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Horoscopes 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. ![]() ![]()
Biography of René Simon (excerpt)
René Simon, (May 18, 1898 in Troyes- February 17, 1971 in Paris), was a French actor and comedian, and founder in 1925 of the Cours Simon drama school. Theater (extract) 1924 : L'Invitation au voyage de Jean-Jacques Bernard, mise en scène Gaston Baty, Studio des Champs-Elysées ![]()
Biography of Lady Randolph Churchill (excerpt)
Lady Randolph Churchill, CI, DStJ (January 9, 1854 – June 9, 1921), born Jennie Jerome, was the American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and the mother of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Early life Jennie Jerome was born in Brooklyn (Kings County), New York, the second of three daughters of financier, sportsman, and speculator Leonard Jerome and his wife Clara, daughter of Ambrose Hall, a landowner and sometime New York State Assemblyman. ![]()
Biography of Emile Nelligan (excerpt)
Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 (birth time source: email (the author wants to remain anonymous) – November 18, 1941) was a francophone poet from Quebec, Canada. Nelligan was born in Montreal on December 24, 1879 at 602, rue de La Gauchetière. He was the first son of David Nelligan, who arrived in Quebec from Dublin, Ireland at the age of 12. ![]()
Biography of William Jennings Bryan (excerpt)
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American politician, orator and lawyer. He was a three-time Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. One of the most popular speakers in American history, he was noted for his deep, commanding voice.
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Biography of Anatole Le Braz (excerpt)
Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (April 2, 1859 – March 20, 1926) was a Breton folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm. Le Braz was born in Duault and raised amongst woodcutters and charcoal burners, speaking the Breton language; his parents did not speak French.
Biography of André Charles Weiss (excerpt)
André Charles Weiss, born September 30, 1858 in Mulhouse, died in 1928, was a French author, law teacher in Paris, international law specialist.
Biography of Pierre-Ernest Pinoy (excerpt)
Pierre-Ernest Pinoy, born February 3, 1873 in Paris, was a French French physician, a doctor of medicine and member of Académie of Sciences. ![]()
Biography of Engelbert Dollfuss (excerpt)
Engelbert Dollfuss (German: Dollfuß; October 4, 1892 – July 25, 1934) was an Austrian Christian Social statesman, who served as chancellor for two years from 1932 until his assassination by Nazi agents in 1934. Born in Loich and deeply religious, Dollfuss was educated at a Roman Catholic seminary before deciding to study Law at the University of Vienna and then Economics at the University of Berlin. ![]()
Biography of Konrad Lorenz (excerpt)
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (November 7, 1903 in Vienna – February 27, 1989 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, ornithologist and Nobel Prize winner. He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology, developing an approach that began with an earlier generation, including his teacher Oskar Heinroth. ![]()
Biography of Charles Atlas (excerpt)
Charles Atlas (October 30, 1892 – December 23, 1972) was the owner and figurehead of a bodybuilding method and its associated exercise program; he was most well-known for a landmark advertising campaign featuring his name and likeness, which has been described as one of the most lasting and memorable ad campaigns of all time. ![]()
Biography of Anthony Eden (excerpt)
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British politician who was Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1935 and 1955, including World War II and Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957. ![]()
Biography of Pierre Véry (excerpt)
Pierre Véry, born in Bellon November 17, 1900 and died in Paris October 12, 1960, was a French writer. Works (extract) Pont-Égaré (1929) Le Testament de Basil Crookes (1930) Danse à l'ombre (1931) Les Métamorphoses (1931) Clavier universel (1933) Le Meneur de jeux (1934) ![]()
Biography of Robert Stroud (excerpt)
Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, was a prisoner in Alcatraz who raised and sold birds. Despite his nickname, he actually kept birds only at Leavenworth, prior to being transferred to Alcatraz.
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Biography of François Cachoud (excerpt)
François Charles Cachoud, born October 27, 1866 in Chambéry, died in 1943, was a French painter. Selected works Brume et rosée primée au prix Royoncourt-Goyon. Aux musées de Chambéry : La nuit évoque le passé La montagne du Signal au soleil couchant ![]()
Biography of Benoît Frachon (excerpt)
Benoît Frachon, born on May 13, 1893 in Chambon-Feugerolles (Loire) (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on August 1, 1975 in Les Bordes (Loiret), was a French syndicalist, a former member of the General Confederation of Labour (French: Confédération générale du travail, CGT).
Biography of René Voillaume (excerpt)
René Voillaume, born on July 19, 1905 in Versailles (birth time source: Yoan Cocquebert, online archives), died in 2003, was a French Catholic priest, the founder of The Little Brothers of Jesus, a religious congregation of brothers within the Catholic Church; it is inspired by the life and writings of Blessed Charles de Foucauld. ![]()
Biography of François Pompon (excerpt)
François Pompon (May 9, 1855 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – May 6, 1933) was a French sculptor and animalier. Born in Saulieu in Burgundy, he moved to Paris. Beginning in 1870 he studied under the noted animalier Pierre Louis Rouillard at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, and later worked as Auguste Rodin's assistant.
Biography of John Morrison (scientist) (excerpt)
John Morrison, born May 22, 1906 in Biggar, Scotland, is a Scottish professor and author of Mechanics books. ![]()
Biography of François Coli (excerpt)
François Coli (February 5, 1881 - presumably on or after May 8, 1927) was a French pilot and navigator best known as the flying partner of Charles Nungesser in the doomed attempt to fly the Atlantic Ocean on the aircraft known as The White Bird. ![]()
Biography of Gustave-Auguste Ferrié (excerpt)
Gustave-Auguste Ferrié (November 19, 1868 - February 16, 1932) was a French radio pioneer and army general. Ferrié was born in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, Savoie. After graduating from the École Polytechnique, Paris, in 1891, he became an officer in the French army's Engineers Corps, specializing in its military telegraph service. ![]()
Biography of Maurice Duruflé (excerpt)
Maurice Duruflé (11 January 1902 (birth time source: this book https://books.google.fr/books.id=EW4FfK2XhWoC&pg=PR9&lpg=PR9&dq=Maurice+Durufle&source=bl&ots=LLQpxiSquV&sig=aANenqZXFMCcBLoo6smbkTvbaK4&hl=el&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiewKyooazJAhUH1SwKHef6Cu84KBDoAQhLMAU#v=onepage&q&f=false at the end of the page 9) – 16 June 1986) was a French composer, organist, and pedagogue. Life Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure. In 1912, he became chorister at the Rouen Cathedral Choir School, where he studied piano and organ with Jules Haelling. ![]()
Biography of Percy Fawcett (excerpt)
Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett (August 31, 1867 – in or after 1925) was a British archaeologist and explorer. Along with his son, Fawcett disappeared under unknown circumstances in 1925 during an expedition to find what he believed to be an ancient lost city in the uncharted jungles of Brazil.
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Biography of Louis Vauxcelles (excerpt)
Louis Vauxcelles (1870-1943) was an influential French art critic. To him are attributed the terms Fauvism (1905), and Cubism (1908). Vauxcelles coined the phrase 'les fauves' (translated as 'wild beasts') to describe a circle of painters associated with Matisse as well as the audiences who criticised them (he couldn't decide which were more arrogant). ![]()
Biography of André Marie (excerpt)
André Marie (3 December 1897 Honfleur – 12 June 1974 Rouen) was a French Radical politician who served as Prime Minister during the Fourth Republic in 1948. Ministry (26 July - 5 September 1948) André Marie - President of the Council
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Biography of Will Rogers (excerpt)
William Penn Adair “Will” Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor. He was the father of U.S. Congressman and WWII Veteran Will Rogers, Jr. Known as Oklahoma's favorite son, Rogers was born to a prominent Indian Territory family and learned to ride horses and use a lariat so well that he was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for throwing three ropes at once—one around the neck of a horse, another around the horse's rider, and a third around all four legs of the horse. ![]()
Biography of Marcel Pérès (excerpt)
Marcel Pérès, born Marcel Jean Paul Laurent Farenc January 24, 1898 in Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne (birth time source: Yoan Cocquebert, on-line archives, page 8), died June 28, 1974 in Châlette-sur-Loing, Loiret, was a French actor (more than 190 movies) and comedian. Filmography (source: http://www.
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Biography of Charles Dalmorès (excerpt)
Charles Dalmorès (December 31, 1871 (source: Gauquelin) – December 6, 1939) was a French tenor. He enjoyed an international operatic career, singing to public and critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic during the first two decades of the 20th century. ![]()
Biography of Kay Francis (excerpt)
Kay Francis (January 13, 1905 –August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936, when she was the number one female star at the Warner Brothers studio, and the highest paid American film actress. ![]()
Biography of Georges-Joseph Toutée (excerpt)
Georges-Joseph Toutée, born February 26, 1855 in Saint-Fargeau (birth certificate n° 16), died November 16, 1927 in Paris, was a French military, general, politician, and explorer in Africa. He was also an author, and has written Dahomé, Niger, Touareg, Récit de voyage (1897), Du Dahomé au Sahara and La nature et l'homme (1899). ![]()
Biography of André Beaufre (excerpt)
André Beaufre (25 January 1902–13 February 1975) ends World War II as colonel. Well known by the anglo-saxon world as a military strategist and as an exponent of an independent French nuclear force. He can be considered as one of the founding father of the theories used nowadays in complex guerrillas and terrorism. ![]()
Biography of Camille Guérin (excerpt)
Jean-Marie Camille Guérin (December 22, 1872, Poitiers, France – June 9, 1961, Paris. French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist who, together with Albert Calmette developed the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), a vaccine for immunization against tuberculosis. Camille Guérin was born in Poitiers to a family of modest means.
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Biography of François Faber (excerpt)
François Faber (26 January 1887, Aulnay-sur-Iton, Eure, France (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 2) – died Carency, Pas-de-Calais, 9 May 1915) was a Luxembourgian cyclist. He was born in France. He was the first foreigner to win the Tour de France in 1909, and his record of winning 5 consecutive stages still stands.
Biography of Henri Pélissier (excerpt)
Henri Pélissier (25 January 1889 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 438) – 1 May 1935) was a French racing cyclist from Paris and champion of the 1923 Tour de France. In addition to his 29 career victories, he was known for his long-standing feud with Tour founder Henri Desgrange and for protesting against the conditions endured by riders in the early years of the Tour. ![]()
Biography of Ludwig Crüwell (excerpt)
Ludwig Crüwell (spelled Cruewell in some English-language histories) 20 March 1892 - 25 September 1958), was a German general known for his involvement with the Afrika Korps. He was captured by the British on 29 May 1942, after his plane was forced to land. ![]()
Biography of Eugène Chavant (excerpt)
Eugène Chavant (February 12 1894, Colombes, France) was the founder of the French resistance organisation France Combat in 1942 and a prominent member of the French resistance. His nom de guerre was Clement, hence the "dit Clement" on the memorial to him in Grenoble. ![]()
Biography of Léon Deubel (excerpt)
Léon Deubel, born on March 22, 1879 in Belfort, died on June 12, 1913, was a French poet. Publications (extract) La Chanson balbutiante. Éveils, Sollicitudes, la Chanson du pauvre Gaspar (1899) Figurines suivi de Petit drame lunaire et lunatique (1901) ![]()
Biography of Pierre Renoir (excerpt)
Pierre Renoir (March 21, 1885 – March 11, 1952) was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first actor to play Georges Simenon's character Inspector Jules Maigret in Night at the Crossroads, directed by his brother. ![]()
Biography of Arsène d'Arsonval (excerpt)
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (June 8, 1851 – December 13, 1940) was born in La Porcherie and was a French physician, physicist and inventor of the moving-coil galvanometer and probably of the thermocouple ammeter. D'Arsonval was an important contributor to the emerging field of electrophysiology, the study of the effects of electricity on biological organisms, in the nineteenth century. ![]()
Biography of Carlos Salzedo (excerpt)
Carlos Salzedo (April 6, 1885-1961), was a harpist, composer and conductor, born in Arcachon, France, after whom the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine is named. Life France Carlos Salzedo was born Charles Moise Léon Salzedo on April 6, 1885 at 11:30 a. ![]()
Biography of André Jousseaume (excerpt)
André Jousseaume (27 July 1894 in Yvré-l'Évêque – 26 May 1960) was a French equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and another gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Biography of André Thirion (excerpt)
André Thirion, born April 18, 1907 in Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle, died in 2001 in Levallois-Perret, was a French author and surrealist. ![]()
Biography of Elias Canetti (excerpt)
Elias Canetti (25 July 1905, Ruse, Bulgaria (birth time source: Alois Treindl, birth certificate)–14 August 1994, Zurich, Switzerland) was a Bulgarian-born novelist of Sephardi Jewish ancestry who wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981. Life Elias Canetti was the eldest son in a Jewish merchant family in Rustchuk (present-day Rousse). ![]()
Biography of Franz von Papen (excerpt)
Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen (help·info) (29 October 1879 – 2 May 1969) was a German nobleman, Catholic politician, General Staff officer, and diplomat, who served as Chancellor of Germany (Reichskanzler) in 1932. To many historians, Papen was also a key member in the small clique of right-wing politicians who "jobbed Adolf Hitler into power by backstairs intrigue" . ![]()
Biography of Franz Völker (excerpt)
Franz Völker (born March 31, 1899 in Neu-Isenburg, Germany; died December 4, 1965 in Darmstadt, Germany) was a dramatic tenor who enjoyed a major European career. He excelled in particular as a performer of the operas of Richard Wagner. He was discovered by the conductor Clemens Krauss and he studied singing at Frankfurt, where he made his début as Florestan in Beethoven's only operatic work, Fidelio, in 1926. ![]()
Biography of André Suarès (excerpt)
André Suarès was one of the pseudonyms used by Félix-André-Yves Scantrel (12 June 1868, Marseille – 7 September 1948, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) a French poet and critic. From 1912 onwards, he was one of the four "pillars" of the Nouvelle Revue Française, along with André Gide, Paul Claudel and Paul Valéry. ![]()
Biography of René Pleven (excerpt)
René Pleven (April 15, 1901 – January 13, 1993) was a notable French politician of the Fourth Republic. A member of the Free French, he helped found the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (UDSR), a political party that was meant to be a successor to the wartime Resistance movement.
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Biography of Lionel Barrymore (excerpt)
Lionel Barrymore (April 12, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American Academy Award-winning actor of stage, radio and film. Personal life Barrymore was born Lionel Herbert Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of actors Georgiana Drew and Maurice Barrymore (née Blythe). He was the elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore, the uncle of John Drew Barrymore, and the grand-uncle (or great-uncle) of Drew Barrymore. ![]()
Biography of André Dhôtel (excerpt)
André Dhôtel, born September 1, 1900 in Attigny (Ardennes)(birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died July 22, 1991 in Paris, was a French writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He won the Prix Femina in 1955 for his novel "Le Pays où l'on n'arrive jamais". ![]()
Biography of René Sudre (excerpt)
René Sudre, born April 1880 in Angoulême, died in 1968, was a French parapsychologist, science author, professor and commentator. ![]()
Biography of Salvatore Quasimodo (excerpt)
Salvatore Quasimodo, born August 20, 1901 in Modica, died June 14, 1968, was an Italian poet. Works (extract) Acque e terre, Edizioni di "Solaria", Firenze 1930 Oboe sommerso, Edizioni di "Circoli", Genova 1932 Erato e Apòllìon, pref. di S.Solmi, Scheiwiller, Milano 1938 |
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