SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™

Legacy Directory

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Browse the people currently preserved in Sacred Legacy Archives™. Open any name to explore biography, education, career, organizations, honors, sources, family connections and archival materials when available.

14,366 public Legacies in this directory
Olof Rudbeck the YoungerMarch 15, 1660 — March 23, 1740 · explorer, naturalist, botanist, university teacher, ornithologist, physician, painter, xylographer, anatomist, biologistOlof Rudbeck the Younger or Olaus Rudbeckius d.y. (15 March 1660 – 23 March 1740) was a Swedish…Rudolph Goclenius the YoungerAugust 22, 1572 — March 3, 1621 · physician, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, university teacherRudolph Goclenius the Younger (born Rudolph Göckel; 22 August 1572 – 3 March 1621) was a German physician…Thomas Platter the YoungerJuly 24, 1574 — December 4, 1628 · physician, botanist, diarist, university teacher, writer, anatomistThomas Platter the Younger (; German: [ˈplatɐ]; c. 24 July 1574 in Basel – 4 December 1628 in…Thomas Chippendale, the youngerJanuary 1, 1749 — January 1, 1822 · painter, artist, cabinetmakerThomas Chippendale, the younger (1749–1822) was an English artist, furniture maker and designer, and the eldest of Thomas…Wilhelm Lindenschmit the YoungerJune 20, 1829 — June 8, 1895 · painter, university teacher, teacherWilhelm Lindenschmit (the Younger) (June 20, 1829 – June 8, 1895) was a German history painter who was…Wilhelm Dürr the YoungerAugust 24, 1857 — February 23, 1900 · draftsperson, painter, university teacher, artistWilhelm Dürr the Younger (24 August 1857, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden – 23 February 1900, Munich) was a…David YoungsNovember 30, 1824 — November 30, 1873 · politician, businesspersonDavid Youngs was an American lumberman from Ahnapee, Wisconsin who spent one term as a member of the…Lu YouquanMarch 31, 1943 — November 12, 2019 · writer, translator, educator, philosopherLu Youquan (Chinese: 陆有铨; April 1943 – 12 November 2019) was a Chinese education scholar. His books on…Kang YouweiMarch 19, 1858 — March 31, 1927 · writer, journalist, philosopher, politician, pedagogueKang Youwei (19 March 1858 – 31 March 1927) was a Chinese political thinker and reformer in the…Chao YuanfangJanuary 1, 0550 — January 1, 0630 · physician, writerChao Yuanfang (Chinese: 巢元方; pinyin: Cháo Yuánfāng) was a Chinese physician and medical author who was court physician…Li YuanjiaJanuary 1, 1929 — November 30, 1993 · painter, poet, artistLi Yuan-chia (Chinese: 李元佳; pinyin: Lǐ Yuánjiā, 1929–1994) was a Chinese artist, poet and curator. He incorporated installations,…Cai YuanpeiJanuary 11, 1868 — March 5, 1940 · politician, Esperantist, philosopher, university teacher, scholar, educatorCai Yuanpei (Chinese: 蔡元培; 1868–1940), spelt Ts'ai Yuan-p'ei (Wade–Giles: Ts'ai4 Yüan2-p'ei2) during his lifetime, was a Chinese philosopher…John YudkinAugust 8, 1910 — July 12, 1995 · physiologist, university teacher, physician, biochemist, nutritionist, nutritional scientistJohn Yudkin FRSC (8 August 1910 – 12 July 1995) was a British physiologist and nutritionist, and the…Solomon YudovinOctober 27, 1892 — December 5, 1954 · painter, graphic artist, exlibrist, printmaker, photographer, illustrator, artistSolomon Yudovin (or Iudovin) (Yiddish: שלמה יודאווין, 1892-1954) was a Belarusian Jewish graphic artist, photographer, and researcher of…Noguchi YukaMarch 17, 1866 — January 27, 1950 · educatorNoguchi Yuka (Yuka Noguchi (野口幽香, 野口ゆか), March 17, 1866 (1 February Keiō 2)–27 January 1950 (Shōwa 25)) was…Fukuzawa YukichiJanuary 10, 1835 — February 3, 1901 · translator, pedagogue, philosopher, professor, critic, journalist, writer, politician, businessperson, political scientist, opinion journalistFukuzawa Yukichi (Japanese: 福澤 諭吉; 10 January 1835 – 3 February 1901) was a Japanese writer, educator, and…