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Biography of Mariano Fortuny (painter) (excerpt)
Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, born on June 11, 1838, in Reus and died on November 21, 1874, in Rome, was a Spanish painter known for Orientalist, historical, and military scenes. Orphaned young, he was raised by his grandfather who introduced him to art.
Biography of Albert Günther (excerpt)
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, also known as Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (born October 3, 1830, in Esslingen – died February 1, 1914, in Kew Gardens), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. One of the most prolific naturalists of his time, he described more than 1,600 species of fish and over 340 species of reptiles.
Biography of Jacob Moleschott (excerpt)
Jacob Moleschott (August 9, 1822 – May 20, 1893) was a Dutch physiologist and writer on nutrition and dietetics. A proponent of scientific materialism and opponent of vitalism, he believed scientists should take part in political thought. Elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1884, he was born in the Netherlands but studied in Germany and later wrote extensively in Italian, particularly on scienza positiva.
Biography of Ferdinand Marinus (excerpt)
Ferdinand Marinus (August 20, 1808 – July 6, 1890) was a Belgian painter known for his depictions of the Meuse River landscapes.Born in Antwerp, he studied under Ommeganck and Van Bree at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts. He refined his style during travels through the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Italy, drawing inspiration from Poussin and Claude Lorrain.
Biography of Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (excerpt)
Maria Alexandrovna, born Princess Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie of Hesse and by Rhine on August 8, 1824, was Empress of Russia as the first wife of Emperor Alexander II. The daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hesse and Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, she was well educated and raised in simplicity and piety.
Biography of Gustav Pressel (excerpt)
Gustav Pressel, born on 11 June 1827 in Tübingen and died on 30 July 1890 in Berlin, was a German composer. Raised in a cultured family, he was musically encouraged by Friedrich Silcher, but initially studied theology at his father's request.
Biography of Juana Manuela Gorriti (excerpt)
Born on June 15, 1818, in Rosario de la Frontera, Juana Manuela Gorriti was an Argentine novelist regarded as the first major writer of the fantastic genre in her country.Coming from a liberal and educated family, she spent her early years in Salta before political turmoil forced her family into exile in Bolivia in 1831.
Biography of Rebecca Latimer Felton (excerpt)
Rebecca Ann Felton (June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930) was an American writer, reformer, and politician. A member of Georgia’s upper class, she became the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate—though for only one day, on November 21, 1922—entering office at age 87 as the oldest freshman senator in American history.
Biography of Jules Allix (excerpt)
Jules Allix, born September 9, 1818, in Fontenay-le-Comte and died September 1, 1903, in Paris, was a French political figure, a fervent republican, militant socialist, and committed feminist. Trained in law, he entered politics in 1848, took part in the June Days uprising, and was repeatedly arrested for revolutionary plots, leading to his exile in 1853.
Biography of Jules Duprato (excerpt)
Jules Laurent Anacharsis Duprato, born on 20 August 1827 and died on 20 May 1892, was a 19th-century French composer. A student of Aimé Leborne at the Paris Conservatoire, he won the prestigious Premier Grand Prix de Rome for composition in 1848.
Biography of Manuel Atanasio Fuentes (excerpt)
Manuel Atanasio Fuentes Delgado (May 2, 1820 – January 2, 1889) was a Peruvian writer, jurist, journalist, and professor, best known for his political satire and historical essays. His sharp wit earned him the nickname “El Murciélago.” A versatile intellectual, he also worked in statistics, legal medicine, law, and public hygiene.
Biography of Dominique Clos (excerpt)
Dominique Clos (May 25, 1821 – August 19, 1908) was a French physician and botanist.He studied medicine and science in Toulouse and Paris, earning his medical degree in 1845 and a PhD in natural sciences in 1848. In 1853, he succeeded Alfred Moquin-Tandon as professor of botany at the University of Toulouse, a post he held until his retirement in 1889.
Biography of Zéphirin Gerbe (excerpt)
Jean-Joseph Zéphirin Gerbe was a French naturalist born on December 21, 1810, in Bras (Var), where he also died on June 26, 1890. A science graduate and assistant at the Collčge de France, he led a modest yet prolific career, often working for publishers to supplement his income.
Biography of Friedrich Theodor Vischer (excerpt)
Friedrich Theodor Vischer (born 30 June 1807, died 14 September 1887) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, and philosopher of art. He is best remembered for Auch Einer, a novel in which he introduced the humorous concept of Die Tücke des Objekts—the spitefulness of objects toward humans.
Biography of Gustav Pfizer (excerpt)
Born on July 29, 1807, in Stuttgart, Gustav Pfizer came from a family of jurists and pursued classical education that led him to the theological seminary at Blaubeuren and to studies in theology and philosophy at Tübingen (1825–1830). A member of the Burschenschaft Germania Tübingen from 1825, he began his career as a tutor at the Tübinger Stift and became a literature teacher at a Stuttgart gymnasium, a position he held until 1872.
Biography of Manoël de Grandfort (excerpt)
Manoël de Grandfort, born Marie Antoinette Barsalou on May 6, 1829, in Casteljaloux and who died on June 28, 1904, in Ville-d’Avray, was a French writer.She published under several pseudonyms, including Manoël de Grandfort, Mme de Grandfort, Marie Fontenay, and Ryno.
Biography of Francisco Domingo Marqués (excerpt)
Francisco José Domingo y Marqués, born March 1, 1842, in Valencia and died July 22, 1920, in Madrid, was a Spanish painter in the Eclectic style. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos, later studying in Madrid with Federico de Madrazo and in Rome under Eduardo Rosales, where he won awards for his Baroque-inspired works.
Biography of Jules Férat (excerpt)
Jules-Descartes Férat, born on 28 November 1829 in Ham and died on 6 June 1906 in Paris, was a French painter, engraver, and illustrator. Alongside Léon Benett and Édouard Riou, he ranks among the most prominent illustrators of Jules Verne, contributing to nine of his novels.
Biography of Edmond Got (excerpt)
François Jules Edmond Got (October 1, 1822 – March 20, 1901) was a French actor and librettist born in Paris. From a family originally from Le Perche, he excelled at the Collčge Charlemagne before giving up law for the stage. Entering the Conservatoire in 1841, he won two comedy prizes and made his debut at the Comédie-Française in 1844 after a year of military service.
Biography of Theodor Fontane (excerpt)
Theodor Fontane (born December 30, 1819, in Neuruppin – died September 20, 1898, in Berlin) was a German novelist and poet, widely regarded as the foremost German-language realist author of the 19th century.After a long career in journalism, he published his first novel at the age of 58.
Biography of Louisa Atkinson (excerpt)
Caroline Louisa Waring Calvert née Atkinson (25 February 1834 – 28 April 1872) was an Australian writer, botanist and illustrator.She was recognized for her fiction during her lifetime, although her lasting importance is tied mainly to her botanical work. She is regarded as a pioneer for Australian women in journalism and natural science.
Biography of Charles Kuwasseg (excerpt)
Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg (1838, Draveil, Essonne – 1904) was a French 19th-century painter, primarily specializing in landscape paintings, particularly coastal landscapes of Brittany and Normandy.His father, Karl Joseph Kuwasseg, was an Austrian painter born in Trieste on March 16, 1802, and a renowned artist in his own right.
Biography of Krisjanis Valdemars (excerpt)
Krišjānis Valdemārs, born on December 2, 1825, in Vecjunkuri, Courland, and died on December 7, 1891, in Moscow, was a writer, editor, educator, politician, lexicographer, folklorist and economist. He is regarded as the spiritual leader of the First Latvian National Awakening and the most prominent member of the Young Latvians movement.
Biography of Jean-Frédéric Van der Rit (excerpt)
Jean Frédéric Van Der Rit, born 25 March 1823 in Brussels and died 19 January 1882 in Molenbeek Saint Jean, was a Belgian architect and archaeologist active in the mid nineteenth century.Trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, he also pursued a political career as a municipal councillor in Molenbeek Saint Jean, where he served as captain of the Civic Guard.
Biography of Louis Désiré Besozzi (excerpt)
Louis-Désiré Besozzi (April 3, 1814 – November 11, 1879) was a French pianist, organist, and composer.A descendant of a distinguished family of Italian musicians, he represented the fourth generation of the Besozzis, whose members had served in the royal courts of Parma, Naples, and Versailles.
Biography of César Daly (excerpt)
César Denis Daly, born 17 July 1811 in Verdun and died 11 January 1894 in Wissous, was a French architect.The natural son of a British military commissary held prisoner in France and of Camille Augustine Bernard, he grew up in Douai.
Biography of Rosalía de Castro (excerpt)
María Rosalía Rita de Castro (24 February 1837 – 15 July 1885) was a Galician poet and novelist, regarded as one of the most important figures of 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Her date and time of birth come from the biography "Rosalía de Castro, poeta incompreendido" by Alberto Machado da Ros, Revista Hispánica Moderna, 20.3 (July 1954), pp.
Biography of Claus Spreckels (excerpt)
Claus Spreckels, born Adolph Claus J. Spreckels (July 9, 1828 – December 26, 1908), was a German-American industrialist who became a dominant economic figure in Hawaii and California. He is best known as the head of the Spreckels Sugar Company, one of the leading sugar enterprises of the period.
Biography of Emanuel Herrmann (excerpt)
Emanuel Alexander Herrmann (born June 24, 1839, in Klagenfurt, died July 13, 1902, in Vienna) was an Austrian economist best known for his decisive role in the invention and international adoption of the modern postal card. After earning a doctorate in law at the University of Vienna, he pursued both a civil service and academic career in political economy.
Biography of Anselme (actor) (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste Eugčne Bert, known as Anselme Bert, born February 24, 1820, and died July 18, 1858, in Auteuil, was a 19th-century French actor. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1851 and became its 280th full member in 1856, reflecting his recognized status within the company.
Biography of Alexandre Desrousseaux (excerpt)
Alexandre Joachim Desrousseaux, born on 1 June 1820 in Lille (Wikipedia has June 2 in error), where he died on 23 November 1892, was a French goguettier, poet, songwriter, and composer.He wrote both in the Lille dialect, a variety of Picard, and in French.
Biography of Harry Collingwood (excerpt)
Harry Collingwood, the pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster (23 May 1843 – 10 June 1922), was a British civil engineer and novelist who wrote more than 40 boys’ adventure books, most of them set in maritime environments. His extensive travels, including in South Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia, provided realistic backgrounds for his stories.
Biography of Karl Weierstrass (excerpt)
Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897) was a German mathematician often regarded as the “father of modern analysis.” After leaving university without a degree, he continued studying mathematics independently while training as a schoolteacher. He later became a professor in Berlin and received an honorary doctorate.
Biography of Josef Willroider (excerpt)
Josef Willroider, born June 16, 1838 in Villach in Carinthia and died June 12, 1915 in Munich, was an Austrian landscape painter and etcher.He was the elder brother of the painter Ludwig Willroider. The son of a city architect, he first trained in his father’s carpentry workshop before receiving his first art lessons from Jakob Canciani in Villach.
Biography of Ludwig Willroider (excerpt)
Ludwig Willroider, born January 11, 1845 in Villach and died May 22, 1910 in Bernried am Starnberger See, was an Austrian landscape painter and etcher.He was the brother of the landscape painter Josef Willroider. The son of a city architect, he first trained as a carpenter in his father’s workshop before turning to painting.
Biography of Arrigo Boito (excerpt)
Arrigo Boito, born Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito (24 February 1842 – 10 June 1918), was an Italian librettist, composer, poet, and critic.His only completed opera was Mefistofele, and he is best known for writing the libretti of Giuseppe Verdi’s final operas, Otello and Falstaff, as well as La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli.
Biography of Catherine Spence (excerpt)
Catherine Helen Spence (October 31, 1825 – April 3, 1910) was a Scottish-born Australian writer, preacher, and social reformer.Initially a novelist, she became an influential public figure in South Australia through her journalism and public speaking. She advocated for electoral reform, women’s suffrage, girls’ education, and poverty relief.
Biography of Agostino Depretis (excerpt)
Agostino Depretis (January 31, 1813 – July 29, 1887) was an Italian statesman and politician.He served several terms as Prime Minister between 1876 and 1887 and led the Historical Left for more than a decade. A central figure in post-unification Italian politics, he was at the time of his death the longest-serving prime minister.
Biography of Justo Millán Espinosa (excerpt)
Justo Millán Espinosa (May 29, 1843 – June 4, 1928) was a Spanish architect, born and died in Hellín. He studied at the School of Architecture in Madrid, graduating in 1871 before returning to his hometown, where he established his family.
Biography of Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (excerpt)
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, born Countess Dubsky (September 13, 1830 – March 12, 1916), was an Austrian writer and noblewoman, regarded as one of the most important German-language authors of the late 19th century. She is especially known for her psychological novels, often associated with poetic realism. |
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