Category: Biography
John Millington Synge John Millington Synge, (1871-1909). Irish dramatist. Synge trained as a professional musician and spent several years wandering in Europe. In 1896 the poet W. B. Yeats …
Algernon Charles Swinburne Algernon Charles Swinburne, (1837-1909). British poet. The son of an admiral, he left Oxford University without a degree and became friendly with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and …
Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift, (1667-1745). Irish poet, satirist, and prose writer. He was ordained in 1695 and in 1713 be-came Dean of St Patrick’s, Dublin. His works include A …
Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman the Magnificent (c. 1494-1566) Sultan of the Ottomon Turks from 1520. He enlarged the Ottoman Empire with campaigns in Europe and North Africa; he also …
August Strindberg August Strindberg, (1849-1912). Swedish dramatist. His unhappy childhood is described in the autobiographical The Son of a Servant (1886). He left university without a degree and became …
Meryl Streep Meryl Streep, real name Mary Louise Streep (1949- ). US film actress. Born in New Jersey, she studied drama at Vassar College and Yale before going on …
Igor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky, (1882-1971). Russian composer, who took US citizenship in 1945. Stravinsky studied with Rimsky-Korsakov and had his first major success with the fairy-tale ballet The Firelyird …
Richard Strauss Richard Strauss, (1864-1949). German composer and conductor. A child prodigy, he began composing at the age of six. Under the influence of Wagner and Liszt he began …
