Death year 1893 celebrities

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Death year 1893

Emma Maria Pearson Facts

Emma Maria Pearson (1828–1893), the daughter of Captain Charles Pearson, RN, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, was a writer and one of the first British women to serve as a nurse for the Red Cross.

Sarah T. Bolton Facts

Sarah Tittle Bolton née Barrett (18 December 1814 – 5 August 1893), an American poet and Indiana’s “pioneer poet,” is best known for her poem “Paddle Your Own Canoe” (1850). An activist for women’s rights, she worked with Robert Dale Owen during I

John Addington Symonds Facts

John Addington Symonds (/ˈsɪməndz/; 5 October 1840 – 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. Although he married and had a family, he was an early advocate of male love (homosexuality), which he believed could include pederastic

Lucy Isabella Buckstone Facts

Lucy Isabella Buckstone (September 1857 – 17 March 1893) was an English actress born to a noted British stage family. She was perhaps best remembered for her portrayals of Annette in the Leopold Davis Lewis drama The Bells, and Lucy Ormond in Peril

Lucy Stone Facts

Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 19, 1893) was a prominent American orator, abolitionist, and suffragist, and a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women. In 1847, Stone became the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college

Joseph Quinn Facts

Joseph Quinn (?? – March 1893) was a Major League Baseball player in 1881. He played three games for two different teams that year: one for the Boston Red Caps as a first baseman and two for the Worcester Ruby Legs as a catcher.

Guy de Maupassant Facts

Guy de MaupassantActive – 1912 – 2012 | Genres – Drama

Ernest II, Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha Facts

Ernest II (Ernst August Karl Johann Leopold Alexander Eduard; 21 June 1818 – 22 August 1893) was the sovereign duke of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, reigning from 1844 to his death. Ernest was born in Coburg as the eldest child of Ernest III,

Mary Ann Montgomery Facts

Lip Pike Facts

Lipman Emanuel “Lip” Pike (May 25, 1845 – October 10, 1893) the “Iron Batter”, was one of the stars of 19th century baseball in the United States. He was one of the first professional players, as well as the first Jewish player. His brother, Israel

Alfredo Catalani Facts

Alfredo Catalani (19 June 1854 – 7 August 1893) was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley (1890) and La Wally (1892). La Wally was composed to a libretto by Luigi Illica, and features Catalani’s most famous aria

Fanny Kemble Facts

Frances Anne “Fanny” Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a notable British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven v