excerpt)
Nikolay Nikolayevich Bogolyubov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Боголю́бов; 21 August 1909 (gregorian calendar) – 13 February 1992), also transliterated as Bogoliubov and Bogolubov, was a Soviet mathematician and theoretical physicist known for a significant contribution to quantum field theory, classical and quantum statistical mechanics, and the theory of dynamical systems; he was the recipient of the 1992 Dirac Prize.
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Biography of Ivan Pyryev (excerpt)
Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (sometimes Ivan Pyrev) (17 November (O.S. 4 November) 1901 – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six Stalin Prizes (1941, 1942, 1946, 1946, 1948, 1951), served as Director of the Mosfilm studios (1954–57) and was, for a time, the most influential man in the Soviet motion picture industry.
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Biography of Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (excerpt)
Yevgeni Alekseyevich Preobrazhensky (1886–1937) was a Russian revolutionary and economist. A member of the governing Central Committee of the Bolshevik faction and its successor, the All-Union Communist Party, Preobrazhensky is remembered as a leading voice for the rapid industrialisation of peasant Russia through a concentration on state-owned heavy industry.
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Biography of Müzeyyen Senar (excerpt)
Müzeyyen Senar (16 July 1918 – 8 February 2015) was a Turkish classical music performer, known as the "Diva of the Republic". Senar began her musical career in 1931, entering the Anadolu Musiki Cemiyeti ("Anatolia Musical Association") in Üsküdar, where she was educated by kemenche virtuoso Kemal Niyazi Seyhun and oud player Hayriye.
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Biography of Judith Auer (excerpt)
Judith Auer, née Vallentin (19 September 1905 – 27 October 1944) was a resistance fighter against the Nazi régime in Germany. After Hitler seized power in Germany in 1933 and the KPD was banned by the new régime, Auer eventually found herself working for AEG at the Kabelwerk Oberspree ("cable works"), first as a shorthand typist, and later as a buying agent.
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Biography of Felix de Weldon (excerpt)
Felix Weihs de Weldon (April 12, 1907 – June 3, 2003) was an Austrian-born American sculptor. His most famous pieces include the United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial, 1954) in Arlington County, Virginia and the Malaysian National Monument (1966) in Kuala Lumpur.
Biography of Carl Einstein (excerpt)
Carl Einstein (26 April 1885 – 5 July 1940), born Karl Einstein, was an influential German Jewish writer, art historian, anarchist and critic. Regarded as one of the first critics to appreciate the development of Cubism, as well as for his work on African art and influence on the European avant-garde, Einstein was a friend and colleague of such figures as George Grosz, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.
Biography of Grigor Kozintsev (excerpt)
Grigori Mikhaylovich Kozintsev (22 March (O.S.9 March) 1905 – 11 May 1973) was a Soviet theatre and film director.He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1964.In 1965 he was a member of the jury at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.
Biography of Yvor Winters (excerpt)
Arthur Yvor Winters (17 October 1900 in Chicago, Illinois – 25 January 1968) was an American poet and literary critic.In 1926, Winters married the poet and novelist Janet Lewis, also from Chicago and a fellow tuberculosis sufferer.After leaving Colorado he taught at the University of Idaho and then began the doctoral program at Stanford University.
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Biography of Pilar Primo de Rivera (excerpt)
María del Pilar Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Countess of the Castle of La Mota (November 4, 1907 – March 17, 1991) was the sister of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, a political movement of Spain, and the daughter of Spanish dictator General Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella.
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Biography of Yolande Beekman (excerpt)
Yolande Elsa Maria Beekman (7 January 1911 – 13 September 1944 (age 32)) was a British spy in World War II who served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and the Special Operations Executive. She was a member of SOE's Musician circuit in occupied France during World War II where she operated as a wireless operator until arrested by the Gestapo.
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Biography of Mark Bernes (excerpt)
Mark Naumovich Bernes (Russian: Ма́рк Нау́мович Берне́с) (October 8 (O.S.September 25) 1911, Nezhin, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire – August 16, 1969, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet actor and singer of Jewish ancestry (his father's last name was Neumann), who performed some of the most poignant songs to come out of World War II, including Dark Night (Russian: Тёмная ночь, Tyomnaya noch; 1943) and Cranes (Russian: Журавли, Zhuravli; 1969).
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Biography of Iva Toguri D'Aquino (excerpt)
Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino (July 4, 1916 – September 26, 2006) was an American who participated in English-language radio broadcasts transmitted by Radio Tokyo to Allied soldiers in the South Pacific during World War II on The Zero Hour radio show.
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Biography of Samuil Marshak (excerpt)
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (alternative spelling: Samuil Yakovlevich Marchak) (Russian: Самуи́л Я́ковлевич Марша́к; 3 November (O.S. 22 October) 1887 – 4 July 1964) was a Russian and Soviet writer of Jewish origin, translator and poet who wrote for both children and adults. ![]()
Biography of La Niña de los Peines (excerpt)
Pastora Pavón Cruz, known as La Niña de los Peines (Seville, Spain, 10 February 1890 - 26 November 1969), is considered the most important woman flamenco singer of the 20th century.She was a sister of singers Arturo Pavón and Tomás Pavón, also an important flamenco singer, and aunt to Arturo Pavón, the first flamenco pianist.
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Biography of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (excerpt)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar FRS (19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian-American astrophysicist who spent his professional life in the United States.He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with William A.Fowler for "..theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars".
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Biography of László Rajk (excerpt)
László Rajk (8 March 1909 in Székelyudvarhely, – 15 October 1949 in Budapest) was a Hungarian Communist politician, who served as Minister of Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was an important organizer of the Hungarian Communists' power (for example, organizing the State Protection Authority (ÁVH)), but he eventually fell victim to Mátyás Rákosi's show trials.
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Biography of Wilhelm Pieck (excerpt)
Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (3 January 1876 – 7 September 1960) was a German politician and a communist. In 1949, he became the first President of the German Democratic Republic, an office abolished upon his death. His successor as head of state was Walter Ulbricht, who served as chairman of the Council of State.
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Biography of Adele Astaire (excerpt)
Adele Astaire (born Adele Marie Austerlitz, later known as Lady Charles Cavendish; September 10, 1896 – January 25, 1981), was an American dancer, stage actress, and singer. After beginning work as a dancer and vaudeville performer at the age of nine, Astaire built a successful performance career with her younger brother, Fred Astaire.
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Biography of Willi Stoph (excerpt)
Wilhelm Stoph (9 July 1914 – 13 April 1999) was an East German politician.He served as Prime Minister (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1964 to 1973, and again from 1976 until 1989. ![]()
Biography of Marie Dollinger (excerpt)
Maria "Marie" Dollinger-Hendrix (28 October 1910 – 10 August 1994) was a German track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events and the 800 metres.She represented Germany at three consecutive Olympic Games: 1928, 1932 and 1936. She set an early Olympic record for the 800 m then the 100 m four years later.
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Biography of Gladys McConnell (excerpt)
Gladys McConnell (October 22, 1905 – March 4, 1979) was an American film actress and aviator. Her film career was brief, about four years from the late silent to early sound era (1926 – 1930).She sometimes used the professional name Gladys Morrow.
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Biography of Kirill Kondrashin (excerpt)
Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, (Russian: Кири́лл Петро́вич Кондра́шин, Kirill Petrovič Kondrašin; 6 March (O.S.21 February) 1914 – 7 March 1981) was a Soviet and Russian conductor. In the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958, Kondrashin was the conductor for Van Cliburn, who won the first prize.
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Biography of Simone Barbier (excerpt)
Simone Barbier (born 19 January 1903) was a French tennis player. She reached the doubles final at the 1930 French Championships with compatriot Simonne Mathieu in which they lost in straight sets to Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Wills Moody. In 1929 and 1930 she competed in the Wimbledon Championships, reaching the second round in singles, the quarterfinal in doubles with Mathieu and the second round in mixed doubles partnering Jacques Grandguillot.
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Biography of Artur Kapp (excerpt)
Artur Kapp (28 February 1878 (Gregorian calendar) – 14 January 1952) was an Estonian composer. Born in Suure-Jaani, Estonia, then part of the Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, he was the son of Joosep Kapp, who was also a classically trained musician.
Biography of Huber Lotti (excerpt)
Lotti Huber (16 October 1912 - 31 May 1998) was a German actress. She appeared in more than twenty films from 1978 to 1999. Selected filmography 1984 Horror vacui 1988 Anita: Dances of Vice 1990 Affengeil 1995 Neurosia: 50 Years of Perversity
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Biography of Susana Ferrari Billinghurst (excerpt)
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst (20 March 1914 – 13 August 1999) was an Argentine aviator of Italian, English, and Irish descent.She was the first woman in South America to earn a commercial pilot's license, in 1937. In 1937, Billinghurst became the first woman in South America to earn a commercial pilot's license.
Biography of Margaret Masterman (excerpt)
Margaret Masterman (4 May 1910 – 1 April 1986) was a British linguist and philosopher, most known for her pioneering work in the field of computational linguistics and especially machine translation.She founded the Cambridge Language Research Unit. Margaret Masterman was born in London on 4 May 1910 to Charles F.
Biography of Armand Cuvillier (excerpt)
Armand Cuvillier (October 3, 1887 (source for his time of birth: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) - April 23, 1973) is a professor of philosophy and French journalist. Ranked first in the October special session of the philosophy aggregation of 19191, he became a teacher in many high schools, including Lycée Louis-le-Grand.
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Biography of Jean Erdman (excerpt)
Jean Erdman (February 20, 1916 – May 4, 2020) was an American dancer and choreographer of modern dance as well as an avant-garde theater director. Career Erdman distinguished herself as a principal dancer in Graham's company in solo roles such as the Ideal Spectator in Every Soul is a Circus, the Speaking Fate in Punch and the Judy and the One Who Speaks in Letter to the World, Graham's ode to the American poet, Emily Dickinson.
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Biography of Bobbi Trout (excerpt)
Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout (January 7, 1906 – January 24, 2003) was an early American aviator, notable for her pioneering flying activities.Trout began her aviation career at the age of 16; however, her first solo flight and solo certificate was only given on April 30, 1928. ![]()
Biography of Resat Nuri Güntekin (excerpt)
Reşat Nuri Güntekin (25 November 1889 – 7 December 1956) was a Turkish novelist, storywriter and playwright.His best known novel, Çalıkuşu ("The Wren", 1922) is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia.This work is translated into Persian by Seyyed Borhan Ghandili.
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Biography of Léon Moreau (excerpt)
Léon Moreau (13 July 1870 – 11 April 1946) was a French/Breton composer, winner of the second prize for composition in the Prix de Rome of 1899. Born in Brest, he was active as a piano teacher and composer in Brest and Paris.
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Biography of Henry Février (excerpt)
Henry Février (2 October 1875 – 6 July 1957) was a French composer. Henry Février was born in Paris, France on 2 October 1875.He married and had a son, the pianist Jacques Février.He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where his teachers included Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré.
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Biography of Rhené-Baton (excerpt)
René-Emmanuel Baton, known as Rhené-Baton (5 September 1879 – 23 September 1940), was a French conductor and composer.Though born in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, his family originated in Vitré in neighbouring Brittany.He returned to the region at the age of 19, and many of his compositions express his love of the area.
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Biography of Sylvia Beach (excerpt)
Sylvia Beach (March 14, 1887 – October 5, 1962), born Nancy Woodbridge Beach, was an American-born bookseller and publisher who lived most of her life in Paris, where she was one of the leading expatriate figures between World War I and II.
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Biography of Léon Bérard (physician) (excerpt)
Léon Eugène Bérard (17 February 1870, in Morez – 2 September 1956, in Lyon) was a French surgeon and oncologist.He was the younger brother of Hellenist scholar Victor Bérard (1864–1931). He studied medicine in Lyon.Obtaining his doctorate in 1896.In 1898 he earned his agrégation in surgery, later being assigned as a surgeon to Lyon hospitals (1901).
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Biography of Janis Rudzutaks (excerpt)
Jānis Rudzutaks (Russian: Ян Эрнестович Рудзутак; 15 August (3 August old style) 1887 – 29 July 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician. Rudzutaks was suddenly expelled from the Politburo and Central Committee on 24 May 1937, on the same day as the Red Army Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky. ![]()
Biography of Marius Casadesus (excerpt)
Marius Casadesus (October 24, 1892 – October 13, 1981) was a French violinist and composer.He was the brother of Henri Casadesus, uncle of the famed pianist Robert Casadesus, and grand-uncle to Jean Casadesus. Marius Casadesus achieved perhaps his greatest fame (or notoriety) through his association with the Adélaïde Concerto attributed to Mozart.
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Biography of Ivan Teodorovich (excerpt)
Ivan Adolfovich Teodorovich (Russian: Ива́н Адольфо́вич Теодо́рович; Polish: Iwan Adolfowicz Teodorowicz) (September 10 (O.S.August 29), 1875 in Smolensk – September 20, 1937) was a Russian Bolshevik activist, and the first Commissar for Food when the Council of People's Commissars was established (October - November 1917).
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Biography of Archbishop Luka (excerpt)
Archbishop Luka (Luke, Russian: Архиепи́скоп Лука́, born Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky, Russian: Валенти́н Фе́ликсович Во́йно-Ясене́цкий; May 9, 1877 (gregorian calendar) in Kerch – June 11, 1961, Simferopol) was an outstanding surgeon, the founder of purulent surgery, a spiritual writer, a bishop of Russian Orthodox Church, and an archbishop of Simferopol and of the Crimea since May 1946. ![]()
Biography of Konstantin Simonov (excerpt)
Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill (28 November (O.S.15 November) 1915 – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author, journalist, and a war poet.He was a playwright and a wartime correspondent, most famous for his poem Wait for Me. During the war years, he wrote the plays Russian People, Wait for Me, So It Will Be, the short novel Days and Nights, and two books of poems, With You and Without You and War.
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Biography of Alexander Vertinsky (excerpt)
Alexander Nikolayevich Vertinsky (Russian: Александр Николаевич Вертинский, 21 March (O.S.9 March) 1889 — 21 May 1957) was Russian and Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor who exerted seminal influence on the Russian tradition of artistic singing. By November 1920, Vertinsky decided to leave Russia with the bulk of his clientele.
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Biography of Mary Hunter Austin (excerpt)
Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California. ![]()
Biography of Charles Léandre (excerpt)
Charles Lucien Léandre (22 July 1862 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – 24 May 1934), French caricaturist and painter, was born at Champsecret (Orne), and studied painting under Émile Bin and Alexandre Cabanel. From 1887 Léandre figured among the exhibitors of the Salon, where he showed numerous portraits and genre pictures, but his popular fame is due to his comic drawings and caricatures.
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Biography of Tikhon Khrennikov (excerpt)
Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (10 June (O.S. 28 May) 1913 – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and leader of the Union of Soviet Composers, who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, two violin concertos, two cello concertos, operas, operettas, ballets, chamber music, incidental music and film music.
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Biography of Else Heims (excerpt)
Else Heims (born October 3, 1878 in Berlin, died February 20, 1958 in Santa Monica) is a stage and screen German actress. During the period of National Socialism (Nazism) she had to emigrate via London to the United States. After the war, she commuted between the US and Europe. ![]()
Biography of Dorothy L. Sayers (excerpt)
Dorothy Leigh Sayers (13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime writer and poet.She was also a student of classical and modern languages. She is best known for her mysteries, a series of novels and short stories set between the First and Second World Wars that feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. |
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