Linda O. Johnston

Linda O. Johnston

female
Penn State University alumni, Duquesne University alumni, novelist, journalism, romance, Romantic fiction writer…Libraries
Linda O. Johnston is an American author of mystery and romance novels. Johnston’s first published fiction appeared in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Ma...

Jacques Doucet

male, deceased (1929)
lingerie, writer, French, beauty salon, white, cubist…Libraries
Jacques Doucet (1853 - 1929) was a French fashion designer, known for his elegant dresses, made with flimy translucent materials in superimposing...

Stephen Blumberg

male
bibliomane, Book Bandit, Stephen Carrie Blumberg, Bibliomania, Libraries, arrest
Stephen Carrie Blumberg (born St. Paul, Minnesota) was an eccentric bibliomane who lived in Ottumwa, Iowa. He became known as the "Book Bandit",...

Lee Killough

male
computer programmer, source port, Doom engine, linear search, priority queue, Doom source port…Libraries
Lee Killough is an American programmer who has contributed to the development of source ports for the computer game "Doom". He was part of the Boom...
James Follett

James Follett

male, 70 years old
novelist, ministry of defence, British, usenet newsgroup, author, Screenwriter…Libraries
James Follett "(not "Follet")" is an author and screenwriter, born in 1939 in Tolworth, England. Follett became a full-time fiction writer in 1976,...
Lucien Polastron

Lucien Polastron

male, 65 years old
writer, historian, French, Lucien X. Polastron, calligraphy, Google…Libraries
Lucien X. Polastron (born 1944) is a French writer and historian, specialized in paper history and library history. See: "Livres en feu, histoire...
Henry George Bohn

Henry George Bohn

male, deceased (1884)
buried at West Norwood Cemetery, Book size, archaeology, theology, twickenham, Publisher…Libraries
Henry George Bohn (January 4, 1796 - August 22, 1884) was a British publisher. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had...

Ted Hines

male, deceased (1983)
Columbia University, George Washington University, librarian, Rutgers, Washington D.C., mainframe computer…Libraries
Theodore Christian Hines born in Washington D.C., was a pioneer in the use of microcomputers and microcomputer programs in libraries. He attended...
Sophie Adlersparre

Sophie Adlersparre

female, deceased (1895)
Feminist, swedish, gender equality, profession, Libraries, women's rights
Sophie Adlersparre, née Leijonhufvud, (1823-1895), was a Swedish feminist. Adlersparre began her career as a feminist by founding the paper "...

Ludovico Baille

male, deceased (1839)
from the Province of Cagliari, From cagliari, 16th century, sardinia, library, synod…Libraries
Ludovico Baille Having graduated in law from the Reale Università di Cagliari he was appointed in 1786 to the Ministry of the Spanish government a...