Curated category
1956 deaths
- Bertolt BrechtEugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht was born on the 10th of February 1898 in Augsburg, Germany. His father worked for a paper mill and became its managing…
- Manilal GandhiManilal Mohandas Gandhi entered the world on the 28th of October 1892 in Rajkot, British India. He was the second son born to Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba…
- A. A. MilneAlan Alexander Milne was born in Kilburn, London on the 18th of January 1882. He grew up at Henley House School where his father taught him to read by the…
- Sheila Kaye-SmithSheila Kaye-Smith entered the world on the 4th of February 1887 in St Leonards-on-Sea. Her father worked as a physician and her mother was his wife.
- Jules RimetJules Rimet was born on the 14th of October 1873 in Theuley, a small commune in eastern France. His father worked as a grocer and the family moved to Paris…
- Alex RaymondAlexander Gillespie Raymond Jr. was born on the 2nd of October 1909 in New Rochelle, New York. His father worked as a civil engineer and road builder who…
- B. R. AmbedkarIn the town of Mhow, a young boy named Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar sat on a gunny sack during school hours. He could not sit inside the classroom like other…
- George SartonGeorge Alfred Leon Sarton was born on the 31st of August 1884 in Ghent, Belgium. His mother died within a year of his birth.
- Fletcher PrattMurray Fletcher Pratt stood before a grand jury in February 1916 after police arrested him for stealing less than twenty-five dollars from newspaper cash…
- Ezriel CarlebachEzriel Carlebach was born in Leipzig on the 7th of November 1908 into a family of rabbis. His father Ephraim Carlebach founded the Höhere Israelitische…