Category: Biography
Dame Marie Rambert Dame Marie Rambert, (1888-1982). British ballet dancer and teacher. Rambert was born in Warsaw and danced with Diaghilev’s company (1912-13). In 1920 she started teaching ballet …
Jean Racine Jean Racine, (1639-99). French tragic dramatist. Orphaned in early childhood, he attended the Jansenist school at Port-Royal in Paris before studying theology. His first tragedy, produced by …
Sergei Rachmaninov Sergei Rachmaninov, (1873-1943). Russian composer and pianist. Rachmaninov studied at the Moscow and St Petersburg Conservatoires and soon became famous as a pianist and composer both inside …
Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin, (1922-95). Israeli statesman and soldier. Born in Jerusalem, Rabin studied agriculture before beginning a military career. He commanded a brigade in Israel’s War of Independence …
Francois Rabelais Francois Rabelais, (c. 1483-1553). French satirical writer. He became a Franciscan monk in 1521 but after difficulties with the theological authorities moved to a Benedictine community in …
Quisling Quisling, Vidkun (1887-1945). Norwegian officer, who served as minister of defence and in 1933 formed the National Union Party, with a strong allegiance to Hitler’s Nazi party. He …
Quintilian Quintilian (c. 35-96 AD). Roman rhetorician. From 68 he practised law and taught rhetoric in Rome. He .retired about 20 years later and was given an honorary consul’s …
Pythagoras Pythagoras (c. 580-500 BO. Greek philosopher. He founded a religious society in Croton in southern Italy, already an area of Greek colonization. Although Pythagoras left no writings himself, …
