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ANTON SEIDL

Anton Seidl was a Hungarian musician. He was born in 1850 at Budapest and died in 1898. In 1872 he went to Bayreuth to assist Wilhelm Wagner. From 1879 to 1882 he was conductor at the opera house, Leipzig and then toured on the Continent as conductor of the Nibelungen Opera Company. In 1883 he was appointed conductor at the opera house, Bremen and in 1885 at the German opera house, New York.
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ARRIGO BOITO

Arrigo Boito was an Italian composer and poet. He was born in 1842 at Padua and died in 1918. His chief works are operas influenced by Wilhelm Wagner.
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CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet. He was born in 1821 and died in 1867. His first work of importance was a series of translations from Poe, ranking among the most perfect translations in any literature. A volume of poems, Les Flours du Mal (1857), established his reputation as a leader of the Romanticists, though the police thought it necessary to deodorize them. Of a higher tone were his Petits Poemes en Prose; followed in 1859 by a monograph on Theophile Gautier, in 1860 by Les Paradis Artificiels (opium and hashish studies), and in 1861 by Wagner and Taunhauser.
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JOHN FAUST

John Faust was a German 16th century occultist. According to some accounts he was born in Suabia, others make him a native of Anhalt, others of Brandenburg. When he was sixteen years old he went to Ingolstadt and studied theology, became in three years a magister, but abandoned
theology, and began the study of medicine, astrology, and magic, in which he likewise instructed his familiar Johann Wagner, the son of a clergyman at Wasserburg. After John Faust had spent a rich inheritance, he allegedly, according to tradition, made use of his power to conjure up spirits, and entered into a contract with the devil for twenty-four years. A spirit called Mephistopheles was given him as a servant, with whom he travelled about, enjoying life in all its forms, but the evil spirit finally carried him off. Even yet John Faust and his familiar Wagner play a conspicuous part in the puppet-shows of Germany, and the legend forms the subject of Goethe's great drama Faust, and furnishes the libretto for Gounod's famous opera of the same name. As early as 1590 the legend was dramatically treated in England by Christopher Marlowe.
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JOHN PEMBERTON

John C Pemberton was an American soldier. He was born in 1814 and died in 1881. He was graduated from the US Military Academy in 1837. He served against the Seminoles in Florida from 1837 to 1839. He was an aide on General Worth's staff during the Mexican War, and was promoted to major for services at Monterey and Molino del Rey. He joined the Confederates in 1861 as staff officer to General Johnston. In 1862 he was assigned command of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida and constructed Fort Wagner and Battery B. He received command in Mississippi, and in 1863 was defeated at Champion Hills and Vicksburg by General Grant, after commanding Vicksburg during its siege.
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LOUIS II

Louis II was king of Bavaria. He was born in 1845 and died in 1886, committing suicide. He was an amiable and eccentric ruler who was a great Patron of Wilhelm Wagner.

Louis II (Louis the Stammerer) was king of France in 877.
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QUINCY GILLMORE

Quincy A Gillmore was an American soldier. He was born in 1825 at Ohio and died in 1888. He was graduated .at the US Military Academy in 1849, was chief of engineers in the Port Royal expedition of 1861, he superintended the attack on Fort Pulaski, defeated the Confederates at Somerset in 1862, commanded at Port Sumter, Port Wagner and Morris Island, and was promoted major-general for services at Charleston. He was noted as an authority in engineering subjects.
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RICHARD WAGNER

Richard Wagner was a German composer. He was born in 1813 and died in 1883. He composed Rienzi, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde.
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RUDOLF WAGNER

Rudolf Wagner was a German physiologist. He was born in 1805 and died in 1864. He was professor of zoology at Erlanger in 1832 and Gottingen in 1840. He made important researches and observations in anatomy and physiology, particularly in embryology, discovering the germinal vesicle of the human ovum.
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TRUMAN SEYMOUR

Truman Seymour was an American soldier. He was born in 1824 and died in 1891. He served in the Mexican War. He aided in the defence of Fort Sumter in 1861. He commanded the left wing at Mechanicsville in 1862, led a division at Malvern Hill, and was brevetted colonel for services at South Mountain and Antietam. He fought at Morris Island and Fort Wagner, and captured Jacksonville. He led a brigade at the Wilderness and Petersburg.
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