Category: Biography
Duns Scotus Duns Scotus (1265-1308), Scottish philosopher, known as the Subtle Doctor. He became a Franciscan monk and lectured at Oxford, Paris, and Cologne, where he died prematurely. Duns …
Tara Ali Baig Tara Ali Baig, 1916- , writer and social worker. She had been a very active worker in the cause of women’s and children’s welfare in India …
Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (1802-70), French novelist and dramatist, known as Dumas pere. He frequently worked with such collaborators as August Maquet, who re-searched the background for his famous …
Bahu Begum Bahu Begum, real name: Ummat-uz-Zuhra, d. 1816, Begum of Avadh. Daughter of Ishaq Khan, a close associate of Emperor Muhammad Shah, of Delhi, she was married at …
John Dryden John Dryden (1631-1700), English poet, dramatist, and critic. His works for the stage include both comic dramas and heroic tragedies such as All for Love (1677). In …
Alfred Dreyfus Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French army officer of Jewish birth. Found guilty in 1894 of espionage for Germany, he was condemned to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island. The …
Bahinabai Chaudhari Bahinabai Chaudhari, 1628-1700, Maharathi saint and poet. Daughter of a Brahmin, Aooji Kulkarni and his wife Janakibai, who lived in a village near Ellora caves, she …
Badshah Begum Badshah Begum, fl. 1820-37, Princess of Avadh. Wife of Nawab Ghazi-ud-Din Haider (d. 1827) she introduced many innovations in the practice of Shia observances, which caused considerable …
