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Biography of Charles J. Solomon (excerpt)
Charles Julius Solomon (February 12, 1906 – May 1, 1975) was an American bridge player, administrator, writer, and sponsor. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2000. Originally a lawyer in Philadelphia, he left law to focus on bridge. In 1948, he married Margery "Peggy" Golder, daughter of philanthropist Jules Mastbaum, after teaching her the game.
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Biography of Julio Allard (excerpt)
Julio Allard Pinto, born on 11 June 1885 in La Serena and died on 29 May 1975 in Viña del Mar, was a Chilean military officer and politician. He was the son of Leonidas Allard Larraguibel and Rita Pinto, and married his cousin Mercedes Aguirre Pinto, whose family were landowners in Chile’s Fourth Region.
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Biography of George Dickey (baseball) (excerpt)
George Willard "Skeets" Dickey (July 10, 1915 – June 16, 1976) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball, playing from 1935 to 1947 with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. The younger brother of Hall of Famer Bill Dickey, he stood 6'5", batted both, and threw right-handed.
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Biography of Léon Jongen (excerpt)
Léon Jongen (born 2 March 1884 in Liège – died 18 November 1969 in Brussels) was a Belgian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He was the brother of composer Joseph Jongen and won the Belgian Prix de Rome in 1913. He succeeded his brother as organist of Saint-Jacques Church in Liège.
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Biography of Arno Schmidt (author) (excerpt)
Arno Schmidt, born January 18, 1914 in Hamburg and died June 3, 1979 in Bargfeld, was a German author and translator. Though little known outside German-speaking countries, he is regarded as one of the most important German-language writers of the 20th century.
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Biography of Aoua Keïta (excerpt)
Aoua Keïta (born July 12, 1912 in Bamako – died May 7, 1980) was a Malian midwife, unionist, feminist, and a leading figure in her country’s independence movement. She was one of the first Black African women to graduate in medicine in Dakar.
Biography of Francisco Guerra Navarro (excerpt)
Francisco Guerra Navarro, born 11 June 1909 in Canary Islands, Spain, died 3 August 1961, was a Spanish writer and journalist.
Biography of Luc Andrieux (actor) (excerpt)
Luc Andrieux, born February 12, 1917 in Agon-Coutainville, died November 26, 1977) was a French actor and assistant director.
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Biography of Louis Kahn (architect) (excerpt)
Louis Isadore Kahn, born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky on March 5 (O.S. February 20), 1901, in Kuressaare, Estonia, and died March 17, 1974, in New York City, was an influential Estonian-American architect based in Philadelphia. He opened his own studio in 1935 after working with several firms.
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Biography of Jan Veth (excerpt)
Jan Pieter Veth (born 18 May 1864 in Dordrecht – died 1 July 1925 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, poet, art critic, and university lecturer, best known for his portrait work featuring notable contemporaries. He came from a family of merchants and painters, and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, where he co-founded the St.
Biography of Gerrit Jäger (excerpt)
Gerrit Jäger (Amsterdam, 7 June 1863 – The Hague, 27 August 1894) was a Dutch journalist and playwright. A close friend of Louis Couperus, he adapted Noodlot for the stage in 1892 after Couperus dedicated the second edition of Eline Vere to him.
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Biography of Maurice Asselin (excerpt)
Maurice Asselin, born 24 June 1882 in Orléans and died 27 September 1947 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French painter and printmaker affiliated with the School of Paris. He is best known for his still lifes, nudes, and especially for tender depictions of motherhood.
Biography of Heinrich Triepel (excerpt)
A German jurist and legal philosopher, Heinrich Triepel (born 12 February 1868 in Leipzig – died 23 November 1946 in Obergrainau) was a leading figure in early 20th-century German legal theory. His time of birth comes from the biography "Heinrich Triepel: Leben und Werk" by Ulrich M.
Biography of Rafael Obregón Loría (excerpt)
Fernando Rafael Obregón Loría, born on 9 July 1911 in San José and died on 25 April 2000, was a Costa Rican historian and educator. Raised in a scholarly family, he grew up surrounded by books and learning. After completing his studies, he taught geography, history, mathematics, and cosmography in various institutions, including the Liceo de Costa Rica and the University of Costa Rica.
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Biography of Wladyslaw Barwicki (excerpt)
Władysław Barwicki, born on 11 June 1865 in Puławy and died on 12 February 1933 in Lublin, was a Polish painter, sculptor, and poet. He studied in Warsaw under Wandalin Strzałecki and Wojciech Gerson. He painted religious, patriotic, and landscape scenes, and made his debut in 1888 with portrait exhibitions in Lublin.
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Biography of Johannes Post (excerpt)
Johannes Post, born on 4 October 1906 in Hollandscheveld, was a key Dutch resistance leader during the Nazi occupation.A farmer in Nieuwlande, he hid Jews in his home and led part of the Landelijke Knokploegen, a resistance combat group. In 1942, after learning of the Jewish persecution, he began organizing a local rescue network with Arnold Douwes, expanding it to include much of the region.
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Biography of U.G. Krishnamurti (excerpt)
Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti (9 July 1918 – 22 March 2007) was a radical Indian philosopher who challenged the notion of spiritual enlightenment. In his youth, he explored religion but later claimed to have undergone a biological upheaval at age 49, an event he called “the calamity.”
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Biography of André Corthis (excerpt)
André Corthis, born Andrée Magdeleine Husson (April 15, 1882 – August 8, 1952), was a 20th-century French writer. She spent part of her youth in Spain, which would become a recurring theme in her work. At age twelve, she began writing poetry.
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Biography of Paul Graetz (actor) (excerpt)
Paul Graetz (or Grätz), born on 4 August 1889 and died on 16 February 1937, was a German actor and comedian, a celebrated figure of the Weimar cabaret scene. He was a beloved star, affectionately called "our Paul" by the Berlin public, admired for his wit and stage presence.
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Biography of Giovanni Dalmasso (excerpt)
Giovanni Dalmasso, born on 10 July 1886 in Castagnole delle Lanze and died on 13 December 1976 in Turin, was an Italian agronomist renowned for his contributions to viticulture and enology. After graduating in agronomy in Milan and natural sciences in Pavia, he became a professor at the Conegliano wine school in 1911 and began publishing educational works that same year.
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Biography of Martin Boyd (excerpt)
Martin à Beckett Boyd (10 June 1893 – 3 June 1972) was an Australian writer born into the prominent à Beckett–Boyd family, known for its legacy in the arts, literature, publishing and the judiciary. A novelist, poet and memoirist, he spent most of his post–World War I life in Europe, especially in Britain.
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Biography of Willem Weissenbruch (excerpt)
Willem Weissenbruch, born on 4 February 1864 in The Hague, Netherlands, and deceased in 1941, was a Dutch etcher, painter, scenic designer, and draftsman. He was the son of painter Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch and Suzanna Petronella Geertruida Schouw, who later married. Willem began his career as a set painter in The Hague, studying under J.
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Biography of Roger Heim (excerpt)
oger Jean Heim, born on February 12, 1900 in Paris and deceased on September 17, 1979 in the same city, was a French botanist specialized in mycology. He served as director of the National Museum of Natural History from 1951 to 1965.
Biography of Günther Stapenhorst (excerpt)
Günther Gustav von Stapenhorst (June 25, 1883 – February 2, 1976) was a German naval officer turned film producer. After serving in the Imperial Navy and working in export, he entered the film industry in 1924 and joined UFA in 1928, overseeing productions like Emil and the Detectives.
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Biography of Henricus Cornelius Rümke (excerpt)
Henricus Cornelius Rümke, born January 16, 1893, in Leiden and died May 22, 1967, in Zurich, was a Dutch psychiatrist, author, and professor, influential in shaping psychiatry in the Netherlands. He studied medicine in Amsterdam and trained at the Valeriuskliniek, where he met his wife, Nelly Bakker.
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Biography of Arnold Zweig (excerpt)
Arnold Zweig, born November 10, 1887 in Glogau (now in Poland) and died November 26, 1968 in East Berlin, was a German writer, pacifist, and socialist. A volunteer in World War I, he emerged disillusioned and became a strong anti-war voice.
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Biography of Arvid Storsveen (excerpt)
Arvid Kristian Storsveen, born on July 9, 1915, in Aker and killed on April 27, 1943, in Oslo, was a Norwegian officer and founder of the secret agency XU, the main intelligence organization in occupied Norway during World War II. Graduating in engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1939, he worked for the Norwegian Water Resources and Electricity in Oslo.
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Biography of Nicolás Guillén (excerpt)
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista, born July 10, 1902, in Camagüey and died July 16, 1989, in Havana, was a Cuban poet, journalist, and politician, widely regarded as Cuba’s national poet. His revolutionary ideals led to exile under Batista before returning in 1959.
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Biography of Gerard Walschap (excerpt)
Jacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap (born 9 July 1898 in Londerzeel-St. Jozef – died 25 October 1989 in Antwerp) was a Belgian writer. Initially educated in Catholic schools, he left priesthood training and became a journalist. He married in 1925 and had five children, including Hugo, who became an ambassador for the King of Belgium.
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Biography of Roberto Bazlen (excerpt)
Roberto Bazlen, also known as Bobi Bazlen (born 10 June 1902 in Trieste – died 27 July 1965), was an Italian writer and publicist. His time of birth comes from the biography "Bobi Bazlen: Sotto Il Segno Di Mercurio" by Giulia De Savorgnani (Lint Editoriale, 1998).
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Biography of Denis Johnston (Irish writer) (excerpt)
William Denis Johnston (18 June 1901 – 8 August 1984) was an Irish writer born in Dublin, known mainly as a playwright, but also for essays, memoirs, literary criticism and an eccentric book on cosmology. His time of birth comes from the book "Denis Johnston: A Life by Bernard Adams" (Dublin: Lilliput, 2002).
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Biography of Ernst Rowohlt (excerpt)
Ernst Rowohlt (born 23 June 1887, died 1 December 1960) was a major German publisher and founder of Rowohlt Verlag in 1908. He gained recognition for publishing American authors such as Hemingway and Faulkner. His time of birth comes from the book "Ernst Rowohlt in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten" by Paul Mayer, Ernst Rowohlt (Rowohlt, 1968).
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Biography of Karel de Nerée tot Babberich (excerpt)
Christophe Karel Henri de Nerée tot Babberich, born on 18 March 1880 in Zevenaar and died on 19 October 1909 in Todtmoos, was a Dutch symbolist artist and author influenced by Beardsley, Toorop, and the decadent movement. Born into an aristocratic family, he began drawing and writing in 1898, inspired by Baudelaire, Verlaine, and d'Annunzio.
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Biography of Manuel de Nóbrega (journalist) (excerpt)
Brazilian humorist, radio host, journalist, actor, writer, and politician, Manuel de Nóbrega was born in Niterói on February 18, 1913.He began his career in 1935 with A Hora do Café and moved to São Paulo in 1944. He became a television pioneer in the 1950s, working with TV Paulista, TV Record, and TV Tupi.
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Biography of Walther Gerlach (excerpt)
German physicist Walther Gerlach (August 1, 1889 – August 10, 1979) is best known for the Stern-Gerlach experiment, which demonstrated spin quantization.He completed the experiment alone before February 17, 1922, as Stern had already left for Rostock. The son of a noted hygienist, he studied in Tübingen and earned his doctorate in 1912.
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Biography of Ernestina de Champourcín (excerpt)
Ernestina de Champourcín (born 10 July 1905 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, died 27 March 1999 in Madrid) was a Spanish poet linked to the Generation of ’27. Born into an aristocratic family, she received a refined education and developed a passion for poetry and languages early on.
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Biography of Margarete Berent (excerpt)
Margarete Berent (born July 9, 1887 in Berlin – died June 23, 1965 in New York) was the first woman lawyer in Prussia. She co-founded the Association of Women Jurists and the Association of German Women Academicians, advocating for women’s access to legal professions.
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Biography of Betsy van Vloten (excerpt)
Elizabeth “Betsy” van Vloten, born July 12, 1862 in Deventer and died February 21, 1946 in Haarlem, was a Dutch poet and writer. She was the daughter of scholar Johannes van Vloten and sister to translators Martha and Kitty. She was close to the “Tachtigers” literary circle, where she connected with writers like Frederik van Eeden and Frank van der Goes, enjoying both intellectual and social interactions with them.
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Biography of Paul Westermeier (excerpt)
Paul Westermeier was born on July 9, 1892 in Berlin and died there on October 17, 1972.He trained as an actor in his youth and made his stage debut at 17, performing across Germany. He became a star of Berlin’s operetta and revue scene in the 1920s, known for roles in Die lustige Witwe and Im weißen Rößl.
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Biography of Frans de Nerée tot Babberich (excerpt)
Frans Joseph Marie de Nerée tot Babberich, born on 13 February 1882 in Zevenaar and died on 5 June 1929 in The Hague, was a Dutch painter, draftsman, and sculptor. He sometimes used the pseudonym Larec Eeren, an anagram of his brother Carel's name.
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Biography of Günther Weisenborn (excerpt)
German writer and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, Günther Weisenborn (10 July 1902 – 26 March 1969) was known for his politically engaged literary work and opposition to the Nazi regime. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht, Slatan Dudow, and Hanns Eisler on the play The Mother, adapted from Gorky.
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Biography of Philipp Harth (excerpt)
Philipp Harth (born 9 July 1885 in Mainz – died 25 December 1968 in Bayrischzell) was a German sculptor best known for his animal figures in wood, stone, and bronze. Originally trained as a lithographer and sculptor, he lived in Munich, Paris, Berlin, and Rome, and taught at the progressive Odenwald School.
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Biography of Ninian Comper (excerpt)
Sir John Ninian Comper (10 June 1864 – 22 December 1960) was a major Scottish architect of the Gothic Revival. He focused almost exclusively on churches, designing and restoring them along with liturgical furnishings, stained glass, and vestments. He masterfully blended Gothic and Classical styles, a method he called “unity by inclusion.” His use of color, iconography, and liturgical focus made his work distinct and highly revered.
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Biography of Kate Barnard (excerpt)
Catherine Ann “Kate” Barnard (May 23, 1875 – February 23, 1930) was the first woman elected to a state office in Oklahoma and the eleventh woman in the United States to hold statewide public office. Elected in 1907, she served as Oklahoma’s first Commissioner of Charities and Corrections for two four-year terms, the only position the 1907 state constitution allowed women to hold.
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Biography of Maria Gomes Valentim (excerpt)
Maria Gomes Valentim (July 9, 1896 – June 21, 2011) was the world’s oldest living person from November 4, 2010 until her death. Born and deceased in Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil, she lived there all her life. She was officially recognized by Guinness World Records in May 2011, after proof showed she was older than her American predecessors, themselves successors to Eugénie Blanchard.
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Biography of Otto Güntter (excerpt)
Otto Güntter (born 30 October 1858, died 30 March 1949) was a German philologist and the long-serving director of the Schiller National Museum in Marbach. Influenced by Friedrich Theodor Vischer, he studied philosophy and modern philology in Tübingen, later continuing his education in France and England.
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Biography of Auguste Cammissar (excerpt)
Auguste Cammissar, born in Strasbourg on 10 July 1873 and who died in the same city on 27 December 1962, was an Alsatian painter and also a stained-glass artist. He taught at the School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg and was a member of the Saint-Léonard circle.
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Biography of Albert Verwey (excerpt)
Albert Verwey, born May 15, 1865, in Amsterdam and died March 8, 1937, in Noordwijk aan Zee, was a Dutch poet and essayist. A self-taught writer influenced by Spinoza, he published his first collection, Persephone, and co-founded the review De Nieuwe Gids in 1885 with Willem Kloos, leaving it in 1889.
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Biography of Jack Heinz (excerpt)
Henry John Heinz II, born July 10, 1908, in Pittsburgh and died February 23, 1987, in Hobe Sound, Florida, was an American business executive and CEO of the H. J. Heinz Company founded by his grandfather. Educated at Yale and Oxford, he held various company roles before becoming president in 1941, leading its international expansion and major acquisitions.
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Biography of Saturnino Herrán (excerpt)
Saturnino Herrán Guinchard, born on 9 July 1887 and died on 8 October 1918, was a Mexican painter influential in Latin American culture at the turn of the 20th century. Raised in Aguascalientes, his father, a bookstore owner and professor of bookkeeping, nurtured his early talent for drawing and painting. |
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