Tag: Biography
Girolamo Savonarola Girolamo Savonarola, (1452-98). Italian preacher and reformer. Having joined the Dominican order in 1474, he gained considerable influence in Florence with his prophetic sermons and denunciation of …
Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Sartre, (1905-80). French philosopher, nov-elist, and dramatist. He was the leading exponent of existentialism, a philosophical movement that regards man as the product of his own …
Sir Malcolm Sargent Sir Malcolm Sargent, (1895-1967). British conductor. Sargent studied at the Royal College of Organists and became Britain’s youngest ever doctor of music. In 1921 he made …
Jonas Edward Salk Jonas Edward Salk, (1914-95). US medical scientist. A specialist in public health and epidemic diseases, he produced in 1954 the first vaccine against polio. The vaccine …
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Marquess of (1830-1903). British statesman; prime minister (1886-92; 1895-1900; 1900-02). A Conservative, he became Disraeli’s leading adviser and succeeded him …
Saladin Saladin (c. 1138-93). Muslim sultan and commander. By virtue of his military achievements he became sultan of Egypt (1174) and northern Syria (1186). In 1187 he defeated a …
Andrei Sakharov Andrei Sakharov, (1921-89). Russian physicist and political figure. A graduate of Moscow University, Sakharov was assigned to military research during World War II. From 1947 he took …
Camille Saint-Saens Camille Saint-Saens, (1835-1921). French composer. A child prodigy, he began to compose at the age of five and at 13 he became an organ scholar at the …
