Category: Biography
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, novelist, and dramatist. During the period of literary ferment known as the Sturm und Drang (`storm and stress’) …
Hermann Goering Hermann Goering (1893-1946), German Nazi politician. An ace fighter pilot in World War I and an early supporter of Hitler, he became minister for air and the …
Joseph Goebbels Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi politician. In 1926 Hitler appointed him Nazi party leader in Berlin; following the Nazi takeover in 1933, he became minister of public …
Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard (1930), French film director, a leading figure in the New Wave of the late 1950s and 1960s. The son of a doctor, Godard began to …
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-87), German operatic com-poser. He studied in Prague and Vienna and later visited Italy, where his early operas were produced. In 1749 he settled in Vienna …
William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98), British statesman. He entered Parliament in 1832 as a Tory, publishing his controversial book The State in its Relations with the Church …
Giotto Giotto (1267-1337), Florentine painter. In 1296 he began the frescoes in the Church of St Francis at Assisi. Subsequently he worked in many other Italian cities. He became …
William Schwenck Gilbert William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911), British humorist and librettist. A barrister by profession, Gilbert became well known for his humorous verse, collected and published in 1869 as …
