Category: Biography
Isaac Stern Isaac Stern, (1920- ). US violinist, born in Russia. Stern studied in San Francisco and made his debut there at the age of 11. He has toured …
George Stephenson George Stephenson, (1781-1848). British engineer. He worked as an engineer in the mines and in 1815 built his first locomotive, the Blucher, which could pull 30 tons …
Stendhal Stendhal, pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle (1783-1842). French novelist. He served as an officer in the Napoleonic campaigns from 1800 until Napoleon’s abdication in 1814, when he retired to …
John Steinbeck John Steinbeck, (1902-68). US novelist and writer. Born in Salinas, California, Steinbeck studied marine biology at Stanford. He subsequently worked as a journalist and in various menial …
Sir Richard Steele Sir Richard Steele, (1672-1729). Anglo-Irish essayist and dramatist. He left Oxford University in 1692 to join the army and was a captain by 1700. His reforming …
Sir Henry Morton Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley, (1841-1904). British explorer, born John Rowlands in Wales. He sailed as a cabin boy to the US, where he met a …
Konstantin Stanislaysky Konstantin Stanislaysky, stage name of Konstantin Alexeyev (1863-1938). Russian actor and theatre producer. In 1898 he founded the Moscow Art Theatre and introduced a new naturalistic style …
Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin, real name Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (1879-1953). Russian dictator. The son of a poor cobbler, he trained as a priest but was expelled for his revolutionary …
