Category: Biography
Gian Lorenzo Bernini Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), Italian sculptor and architect. He specialized in classical subjects such as Apollo and Daphne (1624), with some religious works such as The …
Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt stage name of Rosine Bernard (1844-1923), French actress. She was trained at the Paris Conservatoire and first appeared on stage in 1862 at the Comedie …
Hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz (1803), French composer. He started to study medicine in Paris, but soon gave it up in favour of music. He married the Irish actress Henrietta …
Irving Berlin Irving Berlin real name Israel Saline (1888-1989), US songwriter and composer, born in Russia. Amongst his most famous songs are ‘Alexander’s Ragtime Band’, White Christmas’, and ‘Anything You …
George Berkeley George Berkeley (1685-1753), Irish philosopher, a friend of Jonathan Swift. His philosophy stresses the importance of perception, denying the reality of what cannot be observed, and states …
Laventi Pavlovich Beria Laventi Pavlovich Beria (1899-1953), Soviet politician, head of the secret police (1938-53). Born in Georgia, the son of peasants, Beria joined the Bolshevik Party in 1917 …
Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman (1918), Swedish stage and film director, writer, and producer. He became internationally known for his films, over which he had complete control. They are noted …
Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), British philosopher. His philosophical writings promote the Utilitarian doctrine, which defines good conduct as that which produces “the greatest happiness of the greatest number”. …
