John Preston

John Preston

male, deceased (1994)
Harvard University, Minneapolis, novelist, writer, AIDS-related death, from Maine…collection
John Preston (b. December 11, 1945, Medfield, Massachusetts - d. April 28 1994, Portland, Maine) was an author of gay erotica and an editor of gay...

Walter Kaufmann (Walter Collection)

male, deceased (1984)
American, the scarlet letter, czech, Music of India, composer, Educator…collection
Walter Kaufmann (April 1 1907 - September 9 1984) was a composer, conductor, musicologist, and educator. Born in Karlsbad, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia,...

Lewis Evans

male, deceased (1930)
Oxford University, collector, knossos, philanthropist, chairman, watford…collection
Lewis Evans (1853-1930), English businessman and scientific instrument collector. Lewis Evans was the son of Sir John Evans, an archaeologist, and...
Geoffrey Moss

Geoffrey Moss

male, deceased (1954)
World War I, British Military, Critic, film director, writer, British…collection
Major Geoffrey McNeill-Moss, British soldier and writer who published under the name Geoffrey Moss. Moss served in the British Army prior to and...
Pappus Of Alexandria

Pappus Of Alexandria

male
Alexandria, mathematician, Egyptian, greek, collection, geometry
Pappus of Alexandria (Greek) is one of the most important Hellenistic mathematicians of antiquity, known for his work "Synagoge" or "Collection"...

John Disney

male, deceased (1857)
Society of Antiquaries, Society of Antiquaries of London, EDUCATED, sheriff, nottinghamshire, auction…collection
John Disney (29th May, 1779-6th May, 1857) was an English barrister and archaeologist. Born at Flintham Hall, Nottinghamshire, he was the eldest...

Walter Simon

male, deceased (1981)
Sino-Tibetan languages, Chinese language, German, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Refugee, Sinologist…collection
Ernest Julius Walter Simon CBE FBA (10 June 1893, Berlin - 22 February 1981, London) was a sinologist and librarian. He was born in Berlin and...
Damian Madden

Damian Madden

male, 27 years old
painter, writer, Australian, Filmmaker, collection, Collections
Damian Madden (born March 15, 1982) is an Australian writer, painter and filmmaker. Born in Melbourne he currently resides in Sydney where he...
Miladinov Brothers

Miladinov Brothers

male
Tuga za Yug, Ethnic Macedonian, Bulgarian Folk Songs, Macedonian language, folk songs, Bulgarian language…collection
The Miladinov Brothers, Dimitar Miladinov (1810-1862) and Konstantin Miladinov (1830-1862), were Bulgarian poets (in Republic of Macedonia they are...

Preston Davie (Preston Collection)

male, deceased (1967)
University of North Carolina, Harvard Law School, World War I, republican party, distinguished service medal, lawyer…collection, Southern Historical Collection
Preston Davie was an American lawyer and colonel during World War I. Davie won a Distinguished Service Medal for his efforts. Upon completing...