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birth charts with Zeus in CancerYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Zeus in Cancer. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. in ![]()
Biography of Riet van Grunsven (excerpt)
Maria Catharina van Grunsven (1918–2004), also known as Riet van Grunsven or Riet van de Haterd-van Grunsven, was an armed member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II. One of 21 people who became “line crossers,” special agents who helped to maintain a secret connection between occupied and liberated Netherlands across the waterways of the Biesbosch and the Merwede, she operated as a courier for part of the larger Biesbosch resistance group, and the Albrecht intelligence group.
Biography of Thérèse Matter (excerpt)
Thérèse Matter, born December 22, 1887 in Rouen and died May 29, 1975 in Lille, graduated from the Protestant Health Center in Bordeaux (hospital-school), co-founder and director of the Ambroise-Paré nursing school in Lille . She is recognized as Righteous Among the Nations for helping the Jews during World War II.
Biography of Marjorie Grene (excerpt)
Marjorie Glicksman Grene (December 13, 1910 - March 16, 2009) was an American philosopher who focused on existentialism and the philosophy of science, particularly biology. She taught at the University of California at Davis from 1965 to 1978 and was an Honorary University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech from 1988 until her death.
Biography of André Pommiès (excerpt)
André Pommiès, born June 9, 1904 in Bordeaux, died September 16, 1972 in Arbus near Pau, is a French military hero of the Resistance. After the invasion of the southern zone in November 1942, he secretly set up a Pyrenean Free Corps (CFP) which would later be called the Pommiès Franc Corps.
Biography of Salote Tupou III (excerpt)
Salote Tupou III, born on March 13, 1900, in Nukuʻalofa (Tonga) and died on December 16, 1965, in Auckland (New Zealand), was the Queen of Tonga from 1918 to 1965. Born in 1900, Salote Tupou III was the daughter of King George Tupou II and his first wife, Lavinia Veiongo, who passed away in 1902.
Biography of Paul Citroen (excerpt)
Roelof Paul Citroen (15 December 1896 – 13 March 1983) was a German-born Dutch artist, art educator and co-founder of the New Art Academy in Amsterdam. Among his best-known works are the photo-montage Metropolis and the 1949 Dutch postage stamps. Early life
Biography of Jean-Paul de Dadelsen (excerpt)
Jean-Paul de Dadelsen, (20 August 1913 in Strasbourg – 23 June 1957 in Zurich) was a French schoolmaster, officer, journalist, broadcaster and poet.He was an early supporter of a European Common Market and adviser to Jean Monnet. Publications Jonas, Gallimard, 1962. Goethe en Alsace with commentary by Denis de Rougemont, François Mauriac and Baptiste-Marrey.
Biography of Anthelme Mangin (excerpt)
Anthelme Mangin (19 March 1891 – 10 September 1942), real name Octave Félicien Monjoin, was an amnesiac French veteran of the First World War who was the subject of a long judicial process involving dozens of families who claimed him as their missing relative.
Biography of Léo Barbier (excerpt)
Léo Barbier, born August 18, 1908 in Neuilly-l'Évêque and died October 15, 1943 in the Ivanonvo region (USSR) at the age of 35, was a French aviator and fighter pilot.
Biography of Catherine Pozzi (excerpt)
Catherine Pozzi, born July 13, 1882 in Paris and died December 3, 1934 in the same city, is a French poet and woman of letters. Catherine Pozzi, born into an aristocratic and bourgeois family in Paris in the late 19th century, was the daughter of Samuel Pozzi, a renowned surgeon, and Thérèse Loth-Cazalis.
Biography of Jean de Bazelaire de Ruppierre (excerpt)
Jean Marie Joseph de Bazelaire de Ruppierre (October 18, 1916 - October 22, 1943) is a French officer of the colonial troops, captain, who served during the Second World War. He was Companion of the Liberation (1942) 1, and died for France (1943).
Biography of Carl Oberg (excerpt)
Carl Albrecht Oberg (27 January 1897 – 3 June 1965) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era.He served as Senior SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) in occupied France, from May 1942 to November 1944, during the Second World War, Oberg came to be known as the Butcher of Paris.
Biography of Beverly Cleary (excerpt)
Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; April 12, 1916 – March 25, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction.One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950.
Biography of Zofia Nalkowska (excerpt)
Zofia Nałkowska (10 November 1884, in Warsaw, Congress Poland – 17 December 1954, in Warsaw) was a Polish prose writer, dramatist, and prolific essayist. She served as the executive member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature (1933–1939) during the interwar period.
Biography of Mary Hallaren (excerpt)
Mary Agnes Hallaren (May 4, 1907 – February 13, 2005) was an American soldier and the third director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) at the time that it became a part of the United States Army.As the director of the WAC, she was the first woman to officially join the U.S.
Biography of Elena Fortún (excerpt)
María de la Encarnación Gertrudis Jacoba Aragoneses y de Urquijo (November 18, 1886, Madrid – May 8, 1952, Madrid) was a Spanish author of children's literature known by her pen name Elena Fortún. She gained fame with her series starting with "Celia, lo que dice" (1929), which became classics of Spanish literature.
Biography of Charlotte Susa (excerpt)
Charlotte Susa (1 March 1898 – 28 July 1976) was a German actress. Susa was born Charlotta Wegmüller in Gut Gaußen (now part of Kretingalė), East Prussia and first appeared on a stage in 1915 at Tilsit.She chose her mother's maiden name "Susa" as her stage name and began a successful career as a singer and actress at different German opera and operetta stages, e.g.
Biography of Erwin Villain (excerpt)
Erwin Karl Fritz Villain (born on November 3, 1898, in Berlin-Treptow; † July 1, 1934, in Berlin-Lichterfelde) was a German doctor and a leader in the SA.He was among those killed during the so-called Röhm Putsch. Erwin Villain grew up in Köpenick, son of the deputy headmaster Robert Villain.
Biography of Alberto Lagos (excerpt)
Alberto Lagos, an Argentine sculptor and ceramist, was born on October 15, 1885, in La Plata and passed away on February 2, 1960, in Buenos Aires.His sculptural self-portrait is located in Buenos Aires, opposite the Recoleta Cemetery. Son of engineer José Antonio Lagos Galup, Alberto was influenced by his father's accomplishments and his family's lineage of founders in various Argentine cities.
Biography of Silvio Zavala (excerpt)
Silvio Arturo Zavala Vallado (February 7, 1909 – December 4, 2014) was a Mexican historian who was considered to be a pioneer in law history studies and Mexico’s institutions. Early life Silvio Zavala was born on February 7, 1909, in Mérida, Yucatán.He studied at the National University of Mexico and at the University of Madrid, where he received a Ph.D.
Biography of E. B. White (excerpt)
Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer.He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, Charlotte's Web was ranked first in their poll of the top one hundred children's novels.
Biography of Elisabeth Schumacher (excerpt)
Elisabeth Schumacher (née Hohenemser; 28 April 1904 – 22 December 1942 in Plötzensee Prison, Berlin) was a German artist, photographer. and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. She was a member of the Berlin based anti-fascist resistance group that was later called the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle) by the Abwehr, during the Third Reich.
Biography of Madeleine Barot (excerpt)
Madeleine Barot (4 July 1909 in Châteauroux – 28 December 1995 in Paris) was a French activist and theologian, who was influential in Protestant, humanist, and human rights movements.
Biography of Emilia Malessa (excerpt)
Emilia Malessa, née Izdebska (noms de guerre: Marcysia, Miłasza, Maniuta) (born 26 February 1909, in Rostov, died 5 June 1949), was a Polish soldier, member of the Home Army with the rank of Captain, participant in the Warsaw Uprising, member of the underground anti-communist organization Freedom and Independence (WiN), and a "cavalier" of the Order of Virtuti Militari.
Biography of Priscilla Lane (excerpt)
Priscilla Lane (born Priscilla Mullican; June 12, 1915 – April 4, 1995) was an American actress, and the youngest sibling in the Lane Sisters' family of singers and actresses. She is best remembered for her roles in the films The Roaring Twenties (1939) co-starring with James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart; Saboteur (1942), an Alfred Hitchcock film in which she plays the heroine; and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), in which she portrays Cary Grant's fiancée and bride.
Biography of Franz Radziwill (excerpt)
Johann Franz Wilhelm Eduard Radziwill (* 6.Februar 1895 in Strohausen, heute Rodenkirchen in der Wesermarsch; † 12.August 1983 in Wilhelmshaven) war ein deutscher Künstler des Magischen Realismus.Sein Œuvre umfasst verschiedene Schaffensperioden: ein expressionistisches Frühwerk, ein magisch-realistisches Hauptwerk und ein symbolistisches Spätwerk.
Biography of Martín Adán (excerpt)
Martín Adán, pseudonym of Rafael de la Fuente Benavides, was a renowned Peruvian poet born on October 27, 1908, in Lima. Known for his profound and hermetic poetry, Adán faced alcoholism and financial struggles, with much of his later life spent in sanitariums.
Biography of Armel Guerne (excerpt)
Armel Guerne, born in Morges (Switzerland) on April 1, 1911 and died in Marmande (Lot-et-Garonne) on October 9, 1980, is a French-language poet and translator, of a Swiss father and a French mother. During World War II, he was a member of the Prosper-PHYSICIAN network of the British secret service Special Operations Executive, alongside Francis Suttill "Prosper", the head of the network.
Biography of André de Richaud (excerpt)
André de Richaud (April 6, 1907 in Perpignan – September 29, 1968 in Montpellier) was a French poet and writer.After his father was killed in the First World War in 1915, his mother became a lover of a German prisoner of war, which caused him a trauma that made him later sell their house and move away.
Biography of Elfriede Brüning (excerpt)
Elfriede Brüning (8 novembre 1910 – 5 août 2014) est une journaliste et romancière allemande engagée dans le mouvement communiste.Elle a également écrit sous le pseudonyme d’Elke Klent. Née à Berlin dans une famille ouvrière, elle doit quitter l’école tôt et travaille comme secrétaire avant de commencer à publier des articles à la fin des années 1920.
Biography of Frederik IX of Denmark (excerpt)
Frederik IX (Danish: Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Frederik was born into the House of Glücksburg during the reign of his great-grandfather King Christian IX.
Biography of Germán Valdés (excerpt)
Germán Genaro Cipriano Teodoro Gómez Valdés y Castillo (19 September 1915 – 29 June 1973), known professionally as Tin-Tan, was a Mexican actor, singer and comedian who was born in Mexico City but was raised and began his career in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.
Biography of Evert Taube (excerpt)
Axel Evert Taube (12 March 1890 – 31 January 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer.He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th century.
Biography of Otto Nagel (excerpt)
Otto Nagel (27 September 1894 – 12 July 1967) was a German painter, graphic designer and long-time head of the Berlin Academy of Arts who was one of the most prolific artists of East Germany. Life Born at Berlin-Wedding, Nagel was the son of a carpenter and social democrat.
Biography of Arne Johnson (excerpt)
Arne Johnson (3 May 1907, Oslo – 12 July 1994, Oslo) was a Norwegian designer, illustrator, stamp artist and painter. He studied at the SHKS in Oslo and undertook study trips to Paris in 1930, to Berlin in 1932-1933, to London in 1934-1935, to Portugal and Italy in 1938 and to East Africa in 1972.
Biography of Maitreyi Devi (excerpt)
Maitreyi Devi (1 September 1914 - 29 January 1989) was an Indian poet and novelist, best known for her Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel, "Na Hanyate" ('It Does Not Die'). Her birth time was provided by her. Daughter of philosopher Surendranath Dasgupta and protégée of poet Rabindranath Tagore, she graduated from the University of Calcutta.
Biography of Pedro Salinas (excerpt)
Pedro Salinas y Serrano (27 November 1891 – 4 December 1951) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, as well as a university teacher, scholar and literary critic.In 1937, he delivered the Turnbull lectures at Johns Hopkins University.
Biography of Édith Clark (excerpt)
Edith Georgette Clark (also known as Edith Boiteux, 5 June 1904 – 16 March 1937) was a French aviator and parachutist. Biography Clark was born in Cuffy, in the Cher region of France, on 5 June 1904.She worked as a typist and became interested in aviation; however, she could not afford the expenses of flying lessons on her salary.
Biography of Hermelinda Urvina (excerpt)
Hermelinda Urvina Mayorga (26 September 1905 – 20 September 2008) was an Ecuadorian pilot.She was the first Ecuadorian woman to obtain a pilot's license, issued in the United States in 1932. Personal life Urvina was born to José Belisario Urvina and Felicidad Mayorga in the city of Ambato, Ecuador on 26 September 1905.
Biography of William Goyen (excerpt)
Charles William Goyen (April 24, 1915 – August 30, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, editor, and teacher.Born in a small town in East Texas, these roots would influence his work for his entire life. In World War II he served as an officer aboard an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific, where he began work on one of his most important and critically acclaimed books, The House of Breath.
Biography of Vahida Maglajlic (excerpt)
Vahida Maglajlić (17 April 1907 – 1 April 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan recognized as a People's Hero of Yugoslavia for her part in the struggle against the Axis powers during World War II. She was the only Bosnian Muslim woman to receive the order.
Biography of Pericle Patocchi (excerpt)
Pericle Patocchi, born March 11, 1911 in Lugano and died April 13, 1968 in Leukerbad, is a Swiss writer and teacher. Pericle Patocchi was born in Lugano, to a Swiss father and an Italian mother of Spanish origin.He was educated in Varese and Milan, but from 1926 he attended the College of Sion where he graduated.
Biography of Gloria Guinness (excerpt)
Gloria Guinness (née Gloria Rubio y Alatorre, August 27, 1912 – November 9, 1980) was a Mexican socialite and a contributing editor for Harper’s Bazaar from 1963 to 1971. A muse and friend of Truman Capote, she was photographed by Cecil Beaton and Slim Aarons and dressed by Balenciaga and Givenchy.
Biography of Brian Donlevy (excerpt)
Waldo Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 6, 1972) was an American actor, noted for playing dangerous tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s.He usually appeared in supporting roles.Among his best-known films are Beau Geste (1939), The Great McGinty (1940) and Wake Island (1942).
Biography of Paul Ogorzow (excerpt)
Paul Ogorzow (29 September 1912 – 26 July 1941), also known as the S-Bahn Murderer, was a German serial killer and rapist who was active in Nazi-era Berlin between 1939 and 1941, during the height of the Second World War. An employee of Deutsche Reichsbahn, he exploited the regular wartime blackouts in order to commit numerous murders and sex crimes, mostly targeting lone female passengers traveling aboard Berlin's S-Bahn commuter rail system, and solitary housewives whose husbands had been called up for military service.
Biography of Paul Guillaume (art dealer) (excerpt)
Paul Guillaume (28 November 1891 in Paris – 1 October 1934 in Paris) was a French art dealer. Dealer of Chaïm Soutine and Amedeo Modigliani, he was one of the first to organize African art exhibitions. He also bought and sold many works from cutting-edge artists of the time, such as Henri Matisse, Constantin Brâncuși, Pablo Picasso, and Giorgio de Chirico.
Biography of René Mouchotte (excerpt)
Commandant René Mouchotte DFC (21 August 1914 – 27 August 1943) was a World War II pilot of the French Air Force, who escaped from Vichy French–controlled Oran to join the Free French forces. Serving with RAF Fighter Command, he rose to command a fighter wing before being shot down and killed on 27 August 1943.
Biography of André Beaudin (excerpt)
André Beaudin, (born February 3, 1895 in Mennecy and died June 6, 1979 in Neuilly-sur-Seine), is a French painter and sculptor belonging to the School of Paris, whose work follows on from the cubism bordering on non-figuration.
Biography of Zenta Maurina (excerpt)
Zenta Mauriņa (15 December 1897 – 25 April 1978) was a Latvian writer, essayist, translator, and researcher in philology.She was married to the Electronic Voice Phenomena researcher Konstantin Raudive. Born to doctor Roberts Mauriņš, Zenta spent her childhood in Grobiņa, where, at the age of six, she contracted polio, leaving her confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
Biography of Hélène Viannay (excerpt)
Hélène Victoria Mordkovitch (12 July 1917 in Paris – 25 December 2006), spouse of Philippe Viannay, was a French résistante who cofounded the Resistance movement Défense de la France on 14 July 1941. Hélène Viannay was born in Paris to Russian parents, who had emigrated to Paris in 1908 after being twice imprisoned by the Czarist government. |
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