Helen Zimmern (1846 - 1934) was a British writer and translator who was born in Germany. She was a key figure in making European culture ...

William James was an Irish-born American psychologist and philosopher and brother of author Henry James. William James is considered by...

John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925) was an American painter and portraitist born in Florence. Being from an expatriate family, Sargent...

Maurice Baring (1874 - 1945) was an English scholar, writer, playwright, novelist and journalist. He was also a war correspondent with...

Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) was an American impressionist painter and printmaker, a great portion of her work depicting the private life of...

Ottoline Morrell (1873 - 1938) was a British noblewoman, who was a friend of the English group of intellectuals and artists who created...