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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 Pierre-Paul Grassé (excerpt)
Pierre-Paul Grassé (born November 27, 1895, in Périgueux, Dordogne, and died July 9, 1985, in Paris) was a French biologist, zoologist, and paleontologist, author of over 300 publications, including a significant treatise on zoology. A Doctor of Biological Sciences, he taught at the University of Montpellier, Clermont-Ferrand, and later at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he became the Chair of Evolution in 1941.
Biography of Félix Schwartzmann (excerpt)
Félix Schwartzmann Turkenich (Santiago, Chile, April 24, 1913 - February 27, 2014) was a Chilean philosopher, sociologist, and epistemologist. He was awarded the National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences of Chile in 1993, and he was also a Full Member of the Academy of Social, Political, and Moral Sciences of the Chilean Institute.
Biography of Antoinette Sasse (excerpt)
Antoinette Sasse, born Antoinette Kohn on June 18, 1897, was a French artist known for her Fauvism style paintings and significant role in the French Resistance during World War II. Born into a wealthy Jewish family in Paris, she studied under notable artists including Henri Matisse.
Biography of Heinrich Eduard Jacob (excerpt)
Heinrich Eduard Jacob (7 October 1889 – 25 October 1967) was a German and American journalist and author.Born to a Jewish family in Berlin and raised partly in Vienna, Jacob worked for two decades as a journalist and biographer before the rise to power of the Nazi Party.
Biography of Hans Kramers (excerpt)
Hendrik Anthony Kramers was a Dutch theoretical physicist (December 17, 1894, in Rotterdam – April 24, 1952, in Oegstgeest). Hendrik Kramers studied mathematics and physics at Leiden University.After earning his master’s degree in 1916, he intended to complete his PhD under the supervision of Max Born at the University of Göttingen.
Biography of Alves de Sousa (excerpt)
Antonio Alves de Sousa, better known as Alves de Sousa, (Vilar de Andorinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, January 9, 1884 – Vilar de Andorinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, March 5, 1922) was a Portuguese naturalist sculptor from the so-called Escola do Porto (with some arguing that within it, the Escola Gaiense should be distinguished), a movement that can be placed between the late 19th century and the early 20th century.
Biography of Józef Retinger (excerpt)
Józef Hieronim Retinger (April 17, 1888 – June 12, 1960) was a Polish politician, scholar, and international political activist. A brilliant student in Paris and London, he befriended Joseph Conrad.During World War I, he actively supported Polish independence in Austria-Hungary and Russia.
Biography of Tarjei Vesaas (excerpt)
Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 - 15 March 1970) was a renowned Norwegian poet and novelist, considered one of Norway’s most significant 20th-century writers. Born in Vinje, Telemark, to farmer Olav Vesaas and teacher Signe Řygarden, he experienced guilt over not taking over the family farm, a theme reflected in his works.
Biography of Lee Morse (excerpt)
Lena Corinne "Lee" Morse (née Taylor on November 30, 1897, and died December 16, 1954) was an American jazz and blues singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist, and actress. She rose to fame in the 1920s and 1930s as a torch singer, recording over 200 songs during her career.
Biography of Gershom Scholem (excerpt)
Gershom Scholem (5 December 1897 – 21 February 1982) was a German-born Israeli philosopher and historian, regarded as the founder of the modern academic study of Kabbalah. He became the first professor of Jewish mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Biography of Francisco Vales Villamarín (excerpt)
Francisco Vales Villamarín (Betanzos, La Coruńa, 7 May 1891 - id., 25 August 1982) was a Spanish historian and professor, serving as the perpetual secretary of the Real Academia Gallega and the official chronicler of Betanzos. He studied in Santiago de Compostela and became a teacher in La Coruńa until his retirement in 1961.
Biography of Christian Bérard (excerpt)
Christian Bérard (August 20, 1902 – February 11, 1949), also known as Bebč, was a French artist, fashion illustrator, and designer. Bérard and his partner Boris Kochno, co-founder of the Ballets des Champs-Élysées, were one of the most prominent openly homosexual couples in French theater during the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography of Edmund Bacon (architect) (excerpt)
Edmund Norwood Bacon (May 2, 1910 – October 14, 2005) was an American urban planner, architect, educator, and author. During his tenure as the executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970, his visions shaped today's Philadelphia, the city of his birth, to the extent that he is sometimes described as "The Father of Modern Philadelphia".
Biography of Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1895) (excerpt)
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (11 March 1895 – 16 November 1903) was the only daughter of Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Named after her great-grandmother, she was nicknamed "Ella." Her life was tragically cut short at the age of eight, during a stay with her aunt, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna.
Biography of Irčne Bordoni (excerpt)
Irčne Charlotte Bordoni, born on January 16, 1889 in Paris and died on March 19, 1953 in New York, was a French actress and singer. She began her career at the Variétés Theater in Paris, before emigrating to the United States in 1907.
Biography of José María Albareda (excerpt)
José María Albareda Herrera (Caspe, 15 April 1902 - 26 February 1966, Madrid) was a Spanish soil scientist and science administrator. From its 1939 creation by Francoist Spain to his 1966 death, he was the secretary general and head of the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), the main Spanish scientific institution.
Biography of Mary Kid (excerpt)
Mary Kid (born Marie Anna Albertine Keul; 3 February 1901 – 29 October 1988) was a German actress. She appeared in more than forty films during the Weimar Republic, but her career came to an end in the early sound era.
Biography of Fritz Jacobsen (excerpt)
Fritz John Jacobsen (born 21 May 1896 in Berlin-Charlottenburg – died 3 August 1981 in Nuremberg) was a German World War I flying ace credited with eight confirmed aerial victories and two unconfirmed. Fascinated by aviation from 1909, he became a test pilot and instructor before joining the German air troops in 1915.
Biography of K. T. Stevens (excerpt)
K.T.Stevens, born Gloria Wood on July 20, 1919, was an American film and television actress and the daughter of film producer and director Sam Wood. She began acting as a child in her father's silent film "Peck's Bad Boy" (1921).To establish her own identity, she changed her name to K.T.
Biography of Jean Rudolf von Salis (excerpt)
Jean Rudolf von Salis (12 December 1901 – 14 July 1996) was a Swiss historian. He gained prominence with his weekly "Weltchronik" (English: world chronicle) radio broadcasts from 1940 until 1947. As von Salis never wrote English publications and his works were rarely translated, he is little known outside of the European historical sciences.
Biography of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (excerpt)
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (July 6, 1888 – February 24, 1973) was a historian and social philosopher whose work encompassed history, theology, sociology, and linguistics. Born in Berlin to a non-observant Jewish family, he converted to Christianity in his late teens, which deeply influenced his writings.
Biography of Paul Alverdes (excerpt)
Paul Alverdes (6 May 1897, Strasbourg - 28 February 1979, Munich) was a German novelist and poet. The son of an officer and member of the German Youth Movement, he volunteered for duty in World War I and received a severe injury to the throat.
Biography of Edilio Rusconi (excerpt)
Edilio Rusconi (November 11, 1916 – July 10, 1996) was an Italian publisher, journalist, writer, and film producer.Born in Milan, he spent part of his childhood in Brussels before returning to Milan for his studies. He graduated in Literature in 1940 and began as a writer before turning to journalism.
Biography of Josep Lluís Sert (excerpt)
Josep Lluís Sert (May 7, 1901 – March 15, 1983) was a Catalan architect and urban planner born in Barcelona, Spain. He studied at the Barcelona School of Architecture before moving to Paris in 1926 to work with Le Corbusier. Sert founded his own agency in 1929 and co-founded GATCPAC, introducing a rationalist aesthetic in Spain characterized by clean lines and abundant light.
Biography of William McCance (excerpt)
William McCance (6 August 1894 – 19 November 1970) was a Scottish artist, and was second Controller of the Gregynog Press in Powys, mid-Wales. William McCance was the seventh of eight children. After attending Hamilton Academy, McCance entered Glasgow School of Art, studying there 1911–15 and subsequently undertaking a teacher-training course at Glasgow's Kennedy Street school.
Biography of Teodoro Lolo Fernández (excerpt)
Teodoro "Lolo" Fernández Meyzán (20 May 1913 – 17 September 1996) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward.All his football work was carried out as a player of the Universitario de Deportes of the Peruvian First Division.He was champion, best player and top scorer in the 1939 Copa América.
Biography of Gianrico Tedeschi (excerpt)
Gianrico Tedeschi (20 April 1920 – 27 July 2020) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Milan in April 1920, Tedeschi got a degree in pedagogy before enrolling at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art, which he abandoned after two years to make his professional debut with the Evi Maltagliati-Salvo Randone-Tino Carraro stage company.
Biography of Jan Piwnik (excerpt)
Jan Piwnik (born August 31, 1912, in Janowice in the Kielce Voivodeship and died in combat on June 16, 1944, in Jewłasze near Vilnius) was a Polish soldier during World War II, a Cichociemni (Polish special forces soldier), and a notable leader of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains.
Biography of Jean Cugnot (excerpt)
Jean Cugnot (Jean Pierre Gaston Cugnot), born on August 3, 1899, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and died on June 25, 1933 (age 33), in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, was a French cyclist of the 1920s, specializing in track racing.
Biography of Llibertat Ródenas Rodriguez (excerpt)
Llibertat Ródenas Rodriguez (Chera, 23 September 1892 – Mexico, 19 January 1970) was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist and feminist activist.Born in Chera, she moved to Barcelona in 1918 and joined the CNT, gaining recognition for her public speaking skills. Imprisoned in 1920 for her activism, she later campaigned for the FAI starting in 1931.
Biography of Luis Ernesto Ramos Yordán (excerpt)
Luis Ernesto Ramos Yordán (February 2, 1915 – January 27, 2005) was a Puerto Rican physician, legislator, and President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1977. Early years Ramos Yordán was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on February 2, 1915.
Biography of Elisabeth Zernike (excerpt)
Elisabeth Zernike (July 8, 1891 – March 12, 1982) was a Dutch writer. She was the sister of Anne Zernike and Frits Zernike. Her father was a school principal and pedagogue, and her mother was a teacher. She attended the girls’ HBS (secondary school) in Amsterdam and later the School of Music for Sound Art before pursuing writing.
Biography of France Pejot (excerpt)
France Pejot, born on October 17, 1914, in Lyon and died on April 21, 2010, in Perpignan, was a French resistance fighter. During World War II, she joined the Franc-Tireur resistance movement with her sister in 1942, becoming secretary to its leader, Jean-Pierre Lévy.
Biography of Annibale Comessatti (excerpt)
Annibale Comessatti (Udine, January 30, 1886 – Padua, September 13, 1945), was an Italian mathematician. Annibale Comessatti studied at the University of Padua with Giuseppe Veronese and Francesco Severi and graduated in 1908. He worked as an assistant to Francesco Severi. He was appointed at the University of Cagliari in 1920, and then at the University of Padua in 1922.
Biography of Amedeo Biavati (excerpt)
Amedeo Biavati (born April 4, 1915, in Bologna – died April 22, 1979) was an Italian footballer, who played as a forward or a winger. Known for his speed, creativity, precise dribbling, and technical ability, Biavati is regarded as one of the greatest Italian wingers of all time.
Biography of Teresa Andrés Zamora (excerpt)
Teresa Andrés Zamora (February 27, 1907 – July 5, 1946) was a pioneering Spanish librarian and academic. Born in Villalba de los Alcores, she studied Philosophy and Letters in Valladolid, and later pursued a doctorate in Madrid. A committed feminist, republican, and trade unionist, Andrés led the Sección de Bibliotecas de Cultura Popular and was deeply involved in education and cultural preservation.
Biography of Willibald Pirckheimer (excerpt)
Willibald Pirckheimer (5 December 1470 – 22 December 1530) was a German Renaissance lawyer, author and Renaissance humanist, a wealthy and prominent figure in Nuremberg in the 16th century, imperial counsellor and a member of the governing City Council for two periods.
Biography of Vittorio Sardelli (excerpt)
Vittorio Sardelli (10 June 1918 – 7 October 2000) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender. On 26 November 1939, he represented the Italy national football team on the occasion of a friendly match against Germany in a 5–2 away loss.
Biography of Ann Tiné (excerpt)
Ann Tiné, pseudonym of Anne Marie France Tiné, was born on March 30, 1916, in Algiers and died on January 29, 1990, in Cassis. She was a French sculptor and engraver. Her work belongs to the non-figurative movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography of Virginia d'Albert-Lake (excerpt)
Virginia d'Albert-Lake (4 June 1910 – 20 September 1997) was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. She worked with the Comet Escape Line. She and her husband Philippe helped 67 British and American airmen evade German capture. She was arrested on June 12, 1944 and imprisoned by the Germans in Ravensbrück concentration camp and other camps for the remainder of the war.
Biography of Giulio Battiferri (excerpt)
Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 – 22 January 1973) was an Italian actor.He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1939 to 1972.He was married to the actress Pina Piovani. Life and career Born in Rome, Battiferri started his career on stage in 1913, working alongside his wife Pina Piovani in the Romanesco dialect stage company Compagnia Romanesca directed by Gastone Monaldi.
Biography of Han van Meegeren (excerpt)
Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren (10 October 1889 – 30 December 1947) was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Van Meegeren became a national hero after World War II when it was revealed that he had sold a forged painting to Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
Biography of David Garnett (excerpt)
David Garnett (March 9, 1892 – February 17, 1981) was a British writer and publisher, a member of the Bloomsbury Group.He gained literary fame with Lady into Fox, winning the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1922 and the Hawthornden Prize in 1923.
Biography of Stefan Lorant (excerpt)
Stefan Lorant (22 February 1901 - 14 November 1997) was a pioneering Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, and author.Born in Budapest, he moved to Germany and gained fame in filmmaking and photojournalism. He opposed Hitler and was imprisoned in 1933 but later moved to England and then the U.S.
Biography of Anya Seton (excerpt)
Anya Seton (January 23, 1904 – November 8, 1990), born Ann Seton, was an American writer of historical fiction, which she preferred to call "biographical novels." Her first novel, My Theodosia, was published in 1941.Her best-known works include Dragonwyck (1944) and Foxfire (1950), both adapted into Hollywood films, as well as Katherine (1954), Green Darkness (1973), and The Winthrop Woman.
Biography of Emilio Segrč (excerpt)
Emilio Gino Segrč (January 30, 1905 – April 22, 1989) was an Italian-American physicist and Nobel laureate, known for discovering the elements technetium and astatine, as well as the antiproton, a subatomic antiparticle. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959 alongside Owen Chamberlain.
Biography of Francis Salet (excerpt)
Francis Salet, born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on February 12, 1909, and passed away in the 7th arrondissement of Paris on September 5, 2002, was a historian and museum curator, as well as a member of the Institut de France.
Biography of Manuel Álvarez Bravo (excerpt)
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (February 3, 1902 – October 19, 2002) was a Mexican artistic photographer and one of the most important figures in 20th century Latin American photography.He was born and raised in Mexico City. While he took art classes at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, his photography is self-taught.
Biography of Anthony Gruszka (excerpt)
Anthony Gruszka was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.Gruszka was born on January 14, 1910, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Later, he moved to Mosinee, Wisconsin.He died on November 4, 1972, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Career Gruszka was a member of the Assembly from 1939 to 1940.
Biography of Maurice Fernez (excerpt)
Maurice Fernez, born on August 30, 1885, and died on January 31, 1952, in Alfortville, was a French inventor and a pioneer in underwater breathing and gas masks. His innovative inventions helped transform scuba diving, evolving it from the "heavy-foot" diving suit to the self-contained diving suit during the first half of the 20th century. |
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