Category: Biography
Anwar el Sadat Anwar el Sadat, (1918-81). Egyptian statesman He held important posts under Nasser and succeeded him as president in 1970. In late 1977 he visited Jerusalem on …
Babe Ruth Babe Ruth, nickname of George Herman Ruth (1895-1948). US baseball player, whose outstanding talents and larger than life character did much to popularize the sport in the …
Ken Russell Ken Russell, (1927- ). British film director. He made his reputation at the BBC (1958-66), where he directed a series of biographical films on musicians and artists, …
Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell, (1872-1970). British philosopher. His earlier works on logic and mathematics include Principia Mathematica (1910-13). Russell also wrote widely and controversially on political, moral, and religious …
John Ruskin John Ruskin, (1819-1900). British art critic and essayist. The son of a London wine merchant, he had a very sheltered upbringing. His Modern Painters. (1843-60) was enormously …
Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie, (1947- ). British novelist, born in Bombay. Rushdie was educated in Britain, at Rugby School and Cambridge University. After some years working in advertising, he …
Artur Rubinstein Artur Rubinstein, (1886-1982). US pianist of Polish birth. Famous as an interpreter of Chopin, Rubinstein gave his first public performance at an early age. He made his …
Sir Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens, (1577-1640). Flemish painter. He travelled widely in Europe before becoming court painter in Antwerp in 1608. His elaborate and colourful paintings, …
