Memorials & famous biographies

French painter and sculptor celebrated for his academic historical and Orientalist works, and an influential teacher to generations of artists

Confederate general during the American Civil War, celebrated for his tactical command and steadfastness on the battlefield

British astronomer and astrophysicist who pioneered astronomical spectroscopy with his wife, Margaret, expanding our understanding of the universe

French writer and dramatist best known for the romantic novel <em>La Dame aux Camélias</em> and its adaptation into Verdi's <em>La traviata</em>