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Biography of Piero Sraffa (excerpt)
Piero Sraffa FBA (5 August 1898 – 3 September 1983) was an influential Italian economist who served as lecturer of economics at the University of Cambridge. His book Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities is taken as founding the neo-Ricardian school of economics.
Biography of Constance Stone (excerpt)
Emma Constance Stone (December 4, 1856 – December 29, 1902) was the first woman to practice medicine in Australia. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, she moved with her family to Melbourne in 1872. Unable to study medicine in Australia, she went to the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, earning her degree in 1888.
Biography of Pierre-Félix Lagrange (excerpt)
Pierre-Félix Lagrange, born in 1857 in Soumensac (Lot-et-Garonne) and died in 1928 in Paris, was a renowned French ophthalmologist. Born to a modest family, his teacher recognized his potential and encouraged his family to pursue his education. He became an associate professor of surgery at 26, before specializing in ophthalmology.
Biography of Caio Prado Júnior (excerpt)
Caio da Silva Prado Júnior (February 11, 1907 – November 23, 1990) was a Brazilian historian, geographer, writer, philosopher, and politician.He pioneered a Marxist-inspired historiographic tradition in Brazil to reinterpret its colonial society. He graduated in law from Faculdade do Largo de Săo Francisco in 1928, later becoming a professor of political economy.
Biography of Felipe Trigo (excerpt)
Felipe Trigo (13 February 1864 in Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz – 2 September 1916 in Madrid) was a 20th-century Spanish writer. He studied Medicine in Madrid and practised in several villages in Extremadura. He later become a member of Military Health Corps and he was appointed to Philippines, where he was about to die and he had to be repatriated as a Lieutenant-Colonel.
Biography of Philipp Franck (painter) (excerpt)
Johann Heinrich Philipp Franck (9 April 1860 – 13 March 1944) was a German Impressionist painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. Encouraged by his father, Franck initially studied architecture but shifted to art after his father’s death.At 17, he enrolled at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, specializing in landscapes and fairy tale illustrations under Eduard Jakob von Steinle.
Biography of Edith Klatt (excerpt)
Edith Klatt, born Edith Mischke on January 24, 1895 in Berlin and died on December 14, 1971 in Ribnitz-Damgarten, was a German physician and writer. Daughter of socialist journalist Karl Mischke, she spent her childhood in Japan and traveled through India and Siberia, sparking an early interest in ethnography.
Biography of Egisto Olivieri (excerpt)
Egisto Olivieri, born on March 21, 1880, in Rome and died on March 4, 1962, in Bologna, was an Italian actor active in both theatre and cinema. He was known for his classical stage work and collaborations with major theatrical figures.
Biography of Eulalia of Spain (excerpt)
Infanta Eulalia of Spain, born on February 12, 1864 in Madrid and died on March 8, 1958 in Irun, was the youngest daughter of Queen Isabella II and sister of King Alfonso XII. She married her cousin, the Duke of Galliera, with whom she had two sons before living independently.
Biography of Dawn Powell (excerpt)
Dawn Powell (November 28, 1896 – November 14, 1965) was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer. Known for her acid-tongued prose, "her relative obscurity was likely due to a general distaste for her harsh satiric tone." Nonetheless, Stella Adler and author Clifford Odets appeared in one of her plays.
Biography of Leon Krynski (excerpt)
Leon Paweł Wawrzyniec Kryński (born February 20, 1866, in Warsaw; died October 8, 1937, in Warsaw) was a Polish surgeon and urologist. Born into a Warsaw family, he studied medicine at the University of Warsaw, earning his doctorate in 1891. After advancing his skills in Berlin, Hamburg, Rome, Paris, and Vienna, he became a professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow in 1901.
Biography of Vittorio Putti (excerpt)
Vittorio Putti (born March 1, 1880, in Bologna, died November 1, 1940, in Bologna) was an Italian physician and surgeon, specializing in orthopedics. The son of surgeon Marcello Putti and nephew of poet Enrico Panzacchi, he grew up in a culturally and scientifically rich environment.
Biography of Corrado Alvaro (excerpt)
Corrado Alvaro (15 April 1895 – 11 June 1956) was an Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays. He often used the verismo style to describe the hopeless poverty in his native Calabria. His first success was Gente in Aspromonte (Revolt in Aspromonte), which examined the exploitation of rural peasants by greedy landowners in Calabria, and is considered by many critics to be his masterpiece.
Biography of Hartmut Kallmann (excerpt)
Hartmut Kallmann (born on February 5, 1896, in Berlin, and died on June 11, 1978) was a German physicist, known for his work on the scintillation counter for gamma ray detection. Kallmann was born into a Jewish family in Berlin and studied at the University of Göttingen, completing his dissertation under Max Planck in 1920.
Biography of Karl Plagge (excerpt)
Karl Plagge (10 July 1897 – 19 June 1957) was a German engineer and army officer who saved over 1,250 Jews during the Holocaust in Lithuania. A wounded World War I veteran, he joined the Nazi Party in 1931 hoping to help rebuild Germany.
Biography of Armando Falconi (excerpt)
Armando Falconi (born July 6, 1871 in Rome – died September 10, 1954 in Milan) was an Italian actor who appeared in over forty films. Born into a family of Neapolitan stage actors, he began acting professionally in the late 1890s after working in other fields.
Biography of Felice Casorati (excerpt)
Felice Casorati (4 December 1883 – 1 March 1963) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and printmaker known for his figure compositions, portraits, and still lifes with unusual perspective effects. Born in Novara, he abandoned piano studies after an illness and turned to art.
Biography of Ruth Landshoff (excerpt)
Ruth Landshoff-Yorck (born Ruth Levy, January 7, 1904 – January 19, 1966) was a German-American actress and writer. Life and Career Born in Berlin in 1904 to a middle-class Jewish family, she was the niece of publisher Samuel Fischer.During the Weimar Republic, she was part of Berlin’s intellectual circles and befriended figures like Bertolt Brecht and Albert Einstein.
Biography of Mariano Ruiz-Funes (excerpt)
Mariano Ruiz-Funes García, born on February 24, 1889, in Murcia and died in 1953 in Mexico City, was a Spanish criminologist and politician. After studying law at the Central University of Madrid, he became a professor at the University of Murcia, specializing in criminal law, and received the Lombroso Prize in 1927 for Endocrinología y criminalidad.
Biography of Alexander Kanoldt (excerpt)
Alexander Kanoldt (29 September 1881 – 24 January 1939) was a German painter associated with New Objectivity and magic realism. Born in Karlsruhe, he was the son of Edmund Kanoldt, a Nazarene-style painter.After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, he moved to Munich in 1908, where he interacted with modernists like Alexej von Jawlensky and Wassily Kandinsky.
Biography of Franciska Clausen (excerpt)
Franciska Clausen (7 January 1899 – 5 March 1986) was a Danish painter who was involved in the abstract art movement of the early twentieth century. Clausen studied at the Die Grossherzogliche sächsische Hochschule für bildende Kunst in Weimar, Germany (1916–17), at the Women's Academy in Munich (1918–19), at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, in Copenhagen, Denmark (1920–21), and under Hans Hofmann at the Hofmann Schule Fur Moderne Kunst in Munich (1921–22).
Biography of Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (excerpt)
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund; 22 April 1906 – 26 January 1947) was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne. He was the eldest son of Gustaf VI Adolf, who was crown prince for most of his son's life and ascended the Swedish throne three years after his son's death.
Biography of Nando Bruno (excerpt)
Nando Bruno, born Fernando Bruno (Rome, October 6, 1895 – Rome, April 10, 1963), was an Italian actor. He began performing at a young age in Rome's avanspettacolo and variety shows. After a long theater career, he was cast by Mario Mattoli for the film L'ha fatto una signora (1938).
Biography of Eugčne Mousset (excerpt)
Eugčne Mousset, born on September 26, 1877, in Esch-sur-Alzette and died on February 14, 1941, in the same city, was a Luxembourgish painter. Coming from a modest family, he showed an early passion for painting. He studied in Karlsruhe, Munich, and Paris, where he honed his skills by copying works from masters like Rubens and Van Dyck.
Biography of Willem van Hoogstraten (excerpt)
Willem van Hoogstraten was born on March 18, 1884, in Utrecht.A Dutch violinist and conductor, he began studying the violin at eight and continued his training in Cologne and Prague. He started his career conducting at a health resort before leading the Kleefeld Orchestra from 1914 to 1918.
Biography of Charles Loupot (excerpt)
Charles Loupot, born in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) on July 20, 1892, and died in Les Arcs-sur-Argens (Var) on October 18, 1962, was a French poster artist and graphic designer. Charles Loupot, whose career spanned from 1916 to 1960, is one of the major creators in the history of posters during the interwar period, alongside Cassandre, Jean Carlu, and Paul Colin.
Biography of André Fontainas (excerpt)
André Fontainas, born on February 5, 1865, in Brussels and died on December 8, 1948, in Paris, was a French poet and critic, Belgian by birth. The grandson of André-Napoléon Fontainas and the son of Charles Fontainas, a lawyer at the Court of Brussels, André had to follow his father to Paris in 1877 for professional reasons.
Biography of James Lewin (excerpt)
James Lewin (October 28, 1887 – December 31, 1937) was a German-Jewish psychiatrist and physician. Born in Berlin, he studied medicine and philosophy at the University of Berlin, earning his PhD in 1912. He specialized in psychiatry, working in Kiel and Leipzig.
Biography of Julius Guttmann (excerpt)
Julius Guttmann (April 15, 1880 – May 19, 1950) was a German-born rabbi, Jewish theologian, and philosopher of religion. The son of Jakob Guttmann, Chief Rabbi of Hildesheim, Julius moved with his family to Breslau in 1880.He studied at the Breslau Rabbinical Seminary and the University of Breslau.
Biography of Joe Cantillon (excerpt)
Joseph D. Cantillon (August 19, 1861 – January 31, 1930), nicknamed "Pongo Joe", was an American baseball manager and umpire in the early 20th century. Born in Janesville, Wisconsin, he also had a long career managing in the minor leagues. His time of birth comes from him, in the book "Joe and Mike Cantillon: Firebrands of Baseball" by Michael Bosanko (Dorrance, 2024).
Biography of William Sharp (writer) (excerpt)
William Sharp, born on September 12, 1855, in Paisley and died on December 12, 1905, in Syracuse, was a Scottish writer best known for publishing under the secret pseudonym Fiona MacLeod. This alter ego allowed him to explore mystical and Celtic themes.
Biography of Jean Grenier (writer) (excerpt)
Jean Grenier (February 6, 1898 – March 5, 1971) was a French philosopher and writer.Born in Paris, he spent his childhood in Brittany, where he befriended Louis Guilloux and Max Jacob. A philosophy graduate in 1922, he taught at the Algiers high school, mentoring Albert Camus, who dedicated several works to him, inspired by Grenier’s Les Îles (1933).
Biography of Ruth Rewald (excerpt)
Ruth Rewald (born June 5, 1906, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, and likely killed in Auschwitz in 1942) was a German children’s author of Jewish origin.Her work combined revolutionary proletarian literature with humanist themes. After abandoning her law studies, she published her first children’s books in 1931, focusing on social issues like working children’s lives and feelings of statelessness.
Biography of Jane Poupelet (excerpt)
Jane Poupelet (born 19 April 1874 in Clauzure, a hamlet in Saint-Paul-Lizonne, Dordogne, and died 17 October 1932 in Talence, Gironde) was a French sculptor and illustrator. She also excelled in animal sculpture and created female nudes. Artistic Technique To create her unique works, Jane Poupelet developed her own technique: she first shaped a piece in clay, then cast it in plaster.
Biography of Eugene Borden (excerpt)
Eugene Borden, born Élysée Eugčne Prieur-Bardin on March 21, 1897, in Paris, was a French-American actor active in Hollywood from 1917 to 1966.He immigrated to the United States at 17 and began acting shortly after. Appearing in over 150 films, he often played uncredited roles such as waiters and porters.
Biography of Oscar Fetrás (excerpt)
Oscar Fetrás (16 February 1854 – 10 January 1931), born Otto Kaufmann Faster in Hamburg, was a German composer of light music, known for his waltzes and marches. His best-known piece is the waltz Mondnacht auf der Alster Op. 60, still widely loved today.
Biography of Juventino Rosas (excerpt)
José Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas (January 25, 1868 – July 9, 1894) was a renowned Mexican composer and violinist, best known for his piece Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves). Born in Santa Cruz, Guanajuato (now Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas), he began as a street musician, performing with dance bands in Mexico City.
Biography of Gottfried of Austria (excerpt)
Archduke Gottfried of Austria (‹See Tfd›German: Gottfried Maria Joseph Peter Ferdinand Hubert Anton Rupert Leopold Heinrich Ignaz Alfons, Erzherzog von Österreich, Prinz von Toskana; 14 March 1902 – 21 January 1984), also styled as Gottfried Erzherzog von Österreich, was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, an Archduke of Austria, and Prince of Hungary and Bohemia.
Biography of Caroline-Eugénie Segond-Weber (excerpt)
Caroline-Eugénie Weber, known as Mme Segond-Weber (February 6, 1867 – June 14, 1945), was a French actress. The daughter of Charles Weber, politically active during the Third Republic, she took the name of her husband, actor Léon Segond, in 1886, retaining it as her stage name after their divorce in 1907.
Biography of Leopold Abraham Ries (excerpt)
Leopold Abraham Ries (born 15 April 1893 in Groningen, died 10 July 1962 in New York) was a Dutch senior civil servant, appointed Treasurer-General in 1935. A talented jurist from a wealthy Jewish family, he was close to Eelco van Kleffens and an early quiet supporter of gay rights in the Netherlands.
Biography of Henriette Caillaux (excerpt)
Henriette Rainouard (Madame Claretie, later Madame Caillaux), born December 5, 1874, in Rueil-Malmaison and died January 29, 1943, in Mamers, was a woman of the French haute bourgeoisie. In 1894, she married writer Léo Claretie, divorcing in 1908 before remarrying in 1911 to Joseph Caillaux, the Minister of Finance.
Biography of André Dunoyer de Segonzac (excerpt)
André Dunoyer de Segonzac (6 July 1884 – 17 September 1974) was a renowned French painter and graphic artist.Born in Paris, he initially attended the Free Academy of Luc-Olivier Merson before moving to the Académie de La Palette. His independent approach to art began in 1906, leading to his first Salon d'Automne submission in 1908.
Biography of Suzanne Aron Benoit-Lévy (excerpt)
Suzanne Aron, born Benoit-Lévy on January 25, 1896, in Paris, and passed away on October 28, 1988, in Paris, was a French Jewish educator and co-founder of École Yabné in 1948 alongside Chief Rabbi Henri Schilli. During World War II, she was hidden by Jeanne Brousse, recognized as Righteous Among the Nations, who also protected Rabbi Schilli's daughters.
Biography of Piet Meertens (excerpt)
Pieter Jacobus (Piet) Meertens (6 September 1899 – 28 October 1985) was a Dutch scholar specializing in literature, dialectology, and ethnology. He founded the institutes that later merged into the Meertens Instituut, part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), where he served as director until 1965.
Biography of Jean Jacoby (artist) (excerpt)
Jean Lucien Nicolas Jacoby (March 26, 1891 – September 9, 1936) was a Luxembourgish artist renowned for his sports-themed works. He won two Olympic gold medals in the arts competitions: in 1924 for Étude de sport and in 1928 for Rugby, making him the most decorated Olympic artist in history.
Biography of Albert Johan Kramer (excerpt)
Albert Johan Kramer (Amsterdam, 15 June 1897 – Amsterdam, 4 April 1976) was possibly the tallest Dutchman of all time, with a reported height of 2.42 meters. He performed worldwide as a variety artist under the stage names Lofty and Jan van Albert.
Biography of Werner Scholem (excerpt)
Werner Scholem (December 29, 1895 – July 17, 1940) was a German politician.A member of the Reichstag for the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1924 to 1928, he was arrested in 1933 due to his Jewish background and communist activities.
Biography of Lola Álvarez Bravo (excerpt)
Lola Álvarez Bravo (April 1, 1903 – July 31, 1993) was Mexico’s first female photographer and a key figure in the post-revolutionary cultural renaissance. In 1964, she received the Premio José Clemente Orozco for her contributions to photography and cultural preservation.
Biography of Eduard Heimann (excerpt)
Eduard Heimann (born July 11, 1889 – died May 31, 1967) was a German economist and social scientist who advocated ethical socialism combining social justice with a regulated market economy. He came from a Jewish family and was influenced by Christian socialist thought.
Biography of Hugo Erfurth (excerpt)
Hugo Erfurth (14 October 1874 – 14 February 1948) was a German photographer famous for his portraits of cultural figures of the early 20th century. Born in Halle (Saale), he grew up in Schönau and later studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (1892–1896). |
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