Ivan Ivanovich Belsky (1719 - 1799)

Educator. Born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, he was painter, teacher whom founded and was President of the Russian Academy of Arts in the 18th Century. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)

Frank Stringfellow Barr (1897 - 1982)

Educator. Barr taught modern European history at the University of Virginia (1924-1936). Barr became president in 1937 of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, and he inaugurated a revival of the traditional liberal arts course through a mandatory four-year program based on the study of some 100 classics, a curriculum similar to those at Columbia […]

Francis Bancroft (1970 - 1970)

Educator. He was a citizen and Draper of London, England, on the Board of Education whom was the founder of Bancroft’s School. Upon his death, he bequeathed all his personal estate on trust to The Drapers’ Company. An almshouse and school were established, originally at Mile End, East London, known as Bancroft’s Hospital. Under a […]

Edward Balston (1817 - 1891)

Headmaster of Eton College 1857-1864. Later Archdeacon of Derby. (bio by: David Conway)

Rev Elisha Ballantine (1809 - 1886)

Celebrated theologian, scholar and educator. President of Indiana University. (bio by: Doug Beaver)  Family links:  Spouse:  Betsey Ann Watkins Ballantine (1812 – 1873)*  Children:  Mary O Osborne Brown (1837 – 1905)*  Anna Thankful Ballantine (1842 – 1915)*  Elizabeth Morton Ballantine (1844 – 1866)*  Frances Wood Ballantine (1846 – 1868)*  William Gay Ballantine (1848 – 1937)* […]

Maria Louise Baldwin (1856 - 1922)

Educator. She was one of the most distinguished African-American educators of the late 19th and early 20th century. First a teacher, later principal, then Master of the interracial Agassiz Grammar School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she was the first African-American woman to attain those positions in the state. She was also active in many clubs, including […]

John Baldwin (1799 - 1884)

Educator. He was the founder of Baldwin Institute (later to join with German Wallace College to become Baldwin-Wallace College). (bio by: MJGoette)  Family links:  Parents:  Joseph Baldwin (____ – 1825)  Rosannah Baldwin (____ – 1843)  Spouse:  Mary Dunn Chappel Baldwin (1802 – 1895)  Children:  Rosanna Baldwin Walker (1831 – 1924)*  Newton Baldwin (1836 – 1854)* […]

Daniel Bagley (1818 - 1905)

Seattle Pioneer, Minister. Born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, he was ordained a Methodist minister in 1842. He spent the first 10 years of his ministry traveling throughout the state of Illinois as a circuit preacher, before being assigned to the Oregon Territory in 1852. On April 20, 1852 he left Princeton, Illinois, for the Oregon […]

Alexander Dallas Bache (1806 - 1867)

Graduated West Point in 1825 at the top of his class. Professor of natural philosophy and chemistry University of Pennsylvania. Appointed Superintendent of the Coast Survey by Pres. Tyler in 1843, a position he held until 1861. Bache introduced many new and innovative ideas into the Coast Survey including the involvement of many of the […]

Mary Alice Bird Babb (1850 - 1926)

Alice Bird Babb was one of the seven founders of P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization), one of the pioneer societies for women, that was founded on January 21, 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Today, P.E.O. has grown to almost a quarter of a million members in chapters in the United States and […]

Kocho Baba (1970 - 1970)

Scholar of English literature. Younger brother of politician Tatsui Baba. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Kangetsu Awashima (1859 - 1926)

Antique Collector, Painter. He is remembered for his collection of books by 17th century Japanese author Ihara Saikaku, Yedo period poet and early fiction writer, and as a collector other items from this period. Renowned Meiji Era writers, Koda Rohan and Ozaki Koya, were influenced by him as he encouraged the two writers to study […]

Roger Ascham (1970 - 1568)

Author. Scholar and writer who was born in Yorkshire, and was educated in the household of Sir Humphrey Wingfield, Speaker of the House of Commons. In 1548 he was appointed tutor to the young Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth I).

Kanichi Asakawa (1873 - 1948)

Historian. He became a graduate of Dartmouth and the Yale Graduate School. As a member of the Yale faculty, he became the first Japanese professor at a major university in the United States. He dedicated himself to serving as a bridge between the United States and Japan to promote amicable relations. Some of his remains […]

Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1839 - 1893)

Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Educator. He served in the Civil War first as Major of the 125th New York Volunteer Infantry, then as Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th United States Colored Troops, then finally as Colonel and commander of the 8th United States Colored Troops. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on […]

Herbert W. Armstrong (1892 - 1986)

Religious Leader, Publisher. Founder of the Worldwide Church of God and founder of Ambassador College. Publisher of the “Plain Truth Magazine” and the “World Tomorrow” radio-television broadcast heard and seen by millions for over fifty years. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Parents:  Horace Elon Armstrong (1864 – 1933)  Eva Wright Armstrong (1866 – 1961) […]

Sir Hugh Kerr Anderson (1865 - 1928)

Scientist, Educator. A prominent physiologist, he served as Master of Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge, and was the Chairman of the Cambridge University Press in 1918. (bio by: David Conway)

Carl William Ackerman (1890 - 1970)

Educator, Journalist. The Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism from 1931 to 1956, he was a co-founder of the American Press Institute, administered Pulitzer Prizes, helped establish Maria Moors Awards, championed civil liberties and freedom of information and helped emphasize practical training in newspaper work.

Shigetaka Abe (1970 - 1970)

Educator, Author. A native of Niigata, he began teaching at the University of Tokyo in 1934, at which time he introduced American educational methods to Japan. In his 1937 work “Kyoiku kaikaku-ron(Educational Reform),” he extended a proposal of his educational reforms to the Japanese educational system. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Grace Abbott (1878 - 1939)

Social Reformer.  She is remembered, along with her older sister, Edith Abbott, as a voice in improving the rights of immigrants and advancing child welfare in the US.  She also pioneered the process of incorporating sociological data pertaining to child labor, juvenile delinquency, dependency, and statistics into the lawmaking process.  The daughter of the first […]

Richard Blass (1945 - 1975)

Born in the Montreal neighbourhood of Rosemont, Richard Blass would turn to amateur boxing as a way to channel his anger when he was a child. It was after a boxing fight that Blass committed one of his first known crimes, attacking fellow boxer Michel Gouin with a knife after losing a fight to him. […]

Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)

Founding Artist of the Neomexicanismo movement. Born in Coyoacán, Mexico. A polio survivor, Kahlo entered the premedical program at National Prepatory School, Mexico City, at the age of 15, however, her medical training was halted by a critical bus accident when she was 18. Her convalescence would last a year, and she would face more […]

Gustave Jundt (1830 - 1884)

Painter.

Thomas Dow Jones (1811 - 1881)

Artist. Best known work includes busts of Lincoln,and Salmon P Chase (for the Supreme Court room of the U.S. Capitol). (bio by: Laurie)

Frank Tenney Johnson (1874 - 1939)

Frank Tenney Johnson was born in Pottawattamie County, Iowa on his family’s farm along the old Overland Trail, near Big Grove, Iowa (now known as Oakland, Iowa). Johnson’s mother died in December 1886, and the family moved to Wisconsin. He attended Oconomowoc High School in Oconomowoc. In 1893, he enrolled in the Milwaukee School of […]

Neill “The Hat” Dellacroce (1914 - 1985)

Organized Crime Figure. He was the Underboss of the Gambino Crime Family during the reigns of crime figures Carlo Gambino and Paul Castellano. When he died of natural causes in 1985, his death created a vacuum in the Family that lead to the murders of Gambino Family boss Paul Castellano and Underboss Thomas Bilotti on […]

John Milburn Davis (1855 - 1947)

American Folk Figure. His elaborate gravesite is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is visited by 20,000-30,000 people annually. It has been featured in “Life”, “Newsweek”, and “People” magazines, and also on the “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” television show. John Milburn Davis was born in Kentucky, and came to Brown County Kansas […]

James Joseph Daly (1970 - 1920)

Mutineer. The 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers was an Irish Regiment in the British Army.  In June 1920 they were stationed in India at Wellington Barracks in Jullundur. The mutiny was events in England and Ireland that was to cause the men to protest. Brother William Daly had indeed been active at the beginning […]

James Joseph Daly (1970 - 1920)

Mutineer. The 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers was an Irish Regiment in the British Army.  In June 1920 they were stationed in India at Wellington Barracks in Jullundur. The mutiny was events in England and Ireland that was to cause the men to protest. Brother William Daly had indeed been active at the beginning […]

Capt Kit Dalton (1843 - 1920)

Western Outlaw. Born in Kentucky, during the Civil War, he fought for the Confederacy and served as a Captain in William Quantrill’s Raiders. After the war he rode with Cole Younger, Jesse and Frank James in a series of robberies through out Kentucky and Tennessee. Five territory governors had set a price upon the head […]