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Biography of Jean Webster (author) (excerpt)
Jean Webster, born Alice Jane Chandler Webster on July 24, 1876, and died on June 11, 1916, was an American author best known for Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. Her books feature lively young female protagonists who grow intellectually, morally, and socially, while incorporating humor, witty dialogue, and subtle social critique.
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Biography of Fred Vlès (excerpt)
Fred Manuel Raoul Vlès (born January 22, 1885, in Le Havre and died July 2, 1944, in Dachau) was a French zoologist and biologist. He earned a doctorate in science and was a professor of biological physics at the Faculty of Medicine in Strasbourg from 1922 until his deportation in 1944.
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Biography of Barthold Theodoor Willem Van Hasselt (excerpt)
Barthold Theodoor Willem van Hasselt (7 November 1896, Leiden – 5 August 1960, Wassenaar) was a Dutch business executive in the Dutch East Indies and served as CEO of Royal Dutch Shell from 1949 to 1951. The son of Marie Elise Prins (1875-1949) and physician Sjoerd Folkert Willem van Hasselt (1868-1934), he married Elisabeth Henriette Versteegh (1898-1957) in 1920 and Marion Elizabeth Davidson (1892-1992) in 1938.
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Biography of Léo Taxil (excerpt)
Gabriel Jogand-Pagès, known as Léo Taxil (21 March 1854 – 31 March 1907), was a French writer infamous for his anti-clerical publications and a later hoax targeting Freemasonry. Born into a Catholic, royalist family, he broke from religion in his teens and became a radical republican and satirical journalist, attacking the Church with provocative writings.
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Biography of Elbert A. Smith (excerpt)
Elbert Aoriul Smith (8 March 1871 – 15 May 1959) was a leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church). He served in the church's First Presidency from 1909 to 1938 and as Presiding Patriarch from 1938 to 1958.
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Biography of Herbert Myrick (excerpt)
Herbert Myrick, born on 20 August 1860 in Arlington, Massachusetts, was an American writer, editor, and businessman known for his influential work in agricultural publishing.He was the owner of the Phelps Publishing Company and served as editor-in-chief of the New England Homestead.
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Biography of Arthur O'Connell (excerpt)
Arthur Joseph O'Connell, born on March 29, 1908, and died on May 18, 1981, was an American actor known for character roles in film, stage, and TV during the 1950s. He earned two Academy Award nominations for Picnic (1955) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959).
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Biography of Eugène Bloch (excerpt)
Eugène Bloch (10 June 1878 – 12 March 1944) was a French physicist and professor at the École normale supérieure and the University of Paris. He was a pioneer in radioelectricity and one of the first to introduce quantum mechanics in France.
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Biography of Félix Galipaux (excerpt)
Félix Galipaux, born on December 12, 1860, in Bordeaux and died on December 7, 1931, in Paris, was a French playwright, novelist, actor, humorist, and violinist. Born Félix Martin to unknown parents, he was recognized by his mother in 1866. After winning first prize at the Conservatoire, he chose the Palais-Royal theater over the Comédie-Française.
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Biography of Henri Chrétien (excerpt)
Henri Jacques Chrétien (born February 1, 1879, in Paris – died February 6, 1956, in Forest Glen, Maryland) was a French astronomer, optical engineer, professor, and inventor. A graduate of the University of Paris and SupOptique, he became an assistant astronomer at the Nice Observatory in 1906.
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Biography of Jacques-Paul Bonjean (excerpt)
Jacques-Paul Bonjean (born April 3, 1899, in Paris 15ᵉ, died November 18, 1990, in Paris 8ᵉ) was a French art dealer, antique dealer, and collector. In 1927, he co-founded La Maison des quatre chemins with Maurice Sachs, publishing luxury editions of works by Max Jacob and Jean Cocteau, and later opened galleries with Pierre Colle and Christian Dior.
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Biography of Richard Löwenthal (excerpt)
Richard Löwenthal (April 15, 1908 – August 9, 1991) was a German journalist and professor specializing in democracy, communism, and world politics.Born in Berlin, he was influenced by Max Weber and Karl Mannheim.A member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) until 1929, he left due to disagreements with Comintern tactics.
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Biography of Heddy Astrup (excerpt)
Hedevig (Heddy) Stang Astrup, born on April 21, 1904, and died on August 23, 1978, was a Norwegian philanthropist known as “the mother of child aid.” In 1931, she founded a local charity that became Oslo Red Cross Child Aid. She supported vulnerable children and disabled people, establishing the "Tomtebo" center in 1944 and significantly funding the Bakkebø institution and its chapel.
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Biography of Adrienne Dore (excerpt)
Adrienne Dore, born Elizabeth Himmelsbach on May 22, 1907, and died November 26, 1992, was an American actress, model, and beauty queen.She was Miss Los Angeles and first runner-up at the 1925 Miss America pageant. Educated at a convent in Seattle, she trained in theater and dance, later performing in musical revues in New York.
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Biography of Christian Caillard (excerpt)
Hugues Christian Caillard (July 26, 1899 – September 18, 1985) was a French painter known for his poetic style and lifelong attachment to his studio in Paris’s 9th arrondissement. A grandson of Catulle Mendès and Augusta Holmès, he turned from science to art after World War I.
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Biography of Webster McDonald (excerpt)
Webster "Mac" McDonald (January 1, 1900 – June 12, 1982) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.He played from 1920 to 1940 with several teams. His time of birth comes from him, in the book "Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues", by John B.
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Biography of Otto Reiniger (excerpt)
Otto Reiniger, born February 27, 1863, in Stuttgart and died July 24, 1909, near Weilimdorf, was a German landscape painter in the Impressionist style, best known for his depictions of flowing water. He studied under Grünenwald and Kappis in Stuttgart, then with Joseph Wenglein in Munich.
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Biography of Jan Duiker (excerpt)
Jan Duiker (March 1, 1890 – February 23, 1935) was a leading Dutch architect of the Modern movement Het Nieuwe Bouwen.He partnered with Bernard Bijvoet from 1917 until 1935. Recommended by Hendrik Berlage for the Zonnestraal project, Duiker and Bijvoet left a major mark on Dutch modernist architecture.
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Biography of Tina Di Lorenzo (excerpt)
Tina Di Lorenzo (born December 4, 1872 in Turin – died March 25, 1930 in Milan) was an Italian stage and silent film actress. The daughter of a Sicilian marquis and an actress, she was raised in Noto and began acting as a teenager, sometimes alongside her mother.
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Biography of Henri Polak (excerpt)
Henri Polak (born 22 February 1868 in Amsterdam, died 18 February 1943 in Laren) was a Dutch trade unionist and politician. The son of a Jewish diamond cutter, he began working young before moving to London, where he embraced Marxist ideas and learned about the British labor movement.
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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).
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Biography of Jan van Zutphen (excerpt)
Johannes Andries "Jan" van Zutphen (October 8, 1863 – June 7, 1958) was a Dutch trade unionist and co-founder of the Zonnestraal Sanatorium, known for defending workers' rights and fighting tuberculosis. Coming from a modest background, he first worked as a carpenter and diamond cutter before joining the socialist movement.
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Biography of Lorenzo Domínguez (excerpt)
Lorenzo Domínguez (born May 15, 1901, in Santiago, Chile – died March 21, 1963, in Mendoza, Argentina) was a Chilean sculptor known for his unique artistic synthesis of pre-Columbian aesthetics, Rapa Nui art, and European sculpture. After studying in Madrid during the 1920s, he taught in Santiago before settling in Argentina, where he lived and worked in Mendoza and Tucumán.
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Biography of Wilfred Talbot Smith (excerpt)
Wilfred Talbot Smith, born Frank Wenham on June 8, 1885, and died April 27, 1957, was an English occultist and ceremonial magician.He was a key figure in spreading the religion of Thelema across North America. His time of birth comes from the book "The Unknown God: W.
Biography of Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles (excerpt)
Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles (March 13, 1871 – February 27, 1956), born in Rotterdam to a Scottish father and a Polish mother, was a British publisher and photojournalist. He spent part of his youth in Wiesbaden and later travelled Europe as a photographer, contributing to the rise of illustrated magazines.
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Biography of Émile Decré (excerpt)
Émile Decré (28 July 1897 – 17 February 1973) was a French businessman and heir to the Decré department stores, founded by his grandfather Jules-César Decré.During World War I, he helped manage the family business alongside his brother. In 1930, he oversaw the renovation of the stores with architect Henri Sauvage and founded the Nantes chapter of the Christian Employers’ Confederation.
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Biography of Muriel Vanderbilt (excerpt)
Muriel Vanderbilt, born November 23, 1900, in New York City and died February 3, 1972, was an American heiress and socialite, a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She was the daughter of William K. Vanderbilt II and Virginia Fair, raised between Long Island and the West Coast after her parents separated.
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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.
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Biography of Félix Mesguich (excerpt)
Félix Mesguich, born September 15, 1871, in Algiers and died April 25, 1949, in Paris, was a pioneering French cameraman and one of the first cinema reporters, working closely with the Lumière brothers on global filming missions. In 1898, he created the first-ever advertising film for the Ripolin brand, a short comic scene considered a landmark in commercial cinema history.
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Biography of Jean Déchanet (excerpt)
Jean Déchanet (born January 18, 1906, in Isches, France – died May 19, 1992, at Saint-André Abbey, Bruges, Belgium) was a French Benedictine monk known as "the Father of Christian Yoga." His time of birth comes from the book "Yoga and God: An Invitation to Christian Yoga", by Jean Déchanet (Abbey, 1975).
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Biography of Doris Hill (excerpt)
Doris Hill, born Roberta M. Hill on March 21, 1905, in Roswell, New Mexico, died on March 3, 1976. She was an American actress active in the 1920s and 1930s. Discovered dancing in Los Angeles, she began her film career in 1926 and successfully transitioned to sound films.
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Biography of Pieter Jelles Troelstra (excerpt)
Pieter Jelles Troelstra (born 20 April 1860 in Leeuwarden, died 12 May 1930 in The Hague) was a Dutch politician, remembered as a key figure in the labor movement. He was married from 1888 to 1904 to writer Sjoukje Bokma de Boer, better known as Nynke van Hichtum.
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Biography of Rudolf Kaesbach (excerpt)
Rudolf Kaesbach, born on July 22, 1873, in Gladbach and died on December 4, 1955, in Berlin, was a German sculptor. He studied in Hanau, Paris, and Brussels, and ran his own casting workshop in Düsseldorf. From 1904, he worked in Berlin and gained recognition with life-size marble sculptures.
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Biography of Eelco van Kleffens (excerpt)
Eelco Nicolaas van Kleffens (born 17 November 1894, died 17 June 1983) was a Dutch politician and diplomat. Descending from a Frisian family of civil servants, he studied law at Leiden University and started his career at the League of Nations and later at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Biography of Jacques Perk (excerpt)
Jacques Perk, born June 10, 1859, and died November 1, 1881, was a pivotal Dutch poet of the 19th century. His sonnet cycle Mathilde, published by Willem Kloos, marked the beginning of modern Dutch poetry and was influenced by Shelley, Goethe, and Lamartine.
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Biography of Francis Doublier (excerpt)
Francis Doublier, born April 11, 1878, in Lyon, and died April 2, 1948, in Fort Lee, New Jersey, was a French cinema pioneer and operator for the Lumière brothers. Orphaned young, he began working at the Lumière factories where he learned the secrets of early filmmaking.
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.
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Biography of Frank van der Goes (excerpt)
Franc van der Goes (February 13, 1859 – June 5, 1939) was a Dutch journalist and Marxist theorist, co-founder of the SDAP and co-translator of Das Kapital into Dutch. Initially active in finance, he shifted to literature and politics, founding the literary journal De Nieuwe Gids in 1885, which he left over political disagreements.
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Biography of Jacobus van Looy (excerpt)
Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (13 September 1855 – 24 February 1930) was a Dutch painter and writer. Orphaned at a young age, he grew up in the Haarlem municipal orphanage. Originally trained as a house painter, he entered the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam in 1877.
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Biography of Leonard Huxley (writer) (excerpt)
Leonard Huxley (11 December 1860 – 3 May 1933) was a British schoolteacher, writer, and editor.He was the son of renowned zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley and studied in London, St Andrews, and at Oxford. Hist time of birth comes from the book "Huxley: The Devil's Disciple", by Adrian Desmond (London: M.
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Biography of Ferdinand Karsch (excerpt)
Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch (born September 2, 1853, in Münster, died December 20, 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist, and anthropologist. From around 1905, he also published under the name Ferdinand Karsch-Haack, using his mother's maiden name for his work on human and animal sexual diversity.
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Biography of Georges Bruhat (excerpt)
Georges Bruhat (21 December 1887 – 1 January 1945) was a French physicist known for his contributions to optics and for authoring a renowned four-volume physics textbook series. He studied at the École normale supérieure and the Sorbonne, completing a PhD in optics under Aimé Cotton.
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Biography of Lino Vaccari (excerpt)
Lino Vaccari, born on August 23, 1873 in Crespano del Grappa and died in Rome in 1951, was an Italian botanist known for his alpine flora studies and educational contributions. He earned a doctorate in natural sciences from the University of Padua and taught in various secondary schools before becoming a headmaster, school inspector, and professor of botany in Rome and Florence.
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Biography of Onésimo Redondo (excerpt)
Onésimo Redondo Ortega (February 16, 1905 – July 24, 1936) was a Spanish politician and a key figure in Falangist ideology and Francoist propaganda. He founded the Juntas Castellanas de Actuación Hispánica, which later merged with the movements led by Ramiro Ledesma and José Antonio Primo de Rivera.
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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.
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Biography of Waldemar Pabst (excerpt)
Ernst Julius Waldemar Pabst, born December 24, 1880, and died May 29, 1970, was a German military officer known for his violent role in post-WWI anti-communist actions and far-right paramilitary politics. As a Freikorps captain, he ordered the extrajudicial killings of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg in 1919 and later helped lead the failed Kapp Putsch against the Weimar Republic.
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Biography of Otto Ruff (excerpt)
Otto Ruff was born on 30 December 1871 in Schwäbisch Hall, Württemberg. Initially a pharmacist under Carl Magnus von Hell, he later joined Hermann Emil Fischer in Berlin, gaining early fame in 1898 for the Ruff degradation, which converts d-Glucose into d-Arabinose.
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Biography of Francisco Asorey (excerpt)
Francisco Asorey González, born March 4, 1889, in Cambados, and died July 2, 1961, in Santiago de Compostela, was a prominent Spanish sculptor of the 20th century.As a child, he showed talent for carving wooden Christs and saints. He studied with the Salesians in Sarrià and later taught drawing in Baracaldo, where he opened a religious sculpture workshop. ![]()
Biography of Preston Foster (excerpt)
Preston Foster, born August 24, 1900, and died July 14, 1970, was an American actor whose career spanned stage, film, radio, and television.He was also a vocalist and performed in nightclubs and on the radio. Born in New Jersey, he worked as a clerk before transitioning to vaudeville and Broadway.
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Biography of Jorge Basadre (excerpt)
Jorge Alfredo Basadre Grohmann (born February 12, 1903 – died June 29, 1980) was a leading Peruvian historian, best known for his extensive work on the history of Peru’s Republic. He served twice as Minister of Education and directed the National Library of Peru. |
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