Ewelina Hańska deny she had a crucial impact on him, and, for most, the "Great Balzac" emerged only after meeting her in early 1830s. Czerny concludes by saying: "However one could analyze her and their relationship, the impact of her love on Balzac was persistent, all-enveloping and decisive". Ewelina Hańska Eveline Hańska (Ewelina, née Rzewuska, 6 January c. 1805 – 11 April 1882) was a Polish noblewoman best known for her marriage to French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Born at the Wierzchownia estate in Volhynia, (now Ukraine) Hańska married landowner Wacław Hański (Wenceslas Hanski) when she was a teenager. Hański, who was
Eveline Burgess Eveline Burgess Eveline Allen Burgess (September 19, 1856 – July 10, 1936) of Lamoni, Iowa was the American women's chess champion from 1907 to 1920. She was born as Eveline Allen on September 19, 1856 in Ogden, Utah to James T. Allen, and Elizabeth Pidd. Her family moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, while she was an infant. Living there until she was ten years of age they moved to St. Louis, where she attended the Franklin and High schools, graduating from the latter in 1875 as valedictorian of her class. Burgess did not remember when she began playing chess, having