Tag: Biography
Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer, (1875-1965). Alsatian theologian, medical missionary, and organist. He is chiefly remembered as a missionary, running both a hospital, which he founded with his wife in …
Norman Schwarzkopf Norman Schwarzkopf, (1935- ). US general, who commanded the US-led alliance in the Gulf War against Iraq (1991). The son of a prominent police chief, he quickly …
Robert Alexander Schumann Robert Alexander Schumann, (1810-56). German composer. Schumann had piano lessons as a child but was sent to Leipzig University to study law. There he neglected his …
Franz Peter Schubert Franz Peter Schubert, (1797-1828). Austrian composer. Schubert was the son of a schoolmaster and had music lessons from a very early age. He became a teacher …
Arthur Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer, (1788-1860). German philosopher. He began to study medicine, but transferred to philosophy and took a PhD in 1813. Having worked with Goethe on his theory …
Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg, (1874-1951). Austrian composer. Largely self-taught as a musician, the young Schoen-berg earned a living by arranging popular operettas. He later taught music in Vienna and …
Friedrich von Schiller Friedrich von Schiller, (1759-1805). German poet and dramatist. He began writing as a child. His first play, The Robbers (1781), caused a furore with its emotional …
Domenico Scarlatti Domenico Scarlatti, (1685-1757). Italian composer and harpsichordist. The son of the composer Alessandro Scarlatti, he studied with his father and in 1701 became composer and organist to …
