Joseph de Guignes

Joseph de Guignes

male, deceased (1800)
Fellow of the Royal Society, canton, Voyages a Pékin, Manille, et l'île de France, La France littéraire, Pontoise, Egyptian hieroglyphs
Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist, was born at Pontoise, the son of Jean Louis de Guignes and Françoise Vaillant. He died in P...
Dominique Rigot

Dominique Rigot

male
Swiss, belgian, canton, vaud, Syndic, Vevey
Dominique Rigot is the syndic of Vevey, a city in the Swiss canton of Vaud. He is of Belgian origin, has lived in Africa, and is perfectly...
Zhang Fakui

Zhang Fakui

male, deceased (1980)
GuanXi Tong, canton, Battle of Wuhan, Operation Ichigo, Battle of South Guangxi, Japanese Twenty-Third Army
Zhang Fakui (1896-1980) was a Chinese Nationalist General. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Zhang Fakui commanded the 8th Army Group in the...
Sherard Osborn

Sherard Osborn

male, deceased (1875)
British military personnel of the Crimean War, Order of the Bath, pacific, medusa, madras, canton…Canton, Canton, China
Sherard Osborn (25 April 1822 - 6 May 1875), was an English admiral and Arctic explorer. Born in Madras, he was the son of an Indian army officer,...
Ludwig Pfyffer

Ludwig Pfyffer

male, deceased (1594)
Roman Catholic, Swiss, canton, Huguenot, henry of navarre, magistrate
Ludwig Pfyffer was a Swiss military leader, spokesman for Roman Catholic interests in the cantons, and probably the most important Swiss political...
Antonio Ciseri

Antonio Ciseri

male, deceased (1891)
painter, Swiss, Italian, artist, canton, ticino
Antonio Ciseri (October 25, 1821 - March 8, 1891) was a Swiss artist. Ciseri was born in Ronco sopra Ascona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland...
Pehr Osbeck

Pehr Osbeck

male, deceased (1805)
Student of Linnaeus, uppsala, Naturalist, swedish, canton, guangdong
Pehr Osbeck was a Swedish explorer and naturalist. He was born in the parish of Hålanda in Västergötland and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Lin...
Max Bauer

Max Bauer

male, deceased (1929)
German Military, Military Adviser, World War I, German military personnel, artillery, kuomintang…canton, Canton, China
Max Hermann Bauer was a German artillery expert in the First World War and later military and industrial advisor to the Kuomintang. He joined the...
P.H. Welshimer

P.H. Welshimer

deceased (1957)
Christian, Theologian, Religious history of the United States, minister, canton, American
Pearl Howard Welshimer ("P.H. Welshimer") (b. April 6, 1873 - d. 1957) was an American Christian minister and author from Canton, Ohio and...
Thomas Truxtun

Thomas Truxtun

male, deceased (1822)
Congressional Gold Medal recipient, constellation, United States Navy officer, French, privateer, independence…canton
Thomas Truxtun (or Truxton) (February 17, 1755 - May 5, 1822) was an American naval officer who rose to the rank of commodore. Born near Hempstead,...