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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 Paul Vignaux (philosopher) (excerpt)
Paul Vignaux, born December 18, 1904, in Péronne and died August 26, 1987, in Zaragoza, was a French philosopher and medievalist, specializing in the history of medieval philosophy. A prominent trade unionist, he was instrumental in the secularization of the French Christian Workers' Confederation (CFTC).
Biography of Léopold Survage (excerpt)
Léopold Survage, a Russian-French painter of Finnish origin, born in 1879 in Finland, played a significant role in the Russian avant-garde movement before settling in Paris. There, he interacted with artists like Modigliani and delved into abstract cinema. His work was influenced by music, leading to his concept of "Rythmes colorés" aimed at combining art and film.
Biography of Saint-Granier (excerpt)
Saint-Granier, whose real name was Jean Adolphe Alfred de Granier de Cassagnac, was a French actor and singer-songwriter, born on May 27, 1890, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris and died on June 25, 1976, in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine). A creator of numerous revues, he was also a screenwriter, radio personality, and journalist.
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.
Biography of Nelly van Doesburg (excerpt)
Nelly van Doesburg (born Petronella Johanna van Moorsel; July 27, 1899, The Hague – October 1, 1975, Meudon) was a Dutch musician, dancer, artist, and art collector. Performing under her Dada alias Pétro van Doesburg, she also painted under the pseudonym Cupera.
Biography of Sixto Escobar (excerpt)
Sixto Escobar, born on March 23, 1913, in Barceloneta and died on November 17, 1979, was a Puerto Rican professional boxer and Puerto Rico's first world champion in the bantamweight division. Beginning his professional career in 1931, Escobar amassed a record of 21 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss as an amateur.
Biography of Josefina Manresa (excerpt)
Josefina Manresa Marhuenda, born in Quesada, Andalusia, on January 2, 1916, and died on February 18, 1987, in Elx, was a Spanish writer and seamstress. A victim of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship, she was the wife and muse of the Republican poet Miguel Hernández.
Biography of Prassitele Piccinini (excerpt)
Prassitele Piccinini, born March 4, 1876 in Viadana, died March 2, 1950 in Milan, was an Italian physician, pharmacologist, historian and university professor whose textbooks include Farmacoterapia con formulario (1902) and Acta Medica Italica (1935).
Biography of Ellen H. Johnson (excerpt)
Ellen Hulda Johnson (1910–1992) was a prominent art historian and professor of modern art at Oberlin College from 1945 to 1977.Born in Warren, Pennsylvania, she studied at Oberlin, Columbia, Uppsala, and the Sorbonne. She began her career at the Toledo Museum of Art and returned to Oberlin in 1939.
Biography of Amedeo Agostini (excerpt)
Amedeo Agostini (6 March 1892, in Capugnano di Porretta Terme — 27 June 1958, in Livorno) was an Italian mathematician born in Capugnano di Porretta Terme. In 1919 he graduated at the University of Bologna, where he later worked on a freelance basis as teaching assistant and professor of History of Mathematics.
Biography of David Butler (director) (excerpt)
David Butler (December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979) was an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. Biography Butler was born in San Francisco, California.His mother was actress Adele Belgrade, and his father was actor and director Fred J.
Biography of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (excerpt)
Giuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, GE (23 December 1896 – 23 July 1957), known as Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, was a Sicilian writer, nobleman, and Prince of Lampedusa. He is most famous for his only novel, Il Gattopardo (first published posthumously in 1958), which is set in his native Sicily during the Risorgimento.
Biography of Emily Murphy (excerpt)
Emily Murphy was a trailblazing Canadian writer and the first female magistrate in the British Empire, celebrated for her advocacy for women's rights. Born into a family of legal professionals in 1868, she honed her legal acumen early on. The third of six children, her family's influence included a Supreme Court judge and a senator, which immersed her in legal debates from a young age.
Biography of Friedel Apelt (excerpt)
Friedel Apelt (1 November 1902 - 12 December 2001) was a German political activist, trades union official and politician (KPD/SED).During the Nazi years she participated actively in anti-fascist resistance, and spent much of the time in prison or as a concentration camp internee.
Biography of Otto Paetsch (excerpt)
Otto Paetsch (August 3, 1909 - March 16, 1945) was a German officer in the Waffen-SS during World War II.He fought on various fronts, including France, Russia, and the Battle of Arnhem. For his heroic actions, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and was posthumously promoted to SS-Standartenführer.
Biography of Willem Elsschot (excerpt)
Willem Elsschot, born Alfons-Jozef de Ridder, was born in Antwerp on May 7, 1882, and died on May 31, 1960.A Belgian writer and poet who wrote in Dutch, he produced only 750 pages of prose, yet remains highly influential. Born into a baker's family, he left school early and held various jobs in Antwerp, Brussels, Paris, and Rotterdam.
Biography of Georges Grand (excerpt)
Georges Grand, born Valentin Pierre Louis MacLeod (August 11, 1864 – March 30, 1921 in Paris), was an actor and sociétaire of the Comédie-Française. The son of an English commercial representative and a writer mother known as "George Grand," he studied at Lycée Henri IV and the Faculty of Law before pursuing a theater career.
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 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.
Biography of Caracciolo Parra Pérez (excerpt)
Caracciolo Parra-Pérez, born on March 19, 1888, in Mérida, Venezuela, and died on September 19, 1964, in Paris, was a notable Venezuelan lawyer, historian, and politician. He served as Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1941 to 1945.Parra-Pérez was highly respected for his contributions to Venezuelan historiography.
Biography of Jan Mankes (excerpt)
Jan Mankes (August 15, 1889 – April 23, 1920) was a Dutch painter.He created around 200 paintings, 100 drawings, and 50 prints before dying of tuberculosis at the age of 30.His delicate, detailed works include self-portraits, landscapes, and studies of birds and animals.
Biography of Katta Sterna (excerpt)
Katta Sterna (born Katharina Ida Stern, December 19, 1897 – July 29, 1984) was a German actress and dancer. The daughter of engineer Georg Stern and Bertha Schmidt, she was the niece of Käthe Kollwitz and sister to actresses Johanna Hofer, Maria Matray, and Regula Keller.
Biography of Raffaele Bendandi (excerpt)
Raffaele Bendandi (1893–1979), an Italian clockmaker, was known for his earthquake predictions. Self-taught, he became interested in planetary motion and seismology after witnessing a solar eclipse in 1905. Bendandi theorized, without scientific backing, that earthquakes were caused by planetary alignments. He gained fame for his predictions, notably the one in 1924, which missed by two days.
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 Odd Eidem (excerpt)
Odd Eidem (23 October 1913 – 10 June 1988) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and literary critic. He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway.He was the eldest of three sons born to Gunnar Kølbel (1890–1963) and Dorothea Serine Eidem (1889–1940).His parents divorced during his youth.
Biography of Màrius Torres (excerpt)
Màrius Torres (30 August 1910 – 29 October 1942) was a Catalan poet, first published by fellow writer Joan Sales in Mexico. He was among the most influential poets in the first 30 years of post-Civil War Catalonia and is today considered one of the most important Catalan poets of the twentieth century.
Biography of Heinrich Ferdinand von Österreich-Toskana (excerpt)
Heinrich Ferdinand von Österreich-Toskana (13 February 1878 – 21 May 1969) was an Austrian Archduke from the Habsburg-Lothringen-Toskana line, a military officer, painter, and photographer. He served as an officer until the end of World War I, after which he retired to Salzburg to pursue his artistic interests.
Biography of Aurora Picornell (excerpt)
Aurora Picornell Femenias (1 October 1912 – 5 January 1937) was a Spanish seamstress, unionist, and feminist activist, known as "La Pasionaria of Majorca." She organized the seamstresses' union in the Balearic Islands and joined the Communist Party of Spain. She was politically active from a young age, publishing articles in the communist newspaper "Nuestra palabra" at 16.
Biography of Benny Kalama (excerpt)
Benjamin Kapena Kalama (1916 – 1999) was an American singer known for his falsetto voice. He played a pivotal role in Alfred Apaka's career, working as his coach and music arranger. Kalama, born in Hawai'i, showcased his musical talents early, playing trombone in school bands.
Biography of Arend Heyting (excerpt)
Arend Heyting (9 May 1898 – 9 July 1980) was a Dutch mathematician and logician. Heyting was a student of Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer at the University of Amsterdam, and did much to put intuitionistic logic on a footing where it could become part of mathematical logic.
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 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).
Biography of Eduard Kaufmann (excerpt)
Eduard Kaufmann (24 March 1860, Bonn – 15 December 1931, Göttingen) was a German physician. The disease Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome is named for him. Career Kaufmann studied in Bonn and Berlin, and earned his doctorate from the University of Bonn in 1884. He was appointed Privatdozent for anatomical pathology in Breslau three years later, and assisted at Emil Ponfick’s institute.
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.
Biography of Maria Mandl (excerpt)
Maria Mandl (10 January 1912 – 24 January 1948) was an Austrian SS-Helferin ("SS helper") and war criminal known for her role in the Holocaust as a high-ranking official at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. She is linked to the deaths of over 500,000 prisoners.
Biography of Lew Worsham (excerpt)
Lewis Elmer Worsham, Jr.(October 5, 1917 – October 19, 1990) was an American professional golfer, the U.S.Open champion in 1947. Life and career Worsham was born on October 5, 1917, in Staunton River, Virginia.He grew up in Long Island, Virginia.Worsham attended Hampton High School and was a member of the golf team from 1933 to 1935.
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 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.
Biography of Maurice Pilorge (excerpt)
Maurice Pilorge, born on May 19, 1914, in Saint-Malo and died on February 4, 1939, in Rennes, was a dandy criminal executed by guillotine for the murder of his lover. Raised by his grandmother and later his mother, he had a turbulent youth marked by thefts and escapes.
Biography of Frida Leider (excerpt)
Frida Leider (April 18, 1888 – June 4, 1975) was a German dramatic soprano, renowned for her performances in Wagner's roles, especially Isolde and Brünnhilde. She also portrayed characters such as Beethoven's Fidelio, Mozart's Donna Anna, and Verdi's Aida and Leonora. She made over 80 recordings, mainly for Polydor and HMV.
Biography of Giuseppe Porelli (excerpt)
Giuseppe Porelli (24 November 1898 – 5 March 1982) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born Giuseppe Porcelli in Naples, he graduated from the Istituto Tecnico and became an employee of Ferrovie dello Stato. While there, he spent his free time involved in amateur dramatics.
Biography of Antoon Coolen (excerpt)
Antonius Franciscus Coolen, known as Antoon Coolen, was born in Wijlre on April 17, 1897, and died in Waalre on November 9, 1961.A Dutch regionalist novelist and also a journalist, he was influenced by his neighbor H.N.Ouweling in Deurne. After living in Zevenbergen, he returned to Deurne and later moved to Waalre.
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.
Biography of Mathias Kemp (excerpt)
Mathias Hubertus Kemp, born on December 31, 1890, in Maastricht and died there on August 7, 1964, was a Dutch poet, journalist, and writer. Initially employed at the Société Céramique pottery factory in Wyck-Maastricht, Kemp later worked as a librarian and freelance journalist.
Biography of William Steinberg (excerpt)
William Steinberg (born Hans Wilhelm Steinberg) was a German conductor born on August 1, 1899, in Cologne and died on May 16, 1978, in New York. After studying under Hermann Abendroth, he became Otto Klemperer's assistant at the Cologne Opera in 1924.
Biography of C. L. Moore (excerpt)
Catherine Lucille Moore (January 24, 1911 – April 4, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, who first came to prominence in the 1930s writing as C.L.Moore.She was among the first women to write in the science fiction and fantasy genres (though earlier woman writers in these genres include Clare Winger Harris, Greye La Spina, and Francis Stevens, among others).
Biography of Kurt von Tippelskirch (excerpt)
Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Tippelskirch (9 October 1891 – 10 May 1957) was a German general in World War II, commanding several armies and Army Group Vistula. He surrendered to the US Army on May 2, 1945.Tippelskirch wrote multiple books, including "History of the Second World War" in 1951.
Biography of Richard Smart (actor) (excerpt)
Richard Palmer Kaleioku Smart (1913–1992) was an American musical theatre actor and owner of the Parker Ranch in Hawaii.Born in Honolulu, he was raised by his grandmother after losing both parents. He became involved in theatre during high school and had a successful Broadway and nightclub career.
Biography of Cristina Kahlo (excerpt)
Cristina Kahlo y Calderón (June 7, 1908 – February 8, 1964) was the younger sister of Frida Kahlo and shared a deep emotional bond with her. She posed for both Frida and Diego Rivera, with whom she had an affair after the birth of her second child.
Biography of Dino Grandi (excerpt)
Dino Grandi, Count of Mordano (June 4, 1895 - May 21, 1988), was an Italian politician during the fascist era.Serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and ambassador to London, he was a key figure under Mussolini. From a Catholic family, Grandi co-founded the Fascist Party in Emilia-Romagna in 1919. |
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