Giorgio Massari

Giorgio Massari

male, deceased (1766)
Giorgio Massari (1687-1766) is a prominent late-Baroque Venetian architect. Among his masterpieces are the Chiesa dei Gesuati (1726-43) and the...
Wei Yuan

Wei Yuan

male, deceased (1856)
Wei Yuan. Chinese scholar from Shaoyang in Hunan province, moved to Yangzhou in 1831, where he remained for the rest of his life. Wei obtained the...
Emperor Yang Of Sui

Emperor Yang Of Sui

male, deceased (618)
Emperor Yang of Sui, personal name Yang Guang (楊廣), alternative name Ying (英), nickname Amo (阿摩), known as Emperor Ming (明帝) during the brief reig...

Jingtai Emperor

male, deceased (1457)
was Emperor of China of the Ming Dynasty from 1449 to 1457 as the Jingtai Emperor. He ascended the throne in 1449 after his older brother (the...
Alvise Cadamosto

Alvise Cadamosto

male, deceased (1488)
Alvise Cadamosto or Alvide da Ca' da Mosto, also known in Portuguese as "Luís Cadamosto" (Venice, ca. 1432 - Venice, July 18 1488), pron., was a V...
Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto

Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto

male
Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto was a Venetian architect. He is said to have taught architectural drawing to the engraver Giovanni Piranesi. Like many...
John Wedge

John Wedge

male, deceased (1816)
John Wedge (1744-1816). Agriculturalist, born 10 December 1744, the son of Francis Wedge (1714-1784)and Elizabeth Knock (1713-1788) of Fernhill...

Liam D'Arcy Brown

male, 39 years old
Liam James D'Arcy Brown is a British sinologist and travel writer (D'Arcy Brown is an unhyphenated double-barrelled surname). Born in Lewisham,...