Maximus Planudes

Maximus Planudes

male, deceased (1330)
ИMaximus Planudes, Byzantine grammarian and theologian, flourished during the reigns of Michael VIII Palaeologus and Andronicus II Palaeologus. He w...
Sarah Pierce

Sarah Pierce

female
Sarah Pierce was a teacher, educator and founder of one the earliest schools for girls in the United States, the Litchfield Female Academy in...
John Kirtland Wright

John Kirtland Wright

male, deceased (1969)
John Kirtland Wright (1891-1969) was an American geographer, notable for his cartography, geosophy, and study of the history of geographical...
Fan Chengda

Fan Chengda

male
Fan Chengda (1126-1193) was one of the best-known Chinese poets of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), a government official, and an academic authority...
John Robert Colombo

John Robert Colombo

male
John Robert Colombo (b. March 24, 1936, Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian poet, editor and humorist, best known as a writer of reference works and...
Yuan Mei

Yuan Mei

male, deceased (1797)
Yuan Mei was a well-known poet, scholar and artist of the Qing Dynasty from a geographical region that is now party of China. Yuan Mei was born in...
Girolamo Fracastoro

Girolamo Fracastoro

male, deceased (1553)
Girolamo Fracastoro (Fracastorius was an Italian physician, scholar (in mathematics, geography and astronomy), poet and atomist. Born of an ancient...
Kenneth Mason

Kenneth Mason

male, deceased (1976)
Kenneth Mason MC (10 September 1887 - 1976) was a soldier and geographer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of...

David Hurley

male
David Hurley is a countertenor in the King's Singers, an "a cappella" vocal group. Born in 1962, he started singing in 1970 when he won a place in...
Rembert Dodoens

Rembert Dodoens

male, deceased (1585)
Rembert Dodoens (Mechelen June 29, 1517 - Leyden March 10, 1585) was a Flemish physician and botanist, also known under his Latinized name...