Tag: Biography
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer. The son of a musician, Beethoven published his earliest known composition when he was ten and a year later he …
Sir Thomas Beecham Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961), British conductor. The grandson of the founder of a pharmaceutical firm, he established his New Symphony Orchestra in London in 1906. He …
The Venerable Bede The Venerable Bede (673-735 AD), Monk, biblical scholar, and the first English historian. Bede devoted his life to teaching, writing, and study at the monastery of …
Samuel Beckett Samuel Beckett (1906-89), Irish novelist and dramatist. He lived in France from 1932 onwards and wrote most of his works in French, producing his own English translations. …
St Thomas Becket St Thomas Becket (1118-70), English churchman and martyr. A skilled administrator, he was chosen as chancellor by Henry II in 1154. In this post he invariably …
Simone de Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir (1908-86), French novelist, writer, and existentialist thinker. In 1929 she began a lifelong association with Jean-Paul Sartre at the Sorbonne, where she later taught …
Sir Francis Beaufort Sir Francis Beaufort, (1774-1857). British admiral and hydrographer. In 1808 Beaufort drafted the scale of wind strengths that has become the standard table for measuring the …
Beatles Beatles, The British rock group, consisting of George Harrison (1943), John Lennon (1940-80), Paul Mc-Cartney (1942- ), and Ringo Starr (1940- ), real name Richard Starkey. The Beatles …
