1815 births - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Johann Jakob Bachofen: Encyclopedia - Johann Jakob Bachofen
The Swiss anthropologist and sociologist Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815 – 1887), is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Davis Senator: Encyclopedia - David Davis Senator
David Davis III (March 9, 1815 - June 26, 1886) was a United States Senator from Illinois and associate justice of the Supreme Court of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crawford Long: Encyclopedia - Crawford Long
Crawford Williamson Long (November 1, 1815 – June 16, 1878) was an American physician and pharmacist. He was born in Danielsville, Madi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Dennison Ohio Governor: Encyclopedia - William Dennison Ohio Governor
William Dennison, Jr. (November 23, 1815 – June 15, 1882) was a Whig and Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 24th Governo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warren De La Rue: Encyclopedia - Warren De La Rue
Warren De la Rue (18 January 1815 - 19 April 1889) was a British astronomer and chemist, most famous for his pioneering work in astronomi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Mitchel: Encyclopedia Ii - John Mitchel - Pro-slavery Campaigner In The United States
Mitchel escaped from the colony in 1853 and established the radical Irish nationalist newspaper The Citizen in New York, as an expression...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pocatello Shoshoni Chief: Encyclopedia Ii - Pocatello Shoshoni Chief - Biography
He was born in present-day northwestern Utah. He was the leader of the Shoshoni at the time of the arrival of the Mormons into Utah in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ildefons Cerdà: Encyclopedia Ii - Ildefons Cerdà - Biography
He originally trained as a civil engineer. When the Spanish government of the time finally gave in to public pressure and allowed Barcelo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Granville Leveson-gower 2nd Earl Granville: Encyclopedia Ii - Granville Leveson-gower 2nd Earl Granville - Life And Career
After being at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, young Lord Leveson went to Paris for a short time under his father, and in 1836 wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Penrhyn Stanley: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Life And Times
Stanley was born at Alderley in Cheshire, where his father, later Bishop of Norwich, was then rector. He was educated at Rugby School und...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Box Brown: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Box Brown - Biography
Henry Brown was born into slavery in 1815 in Louisa County, Virginia. In 1830, he was sent to Richmond to work in a tobacco factory. Ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ildefons Cerdà: Encyclopedia Ii - Ildefons Cerdà - Controversy
His plan for Barcelona underwent two major revisions; the second version, approved by the Spanish government at the time, is the one stil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Mitchel: Encyclopedia Ii - John Mitchel - Elected An Mp
Mitchel returned to Ireland where in 1875 he was elected in a by-election to be an MP in the British parliament representing the Tipperar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ildefons Cerdà: Encyclopedia Ii - Ildefons Cerdà - Approach
He focused on key needs: chiefly, the need for sunlight, natural lighting and ventilation in homes (he was heavily influenced by the sani...   » Read the article