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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 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 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 Dirk Coster (excerpt)
Dirk Coster (5 October 1889 – 12 February 1950) was a Dutch physicist and professor of physics and meteorology at the University of Groningen.He is best known as the co-discoverer of hafnium (element 72) in 1923, alongside George de Hevesy, through X-ray spectroscopic analysis of zirconium ore.
Biography of Wilhelm Röpke (excerpt)
Wilhelm Röpke (10 October 1899 – 12 February 1966) was a German economist and social critic, one of the spiritual fathers of the social market economy. A professor of economics, first in Jena, then in Graz, Marburg, Istanbul, and finally Geneva, Röpke theorised and collaborated to organise the post-World War II economic re-awakening of the war-wrecked German economy, deploying a program referred to as ordoliberalism, a more conservative variant of German liberalism.
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 Mary DeWitt Pettit (excerpt)
Mary DeWitt Pettit (January 1, 1908 – May 5, 1996) was an American physician, researcher, and professor who taught at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia into a distinguished family, she descended from Connecticut governor John Treadwell and chemistry professor John Pitkin Norton.
Biography of Wolfgang Friedmann (excerpt)
Wolfgang Gaston Friedmann (25 January 1907 – 20 September 1972) was a German American legal scholar.Specializing in international law, he was a faculty member at Columbia Law School. Born in Berlin, Friedmann finished his studies of law at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1930.
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 Vittorio Giovanni Rossi (excerpt)
Vittorio Giovanni Rossi, born January 8, 1898 in Santa Margherita Ligure and died January 4, 1978 in Rome, was an Italian journalist and writer. He is buried in the Santa Margherita Ligure cemetery, where a museum dedicated to him is located inside Villa Durazzo.
Biography of George E. Ohr (excerpt)
George Edgar Ohr (July 12, 1857 – April 7, 1918) was an American ceramic artist known as the “Mad Potter of Biloxi” in Mississippi. A forerunner of American Abstract Expressionism, he became famous for his daring, experimental forms between 1880 and 1910.
Biography of Käthe Brodnitz (excerpt)
Käthe Brodnitz, born March 10, 1884 in Berlin and died March 16, 1971 in St. Petersburg (Florida), was a German scholar, writer, and early patron of expressionist poets. She supported and befriended figures such as Hugo Ball, Klabund, Emmy Hennings, and Ricarda Huch.
Biography of Alice Robertson (excerpt)
Alice Mary Robertson, born on January 2, 1854 and died on July 1, 1931, was an American educator, social worker, Native Americans’ rights activist, government official, and politician.She became the second woman to serve in the United States Congress and the first elected from Oklahoma, remaining the only woman elected from that state until 2006.
Biography of Willem Witsen (excerpt)
Willem Arnoldus Witsen (born 13 August 1860 – died 13 April 1923 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. Influenced by James McNeill Whistler, he depicted tranquil cityscapes and rural scenes. He also created portraits and photographs of artists and cultural figures, including the French Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine.
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 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 Louis Rimbault (excerpt)
Louis Rimbault (April 9, 1877 – November 10, 1949) was a French individualist anarchist, revolutionary syndicalist, and advocate of naturism and veganism. Born in Tours, he promoted a lifestyle of simplicity, non-violence, and harmony with nature through the libertarian free communities movement.
Biography of Louis Fabry (excerpt)
Louis Fabry, born on April 20, 1862, in Marseille and deceased on January 26, 1939, in Les Lecques (Var), was a French astronomer and mathematician. Raised in a scholarly family, he studied at Lycée Thiers and then at École Polytechnique. He earned degrees in mathematics and physics, trained in Paris, and worked at the observatories of Nice and Marseille, where he became assistant astronomer in 1895 and retired in 1924.
Biography of Robert Boudrioz (excerpt)
Robert Boudrioz, born on February 12, 1887, in Versailles and who died on June 22, 1949, in Paris, was a French film director, screenwriter, journalist, storyteller, and songwriter. His full name was Robert Pierre Frédéric Boudriot. In 1918, he married Camille Vayssières in Bergerac.
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 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 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 Louis Audouin-Dubreuil (excerpt)
Louis Audouin-Dubreuil (August 2, 1887 – February 12, 1960) was a French officer and explorer born in Saint-Jean-d’Angély. He inherited his family’s cognac business before joining the cavalry at the outbreak of World War I. He fought at the Marne, Verdun, and in the trenches, later becoming a pilot and establishing an air base in Zarzis, Tunisia, where he fought against the Senussi.
Biography of Elisabeth Plattner (excerpt)
Elisabeth Plattner (July 9, 1899 – December 26, 1994) was a German educator, writer, and advocate of individual psychology. After studying mathematics and physics in Stuttgart, Tübingen, and Geneva, she taught in private schools in Berlin. She spent several years in Japan teaching at German schools in Tokyo before returning to Germany, where she gave courses for mothers, broadcast educational programs, and founded a language school.
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 Charlo (singer) (excerpt)
Charlo, born Carlos José Pérez de la Riestra on 7 July 1906 in La Piedad (now Colonia Santa Teresa), died on 30 October 1990 in Buenos Aires.He was a renowned Argentine tango singer, pianist, composer, and actor. He began law studies but left them to pursue music.
Biography of Gabriel Biessy (excerpt)
Gabriel Biessy, born Marie-Gabriel Biessy on March 25, 1854, in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes) and died on September 9, 1935, in Bourg-la-Reine, was a French painter best known for his portraits, genre scenes, and views of Paris. After a period in Bordeaux, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon under Félix Clément, then entered the Paris studios of Carolus Duran and Luc-Olivier Merson in 1879.
Biography of Antonio Garland Sánche (excerpt)
Antonio Geraldo Garland Sánchez, born on June 22, 1891, in Chorrillos and died on September 4, 1958, in San Isidro, was a Peruvian writer, journalist, and diplomat. His literary work spanned poetry, essays, and theater, alongside a long career in journalism.
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 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 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 Margarete Berent (excerpt)
Margarete Berent (born July 9, 1887 in Berlin – died June 23, 1965 in New York) was the first woman lawyer in Prussia. She co-founded the Association of Women Jurists and the Association of German Women Academicians, advocating for women’s access to legal professions.
Biography of Maxime Hans Kuczynski (excerpt)
Max "Maxime" Hans Kuczyński, born February 2, 1890, in Berlin and died November 26, 1967, in Lima, was a German physician of Polish-Jewish origin. He is known as the father of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, later President of Peru. After studying medicine and natural science at the University of Rostock, he earned a degree in philosophy in 1913 and a medical degree in 1919.
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 Willem Weissenbruch (excerpt)
Willem Weissenbruch, born on 4 February 1864 in The Hague, Netherlands, and deceased in 1941, was a Dutch etcher, painter, scenic designer, and draftsman. He was the son of painter Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch and Suzanna Petronella Geertruida Schouw, who later married. Willem began his career as a set painter in The Hague, studying under J.
Biography of Carel Goseling (excerpt)
Carolus Maria Joannes Franciscus (Carel) Goseling (10 June 1891, Amsterdam – 14 April 1941, Buchenwald) was a Dutch lawyer and politician for the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP). Goseling was a member of the House of Representatives from 1929 to 1937 and subsequently Minister of Justice from 1937 to 1939.
Biography of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (excerpt)
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (born Swarup Nehru, August 18, 1900 – December 1, 1990) was an Indian freedom fighter, diplomat, and politician. A prominent figure in the Indian independence movement, she was imprisoned several times for her opposition to British colonial rule.
Biography of Ernst Karchow (excerpt)
Ernst Günther Karchow (*23 September 1892 in Berlin; †7 October 1953 in Berlin) was a German actor, director, theater manager, and radio actor. The son of merchant and actor Albert Rudolph Karchow, he studied at Max Reinhardt's drama school in Berlin.He began his career at the Deutschen Theater and in Vienna before serving as a soldier in World War I (1914–1918).
Biography of Mimí Derba (excerpt)
Mimí Derba, born María Herminia Pérez de León on July 9, 1893, and died July 14, 1953, was a Mexican actress, screenwriter, and director, regarded as the first female film director in Mexico. Starting as a singer at seventeen, she successfully transitioned to silent cinema acting.
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.
Biography of Lily Latté (excerpt)
Born on October 14, 1901, in Berlin into a Jewish family, Lily Latté was a German actress and the companion, later wife, of film director Fritz Lang.She began her film career with a small uncredited role in Liliom (1934). In 1931, she met Lang and became his secretary, assistant, and close confidante.
Biography of Oscar Verbeeck (excerpt)
Oscar Verbeeck, born 6 June 1891 in Saint Josse ten Noode and died 13 August 1971, was a Belgian footballer.He played as a defender for FC Bruges and Royale Union Saint Gilloise, and also represented the national team. A steady presence in Belgian football, he helped provide defensive consistency for his clubs and established himself as a reliable top level player.
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 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 Octavia Ritchie (excerpt)
Octavia Grace Ritchie England (January 16, 1868 – February 1, 1948) was a Canadian physician and suffragist.In 1891, she became the first woman to earn a medical degree in Québec. Born in Montreal, she was the daughter of lawyer Thomas Weston Ritchie.
Biography of Bruno Nardi (excerpt)
Bruno Nardi, born on 24 June 1884 in Spianate di Altopascio and died on 9 July 1968 in Rome, was an Italian philosopher best known for his work on medieval philosophy. Born into a large and well-off family, he was initially directed toward an ecclesiastical career before losing his religious vocation.
Biography of Lili Grenier (excerpt)
Lili Grenier, sometimes Lilly or Lily Grenier, born Noémi Amélie Sans on October 9, 1863, and deceased on September 10, 1936, was a model and muse for late nineteenth-century artists.At sixteen, she posed for Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, herself an artist, before joining Fernand Cormon’s studio in Montmartre.
Biography of Mary Teresa Norton (excerpt)
Mary Teresa Norton, born Hopkins on March 7, 1875, and died August 2, 1959, in Greenwich, Connecticut, was an American Democratic Party politician who represented Jersey City and Bayonne in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1925 to 1951. She was the first woman Democrat elected to Congress and the first woman to represent New Jersey or any state in the Northeast.
Biography of Ninian Comper (excerpt)
Sir John Ninian Comper (10 June 1864 – 22 December 1960) was a major Scottish architect of the Gothic Revival. He focused almost exclusively on churches, designing and restoring them along with liturgical furnishings, stained glass, and vestments. He masterfully blended Gothic and Classical styles, a method he called “unity by inclusion.” His use of color, iconography, and liturgical focus made his work distinct and highly revered.
Biography of Melchiade Gabba (excerpt)
Melchiade Gabba (20 August 1874 – 17 November 1952) was an Italian general who held military and political responsibilities during the Fascist period.He played a significant role in Italy’s colonial administration in East Africa. A career officer, he commanded the Royal Corps of Colonial Troops of Eritrea and later served as Chief of Staff of the East Africa High Command during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
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. |
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