Category: Biography
Sir Ralph Richardson Sir Ralph Richardson, (1902-83). British stage actor, noted particularly for his Shakespearean roles. Having made his debut in 1921, he regularly appeared at the Old Vic …
Richard III Richard III(1452-85). King of England. On the death of his elder brother, Edward IV (1483), the young king Edward V was left in Richard’s charge. At Richard’s …
Richard I Richard I, known as Richard the Lionheart (1157-99). King of England from 1189. On his accession to the throne he joined the Third Crusade and while he …
Cecil Rhodes Cecil Rhodes, (1853-1902). British statesman and financier in South Africa. Rhodes first went to South Africa for his health at the age of 16 and worked with …
Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds, (1723-92). British portrait painter. Reynolds studied the works of Raphael and Michelangelo in Rome and developed neoclassical theories of art that proved highly …
Paul Reuter Reuter, Paul Julius, Baron von (1816-99). German founder of the first telegraphic news organization, born Israel Beer Josaphat. During the revolutions of 1848 he sent news articles …
Pierre Auguste Renoir Pierre Auguste Renoir, (1841-1919). French impressionist painter. A friend of Monet and Alfred Sisley, Renoir contributed pictures to four impressionist exhibitions in the 1870s. He made …
Rembrandt Rembrandt, full name Rembrandt Harmensz van Ryn (1606-69). Dutch painter. He established himself as a portrait painter with a picture of a group of surgeons called The Anatomy …
