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- Wilkie Collins was born on 8 January 1824 in London, England, UK. Wilkie was a writer, known for The Woman in White (1948), The Moonstone (1934) and She Loves and Lies (1920). Wilkie died on 23 September 1889 in London, England, UK.
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Alexandre Dumas fils was born on 27 July 1824 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Traviata '53 (1953), Camille (1921) and Zorro: New Orleans (2020). He was married to Henriette Régnier de la Briére and Baroness Nadejda "Nadine" (von Knorring) Naryschkine. He died on 27 November 1895 in Marly-le-Roi, Yvelines, France.- Music Department
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A musical prodigy, Smetana was encouraged and trained by his father. His move to Prague in 1843 was disheartening when he was unable to generate interest in his abilities; however, he did form a friendship with Liszt, and dedicated several of his works to him. He opened a music school and performed privately for deposed Emperor Ferdinand, and by 1849 he had made enough money to enable him to marry Katerina Kolárová, a former student. Bohemia was torn by revolution, and, beset by financial difficulties, Smetana and his family lived hand-to-mouth for a number of years. Three of his four daughters died between 1854 and 1856, and his wife developed the tuberculosis that would kill her in 1859.
Eventually, in 1856, he went to Sweden to work as a conductor and achieved some success. He returned to Prague in 1861 and helped found a national opera house. Fired with patriotism for his native land, Smetana worked on a number of Bohemian-themed operas and also concentrated on learning the Czech language. Unfortunately, his health deteriorated rapidly in his later years; he became deaf as syphilis ravaged his body. He was confined to a mental asylum where he died in 1888, and is buried in Prague.- Director
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Pierre Jules César Janssen was a French astronomer born in Paris into a cultivated family. He studied mathematics and physics at the faculty of sciences, then taught at the Lycée Charlemagne in 1853, and in the school of architecture from 1865-1871, but his energies were mainly devoted to various scientific missions entrusted to him. In 1868, he discovered the gaseous nature of the solar chromosphere and, along with English scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer, the element helium. In 1874, in order to capture a series of photographs of transit of Venus, Janssen invented the Revolver of Janssen or Photographic Revolver, an instrument that originated the chronophotography (a branch of photography based on capturing movement from a sequence of images). This was a large camera based on the Maltese cross mechanism, which is an important milestone in the development of cameras used to film movies. The revolver could take several dozens of exposures at regulated intervals on a daguerreotype disc. Later this invention was of great use for researchers like Étienne-Jules Marey to carry out exhibitions and inventions. Janssen's series of photographs covering the transit of planet Venus captured in Passage de Venus (1874) was a pioneering and historic register that survived the test of time and is considered by many as the oldest film ever created, possibly the very first where moving images were used.- George MacDonald was born on 10 December 1824 in Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for The Princess and the Goblin, Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and The Lost Princess (2012). He was married to Lousia Powell. He died on 18 September 1905 in Scotland, UK.
- Lord Kelvin was born on 26 June 1824 in Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK. He died on 17 December 1907 in Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.
- Leland Stanford was born on 9 March 1824 in Colonie, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878) and Skeleton of Horse (1881). He died on 21 June 1893 in Palo Alto, California, USA.
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Anton Bruckner was born on 4 September 1824 in Ansfelden, Upper Austria, Austrian Empire [now Austria]. He was a composer, known for Tell No One (2006), Bronson (2008) and Thirteen Days (2000). He died on 11 October 1896 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria].- Music Department
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Carl Reinecke was born on 23 June 1824 in Altona, Germany. He is known for Châteaux en Auvergne (1973). He was married to Margarethe Schifflin, Charlotte Scharnke and Betty Hansen. He died on 10 March 1910 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.- Stonewall Jackson was born on 21 January 1824 in Clarksburg, Virginia, USA. He died on 10 May 1863 in Guinea Station, Virginia, USA.
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Antonio Ghislanzoni was born on 25 October 1824 in Lecco, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire [now Lombardy, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Match Point (2005), A Song for You (1934) and Aïda (1977). He died on 16 July 1893 in Caprino Bergamasco, Italy.- Art Department
Josef Israels was born on 27 January 1824 in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. He is known for The Bashful Suitor (1921). He died on 12 August 1911 in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands.- Juan Valera was born on 8 September 1824 in Cabra, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. He was a writer, known for Pepita Jiménez (1946), Pepita Jiménez (1925) and Bride to Be (1975). He was married to Dolores Delavat. He died in 1905 in Madrid, Spain.
- Charles Fechter was born on 23 October 1824 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Monte Cristo (1922) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1913). He was married to Mlle. Robert (actress) and Lizzie Price (actress). He died on 4 August 1879 in Rockland Centre, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Lajos Dobsa was born on 6 October 1824 in Makó, Hungary. Lajos was a writer, known for Musical TV Theater (1970). Lajos died on 9 July 1902 in Kosgyán, Hungary.
- Jean-Léon Gérôme was born on 11 May 1824 in Vesoul, France. Jean-Léon was a writer, known for The Slave Market (1900). Jean-Léon died on 10 January 1904 in Paris, France.