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3 days ago · Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 or 2 February 1493 – 19 November 1557) was a member of the powerful Milanese House of Sforza. In 1518, she became the second wife of Sigismund I the Old, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and became the Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. She was the third child of Gian Galeazzo Sforza ...
2 days ago · Baruch ( de) Spinoza [b] (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin. As a forerunner of the Age of Enlightenment, Spinoza significantly influenced modern biblical criticism, 17th-century rationalism, and Dutch intellectual culture ...
4 days ago · Helena Odeh with a 1985 family photo showing her father, Alex Odeh, with his daughters, taken just before his death. She is next to her father’s statue at the Santa Ana Public Library in 2015.
4 days ago · World War II. Stepan Andriyovych Bandera ( Ukrainian: Степа́н Андрі́йович Банде́ра, IPA: [steˈpɑn ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ijoʋɪt͡ʃ bɐnˈdɛrɐ]; Polish: Stepan Andrijowycz Bandera; [1] 1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical militant wing of the Organization of ...
4 days ago · Using Library of Congress Subject Headings to Find Biographies in BobCat. Biographies are classified and sorted by author's name, dates of birth and death, and the term Biography. Here are some examples: Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 -- Biography. Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 -- Biography. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Biography.
6 days ago · Complete Dictionary of scientific biography is the online version of the Dictionary of scientific biography and New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Offers biographical articles on deceased scientists, including lists of primary and secondary literature. Volume 16 includes a general index and a list of scientists by field.
2 days ago · Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), better known as Raffaella Carrà ( Italian: [raffaˈɛlla karˈra] ), was an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, actress and model. [1] Considered a pop culture icon in Europe and Latin America, [2] [3] between the 1970s and 1980s she became a pioneer of feminism and ...
