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Horoscopes 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 Henri Gorce-Franklin (excerpt)
Henri Gorce-Franklin, born on December 7, 1906, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon (Rhône) and died on February 17, 2000, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, was a French politician. He was also very active in the French Resistance, particularly within the F2 and Gallia networks; he was appointed a Companion of the Liberation by decree on March 24, 1945, and also held several French and foreign decorations.
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Biography of Stanislawa Przybyszewska (excerpt)
Stanisława Przybyszewska (1 October 1901 – 15 August 1935) was a Polish dramatist who is mostly known for her plays about the French Revolution. Her time of birth comes from the diary of her mother. Her 1929 play The Danton Case, which examines the conflict between Maximilien Robespierre and Georges Danton, is considered to be one of the most exemplary works about the Revolution, and was adapted (albeit with significant ideological edits) by Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda for his 1983 film Danton.
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Biography of Henri Beauclair (excerpt)
Henri Eugène Amédée Beauclair, born on December 21, 1860, in Lisieux and died on May 11, 1919, in Paris, was a French poet, novelist, and journalist. He often co-authored works with novelist Gabriel Vicaire under the collective pseudonym Adoré Floupette. Editor-in-chief of the daily "Le Petit Journal" from 1906 to 1914, Beauclair collaborated with numerous newspapers and magazines including Lutèce, Le Chat Noir, and Le Sagittaire.
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Biography of Carlos Arniches (excerpt)
Carlos Arniches Barreda (11 October 1866 – 16 April 1943) was a Spanish playwright, born in Alicante. His prolific work, drawing on the traditions of the género chico, the zarzuela and the grotesque, came to dominate the Spanish comic theatre in the early twentieth century.
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Biography of Isidro Fabela (excerpt)
José Isidro Fabela Alfaro (29 June 1882 – 12 August 1964) was a Mexican judge, politician, professor, writer, publisher, governor of the State of Mexico, diplomat, and delegate to the now defunct League of Nations. Fabela was born in Atlacomulco, Mexico State.
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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.
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Biography of César Moro (excerpt)
César Moro (August 31, 1903 – January 10, 1956) is the pseudonym of Alfredo Quíspez-Asín Mas, a Peruvian poet and painter. Most of his poetic works are written in French; he was the only Latin American poet included in the 1920s and '30s surrealist journals of André Breton and the first Latin American artist to join the surrealist group on his own initiative, as opposed to being recruited by Breton. ![]()
Biography of Germaine Beaumont (excerpt)
Germaine Beaumont, born Germaine Battendier on October 31, 1890, in Petit-Couronne and died on March 21, 1983, in Montfort-l'Amaury, was a French journalist and novelist. She was the first woman to win the Renaudot Prize in 1930 for her novel Piège. Influenced by Virginia Woolf and Colette, she worked for various newspapers, including Le Matin and Les Nouvelles littéraires, and was one of the first women to write for Le Monde.
Biography of Maclovia Ruiz (excerpt)
Maclovia Ruiz Mailer (September 11, 1910 – December 31, 2005) was a prominent Mexican-American dancer known for her work with the San Francisco Ballet in the 1930s and her lead role in George Balanchine’s Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera House. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, she moved to San Francisco in 1914. ![]()
Biography of Walter Krüger (SS general) (excerpt)
Walter Krüger (27 February 1890 – 22 May 1945) was a German SS official during the Nazi era. In World War II, he commanded the SS Division Polizei, the SS Division Das Reich, and the VI SS Army Corps (Latvian). At the end of the war, Krüger committed suicide.
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Biography of Catharose de Petri (excerpt)
Catharose de Petri (real name Henny Stok-Huyser February 5, 1902–September 10, 1990) was a Dutch-born mystic and co-founder of the Lectorium Rosicrucianum, an international esoteric school based on Gnostic ideas of Christianity. Catharose de Petri founded the Lectorium in 1935 with two other Dutch mystics, Jan van Rijckenborgh and his brother Zwier Willem Leene after meeting them as a member of the Dutch branch of Max Heindel's Rosicrucian Fellowship.
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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 Jan Karski (excerpt)
Jan Karski (born Jan Kozielewski, 24 June 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Polish World War II soldier, resistance fighter, and diplomat. He is notable for reporting to the Polish government-in-exile and the Allies on the situation in German-occupied Poland, including the Warsaw Ghetto and extermination camps. ![]()
Biography of Helene Voigt-Diederichs (excerpt)
Helene Theodora Voigt-Diederichs (26 May 1875 – 3 December 1961) was a German writer. The daughter of Christian Theodor Voigt and Marie Louise Brinckmann, she was born Helene Theodora Voigt on the family estate Marienhoff near Eckernförde and was educated by private tutors.
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Biography of Gaby Casadesus (excerpt)
Gaby Casadesus (August 9, 1901 – November 12, 1999) was a French classical pianist and teacher born in Marseille. She was married to the French pianist Robert Casadesus and their son Jean was also a notable pianist. Born Gabrielle l'Hôte, she studied at the Paris Conservatory with Louis Diémer and Marguerite Long and was awarded the first prize in piano at age 16.
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Biography of Luigi Gui (excerpt)
Luigi Gui (26 September 1914 – 26 April 2010) was an Italian politician and philosopher. Gui was born in Padua (Veneto). He graduated in philosophy at the Catholic University in Milan. He was an officer of the Alpini corps of the Italian Army, and fought in USSR during World War II.
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Biography of Antonio Gasbarrini (excerpt)
Antonio Gasbarrini, born in Civitella del Tronto on March 26, 1882, was an eminent Italian physician known for his significant contributions to internal medicine, particularly gastroenterology. Orphaned during his school years, Gasbarrini excelled academically, enabling him to study at the University of Siena where he graduated with honors in 1908.
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Biography of Georges Beaucourt (excerpt)
Georges Beaucourt, born April 15, 1912, in Roubaix and died February 27, 2002, in Douai, was a French international footballer who later became a coach and then a senior executive at Charbonnages de France. A student in advanced mathematics at Lycée Faidherbe in Lille, he won several French school and university championships.
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Biography of Xiao Qian (excerpt)
Xiao Qian (27 January 1910 – 11 February 1999), alias Ruoping, was a renowned Chinese essayist, editor, journalist, and translator. His time of birth comes from his autobiography "Traveller Without a Map". Orphaned early, he worked while studying in a church school and joined the Communist Youth League.
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Biography of Arthur Nussbaum (excerpt)
Arthur Nussbaum (January 31, 1877 – November 22, 1964) was a German-born American jurist. He studied legal science in Berlin from 1894 till 1897. He taught at the University of Berlin (1918–1933). In 1934, he moved to the United States, and in 1940, he became a US citizen. ![]()
Biography of Norman Foster (director) (excerpt)
Norman Foster, born Norman Foster Hoeffer on December 13, 1903, was an American director, screenwriter, and actor. Foster directed Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films and worked with Orson Welles and Walt Disney. Starting as a leading man in early talkies, he transitioned to directing in the late 1930s while occasionally acting.
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Biography of Tore Deinboll (excerpt)
Tore Eckhoff Deinboll (July 12, 1910 – November 18, 1988) was a Norwegian artist, cartoonist, and illustrator born in Oslo. He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts where he met influential artists like Kaare Espolin Johnson. Deinboll is known for his comics "Den evige ilds land" (The Land of Eternal Fire, 1936-1937) and "Petter Framgutt" (1938), both published in Arbeidermagasinet.
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Biography of África de las Heras (excerpt)
África de las Heras Gavilán (Ceuta, Spain, 26 April 1909 – Moscow, USSR, 8 March 1988) was a Spanish-born communist, naturalized Soviet citizen, and a secret service agent who went by the code name "Patria", but also used the names "María Luisa de las Heras de Darbat","María de la Sierra","Patricia", "Ivonne", "María de las Heras", "Znoi" and "María Pavlovna".
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Biography of Pierre Dupong (excerpt)
Pierre Dupong (1 November 1885 – 23 December 1953) was a Luxembourgish politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Luxembourg for 16 years, from 1937 until his death in 1953. He founded the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and was a key figure in Luxembourgish politics during and after World War II.
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Biography of Bjarne Øen (excerpt)
Bjarne Øen (6 November 1898 – 20 September 1994) was a significant figure in the Royal Norwegian Air Force, serving as a pilot, military officer, and Lieutenant General. During World War II, he was pivotal in establishing the Royal Norwegian Air Force in Canada and the UK.
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Biography of Alexandre Bóveda (excerpt)
Alexandre Bóveda Iglesias (Ourense, 4 June 1903 - executed in A Caeira, Poio, 17 August 1936), commonly known as Alexandre Bóveda, was a Spanish politician and financial officer from Galicia. He is considered one of the most important Galicianist intellectuals during the Spanish Second Republic.
Biography of Alfredo Monza (excerpt)
Alfredo Monza (August 12, 1911 - May 20, 1974) was an Italian footballer and coach. Cousin of footballer Carlo Reguzzoni, he was known for his speed and precision. He began his career at Pro Patria, then played for Livorno and Lazio, setting a record of 222 consecutive Serie A matches.
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Biography of Gaston Cros (excerpt)
Gaston Cros, born on October 6, 1861, in Saverne, died on May 11, 1915, in the Berthonval woods (Mont-Saint-Éloi), was a French colonel who served during World War I. He was the son of Hippolyte Cros and Marie Pétronille Reine Schnerb. He entered the Saint-Cyr Special Military School in 1881, as part of the Egypt promotion, and graduated in 1883.
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Biography of Willy Pfeiffer (excerpt)
Willy Pfeiffer (born July 29, 1879, in Stuttgart; died October 1, 1937, in Frankfurt am Main) was a German Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University Hospital Frankfurt. Life Pfeiffer initially studied medicine for four semesters at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.
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Biography of Lucien Barjon (excerpt)
Lucien, Émile, Vincent, Bargeon, known by his stage name Lucien Barjon, was a French actor, born on March 11, 1916, in Sète, and died on December 31, 2000, in Bagnols-sur-Cèze. Originally an engineer for bridges and roads, he decided to pursue acting and appeared in numerous films and television series.
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Biography of Monique de la Bruchollerie (excerpt)
Monique Yver de la Bruchollerie, born April 20, 1915 in Paris and died December 15, 1972, was a French pianist from a family of distinguished musicians. She entered the Paris Conservatoire at eleven and won first prize in piano in 1931 under Isidore Philipp.
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Biography of Franz von Hipper (excerpt)
Admiral Franz von Hipper, born on September 13, 1863, in Weilheim, Bavaria, and died on May 25, 1932, in Hamburg, was a notable German admiral known for commanding battleships during the Battle of Jutland. Joining the Imperial Navy at 18, Hipper's naval career advanced rapidly.
Biography of Edmund Bacon (architect) (excerpt)
Edmund Norwood Bacon (May 2, 1910 – October 14, 2005) was an American urban planner, architect, educator, and author. During his tenure as the executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970, his visions shaped today's Philadelphia, the city of his birth, to the extent that he is sometimes described as "The Father of Modern Philadelphia".
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Biography of Charles Belhague (excerpt)
Charles Belhague, born July 6, 1871 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges and died May 25, 1942 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French general, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and military medalist. He was Inspector General of Engineering during the interwar period and in this capacity chaired the Commission for the Organization of Fortified Regions which designed the Maginot Line.
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Biography of Raymonde Allain (excerpt)
Raymonde Allain, born June 22, 1912, in Paris and died July 27, 2008, in the same city, was a French actress and presenter. Crowned Miss Bretagne in 1927, she became Miss France in 1928. Daughter of actor Henri Allain, she married pianist Alec Siniavine in 1938.
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Biography of Meridel Le Sueur (excerpt)
Meridel Le Sueur (February 22, 1900 – November 14, 1996) was an American writer associated with the proletarian literature movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born Meridel Wharton, she adopted her stepfather's surname, Le Sueur. She grew up in a family of social activists and was influenced by Native American stories.
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Biography of Victor Delbos (excerpt)
Étienne Marie Justin Victor Delbos (26 September 1862, Figeac – 16 June 1916, Paris) was a Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy. Delbos was appointed a lecturer at the Sorbonne in 1902. In 1911 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.
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Biography of Ruth Moufang (excerpt)
Ruth Moufang (10 January 1905 – 26 November 1977) was a pioneering German mathematician known for her contributions to projective and affine geometry. Born to a family of scholars, she was denied a teaching position by the Nazi regime and worked as an industrial mathematician at Krupp during World War II.
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Biography of Jacques Debonnaires (excerpt)
acques Debonnaires, born January 8, 1907 in Saint-Gilles, died February 14, 1997 in Oostduinkerke (90 years old), was a Belgian sculptor, member of the Royal Academy of Belgium. He won the Godecharle prize in 1928.
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Biography of Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866) (excerpt)
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (German: Franz Friedrich Sigismund; 15 September 1864 – 18 June 1866) was the fourth child and third son of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia, later German Emperor Frederick III and Empress Victoria. He was a grandson of William I of Prussia and Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.
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Biography of Ole Reistad (excerpt)
Ole Imerslun Reistad (June 26, 1898 - December 22, 1949) was a Norwegian military officer and accomplished sportsman. He competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1920 Summer Olympics and became Norwegian champion in the sport. He competed in military patrol at the 1928 Winter Olympics, winning the event.
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Biography of John Maclean (Scottish socialist) (excerpt)
John Maclean (24 August 1879 - 30 November 1923) was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era. He was notable for his outspoken opposition to World War I, which caused his arrest under the Defence of the Realm Act and loss of his teaching post, after which he became a full-time Marxist lecturer and organiser.
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Biography of Margaret Allan (racing driver) (excerpt)
Margaret Mabel Gladys Jennings (née Allan; 26 July 1909 – 21 September 1998) was a Scottish motor racing driver. As Margaret Allan (sometimes erroneously "Allen") she was one of the leading British female racing and rally drivers in the inter-war years, and one of only four women ever to earn a 120 mph badge at the Brooklands circuit.
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Biography of André Demedts (excerpt)
André Demedts ((Sint-Baafs-Vijve), 8 August 1906 – Oudenaarde, 4 November 1992) was a Belgian Flemish writer and teacher. He has published works in many genres, all in Dutch. In 1962 he received the Prijs voor Letterkunde van de Vlaamse Provincies (Literature Award of the Flemish Provinces) for his work De levenden en de doden (The living and the death).
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Biography of Roldano Lupi (excerpt)
Roldano Lupi, an Italian actor, was born on February 8, 1909, in Milan and died on August 13, 1989, in Rome. He studied accounting but began his acting career in local amateur theater. His professional stage debut came in 1938 under the direction of Kiki Palmer, propelling his career.
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Biography of Hans Lunding (excerpt)
Hans Mathiesen Lunding (25 February 1899 – 5 April 1984) was a Danish officer, eventing rider, resistance fighter, and director of military intelligence. Born to a small farmer in Nordschleswig, Lunding was drafted into the Prussian army in 1916, later joining the Danish Army in 1922.
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Biography of Elsie Maréchal (excerpt)
Elsie Maréchal (21 June 1894 – 25 March 1969) was an Englishwoman who played a vital role in the Belgian Resistance during World War II. A member of the Comet Line, she helped downed Allied airmen escape from German forces. Captured in November 1942, she faced the Nazis' 'Nacht und Nebel' policy, intended to make opponents disappear in prison camps.
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Biography of Ingrid of Sweden (excerpt)
Ingrid of Sweden (Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louisa Margareta; 28 March 1910 – 7 November 2000) was Queen of Denmark from 20 April 1947 to 14 January 1972 as the wife of King Frederik IX. Her approximate time of birth comes from the press the following day ("News in Brief," The Times (London, England), 29 March 1910). ![]()
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 Virginio Rosetta (excerpt)
Virginio "Viri" Rosetta (24 February 1902 – 31 March 1975) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender. A hard-working player, he was known for his organisational skills, and for his ability to read the game and anticipate other players; he was also known to be a very precise passer of the ball, and an elegant full-back with good technique and a powerful shot, who was capable of starting plays from the back-line. |
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