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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 Käthe Schirmacher (excerpt)
Käthe Schirmacher, born on August 6, 1865, in Danzig (now Gdańsk), was a German writer, journalist, and political activist, notable as a leading advocate for women's rights in the 1890s. The daughter of a wealthy merchant, Schirmacher lost her family fortune early and became one of the first German women to earn a doctorate in Romance studies.
Biography of Pilar de Zubiaurre (excerpt)
Pilar de Zubiaurre (Garai, Basque Country (Spain), July 24, 1884 – Mexico City, Mexico, June 24, 1970) was a Basque intellectual, writer, pianist, and art dealer and manager who lived in exile in Mexico for more than thirty years as a consequence of the Spanish Civil War.
Biography of William Bridges (general) (excerpt)
Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges, KCB, CMG (18 February 1861 – 18 May 1915) was a senior Australian Army officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Military College, Duntroon and who served as the first Australian Chief of the General Staff.
Biography of Tarjei Vesaas (excerpt)
Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 - 15 March 1970) was a renowned Norwegian poet and novelist, considered one of Norway’s most significant 20th-century writers. Born in Vinje, Telemark, to farmer Olav Vesaas and teacher Signe Øygarden, he experienced guilt over not taking over the family farm, a theme reflected in his works.
Biography of Scott Armstrong (basketball) (excerpt)
Scott Thomas Armstrong Jr. (October 21, 1913 (Wikipedia has 12 October in error) – August 20, 1997) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League for the Fort Wayne General Electrics, Oshkosh All-Stars, and Indianapolis Kautskys.
Biography of Avery Brundage (excerpt)
Avery Brundage (September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), serving from 1952 to 1972. Born in Detroit and raised in Chicago, he overcame a difficult childhood to become a successful engineer and track star.
Biography of Félix d'Hérelle (excerpt)
Félix d'Hérelle (25 April 1873 – 22 February 1949) was a French microbiologist and co-discoverer of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria).He experimented with phage therapy and contributed significantly to applied microbiology. Self-taught, d'Hérelle discovered in 1917 that an "invisible antagonist" (bacteriophage) could kill bacteria, which he confirmed through dilution experiments.
Biography of Maurice Fernez (excerpt)
Maurice Fernez, born on August 30, 1885, and died on January 31, 1952, in Alfortville, was a French inventor and a pioneer in underwater breathing and gas masks. His innovative inventions helped transform scuba diving, evolving it from the "heavy-foot" diving suit to the self-contained diving suit during the first half of the 20th century.
Biography of Hans Bassermann (excerpt)
Hans Bassermann, born on September 20, 1888, in Frankfurt and died on February 12, 1978, was a German violinist and music scholar. The son of music teacher Fritz Bassermann and pianist Florence Bassermann, he began violin lessons with his father before studying in Berlin.
Biography of Gertrud von Le Fort (excerpt)
Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort, born on October 11, 1876, in Minden, was a German writer. The daughter of a Prussian colonel, she studied at Heidelberg, Marburg, and Berlin, and settled in Bavaria in 1918. Her literary career began in earnest in 1925 when she edited a posthumous work by her mentor, Ernst Troeltsch.
Biography of Robert Jacquinot de Besange (excerpt)
Robert Jacquinot de Besange, whose Chinese name is 饶家驹 Rao Jia-ju, was born on March 15, 1878, in Saintes, Charente-Maritime (France), and passed away on September 10, 1946, in Berlin (Germany) at the age of 68. He was a French Jesuit priest, a missionary in China, and a professor of science at the Aurore University in Shanghai.
Biography of Joseph Yablonski (excerpt)
Joseph Albert "Jock" Yablonski (March 3, 1910 – December 31, 1969) was an American labor leader in the United Mine Workers in the 1950s and 1960s known for seeking reform in the union and better working conditions for miners.In 1969 he challenged Tony Boyle for the presidency of the international union and was defeated.
Biography of Lem Billings (excerpt)
Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, born April 15, 1916, and died May 28, 1981, was an American businessman best known for his lifelong, close friendship with John F. Kennedy. A prep school roommate of JFK, he served as an usher at his wedding and was a key supporter of his 1960 presidential campaign.
Biography of Giovanni Minzoni (excerpt)
Giovanni Minzoni (1 July 1885 – 23 August 1923) was an Italian Catholic priest and anti-fascist, murdered by fascists in 1923. Ordained in 1909, he served as a military chaplain during World War I and was awarded the Silver Medal of Military Valor.
Biography of Teresa Andrés Zamora (excerpt)
Teresa Andrés Zamora (February 27, 1907 – July 5, 1946) was a pioneering Spanish librarian and academic. Born in Villalba de los Alcores, she studied Philosophy and Letters in Valladolid, and later pursued a doctorate in Madrid. A committed feminist, republican, and trade unionist, Andrés led the Sección de Bibliotecas de Cultura Popular and was deeply involved in education and cultural preservation.
Biography of Manlio Bacigalupo (excerpt)
Manlio Bacigalupo (5 September 1907 – 1 December 1977) was an Italian association football goalkeeper and manager from Vado Ligure, Savona. Playing career Over the course of his career, Bacigalupo played for five Italian sides, spending the most of his time with Genoa and Venezia, also playing for Torino.
Biography of Henri Borel (excerpt)
Henri Jean François Borel (* November 23, 1869, in Dordrecht; † August 31, 1933, in The Hague) was a Dutch writer and journalist. Life Henri Borel studied Chinese language and literature in Leiden and Amoy.In 1894, he became a Chinese interpreter in the Dutch East Indies, took a leave of absence in 1899, and then settled in The Hague.
Biography of Dorothy Gulliver (excerpt)
Dorothy Kathleen Gulliver (September 6, 1908 - May 23, 1997) was an American silent film actress, one of the few to make a successful transition to sound films. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and raised as a Mormon, she aspired to act from a young age.
Biography of Albert Volk (excerpt)
Albert Volk (* September 13, 1882, in Frankfurt am Main; † March 16, 1982, in Heilbronn) was a German painter, graphic artist, and sculptor. After World War I, he created several war memorials in his workshop in Weinsberg. From 1926 until the end of World War II, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart before returning to Weinsberg in 1945, where he actively contributed to artistic and cultural reconstruction.
Biography of Polly Ann Young (excerpt)
Polly Ann Young, born October 25, 1908, in Denver and died January 21, 1997, in Los Angeles, was an American actress.She was the sister of fellow actresses Loretta Young and Sally Blane. From 1917 to 1941, she appeared in over 40 films, many in minor or uncredited roles.
Biography of Amado Alonso (excerpt)
Amado Alonso García (13 September 1896 – 26 May 1952) was a Spanish philologist, linguist, and literary critic, later naturalized as an Argentine citizen. He was a key figure in the development of stylistics and a student of Ramón Menéndez Pidal at Madrid’s Center for Historical Studies.
Biography of Pietro Bucalossi (excerpt)
Pietro Bucalossi (August 9, 1905 – March 15, 1992) was an Italian physician and politician known for his cancer research and fiscal conservatism as Mayor of Milan in the 1960s. Born in San Miniato, he graduated in medicine from the University of Pisa and became a prominent oncologist in Milan.
Biography of Theos Casimir Bernard (excerpt)
Theos Casimir Hamati Bernard (10 December 1908 – October 1947) was an American explorer and author known for his work on yoga and religious studies (particularly in Tibetan Buddhism). He was the nephew of Pierre Arnold Bernard, "Oom the Omnipotent", and like him became a yoga celebrity.
Biography of Philipp Jarnach (excerpt)
Philipp Jarnach, born on July 26, 1892, in Noisy-le-Sec, France, and died on December 17, 1982, in Börnsen, was a German composer of modern music, pianist, teacher, and conductor. The son of a Spanish sculptor and a Flemish mother, he studied piano at the Conservatoire de Paris before becoming a student of Ferruccio Busoni in Zurich during World War I.
Biography of Salvador Seguí (excerpt)
Salvador Seguí Rubinat (born in Lleida on September 23, 1887, and assassinated in Barcelona on March 10, 1923), known as "El Noi del Sucre" ("The Sugar Kid"), was a leading anarcho-syndicalist figure in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo in Catalonia during the early 20th century.
Biography of Pierre-Paul Grassé (excerpt)
Pierre-Paul Grassé (born November 27, 1895, in Périgueux, Dordogne, and died July 9, 1985, in Paris) was a French biologist, zoologist, and paleontologist, author of over 300 publications, including a significant treatise on zoology. A Doctor of Biological Sciences, he taught at the University of Montpellier, Clermont-Ferrand, and later at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he became the Chair of Evolution in 1941.
Biography of Georges Barbier (illustrator) (excerpt)
Georges Barbier, born in Nantes on October 16, 1882, and died in Paris on March 16, 1932, was a French painter, fashion illustrator, and designer.He also worked under the pseudonym Edward W.Larry. After studying at the Académie Julian in Paris, he began exhibiting in 1910 under this pseudonym.
Biography of Mentona Moser (excerpt)
Mentona Moser (19 October 1874 – 10 April 1971) was a Swiss social worker, communist functionary and writer. Born into wealth, she disapproved of high society, and became involved in philanthropic work, helping to launch the Swiss Communist Party and one of the first birth control clinics in Zürich.
Biography of Llibertat Ródenas Rodriguez (excerpt)
Llibertat Ródenas Rodriguez (Chera, 23 September 1892 – Mexico, 19 January 1970) was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist and feminist activist.Born in Chera, she moved to Barcelona in 1918 and joined the CNT, gaining recognition for her public speaking skills. Imprisoned in 1920 for her activism, she later campaigned for the FAI starting in 1931.
Biography of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (excerpt)
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (July 6, 1888 – February 24, 1973) was a historian and social philosopher whose work encompassed history, theology, sociology, and linguistics. Born in Berlin to a non-observant Jewish family, he converted to Christianity in his late teens, which deeply influenced his writings.
Biography of David Garnett (excerpt)
David Garnett (March 9, 1892 – February 17, 1981) was a British writer and publisher, a member of the Bloomsbury Group.He gained literary fame with Lady into Fox, winning the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1922 and the Hawthornden Prize in 1923.
Biography of Willem van Konijnenburg (excerpt)
Willem Adriaan van Konijnenburg (The Hague, February 11, 1868 – The Hague, February 28, 1943) was a Dutch visual artist. During the interwar period (1919-1939), he was, alongside Jan Toorop and Jan Sluijters, one of the national figureheads of modern Dutch art.
Biography of Pío del Río Hortega (excerpt)
Pío del Río Hortega (5 May 1882 – 1 June 1945) was a Spanish neuroscientist known for discovering microglia.Born in Portillo, Valladolid, he studied locally and earned his medical qualification in 1905. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Madrid, researching brain tumor pathology.
Biography of Georgette Agutte (excerpt)
Georgette Agutte, born on 17 May 1867 in Paris and died on 6 September 1922 in Chamonix, was a French painter, sculptor, and art collector. She was the daughter of painter Jean-Georges Aguttes, born just a few months after his death. Agutte studied sculpture with Jean-Louis-Désiré Schrœder and began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1887.
Biography of José María Albareda (excerpt)
José María Albareda Herrera (Caspe, 15 April 1902 - 26 February 1966, Madrid) was a Spanish soil scientist and science administrator. From its 1939 creation by Francoist Spain to his 1966 death, he was the secretary general and head of the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), the main Spanish scientific institution.
Biography of Bettiola Heloise Fortson (excerpt)
Bettiola Heloise Fortson (December 29, 1890 – April 13, 1917) was an African-American poet, essayist, activist, and suffragist. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, she moved to Chicago at age 12. Fortson co-founded the University Society of Chicago, promoting artistic and intellectual development among African Americans.
Biography of Vittorio Sardelli (excerpt)
Vittorio Sardelli (10 June 1918 – 7 October 2000) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender. On 26 November 1939, he represented the Italy national football team on the occasion of a friendly match against Germany in a 5–2 away loss.
Biography of Henry Pachter (excerpt)
Henry Pachter (1907–1980) was a Marxist intellectual and libertarian socialist activist. Renowned as an essayist on historical and political topics, he authored several books on diverse subjects. An exile from Nazi Germany, he taught at the New School for Social Research and City College in New York until his death.
Biography of Heinrich Rickert (excerpt)
Heinrich John Rickert (German: ; 25 May 1863 – 25 July 1936) was a German philosopher, one of the leading neo-Kantians. Life Rickert was born in Danzig, Prussia (now Gdańsk, Poland) to the journalist and later politician Heinrich Edwin Rickert and Annette née Stoddart.
Biography of Manuel Álvarez Bravo (excerpt)
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (February 3, 1902 – October 19, 2002) was a Mexican artistic photographer and one of the most important figures in 20th century Latin American photography.He was born and raised in Mexico City. While he took art classes at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, his photography is self-taught.
Biography of David van Dantzig (excerpt)
David van Dantzig (September 23, 1900 – July 22, 1959) was a Dutch mathematician renowned for constructing the solenoid in topology. He was a member of the Significs Group. Born into a Jewish family in Amsterdam, he earned his PhD in 1931 at the University of Groningen under Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, focusing on topological algebra.
Biography of Rodolphe Wytsman (excerpt)
Rodolphe Paul Marie Wytsman, born in Dendermonde (East Flanders) on March 11, 1860, and died in Linkebeek (Flemish Brabant) on November 2, 1927, was a Belgian Impressionist painter. Rodolphe Wytsman trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he was a student of Portaels.
Biography of Giambattista Dal Piaz (excerpt)
Giambattista Dal Piaz (Feltre, September 3, 1904 – Padua, October 28, 1995) was an Italian geologist. He graduated in natural sciences from the University of Padua in 1927 and taught geology at the University of Turin and later in Padua, where he also taught paleontology and petrography.
Biography of Walter Czollek (excerpt)
Walter Czollek (8 April 1907 – 23 April 1972) was the head of the East German publishing house Verlag Volk und Welt from 1954 to 1972. Born in Charlottenburg, Berlin, into a Jewish family, he trained in textile production and studied applied economics.
Biography of Laureto Tieri (excerpt)
Laureto Tieri (born February 24, 1879, in Bolognano, and died 1952 in Florence) was an Italian physicist. He graduated in physics from the University of Rome in 1903, where he worked as an assistant to Pietro Blaserna and was a lecturer in experimental physics.
Biography of Jelle Zijlstra (excerpt)
Jelle Zijlstra, born on August 27, 1918, and died on December 23, 2001, was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and an economist. He earned a PhD in public economics from the Rotterdam School of Economics and became a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam before entering politics.
Biography of Leopold Mountbatten (excerpt)
Lord Leopold Arthur Louis Mountbatten (21 May 1889 – 23 April 1922) was a British Army officer and a descendant of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the British royal family. A grandson of Queen Victoria, he was known as Prince Leopold of Battenberg from his birth until 1917, when the British royal family relinquished their German titles during World War I, and the Battenberg family changed their name to Mountbatten.
Biography of Alfred Kröner (publisher) (excerpt)
Alfred Kröner (born February 27, 1861, in Stuttgart; died January 2, 1922, in Berlin) was a German publisher and founder of the Alfred Kröner Verlag in 1904. Son of publisher Adolf von Kröner, he began his publishing career after military training, managing the magazine Die Gartenlaube in Leipzig from 1886.
Biography of Dick Foran (excerpt)
John Nicholas "Dick" Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor and singer, known for his performances in Western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. He appeared in dozens of movies of every type during his lengthy career, often with top stars leading the cast.
Biography of Benigno Zaccagnini (excerpt)
Benigno Zaccagnini (April 17, 1912 – November 5, 1989) was an Italian politician and physician. Graduating in pediatrics in 1937, he joined the Italian Resistance during World War II, contributing to the liberation of Romagna. A co-founder of Christian Democracy (DC), he was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946, then to the Chamber of Deputies in 1948, serving until 1979, before becoming a senator. |
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