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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 Rupert Brooke (excerpt)
Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as Chaucer) (3 August 1887–23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier); however, he never experienced combat at first hand. ![]()
Biography of Gustav Grundgens (excerpt)
Gustaf Gründgens (December 22, 1899 – October 7, 1963) was one of Germany's most famous actors of the 20th century, leading theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. His single most famous role was that of Mephistopheles in Goethe's Faust in 1956/57, which is still considered by many to have been the best interpretation of the role ever given. ![]()
Biography of Jules de Trooz (excerpt)
Jules Henri Ghislain Marie, Baron de Trooz (21 February 1857 – 31 December 1907) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician. De Trooz was born in Leuven, and had studied philosophy before entering politics. He represented Leuven in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives from 1899 onwards, serving as Education and Interior minister. ![]()
Biography of Gustave Charpentier (excerpt)
Gustave Charpentier (June 25, 1860 – February 18, 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise. He was born in Dieuze, the son of a baker, and after studying at the conservatoire in Lille entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1881.
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Biography of Paul Vialar (excerpt)
Paul Vialar, born September 18, 1898 in Saint-Denis (birth time source: Didier Geslain), near Paris, died January 8, 1996, was a French writer and novelist. He has writter 80 novels. Works (extract) * Soir, pièce en 1 acte... (1938)
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Biography of Donald Crisp (excerpt)
Donald George Crisp (July 27, 1886 – May 25, 1974) was an Academy Award winning English film actor. He was also an early motion picture producer, director and screenwriter. Early life Donald Crisp was born George William Crisp in London, England, at the family home in Bow (historically known as Stratford) on July 27, 1882.
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Biography of Paul Faure (politician) (excerpt)
Paul Faure (1878, Périgueux, Dordogne - 1960) was a French politician, one of the leaders of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) between the two wars. He was minister of state under Camille Chautemps's third Ministry from June 1937 to January 1938 during the Popular Front. ![]()
Biography of Emmy Destinn (excerpt)
Emmy Destinn (Czech: Ema Destinnová ( ( listen)); 26 February 1878 – 28 January 1930) was a renowned Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She enjoyed a successful career in both Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
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Biography of Louis Feuillade (excerpt)
Louis Feuillade (19 February 1873 – 25 February 1925) was a prolific and prominent French film director from the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he directed over 630 films. He is primarily known for the serials Fantômas, Les Vampires and Judex. ![]()
Biography of Max Ophuls (excerpt)
Max Ophüls (born Maximillian Oppenheimer, 6 May 1902, Saarbrücken, Germany - 26 March 1957, Hamburg, Germany) was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany, the United States and France. He made nearly thirty films. Before the Nazis During the early part of his theatrical career he took the pseudonym Ophüls so that, should he fail, it wouldn't embarrass his garment-manufacturer father.
Biography of Pol Ferjac (excerpt)
Pol Ferjac, born Paul Ferdinand Levain June 4, 1900 in Le Merlerault, Orne, and died June 8, 1979 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, was a French illustrator and caricaturist. He is the father of Fernch comedian Anouk Ferjac. ![]()
Biography of Camille Chevillard (excerpt)
Camille Chevillard (14 October 1859 – 30 May 1923) was a French composer and conductor. He was born in Paris, France. He led the Lamoureux Orchestra in the premieres of Debussy's Nocturnes (1900 and 1901) and La mer (1905). He was the son-in-law of conductor Charles Lamoureux. ![]()
Biography of Taylor Caldwell (excerpt)
Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell (September 7, 1900–August 30, 1985) was an Anglo-American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam Reback. In her fiction, she often used real historical events or persons.
Biography of Lucius Beebe (excerpt)
Lucius Morris Beebe (December 2, 1902 – February 4, 1966) was an American author, gourmand, photographer, railroad historian, journalist, and syndicated columnist. Early life and education Beebe was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, to a prominent Boston family. Beebe attended both Harvard University and Yale University. ![]()
Biography of Henri Vilbert (excerpt)
Henri Miquely, best known as Henri Vilbert, born April 6, 1904 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) , died April 20, 1997 in Cagnes-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes), was a French actor. Filmography (extract) 1921 : Tartarin sur les Alpes de Paul Barlatier et Henry Vorins
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Biography of Otto Frank (excerpt)
Otto Heinrich "Pim" Frank (12 May 1889 – 19 August 1980) was a German-born businessman and the father of Anne Frank and Margot Frank. As the sole member of his family to survive the Holocaust, he inherited Anne's manuscripts after her death, arranged for the publication of her diary in 1947, and oversaw its transition to the stage and screen. ![]()
Biography of Robert Arnoux (excerpt)
Robert Arnoux, born October 23, 1899 in Lille, died March 13, 1964 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography (extract) Actor * 1921 : Hantise de Jean Kemm * 1925 : Napoléon de Abel Gance
Biography of Jan Anteunis (excerpt)
Jan Anteunis, born on March 29, 1896 in Ghent, died in 1973, was a Belgian artist and sculptor. ![]()
Biography of Compton Mackenzie (excerpt)
Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie (17 January 1883, West Hartlepool, England – 30 November 1972, Edinburgh, Scotland) was an English-born Scottish novelist and nationalist. Background Compton Mackenzie was born into a theatrical family. His father, Edward Compton, was an actor and theatre company manager; his sister, Fay Compton, starred in many of James M. ![]()
Biography of Wallace Beery (excerpt)
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1886 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. ![]()
Biography of Billy Mitchell (excerpt)
William Lendrum "Billy" Mitchell (December 29, 1879 (source: Steinbrecher) – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army general who is regarded as the father of the U.S. Air Force. He is one of the most famous and most controversial figures in the history of American airpower.
Biography of Jozef Arras (excerpt)
Jozef Arras, born on March 26, 1890 in Lier, died on February 20, 1919, was a Belgian author.
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Biography of Henri Pistre (excerpt)
Henri Pistre, born December 26, 1900 in Mazamet, was a French catholic priest and... rugby coach, radio host and TV host. ![]()
Biography of Anton Pieck (excerpt)
Anton Franciscus Pieck (Den Helder, Netherlands, April 19, 1895 – Overveen, Netherlands, November 25, 1987), a Dutch painter, artist and graphic artist. His works are noted for their nostalgic or fairytale-like character and are widely popular, appearing regularly on cards and calendars.
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Biography of Hugh MacDiarmid (excerpt)
Hugh MacDiarmid is the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892, Langholm - 9 September 1978, Edinburgh), a significant Scottish poet of the 20th century. He was instrumental in creating a Scottish version of modernism and was a leading light in the Scottish Renaissance of the 20th century. ![]()
Biography of Ruth St. Denis (excerpt)
Ruth St. Denis (born Ruth Dennis on January 20, 1878 (birth time source: Jim Eshelman) – July 21, 1968) was a modern dance pioneer, introducing eastern ideas into the art. She was co-founder of the American Denishawn School of Dance and the teacher of several notable performers. ![]()
Biography of Georges Athénas (excerpt)
Georges Emmanuel Félix Hilaire Athénas, born on February 26, 1877 in Saint-Denis, Réunion, France (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 88), died on May 8, 1953 in Paris, was a French historian, art critic, writer, and journalist. Awards Prix Goncourt 1909 for "En France" (name Marius-Ary Leblond or Marius Leblond ; he has written this book with his cousin Aimé Merlo)
Biography of Lita Recio (excerpt)
Julia Recio, best knnown as Lita Recio, born October 30, 1906 in Paris (source not archived), died January 13, 2006 in Paris, was a French actress. She was the grandmother of French actor Romain Goupil. Filmography (Voice) Titanic (1997) : Rose Dawson Calvert (Gloria Stuart)
Biography of Line Noro (excerpt)
Line Noro, born February 22, 1900 in Houdelaincourt (Meuse), died November 4, 1985 in Paris, was a French actress and comedian. Filmography (extract) * 1928 : La Divine Croisière de Julien Duvivier * 1929 : Ces dames aux chapeaux verts d'André Berthomieu
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Biography of Paul Emile Appell (excerpt)
French mathematician and Rector of the University of Paris.
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Biography of Simonne Mathieu (excerpt)
Simonne Mathieu (January 31, 1908, Neuilly, France – January 7, 1980) was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. Career Mathieu is best remembered for winning the singles title at the French Championships in 1938 and 1939 and for reaching the final of that tournament an additional six times, in 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1937.
Biography of Hans Zulliger (excerpt)
Hans Zulliger (February 21, 1893 - October 18, 1965) was a Swiss teacher, child psychoanalyst and writer who was born near Biel. From 1912 until 1959 he was a primary school teacher in Ittigen, Switzerland. Zulliger is remembered for his pioneer work of applying psychoanalytical practices into the education of school children, mostly from rural, working-class and under-privileged environments.
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Biography of Émile Vuillermoz (excerpt)
Émile-Jean-Joseph Vuillermoz (23 May 1878 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 2 March 1960) was a French critic in the areas of music, film, drama and literature. He was also a composer, but abandoned this for criticism. Early life Émile Vuillermoz was born in Lyon in 1878.
Biography of Jean Burkhalter (excerpt)
Jean Burkhalter, born October 17, 1895 in Auxerre, died in 1981, was a French artist, designer and painter.
Biography of Laura Mill (excerpt)
Laura Mill, born November 28, 1897 in Glasgow, died March 10, 1990, was a Scottish psychiatrist, daugter of a minister.
Biography of George H. Bailey (excerpt)
George H. Bailey, born December 22, 1896 in Melksham, died June 4, 1959 in Bath, was a British mathematician, author and astrologer. ![]()
Biography of Gregor Strasser (excerpt)
Gregor Strasser (also Straßer, see ß) (May 31, 1892 – June 30, 1934) was a politician of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP). He was murdered in Berlin during the Night of the Long Knives. Background, training, and military service Gregor Strasser and his younger brother Otto were born into the family of a Catholic judicial officer who lived in the Upper Bavarian market town of Geisenfeld. ![]()
Biography of Friedrich Ebert (excerpt)
Friedrich Ebert (4 February 1871 – 28 February 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the first President of Germany from 1919 until his death in office. Before being elected President, he briefly served as Chancellor during the last months of the German Empire.
Biography of Guy de Polignac (excerpt)
Guy de Polignac, born April 29, 1905 in Paris and died October 17, 1996 in Paris, was a French businessman. He is the brother of Louis de Polignac, and has been President of the champagne company, Pommery & Greno.
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Biography of Maarten Maartens (excerpt)
Maarten Maartens, pen name of Jozua Marius Willem van der Poorten Schwartz (Amsterdam, 15 August 1858 - Doorn, 3 August 1915), was a Dutch writer, who wrote in English. He was quite well known at the end of the Nineteenth and the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in both the UK and the US, but he was soon forgotten after his death. ![]()
Biography of Dennis Wheatley (excerpt)
Dennis Yates Wheatley (8 January 1897 – 10 November 1977) was an English author. His prolific output of stylish thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling authors in the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Dennis Yates (or Yeats) Wheatley was born in South London to Albert David and Florence Elizabeth Harriet Wheatley (née Baker). ![]()
Biography of Frank MacFarlane Burnet (excerpt)
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, OM, AK, KBE (3 September 1899 – 31 August 1985), usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist best known for his contributions to immunology. Burnet received his M.D. degree from the University of Melbourne in 1924, and his Ph.
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Biography of Florence Maybrick (excerpt)
Florence Elizabeth Maybrick (1862 - 1941) was a former American citizen who spent fourteen years in prison in England after being convicted of murdering her considerably older English husband. Early life Born Florence Elizabeth Chandler on September 3, 1862 in Mobile, Alabama, the daughter of William George Chandler, a partner in the banking firm of St.
Biography of Carroll Righter (excerpt)
Carroll Righter (February 2, 1900-April 30, 1988) was known as the "astrologer to the stars." He wrote a syndicated daily advice column for 166 newspapers around the world, and was reputed to be an advisor to Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Righter, who liked to be called the "gregarious Aquarius,' began doing charts for Hollywood notables in 1938 and became a columnist in 1950.
Biography of William Ker (excerpt)
William Ker, born August 30, 1855 in Glasgow and died July 17, 1932 (mountain accident), was a Scottis poet, writer and professor of poetry.
Biography of Edgar Young (excerpt)
Edgar Young, born October 6, 1883 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, was an American writer, explorer and traveler.
Biography of Victor Vreuls (excerpt)
Victor Vreuls, born February 4, 1876 and died in 1944, was a Belgian musician and composer.
Biography of Maurice Bayrou (excerpt)
Maurice Bayrou, born March 2, 1905 in Lanta (Haute-Garonne), died December 29, 1996 in Lamorlaye (Oise), was a French politician and veterinarian. ![]()
Biography of Alfred Cortot (excerpt)
Pianist and conductor, one of the most popular 20th century musicians. ![]()
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The Johnstown Flood (or Great Flood of 1889 as it became known locally) occurred on May 31, 1889. It was the result of the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam situated 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, made worse by several days of extremely heavy rainfall. |
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