Category: Biography
David Ben Gurion David Ben Gurion (1886-1973), First prime minister of Israel. Born in Poland, he emigrated to Palestine in 1906. Expelled by the Turks in 1915, he later …
St. Benedict of Nursia St. Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-550 AD). Italian monk, founder of monasticism in the West. After living as a hermit and founding several monasteries, he …
Saul Bellow Saul Bellow(1915), US novelist, born in Quebec, Canada. The son of poor Russian Jewish immigrants, Bellow published his first novel, Dangling Man; in 1944 His reputation as …
Hilaire Belloc Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), Catholic writer of Anglo-French parentage, who became a British citizen in 1902. He was a great friend of G. K. Chesterton and together they …
Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516), Venetian painter. He came from an artistic family, his father Jacopo and his elder brother Gentile both being accomplished painters. Giovanni painted many devotional …
Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish inventor. A teacher of elocution and speech correction, Bell went to live in Canada in 1870. He developed a method of …
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer. The son of a musician, Beethoven published his earliest known composition when he was ten and a year later he …
Sir Thomas Beecham Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961), British conductor. The grandson of the founder of a pharmaceutical firm, he established his New Symphony Orchestra in London in 1906. He …
