Japanese painter, Uemura Shōen (1875 – 1949) works on many different subjects but is known mainly for his portraits of women. She is considered a great innovator in this traditional art. A young artist Uemura Shōen, real name Uemura Tsune, was born in Kyoto, Japan on April 23, 1875; she is alread
Named after a noble but enslaved mother (servus ) of Tanaquil, wife of King Tarquin the Elder, Servius Tullius was the sixth king of Rome. According to the legend told by Livy, flames haloed the head of the child sleeping in his cradle. From then on, Tanaquil persuaded her husband to raise the slave
Nigerian writer, Flora Nwapa (1931 – 1993) was the first Nigerian novelist published in London and one of the first African publishers; she has been dubbed the mother of modern African literature. An educated childhood Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa, who will be known as Flora Nwapa, was born on
Lawyer from La Rochelle. Vice-president of the Jacobin club in July 1792, he took the place of Danton as deputy prosecutor of the Commune after August 10. Elected to the Convention, he votes for the death of the king and participates in the fall of the Girondins. President of the Convention in 1793,