John Myers (British radio executive, consultant and presenter)

* John Myers is the Chairman of the UK Radio Academy Awards, Executive Chairman and owner of Myers Media and the former Chair of The Arqiva Commercial radio awards. Myers developed the Century Radio brand for Border Radio Holdings in the early 1990s, launching two more stations later in the decade. He presented programmes under the pseudonym "John Morgan". He then became Chief Executive of GMG Radio, developing the Real Radio, Smooth Radio and Rock Radio brands and overseeing GMG Radio's acquisition of the Century network from GCap Media. He served as Chief Executive of The Radio Academy from April 2011 until June 2012.

In 2009, he was asked by the Labour Government to produce a report on the future of local radio in the UK ("The Myers Report") which was published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in April 2009. A number of his recommendations were taken up by the Digital Economy Act 2010, leading to, amongst others, mergers within the Heart and Smooth Radio networks. Myers reviewed efficiencies at four BBC radio stations during the first quarter of 2011 and, in late 2011, began reviewing BBC Local Radio stations in response to the Delivering Quality First cuts.

He is currently chairman of TeamRock, a new worldwide content and distribution business based in London and Glasgow.

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NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: John F. Myers, 11 April 1959, 23:50 (11:50pm) GMT (+0), Carlisle, England (54n54, 2w55). ASC: 10 Sagittarius. RR: AA (quoted birth record). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes him on Twitter: "Just looked at my birth certificate and notes. I was born at 11.50pm. For the rest of the day I am still 53" (posted on the morning of 11 April 2013). Other details from England and Wales Birth Registration Index.

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Phyllis Coates (American film and television actress)

* Phyllis Coates is perhaps best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and in the first season of the television series Adventures of Superman (1952) in which she was given equal billing with George Reeves (insisted upon by Reeves), even for episodes in which she did not appear. Her powerful "damsel in distress" scream was used to good effect in several episodes.

Coates's Superman fame has obscured the fact that she was one of Hollywood's most consistently employed actresses of the 1950s and '60s. She freelanced steadily, appearing in numerous low-budget features, many of them Westerns, as well as serials and a steady stream of TV appearances, both as a regular in several series and as a guest cast member in others.

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BIRTH DATA: Martha Rose Stell, 15 January 1927, 03:30 (3:30am) CST (+6), Harrisburg, Harris, Texas, USA (29n43, 95w16). ASC: 00 Sagittarius. RR: AA (from birth record). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes birth certificate.

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Paul van Ostaijen, 1896–1928 (Belgian poet and writer)

* Paul van Ostaijen earned the nickname 'Mister 1830,' derived from his habit of walking along the streets of Antwerp clothed as a dandy from that year. His poetry shows influences from Modernism, Expressionism, Dadaism and early Surrealism, but Van Ostaijen's style is very much his own.

An active flamingant (a supporter of Flemish independence), he had to flee to Berlin after WW2. In Berlin—-one of the centers of Dadaism and Expressionism—-he met many other artists. He also struggled through a severe mental crisis. Upon returning to Belgium, Van Ostaijen opened an art gallery in Brussels. He died of tuberculosis on 18 March 1928 in a sanatorium in Miavoye-Anthée, in the Wallonian Ardennes.

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NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Leopoldus Andreas van Ostaijen, 22 February 1896, 22:30 (10:30pm) GMT (+0), Antwerp, Belgium (51n13, 4e25). ASC: 1 Scorpio. RR: B (from biography). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from Kroniek van Paul van Ostaijen, 1896-1928 by Gerrit Borgers (Scheltens & Giltay, 1975), p. 7: "1896 22 februari Leopoldus Andreas (Paul) van Ostaijen geboren, 's avonds half elf, in de Lange Leemstraat 47 (thans 53) te Antwerpen, als laatste der zeven kinderen van Hendrik Pieter van Ostaijen, loodgieter, en Maria Catharina Engelen."

Translation: '1896, February 22: Leopoldus Andreas (Paul) van Ostaijen was born in the evening at half past ten at 47 Lange Leemstraat (now 53) in Antwerp, the last of the seven children of Hendrik Pieter van Ostaijen, plumber, and Maria Catharina Engelen.'

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Louis Royer, 1793–1868 (Flemish sculptor)

* During his lifetime Louis Royer (AKA Lodewyk Royer) was the most important sculptor in the Netherlands. He was known as the "Canova of the Netherlands" and later was simply referred to as "the sculptor."

In 1823, Royer was the first sculptor to win the Dutch version of the Dutch Prix de Rome, which allowed him to study in Rome where he came under classicist influences. He gained a lot of admiration for his portrait of Pope Leo XII, whom he portrayed from life.

In 1827, he returned from Rome and settled in The Hague, an important artistic centre after the royal family had moved there from Amsterdam. He was soon appointed court sculptor and he made portraits of all members of the royal family in busts of marble. Shortly afterwards he was also appointed director of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam.

After moving to Amsterdam in 1837, Royer received many public commissions for statues of leading personalities from Dutch history, such as the statues of Rembrandt and Joost van den Vondel in Amsterdam, William the Silent in The Hague and Michiel de Ruyter in Vlissingen.

He died in Amsterdam on 5 June 1868.

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NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: 1 August 1793 NS, 22:00 (10pm) LMT (-0:17:52), Mechelen, Belgium (51n02, 4e28). ASC: 24 Aries. RR: B (from biography). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from Bulletin du Cercle archeologique, litteraire et artistique de Malines, Volume 15 (H. Dessain, 1905), p. 202: "De meest geraadpleegde kunstgeschiedboeken geven een verkeer den geboortedatum van hem op. Hij kwam ter wereld te Mechelen, den 1" Augustus 1793, ten 10 uur des avonds."

Translation: "The most consulted art history books frequently discuss his birth. He was born in Mechelen on the 1st of August 1793 at 10 o'clock in the evening."

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Madame Fraya, 1871-1954 (French chiromancer)

* Madame Fraya (born Valentine Dencausse) was probably the most famous chiromancer in Paris during the first half of the 20th century.

Her clients included important French artists and politicians of the time, such as the Princess of Saxe-Meningen (sister of emperor Wilhelm II of Germany), to whom she reportedly predicted World War I and the defeat of Germany. She was subsequently called into the French Ministry of War, where she assured the government that the marching German troops would not reach Paris (they were in fact stopped at the First Battle of the Marne).

The abilities displayed by Valentine Dencausse were studied by prominent scientists such as Alfred Binet, Eugene Osty, and Albert von Schrenck-Notzing.

She died on 16 February 1954 at 12:30pm in Paris.

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NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Marie Marguerite Cécile Clotilde Valentine Dencausse, 20 May 1871, 22:00 (10PM) LMT (+0:01:12), Villeneuve-de-Marsan, France (43n5338, 0w1819). ASC: 3 Capricorn. RR: (from birth record on file). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes birth certificate N° 12 in the Landes archives (p. 5), noting however that she states her birth data as 21 May 1871 at 11pm in "Une voyante à l'Élysée: Madame Fraya" by Simone Dupont de Tervagne (Éditions Garancière, 1984), p. 21: "Je suis née sous le signe des Gémeaux, à onze heures du soir, le 21 mai 1871, à Villeneuve-de-Marsan, dans les Landes. Mon nom véritable est Valentine Dencausse."

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Hallam Tennyson, 1852-1928 (British peer, biographer)

* Hallam Tennyson served as the second Governor-General of Australia, 1903-1904. His rising Mars in Libra (hidden in the 12th) and unaspected Pluto were put to the challenge when tensions developed with the Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin, over the ambiguity of Tennyson's position. Unknown to the public, Deakin did not encourage Tennyson to seek an extension of his one-year term and Tennyson left Australia in January 1904 to universal expressions of approval.

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NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: 11 August 1852, 09:30 (9:30 AM) GMT (+0), Twickenham, England (51n27, 0w20). ASC: 8 Libra. RR: A (from father's memory). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes his father's letter to Mrs Browning (dated 11 August 1852) transcribed in "Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A Memoir" by Hallam Tennyson (Cambridge University Press, 2012), p. 357: "my wife was delivered of a fine boy at 9.30 a.m. this day."

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Christian Heinrich Heineken (German child prodigy)

* Christian Heinrich Heineken was known as "the infant scholar of Lübeck." When he was eight weeks old, he could speak German. He read the Pentateuch at age one, and between the ages of two and three, he read the Old and New Testament in Latin. When he was three years old, he was said to have authored A History of Denmark and recited it when visiting the King of Denmark later the same year. He died on 27 June 1725 at age four of coeliac disease.

Mercury in Capricorn is on the South Node in the first house indicating a prodigious intellect carried over from a previous life and brought to the fore. Moreover, Mercury is aspected by all three major outer planets: squared by Uranus and in a T-square with Neptune and Pluto. These planets were undiscovered in his short lifetime but it seems that he tapped into their energy anyhow.

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BIRTH DATA: 6 February 1721, 05:30 (5:30 AM) LMT (-0:42:40), Lübeck, Germany (53n52, 10e40). ASC: 2 Capricorn. RR: B (from biography). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes "between 5 and 6 o'clock in the morning" from the German biography "Leben, Thaten, Reisen und Tod eines sehr klugen und sehr artigen 4jährigen Kindes Christian Henrich Heineken aus Lübeck" by Christian von Schöneich (Vandenhoek, 1779), p. 1: "Christian Henrich Heineken ward geboren zu Lübeck, den 6 Febr. 1721, Morgens früh, zwischen 5 und 6 Uhr."

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Peaches Geldof, 1989-2014 (English journalist, TV presenter, model)

* According to news of Peaches Geldof's birth, she was born at night. That is all that I can find about her time of birth. A speculative time of 9 p.m. is right between sundown that day (6 p.m.) and midnight, giving Libra rising. When she died on 7 April 2014 under a Grand Cross, transiting Pluto was conjunct her Neptune-Saturn and the transiting Uranus-Sun conjunction straddled her natal Eris (and maybe also her Descendant?).

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BIRTH DATA: Sy Scholfield quotes "People in the News," Associated Press, 14 March 1989: "LONDON (AP). Irish rock singer Bob Geldof and his wife, Paula Yates, are the parents of a second daughter, Geldof's spokeswoman said Tuesday. The baby, weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces and as yet unnamed, was born Monday night in London's St. Mary's Hospital, said spokeswoman Marcia Hunt." ASC: Libra??. RR: C (rectified from approximate time: "night"). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes "People in the News," Associated Press, 14 March 1989: "LONDON (AP) Irish rock singer Bob Geldof and his wife, Paula Yates, are the parents of a second daughter, Geldof's spokeswoman said Tuesday. The baby, weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces and as yet unnamed, was born Monday night in London's St. Mary's Hospital, said spokeswoman Marcia Hunt."

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Jack Huddle,1928–1973 (American rockabilly musician and songwriter)

* Jack Huddle performed and recorded with Buddy Holly early in Holly's career. In 1953 Huddle gave a young Buddy Holly a break when he let him perform with his friend Jack Neal as the Buddy & Jack duo on the talentshow "Around Lubbock." On April 28, 1957, Huddle made the trip to Clovis, New Mexico, together with his friend and writing partner Jim Robinson. Buddy Holly was also there or was asked by Jack to go with him. Buddy played lead guitar on the recordings made that day: "Starlight" and "Believe Me". The instrumental break on "Starlight" was often considered as one of the most catchy guitar breaks by Buddy on a non-Buddy or non-Crickets record. The session was kicked off by Jim Robinson (Jimmie Zed Robinson) singing "Whole Lot of Lovin'" and "It's a Wonderful Feeling." After that it was Huddle's turn. Jack and Jim recorded two other songs in Clovis in 1959. "Midnight Monsters Hop" and "Tarzan and Jane". Buddy didn't play on them. Jack and Jim also wrote "Frankie Frankenstein" that was recorded in Clovis and sung by Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly's drummer.

Bess Lomax Hawes, 1921–2009 (American folk musician, folklorist, researcher)

* In the early 1940s she moved to New York City, where she was active on the folk scene. She was an on-and-off member of the Almanac Singers. The legendary Woody Guthrie taught her mandolin.
In the 1950s she moved to California, where she taught guitar, banjo, mandolin and folk singing. In 1968 she became Associate Professor of Anthropology at San Fernando Valley State College. At California State University Northridge Hawes compiled an extensive archive of folk songs.
In 1975, Hawes accepted a position in administration at the Smithsonian Institution, where she was instrumental in organizing the Smithsonian's 1976 Bicentennial Festival of Traditional Folk Arts on the National Mall. In 1977, she was named first director of the Folk and Traditional Arts Program at the National Endowment for the Arts, and created the National Heritage Fellowships, which recognize traditional artists and performers.
She retired in 1992. Her memoir, Sing It Pretty, was published by Illinois University Press in 2008. She died on November 27, 2009.

John Handy (American jazz musician, singer, composer)

* John Handy is most commonly associated with the alto saxophone, although he also plays tenor and baritone saxophone, saxello, clarinet, oboe, and sings. He first came to prominence while working for Charles Mingus in the 1950s. In the 1960s, Handy led several groups, among them a quintet with Michael White, violin, Jerry Hahn, guitar, Don Thompson, bass, and Terry Clarke, drums. This group's performance at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival was recorded and released as an album; Handy received Grammy nominations for "Spanish Lady" (jazz performance) and "If Only We Knew" (jazz composition). 

Gerre Hancock, 1934–2012 (American organist, improviser, composer)

* Gerre Hancock's compositions are published by Oxford University Press (OUP). His textbook, Improvising: How to Master the Art, also published by OUP, is studied by organists throughout the USA. In 1981 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music and in 1995 was appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. In May 2004 he was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree (Honoris causa) from The General Theological Seminary in New York. He is listed in “Who’s Who in America,” and his biography appears in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition. In 2004 he was honored in a ceremony at Lambeth Palace in London where he was presented the Medal of the Cross of St. Augustine by the Archbishop of Canterbury. In June 2010, Dr. Hancock was presented the International Performer of the Year Award by the New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. This is viewed by many as the most distinguished award that the American Guild of Organists bestows upon its colleagues. 


Hancock has a stellium of Pisces planets ruled by Neptune in the 1st House. 

Grady Gaines (American musician)

* Grady Gaines is an American electric blues, Texas blues and jazz blues tenor saxophonist, who performed and recorded with Little Richard in the 1950s. He also backed other musicians such as Dee Clark, Little Willie John, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and Joe Tex. He has released three albums.

Jimmy Dean, 1928–2010 (American country music singer, television host, actor)

* Although he may be best known today as the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand, he became a national television personality starting in 1957, rising to fame for his 1961 country crossover hit "Big Bad John" and his television series, The Jimmy Dean Show, which also gave puppeteer Jim Henson his first national media exposure. His acting career included a supporting role as Willard Whyte in the 1971 James Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever. He lived near Richmond, Virginia, and was nominated for the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010, although he was formally inducted posthumously.

John Carter, 1929–1991 (American jazz clarinet, saxophone, flute player)

* In the 1970s John Carter became well known on the basis of his extraordinary solo concerts. At New Jazz Festival Moers 1979 he and the German clarinet player Theo Jörgensmann performed on three days. Afterwards Carter received complimentary reviews and wide recognition from around the world. He and Jörgensmann met again in 1984. The program of the Berlin JazzFest was built around the clarinet. After Carter's solo performance, he and Jörgensmann also played together. Between 1982 and 1990 Carter composed and recorded Roots and Folklore: Episodes in the Development of American Folk Music, in five albums focused on African Americans and their history. The complete set was acclaimed by jazz critics as containing some of the best releases of the 1980s.

Wally Armendarez, 1933-1996 (American orquesta musician)

* Wally Armendarez first recorded some songs for Ideal Records when he was fifteen. He played with Beto Villa's orchestra, the Paulino Bernal Orquesta and backed up some of the major artists recording for Ideal. Armendarez's 1959 recording of the polka, "Las Cuatro Milpas" proved a good seller. In 1960, he formed his own group. 

The Moon in Gemini tucked into the 12th House can make for a versatile back-up musician.

Grady Nutt, 1934–1982 (American humourist, TV personality)

* Grady Nutt was a Southern Baptist minister, humourist, television personality, and author.

His humour revolved around rural Southern Protestantism and earned him the title as "The Prime Minister of Humor." 

Nutt had nutty Uranus on his MC in the 9th, the house of religion and humour.

L.Q. Jones (American character actor, film director)

* L.Q. Jones appeared in numerous films in the 1960s and 1970s. He became a member of Sam Peckinpah's stock company of actors, appearing in his Klondike television series (1960–1961), Ride the High Country (1962), Major Dundee (1965), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (1973). Jones also appeared in television, as recurring characters on such western programs as Cheyenne (1955), Gunsmoke (1955), Laramie, Two Faces West (1960–1961), and twenty-five times on The Virginian (1962) as ranch hand Andy Belden.
Jones had an exact conjunction of the Sun and Neptune in Leo, and an exact conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus in Aries. Peckinpah's Jupiter was conjunct Jones's MC. 

Conrad Hilton Jr., 1926–1969 (American socialite, hotel heir)

* Handsome hotel heir, Conrad Hilton Jr., had maidenly Venus in Gemini smack-bang on his Ascendant and with no close aspects except for a sextile to its ruler, Mercury in glamour-puss Leo. He liked the ladies and he is remembered for his short marriage to one beautiful future star in particular. Not the beauty queen Zsa Zsa Gabor, with whom he had an affair in his teens while she was his step-mother. And not the second of his two 18-year-old brides, oil heiress Patricia McClintock, but the other young lady: the budding screen legend Elizabeth Taylor. When he died young, at the age of 42, Hilton was fated to be identified in headlines as "ONCE WED TO LIZ TAYLOR." A renowned playboy and gambler, Hilton had philandering punter Jupiter on his MC opposite majorly boozy Neptune in Leo on his IC (and its ruler the Sun conjunct do-or-die Pluto). His death from a heart attack was brought about by many years of hitting the bottle.

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WIKIPEDIA BLURB

Conrad Nicholson "Nicky" Hilton, Jr. (July 6, 1926 – March 31, 1969) was an American socialite, hotel heir, businessman, and TWA director. He was one of the sons of Conrad Hilton (founder of Hilton Hotels).

Hilton was born in Dallas, Texas. His father was Conrad Nicholson Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels, and his mother was Mary Adelaide (Barron). Hilton grew up with three siblings: William Barron Hilton, Eric Michael Hilton, and Constance Francesca Hilton. He was the great-uncle of Paris and Nicky Hilton, the latter sharing his nickname. He attended New Mexico Military Institute.

Hilton had an affair with his step-mother, Zsa Zsa Gabor, in 1944. He was Elizabeth Taylor's first husband (May 6, 1950 – January 29, 1951) with the marriage ending in divorce. In 1958, Hilton married oil heiress Patricia "Trish" McClintock. They had two sons: Conrad Nicholson Hilton III and Michael Otis Hilton.

Read more from his Wikipedia biography.

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BIRTH DATA: Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Jr., 6 July 1926, 03:00 (3 a.m.) CST (+6), Dallas, Texas, USA (32n47, 96w48). ASC: 8 Gemini. RR: AA (from birth record). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield (©) quotes birth certificate on file.

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Renée Jolivet (French nursemaid, artist's model)

* Renée Jolivet - nursemaid to the family of Auguste Renoir - is seen here in his painting, Claude and Renée, holding Auguste's son Claude "Clo-Clo" Renoir.
Her Venus is closely conjunct the painter's Neptune and Ascendant: She epitomised his preference for full-bodied women (See their charts below).
Later in life, Jolivet ran a delicatessen shop in Montmartre. Nursing and retail occupations are typical for a person with a Virgo Ascendant.

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Biography

Renée Jolivet was a maid and nurse in the household of the painter, Auguste Renoir. She was the daughter of a day labourer and his wife who delivered Auguste's son, Claude. Jolivet posed for Auguste in the period 1901-1904. Jolivet was considered by Auguste's son Jean Renoir to be the most memorable of the nursemaids and models after Gabrielle Renard. In 1904 Jolivet left the Renoir household. She was married twice and had a daughter. For a time Jolivet ran a small grocery shop in Montmartre. She died on 25 October 1973.

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Picture Credit:

Auguste Renoir, Claude and Renée, c. 1902-1903, oil on canvas, 78.7 x 63.5 cm, National Gallery of Canada (no. 4989).

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NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Marie Renée Suzanne Jolivet, 19 December 1885, 22:00 (10 p.m.) LMT (-0:18:12), Châtillon sur Seine, France (47n51, 4e33). ASC: 6 Virgo. RR: AA (from birth record). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield (©) quotes a a photocopy of the birth certificate no. 283 from the Côte-d'Or archive, published on Christal de Saint Marc's "Châtillonnais en Bourgogne" blog, 15 February 2010 http://www.christaldesaintmarc.com/renee-jolivet-modele-de-renoir-c212543.

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Renée Jolivet's natal chart

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Auguste Renoir's natal chart
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: 25 February 1841, 06:00 (6 a.m.) LMT (-0:05:04), Limoges, France (45n50, 1e16). RR: AA. Sources: Sy Scholfield (c) quotes a transcription of the birth certificate in Pascal Bonafoux's book, Renoir: 1841-1919 (Perrin, 2009), p. 14. Same data from Michel and Francoise Gauquelin.

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