Remembered

7510 · Page 153 / 376

Anton Bruckner

1824 – 1896

Composer, Musicologist, Music theorist, Music educator, Organist, University teacher

Joseph Anton Bruckner (; German: [ˈantoːn ˈbʁʊknɐ] ; 4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and…

William Morris

1834 – 1896

Architect, Poet, Designer, Graphic designer, Painter, Science fiction writer

Here is a revised and improved memorial biography of William Morris, based solely on well-supported facts from reliable sources. I have preserved all dates, pla…

August Kekulé

1829 – 1896

Chemist, Pedagogue, University teacher

Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz ( KAY-kə-lay; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈaʊɡʊst ˈkeːkuleː fɔn ʃtʁaˈdoːnɪts]; 7 September 1829 – 1…

Harriet Beecher Stowe

1811 – 1896

Novelist, Poet, Children's writer, Short story writer, Writer, Abolitionist

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the Beecher family and wrote a popular n…

Clara Schumann

1819 – 1896

Pianist, Composer, Music educator, Editor, Music arranger, Piano teacher

Clara Josephine Schumann (; German: [ˈklaːʁa jozəˈfiːnə ˈʃuːman]; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German virtuoso pianist, composer, and piano…

Kangal Harinath

1833 – 1896

Singer, Poet

Harinath Majumdar (20 July 1833 – 18 April 1896), better known as Kangal Harinath, was a Bengali journalist, poet, writer, and Baul singer. He is the writer of…

Paul Verlaine

1844 – 1896

Poet, Essayist, Writer, Librettist, Translator

Paul Marie Verlaine ( vair-LEN; French: [pɔl maʁi vɛʁlɛn]; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet, writer and critic associated with the Symbolist, P…

Alexandre Dumas fils

1824 – 1895

Writer, Playwright, Dramaturge, Film screenwriter

Alexandre Dumas fils (French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ(ə) dymɑ fis]; 27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La…

Louis Pasteur

1822 – 1895

Microbiologist, Chemist, University teacher, Biochemist, Agronomist, Biologist

Louis Pasteur (; French: [lwi pastœʁ] ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries…

Friedrich Engels

1820 – 1895

Economist, Political theorist, Philosopher, Writer, Revolutionary, Sociologist

Friedrich Engels ( ENG-(g)əlz; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈɛŋl̩s]; 28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895) was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, and revolu…

Thomas Henry Huxley

1825 – 1895

Biologist, Linguist, Paleontologist, Translator, Ichthyologist, Zoologist

Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialised in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darw…

José Martí

1853 – 1895

Linguist, Poet, Writer, Translator, Military personnel, Politician

José Julián Martí Pérez (Spanish: [xoˈse maɾˈti]; 28 January 1853 – 19 May 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, p…

Berthe Morisot

1841 – 1895

Painter, Draftsperson, Engraver, Lithographer, Artist

Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (English: mor-ee-ZOH, French: [bɛʁt mɔʁizo]; 14 January 1841 – 2 March 1895) was a French painter, printmaker and a member of the…

Frederick Douglass

1818 – 1895

Journalist, Diplomat, Writer, Editor, Suffragist, Abolitionist

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator,…

Robert Louis Stevenson

1850 – 1894

Poet, Essayist, Novelist, Short story writer, Children's writer, Writer

Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He i…

Alexander III of Russia

1845 – 1894

Monarch, Art collector

Alexander III (Russian: Александр III Александрович Романов, romanized: Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich Romanov; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor of Ru…

Hermann von Helmholtz

1821 – 1894

Physicist, Ophthalmologist, Musicologist, Music theorist, University teacher, Psychologist

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894; "von" since 1883) was a German physicist and physician who made significant contribu…

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

1838 – 1894

Writer, Novelist, Civil servant, Poet, Essayist, Journalist

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (anglicised as Bankim Chandra Chatterjee; 26 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was a Bengali novelist, poet, essayist and journalist. Not…

Heinrich Hertz

1857 – 1894

Physicist, Philosopher, Inventor, University teacher

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz ( hurts; German: [hɛʁts] ; 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the el…

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1840 – 1893

Composer, Librettist, Conductor, Choreographer, Music educator, Pianist

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( chy-KOF-skee; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose m…