page_title: 1864
section_title: April–June
hierarchical_section_title: 1864 / Births / April–June
caption_attribution_description: Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Medium unknown Dimensions: 16.2 cm x 11.4 cm Date:Prior to 1941 Collection: Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology - As a supplement to the Dibner Library for the History of Science and Technology's collection of written works by scientists, engineers, natural philosophers, and inventors, the library also has a collection of thousands of portraits of these individuals. The portraits come in a variety of formats: drawings, woodcuts, engravings, paintings, and photographs, all collected by donor Bern Dibner. Presented here are a few photos from the collection, from the late 19th and early 20th century. Persistent URL: [1] Accession number: SIL14-N001-08
context_page_description: 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1864th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 864th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1864, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: April 6 – William Bate Hardy, English biologist, food scientist (d. 1934)
  April 10
  Michael Mayr, 2nd Chancellor of Austria (d. 1922)
  Tully Marshall, American actor (d. 1943)
  April 11 – Johanna Elberskirchen, German feminist (d. 1943)
  April 12 – Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, British admiral (d. 1933)
  April 14 – Artur Văitoianu, Romanian general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1956)
  April 16 – Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor, professor (d. 1915)
  April 21 – Max Weber, German sociologist (d. 1920)
  May 4 – Marie Booth, third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)
  May 5 – Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, British field marshal, politician (d. 1922)
  May 10 – Léon Gaumont, French film pioneer (d. 1946)
  May 15 – Vilhelm Hammershøi, Danish painter (d. 1916)
  May 20 – Vasily Gurko, Russian general (d. 1937)
  May 25 – Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, British-born German aristocrat, aviation enthusiast (d. 1927, officially declared dead February 1928)
  June 2 – Wilhelm Souchon, German admiral (d. 1946)
  June 3 – Ransom E. Olds, American automotive pioneer (d. 1950)
  June 10 – Ninian Comper, British architect (d. 1960)
  June 11 – Richard Strauss, German composer (d. 1949)
  June 13 – Dwight B. Waldo, American educator, historian (d. 1939)
  June 14 – Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist, neuropathologist (d. 1915)
  June 22 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
  June 25 – Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
  June 30 – Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect (d. 1945)
caption: Walther Nernst
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