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Biography of Hans Purrmann (excerpt)
Hans Marsilius Purrmann (born April 10, 1880, in Speyer; died April 17, 1966, in Basel) was a German painter, graphic artist, art collector, and writer. He studied at the Karlsruhe School of Fine Arts (1897-1899) and the Munich Academy of Arts (1900-1905).
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Biography of Michel Théato (excerpt)
Michel Théato (born March 22, 1878, in Luxembourg City, and died April 2, 1923, in Paris) was a Luxembourgish athlete competing for France.A member of the Union Athlétique de Paris, he won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, becoming the first Olympic champion in athletics for France.
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Biography of Aldo Perroncito (excerpt)
Aldo Perroncito (18 May 1882, Turin – 1929) was an Italian pathologist. He was the son of parasitologist Edoardo Perroncito (1847–1936). He is known for research involving regeneration of peripheral nerves, kinetic behavior of the Golgi apparatus during mitosis, and studies of pellagra.
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Biography of Karel van den Oever (excerpt)
Modestus Carolus (Karel) van den Oever, born November 19, 1879, in Antwerp and passed away on October 6, 1926, in the same city, was a Flemish poet, essayist, and playwright. He came from a Frisian merchant family that settled in Antwerp in 1842.
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Biography of Hans Poelzig (excerpt)
Hans Poelzig (born April 30, 1869, in Berlin, died June 14, 1936, in Berlin) was a German architect, designer, painter, and stage designer. A member of the Deutscher Werkbund, he contributed to the Expressionist architecture movement and the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) in the 1920s. ![]()
Biography of Étienne Balsan (excerpt)
Fulcran Étienne Balsan (February 11, 1878, Paris – March 1, 1954, Rio de Janeiro) was a French gentleman rider, horse breeder, and influential figure in high society. The son of industrialist Auguste Balsan, he left his military career to focus on horse breeding and racing, particularly at his Royallieu estate near Compiègne.
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Biography of Philipp Scheidemann (excerpt)
Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann (born July 26, 1865, in Cassel, died November 29, 1939, in Copenhagen) was a German statesman and SPD member.He served as the second chancellor of the Weimar Republic after Friedrich Ebert. Trained as a typesetter, he joined the SPD in 1883 and became a journalist for social-democratic newspapers.
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Biography of Henry Van de Velde (excerpt)
Henry Van de Velde (born April 3, 1863, in Antwerp, Belgium; died October 15, 1957, in Oberägeri, Switzerland) was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and teacher. At the end of the 19th century, alongside Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, he was one of the founders of Art Nouveau in Belgium and became a key figure in Belgian modernism.
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Biography of Hermann Kümmell (excerpt)
Hermann Kümmell (22 May 1852, Korbach, Waldeck-Pyrmont – 19 February 1937) was a German surgeon. In 1875, he received his medical doctorate at Berlin, later working as an assistant physician to Max Schede (1833-1902) at the municipal hospital in Friedrichshain.In 1883 he became chief physician of the surgical department at the "Marienkrankenhaus" in Hamburg, and in 1895 was appointed surgeon-in-chief of the Allgemeinen Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf.
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Biography of Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (excerpt)
Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (born November 3, 1856, in Santander – died May 19, 1912, in Santander) was a Spanish writer. He worked as a philologist, literary critic, historian of ideas, and politician. His time of birth comes from a biography by Benito Madariaga de la Campa, Ciriaco Morón Arroyo, Adolfo Bonilla et San Martín en 2008.
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Biography of Octavia Ritchie (excerpt)
Octavia Grace Ritchie England (January 16, 1868 – February 1, 1948) was a Canadian physician and suffragist.In 1891, she became the first woman to earn a medical degree in Québec. Born in Montreal, she was the daughter of lawyer Thomas Weston Ritchie.
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Biography of Hermann Dietrich (excerpt)
Hermann Robert Dietrich (December 14, 1879 – March 6, 1954) was a German politician from the German Democratic Party (DDP) and served as a minister during the Weimar Republic. In 1930, he succeeded Paul Moldenhauer as Finance Minister during the Great Depression.
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Biography of Suzanne Desprès (excerpt)
Suzanne Desprès (18 December 1873 – 29 June 1951) was a French actress who was born at Verdun, Meuse and trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy. She then became associated with, and subsequently married, Lugné-Poe, the actor-manager, who had founded a new school of modern drama at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre.
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Biography of Wilhelm Cuno (excerpt)
Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno (July 2, 1876 – January 3, 1933) was a German businessman and politician who served as chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923 for 264 days. His term was marked by the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr and the onset of hyperinflation in Germany.
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Biography of Herbert Myrick (excerpt)
Herbert Myrick, born on 20 August 1860 in Arlington, Massachusetts, was an American writer, editor, and businessman known for his influential work in agricultural publishing.He was the owner of the Phelps Publishing Company and served as editor-in-chief of the New England Homestead.
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Biography of Philipp Franck (painter) (excerpt)
Johann Heinrich Philipp Franck (9 April 1860 – 13 March 1944) was a German Impressionist painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. Encouraged by his father, Franck initially studied architecture but shifted to art after his father’s death.At 17, he enrolled at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, specializing in landscapes and fairy tale illustrations under Eduard Jakob von Steinle.
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Biography of Jarogniew Drweski (excerpt)
Jarogniew Mikołaj Drwęski (6 December 1875 – 14 September 1921) was a lawyer, national and social activist, and the first Polish mayor of Poznań after independence. Born in Glinno to a noble family, he studied law and economics at the University of Berlin. ![]()
Biography of Siegfried Jacobsohn (excerpt)
Siegfried Jacobsohn (born January 28, 1881, in Berlin – December 3, 1926, in Berlin) was a German journalist and theater critic. His magazine Die Weltbühne was regarded as a pacifist forum for the left. Many prominent contributors wrote for it, including Kurt Tucholsky, Kurt Hiller, Alfons Goldschmidt, Hans Reimann, Otto Lehmann-Rußbüldt, Heinrich Ströbel, Adolf Behne, Walter Mehring, Richard Lewinsohn, Friedrich Sieburg, and Carl von Ossietzky.
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Biography of Robert Bienaimé (excerpt)
Robert Bienaimé (15 March 1876 – 12 October 1960) was a French perfumer, notable for his work at Houbigant. Bienaimé was born in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and became a perfumer early in life.About 1910, he joined Houbigant, then under the control of Paul Parquet, remaining there until 1935, and created several well-known fragrances for the company.
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Biography of Lucien Schnegg (excerpt)
Lucien Schnegg (19 March 1864 – 22 December 1909) was a French sculptor, close to Auguste Rodin, though he distanced himself from Rodin’s expressive style to promote a classical aesthetic. Born in Bordeaux into a family of Bavarian cabinetmakers, Schnegg began his training as an ornamental sculptor.
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Biography of Julius Richard Petri (excerpt)
Julius Richard Petri (born 31 May 1852 in Barmen, Germany – died 20 December 1921) was a German microbiologist, best known for inventing the Petri dish. He studied medicine at the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy for Military Physicians and earned his doctorate from Charité Hospital in Berlin in 1876.
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Biography of Régina Badet (excerpt)
Anne Régina Badet was born on October 9, 1876, in Bordeaux and died on October 26, 1949, in Bordeaux.She was a French comedic actress and dancer, renowned for her performances at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. She began as a principal dancer at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in 1890 before joining the Opéra-Comique in 1904.
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Biography of Karolina Widerström (excerpt)
Karolina Olivia Widerström (December 10, 1856 – March 4, 1949) was a Swedish medical doctor and gynecologist, the first woman in Sweden to earn a medical degree. A strong advocate for women's rights, she fought for sexual education and female suffrage. She served as chairwoman of the National Association for Women's Suffrage and was a member of Stockholm’s city council.
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Biography of Gabriele Possanner (excerpt)
Gabriele Possanner (27 January 1860 – 14 March 1940) was the first woman medical doctor to practice medicine in Austria. She was the daughter of the Austrian jurist Benjamin Possanner, and lived in six different cities until the age of twenty due to him moving often for his work.
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Biography of Léo Taxil (excerpt)
Gabriel Jogand-Pagès, known as Léo Taxil (21 March 1854 – 31 March 1907), was a French writer infamous for his anti-clerical publications and a later hoax targeting Freemasonry. Born into a Catholic, royalist family, he broke from religion in his teens and became a radical republican and satirical journalist, attacking the Church with provocative writings.
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Biography of Paul Flechsig (excerpt)
Paul Emil Flechsig was born on June 29, 1847, and died on July 22, 1929.He was a German neuroanatomist and neuropathologist affiliated with the University of Leipzig.He is notably known as the physician of jurist Daniel Paul Schreber. After studying medicine in Leipzig, he became an assistant in pathology and later led the histology department in 1873.
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Biography of Lugné-Poe (excerpt)
Aurélien-Marie Lugné, known as Lugné-Poe, was a French actor, director, and theater manager, born in Paris on December 27, 1869, and died in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon on June 19, 1940. Founder of the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, he played a key role in revitalizing Parisian theater at the end of the 19th century, opposing the dominant naturalist movement.
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Biography of Antonio Paoli (excerpt)
Antonio Paoli, full name Antonio Emilio Paoli y Marcano (born April 14, 1871, in Ponce; died August 24, 1946, in San Juan), was a Puerto Rican tenor. Nicknamed "the king of tenors," he was the first Puerto Rican to achieve international fame in the arts.
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Biography of Joe Cantillon (excerpt)
Joseph D. Cantillon (August 19, 1861 – January 31, 1930), nicknamed "Pongo Joe", was an American baseball manager and umpire in the early 20th century. Born in Janesville, Wisconsin, he also had a long career managing in the minor leagues. His time of birth comes from him, in the book "Joe and Mike Cantillon: Firebrands of Baseball" by Michael Bosanko (Dorrance, 2024).
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Biography of Jean Tilho (excerpt)
Jean Auguste Marie Tilho (May 1, 1875, Domme – April 8, 1956, Paris) was a French officer and explorer. Graduating from Saint-Cyr in 1895, he joined the Colonial Infantry and took part in border delineation missions in Africa. Between 1903 and 1907, he explored French Niger and reached Lake Chad.
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Biography of Nicolette Hennique (excerpt)
Nicolette Hennique (Paris 8th, April 17, 1882 - Paris 16th, April 11, 1956) was a French poet.Daughter of novelist Léon Hennique and Nicolette-Louise Dupont, she was born on Rue de Courcelles in Paris. She contributed to several literary magazines, including L'Ermitage, L'Hémicycle, La Revue blanche, La Revue, and Le Gaulois.
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Biography of Werner von Rheinbaben (excerpt)
Werner Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Rheinbaben (19 November 1878 – 14 January 1975) was a German diplomat and author. Rheinbaben was born in Schmiedeberg, Silesia.He was a naval attaché to Rome during 1911–1913.He later wrote of the 1914 July Crisis that it was Wilhelm von Stumm who downplayed the possibility of British intervention and strongly advised the Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg to act quickly.
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Biography of Ludwig Schames (excerpt)
Ludwig Schames (born August 11, 1852, in Frankfurt am Main; died July 3, 1922, in the same city) was a German art dealer who supported German expressionists, notably Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, becoming his principal gallerist. Coming from a long-established Jewish family in Frankfurt, he initially worked as a banker in Paris, where he became fascinated by the emerging art scene.
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Biography of Otto Reiniger (excerpt)
Otto Reiniger, born February 27, 1863, in Stuttgart and died July 24, 1909, near Weilimdorf, was a German landscape painter in the Impressionist style, best known for his depictions of flowing water. He studied under Grünenwald and Kappis in Stuttgart, then with Joseph Wenglein in Munich.
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Biography of Oscar Fetrás (excerpt)
Oscar Fetrás (16 February 1854 – 10 January 1931), born Otto Kaufmann Faster in Hamburg, was a German composer of light music, known for his waltzes and marches. His best-known piece is the waltz Mondnacht auf der Alster Op. 60, still widely loved today.
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Biography of Luigi Sturzo (excerpt)
Luigi Sturzo (26 November 1871 – 8 August 1959) was an Italian Catholic priest and politician, considered one of the fathers of Christian democracy. In 1919, he co-founded the Italian People's Party (PPI) but was forced into exile in 1924 due to fascism.
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Biography of Jan van Zutphen (excerpt)
Johannes Andries "Jan" van Zutphen (October 8, 1863 – June 7, 1958) was a Dutch trade unionist and co-founder of the Zonnestraal Sanatorium, known for defending workers' rights and fighting tuberculosis. Coming from a modest background, he first worked as a carpenter and diamond cutter before joining the socialist movement.
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Biography of Eugène Bloch (excerpt)
Eugène Bloch (10 June 1878 – 12 March 1944) was a French physicist and professor at the École normale supérieure and the University of Paris. He was a pioneer in radioelectricity and one of the first to introduce quantum mechanics in France.
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Biography of Cécile Vogt-Mugnier (excerpt)
Cécile Vogt-Mugnier was born on March 27, 1875, in Annecy and passed away on May 4, 1962, in Cambridge.A Franco-German neurologist and neuropathologist, she made significant contributions to medical research. She was among the first women admitted to medical school and defended her thesis in 1900 on brain myelination.
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Biography of Sofía Casanova (excerpt)
Sofía Casanova (September 30, 1861 – January 16, 1958) was a Spanish poet, novelist, and journalist, the first woman from Spain to become a permanent foreign correspondent and war reporter. A respected figure in literary circles, she wrote for ABC, portraying the human side of civilian suffering in Poland and Russia.
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Biography of Elbert A. Smith (excerpt)
Elbert Aoriul Smith (8 March 1871 – 15 May 1959) was a leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church). He served in the church's First Presidency from 1909 to 1938 and as Presiding Patriarch from 1938 to 1958.
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Biography of Paul Bar (obstetrician) (excerpt)
Paul Bar (November 5, 1853 – November 26, 1945) was a French obstetrician, a student of Stéphane Tarnier, and the founder of clinical obstetrics, merging obstetrics and gynecology. He began his medical career in 1875 as an extern, later becoming an intern and earning his doctorate in 1881.
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Biography of René de Castéra (excerpt)
René (d'Avezac) de Castéra (Dax, April 3, 1873 - Angoumé, Landes department, October 8, 1955) was a French composer. A student of Vincent d’Indy, Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant, and Isaac Albéniz, he served as secretary of the Schola Cantorum, founder of the Édition Mutuelle, and a music critic.
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Biography of Armando Falconi (excerpt)
Armando Falconi (born July 6, 1871 in Rome – died September 10, 1954 in Milan) was an Italian actor who appeared in over forty films. Born into a family of Neapolitan stage actors, he began acting professionally in the late 1890s after working in other fields.
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Biography of Félix Galipaux (excerpt)
Félix Galipaux, born on December 12, 1860, in Bordeaux and died on December 7, 1931, in Paris, was a French playwright, novelist, actor, humorist, and violinist. Born Félix Martin to unknown parents, he was recognized by his mother in 1866. After winning first prize at the Conservatoire, he chose the Palais-Royal theater over the Comédie-Française.
Biography of Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles (excerpt)
Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles (March 13, 1871 – February 27, 1956), born in Rotterdam to a Scottish father and a Polish mother, was a British publisher and photojournalist. He spent part of his youth in Wiesbaden and later travelled Europe as a photographer, contributing to the rise of illustrated magazines.
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Biography of Henri Polak (excerpt)
Henri Polak (born 22 February 1868 in Amsterdam, died 18 February 1943 in Laren) was a Dutch trade unionist and politician. The son of a Jewish diamond cutter, he began working young before moving to London, where he embraced Marxist ideas and learned about the British labor movement.
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Biography of Theo Mann-Bouwmeester (excerpt)
Theo Mann-Bouwmeester (April 19, 1850 – April 18, 1939) was one of the most famous Dutch actresses of her time, coming from a renowned family of performers. She first appeared on stage at the age of seven and secured her first major engagement in 1866.
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Biography of José Santos Chocano (excerpt)
José Santos Chocano (born May 14, 1875 in Lima – died December 13, 1934 in Santiago, Chile) was a Peruvian poet known for his bold, lyrical celebration of Latin America’s natural and cultural identity. His time of birth comes from several biographies and from himself.
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Biography of Pieter Jelles Troelstra (excerpt)
Pieter Jelles Troelstra (born 20 April 1860 in Leeuwarden, died 12 May 1930 in The Hague) was a Dutch politician, remembered as a key figure in the labor movement. He was married from 1888 to 1904 to writer Sjoukje Bokma de Boer, better known as Nynke van Hichtum. |
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