Giorgio de Chirico (J-Novem) was an Italian artist who created distinctive cityscapes that helped lay a foundation for the development of surrealist art in the 20th century.
is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Ru won the Governor General's Award for French language fiction at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. Thúy spent her early childhood in Vietnam before fleeing with her parents as boat people and settling in the Montreal suburb of Longueuil.
Henry David Thoreau was born on J in Concord, Massachusetts, the son of John Thoreau and his wife, Cynthia Dunbar. The New England family was modest: Thoreau’s father was involved with the Concord fire department and ran a pencil factory, while his mother rented out parts of their house to boarders and cared for the children.
Owen Jones was born in Sheffield in 1984, and grew up in Stockport. He was educated at Bramhall High School and then Ridge Danyers (now Cheadle and Marple) Sixth Form College. He read history at University College, Oxford, graduating in 2005, and took a master’s degree in US history in 2007.
With a career spanning six decades, the late Chilean artist Claudio Bravo (1936 – 2011) is considered one of the greatest realist painters of his time. He created around 500 artworks during his life that included paintings, drawings, and sculptures.
Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.—died August 20, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American comedian, actor, and director whose unrestrained comic style made him one of the most popular performers of the 1950s and ’60s.
Born Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., in Chicago, on Ma, Mr. Jones became a music titan who had a profound impact on multiple genres. According to a short bio released by Ms. Murthy, Mr. Jones was an impresario in the broadest and most creative sense of the word.
Donna Leon (born Septem, in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. Donna Leon has lived in Venice for over twenty-five years.
Lord Palmerston - British Prime Minister, Diplomat, Statesman: In 1848–49 Palmerston was more intent upon preserving the general peace than upon patronizing Liberalism. In 1849–51, however, he won Radical applause for his denunciations of the cruelty of counterrevolutionaries; for his release of British arms to Sicilian insurgents and his later endorsement of William Ewart Gladstone’s.
Thomas Edison is credited with inventions such as the first practical incandescent light bulb and the phonograph. He held over 1,000 patents for his inventions.
Louis, now called Citizen Capet, appeared twice before the Convention, but on Janu, he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. The former king retained a dignified bearing as he was led to the guillotine in the Place de la Revolution (today the Place de la Concorde), where he was executed on January 21.
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam's Biography - The Demise of Abdul Kalam. Abdul Kalam was a mortal human being just like us, but for his contribution to the country he remained immortal in the hearts of people. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was one such personality who died at 83. It was shocking news for the entire country as a pure soul left us forever.
Learn about the life and career of actress and activist Olivia Wilde, who starred in The O.C., House, Tron: Legacy, and more. Find out her birth name, family, spouse, children, and trivia.
Minnie Darke is known for Star-Crossed. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets.
Lucrezia Borgia (Ap - J) was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance figure who later became Pope Alexander VI, and Vannozza dei Cattanei. Her brothers included Cesare Borgia, Giovanni Borgia, and Gioffre Borgia.
Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia is known as one of the greatest generals in all history. Alexander was born in 356 B.C.E. in Pella, Macedonia, to King Philip II. As a young boy, Alexander was taught to read, write, and play the lyre. He developed a life-long love of reading and music.
TROLLOPE, ANTHONY (1815–1882), novelist and post-office official, son of Thomas Anthony and of Frances Trollope [q. v.], was born at 16 Keppel Street, Russell Square, on 24 April 1815. Thomas Adolphus Trollope [q. v.] was his elder brother. He was elected a scholar of Winchester in 1826, but his father, having settled at Harrow, removed his.
Clarence Darrow circa 1902. 1902 ad for Resist Not Evil by Clarence S. Darrow. Mr. Clarence S. Darrow Will Speak on Ap. Clarence Darrow circa 1908. Clarence Darrow circa 1912. Clarence Darrow in 1915. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-hec-06038: Pessimism: A Lecture by Clarence Darrow held January 11th, 1920.
Viola Davis is an award-winning actor known for her performances in such films as The Help and Fences, as well as the TV series How to Get Away With Murder.
Early Life and Education. Indian nationalist leader Gandhi (born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Kathiawar, India, which was then part of the British Empire.
Swami Saradananda's biography, published in Bengali in 1919, became a key hagiography detailing Ramakrishna’s life and spiritual experiences, establishing his identity as a divine incarnation and shaping Western perceptions of him after its English publication in 1952.
Born to Vince and Sarah Marie Milne, Alan Alexander Milne was brought up in his father’s school, Henley House, along with his two elder brothers, David Barrett Milne and Kenneth John Milne. Later, in 1893, he won a scholarship to Westminster School where he studied for seven years before taking admission at the Trinity College, Cambridge.
Peter Carey’s rich and endlessly inventive tale about two unusual characters in 19th-century Australia won the Booker Prize in 1988. Theft: A Love Story Shifting from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo, this is Peter Carey’s brilliant and moving story of art, fraud, friendship and redemption.
Joyce, Peggy Hopkins (1893–1957)American actress and showgirl. Name variations: Peggy Hopkins. Born Marguerite Upton, , in Berkley, Virginia; died June.
With the thoroughly researched and passionately drawn Malcolm X, Helfer and award-winning artist Randy DuBurke capture Malcolm Little's extraordinary transformation from a black youth beaten down by Jim Crow America into Malcolm X, the charismatic, controversial, and doomed national spokesman for the Nation of Islam.
F.W. de Klerk, politician who as president of South Africa (1989–94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country. He and Nelson Mandela jointly received the 1993 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Learn about Lewis Carroll, the English author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and his life, works, and legacy. Find out his real name, pseudonym, education, inspiration, and more.
Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717) [1] was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family.
Chelsea Clinton was born Chelsea Victoria Clinton in Little Rock, Arkansas on Febru, to parents Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. Chelsea Clinton became interested in the world of politics at an early age and accompanied her parents as they campaigned throughout Arkansas when she was just two years old.
In actuality, the eldest von Trapp child was not 16-going-on-17-year-old Liesl, but Rupert, who was born in 1911 and a practicing physician by the time the family fled Austria in 1938. Liesl wasn.
Nnamdi Kanu is a Nigerian born on September 25 1967. He holds a British passport. His full name is Nwannekaenyi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu. He hails from Isiama Afara Ukwu, Abia state in Nigeria. He read Political Economics.
Pavol Jablonicky is a professional bodybuilder known for his impressive physique and successful career in the bodybuilding industry. What is Pavol Jablonicky’s age? As of 2024, Pavol Jablonicky is 61 years old.
Clarence Darrow exists foremost in the public memory as Spencer Tracy, who played a lawyer based on Darrow in the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind. That film, in turn, was based on Darrow’s 1925.
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LIZ DUBELMAN is the founder of VidLit. Her pre-digital career included ten years in film production. Her television work won her two Emmys — one as a producer and one as a director. She was the first woman member of the labor negotiating committee of I.A.T.S.E.
The Danger of a Single Story Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian author born in 1977, whose literary works include short stories, novels, speeches, and non-fiction. According to The New Literary Supplement (NLS), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the most well-known and Study Guide; Q & A.
David Livingstone lived from 19 March 1813 to 1 May 1873. From a childhood of poverty he became one of the most famous of the European missionaries and explorers who opened up the interior of Africa during the mid 1800s.
Tupac Shakur (born June 16, 1971, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died September 13, 1996, Las Vegas, Nevada) was an influential American rapper and actor who was one of the leading names in 1990s gangsta rap.
George C. Wallace Between 1963 and 1987, George Wallace (1919-1998) held a virtual monopoly on the governor's office in Alabama, a position from which he promoted low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools as the keys to the state's future.
Gabriel García Márquez’s international breakthrough came with the novel Cien años de soledad (1967) (One Hundred Years of Solitude). He is one of the foremost interpreters of magical realism in literature, a genre in which the framework narrative is set in a real place and time, but supernatural and dreamlike elements are part of the portrayal.
Currently, author Frank E. Perretti’s novels have sold more than 15 million copies throughout the world. Frank E. Peretti is widely known for the Oath, which was published in the year 1995 and The Present Darkness, which was published in the year 1986. Apart from being an author, Frank E. Peretti has held various positions at the Assemblies.
Quentin Crisp was reluctantly born on Christmas Day in 1908. To his dismay, he found himself to be the son of middle-class, middlebrow, middling parents who lived in Sutton, a suburb of London, England.
Tané McClure, Valerie McClure Doug McClure is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on May 11, 1935 in Glendale, California, United States. Actor who starred as the cowboy Trampas on the NBC TV series The Virginian, and in lead roles on Checkmate, Overland Trail, and Out of This World.
Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola; Aug. 6, 1928–Feb. 22, 1987) was one of the most important artists of pop art, a genre that became popular in the second half of the 20th century. Though he is best remembered for his mass-produced paintings of Campbell's soup cans, he created hundreds of other works ranging from commercial advertisements to.
Mark Fisher (11 July 1968 – 13 January 2017) was a British writer, cultural theorist and blogger. He was also known by his blogging name k-punk from 2003. He was known for his writing on radical politics, popular culture and music. He wrote books, including Capitalist Realism (2009).
Emma Bunton, also known as Baby Spice, is a beloved British singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. She shot to fame as one-fifth of the iconic pop group, the Spice Girls, in the 1990s, capturing the hearts of millions worldwide.
Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Hollywood film star in the 1940s and 1950s, made several recordings, and later acted on television and stage.