Category: Biography
Johann Strauss Johann Strauss, the Elder (1804-49). Austrian violinist, conductor, and composer, nicknamed The Father of the Waltz’. His son Johann Strauss the Younger (1825-99) had to study music …
Antonio Stradivari Antonio Stradivari, (1644-1737). Italian violin-maker. Stradivari was born and died in Cremona, where he was a pupil of the violin-maker Niccolo Amati. Stradivari perfected the design and …
Tom Stoppard Tom Stoppard, (1937- ). British dramatist, born in Czechoslovakia His family came to England in 1946. He worked as a journalist for a time and began writing …
Marie Stopes Marie Stopes, (1880-1958). Scottish advocate of birth control. A botanist and palaeontologist by training, she held university posts in Manchester and London. Seeing contraception as a way …
Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen, (1928- ). German composer, a leading figure of the post-war avantgarde. Stockhausen studied music in Cologne and Paris, where his teachers included Messiaen. In 1953 …
Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850-94). Scottish poet and novelist, best known for his adventure stories, such as Treasure Island (1881) and Kidnapped (1886). He studied law and …
Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens, (1879-1955). US poet. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Stevens attended Harvard (1897-1900) and later trained for the bar. He then worked for many years as a …
Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne, (1713-68). Anglo-Irish novelist and writer. Sterne was brought up in some poverty in County Tipperary. After studying at Cambridge, he was ordained an Anglican priest …
