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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. in ![]()
Biography of Jan Romein (excerpt)
Jan Marius Nicolas Romein (30 October 1893 – 16 July 1962) was a Dutch historian, journalist, literary scholar and professor of history at the University of Amsterdam. A Marxist and a student of Huizinga, Romein is remembered for his popularizing books of Dutch national history, jointly authored with his wife Annie Romein-Verschoor.
Biography of Sara Berner (excerpt)
Sara Berner (born Lillian Ann Herdan; January 12, 1912 – December 19, 1969) was an American actress.Known for her expertise in dialect and characterization, she began her career as a performer in vaudeville before becoming a voice actress for radio and animated shorts.
Biography of Josip Murn (excerpt)
Josip Murn, also known as Aleksandrov (4 March 1879 – 18 June 1901), was a Slovene symbolist poet and a pioneer of modernism in Slovene literature alongside Ivan Cankar, Oton Župančič, and Dragotin Kette. Born in Ljubljana, he was raised in foster care and later became a prominent poet, recognized for his high-quality work from a young age.
Biography of Leo Samberger (excerpt)
Leo Samberger (14 August 1861 - 8 April 1949), a German painter and portraitist from Munich, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and was a founding member of the Munich Secession. During World War II, he moved to Geitau before returning to Munich, where he died in 1949.
Biography of Ugo D'Alessio (excerpt)
Ugo D'Alessio, born Pasquale D'Alessio (Naples, 26 August 1909 – Naples, 16 February 1979), was an Italian actor.Born in Naples into a family of artists, he made his debut at the age of eight in the comedy "Un grazioso equivoco" under his uncle Giuseppe's direction.
Biography of Knut Blom (excerpt)
Knut Blom (February 14, 1916 – February 6, 1996) was a prominent Norwegian judge who served as a Supreme Court Justice from 1968 until his retirement in 1986. Born in Kristiania (now Oslo), he completed his law degree in 1939 and began his legal career in Melbu.
Biography of Fritz Loewe (excerpt)
Fritz Loewe (11 March 1895 in Berlin - 27 March 1974 in Heidelberg, Victoria) was a German polar explorer, glaciologist, geophysicist and meteorologist. After emigrating from Nazi Germany he founded the first Meteorological Institute in Australia at the University of Melbourne. Fritz Loewe, born to judge Eugen Loewe and Hedwig Loewe, served as an artillery radio operator in WWI, receiving the Iron Cross.
Biography of Felix Schlag (excerpt)
Felix Oscar Schlag (September 4, 1891 – March 9, 1974) was a German born American sculptor who was the designer of the United States five cent coin in use from 1938 to 2004. He was born to Karl and Teresa Schlag in Frankfurt, Germany where as a young man, he served in the German army of World War I.
Biography of Albert Kluyver (excerpt)
Albert Jan Kluyver (3 June 1888 – 14 May 1956) was a Dutch microbiologist and biochemist renowned for his pivotal work on biochemical unity. His 1926 paper, "Die Einheit in der Biochemie" ("Unity in Biochemistry"), co-authored with Hendrick Jean Louis Donker, established the concept that all organisms are biochemically similar, famously summarized by Kluyver's aphorism: "From elephant to butyric acid bacterium – it is all the same".
Biography of Harald of Denmark (excerpt)
Prince Harald of Denmark (Harald Christian Frederik; 8 October 1876 – 30 March 1949) was a member of the Danish Royal Family. He was the third son and fourth child of Frederick VIII of Denmark and his wife, Lovisa of Sweden, and thus brother to Christian X of Denmark and Haakon VII of Norway.
Biography of Gert Jynge (excerpt)
Gert Hyld Jynge (1904–1994) was a Norwegian painter, graphic artist and draftsman. His production mainly took place in the interwar period, i.e. from the mid-1920s until 1948, when, according to his own statement, he "gave up". He exhibited at the Autumn Exhibition for the last time in 1961.
Biography of Adelqui Migliar (excerpt)
Adelqui Migliar (5 August 1891 – 6 August 1956), also known as Adelqui Millar, was a Chilean film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in 31 silent films between 1916 and 1928. He also directed 24 films between 1922 and 1954.
Biography of Emil Schaudt (excerpt)
Johann Emil Schaudt, (* August 14, 1871 in Stuttgart; † April 6, 1957 in Berlin) was a German architect, predominantly designing commercial and administrative buildings in Hamburg and Berlin./ Life Schaudt studied architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart and the Technical University of Vienna.
Biography of Guillermo Valencia (excerpt)
Guillermo Valencia Castillo (October 20, 1873 in Popayán, Colombia – July 8, 1943 in Popayán) was a Colombian poet, translator, and politician.His time of birth comes from the biography mariopbe.com/val10.htm (which is currently no longer online.) Valencia was a pioneer of Modernism in Colombia and a member of the Colombian Conservative Party.
Biography of Connie Mack (excerpt)
Cornelius McGillicuddy, known as Connie Mack, born on December 22, 1862, and died on February 8, 1956, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner. He holds Major League Baseball records for the most wins (3,731), losses (3,948), ties (76), and games managed (7,755).
Biography of Fred M. Wilcox (excerpt)
Fred McLeod Wilcox (December 22, 1907 – September 23, 1964) was an American motion picture director. He worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for many years and is best remembered for directing Lassie Come Home (1943) and Forbidden Planet (1956). These films were entered in the National Film Preservation Board's National Film Registry in 1993 and 2013 respectively.
Biography of Jacques Presser (excerpt)
Jacob (Jacques) Presser (24 February 1899 – 30 April 1970) was a Dutch historian, writer, and poet, best known for his book Ashes in the Wind (The Destruction of the Dutch Jews), which chronicled the persecution of Jews in the Netherlands during World War II.
Biography of Émile Dehelly (excerpt)
Émile Léon Auguste Dehelly, born on August 7, 1871, in Fresnoy-le-Grand (Aisne) and died on September 4, 1969, in Paris (5th arrondissement), was a French actor and a member of the Comédie-Française. Coming to Épernon (Eure-et-Loir) with his father when he was young, he was drafted with the number 104 during his military conscription in 1893 in Maintenon.
Biography of William Tubbs (excerpt)
William Tubbs (May 10, 1907 – January 25, 1953) was an American stage and film actor.He appeared in a number of European films in the years after the Second World War, including several by Roberto Rossellini. Bibliography Bondanella, Peter.The Films of Roberto Rossellini.
Biography of Emilia Ortiz (excerpt)
Emilia Ortiz Pérez (Tepic, Nayarit, February 10, 1917 – Tepic, Nayarit, November 24, 2012) was a Nayarit Mexican painter, cartoonist, caricaturist, and poet, best known for her watercolors she made of the indigenous groups in her area, and the caricatures she created from an early age of political figures and those she knew.
Biography of André Strohl (excerpt)
André Strohl, born March 20, 1887, in Poitiers and died March 10, 1977, in Paris, was a French physician, co-discoverer of Guillain-Barré syndrome in 1916. Son of Henry Strohl, he was of Alsatian and Bordeaux descent and initially inclined towards sciences. A brilliant student, he earned degrees in natural sciences and physics before completing his doctorates in medicine in 1913 and physics in 1914.
Biography of Anne Redpath (excerpt)
Anne Redpath OBE ARA (29 March 1895 – 1965) was a Scottish painter renowned for her vibrant domestic still lifes.Born in Galashiels, her father was a tweed designer, influencing her keen sense for color. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1913, later traveling across Europe on a scholarship.
Biography of Daniel Schorr (excerpt)
Daniel Louis Schorr (August 31, 1916 – July 23, 2010) was an American journalist who covered world news for more than 60 years. He was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR). Schorr won three Emmy Awards for his television journalism.
Biography of Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (excerpt)
Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (1900–1975) was an Italian archaeologist and art historian.Born into Siena's aristocracy, his early research focused on Etruscan centers near his family lands. Disgusted by Italian fascism, he converted to communism after World War II and co-founded the magazine "Società" in 1945.
Biography of Jane Jacobs (excerpt)
Jane Isabel Jacobs (née Butzner; May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who shaped urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) criticized "urban renewal" and "slum clearance" for disregarding city-dwellers' needs.
Biography of Kornelis Heiko Miskotte (excerpt)
Kornelis Heiko Miskotte (23 September 1894 in Utrecht – 31 August 1976 in Voorst) was a Dutch Protestant theologian and a representative of dialectical theology.
Biography of Óscar Murúa (excerpt)
José Óscar Francisco Murúa Robledo (January 25, 1898 – April 1, 1980) was a prominent Guatemalan artist born to Spanish immigrants. In 1903, his family moved from Guatemala to Madrid, Spain, where he later studied Commerce. Returning to Guatemala in 1915, he settled in Antigua Guatemala in 1946, focusing on rebuilding a property into a hotel.
Biography of Théophile Moreux (excerpt)
Théophile Moreux, known as Abbé Moreux, born on November 20, 1867, in Argent-sur-Sauldre and died on July 13, 1954, in Bourges, was a French priest, astronomer, and meteorologist. He is famous for his numerous popular science publications in the early 20th century.
Biography of Arturo Uslar Pietri (excerpt)
Arturo Uslar Pietri (May 16, 1906 - February 26, 2001) was a prominent Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, TV producer, and politician. Born in Caracas to parents with diverse cultural backgrounds, Uslar Pietri played a significant role in Venezuelan politics and culture.
Biography of Stefan Wolpe (excerpt)
Stefan Wolpe (25 August 1902, Berlin – 4 April 1972, New York City) was a German-Jewish-American composer. He was associated with interdisciplinary modernism, with affiliations ranging from the Bauhaus, Berlin agitprop theater and the kibbutz movement to the Eighth Street Artists' Club, Black Mountain College, and the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music.
Biography of Georges Blanck (excerpt)
Georges Blanck, born October 21, 1914 in Pierrefontaine-lès-Blamont (Doubs), died January 8, 1990, was a French aviator, fighter pilot and instructor.
Biography of Karolina Lanckoronska (excerpt)
Countess Karolina Maria Adelajda Franciszka Ksawera Małgorzata Edina Lanckorońska (11 August 1898 — 25 August 2002) was a Polish noble, World War II resistance fighter, philanthropist, and historian. Lanckorońska bequeathed her family's enormous art collection to Poland only after her homeland became free from communism and Soviet domination during the Revolutions of 1989.
Biography of Suzan Rose Benedict (excerpt)
Suzan Rose Benedict (November 29, 1873 – April 8, 1942) was the first woman awarded a Ph.D.in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and had a long teaching career at Smith College. Career at Smith College Suzan returned to Smith as an associate professor after receiving her PhD.
Biography of Henri Lebasque (excerpt)
Henri Lebasque, born on September 25, 1865 in Champigné and died on August 7, 1937 in Le Cannet, was a French painter and engraver. Coming from a humble background, he studied in Angers before moving to Paris and enrolling at the Académie Colarossi.
Biography of Gabriel Nigond (excerpt)
Gabriel Nigond, born on February 24, 1877, in Châteauroux and died on January 4, 1937, was a French writer, poet, and playwright. Son of an engineer, he published his first poetry collection at 17.He frequented literary circles in Paris and developed a strong friendship with Marcel Schwob.
Biography of Georges Ancey (excerpt)
Georges Ancey, whose real name was Georges-Marie-Edmond Mathevon de Curnieu, was a French playwright born on December 9, 1860, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, where he also died on November 18, 1917. Fairly wealthy and not reliant on income from the theater, he was unafraid of displeasing audiences.
Biography of Suhayr al-Qalamawi (excerpt)
Sahier al-Qalamawi (Arabic: سهير القلماوي; July 20, 1911 – May 4, 1997) was a significant literary figure and politician from Egypt who shaped Arabic writing and culture through her writing, feminist activism, and advocacy. She was one of the first women to attend Cairo University and in 1941 became the first Egyptian woman to earn her Master of Arts Degree and PhD for her work in Arabic literature.
Biography of René Montis (excerpt)
René Montis, stage name of René Émile Louis Maunoury, was a French actor and producer, born on December 20, 1888 in Pantin and died on March 2, 1959 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. An actor until the early 1930s, René Montis later became a production director and producer.
Biography of Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (excerpt)
Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Greville, Countess of Warwick (née Maynard; 10 December 1861 – 26 July 1938) was a British socialite and philanthropist. Although embedded in late-Victorian British high society, she was also a campaigning socialist, supporting many schemes to aid the less well-off in education, housing, employment, and pay, and was often known as the "Red Countess".
Biography of Alf Løvberg (excerpt)
Alf Gunnar Løvberg (19 September 1898 (Wikipedia gives 1899 in error) – 17 October 1986) was a Norwegian painter from Oslo. Løvberg, who was the son of an orchestra musician, was a student of Christian Krohg and Halfdan Strøm at the Norwegian Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo.
Biography of Hermann Gmeiner (excerpt)
Hermann Gmeiner (23 June 1919 – 26 April 1986) was an Austrian philanthropist who founded SOS Children's Villages.Born in Alberschwende, Austria, he was deeply affected by the loss of his mother and his experiences as a soldier in WWII. In 1949, with just 600 Austrian schillings, he established the first SOS Children's Village in Imst, Tyrol.
Biography of Léontine Zanta (excerpt)
Léontine Zanta, born on February 14, 1872, in Mâcon, and died on June 15, 1942, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French educator, journalist, novelist, and speaker.She was notably the first French woman to earn a doctorate in philosophy in 1914. Her father was a professor who ensured she received a philosophy education.
Biography of Jo Giaever Tenfjord (excerpt)
Johanne Giæver Tenfjord (13 August 1918 – 12 June 2007) was a Norwegian librarian, educator, children's writer and translator. Personal life She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway.She was the daughter of Harald Birger Giæver (1873-1943) and Rut Berger (1893-1959).Her brother was publisher Knut T.
Biography of Andrea Palma (actress) (excerpt)
Guadalupe Bracho Pérez-Gavilán, professionally known as Andrea Palma, was a pioneering Mexican actress, born on April 16, 1903, and passing on October 6, 1987.She emerged as the first major female star of Mexican cinema after starring in "La Mujer del Puerto" (1934).
Biography of Korbinian Brodmann (excerpt)
Korbinian Brodmann (17 November 1868 – 22 August 1918) was a pioneering German neuropsychiatrist renowned for mapping the cerebral cortex and identifying 52 distinct regions, known as Brodmann areas, based on their histological characteristics. Born in Hohenfels, Germany, Brodmann studied medicine across various universities, receiving his medical diploma in Freiburg in 1895 and his doctorate from the University of Leipzig in 1898.
Biography of Tucker McGuire (excerpt)
Anne Tucker McGuire (29 January 1913 in Winchester, Virginia, US – 3 August 1988 in London, England) was an American-born actress who appeared largely in British films and television. She married actor Tom Macaulay. She appeared in the 1949 West End musical Her Excellency.
Biography of Josephine White Bates (excerpt)
Josephine White Bates (8 July 1862 – 20 October 1934) was a Canadian-American author who preferred to use her married name Mrs. E. Lindon Bates. She was the author of several works including A Blind Lead (1886), Bunch-Grass Stories (1892), and Mercury Poisoning in the Industries of New York City and Vicinity (1912).
Biography of Helga Stene (excerpt)
Helga Stene (8 October 1904 – 2 October 1983) was a Norwegian educator, feminist and resistance member.She was born in Notodden, and was a sister of Aasta Stene.She graduated from the University of Oslo in 1932.She lectured a few years at universities in Berlin and in Sweden.
Biography of Arnold Sommerfeld (excerpt)
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld, ForMemRS (5 December 1868 – 26 April 1951) was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and mentored many students for the new era of theoretical physics. He served as doctoral supervisor and postdoc supervisor to seven Nobel Prize winners and supervised at least 30 other famous physicists and chemists.
Biography of Lina Òdena (excerpt)
Paulina Òdena García, better known as Lina Òdena, was born in Barcelona on January 22, 1911. She was a communist leader and militiawoman in the Spanish Civil War who committed suicide on September 14, 1936, near Granada to avoid capture by fascists. |
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