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- Alfred Stieglitz is undoubtedly one of the most significant contributors to the history of photography. He contributed not only scientific and artistic photographic studies, but also introduced modern art to America and furthered the theory of photography as art. Stieglitz was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on January 1, 1864.
The renowned photographer Stieglitz first studied photochemistry with Hermann Wilhelm Vogel at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin, from 1882-1886, and took his first photographs in 1883. He continued to travel and photograph in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until 1890, when he returned to New York City. From 1890 to 1895 he was a partner in a photogravure firm. During this time he concentrated on photographing the streets of New York City. In 1894, Stieglitz travelled to Europe and was elected a member of the Linked Ring, a pictorialist society in London. In 1902, Stieglitz founded the Photo-Secession Movement which attempted to prove that pictorialist photography was a fine art form. From 1903 to 1917, Stieglitz was publisher and director of Camera Work magazine.
The graphic section was run by Edward Steichen (1879-1973). In 1905, Stieglitz opened the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession "291" on Fifth Avenue in New York City with Steichen. Along with the other original members, Gertrude Kasebier and Clarence H. White, they formulated their mission to secede from conventional expectations and explore the creative potential of photography from both a theoretical and scientific point of view. Needing space to gather, work and exhibit, the gallery was open to and exhibited such paintings by Cezanne, Picasso, Braque and Matisse. The gallery was also a gathering place for writers, philosophers and musicians.
Georgia O'Keeffe and Stieglitz began their relationship in 1917; she eventually became his wife. Over the next twenty years together, Stieglitz made more than 300 images of O'Keeffe.
Accomplished photographic scientist, photographer, gallery owner, art dealer, collector and writer, Stieglitz was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum in 1971. Throughout his life, until his death in 1946, he fought for the art and science of photography. A great, fearless fight. And if he were alive today he would still be fighting. Photography as a respected art form is still not accepted by some today. - Actor
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Started as a jockey and steeple-chase rider, then worked on "Lucky" Baldwin's ranch in Arcadia, California. Joined Ringling Bros. Circus and then with Burgess Pawnee Indian Show. Played in Vaudeville before being with Universal Film Company for six years, beginning in 1912. Was in Fox westerns with William Farnum for one year, with William S. Hart for three years and worked for Leo Maloney circa 1925 through 1929.- Director
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Along with his better-known French counterpart Georges Méliès George Albert Smith was one of the first filmmakers to explore fictional and fantastic themes, often using surprisingly sophisticated special effects. His background was ideal--an established portrait photographer, he also had a long-standing interest in show business, running a tourist attraction in his native Brighton featuring a fortune teller. His films were among the first to feature such innovations as superimposition (Smith patented a double-exposure system in 1897), close-ups and scene transitions involving wipes and focus pulls. He also patented Kinemacolor--the world's first commercial cinema color system--in 1906, which was extremely successful for a time, despite the special equipment required to project it- Ban Johnson was born on 5 January 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio, USA. He died on 28 March 1931 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (Albert Victor Christian Edward "Eddy"; 8 January 1864 - 14 January 1892), was the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and grandson of the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria. From the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne, but never became king because he died before his father and grandmother.
After two unsuccessful courtships (to his cousin Tsarina Alexandra in 1889 - she would later marry Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, another of Albert Victor's cousins, in 1894 -, and with Princess Hélène of Orléans in 1890), he was engaged to be married to Queen Mary in late 1891. A few weeks later, he died during an influenza pandemic. Mary later married his younger brother, who became King George V in 1910. - William Addison Lathrop was born on 8 January 1864 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. William Addison was a writer, known for Heir of the Ages (1917), A Bachelor's Children (1918) and Man's Woman (1917). William Addison was married to Mabel C. Seiler. William Addison died on 2 January 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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American novelist, writer and minister Thomas Dixon was born in Shelby, NC. His father was a Baptist minister and, by inheritance, a slave-owner. As a young boy Dixon helped out on the farms the family owned; although he would later say he detested farm labor, he admitted that it helped him to better understand the life of the working class Southerner after the Civil War. He came to despise what he saw as the collaboration among corrupt local politicians, occupying Union troops and an oppressive federal government that worked to keep down the defeated South. While still a young boy he became aware of the Ku Klux Klan when a local Confederate widow had accused a freed slave of raping her daughter. Getting no help from the authorities, the woman turned to Dixon's family--his uncle commanded the unit the widow's husband served in during the Civil War. The Klan found the accused rapist and dragged him to the town square, where they hanged and shot him. The incident made a deep impression on the young Dixon, who believed that the Klan's actions were justified since the woman--and, by extension, all Southerners--could not trust the governing authorities to protect them. Dixon's uncle and father were both Klan members, who joined because they saw the Klan as the only way to bring order to a South still embroiled in violence and outlawry after the war. However, they saw the Klan eventually turn into the kind of corrupt and brutal gang it was supposed to be protecting people against, and they soon left it.
Young Dixon entered the Shelby Academy in 1877, getting his diploma two years later, at which time he enrolled in Wake Forest University. An excellent student, it took him just four years to earn his masters degree in history and political science. After graduation he received a scholarship to Johns Hopkins University, where he befriended another student who went on to great success--future US President Woodrow Wilson (I).
In 1884 Dixon left Johns Hopkins for New York City, where he intended to have a career as a journalist and also act on the Broadway stage. His acting career was a bust, however, and he soon returned to North Carolina. He enrolled in Greensboro (NC) Law School, and in 1885 obtained his law degree. He then became involved in local politics, and was elected to the North Carolina legislature. However, he declined to run for re-election when his term was up, saying he was shocked and disgusted by the corruption and shady dealings he saw. He then became an advocate for the rights of Confederate veterans, and that gained him a following all through the South. After a short time practicing law, Dixon left the profession to become a minister. In 1886 he was ordained as a Baptist minister and moved to Greensboro, NC, then to Goldsboro. A year later he took over the Second Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC, then later was hired to take over a church in Boston, MA. In 1889 he took a position at a church in New York City. It was there that he ran into the "big time", associating with such well-known figures as John D. Rockefeller and Theodore Roosevelt (who he helped in Roosevelt's campaign for Governor of New York). However, Dixon eventually tired of what he saw as the corruption of the church, business and politics, and in 1895 he resigned from the Baptist ministry altogether, preferring to preach at nondenominational churches. He began preaching and lecturing all over the country, gaining an even bigger following, especially in the South. At one point he attended a production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel of the pre-Civil War South, "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Infuriated at what he considered the distortions, misrepresentations and falsehoods about the South in the play, he wrote his first novel, "The Leopard's Spots" (1902), which was meant as a refutation of Stowe's novel, and actually incorporated several of that novel's characters, including Simon Legree.
If there is one thing Dixon is famous for, however, it is his novel "The Clansman", a heavily romanticized fictional accounting of life in the post-Civil War South, in the period known as Reconstruction. It portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as the protectors of Southern womanhood against the ravages of newly freed black slaves and a force for law and order, instead of the murderous terrorist gang they actually were. The book was turned into a film by famed director D.W. Griffith (I)--the controversial The Birth of a Nation (1915).
Thomas Dixon died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Raleigh, NC, on April 3, 1946, at 82 years of age.- Orlo Eastman was born on 12 January 1864 in Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918). He died on 20 February 1935 in California, USA.
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Frances Benjamin Johnston was born on 15 January 1864 in Grafton, West Virginia, USA. Frances Benjamin is known for Days of Heaven (1978). Frances Benjamin died on 16 May 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.- Actor
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Frank Bacon was born on 16 January 1864 in Marysville, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Lightnin' (1925), Lightnin' (1930) and The Magnavox Theater (1950). He was married to Jane Jennie Weidman (actress). He died on 19 November 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.- Actor
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David Torrence was the second child born out of eleven children to Henry Torrance Thomson and Janet Bryce. Davis given name was 'David Bryce Thomson." Born on Jan 17,1863 in Edinbough,Scotland. David's brother was character star 'Ernest Torrence' who was 15 years younger than David. Ernest was the first of the two to come to California and become actors. Educated in both England and Germany, David moved with equal ease from stage to screen in the early part of the 20th century. Following the completion of the classic silent films Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913) with the legendary stage actress Minnie Maddern Fiske, and The Prisoner of Zenda (1913), however, David returned to focus on Broadway plays and enjoy life on a Mexican ranch. A steep reversal of fortunes aggravated a necessary return to Hollywood following World War I, and, fortunately for his fans, he stayed for nearly two decades. Playing a number of leads during his silent heyday, many of them men of influence, his portrayals of stern-faced villains may not have rivaled that of brother Ernest, but David made for quite a contemptible gent in a few. In his first sound picture, the historical drama Disraeli (1929), he played an austere-looking anti-Semitic head of the Bank of England whose refusal to finance the Suez canal results in action taken by Prime Minister Disraeli, played by George Arliss. David also went on to lend Arliss prime support in the comedy drama A Successful Calamity (1932), and in another biopic history lesson, Voltaire (1933). Come the advent of sound, his characters continued to prestigious characters (bankers, merchants, lawyers, and attorneys), but grew smaller in size until he faded out in unbilled parts, such as in The Dark Angel (1935) and Lost Horizon (1937). Comedy fans might remember David for his performance as Scots attorney Mr. Miggs in the Laurel and Hardy feature Bonnie Scotland (1935). His last roles included, Rulers of the Sea (1939) and Stanley and Livingstone (1939). David Torrence died Dec 26,1951 Beverly Hills, Ca. and is buried at the Inglewood Cemetery while others give 1951.- Milica Mihicic was born on 17 January 1864 in Crikvenica, Croatia, Austrian Empire [now Croatia]. She was an actress, known for Dama sa crnom krinkom (1919). She died on 9 February 1950 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia].
- Lucy Sibley was born on 18 January 1864 in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Murdoch Trial (1914), La petite bonne du palace (1926) and Edna's Fruit Hat (1939). She died on 30 December 1945 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
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Charles A. Taylor was born on 20 January 1864 in South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Through Eyes of Men (1920), The Half Breed (1922) and Mister 44 (1916). He was married to Laurette Taylor and Emma McKenna. He died on 21 March 1942 in Glendale, California, USA.- Joy Winthrop was born on 21 January 1864 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Stolen Love (1928), Man's Law and God's (1922) and Her Fatal Millions (1923). She died on 1 April 1950 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Richard Daniels was born on 23 January 1864 in Gwubach, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Little Minister (1922), Her Night of Nights (1922) and Girl Shy (1924). He died on 27 January 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- British novelist Beatrice Harradan was born in London, England, in 1864. Unusually for the time, she was a very well-educated woman, having attended Dresden University, Queen's College, Cheltenham College and Bedford College in London. She received a B.A. in 1883 from London University, with honors in mathematics and classics. Her first book, "Things Will Take a Turn", was published in 1891. Her best-known book, "Ships That Pass in the Night", was turned down by several publishers before the firm of Lawrence & Bullen published it in 1893. It was an instant success, sold more than a million copies and was eventually turned into a film (Ships That Pass in the Night (1921)).
At 50 years old she became involved in the suffragette movement, marching in parades, passing out fliers on street corners and speaking at suffragette meetings.
She died in 1936 at Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, England, aged 72. - Henry Stanley was born on 25 January 1864 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for A Woman in the Case (1910), Neal of the Navy (1915) and The Human Soul (1914).
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Adolf Philipp was born on 29 January 1864 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for The Corner Grocer (1917), The Midnight Girl (1919) and It Happens Every Day (1919). He was married to Ada Blanch and Mrs. Philipp. He died on 30 July 1936 in New York City, New York, USA.- George Goodwin was born on 31 January 1864 in the UK. He was an actor, known for Calvary (1920), The Secret of the Moor (1919) and The Pauper Millionaire (1922). He died on 12 July 1926 in Brixton Hill, London, England, UK.
- William 'Cap' Anderson Hatfield was born on 6 February 1864 in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA. He was married to Elizabeth Smith. He died on 21 August 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- George Jay Gould was born on 6 February 1864 in New York City, New York, USA. He died in 1923.
- Otojirô Kawakami was born on 8 February 1864 in Fukuoka, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kusunoki masasige sakura eki (1911) and Wayo secchu kekkonshiki (1908). He was married to Sada Yacco . He died on 11 November 1911 in Osaka, Japan.
- Ibolya Nagy was born on 9 February 1864 in Szentes, Hungary. She was an actress, known for A becsapott újságíró (1915), Örház a Kárpátokban (1914) and A megbüvöltek (1921). She died on 22 August 1946 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Katri Rautio was born on 10 February 1864 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Rovastin häämatkat (1931), Suursalon häät (1924) and Ne 45000 (1933). She was married to Aleksis Rautio. She died on 17 September 1960.
- Infanta Eulalia was born on 12 February 1864 in Madrid, Spain. She was married to Antonio Maria Luis Felipe Juan Florencio de Orleans y Borbón. She died on 8 March 1958 in Irun, Spain.
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Edwin Arden was born on 13 February 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Eagle's Nest (1915), The Beloved Vagabond (1915) and The Gray Mask (1915). He was married to Agnes Ann Keene. He died on 2 October 1918 in Queens, New York, USA.- Israel Zangwill was born on 14 February 1864 in London, England, UK. Israel was a writer, known for The Verdict (1946), Merely Mary Ann (1916) and Merely Mary Ann (1920). Israel was married to Edith Ayrton. Israel died on 1 August 1926 in Midhurst, West Sussex, England, UK.
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George Mozart was born on 15 February 1864 in Great Yarmouth, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Coney as Peacemaker (1913), Coney Gets the Glad Eye (1913) and Coney, Ragtimer (1913). He was married to Eleanore Amelia Tennant. He died on 10 December 1947 in London, England, UK.- Writer
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A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson was born on 17 February 1864 in near Orange, New South Wales, Australia. He was a writer, known for Australia (2008), The Light Between Oceans (2016) and The Man from Snowy River (1920). He was married to Alice Walker. He died on 5 February 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Director
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Was a cafe concert entertainer before Charles Pathe noticed him during the Universal Exhibition, where Zecca had been assigned to Pathe's stand. After a few daysPathe asked Zecca if he would like to work in cinematography. Zecca immediately accepted the offer and rapidly became Pathe's right hand man and head of production.- Henry Rawlinson was born on 20 February 1864 in Trent, Dorset, England, UK. He was married to Meredith Sophia Frances Kennard. He died on 28 March 1925 in Delhi, British India [now India].
- Leonard Merrick was born on 21 February 1864 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Fool's Paradise (1921), The Magnificent Lie (1931) and Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920). He was married to Hope Butler-Wilkins. He died on 7 August 1939 in London, England, UK.
- Georg Molenar was born on 22 February 1864. He was an actor, known for Die zweite Mutter (1914) and Gendarm Möbius (1914). He died in December 1924.
- Jules Renard was born on 22 February 1864 in Châlons-du-Mainee, France. He was a writer, known for Poil de carotte (1925), Poil de carotte (1932) and Alta comedia (1965). He was married to Marie Morneau. He died on 22 May 1910 in Paris, France.
- Irma Alszeghy was born on 26 February 1864 in Pest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Fabricius úr leánya (1917). She was married to Imre Császár. She died on 8 March 1945 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Constance Benson was born on 26 February 1864 in Rampur Bauleah, Bangladesh. She was an actress, known for The Taming of the Shrew (1911), Macbeth (1911) and Richard III (1911). She was married to Frank R. Benson. She died on 19 January 1946 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- István Szomaházy was born on 28 February 1864 in Veszprém, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Krausz doktor a vérpadon (1913), Dactylo (1931) and Mesék az írógépröl (1916). He died on 10 November 1927 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Alice was a silent screen comedic actress. She worked in a number of Keystone films and also appeared in the early films that Chaplin did. Other actors that Alice worked with who went on to become big stars were Mabel Normand and Marie Dressler . Alice was married and divorced from Broadway actor Harry Davenport. Alice was the mother of Dorothy Davenport who was married to Paramount matinee idol Wallace Reid.
- Carl Borin was born on 29 February 1864 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Cirkus Bimbini (1921), Hans nåds testamente (1919) and Brother Against Brother (1913). He died on 27 September 1921 in Helsingborg, Skåne län, Sweden.
- Josef Svatopluk Machar was born on 29 February 1864 in Kolín, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. Josef Svatopluk was a writer, known for Magdalena (1921). Josef Svatopluk died on 17 March 1942 in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic].
- Albert Patry was born on 29 February 1864 in Elbing, Province of Prussia, Prussia [now Elblag, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Die Pantherbraut (1919), Der Heulende Wolf (1919) and Die Marquise von O. (1920). He died on 26 November 1938 in Berlin, Germany.
- J. Aldrich Libbey was born on 29 February 1864 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Katherine Trayer. He died on 29 April 1925 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Daniel Mannix was born on 4 March 1864 in Charleville, Cork, Ireland, UK. He died on 6 November 1963 in Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Louis Gauthier was born on 4 March 1864 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Blessure d'amour (1916), A Man's Head (1933) and L'hallali (1917). He died on 5 January 1946 in Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, France.
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Louise Jordan Miln was born on 5 March 1864 in Macomb, Illinois, USA. Louise Jordan was a writer. Louise Jordan died on 22 September 1933 in France.- Cornelius MacSunday was born on 5 March 1864 in Bremerhaven, Germany. He was an actor, known for Peggy Puts It Over (1921), Soak the Rich (1936) and Many a Slip (1927). He died in 1950 in Valley Stream, New York, USA.
- Henri Rivière was born on 11 March 1864 in Paris, France. He is known for L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe : naissance d'un art (2021). He died on 24 August 1951 in France.
- Franklyn Garland was born on 11 March 1864 in Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Shore Acres (1920) and Polygamy (1936). He was married to Allie M.. He died on 5 May 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Walter Walker was born on 13 March 1864 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Everybody's Old Man (1936) and Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933). He died on 4 December 1947 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA].