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Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome FRS (August 21, 1853 – July 25, 1936) was an American-British pharmaceutical entrepreneur. He founded the pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Company with his colleague Silas Burroughs in 1880, which is one of the
Vera Vasilyevna Zorina (Russian: Вера Васильевна Зорина; real surname – Popova; 1853 – 1903) was a Russian operetta singer (mezzo-soprano), best known as a Russian romances (or ‘Gypsy art-songs’) performer. She became famous after
Alva Belmont (January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), née Alva Erskine Smith, and known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896, was a prominent multi-millionaire American socialite and a major figure in the women’s suffrage movement. Known for having
Thomas “Tom” Ricketts (January 15, 1853 – January 20, 1939) was an English stage and silent film actor, director and screenwriter who was involved in almost 350 motion pictures.
Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya (Russian: Со́фья Льво́вна Перо́вская; 13 September [O.S. 1 September] 1853 – 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1881) was a Russian revolutionary and a member of Narodnaya Volya. She helped orchestrate th
Consuelo Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (1853 – 20 November 1909), née Consuelo Yznaga., was a Cuban-American woman who married George Victor Drogo Montagu, Viscount Mandeville, and later became the Duchess of Manchester.
John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 – August 19, 1895) was an American outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon of the Old West. Hardin found himself in trouble with the law at an early age, and spent the majority of his life being pursued by b
Marion Bessie Terry (13 October 1853 – 21 August 1930) was an English actress. In a career spanning half a century, she played leading roles in more than 125 plays. Always in the shadow of her older and more famous sister Ellen, Terry nevertheless
Cecil John Rhodes PC (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British imperialist, businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa. An ardent believer in British colonialism, Rhodes was the founder of the southern African territory of Rhodes
Emil Jellinek, known after 1903 as Emil Jellinek-Mercedes (6 April 1853 – 21 January 1918) was a wealthy Jewish European automobile entrepreneur with Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (‘DMG’), responsible in 1900 for the first ‘modern’ car, the Mercede
Carl Schotten (12 July 1853 – 9 January 1910) was a German chemist who, together with Eugen Baumann, discovered the Schotten-Baumann reaction. The Schotten-Baumann reaction is a method to synthesize amides from amines and acid chlorides. Examples o
Ferdinand Blumentritt (September 10, 1853, Prague – September 20, 1913, Litoměřice), was a teacher, secondary school principal in Litoměřice, lecturer, and author of articles and books in the Philippines and its ethnography. He is well known in