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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. ![]() ![]()
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Biography of Wah Chang (designer) (excerpt)
Wah Ming Chang (August 2, 1917 – December 22, 2003) was an American designer, sculptor, and artist. With the encouragement of his adoptive father, James Blanding Sloan, he began exhibiting his prints and watercolors at the age of seven to highly favorable reviews.
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Biography of Carl Tanzler (excerpt)
Georg Carl Tänzler, also known as Count Carl von Cosel (January 12, 1877 (Wikipedia has February 8 in error) – July 3, 1952), was a German-born radiology technologist at the Marine-Hospital Service in Key West, Florida. He developed an obsession with a young Cuban-American tuberculosis patient, Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos (July 31, 1909 – October 25, 1931), that carried on well after her death.
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Biography of Élisabeth Toulemont (excerpt)
Elisabeth Claire Toulemont, born on March 8, 1888, in Paris, was a French dancer and writer.She married the writer Marcel Jouhandeau on June 4, 1929. Elisabeth, who grew up with a difficult childhood influenced by a troubled family, turned her early passion for dance into a career despite her unconventional appearance. ![]()
Biography of Janis Rozentals (excerpt)
Janis Rozentāls (March 18, 1866 - December 26, 1916) was a celebrated Latvian painter.Born in Bebri Farmstead, Saldus, Courland, Russian Empire, he embarked on his career early in Riga and then at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. He set up an art studio in Saldus in 1899 but moved to Riga in 1901.
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Biography of Regina Ullmann (excerpt)
Regina "Rega" Ullmann (14 December 1884 – 6 January 1961) was a Swiss poet and writer. Life Ullmann was the second daughter of a Jewish-Austrian embroidery businessman, Richard Ullmann, and his German wife Hedwig.She was born in the Swiss town of St.Gallen, but in 1902, following her father's death in 1887, she and her mother moved to Munich, where she first read such influential poets such Ina Seidel, Hans Carossa, Ludwig Derleth and Rainer Maria Rilke.
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Biography of Étienne Fajon (excerpt)
Étienne Fajon, born September 11, 1906 in Jonquières (Hérault) and died December 4, 1991 in Argenteuil, is a French schoolteacher and politician. Member of the central committee and the political bureau of the French Communist Party, he was director of Humanité from 1958 to 1974 and deputy from 1936 to 1940, from 1945 to 1958 and from 1962 to 1978.
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Biography of Clare Winger Harris (excerpt)
Clare Winger Harris (January 18, 1891 – October 26, 1968) was a pioneering science fiction writer whose short stories were published during the 1920s. She is credited as the first woman to publish stories under her own name in science fiction magazines. ![]()
Biography of Elsa Eschelsson (excerpt)
Elsa Olava Kristina Eschelsson (11 November 1861 – 10 March 1911) was the first woman to finish a Doctor of Laws (juris utriusque doctor) degree and the first to attain the academic position of docent at a Swedish university, but was denied the right to even serve as acting professor because of her sex.
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Biography of Nicky Arnstein (excerpt)
Julius Wilford "Nicky" Arnstein (born Arndstein; July 1, 1879 – October 2, 1965) was an American professional gambler and con artist. Known for his multiple aliases, he was the second husband of entertainer Fanny Brice.Born in Berlin, he moved to the U.S.
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Biography of Francisco Ferrer (excerpt)
Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia (January 14, 1859 – October 13, 1909), widely known as Francisco Ferrer (Spanish pronunciation: ), was a Spanish radical freethinker, anarchist, and educationist behind a network of secular, private, libertarian schools in and around Barcelona. His execution, following a revolt in Barcelona, propelled Ferrer into martyrdom and grew an international movement of radicals and libertarians, who established schools in his model and promoted his schooling approach. ![]()
Biography of Anne Shirley (actress) (excerpt)
Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyn Paris; April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) was an American actress. Beginning her career as a child actress under the stage name Dawn O'Day, she adopted the stage name of Anne Shirley after playing the title character in the film adaptation of Anne of Green Gables in 1934, after which she achieved a successful career in supporting roles.
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Biography of René Taton (excerpt)
René Taton, born on April 4, 1915, in L'Échelle in the Ardennes and died on August 9, 2004, in Ajaccio, was a French historian of science and co-editor of the Revue d'histoire des sciences. He directed the Centre Alexandre-Koyré and was instrumental in establishing the history of science as a professional discipline.
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Biography of Alberto Vargas (excerpt)
Alberto Vargas is a Peruvian painter, illustrator and designer, born February 11, 1896 in Arequipa and died December 30, 1982 in Los Angeles.He is particularly known for his drawings of pin-ups. Alberto Vargas, born in Arequipa, was the son of a successful photographer.
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Biography of Ernst Gall (excerpt)
Ernst Emil Max Gall, born on February 17, 1888, in Danzig, West Prussia, and died on August 5, 1958, in Munich, was a German art historian and monument restorer. He studied law in France and art history in Berlin, earning his doctorate in 1915.
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Biography of Rudolf Olden (excerpt)
Rudolf Olden was a prominent German lawyer and journalist during the Weimar period, known for his opposition to the Nazis and advocacy for human rights. In 1934, he was among the first to highlight the Nazis' treatment of Jews. His book "Hitler the Conqueror, Debunking of a Myth," part of German exile literature, was banned by the Nazis. ![]()
Biography of Gladys Aylward (excerpt)
Gladys May Aylward (February 24, 1902 – January 3, 1970) was a British author and evangelical Christian missionary to China, whose story was told in Alan Burgess' book The Small Woman (1957), which inspired the 1958 film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.
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Biography of Max Factor Sr. (excerpt)
Max Factor Sr. (September 15, 1872 – August 30, 1938), born Maksymilian Faktorowicz, was a Polish-American businessman, beautician, entrepreneur and inventor. As a founder of the cosmetics giant Max Factor & Company, he largely developed the modern cosmetics industry in the United States and popularized the term "make-up" in noun form based on the verb.
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Biography of Dave O'Brien (actor) (excerpt)
Dave O'Brien (born David Poole Fronabarger; May 31, 1912 – November 8, 1969) was an American film actor, director, and screenwriter. Born in Big Spring, Texas, Tex O'Brien began his film career in choruses and as a stunt double before landing larger roles, notably in B movies.
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Biography of Annie S. D. Maunder (excerpt)
Annie Scott Dill Maunder (née Russell) FRAS (14 April 1868 – 15 September 1947) was an Irish-British astronomer, who recorded the first evidence of the movement of sunspot emergence from the poles toward the equator over the sun's 11-year cycle.She was one of the leading astronomers of her time, but because of her gender, her contribution was often underplayed at the time.
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Biography of Carl Auen (excerpt)
Carl Theodor Auen, sometimes Karl Auen (16 February 1892 – 23 June 1972) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1938. Auen was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and also a member of the Advisory Council (Präsidialrat) of the president of the Reichsfilmkammer.
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Biography of Cor Bruijn (excerpt)
Cornelis Pieter (Cor) Bruijn (May 17, 1883 – November 16, 1978) was a Dutch writer, best known for "Sil de Strandjutter," which became a TV series. Born in Wormerveer, he worked as a teacher and later dedicated himself to writing, particularly focusing on regional novels and children’s books.
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Biography of Robert Burnier (excerpt)
Robert Burnier (19 May 1897 in Paris 6e – 24 April 1974 in Paris 16e) was a French film actor. Selected filmography When Do You Commit Suicide. (1931) Let's Get Married (1931) Miche (1932) The Porter from Maxim's (1933) Ciboulette (1933) Radio Surprises (1940) Dakota 308 (1951) L'Amour, Madame (1952)
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Biography of Ivan Daja (excerpt)
Ivan Đaja (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ђаја, French: Jean Giaja; 21 July 1884 – 1 October 1957) was a Serbian biologist, physiologist, author and philosopher. He was founder of the Chair for physiology at the Serbian Institute for Physiology, rector of the University of Belgrade, and member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts.
Biography of Walter Rothenburg (excerpt)
Walter R.Rothenburg, known as Wero (born December 28, 1889, in Hamburg; died March 10, 1975, in Ascona), was a boxing promoter, lyricist, and writer. Born into a family of brewers and publishers, he served in the Imperial Navy during World War I.
Biography of Paul Wagner (actor) (excerpt)
Paul Wagner, born on August 24, 1899, in Cologne, Germany, and died on January 11, 1970, was a German actor and the brother of actor Konrad Wagner. He started his film career in the early 1930s, with one of his first notable roles in Richard Oswald's "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick" (1931).
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Biography of Blas Infante (excerpt)
Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas, born on 5th July 1885 in Gand, was a prominent Andalusian socialist politician, Georgist, writer, historian, and musicologist, revered as the "father of Andalusia" by regional nationalists. He played a crucial role in promoting Andalusian autonomy, being a key figure in the 1918 regionalist assembly in Ronda which adopted Andalusia's flag and emblem.
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Biography of Laureano Gómez (excerpt)
Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro (20 February 1889 – 13 July 1965) was a Colombian politician and civil engineer who served as the 18th President of Colombia from 1950 to 1953.In November 1951 poor health led him to cede presidential power to Roberto Urdaneta Arbelaez.
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Biography of Pietro Ingrao (excerpt)
Pietro Ingrao (30 March 1915 – 27 September 2015) was an Italian politician and journalist involved in the Italian resistance movement. He was a leading figure in the Italian Communist Party (PCI) for many years. Born in Lenola, Lazio, Ingrao joined the PCI in 1940 and participated in the anti-fascist resistance during World War II. ![]()
Biography of E. B. White (excerpt)
Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer.He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, Charlotte's Web was ranked first in their poll of the top one hundred children's novels.
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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.
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Biography of Daisy Fellowes (excerpt)
Daisy Fellowes, born Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glucksberg on April 29, 1890, in Paris and died on December 13, 1962, was a prominent figure in European high society, renowned for her beauty. Daughter of the Duke Decazes and heiress to the Singer fortune, she was a journalist for Harper's Bazaar and authored several novels.
Biography of Harvey Brooks (physicist) (excerpt)
Harvey Brooks (August 5, 1915 – May 28, 2004) was an American physicist, renowned for integrating science into public policy and shaping national science policies under Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. He made significant contributions to the theory of semiconductors and metal band structure, and was the dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.
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Biography of Rodolfo Graziani (excerpt)
Rodolfo Graziani (11 August 1882 – 11 January 1955) was a notable Italian military officer and a committed fascist. He was influential in Italy's colonial campaigns in Libya and Ethiopia, where he gained notoriety for using brutal repressive measures including concentration camps and mass executions.
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Biography of Giuseppe Armellini (excerpt)
Giuseppe Armellini (born October 24, 1887, in Rome, and died July 16, 1958, in Rome) was an Italian astronomer and mathematician.He was a graduate in engineering and mathematics and made significant contributions to celestial mechanics. After experiences in Paris and Meudon, he taught in Turin, Pisa, and then in Rome, where he directed the Rome Observatory.
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Biography of Arthur Blake (actor) (excerpt)
Arthur Blake (February 24, 1914 – March 24, 1985) was an American actor and nightclub entertainer who was famous for his female impersonations; particularly those of Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, and Eleanor Roosevelt.He performed in nightclubs in cities throughout the United States and United Kingdom in the 1940s and the 1950s.
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Biography of Luis Caballero (military) (excerpt)
General Luis Caballero Vargas, born March 8, 1877 in Jiménez, Tamaulipas, son of Tirso Caballero and Ascensión Vargas, was a Mexican soldier who participated in the Mexican Revolution. He died on October 7, 1932 (55 years old) in this same city. ![]()
Biography of Betty Holberton (excerpt)
Frances Elizabeth Holberton (March 7, 1917 – December 8, 2001) was an American computer scientist and one of the six original programmers of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. Born in Philadelphia, she studied journalism at the University of Pennsylvania.
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.
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Biography of Jane Novak (excerpt)
Jane Novak (born Johana Barbara Novak; January 12, 1896 – February 3, 1990) was an American actress of the silent film era.Her birth year and time come from a photo of her tombstone and from Ruth Waterbury's Photoplay (1940): "Jane Novak, born on January 12, 1897, at 2:00 PM, in St. ![]()
Biography of Mary Nolan (excerpt)
Mary Nolan (born Mariam Imogene Robertson; December 18, 1902 – October 31, 1948) was an American stage and film actress, singer and dancer.She began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in the 1920s performing under the stage name Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson.
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Biography of Asbjørg Borgfelt (excerpt)
Asbjørg Borgfelt (31 October 1900 – 5 June 1976) was a Norwegian sculptor. Personal life She was the daughter of Samuel Borgfeldt (1872-1936) and Magnhild Telma Sæther (1876-1941).In 1937 she married sculptor Per Hurum (1910–1989). Career Borgfeldt first studied art in Kristiania at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole) with Wilhelm Rasmussen (1879–1965).
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Biography of Guglielmo Gabetto (excerpt)
Guglielmo Gabetto (Italian pronunciation: ; 24 February 1916 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. Aside from goalkeeper Alfredo Bodoira, he is the only player to win the Italian championship with both Torino and cross-city rivals Juventus.
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Biography of Jacqueline Logan (excerpt)
Jacqueline Medura Logan (November 30, 1902 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress and silent film star, known as a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922. Born in Corsicana, Texas, she moved to various locations during her childhood and initially worked as a journalist.
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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.
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Biography of Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot (excerpt)
Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot (2 May 1897 – 16 January 1989) was a Dutch economist, feminist and radio broadcaster. As the first woman to attain a doctorate in economics in the Netherlands, her work focused on the impact of working women on the economy.
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Biography of Nan Wynn (excerpt)
Nan Wynn (born Masha Vatz; May 8, 1915 – March 21, 1971) was an American big-band singer and Broadway and film actress. She performed with several renowned orchestras throughout the 1930s and 1940s and was known for dubbing Rita Hayworth's singing voice in films like "The Strawberry Blonde" and "My Gal Sal."
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Biography of Francis Gruber (excerpt)
Francis Gruber was a French expressionist painter born in Nancy on March 15, 1912, and died of tuberculosis on December 1, 1948, in Paris. The son of Art Nouveau master glassmaker Jacques Gruber, this painter is indicative of pre-war painting, but instead of seeking the abstract, Francis Gruber favored human figures with chiseled and raw features.
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Biography of Xavier Privas (excerpt)
Antoine Paul Taravel, known as Xavier Privas (27 September 1863 – 6 February 1927) was a French singer, poet, goguettier and composer. Life Antoine Paul Taravel was born in Lyon on 27 September 1863.He made his debut in the goguette of the Caveau Lyonnais in 1888, where he obtained great success.
Biography of Domenica Walter (excerpt)
Juliette Marie Léonie Lacaze, nicknamed Domenica, and became through her successive marriages Domenica Guillaume then Domenica Walter, born in Millau on May 19, 1898 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on June 29, 1977, is a French art collector. Juliette Lacaze, who grew up in a modest environment in Millau, worked as a cloakroom attendant in a Parisian nightclub called Le Viking.
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Biography of Annie M.G. Schmidt (excerpt)
Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt (20 May 1911 – 21 May 1995) was a Dutch writer.She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered one of the greatest Dutch writers. |
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