text:
first-class
cricket
amateur status
Marylebone Cricket Club
Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet
Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg
Newborough
Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet

categories: Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers,English cricketers,English cricketers of 1787 to 1825,1846 deaths,1769 births

paragraph: Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet

paragraph: Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet (14 March 1769 – 28 October 1846) was an English first-class cricketer with amateur status who was active in the 1790s playing for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was born the son of Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet and succeeded his father in 1780. As a cricketer he was recorded in one first-class match in 1792, totalling 19 runs with a highest score of 19.

paragraph: He married twice: firstly Lady Anne Belasyse, daughter of Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg of Newborough, Yorkshire with whom he had two sons, and secondly Eliza Little, daughter of T. E. Little with whom he had a son and a daughter. He was succeeded by his eldest son Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet

description: English cricketer

wikidata_label: Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet

wikipedia_title: Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet


text: Regent for the University of Texas

text: women's suffrage

text: profiteer

text: Civil War

text: Alamo Heights

text: Bexar County

text: University of the Incarnate Word

text: Brackenridge Park

text: San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden

text: Mahncke Park

text: Scotch-Irish

text: Northern Ireland

text: Breckinridge

text: Virginia

text: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

text: John Brackenridge

text: Washington, D.C.

text: Chaplain of the United States Senate

text: Princeton University

text: Warrick County, Indiana

text: Whig Party

text: Henry Clay

text: President of the United States

text: Abraham Lincoln

text: County Antrim

text: Northern Ireland

text: Belfast

text: Daughters of the American Revolution

text: American Revolutionary War

text: Daniel Morgan

text: Hanover College

text: Indiana University

text: Harvard University

text: Port Lavaca, Texas

text: Texana

text: Civil War

text: Union

text: John Thomas Brackenridge

text: Confederate States Army

text: John B. Magruder

text: Oakwood Cemetery

text: James M. Brackenridge

text: Travis County

text: Robert John Brackenridge

text: Mary Eleanor Brackenridge

text: Texas Woman's University

text: Woman's Club of San Antonio

text: women's suffrage

text: Women's Christian Temperance Union

text: American Red Cross

text: Confederate States of America

text: Matamoros

text: New York

text: Charles Stillman

text: Benito Juárez

text: First National Bank of San Antonio

text: San Antonio Loan and Trust

text: Francois P. Giraud

text: San Antonio River

text: Jean Baptiste LaCoste

text: San Antonio Water Works Company

text: Republican Party

text: Democratic Party

text: John Ireland

text: Sul Ross

text: James Stephen Hogg

text: Charles A. Culberson

text: Joseph D. Sayers

text: S. W. T. Lanham

text: Thomas Mitchell Campbell

text: Thirty-second Texas Legislature

text: James E. Ferguson

text: William P. Hobby

text: University of Texas at Austin

text: University of Texas Medical Branch

text: Galveston

text: Colorado River

text: Columbia University

text: Guadalupe College

text: Seguin

text: African Americans

text: San Antonio mayor

text: Alamo Heights

text: University of the Incarnate Word

text: Brackenridge Park

text: Emma Koehler

text: Pompeo Coppini

text: Waldine Tauch

text: Mahncke Park

text: Ludwig Mahncke

text: Frank Teich

text: Masonic rites

text: Edna

text: The George W. Brackenridge Foundation

categories: Harvard University alumni,1920 deaths,People from Warrick County, Indiana,Indiana University alumni,1832 births,American businesspeople,American philanthropists,Texas Republicans,Hanover College alumni,People from San Antonio,American suffragists,American people of Scotch-Irish descent

paragraph: George Washington Brackenridge

paragraph: George Washington Brackenridge (January 14, 1832 – December 28, 1920) was a philanthropist and the longest-serving Regent for the University of Texas. His donations of time, land holdings and wealth expanded the university and provided educational opportunities for women and other minorities. He was an advocate of women's suffrage and women's educational opportunities. He was also a business man who made his initial wealth as a profiteer during the Civil War. Brackenridge organized two banking institutions in San Antonio and served as their president. He was president of the San Antonio Water Works Company. Alamo Heights in Bexar County was once his residence and was named by him. His mansion Fernridge is now part of University of the Incarnate Word campus. Brackenridge Park, San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden and Mahncke Park in San Antonio were made possible through his donations of land holdings.

paragraph: The Brackenridge name in Texas descended from Scotch-Irish Robert Breckenridge Sr., who emigrated from Northern Ireland with his brother Alexander c1730. Alexander's descendents spell their name Breckinridge. Alexander and his family migrated to Virginia. Robert Sr. stayed in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The descendants of Robert Sr. spell their name either Breckenridge or Brackenridge. Robert Jr. (c1735-c1779) was killed in an Indian raid, and his children were taken in by separate families. His son John Brackenridge ( – May 2, 1844) was raised in Washington, D.C.. He became the first Presbyterian minister in Washington D.C. and was appointed Chaplain of the United States Senate in 1811. John Brackenridge's children were daughter Attilia Ann Brackenridge, and sons James Madison Brackenridge, Thomas Jefferson Brackenridge and John Adams Brackenridge, who was the father of George Washington Brackenridge.

paragraph: John Adams Brackenridge (1800–1862) was a law graduate of Princeton University who opened a practice in Warrick County, Indiana. He was a Whig Party elector who supported Henry Clay's 1844 campaign for the President of the United States. Through his political activities, he became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln.

paragraph: Isabella Helena McCullough (1811–1886) married John Adams Brackenridge in 1827. Her maternal Scotch-Irish ancestor Rev. John Craig emigrated from County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1734. Her father James McCullough at age four emigrated with his parents from Belfast, Northern Island. The lineage of James McCullough's wife Mary Craig Grimes was the criteria for acceptance of (George's sister) Mary Eleanor Brackenridge's acceptance into the Daughters of the American Revolution. The parents of Mary Craig Grimes were William Grimes and Isabella Helena Baskin. Tracing the lineage through Isabella Helena Baskin, her grandparents were Charles Baskin and Mary Craig. The DAR certified that Charles Baskin (1741–1822) served during the American Revolutionary War under General Daniel Morgan.

paragraph: All of the eight children of John Adams and Isabella Brackenridge were born in Indiana. John, Isabella and many of their children are buried in the Brackenridge Family Cemetery in Jackson County, Texas.

paragraph: George was the second child, born January 14, 1832. He was educated at Hanover College and Indiana University. He was trained as a surveyor and engineer and studied law at Harvard University. At the age of eighteen, George was sent to Port Lavaca, Texas to peddle goods. Based upon his success, the family moved to Texana in 1853 and opened a mercantile business.

paragraph: The Brackenridge family was a house divided during the Civil War, with father John and his son George being loyal to Abraham Lincoln and the Union, and the other three sons joining the Confederate States Army. George shared the same views as his sister Eleanor in support of prohibition and a woman's right to vote. After his father's death, George's mother Isabella and sister Eleanor moved into his home. George supported his mother for the rest of her life, and took care of Eleanor until his own death. Eleanor died only four years after George. The siblings of George Washington Brackenridge were as follows:

paragraph: Section::::Brackenridge family background.:Brothers and sisters of George Washington Brackenridge.:Brothers.

paragraph: John Thomas Brackenridge (1828–1877), known to the family as Tom, gave up his Indiana law practice to join the family mercantile business in Texas. Tom served in the Confederate States Army under John B. Magruder. In 1877, he became president of First National Bank of Austin. Tom married twice, to E. R. Smith and to Mary E. Dupuy. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin.

paragraph: James M. Brackenridge (1834–1905) enlisted with the Confederate States Army, and afterwards became a judge in Travis County, Texas. He married Mattie Owen and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin.

paragraph: Robert John Brackenridge (1839–1918) served in the Confederate States Army in his brother Tom's unit in Texas. Captured and imprisoned, he was paroled through the political influence of brother George. Brackenridge Hospital in Austin is named in recognition of his fund raising efforts which helped build the hospital. He was married to Mary T. Lyons and is buried with her in the Oakwood Cemetery Annex.

paragraph: Section::::Brackenridge family background.:Brothers and sisters of George Washington Brackenridge.:Sisters.

paragraph: Mary Eleanor Brackenridge (1837–1924), known as Eleanor, was a director of two banking institutions and served on the first board of regents at Texas Woman's University. She organized the Woman's Club of San Antonio in 1898 and focused its goals on women's suffrage and social issues of the day. Eleanor organized the Texas Woman Suffrage Association, and was a prohibitionist who supported the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She became the first woman in San Antonio to register to vote after passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. She never married and is buried in the family cemetery.

paragraph: Lenora Helena Brackenridge Mathews (1842–1918) was a civic activist who helped establish a local chapter of the American Red Cross. She married Erastus Allen Mathews and is buried in the family cemetery.

paragraph: Elizabeth Ann Brackenridge (1845–1847), known as Lizzie, is buried in Indiana.

paragraph: Elizabeth Ann Brackenridge (1848–1856), known as Lillie, is buried in the family cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::Civil War.

paragraph: Brackenridge became a wealthy man through war profiteering. He was engaged in evading the Confederate States of America's cotton export ban to England and France. Brackenridge purchased cotton directly from the growers and shipped it out of Matamoros to New York. His business partners were his father John, James H. Bates who had accompanied the family from Indiana, and Charles Stillman. His father and Bates died early in the venture. Eventually, Brackenridge was forced to flee Texas. He traveled to Washington, D.C., where President Lincoln appointed him United States Treasury agent on July 30, 1863. He worked for the Treasury Department in New Orleans after the capture of that city by Union forces. As Lincoln's representative, he was dispatched to Mexico in 1864 to try to persuade Benito Juárez to cease cotton trade with the Confederacy.

paragraph: Section::::San Antonio National Bank, San Antonio Loan and Trust.

paragraph: Brackenridge organized the San Antonio National Bank in 1866, as well as serving as its president. He is also credited as the architect for the bank's building on Commerce Street. Listed as the First National Bank of San Antonio, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas on March 16, 1972. Brackenridge also organized and was president of the San Antonio Loan and Trust next door to the bank building. The fourth floor of the second building was used as Brackenridge family living quarters.

paragraph: Section::::San Antonio Water Works Company.

paragraph: City mayor Francois P. Giraud began accepting bids in 1873 for a company to supply city water from the San Antonio River. The 25-year exclusive contract was awarded in 1877 to Jean Baptiste LaCoste to operate the San Antonio Water Works Company . Brackenridge was a financial backer of the company. By 1879, Brackenridge had become the president of the company and held the controlling interest by 1883. Brackenridge sold the company in 1905. In 1925, the city of San Antonio purchased the company and renamed it the City Water Board.

paragraph: Section::::Education work and endowments.:University of Texas.

paragraph: Brackenridge was a member of the Republican Party, but was appointed and reappointed to the Board of Regents of the University of Texas for 25 years by successive Democratic Party governors. Governor John Ireland first appointed him in 1886, and he served until 1911 through reappointments by governors Sul Ross, James Stephen Hogg, Charles A. Culberson, Joseph D. Sayers, S. W. T. Lanham and Thomas Mitchell Campbell. The Thirty-second Texas Legislature in 1911 passed House Concurrent Resolution No. 35 expressing gratitude to Brackenridge for his service as Regent. Governor James E. Ferguson vetoed funding for the university, and Brackenridge offered to fund the university out of his own pocket. He was reappointed by Ferguson's successor Governor William P. Hobby in 1917. His last date as Regent was December 1920. His service record is the longest on the Board of Regents. His financial donations to the university and its students include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Funding for Brackenridge Hall male dormitory, University of Texas at Austin

paragraph: BULLET::::- University Hall for women medical students, built in 1897 at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston

paragraph: BULLET::::- Funding for the founding of the university's School of Domestic Economy (home economics)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Loan fund for women students in architecture, law, and medicine

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Brackenridge Tract" on the Colorado River in Austin deeded to the University of Texas on June 17, 1910, proposing the university be moved to the tract of land. The proposal was defeated at the time, but the university still owns the land.

paragraph: Section::::Education work and endowments.:Miscellaneous.

paragraph: Brackenridge served as the first president of the San Antonio School Board in 1899. Educational beneficiaries of Brackenridge's financial donations and political influence include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- $50,000 in scholarships for women studying medicine at Columbia University

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carr Hill School, established in 1906 for Mexican American children in San Antonio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brackenridge Colored School, San Antonio in 1899

paragraph: BULLET::::- Navarro School manual training department, San Antonio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guadalupe College, Seguin – An institute of higher learning for African Americans. Brackenridge donated a 216-acre tract of land for the college, as well as giving financial support

paragraph: BULLET::::- Prairie View Normal School

paragraph: Section::::Alamo Heights and University of the Incarnate Word.

paragraph: In 1869, Brackenridge and his mother bought land and an existing house named "The Old Sweet Place" from former San Antonio mayor James R. Sweet. Brackenridge renamed the area Alamo Heights. He enlarged the existing home to three stories and renamed it Fernridge. In 1897, Brackenridge sold the house and 280 acres to the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, who renamed it Brackenridge Villa. The villa became part of the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio.

paragraph: Section::::Brackenridge Park, Mahncke Park.

paragraph: The initial of Brackenridge Park was donated to the city of San Antonio by George Brackenridge in 1899, with Brackenridge later donating additional acreage. More acreage was added in 1915 with a donation from Emma Koehler. The park is currently of land. The bronze statue of Brackenridge at the Broadway Street park entrance was sculpted by Pompeo Coppini in the 1930s and cast by Waldine Tauch. The installation of the statue was delayed by red tape until 1972.

paragraph: Brackenridge also donated of land connecting to Brackenridge Park, and stipulated it be named Mahncke Park, in honor of his friend city alderman and park commissioner Ludwig Mahncke. A committee was formed to raise funds to erect a monument to Mahncke in the park. Situated at the entrance to the park, the monument is a bust of Mahncke created by Pompeo Coppini resting on a granite pedestal designed by Frank Teich.

paragraph: Section::::Death and estate.

paragraph: George Washington Brackenridge never married. He died in San Antonio on December 28, 1920, and was buried with Masonic rites in the family cemetery near Edna, Jackson County. The George W. Brackenridge Foundation currently provides educational scholarships.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The George W. Brackenridge Foundation

description: philanthropist

wikidata_label: George Washington Brackenridge

wikipedia_title: George Washington Brackenridge


text: Guatire

text: Caracas

text: Venezuela

text: 2014 protests

text: Government of Venezuela

text: Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt

text: Caracas

text: Venezuelan Government

text: Plaza Venezuela

text: Public Ministry

text: colectivo

text: Nicolás Maduro

text: Democratic Unity Roundtable

text: Ramón Guillermo Aveledo

text: Bolivarian Intelligence Service

text: Últimas Noticias

text: Génesis Carmona

categories: Victims of police brutality,2014 deaths,People from Caracas,2010s murders in Venezuela,People murdered in Venezuela,1990 births,Venezuelan murder victims,Murdered students

paragraph: Bassil Da Costa

paragraph: Bassil Da Costa (Guatire, 7 May 1990 – Caracas, 12 February 2014) was a Venezuelan university student, killed during the 2014 protests against the Government of Venezuela. Da Costa was a marketing student at the Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt in Caracas.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: On 12 February 2014, Youth Day in Venezuela, various parties in opposition to the Venezuelan Government and student groups marched in the entire country in protest against the government. In Caracas, the protest march was held from Plaza Venezuela to the Public Ministry's offices in the city's downtown. The demonstration itself went smoothly, but after it was finished conflict arose with a shootout in which Da Costa and Juan Montoya, member of a colectivo, were killed.

paragraph: On 13 February, President Nicolás Maduro stated Da Costa and Montoya were killed by the same person, and that the murders were part of the violence generated by the opposition on 12 February. The Secretary of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), the opposition coalition, Ramón Guillermo Aveledo, rejected President Maduro's statements and maintained the protesters were not ill-intended, while hinting at possible government infiltrates in the march.

paragraph: Section::::Death.:Investigations.

paragraph: The first investigations made by the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas (CICPC) identified at least three members of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) who had shot against protesters near the Public Ministry offices the day of the march, amongst them the alleged killer of Da Costa.

paragraph: Days later, the independent newspaper "Últimas Noticias" published the results of an investigative work on the murders, in which it claimed to have discovered both men in uniform and civilians had shot against the protesters on the 12th of February. In April 2014, six SEBIN officers were apprehended and the alleged murderer of Da Costa was formally accused.

paragraph: The trial on Da Costa and Montoya's murders was delayed in various occasions, until it finally started on 16 June 2015, over a year after they took place.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Génesis Carmona

paragraph: BULLET::::- Timeline of the 2014 Venezuelan protests

wikidata_label: Bassil Da Costa

wikipedia_title: Bassil Da Costa


text: football

text: wide receiver

text: National Football League

text: Philadelphia Eagles

text: Dallas Cowboys

text: Jacksonville, Florida

text: clarinet

text: quarterback

text: walked-on

text: Southern University

text: basketball

text: javelin

text: discus

text: track and field

text: Mel Blount

text: Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

text: Florida Sports Hall of Fame

text: Southwest Athletic Conference

text: Philadelphia Eagles

text: 1971 NFL Draft

text: tight end

text: Mike McCormack

text: touchdown

text: Ron Jaworski

text: touchdown

text: Pro Bowl

text: NFL

text: free agent

text: New York Jets

text: Wesley Walker

text: Lam Jones

text: Dallas Cowboys

text: Tony Hill

text: Los Angeles Rams

text: Brent Celek

text: Duce Staley

text: Brian Westbrook

text: NFL 1970s All-Decade Team

text: Pro Football Hall of Fame

categories: 1949 births,African-American players of American football,Sportspeople from Jacksonville, Florida,Philadelphia Eagles players,Players of American football from Florida,American football wide receivers,Dallas Cowboys players,Southern Jaguars football players,Living people

paragraph: Harold Carmichael

paragraph: Lee Harold Carmichael (born September 22, 1949) is an American former football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) who played 13 seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles (1971–1983) and one season for the Dallas Cowboys (1984). Carmichael was the Director of Player Development and Alumni for the Eagles from 1998−2014, and a Fan Engagement Liaison from 2014−2015, before retiring again in 2015.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Carmichael attended William M. Raines High School in Jacksonville, Florida, where he played the clarinet in the school's band. He began playing quarterback on the football team.

paragraph: He walked-on at Southern University and became a tri-sport athlete. He used his 6'8" height to play on the basketball team as a center, and threw the javelin and discus for the track and field team. In football, he shifted to playing wide receiver, where he was a four year starter, although he never led the team in receptions. He received All-conference honors as a senior. He was a teammate of Mel Blount.

paragraph: In 1989, he was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. In 2004, he was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame. In 2012, he was inducted into the Southwest Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. In 2018, he was inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Carmichael was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round (161st overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft. As a rookie, he was converted into a tight end, starting in 6 out of the 9 games and leading the team's tight ends with 20 receptions (fourth on the team).

paragraph: The next year he was moved to wide receiver. In 1973, he had a breakout year with the arrival of head coach Mike McCormack, leading the league with 67 receptions for 1,116 yards (16.7-yard average) and was tied for fourth with 9 receiving touchdowns.

paragraph: His production fell in the next three seasons as the team struggled to find a reliable quarterback. In 1977, Ron Jaworski was named the starting quarterback, with Carmichael leading the team with 46 receptions for 665 yards and 7 touchdowns.

paragraph: He was elected to four Pro Bowls in his NFL career. He finished third in receiving yards in 1978 with 1,072 and was second in receiving touchdowns in 1979 with 11.

paragraph: In 1980, he set an NFL record at the time by catching passes in 127 consecutive NFL games.

paragraph: On May 11, 1984, he was waived by the Eagles. On August 8, he was signed as a free agent by the New York Jets, who were looking to improve their depth at wide receiver while Wesley Walker held out in a contract dispute and Lam Jones recovered from a broken collarbone. He was released on August 26.

paragraph: On September 6, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys, who were looking for wide receiver depth after Tony Hill was injured in the season opener 20-13 win against the Los Angeles Rams. He played in 2 games and caught only one pass before being cut on November 14 and announcing his retirement.

paragraph: He ended his career with 590 receptions for 8,985 yards with 79 career touchdown catches, along with 64 rushing yards on nine carries. He currently ranks 25th all-time in career touchdown receptions, but he was 7th all-time at the time of his retirement. His career catches ranked fifth all-time when he retired. He retired as the Eagles' all-time leader in pass receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, and total touchdowns (79), with all four records still standing as of early 2017. He also holds Eagles post-season records for receiving yards (465), touchdowns (6), yards per reception (16.0), and yards per game (66.4). He and Brent Celek are the only Eagles with 3 touchdowns in a single post-season (1979), and he is one of four players with 2 touchdowns in a single post-season game. He holds the Eagles record for most games with a touchdown for both the regular season (69) and playoffs (5, shared with Duce Staley and Brian Westbrook). At 6 foot 8 inches, he is believed to be the tallest wide receiver in the history of the NFL.

paragraph: Carmichael was selected to the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. From 1973 to 1983, Carmichael led all NFL receivers in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns. In 1987, he was inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame. The Professional Football Researchers Association named him to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2009

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: After retiring from his playing career, he settled in South Jersey and joined a Philadelphia travel agency as a vice president for sales. He later operated various businesses, including steel fabrication and sports marketing.

paragraph: In 1998, Carmichael was named the director of player and community relations for the Eagles, a newly created position where he would be a "combination mentor, confidant, troubleshooter, and liaison between the players and the authority figures in the organization". He was moved to a Fan Engagement Liaison position in 2014, and retired from that role on April 2, 2015. He currently works as an ambassador for the team in his retirement.

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Harold Carmichael

wikipedia_title: Harold Carmichael


text: luge

text: White Bear Lake, Minnesota

text: FIL World Luge Championships

text: Saint Paul, Minnesota

text: Winter Olympics

text: men's singles event

text: Turin

text: Guinness World Record

text: bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track

text: Park City, Utah

text: 2002 Winter Olympics

text: Luge World Cup

text: FIL-Luge profile

text: Official website

text: USA luge team profile

text: US Olympic team website

categories: Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics,Olympic lugers of the United States,Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics,Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics,1975 births,American male lugers,Living people,Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota

paragraph: Tony Benshoof

paragraph: Tony Benshoof (born July 7, 1975) is an American luger from White Bear Lake, Minnesota who has been competing since 1990. He won three medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers (2004, 2005) and one bronze (2001).

paragraph: Benshoof was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Competing in three Winter Olympics, Benshoof earned his best finish of fourth by .153 seconds in the men's singles event at Turin in 2006. He was the highest Olympic finisher for any USA Luge athlete in Men's Singles Luge prior to Chris Mazdzer's silver medal in the 2018 Pyeong Chang olympics. Benshoof also holds records for most international medals won (37) by any USA Men's Singles athlete and most US National titles won. Every medal Benshoof won was under head coach Wolfgang Schädler (1985–2010).

paragraph: On October 16, 2001, Benshoof became the Guinness World Record holder for fastest speed on a luge sled at 86.6 mph (139.4 km/h) at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Park City, Utah, used for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

paragraph: His best Luge World Cup overall finish was third in men's singles in 2005-6.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- FIL-Luge profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of men's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- USA luge team profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- US Olympic team website

paragraph: BULLET::::- www.nbcolympics.com

description: Luger. Men's Singles

wikidata_label: Tony Benshoof

wikipedia_title: Tony Benshoof


text: pardoned

text: convict

text: Australia

text: Coventry

text: Warwickshire

text: freeman

text: transportation

text: housebreaking

text: Sydney

text: Aboriginal

categories: Convicts transported to Australia,1771 births,19th-century Australian artists,Australian engravers,Australian etchers,Year of death missing

paragraph: John Eyre (painter)

paragraph: John Eyre (1771– ), a pardoned convict, was an early Australian painter and engraver.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Eyre was born in Coventry, Warwickshire in England. Aged 13 years in 1794, he was apprenticed to his father, a wool-comber and weaver, and became a Coventry freeman in August 1792. On 23 March 1799 he was sentenced to transportation for seven years for housebreaking, and reached Sydney in the transport "Canada" in December 1801.

paragraph: Granted a conditional pardon on 4 June 1804, Eyre's early drawings are dated from around this time. He generally focused on urban landscapes, giving his creative output value as both works of art and historical records. Over the course of Eyre's artistic career, his work progressed from purely representative topographical depictions, to more artistic compositions with embellishments such as Aboriginal figures and ships at sea. This progression is typical of the developmental pattern of landscape depiction in the early period.

paragraph: He left the Colony as a free man in 1812; nothing is known of his later life.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of convicts transported to Australia

description: Australian artist

wikidata_label: John Eyre

wikipedia_title: John Eyre (painter)


text:
footballer
defender
midfielder
under-21 level
Trinidad and Tobago
Senrab
West Ham United
Charlton Athletic
Aston Villa
Premier League
Bolton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Championship
Iran Pro League
Esteghlal
Paykan
Hazfi Cup
Cheshire
Egerton
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Sunday league
Senrab
John Terry
Jermain Defoe
West Ham United
Paul Konchesky
Lee Bowyer
Bobby Zamora
Fitz Hall
League Cup
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Villa Park
Gareth Southgate
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Leeds United
Simon Grayson
Rochdale
Max Gradel
West Ham United
Real Zaragoza
Iran Pro League
Esteghlal
Andranik Teymourian
Hazfi Cup
Iran Pro League
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FC Seoul
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Paykan
Egerton
Cheshire League One
Emile Heskey
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The Gambia
England
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Sweden
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2006 FIFA World Cup
FIFA
Bobby Zamora
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Honduras
World Cup qualification
United States
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Middlesbrough
UEFA Intertoto Cup
2001
Hazfi Cup
2011–12
Iran Pro League
2012–13
Jlloyd Samuel Stats

categories: Expatriate footballers in Iran,England under-21 international footballers,Persian Gulf Pro League players,Road incident deaths in England,English Football League players,English expatriate sportspeople in Iran,Cardiff City F.C. players,1981 births,Association football central defenders,Senrab F.C. players,Premier League players,Aston Villa F.C. players,Trinidad and Tobago international footballers,Association football fullbacks,Gillingham F.C. players,English expatriate footballers,West Ham United F.C. players,Bolton Wanderers F.C. players,English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent,Esteghlal F.C. players,Association football midfielders,Association football utility players,English footballers,Black British sportspeople,Charlton Athletic F.C. players,People from San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago,2018 deaths,Trinidad and Tobago footballers

paragraph: Jlloyd Samuel

paragraph: Jlloyd Tafari Samuel ( , 29 March 1981 – 15 May 2018) was a professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, he was raised in England and played for England up to under-21 level. He played two full international matches for Trinidad and Tobago in 2009.

paragraph: Samuel played as a youth for the London-based junior team Senrab and was in the academies of West Ham United and Charlton Athletic before joining Aston Villa in 1998. He made a total of 198 appearances for Villa before moving to fellow Premier League club Bolton Wanderers in 2007, where he spent a further four years including a brief spell on loan at Cardiff City in the Championship. Samuel spent the last four years of his professional career in the Iran Pro League, representing Esteghlal and Paykan. He won a Hazfi Cup and a league title with Esteghlal.

paragraph: After returning to England he became player-manager of Cheshire-based amateur team Egerton, he died on 15 May 2018 in a collision between two vehicles, at the age of 37.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Aston Villa.

paragraph: Born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, Samuel grew up in London and as a youth he played for Sunday league team Senrab, lining up in 1994 alongside future England internationals John Terry and Jermain Defoe. He was released from the West Ham United on the same day as Paul Konchesky, Lee Bowyer, Bobby Zamora (all three of whom later returned to the Hammers) and Fitz Hall.

paragraph: Samuel's Aston Villa debut came in a second-round second-leg League Cup match against Chester City on 21 September 1999, which finished 5–0 in Aston Villa's favour. He replaced Gareth Barry after 51 minutes at Villa Park. On 25 March 2000, due to an injury to England international Gareth Southgate, he made his league debut in a 2–0 home win over Derby County, playing in central defence.

paragraph: Samuel was loaned to First Division club Gillingham, where he made seven full appearances and one substitute appearance between 25 October and 3 December 2001. After he returned to Villa, the team's starting right-back, Mark Delaney, suffered an injury and Samuel filled his position; after the Welshman returned, Samuel was given a favoured left-back position. He reflected in a 2013 interview that his versatility helped him become a regular starter: "If you're just in one position and you're out of favour, you won't play. But if you can play in a variety of roles, it widens your options".

paragraph: In the 2003–04 season, Samuel played every minute as Villa came 6th in the Premier League. He scored his first professional goal on 20 September 2003 against his former club Charlton, from 19 yards to give Villa a 2–1 victory. He scored again in the reverse fixture at The Valley on 27 March 2004, which the Villans won by the same score. That season he also scored on 27 January in a 2–0 League Cup semi-final second leg win over his future club Bolton Wanderers, who advanced 5–4 on aggregate.

paragraph: Towards the end of his time at the Birmingham-based club, Samuel lost his place in the team as managers David O'Leary and Martin O'Neill opted for the Dutchman Wilfred Bouma to play in his position.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Bolton Wanderers.

paragraph: Samuel signed a four-year contract with Bolton Wanderers on 1 July 2007, Sammy Lee's first signing as Bolton manager. He played in every Bolton match in the 2008–09 season, and 71 matches in total during his time at the club.

paragraph: On 24 March 2011, Samuel joined Football League Championship side Cardiff City on loan until the end of the season wearing shirt number 21, as cover for the injured Mark Hudson. He had not played a game for Wanderers' during the 2010–11 season due to injury, and was released at the end of the season, bringing his four years at the club to an end.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Trials.

paragraph: Samuel joined Leeds United, managed by his former Aston Villa teammate Simon Grayson, on trial on 19 July 2011. He was included in the squad against Rochdale the same evening. He came off the bench at the start of the second half in a match Leeds won by a single first half goal from Max Gradel. Samuel was released from the trial after picking up an injury. On 30 July 2011, Samuel played for 79 minutes on trial for West Ham United in their final pre-season game against Real Zaragoza which West Ham won 2–0. However, West Ham decided against offering him a permanent contract.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Iran.

paragraph: On 31 December 2011, Samuel joined Iran Pro League side, Esteghlal, where he was welcomed with the local custom of sacrificing a sheep. He was re-united with his former Bolton teammate Andranik Teymourian. Samuel played in midfield in Iran, and told Aston Villa's official website that he was enjoying being able to move forward and score goals. His team won the Hazfi Cup in his first season and the Iran Pro League a year later. Esteghlal reached the semi-finals of the 2013 AFC Champions League, in which he scored a goal in the second leg of the semi-finals at home to FC Seoul in a 2–2 draw (4–2 aggregate loss).

paragraph: Samuel extended his contract with Esteghlal on 12 July 2013, keeping him at the club until 2014. He left the club in June 2014, citing a five-month pay dispute with the club. He remained in Tehran and signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Paykan on 23 June 2014, effective 1 July.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Egerton.

paragraph: After returning to England, Samuel trained with Egerton, a Cheshire League One (12th tier) club who had fellow ex-Premier League players Emile Heskey, Danny Webber, Emmerson Boyce and Nathan Ellington training with them. Despite offers to play abroad, he chose Egerton so that he could remain close to his family, and the chairman appointed him player-manager for the 2017–18 season.

paragraph: When speaking to the BBC following Samuel's death, Ellington mentioned that his teammate had been involved in a large-scale regeneration project in The Gambia in his final years.

paragraph: Section::::International career.

paragraph: Samuel received a call up for the England team in March 2004 whilst enjoying a spell of good form for Aston Villa, but in the end he was not selected to play by manager Sven-Göran Eriksson in the 1–0 friendly loss to Sweden He had previously represented England at U-18, U-20, and U-23 level.

paragraph: Samuel wanted to represent Trinidad and Tobago in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but the application was rejected by FIFA. The rules in place at the time said that only players under the age of 21 could change their international allegiances.

paragraph: On 7 August 2009, it was revealed that Bobby Zamora and Samuel had received Trinidad and Tobago passports making them eligible to play for the national team. He made his debut for the "Soca Warriors" on 5 September in a 4–1 loss away to Honduras in World Cup qualification, and made his second and last appearance four days later, receiving a yellow card in a 1–0 home loss to the United States.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Samuel was travelling home after taking his children to school on the morning of 15 May 2018 when his Range Rover collided with a van in High Legh, Cheshire. He died at the scene and the driver of the other vehicle was seriously injured.

paragraph: Aston Villa wore black armbands for their Championship play-off match against Middlesbrough that night. His club at the time of his death, Egerton FC, cancelled all the remaining games that week as a mark of respect.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aston Villa

paragraph: BULLET::::- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Esteghlal

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hazfi Cup: 2011–12

paragraph: BULLET::::- Iran Pro League: 2012–13

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jlloyd Samuel Stats at PersianLeague.com

description: Trinidadian footballer

wikidata_label: Jlloyd Samuel

wikipedia_title: Jlloyd Samuel


text:
Panama
footballer
striker
La Liga
major levels
car accident
Panama City
El Chorrillo
CD Tenerife
Alianza
his second season
Canary Islands
La Liga
1989–90 campaign
Ibero-America
EFE
Trofeo EFE
Panzer
Valencia CF
his only season
Albacete Balompié
Castile-La Mancha
retain its first division status
Panama
Costa Rica
1994 FIFA World Cup
qualifiers
Albacete
Estadio Rommel Fernández

categories: Albacete Balompié players,Panamanian footballers,Panamanian expatriate footballers,CD Tenerife players,1966 births,Panama international footballers,1993 deaths,Segunda División players,La Liga players,Association football forwards,Valencia CF players,Panamanian people of Spanish descent,People from Panamá District,Expatriate footballers in Spain,Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain

paragraph: Rommel Fernández

paragraph: Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez (15 January 1966 – 6 May 1993) was a Panamanian footballer who played as a striker.

paragraph: The second Panamanian to play in Europe, he spent almost his entire professional career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 104 games and 32 goals – 162/56 both major levels combined – in representation of four teams. In 1993, he died in a car accident, at the age of just 27.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.

paragraph: Fernández was born in the Panama City neighborhood of El Chorrillo. In 1987 the 21-year-old signed for CD Tenerife in Spain from Alianza, scoring a career-best 18 goals in his second season as the Canary Islands side promoted to La Liga for the second time in its history; in the following years he also netted in double digits as the club retained its top division status – in the 1989–90 campaign he was named Best South American Player (sic) in the Spanish League and, the following year, was voted best Ibero-American player in the competition by news agency EFE, receiving the Trofeo EFE.

paragraph: Nicknamed "The Panzer", Fernández moved to Valencia CF in 1991, but was used mostly as a backup in his only season, scoring just two goals. Subsequently he joined Albacete Balompié on loan, helping the Castile-La Mancha team retain its first division status in its second season ever and scoring his 50th league goal in the process, against former club Tenerife.

paragraph: Section::::International career.

paragraph: Fernández represented Panama numerous times, making his debut in the late 80's. In 1986, during a trip with the national team to Spain to participate in the Mundialito de la Emigración, a tournament where Tenerife played a select squad of players with Spanish ancestry, he played well enough to be offered a contract by the hosts.

paragraph: Fernández's last match with Panama was a 1–5 defeat in Costa Rica for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, on 23 August 1992.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: On 6 May 1993, after returning from a meal with his Albacete teammates, Fernández died in a car accident just outside Albacete, after losing control of his car and hitting his head on a tree. His cousin Ronny Rojo was also travelling with him, but emerged unharmed.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Estadio de la Revolución was renamed Estadio Rommel Fernández, in Fernández's honour.

description: Panamian footballer

wikidata_label: Rommel Fernández

wikipedia_title: Rommel Fernández


text:
American football
defensive back
Clarksburg, West Virginia
college football
Virginia Tech Hokies football
Liberty Bowl
All-American
Marshall University
Southern Airlines Flight 932
Frank Beamer
Virginia Tech
College Football Hall of Fame
Red Dawson
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame

categories: 1947 births,1970 deaths,Sportspeople from Clarksburg, West Virginia,College Football Hall of Fame inductees,Players of American football from West Virginia,American football safeties,Virginia Tech Hokies football players,Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States,Marshall Thundering Herd football coaches,All-American college football players

paragraph: Frank Loria

paragraph: Frank Loria (1947 – November 14, 1970) was an American football defensive back. He was born in the town of Clarksburg, West Virginia in Harrison County and was a three sport athlete at Notre Dame Catholic High School.

paragraph: He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team from 1965–1967, helping the Hokies to a berth in the 1966 Liberty Bowl. Loria was named 1st Team AP All American in 1966. Loria was named consensus All-American in 1967. He was named to the top six All-America 1st teams. Loria started all 31 varsity games that he was eligible to play in. Loria was known for being a physical hitter and for his quickness. He also had a "sixth sense." Loria had an uncanny ability to diagnose plays and pass patterns.

paragraph: Loria joined the Marshall University coaching staff as the defensive backs coach. He died in the Southern Airlines Flight 932 airplane crash, that killed most of Marshall's football team, on November 14, 1970.

paragraph: Loria played safety in the same defensive backfield with Frank Beamer, former head coach at Virginia Tech. It is indicative of Loria's stature, as well as Beamer's humility, that when Frank Beamer was once asked if he ever thought about "what if" that plane had not crashed, that he replied to the effect that he thought it was quite possible that Loria might be the coach at Tech, and that he himself might be an assistant.

paragraph: During the 1966 season in a game against Kentucky the Hokies were ahead 7-0 in the 1st quarter. Kentucky was on the 4 yard line trying to tie the score. Loria would sack Kentucky quarterback Roger Walz for a two yard loss. This was a significant in preventing Kentucky from scoring.

paragraph: In October 1966 against a ranked Florida State team Frank Loria returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown that would prove to be significant in a 23-21 Virginia Tech victory. Loria also made the game deciding 4th down tackle on a FSU running back on the goal line.

paragraph: During the 1966 season William & Mary was driving for the game winning touchdown. Frank Loria made a critical 4th quarter interception that preserved the victory for Virginia Tech by the score of 20-18.

paragraph: In December 1966 the 8-1-1 Virginia Tech Hokies would face the 9th ranked 7-2-1 Miami Hurricanes in the Liberty bowl. The Hokies would be a ten point underdog to the Hurricanes. Loria would play a great game defensively as every time a Hurricane running back hit the line Loria was there to meet him. Loria's efforts would allow Virginia Tech to hold Miami to just 16 yards of offense during the 1st half. The Hokies would still lose a heartbreaker 7-14 to the Miami Hurricanes.

paragraph: During the 1966 season Loria returned punts 80, 65, and 80 yards for touchdowns. Defensively Loria had three interceptions on the year.

paragraph: During the 1967 season Loria would return a punt 95 yards for a touchdown against the Miami Hurricanes. It still stands as the longest punt return in Virginia Tech history. Loria would also intercept three passes on the season and rank 8th nationally in punt returns.

paragraph: Against Kansas State during the 1967 season, Loria intercepted a pass, recovered a fumble, made two touchdown saving tackles, deflected a td pass and had a QB sack for a 9 yard loss.

paragraph: His number, #10, is one of only four numbers retired by Virginia Tech. Loria was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on December 7, 1999, along with the man he played for, former Virginia Tech Coach the late Jerry Claiborne. The local Clarksburg Columbian Club honors his memory every year by hosting the Frank Loria Dinner, where the first team All Harrison County football players attend. The Loria award is given to the most outstanding high school football player in the county. Notable guest speakers at the dinner have been Frank Beamer, former Marshall coach Red Dawson, WVU football coach Bill Stewart, and WVU basketball coach Bob Huggins.

paragraph: In 1984, Loria was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (the state-wide organization that recognizes athletic achievements by state natives, or who those who played or coached for teams in the state). He was elected to the inaugural class of the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Turn Up The Wick by Frank Beamer with Chris Colston

paragraph: BULLET::::- Greatest Moments in Virginia Tech Football History by Francis J. Fitzgerald

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Frank Loria

wikipedia_title: Frank Loria


text:
United States Supreme Court
World War II
Denver, Colorado
Japanese American Citizens League
Mazie K. Hirono
Presidential Medal of Freedom
President
Barack Obama
Hood River, Oregon
University of Oregon
Eugene
University of Oregon Law School
Reserve Officer Training Corps
lieutenant
bar
Portland, Oregon
consulate
Chicago, Illinois
attack on Pearl Harbor
World War II
Japan
Germany
United States Army
Vancouver
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
enemy alien
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Executive Order 9066
internment of Japanese Americans
test the legality of the orders
Gus J. Solomon
American Civil Liberties Union
James Alger Fee
Japan
U.S. citizen
Minidoka War Relocation Center
Idaho
Supreme Court
Yasui v. United States
Hirabayashi v. United States
Japanese internment camps
Denver, Colorado
Colorado Supreme Court
Japanese American Citizens League
Oregon
coram nobis
Fred Korematsu
Gordon Hirabayashi
Minoru Yasui
Minoru Yasui Collection
Auraria Library Digital Collections
Human & Constitutional Rights

categories: University of Oregon alumni,Japanese-American internees,Activists from Portland, Oregon,Lawyers from Portland, Oregon,Japanese-American civil rights activists,University of Oregon School of Law alumni,United States Army officers,American military personnel of Japanese descent,American activists,People from Hood River, Oregon,Oregon lawyers,American people of Japanese descent,Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients,1916 births,1986 deaths

paragraph: Minoru Yasui

paragraph: His case would make its way to the United States Supreme Court, where his conviction for breaking curfew was affirmed. After internment during most of World War II, he moved to Denver, Colorado in 1944. In Denver, Yasui married and became a local leader in civic affairs, including leadership positions in the Japanese American Citizens League. In 1986, his criminal conviction was overturned by the federal court.

paragraph: In 2015, Senator Mazie K. Hirono nominated Yasui for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the United States. On November 16, 2015, President Barack Obama announced that Yasui would receive a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Medal was presented to Lori Yasui in a White House ceremony November 24, 2015.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born in Hood River, Oregon, on October 19, 1916, Minoru Yasui was the son of Japanese immigrants Shidzuyo and Masuo Yasui. The third son of nine children born to this fruit-farming family, he graduated from the local high school in Hood River in 1933. At the age of eight he spent a summer in Japan, and later was enrolled in a Japanese language school in Oregon for three years. Yasui went on to college after high school at the University of Oregon in Eugene. At the school Yasui earned a bachelor's degree from the school in 1937 and a law degree from the University of Oregon Law School in 1939. He also was a member of the United States Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at the university, earning a commission after graduation in 1937. ROTC was a requirement of all male students during this time period for the first two years of the four-year program. Yasui was commissioned on December 8, 1937, as a second lieutenant in the Army's Infantry Reserve.

paragraph: After law school he passed the bar and began practicing law in Portland, Oregon in 1939. He found it hard to find work in Portland, but through the connections of his father, he started working for the Japanese government at its consulate in Chicago, Illinois. He was employed as one of several Consular attachés at that office, mainly doing clerical work. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, which drew the United States into World War II against Japan and Germany, Yasui resigned his position with the consulate on December 8, 1941.

paragraph: Section::::World War II.

paragraph: Yasui returned to Hood River from Chicago after his father, Masuo Yasui, requested that he come home in order to report for military duty. After returning to Hood River, he tried to report for duty with the United States Army at the Vancouver Barracks in neighboring Washington, but was denied from serving on nine occasions. Masuo Yasui was arrested on December 13, 1941, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as an enemy alien, and had his assets frozen. Min Yasui moved to Portland and opened a private law practice in order to help the Japanese Americans put their affairs in order. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, that allowed the military to set up exclusion zones, curfews, and ultimately the internment of Japanese Americans during the war.

paragraph: On March 28, 1942, Yasui deliberately broke the military implemented curfew in Portland, by walking around the downtown area and then presenting himself at a police station after 11:00 pm in order to test the curfew’s constitutionality. He first asked an officer on the street to arrest him but was told to "Run along home, sonny boy," and so he walked into the police station. Later, on bail, he learned that a grand jury had indicted him. After the notice was given for the Japanese to evacuate, Yasui notified the authorities that he had no intentions of complying, and went to his family's home in Hood River. This violated another law restricting travel of Japanese Americans, and authorities arrested him in Hood River.

paragraph: Yasui had consulted a friend in the FBI prior to arrest, and consulted with other legal minds to try to test the legality of the orders. At trial he was defended by private attorney Earl Bernard. Gus J. Solomon, later a judge for the same court, had asked the national American Civil Liberties Union to defend Yasui as no local Oregon groups elected to support Yasui. One part of the strategy was to proceed with a non-jury trial, leaving the decision only to the judge. Solomon was asked by Fee to help advise the court on the issues, along with eight other attorneys. At his trial, federal judge James Alger Fee came to the conclusion that laws specifically targeting a race, such as the curfew, were unconstitutional when applied to citizens. However, he also declared in his November 16, 1942, decision that Yasui had demonstrated his loyalty to Japan and was therefore no longer a U.S. citizen. Yasui was sentenced to one year in prison and given a $5000 fine.

paragraph: Yasui waited nine months for his chance in court for appeal. During this time he was incarcerated at the Multnomah County Jail in Portland, and later sent to the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho. When that chance finally came, the case went first to the Ninth Circuit briefly, but was then moved on to the Supreme Court. There the judges came to the conclusion that Yasui was still a U.S. citizen. After a few days on June 21, 1943, however, in "Yasui v. United States", the court ruled unanimously that the government did have the authority to restrict the lives of civilian citizens during wartime, deciding the case as a companion case to "Hirabayashi v. United States". Yasui was sent back to Fee, who removed the fine and decided that the time already served was enough of a punishment. Yasui was released and moved into the Japanese internment camps.

paragraph: Section::::Later years.

paragraph: In 1944, Yasui was allowed to leave the internment camp in the summer and was employed in Chicago before moving to Denver, Colorado, in September 1944. There he passed the bar in June 1945, but was only admitted to practice law after an appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court. The following year in November he married former internee True Shibata, and they would have three daughters together, Iris, Holly, and Laurel.

paragraph: Living in Denver, Yasui became involved with community relations, serving on committee set up by the mayor, and later from 1959 to 1983 on the Commission on Community Relations. This commission dealt with race relations and other social issues, with Yasui as executive director from 1967 to 1983. In 1954, he was chairman of the Japanese American Citizens League’s (JACL) district covering Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Montana. The Minoru Yasui Community Service Award was started in 1974 by Denver community leaders, and is awarded annually to Denver area volunteers.

paragraph: In 1976, Yasui began working on the JACL’s committee concerning redress for the internment during World War II. He continued on that committee until 1984, serving as its chairman in 1981. He also filed in federal district court in Oregon a coram nobis to attempt to overturn his conviction in 1984. His conviction was overturned by the Oregon federal court in 1986. Minoru Yasui died on November 12, 1986, and is buried in his hometown of Hood River.

paragraph: Section::::Minoru Yasui Plaza.

paragraph: The City and County of Denver owns an office building named after Yasui. Located at 303 West Colfax Avenue in Denver, the building is called Minoru Yasui Plaza, or the Minoru Yasui Building. A bronze bust of Yasui adorns the building's foyer.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fred Korematsu

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gordon Hirabayashi

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Minoru Yasui

paragraph: BULLET::::- Minoru Yasui Collection in Auraria Library Digital Collections

paragraph: BULLET::::- Human & Constitutional Rights

paragraph: BULLET::::-

description: American activist

wikidata_label: Minoru Yasui

wikipedia_title: Minoru Yasui


text:
Lagash
Sumer
Umma
Stele of the Vultures
Girsu
Nanshe
Inanna
Louvre
kaunakes
hierarchical
Dilmun
Mesopotamia
cuneiform
History of Sumer
Chronology of the ancient Near East

wikipedia_title:
Lagash
Sumer
Umma
Stele of the Vultures
Girsu
Nanshe
Inanna
Louvre
Kaunakes
Hierarchy
Dilmun
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
History of Sumer
Chronology of the ancient Near East

paragraph: Ur-Nanshe

paragraph: Ur-Nanshe (or Ur-Nina) was the first king of the First Dynasty of Lagash (approx. 2500 BCE) in the Sumerian Early Dynastic Period III. He is known through inscriptions to have commissioned many buildings projects, including canals and temples, in the state of Lagash, and defending Lagash from its rival state Umma. He was probably not from royal lineage, being the son of Gunidu who was recorded without an accompanying royal title. He was the father of Akurgal, who succeeded him, and grandfather of Eanatum. Eanatum expanded the kingdom of Lagash by defeating Umma as illustrated in the Stele of the Vultures and continue building and renovation of Ur-Nanshe’s original buildings.

paragraph: He ascended after Lugal-shag-engur (lugal-šag-engur), who was the ensi, or high priest.

paragraph: Section::::Temples.

paragraph: According to the Perforated Relief of King Ur-Nanshe, temples attributed to Ur-Nanshe include Ningirsu's temple in Girsu, Nanshe's temple in Nina, and Apsubanda. He is known to have originally built the Ibgal of Inanna, because of Eanatum's honorary inscriptions left after temple renovation. The Ibgal of Inanna is located in modern-day al-Hiba (ancient city of Lagash). An oval wall surrounds the main mud brick temple and it is located on the southwest edge of the city. This placement within the city is different because temples were usually centrally positioned in ancient Sumer.

paragraph: Section::::Inscriptions.

paragraph: Ur-Nanshe has left behind many inscriptions and plates that depict him, his family, and court.

paragraph: Section::::Inscriptions.:The Perforated Relief.

paragraph: The Perforated Relief of King Ur-Nanshe is on display at the Louvre. The king is portrayed as a builder of temples and canals, thus a preserver of order perceived to be bestowed upon them by the gods. It is a perforated limestone slab that was probably part of a wall as a votive decoration and is inscribed in Sumerian:

paragraph: “Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, son of Gunidu, built the temple of Ningirsu;

paragraph: he built the temple of Nanshe; he built Apsubanda.”

paragraph: The carved illustration is in two registers, top and bottom, both depicting Ur-Nanshe in different roles as king. In the top register he is dressed in a "kaunakes" (tufted wool skirt), carrying a basket of bricks on his head while surrounded by other Lagash elite, his wife, and sons. Inscriptions on their respective garments identify each person. On the bottom register, Ur-Nanshe is at a banquet, which is to celebrate the building of the temple. He is seated on a throne wearing the same outfit as the top register surrounded by other court members. In both registers Ur-Nanshe is shown using hierarchical proportion in which he is considerably larger than everyone surrounding him.

paragraph: Further inscriptions read, “boats from the (distant) land of Dilmun carried the wood (for him)”, which is the oldest known written record of Dilmun and importation of goods into Mesopotamia.

paragraph: The Plaque of Ur Nanshe is a limestone plaque currently located at the Louvre Museum that honors Ur Nanshe. The figures displayed are the king and his court standing rigid and wide eyed, paying homage to the god Nanshe. They are dressed in "kaunakes" with their hands clasped together over their chest. Hierarchical scale of the king and the use of cuneiform on the figures to identify them are employed as in the Perforated Relief.

paragraph: Section::::Inscriptions.:The Plaque of Ur Nanshe.:Additional inscriptions.

paragraph: There are many other inscriptions found by or mentioning Ur-Nanshe. Some of them include a listing of rulers of Lagash and a Hymn to Nashe.

paragraph: Excerpt from Ruler of Lagash:

paragraph: “Ur-Nanše, the son of ……, who built the E-Sirara, her temple of happiness and Niĝin, her beloved city, acted for 1080 years. Ane-tum, the son of Ur-Nanše”

paragraph: Excerpt from A Hymn to Nashe:

paragraph: “There is perfection in the presence of the lady. Lagaš thrives in abundance in the presence of Nanše. She chose the šennu in her holy heart and seated Ur-Nanše, the beloved lord of Lagaš, on the throne. She gave the lofty scepter to the shepherd.”

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of Sumer

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chronology of the ancient Near East

wikidata_label: Ur-Nanshe

wikipedia_title: Ur-Nanshe


text: D.

text: Portuguese possessions in India

text: Tristão da Cunha

text: Portuguese

text: Pope Leo X

text: Francisco de Almeida

text: João III

text: India

text: Goa

text: Mombasa

text: Portuguese Mozambique

text: nepotism

text: Goa

text: Damão

text: Arabian Sea

text: Mumbai

text: Gujarat

text: Vasai

text: Cape of Good Hope

text: João de Barros

text: Malacca

text: "Portugal: Dicionario Historico"

text: Cunha coat-of-arms

categories: 1539 deaths,15th-century Portuguese people,1520s in Portuguese India,1483 births,1529 in India,1538 in India,Deaths by drowning,1530s in Portuguese India,16th-century explorers,Governors-General of Portuguese India,Portuguese explorers

paragraph: Nuno da Cunha

paragraph: D. Nuno da Cunha (c. 1487 – March 5, 1539) was a governor of Portuguese possessions in India from 1528 to 1538. He was the son of Antónia Pais and Tristão da Cunha, the famous Portuguese navigator, admiral and ambassador to Pope Leo X. Nuno da Cunha proved his mettle in battles at Oja and Brava, and at the capture of Panane, under the viceroy Francisco de Almeida. Named by João III ninth governor of Portuguese possessions in India, he served from April 1528 to 1538.

paragraph: On his passage to Goa, he subdued the pirates at Mombasa who had been harassing the coast of Portuguese Mozambique. Mozambique had been brought within the Portuguese trading orbit and provided watering stations essential to Portugal's lifeline to the west coast of India. Nuno's brothers Pero Vaz da Cunha and Simão da Cunha were expected to serve under him as second and third in command, a form of nepotism that was expected in the Portuguese "Estado da Índia." However, they died on the voyage, and Nuno was forced to rely upon local networks of clientage in Goa during his long rule.

paragraph: In 1529, Nuno sent an expedition that sacked and burned the city of Damão on the Arabian Sea at the mouth of the Damão River, about 100 miles north of Mumbai in the Muslim state of Gujarat. Forces under his control captured Baxay (now Vasai, often mistaken for Basra in Iraq) from the Muslim ruler of Gujarat, Bahadur Shah, on January 20, 1533. The next year, renamed Bassein, the city became the capital of the Portuguese province of the North, and the great citadel of black basalt, still standing, was begun. (It was completed in 1548.)

paragraph: Forced to return to Portugal as a result of court intrigues, he was shipwrecked at the Cape of Good Hope and drowned. His first marriage was to Maria da Cunha, and his second marriage was to Isabel da Silveira. The main source for Nuno da Cunha's career is the Portuguese historian João de Barros (1496–1570), famous for his history of the Portuguese in their overseas territories. The work, is full of lively detail, with incidents described like the king of Viantana's killing of the Portuguese ambassadors to Malacca with boiling water and their bodies thrown to dogs.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Portugal: Dicionario Historico"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cunha coat-of-arms

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andreia Martins de Carvalho, "Family networks and clientelism: impact on the political structure and decision making of the “Estado da Índia”": abstract

description: Portuguese colonial administrator

wikidata_label: Nuno da Cunha

wikipedia_title: Nuno da Cunha