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Horoscopes with Zeus in TaurusYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Zeus in Taurus. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]()
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Biography of August Thyssen (excerpt)
August Thyssen (17 May 1842 – 4 April 1926) was a German industrialist, founder and controlling shareholder of Thyssen & Co (presently ThyssenKrupp). He was a prominent member of the Thyssen family. Born in 1842 in Prussia, August Thyssen, heir to a banking family, studied engineering and economics before joining his father's bank.
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Biography of Oscar Brefeld (excerpt)
Julius Oscar Brefeld (19 September 1839 – 12 January 1925), commonly known as Oscar Brefeld, was a German botanist and mycologist. Born in Telgte, he studied pharmacy and worked as an assistant to Anton de Bary. He became a botany lecturer at Eberswalde Forestry Academy in 1878 and a professor at the University of Münster in 1882, later succeeding Ferdinand Cohn at the University of Breslau in 1898.
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Biography of Juliusz Konstanty Ordon (excerpt)
Konstanty Juliusz Ordon, often known as Konstanty Julian Ordon, was born on October 15, 1810, in Warsaw and died on May 4, 1887, in Florence. He was a notable figure in the Polish November Uprising of 1830-1831, where he commanded artillery at Fort 54 in Wola during the Russian Army's storming of Warsaw on September 6, 1831.
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Biography of Edwin Klebs (excerpt)
Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs (6 February 1834 – 23 October 1913) was a German-Swiss microbiologist known for his foundational work in bacteriology. He was the first to identify the bacterium causing diphtheria, known as Corynebacterium diphtheriae or Klebs–Loeffler bacterium. Klebs studied under Rudolf Virchow and later taught in various universities, including in Berlin, Bern, Prague, and Zürich.
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Biography of Désiré van Monckhoven (excerpt)
Désiré Charles Emmanuel van Monckhoven, born and died in Ghent (1834-1882), was a Belgian chemist, physicist, optician, and photographer, a pioneer in astrophotography and photochemistry in Belgium. He earned a degree in sciences from the University of Ghent in 1862 and was renowned for his work in photographic optics.
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Biography of Mieczyslaw Ledochowski (excerpt)
Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski (1822-1902) was a Polish prelate born in Górki, within Russian-controlled Congress Poland. Ordained a priest in 1845, he served in various Vatican diplomatic roles, including as a papal delegate in South America and papal nuncio to Belgium. He became Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań and opposed Prussia's anti-Catholic Kulturkampf policies, leading to his imprisonment in 1874.
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Biography of Hermann Goetz (excerpt)
Hermann Gustav Goetz (7 December 1840 – 3 December 1876) was a German composer primarily active in Switzerland, most noted for his opera "Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung" based on Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew." His time of birth comes from the biography Hermann Goetz: sein Leben und seine Werke by Eduard Kreuzhage (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1916).
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Biography of Wilhelm Camerer (excerpt)
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Camerer (17 October 1842 – 25 March 1910) was a German physician born in Stuttgart. Camerer was a pioneer in the field of pediatric medicine. He studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen and Vienna. At Tübingen he was a student of physiologist Karl von Vierordt (1818–1884). ![]()
Biography of Guillaume de La Landelle (excerpt)
Guillaume Joseph Gabriel de La Landelle, born on March 5, 1812, in Montpellier and died (due to tuberculosis) on January 19, 1886, in Paris, was a French naval officer, journalist, and man of letters. He was a novelist of the sea and author of other maritime works.
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Biography of Élodie La Villette (excerpt)
Élodie La Villette, born Elodie Jacquier (12 April 1842 – 1917), was a French painter. Along with her sister Caroline, she pursued an artistic career despite limited opportunities for women. Born to an army doctor, she and her sister studied under Ernest Coroller, becoming painters known as Élodie La Villette and Caroline Espinet.
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Biography of Charles Dancla (excerpt)
Jean Baptiste Charles Dancla, born on 19th December 1817 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre and died on 10th October 1907 in Tunis, was a French violinist and composer, considered the last representative of the classic French violin school. His early violin lessons were in his hometown, and at nine years old, he impressed the famous violinist Pierre Rode, who recommended him to the Conservatoire de Paris.
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Biography of Augustin Mouchot (excerpt)
Augustin-Bernard Mouchot, born April 7, 1825, in Semur-en-Auxois and died October 4, 1912, in Paris, was a French inventor and teacher renowned for his work in solar energy, creating early conversion tools. Coming from a humble family, he studied in Dijon and became a mathematics and physics teacher.
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Biography of Clémentine of Orléans (excerpt)
Princess Clémentine of Orléans (French: Marie Clémentine Léopoldine Caroline Clotilde d'Orléans) (3 June 1817 – 16 February 1907), princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and duchess in Saxony, was the sixth child and youngest daughter of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies.
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Biography of Elizabeth of Clarence (excerpt)
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide; 10 December 1820 – 4 March 1821) was a member of the British royal family. She was the second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Clarence and St Andrews, later King William IV and Queen Adelaide.
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Biography of Georges Balagny (excerpt)
George or Georges Balagny, born in Batignolles on February 16, 1837, and died in Paris XVIIe on December 17, 1919, was a French photographer. Son of Auguste Balagny, a notary who later became the mayor of Batignolles-Monceau, then of the XVIIe arrondissement of Paris, and finally of Maule, and Adélaïde Léopoldine Genet.
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Biography of Théophile Aube (excerpt)
Théophile Aube, born in Toulon on November 22, 1826, and died on December 31, 1890, in the same city, was a French naval officer and politician. Promoted to vice-admiral in 1886, his career was mainly colonial. As Governor of Martinique in 1879, he advocated for the Jeune École naval doctrine, favoring small naval units.
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Biography of Franz Schwechten (excerpt)
Franz Heinrich Schwechten (August 12, 1841 – August 11, 1924) was a prominent German architect of the Wilhelmine era, known for his contributions to historicist architecture. Born in Cologne, he studied at the Bauakademie in Berlin under Karl Bötticher and Friedrich Adler, and worked with Friedrich August Stüler and Martin Gropius.
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Biography of William Rockefeller Jr. (excerpt)
William Avery Rockefeller Jr. (May 31, 1841 – June 24, 1922) was an American businessman and financier. Rockefeller was a co-founder of Standard Oil along with his elder brother John Davison Rockefeller. He was also a part owner of Anaconda Copper, which was the fourth-largest company in the world by the late 1920s.
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Biography of Léopold Manen (excerpt)
Eugène Hyppolyte Léopold Marie Manen, born on July 30, 1829, in Toulouse and passed away on May 21, 1897, in Paris, was a distinguished French hydrographic engineer and the Chief Engineer of the Navy's general hydrography service. He was also a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences.
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Biography of Bernhard von Lepel (excerpt)
Georg Friedrich Gustav Bernhard von Lepel (May 27, 1818 – May 17, 1885) was a Prussian officer and writer. Born in Meppen, he belonged to the Pomeranian and Mecklenburg nobility. He joined the Kaiser Franz Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 2 at 18 and participated in the Danish campaign in 1848 before leaving the military.
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Biography of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (excerpt)
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister three times, totaling over thirteen years. He was also Foreign Secretary for much of his tenure, maintaining a policy of "splendid isolation.
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Biography of Ernest Courtot de Cissey (excerpt)
Ernest Courtot de Cissey, born on December 23, 1810, in Paris, and died on June 15, 1882, in Paris, was a French general and statesman, decorated with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and the Military Medal. He commanded the 2nd Army Corps during the suppression of the Paris Commune and served as Minister of War from 1871 to 1873 and again from 1874 to 1876.
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Biography of Hugh Grosvenor (1825) (excerpt)
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, KG, PC, JP (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845, Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869, and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an English landowner, politician and racehorse owner.
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Biography of Gustav von Schmoller (excerpt)
Gustav Friedrich von Schmoller (1838–1917) was a prominent figure in the "younger" German historical school of economics and a leading figure in social policy. As the long-standing chairman of the Verein für Socialpolitik, he influenced economic and social reform in Germany. Dubbed a "Kathedersozialist" (Socialist of the Chair) by opponents, Schmoller's work was rooted in a heterodox liberalism influenced by several European thinkers and aimed to integrate liberal state principles with monarchy and effective parliamentarism for social improvement.
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Biography of Charles Beauquier (excerpt)
Charles Beauquier (born December 18, 1833, in Besançon (Wikipedia mistakenly states the 19th), died August 12, 1916) was a French politician and historian. He graduated from the École impériale des chartes in 1857 and became a general councilor of Besançon in 1871.
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Biography of Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (excerpt)
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand Maria Johann Evangelist Franz Ignaz of Austria (11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913) was an Austrian prince and politician who served as Minister-President of Austria from 1861 to 1865. Later in his life, he took up the collection of preserved papyri, largely from Egypt, and served as a benefactor and patron while working with the Oriental studies department of the University of Vienna.
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Biography of Ippolito Nievo (excerpt)
Ippolito Nievo, an Italian writer, journalist, and patriot, was born in Padua on 30 November 1831 during Austrian rule. A law graduate from the University of Padua, he rejected a legal career under Austrian governance, influenced by Giuseppe Mazzini's ideas. Nievo fought for Italian unification with Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 and witnessed Italy's unification in 1861, just before his tragic death in a shipwreck.
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Biography of Léon Gastinel (excerpt)
Léon Gustave Cyprien Gastinel, born on August 15, 1823, in Villers-les-Pots, Côte-d'Or, and died on October 18, 1906, in Fresnes, was a French violinist and composer. He began his musical journey in Burgundy, composing a symphonic overture at fourteen. In 1840, he joined the Paris Conservatory, studying under Guérin and Alard, and played in the Opéra-Comique orchestra.
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Biography of Oskar Kolberg (excerpt)
Henryk Oskar Kolberg (22 February 1814 – 3 June 1890) was a Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer active in Partitioned Poland. Life Kolberg was born in Przysucha, the son of the German Julius(z) Kolberg, a professor of the Warsaw University, and Fryderyka née Mercoeur, Warsaw-born while being of French descendance.
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Biography of René Ponsard (excerpt)
Alexandre René Ponsard, born December 20, 1826, in Arpajon and died June 22, 1894, in Paris, was a French poet, songwriter, and goguettier. Orphaned, raised by his grandparents, he joined the naval cadets in Brest at 13. Following a career as a sailor and boatman, he worked for a railway company, married, and started a family.
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Biography of Dinah Craik (excerpt)
Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik; 20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She is best remembered for her novel "John Halifax, Gentleman", which depicts mid-Victorian ideals of English middle-class life.
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Biography of Erazm Jerzmanowski (excerpt)
Erazm Józef Jerzmanowski (2 June 1844 – 7 February 1909) was an industrialist, philanthropist, and soldier who fought in the January Uprising of 1863-1865. After the uprising, he was interned but later released, moving to Paris to continue his education. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War before moving to the United States in 1873, where he gained citizenship.
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Biography of Alphonse Ratisbonne (excerpt)
Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne, NDS, (1 May 1814, Strasbourg, Alsace, France – 6 May 1884, Ein Karem, Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire) was a French Jew who converted to Christianity and became a Jesuit priest and missionary. He later was a co-founder of the Congregation of Our Lady of Sion, a religious congregation dedicated to the conversion of Jews to the Christian faith.
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Biography of Maria Isabella of Austria (excerpt)
Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (21 May 1834 – 14 July 1901), was an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany by birth and Countess of Trapani by marriage to her uncle Prince Francis, Count of Trapani. Her approximate time of birth comes from the publication "Lemberger Zeitung," 2 June 1834 (born in the evening).
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Biography of Antoine Bouchacourt (excerpt)
Antoine Bouchacourt, born January 3, 1812, in Lyon and died October 6, 1898, in the same city, was a renowned French doctor. Son of Gabriel Bouchacourt and Suzanne Geneviève Duclaux, he studied at the Royal College of Lyon and became an intern at the Antiquaille Hospital in Lyon at 19.
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Biography of Jacques-Augustin Normand (excerpt)
Jacques-Augustin Normand (October 4, 1839 – December 11, 1906) was a French naval engineer and shipbuilder from Le Havre, stemming from a family entrenched in shipbuilding since the 18th century. Inheriting the family yard in 1871, he significantly advanced its operations over 35 years, developing high-performance machines and vessels, including the revolutionary yacht "Vélox" in 1875, capable of exceeding 17 knots.
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Biography of Auguste Denayrouze (excerpt)
Auguste Denayrouze, born on January 20, 1837, in Montpeyroux (Aveyron), and died in Paris on November 14, 1883, was a French naval officer and inventor. He is renowned for co-inventing the first autonomous diving suit in 1864 with Benoît Rouquayrol. After his naval career was cut short by illness, Denayrouze focused on adapting Rouquayrol's inventions for underwater use.
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Biography of Otto of Greece (excerpt)
Otto (German: Otto Friedrich Ludwig von Wittelsbach; 1 June 1815 – 26 July 1867) was King of Greece from the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece on 27 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed in October 1862.
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Biography of Nikolai Fyodorov (philosopher) (excerpt)
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (Russian: Никола́й Фёдорович Фёдоров; surname also Anglicized as "Fedorov", June 7, 1829, Elatomsk District, Tambov Province – December 28, 1903), known in his family as Nikolai Pavlovich Gagarin, was a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, religious thinker and futurologist, library science figure and an innovative educator.
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Biography of Édouard Marie Heckel (excerpt)
Édouard Marie Heckel was a French pharmacist, physician, and botanist, born on March 24, 1843, in Toulon and died on January 20, 1916, in Marseille. He dedicated his life to studying plants from French colonies, focusing on their economic and medical aspects.
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Biography of Abel Bergasse Du Petit Thouars (excerpt)
Abel-Nicolas-Georges-Henri Bergasse du Petit-Thouars, also known as Dupetit-Thouars, was born on March 23, 1832, in Bordeaux-en-Gâtinais, France, and died on May 14, 1890, in Toulon. A French naval officer, he is celebrated as the savior of Lima during the Pacific War (1879-1884), where he is hailed as a hero in Peru.
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Biography of Émile Vallin (excerpt)
Émile Arthur Vallin, born November 27, 1833, in Nantes and died in February 1924 in Montpellier, was a French military physician considered a precursor of public health in France. The son of a physician, Vallin completed secondary education in Nantes and earned his medical degree in Paris in 1858.
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Biography of Eugène Chevandier de Valdrome (excerpt)
Jean-Pierre Napoléon Eugène Chevandier de Valdrome, born on August 15, 1810, in Saint-Quirin (Moselle) and died on December 1, 1878, in Cirey-sur-Vezouze (Meurthe-et-Moselle), was a French politician, forester, and industrialist. Promoted to Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1869, he managed numerous family enterprises, including glassworks, forges, coal mines, and sawmills.
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Biography of Sébastien Lespès (excerpt)
Sébastien Lespès (March 13, 1828 – August 24, 1897) was a French naval officer and vice-admiral. He played a significant role in the Sino-French War (1884–1885) as second-in-command of the Far East Squadron. Lespès began his career in 1844, participating in various missions, including the Crimean War and the Second Opium War.
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Biography of Max Schede (excerpt)
Max Schede (7 January 1844 – 31 December 1902) was a German surgeon born in Arnsberg. Schede studied medicine at the Universities of Halle, Heidelberg and Zurich, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1866. After serving as a doctor in the Austro-Prussian War, he became an assistant to Richard von Volkmann (1830-1889) at Halle.
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Biography of Albert Neuhuys (excerpt)
Johannes Albert Neuhuys (June 10, 1844 – February 6, 1914) was one of the best-known painters of the Laren School and a friend of many Hague School painters. Neuhuys was born in Utrecht and attended the Municipal Drawing School from 1858 to 1860.
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Biography of Hermann Julius Grüneberg (excerpt)
Hermann Julius Grüneberg (11 April 1827 – 7 June 1894) was a German chemist and inventor, and together with Julius Vorster the founder of the Chemische Fabrik Kalk. Grüneberg was born in Stettin, Province of Pomerania, Prussia, now Szczecin, the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. ![]()
Biography of Krisjānis Valdemārs (excerpt)
Krišjānis Valdemārs (born December 2, 1825 (Gregorian calendar), in Ārlava Parish, Latvia – died December 7, 1891, in Moscow, Russian Empire) was a Latvian writer, editor, and folklorist. After studying law at the University of Tartu (1855-1858), Valdemārs moved to Saint Petersburg, where he worked for the Latvian magazines St.
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Biography of Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon (excerpt)
Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon (9 January 1818 – 28 April 1881) was a French sculptor and photographer. Born to a French Jewish family in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, his father intended him to become a merchant. After working as a modeler, he received a scholarship to study sculpture in Paris and traveled to Switzerland and England.
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Biography of Victor Capoul (excerpt)
Joseph-Amédée-Victor Capoul, born February 27, 1839 in Toulouse, was a French tenor and actor. He trained at the Paris Conservatoire and made a name at the Opéra-Comique with Le Chalet in 1861. His charming voice, stage skills, and likable appearance brought him immense popularity. |
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