The Global Syndicator - 1874 deaths

Albert Veiel

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:31:46 +0000

Albert Friedrich Veiel (June 8, 1806 - August 2, 1874) was a German dermatologist who was a native of Ludwigsburg.

He studied at the Universites of Tübingen and Paris, and in 1829 earned his medical doctorate. In 1837 at Cannstatt he founded the first in-patient dermatological clinic in Germany. The clinic was called the Heilanstalt für Flechtenkranke, and with orthopedist Jakob Heine (1800-1879) and others, Veiel was a catalyst in making Cannstatt an important treatment centre for numerous celebrities and members of European aristocracy.

Benjamin D. Wright

Wed, 14 May 2008 01:32:06 +0000

Benjamin D. Wright was a Florida Lawyer, journalist, and Whig politician who served in Territorial Legislature, the State Senate, and as a Florida Supreme Court justice in 1853, succeeding Walker Anderson. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on January 23, 1799, the son of William and Sarah Ann Wright. He married Josephine De La Rua on February 23, 1826. He owned the Pensacola Gazette from 1834 to 1839 and edited the paper till 1846. He died on April 28, 1874.

Wright was admitted to the Luzerne County, Pennsylvania bar on April 7, 1820. When he was twenty-four, he moved to the Pensacola area. He became friends with and went to work for Richard K. Call, a protégé of Andrew Jackson. In April of 1824 he was appointed to the territorial council. In May, the president appointed him United States Attorney for Middle Florida, and then for West Florida in February of 1826.

Nikolai Tikhobrazov

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:49:08 +0000

Nikolai Tikhobrazov (1818- 74) was a Russian painter, known primarily for his history paintings and genre scenes. He studied at the Academy in St. Petersburg under Karl Bryullov, gaining the title of Academician in his own right in 1852

Reference

Russian Portrait [sic] of the 18th and 19th century (exhibition catalog). Moscow, 1976.