Posts Tagged ‘Biography’
Washington Roebling Biography — Builder of the Brooklyn Bridge
[Republished from Cassier’s Magazine 1902]. AS an engineer Colonel Roebling’s first work was in assisting his father, the late John A. Roebling, to build the Allegheny Suspension Bridge. This was shortly after graduation from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, N. Y., in 1857. Since that time international fame has been his as builder of…
Read MoreLord Kelvin Biography
[Repubished from Cassier’s Magazine from the original article by By J.D. Cormack, B.Sc., M.I.E.E. published 1899.] AT the close of a century, unequalled in the history of the world for progress in civilisation and science, looking backward, and tracing the growth of old, the beginning and development of new sciences and the close union of…
Read MorePhilip Reinagle – Biographical Notes
BORN: 1749 DIED: Nov 27, 1833 SON: Richard Ramsay Reinagle (b. 1775 d. 1862, his father’s student, mimics his style) [from Dictionary of national biography, published by London, Smith, Elder, & co. 1896] REINAGLE, PHILIP (1749-1833), animal and landscape painter, was born in 1749. He entered the schools of the Royal Academy in 1769, and…
Read MoreAbraham Pether – Biographical Notes
BORN: Chichester, 1756 DIED: April 13, 1812 CHILDREN: Sebastian (b. 1790 d. 1844) COUSIN: William Pether (b. Carlisle, 1731 d. 1876) [from Dictionary of painters and engravers, published by G. Bell, London 1903] PETHER, Abraham, was born at Chichester in 1756. In the early part of his life lie applied himself to the study of…
Read MoreNikola Tesla Autobiography – Page 2
Page 1 • Page 2 [Republished from The Electrical experimenter (Feb, March and April 1919)] From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering but to my present view, it was a blessing in disguise for it has taught me to appreciate the inestimable value of introspection in the…
Read MoreFrancois Peron Biography
BORN: August, 1775 DIED: December 14, 1810 [republished from The naturalist’s library (1833) by Sir William Jardine] EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION FRANCOIS PERON was born at Cerilly, in August 1775. From his earliest years his intelligence exhibited itself by his extreme curiosity, and an insatiable desire for information. Scarcely had he learnt to spell, when…
Read MoreEdouard Travies Biography
BORN: 1809, Doullens DIED: Nov 10, 1876, Paris BROTHER: Charles-Joseph (C.J.) Traviès de Villers (b. 1804, Wulfflingen, Switzerland d. August 13, 1859, Paris) Édouard Traviès de Villers was born in Doullens in 1809 and was also the brother of the famous caricaturist, Charles-Joseph (C.J.) Traviès de Villers, who created the character Mayeux. Édouard, by contrast,…
Read MoreWilliam Home Lizars Biography
BORN: 1788, Edinburgh DIED: March 30, 1859, Jedburgh FATHER: Daniel Lizars (d. 1812) BROTHER: Daniel Lizars BROTHER: John Lizars (b. about 1787 d. 21st May, 1860), an Edinburgh surgeon and author SISTER: Jane Home Lizars (married Sir William Jardine) William Home Lizars was born at Edinburgh in 1788. He was the eldest son of the…
Read MoreMaria Sibylla Merian Biography
BORN: 1647, Frankfurt on the Main DIED: January 13, 1717, Amsterdam FATHER: Mathew Merian (b. 1593, entered into a partnership with Jacques Callot, d. 1651) STEPFATHER: James Morell BROTHER: Matthew Merian HUSBAND: John Andrew Graf DAUGHTERS: Dorothea and Helena Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt on the Main. According to her book Metamorphosis insectorum…
Read MoreDecember 2013 Artist of the Month
The artist of the month for December 2013 is Pierre J.J. Grandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gerard). Read his biography. He was born in France (Nancy) on September 15, 1803 and died in March 17, 1847 in Vanves.
Read More