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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. in ![]()
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.
Biography of Hans Purrmann (excerpt)
Hans Marsilius Purrmann (born April 10, 1880, in Speyer; died April 17, 1966, in Basel) was a German painter, graphic artist, art collector, and writer. He studied at the Karlsruhe School of Fine Arts (1897-1899) and the Munich Academy of Arts (1900-1905).
Biography of Anna von Palen (excerpt)
Anna von Palen, born Anna Wilhelmine Emilie von Paledzki on May 26, 1875 in Perleberg, made her stage debut in 1894 in Gardelegen under the name Anna Paulsen.She later performed in Bautzen, Bielefeld, Gleiwitz, Heidelberg, and Riga, settling in Berlin in 1912.
Biography of Wolfgang Gurlitt (excerpt)
Wolfgang Gurlitt (February 15, 1888 – March 26, 1965) was a German art dealer, museum director, and publisher whose collection included Nazi-looted artworks. The grandson of painter Louis Gurlitt and son of art dealer Fritz Gurlitt, he took over the Fritz Gurlitt Gallery in 1907.
Biography of Tine van Berken (excerpt)
Anna Christina Witmond-Berkhout, born on September 29, 1870 in Amsterdam and deceased on December 7, 1899, was a Dutch children's author known as Tine van Berken. Between 1894 and 1899, she published a wide array of books for girls, marked by a gentle and moral tone.
Biography of Nellie Campobello (excerpt)
Nellie Campobello (November 7, 1900 – July 9, 1986) was a Mexican writer known for Cartucho, a rare chronicle of the Mexican Revolution from a woman’s perspective. The book recounts her childhood in northern Mexico amid the clashes between Villistas and Carrancistas.
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.
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.
Biography of Lucien Schnegg (excerpt)
Lucien Schnegg (19 March 1864 – 22 December 1909) was a French sculptor, close to Auguste Rodin, though he distanced himself from Rodin’s expressive style to promote a classical aesthetic. Born in Bordeaux into a family of Bavarian cabinetmakers, Schnegg began his training as an ornamental sculptor.
Biography of Suzanne Desprès (excerpt)
Suzanne Desprès (18 December 1873 – 29 June 1951) was a French actress who was born at Verdun, Meuse and trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy. She then became associated with, and subsequently married, Lugné-Poe, the actor-manager, who had founded a new school of modern drama at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre.
Biography of René de Castéra (excerpt)
René (d'Avezac) de Castéra (Dax, April 3, 1873 - Angoumé, Landes department, October 8, 1955) was a French composer. A student of Vincent d’Indy, Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant, and Isaac Albéniz, he served as secretary of the Schola Cantorum, founder of the Édition Mutuelle, and a music critic.
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.
Biography of Irina Tweedie (excerpt)
Irina Tweedie, born Irina Tamara Karpova on 21 April 1907 in Russia and died on 23 August 1999, was a Russian-British mystic and Sufi teacher of the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiya order. Exiled after the Russian Revolution, she was raised across Europe. Following her husband’s death in 1954, she embarked on a spiritual search that led her to India, where she met her teacher Radha Mohan Lal in 1961.
Biography of Leonie Brandt (excerpt)
Leonie Brandt, born Gertrud Franziska Pütz on 28 October 1901 and died on 27 January 1978, was a German-Dutch actress and double agent, also known by her stage name Leonie Reiman. Before and during World War II, she spied for both Germany and the Netherlands.
Biography of Karolina Widerström (excerpt)
Karolina Olivia Widerström (December 10, 1856 – March 4, 1949) was a Swedish medical doctor and gynecologist, the first woman in Sweden to earn a medical degree. A strong advocate for women's rights, she fought for sexual education and female suffrage. She served as chairwoman of the National Association for Women's Suffrage and was a member of Stockholm’s city council.
Biography of Jorge Guillén (excerpt)
Jorge Guillén Álvarez (18 January 1893 – 6 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, literary critic, and professor, best known as a prominent member of the Generation of '27. He taught in Paris, Oxford, Seville, and later at Wellesley College in the United States, where he went into exile in 1938.
Biography of August Wilhelm Dieffenbacher (excerpt)
August Wilhelm Dieffenbacher (August 14, 1858 – December 14, 1940) was a German painter and illustrator.He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz and Wilhelm von Lindenschmit the Younger. He debuted in 1888 with Verfolgt at the Academy’s jubilee exhibition.
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.
Biography of Hattie Caraway (excerpt)
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, born February 1, 1878, and died December 21, 1950, was an American politician who served as U.S.Senator from Arkansas from 1931 to 1945.She was a groundbreaking figure in American politics. Caraway was the first woman elected to the Senate, the first to serve a full term, and the first to be reelected.
Biography of Friedrich Karl Georg Rumpf (excerpt)
Friedrich Karl Georg Rumpf, known as Fritz Rumpf (* January 5, 1888, in Berlin Charlottenburg; † May 13, 1949, in Potsdam), was a German draftsman, folklorist, and Japanologist. The son of painter Fritz Rumpf the Elder, he learned Japanese at the age of 15 and studied at the Königliche Kunstschule Berlin.
Biography of Hermann Kümmell (excerpt)
Hermann Kümmell (22 May 1852, Korbach, Waldeck-Pyrmont – 19 February 1937) was a German surgeon. In 1875, he received his medical doctorate at Berlin, later working as an assistant physician to Max Schede (1833-1902) at the municipal hospital in Friedrichshain.In 1883 he became chief physician of the surgical department at the "Marienkrankenhaus" in Hamburg, and in 1895 was appointed surgeon-in-chief of the Allgemeinen Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf.
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.
Biography of Dirk Brouwer (astronomer) (excerpt)
Dirk Brouwer, born September 1, 1902 in Rotterdam and died January 31, 1966, was a Dutch-American astronomer.He earned his PhD in 1927 from Leiden University under Willem de Sitter. He later moved to the United States and joined Yale University, where he became a leading figure in astronomy.
Biography of Dorothy Whipple (excerpt)
Dorothy Whipple (née Stirrup), born February 26, 1893 in Blackburn and died September 14, 1966, was an English writer of popular fiction and children's books. Her work was widely read between the world wars and saw a revival in the 2000s.
Biography of Karl Kristian Steincke (excerpt)
Karl Kristian Vilhelm Steincke, born August 25, 1880 and died August 8, 1963, was a Danish politician from the Social Democratic Party. He served as Minister of Justice and Social Affairs across several Stauning Cabinets from the 1920s to the 1950s.
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.
Biography of Alfred Newman (composer) (excerpt)
Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was an American composer, conductor, and arranger, considered one of the founding fathers of film music.A child prodigy, he became a major figure in Hollywood’s Golden Age. He scored over 200 films and won 9 Academy Awards out of 45 nominations.
Biography of Boy Capel (excerpt)
Arthur Edward Capel CBE (20 December 1881 – 22 December 1919), known as Boy Capel, was an English polo player best remembered as Coco Chanel’s lover and patron. Born into a British family with roots in England, Ireland, and France, he became a wealthy shipping merchant and prominent figure of high society by 1909.
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.
Biography of Gerard Heymans (excerpt)
Gerardus Heymans (17 April 1857 – 18 February 1930) was a Dutch philosopher and psychologist, widely considered the pioneer of experimental psychology in the Netherlands. He studied law and philosophy in Leiden and Freiburg, earning his doctorate in 1881. From 1890 to 1927, he taught at the University of Groningen, where he founded the country's first psychology lab and served as rector in 1908–1909.
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.
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.
Biography of Carl Legien (excerpt)
Carl Rudolf Legien (1 December 1861 – 26 December 1920) was a German trade unionist and moderate Social Democrat. Orphaned in childhood, he trained as a wood turner, joined the SPD in 1885, and quickly rose through union ranks, leading the German Turners' Association and the General Commission of German Trade Unions from 1891.
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.
Biography of Marc Dantzer (excerpt)
Marc Dantzer was born on August 30, 1903, in Le Palais, on Belle-Île-en-Mer in the Morbihan region. He died in the same town on June 12, 1990. He was a French film actor active during the 20th century. In addition to his work in cinema, Dantzer ran the Élysée-Matignon restaurant in Paris, a popular spot for figures from the film industry.
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 Juan Espejo Asturrizaga (excerpt)
Juan Espejo Asturrizaga (born July 8, 1895, in Lima – died October 29, 1965, in the same city) was a Peruvian poet, writer, journalist, and educator. A member of the Trujillo-based Grupo Norte, he was a close friend of César Vallejo, about whom he wrote a major biography covering the poet’s Peruvian years (1892–1923).
Biography of Wander de Haas (excerpt)
Wander Johannes de Haas (March 2, 1878 – April 26, 1960) was a Dutch physicist and mathematician. He is best known for his groundbreaking contributions to physics, including the Shubnikov–de Haas effect, the de Haas–van Alphen effect, and the Einstein–de Haas effect.
Biography of Pitigrilli (excerpt)
Pitigrilli, the pen name of Dino Segre (9 May 1893 – 8 May 1975), was an Italian writer and journalist, best known for Cocaina (1921), a provocative novel banned by the Catholic Church for its themes of drug use and sexuality.
Biography of Eugene Borden (excerpt)
Eugene Borden, born Élysée Eugène 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 Fritz Klatt (excerpt)
Fritz Klatt, born on May 22, 1888, in Berlin and died on July 28, 1945, in Vienna, was a German educational reformer and writer.Son of Indologist Johannes Klatt, he studied history, philosophy, and pedagogy in Berlin. In the 1920s, he became a key figure in the German Youth Movement, advocating for adult education and active leisure.
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 Cécile Vogt-Mugnier (excerpt)
Cécile Vogt-Mugnier was born on March 27, 1875, in Annecy and passed away on May 4, 1962, in Cambridge.A Franco-German neurologist and neuropathologist, she made significant contributions to medical research. She was among the first women admitted to medical school and defended her thesis in 1900 on brain myelination.
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.
Biography of Raoul Auger (excerpt)
Raoul Auger, born in Paris on May 24, 1904, and deceased on February 9, 1991, was a French illustrator and artist.He also worked under the pseudonym J.-P.Ariel, notably for youth books published by Hachette. Initially trained as a technical draftsman, he shifted toward graphic design and advertising.
Biography of Carmel Myers (excerpt)
Carmel Myers (April 9, 1899 – November 9, 1980) was an American silent film star, known for her vamp roles and her breakout performance as Iras in Ben-Hur (1925).She began her career with D.W.Griffith’s Intolerance. She thrived during the 1920s with major roles and transitioned modestly into sound films, appearing in Svengali and The Mad Genius.
Biography of Clara Eggink (excerpt)
Clara Hendrika Catharina Clementine Helène Eggink (Utrecht, April 18, 1906 - Scheveningen, March 3, 1991) was a Dutch poet, prose writer, and translator.The daughter of a ruined businessman and a remarried mother, she grew up in Rotterdam and attended a humanist girls’ high school, where she met poet J.C.
Biography of Franz Rosenzweig (excerpt)
Franz Rosenzweig, born December 25, 1886, in Kassel and died December 10, 1929, in Frankfurt, was a German theologian, philosopher, and translator.Coming from a wealthy Jewish family, he first studied medicine before turning to history and philosophy.Influenced by his friend Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, he briefly considered converting to Christianity, but a transformative Yom Kippur experience brought him back to Judaism.
Biography of Suzanne Devé (excerpt)
Suzanne Devé, born on December 14, 1901, and died on April 12, 1994, was a French tennis player active during the 1920s.After marriage, she was also known as Suzanne Desloges. In 1928, she reached the women's doubles final at the French Championships with Sylvie Jung Lafaurie, losing to Eileen Bennett and Phoebe Holcroft.
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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