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Biography of Jeannie Gunn (excerpt)
Jeannie Gunn OBE, born on 5 June 1870 and died on 9 June 1961, was an Australian novelist, teacher, and volunteer for the Returned and Services League of Australia.She wrote under the pen name Mrs Aeneas Gunn. Born in Carlton, Melbourne, she was educated at home and ran a school with her sisters before working as a visiting teacher.
Biography of Francis Thompson (film director) (excerpt)
E.Francis Thompson, born January 3, 1908 in Titusville, Pennsylvania, and died December 26, 2003, was an American director, producer, and writer known for his multi-screen and large-format films, particularly in the early development of IMAX cinema. He began his career as a painter and art teacher before turning to filmmaking with Evolution of a Skyscraper.
Biography of Alma Karlin (excerpt)
Alma Karlin, born on October 12, 1889 in Celje, then in Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia), and died on January 15, 1950, was an Austro-Slovenian novelist, poet, polyglot, and theosophist. Born with partial paralysis, she suffered from a limp throughout her life.
Biography of Marion King Hubbert (excerpt)
Marion King Hubbert (October 5, 1903 – October 11, 1989), often known as M. King Hubbert, was an American geologist and geophysicist. He is best known for developing the Hubbert curve and peak oil theory, which describe the production cycle of natural resources.
Biography of Willem Pijper (excerpt)
Willem Pijper (Willem Frederik Johannes Pijper, 8 September 1894 – 18 March 1947) was a Dutch composer, music critic, and teacher, regarded as one of the most important Dutch composers of the first half of the 20th century. Born in Zeist near Utrecht, he showed early musical talent and began composing as a child before studying composition at the Utrecht Academy of Music under Johan Wagenaar.
Biography of Masa Nakayama (excerpt)
Masa Nakayama (Nakayama Masa; January 19, 1891 – October 11, 1976) was a Japanese politician and educator.In 1960 she became the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of Japan when she was named Minister of Health and Welfare. Born in Nagasaki as Masa Iida-Powers, she was the daughter of Rodney H.
Biography of Yekaterina Peshkova (excerpt)
Yekaterina Pavlovna Peshkova, born Volzhina on July 26, 1876 according to the Gregorian calendar, or July 14, 1876 according to the Julian calendar, and died on March 26, 1965, was a Soviet human rights activist and humanitarian. She was the first wife of Maxim Gorky.
Biography of Arthur Lemisch (excerpt)
Arthur Lemisch, born February 4, 1865 in Sankt Veit an der Glan and died October 29, 1953 in the same town, was an Austrian politician. He led Carinthia as provisional head of the regional assembly from 1918 to 1921 and later served as governor of the province from 1927 to 1931.
Biography of Herbert Boeckl (excerpt)
Herbert Boeckl (born June 3, 1894, in Klagenfurt, died January 20, 1966, in Vienna) was an Austrian expressionist painter associated with the Vienna Group. He is regarded as one of the leading figures of modern Austrian art in the twentieth century.
Biography of J. Campbell Bruce (excerpt)
J.Campbell Bruce, born May 5, 1906 in Helvetia, Pennsylvania, and died July 6, 1996 in Berkeley, California, was an American journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and a nonfiction author. He is best known for his 1963 book Escape from Alcatraz, which explores the history of Alcatraz Penitentiary and the escape attempts made by its inmates.
Biography of Ethel Pedley (excerpt)
Ethel Charlotte Pedley (19 June 1859 – 6 August 1898) was an English-Australian author and musician, born in Acton near London. She began piano lessons at a young age and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music under her uncle Prosper Sainton and her aunt Charlotte Sainton-Dolby.
Biography of Marlin Skiles (excerpt)
Marlin Skiles (December 17, 1906 – May 1, 1981) was an American composer of film and television scores.Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he trained early as a pianist and composer, later continuing his musical studies in Los Angeles. He began his career at 17 and, during the 1920s, worked with major dance bands such as those of Paul Whiteman.
Biography of Josef Arndgen (excerpt)
Josef Arndgen (24 February 1894 – 20 September 1966) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).He joined the Centre Party in 1931 until its dissolution in 1933 and later helped found the CDU in Frankfurt am Main after the Second World War.
Biography of Ellen Fairclough (excerpt)
Ellen Louks Fairclough, born Cook on January 28, 1905, in Hamilton, Ontario, and died on November 13, 2004, in Dundas, was a Canadian politician. A Progressive Conservative, she served in the House of Commons from 1950 to 1963 and became the first woman appointed to the Canadian Cabinet.
Biography of Arnold Fanck (excerpt)
Arnold Fanck (6 March 1889 – 28 September 1974) was a German film director and a pioneer of the mountain film genre.Holding a PhD in geology, he founded Berg- und Sportfilm GmbH in Freiburg in 1920 and filmed mainly in the Alps.
Biography of Kermit Murdock (excerpt)
Kermit Murdock (20 March 1908 – 11 February 1981) was an American film, television, and radio actor known for his avuncular and professorial character roles. He often portrayed authoritative figures with a calm and reassuring presence. In film, he appeared in notable productions such as Splendor in the Grass (1961), In the Heat of the Night (1967), and The Andromeda Strain (1971), typically in supporting roles.
Biography of Badia Masabni (excerpt)
Badia Masabni, born Wadiha Masabni on February 25, 1892, in Damascus, Ottoman Empire, and died on July 23, 1974, was a belly dancer, singer, actress, entrepreneur, and nightclub owner. She is often regarded as one of the major figures who modernized belly dancing.
Biography of James Thomas Flexner (excerpt)
James Thomas Flexner (January 13, 1908 – February 13, 2003) was an American historian and biographer best known for his four-volume biography of George Washington, published between 1965 and 1972.The work earned him a National Book Award and a special Pulitzer Prize in 1973.
Biography of Wolfram Enzfelder (excerpt)
Wolfram Enzfelder (born February 15, 1898, in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, died September 2, 1976, in the same city) was an Austrian politician affiliated with the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). Coming from a modest background, he entered public service at an early age after completing basic schooling.
Biography of Anton Afritsch (journalist) (excerpt)
Anton Afritsch (8 December 1873 in Klagenfurt – 7 July 1924 in Graz) was an Austrian journalist and politician. He is best remembered as the initiator of the Kinderfreunde movement.
Biography of Hanns Albin Rauter (excerpt)
Johann Baptist Albin Rauter (born February 4, 1895, died March 24, 1949) was a high ranking Austrian born SS official and Nazi war criminal. From 1940 to 1945, he served as Higher SS and Police Leader in the occupied Netherlands, making him the top authority for security and policing during the occupation.
Biography of Hanns Hübl (excerpt)
Hanns Hübl, born February 15, 1898 in Villach and died April 4, 1967 in Rheinhausen, Germany, was an Austrian painter and draftsman. The son of a railway inspector, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna after World War I.
Biography of Alma Johanna Koenig (excerpt)
Alma Johanna Koenig, born on August 18, 1887 in Prague and died on June 1, 1942 in Maly Trostenets, was an Austrian writer. Born into a Jewish family, she grew up in Vienna and was largely self-educated after leaving school for health reasons.
Biography of Lucien Simon (painter) (excerpt)
Lucien Joseph Simon (1861 – 1945) was a French painter and teacher born in Paris.After studying at Lycée Louis-le-Grand and the Académie Julian, he pursued an artistic career from the 1880s onward. He exhibited regularly at major Paris Salons and developed a style influenced by Impressionism, though characterized by darker tones.
Biography of Karlis Ulmanis (excerpt)
Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis, born 4 September 1877 and died 20 September 1942, was a Latvian politician and a major figure in the country’s political life during the interwar period of independence. He notably served as Latvia’s first prime minister following the proclamation of independence in November 1918.
Biography of Willy Böckl (excerpt)
Wilhelm Richard Böckl (born January 27, 1893, died April 22, 1975) was an Austrian figure skater and one of the leading male skaters of the interwar period. He won four World Championships, six European titles, and two silver medals at the Winter Olympics.
Biography of Alexander Kolchak (excerpt)
Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak, born on 4 November 1874 in the Julian calendar, corresponding to 16 November 1874 in the Gregorian calendar, and died on 7 February 1920, was a Russian naval officer, polar explorer, and leader of the White movement during the Russian Civil War.
Biography of Agnes Macphail (excerpt)
Agnes Campbell Macphail, born March 24, 1890, and died February 13, 1954, was a Canadian politician and journalist.She was the first woman elected to Canada’s House of Commons. She served as a federal Member of Parliament from 1921 to 1940, playing a pioneering role in women’s political representation in Canada.
Biography of Thérčse Casgrain (excerpt)
Thérčse Forget-Casgrain, also known as Thérčse Casgrain or Mrs.Pierre Casgrain, was born Marie-Thérčse Forget on July 10, 1896, in Montreal and died in the same city on November 3, 1981.She was a Quebec reformer, feminist, and politician. From the 1920s to the 1940s, she campaigned alongside other women for the recognition of women’s rights in Quebec.
Biography of Rae Luckock (excerpt)
Margarette Rae Morrison Luckock, known as Rae Luckock, born on 15 October 1893 and died on 24 January 1972, was a Canadian feminist, social justice activist, and peace activist. Along with Agnes Macphail, she was one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1943.
Biography of Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti (excerpt)
Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti, born on 10 January 1871 in Vienna and died on 8 April 1955 in Linz, was an Austrian poet and novelist.She is known for her historical romances, notably Die Hochzeit von Quedlinburg. The daughter of Baron Heinrich Hypolith von Handel-Mazzetti, who died before her birth, she received a strong education in history and languages.
Biography of Louise McKinney (excerpt)
Louise McKinney, née Crummy on 22 September 1868 and died on 10 July 1931, was a Canadian politician, temperance advocate, and women’s rights activist. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman to serve in a legislature in the British Empire.
Biography of Mary Ellen Smith (excerpt)
Mary Ellen Spear Smith, born on October 11, 1863 in Tavistock, Devon, and died on May 3, 1933 in Vancouver, was a Canadian politician in British Columbia. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, as well as the first female cabinet minister and the first female Acting Speaker of a legislative assembly in the British Empire.
Biography of Isabelle Crombez (excerpt)
Marie Isabelle Victorine-Ghislaine Crombez, also known as the Countess de La Baume-Pluvinel, born on 30 October 1858 in Brussels and died on 7 February 1911 in Paris, was a Belgian author and salon hostess. She published her works under the masculine pseudonym Laurent Évrard.
Biography of Helene Scheu-Riesz (excerpt)
Helene Scheu-Riesz, born September 18, 1880, and died January 8, 1970, was an Austrian women’s rights activist, pacifist, children’s writer, and publisher.She was active in the Austrian women’s movement and co-founded the first Viennese Women’s Club in 1900. She later became involved in the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
Biography of Hermila Galindo (excerpt)
Hermila Galindo Acosta, also known as Hermila Galindo de Topete, born on 2 June 1886 and died on 18 August 1954, was a Mexican writer and feminist. She was an early advocate of causes then considered radical, such as sex education in schools, women’s suffrage, and divorce.
Biography of James Drawbell (excerpt)
James Wedgwood Drawbell, born on April 15, 1899 in Falkirk, Scotland, and died on February 6, 1979, was a British writer, playwright, and journalist.He is known both for his literary works and for his connections with many prominent figures of his time, including Winston Churchill, Bernard Shaw, Noël Coward, D.
Biography of Mary McGeachy (excerpt)
Mary McGeachy Schuller, born Mary Craig McGeachy on 7 November 1901 in Sarnia, Ontario, and died on 2 November 1991, was a British diplomat and international civil servant of Canadian nationality. Born to Scottish-Canadian parents, she was the daughter of a gospel hall preacher.
Biography of Simonne Vidal (excerpt)
Simonne Vidal, born on 14 February 1894 in Dieppe and died on 2 July 1944 in Lyon, was the wife of the historian and Resistance fighter Marc Bloch. She played an important role in her husband’s work, notably as his secretary and research assistant, while also volunteering in a hospital during both world wars.
Biography of Ossip Schubin (excerpt)
Aloisia Kirschner, born on 17 June 1854 in Prague and died on 10 February 1934 at Košátky Castle in Bohemia, was an Austrian novelist. She is best known under the pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from Ivan Turgenev’s novel Helena.
Biography of Marthe Simard (excerpt)
Marthe Marie Amélie Angčle Simard, born Caillaud on April 6, 1901 in Bordj Menaďel and died on March 28, 1993, was a Franco-Canadian politician.She was the first French woman to sit in a parliamentary assembly. Living in Quebec, she founded the Free France Committee of Quebec in December 1940, during World War II.
Biography of Gonzalo de Aguilera Munro (excerpt)
Gonzalo de Aguilera Munro, 11th Count of Alba de Yeltes, born on 26 December 1886 in Madrid and died on 15 May 1965 in Salamanca, was a Spanish aristocrat and military officer. The son of Agustín Aguilera y Gamboa, a cavalry officer, and Mary Ada Munro, he was raised in Spanish, English, and French, then educated in England.
Biography of Cairine Wilson (excerpt)
Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson, born on February 4, 1885 in Montreal and died on March 3, 1962, was a Canadian politician. She made history as the first woman appointed to the Senate of Canada, representing Ontario from 1930 until her death.
Biography of Simone Dever (excerpt)
Simone Dever, born on 1 February 1905 in Ličge, Belgium, and died on 21 February 1977, was a Belgian novelist and journalist. A graduate of the Brussels Institute of Journalism in 1929, she pursued a dual career as a journalist and author under the pen name Marc Augis.
Biography of Emma Roldán (excerpt)
Emma Roldán, born Emma Roldán Reyna on February 3, 1890, in San Luis Potosí and died on August 29, 1978, was a Mexican character actress and costume designer.Wikipedia incorrectly gives her year of birth as 1893. Known for playing sharp-tongued and domineering matriarchs, she appeared in several major films by Fernando de Fuentes, including El prisionero trece, El compadre Mendoza, and Allá en el Rancho Grande.
Biography of Raquel Dzib Cicero (excerpt)
Raquel Dzib Cicero, born on March 25, 1881, in Merida, Mexico, and died there on March 14, 1949, was a Mexican teacher, feminist, and politician. Born into a poor family, she earned her teaching diploma in 1898 and taught subjects including arithmetic, Spanish, and drawing.
Biography of Amélie Murat (excerpt)
Amélie Murat, born on December 19, 1882, in Chamaličres, France, and died on March 8, 1940, in Clermont-Ferrand, was a French novelist and poet.Orphaned at a very young age, she was raised with her sister Jeanne by their maternal grandmother and developed a passion for poetry during childhood.
Biography of Victor Bérard (excerpt)
Victor Bérard, born on 10 August 1864 in Morez and died on 13 November 1931 in Paris, was a French diplomat, politician, and Hellenist. A former student of the École normale supérieure in Paris, he carried out archaeological work as a member of the French School at Athens from 1887 to 1890.
Biography of Domingo Soler (excerpt)
Domingo Soler, born Domingo Díaz Pavía on April 17, 1901 (Wikipedia has 1900 in error), in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, and died on June 13, 1961, was a Mexican actor and occasional screenwriter. A major figure of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, he appeared in more than 150 films and wrote the screenplays for two feature films.
Biography of Amélie Diéterle (excerpt)
Amélie Diéterle, the stage name of Amélie Laurent, was born on February 20, 1871, in Strasbourg, France, and died on January 20, 1941, in Cannes. A French stage actress, operetta singer, and art collector, she achieved considerable fame during the Belle Epoque and remained prominent into the early Roaring Twenties. |
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