Advertisements
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planet in House
Planet in Sign
Advertisements
|
birth charts with Vulcanus in TaurusYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Vulcanus in Taurus. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]()
![]()
Biography of Pierre-Louis Flouquet (excerpt)
Pierre-Louis Flouquet, born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on February 21, 1900, and died in Dilbeek on October 25, 1967, was a Belgian abstract painter and poet. Settled in Brussels from 1910, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts during World War I.
![]()
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.
![]()
Biography of Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (excerpt)
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (February 2, 1903 - January 12, 1996) was a renowned Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics. He studied advanced mathematics at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Göttingen, earning a Ph.D. in algebraic geometry. Influenced by Emmy Noether, he published the influential "Moderne Algebra" at 27.
![]()
Biography of Emmanuel Leclainche (excerpt)
Auguste-Louis-Emmanuel Leclainche, born on August 29, 1861, in Piney (Aube) and died on November 26, 1953, in Paris, was a French veterinarian and microbiologist, internationally renowned for his scientific achievements in veterinary medicine, as well as for his major role in organizing veterinary education and French veterinary services.
![]()
Biography of Ludwik Krzywicki (excerpt)
Ludwik Joachim Franciszek Krzywicki (1859-1941) was a Polish Marxist anthropologist, economist, and sociologist, and an early proponent of sociology in Poland. Born into an aristocratic family in Płock, he developed early interests in psychology, philosophy, and natural sciences, influenced by Darwin and others.
![]()
Biography of Ray Corrigan (excerpt)
Ray "Crash" Corrigan (born Raymond Benitz; February 14, 1902 – August 10, 1976) was an American actor most famous for appearing in many B-Western movies (among these the Three Mesquiteers and Range Busters film series). He also was a stuntman and frequently acted as silver screen gorillas using his own gorilla costumes.
![]()
Biography of Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa (excerpt)
Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa (16 December 1875, British Ceylon – 18 June 1953, United States) was a Ceylonese author, occultist, freemason and theosophist. The fourth president of the Theosophical Society, Jinarajadasa was one of the world's foremost Theosophical authors, having published more than 50 books and more than 1600 articles in periodicals during his life.
![]()
Biography of Jürgen Fehling (excerpt)
Jürgen Karl Geibel Fehling (born March 1, 1885, in Lübeck; died June 14, 1968, in Hamburg) was a German theater director and actor. Coming from a prestigious family in Lübeck, he initially studied theology and law before turning to theater in 1909.
![]()
Biography of Arnold Zadikow (excerpt)
Arnold Zadikow (27 March 1884, Kolberg – 8 March 1943, Theresienstadt ghetto) was a German-Jewish modernist sculptor and medalist. A student of Heinrich Waderé, he created portrait busts, gravestones, and plaques, often using biblical themes. His major work, a statue of David, was displayed at the Berlin Jewish Museum in 1933 but was lost during World War II.
![]()
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 Jo Spier (excerpt)
Joseph Eduard Adolf Spier (26 June 1900 – 21 May 1978) was a popular Dutch artist and illustrator. Born in Zutphen, he worked for De Telegraaf from 1924 to 1939, creating humorous illustrations about daily life. During World War II, he was arrested for satirical depictions of Hitler and interned at Westerbork, then Theresienstadt with his family.
Biography of Jean Rudolf von Salis (excerpt)
Jean Rudolf von Salis (12 December 1901 – 14 July 1996) was a Swiss historian. He gained prominence with his weekly "Weltchronik" (English: world chronicle) radio broadcasts from 1940 until 1947. As von Salis never wrote English publications and his works were rarely translated, he is little known outside of the European historical sciences.
![]()
Biography of Hermann Abert (excerpt)
Hermann Abert (25 March 1871 – 13 August 1927) was a German historian of music. Life Abert was born in Stuttgart, the son of Johann Josef Abert (1832–1915), the Hofkapellmeister of that city. From 1890 to 1896 he studied classical philology at the Universities of Tübingen, Berlin and Leipzig.
Biography of François Coulet (excerpt)
François Coulet, born on January 16, 1906, in Montpellier and died on June 11, 1984, in Paris at the age of 78, was a diplomat who joined General de Gaulle and the Free French Forces in June 1940. Appointed as the Commissioner of the Republic, he was stationed in Bayeux in June 1944.
![]()
Biography of Francesco Camusso (excerpt)
Francesco Camusso (9 March 1908 – 23 June 1995) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.His time of birth comes from him. Camusso was born in Cumiana, Piedmont, and is ranked among the best Italian climbers ever.In his second year as professional, he won the 1931 Giro d'Italia.
![]()
Biography of Matilde Huici (excerpt)
Matilde Huici Navaz (Pamplona, 3 August 1890 – Santiago, 13 April 1965) was a Spanish educator and lawyer. In addition to her collaboration with María de Maeztu in the Residencia de Señoritas, first official center in Spain established to promote university education for women, and the Lyceum Club Femenino, association of women, she was co-founder of the Association of Spanish University Women (with Victoria Kent and Clara Campoamor in 1928) and Spanish delegate of the Advisory Commission for Social and Humanitarian Issues of the League of Nations.
![]()
Biography of Gabriellino D'Annunzio (excerpt)
Gabriele Maria "Gabriellino" D'Annunzio (10 April 1886 – 8 December 1945) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the son of the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. He adapted the 1921 film The Ship from a novel by his father. ![]()
Biography of Alejandro Freundt Rosell (excerpt)
Alejandro Freundt Rosell (Lima, February 22, 1895 - August 24, 1970) was a Peruvian magistrate, diplomat, university professor, and politician. He presided over the Superior Court of Piura and served as Minister of Justice and Worship under the government of Manuel Odría (1952-1955). ![]()
Biography of Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1895) (excerpt)
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (11 March 1895 – 16 November 1903) was the only daughter of Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Named after her great-grandmother, she was nicknamed "Ella." Her life was tragically cut short at the age of eight, during a stay with her aunt, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna.
![]()
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 Madge Bellamy (excerpt)
Madge Bellamy (born Margaret Derden Philpott; June 30, 1899 – January 24, 1990) was an American stage and film actress. She was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Bellamy’s career declined in the sound era and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s.
![]()
Biography of Katherine Anne Porter (excerpt)
Katherine Anne Porter (May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet and political activist. Her 1962 novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim.
![]()
Biography of Adolphe Zimmern (excerpt)
Adolphe Zimmern, born on September 26, 1871, in Paris, and died on April 12, 1935, at the age of 63, was a French electro-radiologist. He was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris and the Director of the Medical Electrotherapy Institute of Paris. ![]()
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 Adolf Hölzel (excerpt)
Adolf Richard Hölzel (13 May 1853 – 17 October 1934) was a German painter known for transitioning from Realism to Modern styles, including Abstractionism.Born in Olmütz, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and Munich. Hölzel co-founded the Dachauer Malschule, influencing European art students with his novel teaching methods.
![]()
Biography of Herbert von Meister (excerpt)
Herbert Eugen Albert Meister, born on December 26, 1866, in Frankfurt am Main and died on January 2, 1919, in Sindlingen, was a businessman and chemist, the son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Meister, co-founder of Farbwerke Hoechst. He studied chemistry at the University of Bonn, then in Dresden and Jena, earning his doctorate in 1894. ![]()
Biography of Toti Dal Monte (excerpt)
Antonietta Meneghel (June 27, 1893 – January 26, 1975), better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a renowned Italian lyric soprano. She is best remembered for her role as Cio-cio-san in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, recorded in 1939 with Beniamino Gigli.
Biography of Ricardo Flórez (painter) (excerpt)
Ricardo Flórez Gutiérrez de Quintanilla, born on May 7, 1893, in Lima, Peru, and died on October 20, 1983, in Tomayquichua, was a distinguished Peruvian painter. After studying at the National School of Fine Arts in Lima under Teófilo Castillo and Daniel Hernández, he began his career as a professor there.
![]()
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 Delmer Daves (excerpt)
Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer, best known for his Westerns such as "Broken Arrow" (1950), "The Last Wagon" (1956), "3:10 to Yuma" (1957), and "The Hanging Tree" (1959).
![]()
Biography of Albert Capellani (excerpt)
Albert Capellani, born on August 23, 1874, in Paris 4th and died on September 26, 1931, in Paris 17th, was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. Long forgotten, he is now regarded as one of the greatest pioneers of world cinema, directing the first feature-length film adaptations of major works of French literature.
![]()
Biography of Jesús Flores Magón (excerpt)
Gaspar Jesús Melchor Flores Magón (6 January 1871 – 7 December 1930) was a Mexican politician, journalist, and jurist, the more moderate brother of Ricardo and Enrique Flores Magón.He served in Francisco I.Madero’s cabinet. Born in San Jerónimo Tecóatl, Oaxaca, his family moved to Mexico City when he was young.
![]()
Biography of Ève Francis (excerpt)
Ève Francis (born Eva Louise François; 24 August 1886 – 6 December 1980) was a Belgian actress and filmmaker who spent most of her career in France. She was closely associated with writer Paul Claudel and married to critic and filmmaker Louis Delluc.
![]()
Biography of Maximilian Bircher-Benner (excerpt)
Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner (22 August 1867 – 24 January 1939), was a Swiss physician, significantly influenced nutrition science by promoting raw food vegetarianism and muesli.His time of birth comes from his niece. After experiencing health benefits from eating raw apples during a bout of jaundice, he conducted further experiments with raw foods, ultimately advocating for their nutritional superiority.
![]()
Biography of William Randolph Hearst Jr. (excerpt)
William Randolph Hearst Jr.(January 27, 1908 – May 14, 1993) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher and member of the wealthy Hearst family. He was the second son of the publisher William Randolph Hearst.He became editor-in-chief of Hearst Newspapers after the death of his father in 1951.
![]()
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 Karl Helfferich (excerpt)
Karl Theodor Helfferich (July 22, 1872 – April 23, 1924) was a German politician, economist, and financier born in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. He studied law and political science before becoming a key figure in German economic imperialism, notably as director of Deutsche Bank.
![]()
Biography of Jehan-Rictus (excerpt)
Gabriel Randon de Saint-Amand, initially Gabriel Randon, who took the pseudonym Jehan Rictus (Jehan-Rictus with a hyphen from 1922), was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer on September 21, 1867, and died in Paris on November 6, 1933. He was a French poet, famous for his works composed in the language of the common people of Paris of his time.
![]()
Biography of Walter Heitz (excerpt)
Walter Heitz (8 December 1878 – 9 February 1944) was a German general (Generaloberst) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He served as President of the Reich Military Court and commanded part of the 6th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad.
![]()
Biography of Lluís Nicolau d'Olwer (excerpt)
Lluís Nicolau d'Olwer, born in Barcelona on January 20, 1888, and died in Mexico City on December 24, 1961, was a historian, journalist, and Catalanist Spanish politician. Initially a councilor for the municipality of his hometown, he later became a deputy in the Spanish Congress and served as Minister of Economy during the Second Republic (1933).
![]()
Biography of Alfred Wegener (excerpt)
Alfred Wegener, born on November 1, 1880, in Berlin and died in November 1930 in Greenland near the Eismitte base, was a German astronomer and meteorologist, primarily known for his theory of "continental drift," proposed in 1912 and published in 1915.
Biography of Sandie Lindsay (excerpt)
Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, born on May 14, 1879, in Glasgow, died on March 18, 1952, was a distinguished Scottish academic and peer. Starting his career as a fellow in moral philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, Lindsay also worked at the University of Manchester before joining Balliol College, Oxford, where he became master.
![]()
Biography of Jules Destrée (excerpt)
Jules Destrée (Charleroi, 21 August 1863 – Brussels, 3 January 1936) was a Walloon lawyer, cultural critic and socialist politician.The trials subsequent to the strikes of 1886 determined his commitment within the Belgian Labour Party. He wrote a Letter to the King in 1912, which is seen as the founding declaration of the Walloon movement.
![]()
Biography of Vicente Segura (excerpt)
General Vicente Segura Martínez was a Mexican military officer and bullfighter who participated in the Mexican Revolution.Born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, on December 12, 1883, he inherited a large fortune and built a bullring in his hometown. On January 27, 1907, he received his bullfighting alternative from Antonio Fuentes Zurita, with Ricardo Torres Reina "Bombita" as witness.
![]()
Biography of Leopoldo Méndez (excerpt)
Leopoldo Méndez (June 30, 1902 – February 8, 1969) was one of Mexico's most important graphic artists and one of that country's most important artists from the 20th century. Méndez's work mostly focused on engraving for illustrations and other print work generally connected to his political and social activism.
![]()
Biography of Alfonso Caso (excerpt)
Alfonso Caso y Andrade (February 1, 1896 – November 30, 1970) was a Mexican archaeologist who made significant contributions to pre-Columbian studies in his native Mexico. As a university student, he was part of Los Siete Sabios de México, a group of intellectuals promoting cultural activities.
![]()
Biography of Winifred Cullis (excerpt)
Winifred Cullis (June 2, 1875 - November 13, 1956) was a British physiologist and the first woman to hold a chair at a medical school in the UK. Born in Gloucester, she studied at Cambridge and earned a doctorate in science from the University of London in 1908.
![]()
Biography of Hedwig Bleibtreu (excerpt)
Hedwig Bleibtreu (23 December 1868 – 24 January 1958) was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1919 to 1952.Bleibtreu is perhaps best known to international audiences as Alida Valli's furious landlady in The Third Man (1949).
![]()
Biography of Daniel Gloria (excerpt)
Daniel Gloria, born on February 22, 1908, in Beaune and died on October 22, 1989, in Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or, was a Lyonnais painter and mosaicist. He initially painted landscapes in a naturalistic style before evolving towards a more personal interpretation influenced by his avant-garde environment and his encounter with Lyonnais artists focused on abstraction.
![]()
Biography of Auguste Champetier de Ribes (excerpt)
Jean Jules Marie Auguste Champetier de Ribes, born on July 30, 1882, in Antony and died on March 6, 1947, in Paris, was a French statesman. He served as a minister under the Third Republic and president of the Council of the Republic under the Fourth Republic. |
House in Sign
Advanced Search
Other Search Tools
Advertisements
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
To add this celebrity to your favourites, please create an account.
To get your compatibility ratings with this celebrity, please create an account.