Raphael Lemkin

Raphael Lemkin

male, deceased (1959)
-cide, Jewish person, lawyer, Duke University faculty, polish, genocide…NewYorkPublic, forced to retire from his public position in 1934
Raphael Lemkin and "-cide" (Latin for killing). He first used the word in print in "Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation - Analysis of...
Marianne Moore

Marianne Moore

female, deceased (1972)
Philadelphia writer, Bryn Mawr College alumni, modernist, Modernism, poet, writer…NewYorkPublic
Marianne Moore was a Modernist American poet and writer.
Ruth Gruber

Ruth Gruber

female, 98 years old
photographer, writer, Jewish American, humanitarian, journalist, American…NewYorkPublic
Ruth Gruber (born September 30, 1911) is an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian and a former United States government official.
James Gillray

James Gillray

male, deceased (1815)
Caricaturist, illustrator, cartoonist, British, Gilray, Chelsea, London…NewYorkPublic
James Gillray, sometimes spelled Gilray (born August 13, 1757 in Chelsea; died June 1, 1815), was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for...
Richard Wetz

Richard Wetz

male, deceased (1935)
Jadassohn student, Romantic composer, composer, bruckner, German, Wagnerites…NewYorkPublic
Richard Wetz was a German late Romantic composer best known for his three symphonies. In these works, he "seems to have aimed to be an immediate...
Rosalyn Tureck

Rosalyn Tureck

female, deceased (2003)
Juilliard School of Music alumni, theremin, pianist, Classical pianist, carnegie hall, Piano Sonata No. 1…NewYorkPublic
Rosalyn Tureck was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. She was born in...

George Monro

male, deceased (1757)
British Army officer, Battle of Dunkeld, British, british officer, american indian, 35th Regiment of Foot…New York State Historical Association, New York State Historical Society, NewYorkPublic
Lieutenant-Colonel George Monro (1700-1757) was a British Army officer, best remembered for his resolute but ultimately unsuccessful defence of...
Dava Sobel

Dava Sobel

female, 62 years old
British Book of the Year, Science writer, American, University of Chicago, Antioch College alumni, Binghamton University alumni…Los Angeles Public, NewYorkPublic, Born in New York, New York, New York Times
Dava Sobel (born 1947) is a writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and Binghamton...
David Lehman

David Lehman

male, deceased (1948) (new york city)
The Best American Poetry series, poet, Columbia University alumni, American Academy of Arts, University of Michigan Press, graduated from Columbia University…born in New York City in 1948, NewYorkPublic, New York School of Poets, new school, New
David Lehman was born in New York City in 1948. He graduated from Columbia College and attended Cambridge University in England as a Kellett...
Carl van Vechten

Carl van Vechten

male, deceased (1964)
Ailurophiles, literary executor, Iowa writer, LGBT writer, photographer, from New York City…New York writer, new york state, New York Times, NewYorkPublic, Iowa New
Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 - December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the...