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41Bradley, F H — ▪ British philosopher born Jan. 30, 1846, Clapham, Surrey, Eng. died Sept. 18, 1924, Oxford influential English philosopher of the absolute Idealist school, which based its doctrines on the thought of G.W.F. Hegel and considered mind to be… …
42Chekhov, Anton — ▪ Russian author Introduction in full Anton Pavlovich Chekhov born Jan. 29 [Jan. 17, Old Style], 1860, Taganrog, Russia died July 14/15 [July 1/2], 1904, Badenweiler, Ger. major Russian playwright and master of the modern short story. He was a …
43Dix, Dorothea Lynde — ▪ American social reformer born April 4, 1802, Hampden, District of Maine, Mass. [now in Maine], U.S. died July 17, 1887, Trenton, N.J. American educator, social reformer, and humanitarian whose devotion to the welfare of the mentally ill led to …
44Murdoch, James Edward — ▪ American actor born Jan. 25, 1811, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died May 19, 1893, Cincinnati, Ohio one of the foremost American actors of the 19th century. After performing with amateur groups in Philadelphia, Murdoch made his… …
45Porter, Cole — ▪ American composer and lyricist in full Cole Albert Porter born June 9, 1891, Peru, Ind., U.S. died Oct. 15, 1964, Santa Monica, Calif. American composer and lyricist who brought a worldly élan to the American musical and who embodied in his… …
46Soutar, William — ▪ British poet born April 28, 1898, Perth, Perthshire, Scot. died Oct. 15, 1943, Perth Scottish poet, second in importance to Hugh MacDiarmid among the writers of the Scottish Renaissance movement. Soutar was educated at Perth Academy …
47Nikita Zotov — Nikita Zotov, rotogravure by Alexandr Osipov, 1882–1883 Count Nikita Moiseevich Zotov[1] (Russian: Никита Моисеевич Зотов) (1644 …
48Nikolai Roslavets — Nikolai Andreevich Roslavets (Russian: Николай Андреевич Рославец) (4 January 1881 [O.S. 23 December 1880], Surazh,[1] then in Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire, now in Bryansk Oblast, Russia – 23 August 1944, Moscow) was a significant… …
49BRANTÔME (Pierre de Bourdeille) — (c. 1540 1614) Pierre de Bourdeille, better known as Brantome, was a career courtier and soldier whose salacious and detailed accounts of life at court provide a portrait of aristocratic France during the reigns of Francois I* and Henri II. Born… …
Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
50Christian Science — Christian Science is a metaphysical religion that emerged in New England in reaction to the spiritual healing experienced by founder Mary Baker Eddy (1821 1910). Eddy was a semi invalid for most of her life until she met Phineas Parkhurst… …
