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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 Irmgard Enderle (excerpt)
Irmgard Enderle (born Irmgard Rasch: April 28, 1895 – September 20, 1985) was a German politician, trade unionist, and journalist.She was active in the Communist Party and later joined the Socialist Workers' Party (SAPD). After the Nazis came to power, Enderle fled Germany, eventually settling in Sweden, where she continued her political activities.
Biography of John Elsas (excerpt)
John Elsas, born Jonas Mayer on July 6, 1851, in Frankfurt am Main and passing away on June 5, 1935, in the same city, was a German painter. He spent most of his life working as a merchant and stockbroker, only fully dedicating himself to art in 1927, at the age of 76.
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 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 Antonio Ligabue (excerpt)
Antonio Ligabue, born on December 18, 1899, in Zurich and died on May 27, 1965, in Gualtieri, was an Italian painter, engraver, and sculptor.His work is associated with naïve art and shows a strong influence from Henri Rousseau. Born in Switzerland, he experienced a troubled childhood marked by poverty, illness, and psychological disorders.
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 Pascual Custode (excerpt)
Pasquale Maria Custode del Vecchio (born in Castelnuovo di Conza, Italy, on November 21, 1873 - died in Sincelejo, Colombia, on January 23, 1928) was a Catholic priest who ministered in the departments of Sucre and Córdoba, Colombia. He served in the parishes of Sampués, Palmito, San Andrés de Sotavento, Chinú, Sahagún, and Sincelejo, where he inspired a whole generation through his dedicated and selfless service.
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 Alfred Weber (économist) (excerpt)
Carl David Alfred Weber (July 30, 1868 – May 2, 1958) was a German economist, geographer, sociologist, philosopher, and cultural theorist whose work significantly influenced the development of modern economic geography. The younger brother of sociologist Max Weber, he was born in Erfurt and raised in Charlottenburg.
Biography of Willy Sachs (excerpt)
Wilhelm Josef Sachs known as Willy Sachs (23 July 1896 – 19 November 1958) was a German industrialist and Nazi party member.He served in the SS as an Obersturmbannführer and was appointed as a Wehrwirtschaftsführer, recognizing his company's importance to the war effort.
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 Antoni Troczewski (excerpt)
Antoni Fortunat Marian Troczewski (born June 1, 1861, in Łomża, died September 22, 1928, in Kutno) was a Polish physician, social activist, and political figure. Son of Antoni and Dionizy, Troczewski moved to Kutno in 1891, where he quickly became prominent. Starting as a volunteer doctor, he directed Saint Valentine Hospital, transforming it with new surgical, gynecological-obstetric, and infectious disease departments.
Biography of Lucian Zabel (excerpt)
Lucian Zabel (Lucien), born Gerhard Zabel (* May 26, 1893, in Kolberg - † April 24, 1936, in Berlin), was a German commercial graphic artist. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich before becoming a student of Julius Klinger in Berlin.
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 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 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 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 Eyre de Lanux (excerpt)
Eyre de Lanux, born Elizabeth Eyre on March 20, 1894 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and died September 8, 1996 in New York, was an American artist, writer, and designer. She became known in 1920s Paris for her lacquered Art Deco furniture and geometric rugs.
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 Eugène Mousset (excerpt)
Eugène 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 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 Otto Wagener (excerpt)
Otto Wilhelm Heinrich Wagener (29 April 1888 – 9 August 1971) was a German major general and, for a period, Adolf Hitler's economic advisor and confidant. Otto Wagener was a German industrialist's son and military officer. After serving in World War I, he became involved in Freikorps activities and later joined the Nazi Party and the Sturmabteilung (SA) in 1929.
Biography of Chris Lebeau (excerpt)
Joris Johannes Christiaan Lebeau, known as Chris Lebeau (May 26, 1878 - April 30, 1945), was a Dutch artist, art teacher, theosophist, and anarchist. Born into a poor working-class family, he supported his father in selling an anarchist magazine and led a sober, vegetarian lifestyle.
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 Gustave Courtois (excerpt)
Gustave Claude Étienne Courtois, born on May 18, 1852, in Pusey and died on November 25, 1923, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French painter known for portraits and genre scenes. A student of Jean-Léon Gérôme, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1869 and made his Salon debut in 1875.
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 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 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 São Francisco in 1928, later becoming a professor of political economy.
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 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 Paul Berthier (composer) (excerpt)
Paul Berthier (June 23, 1884 – February 6, 1953) was a French organist and composer, known for his contributions to sacred music. A student of Vincent d’Indy at the Schola Cantorum, he co-founded the Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois choir in 1906.
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 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 Martin Dibelius (excerpt)
Martin Dibelius (Dresden, September 14, 1883 – Heidelberg, November 11, 1947) was a German Protestant theologian and biblical scholar, professor of New Testament at Heidelberg University. The son of pastor Franz Wilhelm Dibelius and cousin of Otto Dibelius, he studied theology and philosophy at renowned universities before becoming a professor in Heidelberg in 1915.
Biography of Angelo Hesnard (excerpt)
Angelo Louis Marie Hesnard, born on 22 May 1886 in Pontivy and died on 17 April 1969 in Rochefort, was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, influential in 1930s French sexology. Coming from a modest background, he educated himself through the French navy.
Biography of Dodie Smith (excerpt)
Dodie Smith, born Dorothy Gladys Smith on May 3, 1896 and died November 24, 1990, was an English novelist and playwright best known for I Capture the Castle (1948) and The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Her children's novel was adapted by Disney into an animated film in 1961 and a live-action version in 1996.
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 Miguel Covarrubias (excerpt)
José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud (Mexico City, November 22, 1904 – February 3, 1957), also known as El Chamaco, was a Mexican artist and researcher. His time of birth comes from the biography "Covarrubias" by Adriana Williams and Doris Ober (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994).
Biography of Paul Fritsch (excerpt)
Paul Fritsch (25 February 1901 – 22 September 1970) was a French featherweight professional boxer who competed in the early 1920s. In 1920 he became the first French boxer to win an Olympic title, defeating teammate Jean Gachet in the final, despite losing to Gachet at the national championships before the Olympics.
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 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 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 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 Anita Conti (excerpt)
Anita Conti (born Caracotchian, May 17, 1899 – December 25, 1997) was the first female oceanographer in France.A pioneering scientist, photographer, and explorer, she helped shape modern marine research. Between the world wars, she created the first fishing maps, revolutionizing deep-sea fishing practices.
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 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 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 Hermann Voss (anatomist) (excerpt)
Christian Heinrich Emil Hermann Voss (October 13, 1894 – January 19, 1987) was a German anatomist known for his medical academic work and textbooks, but also notorious for his experiments during the Third Reich. Born in Berlin, he studied at several universities before completing his doctorate in 1919.
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. |
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