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swimmer
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2016 Summer Olympics
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2017 World Aquatics Championships
2019 World Aquatics Championships
2018 Commonwealth Games
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Canadian record holder
2015 Summer Universiade
CIS
University of Toronto
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2016 Summer Olympics
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Fu Yuanhui
Americas record
fastest time ever in a textile suit
2017 World Aquatics Championships
Budapest
world record
Brent Hayden
mixed 4 × 100 m medley
Yuri Kisil
Hilary Caldwell
La Salle, Ontario
Canada's team
2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games records
Emily Seebohm
Taylor Ruck
Canadian record

categories: Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m),Universiade medalists in swimming,Olympic bronze medalists for Canada,World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming,Canadian female backstroke swimmers,Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics,Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming,Former world record holders in swimming,Olympic swimmers of Canada,Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games,1996 births,Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics,Franco-Ontarian people,Olympic bronze medalists in swimming,Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada,Living people,Swimmers from Ontario,Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada

paragraph: Kylie Masse

paragraph: Kylie Jacqueline Masse (born January 18, 1996) is a Canadian competition swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. She tied for the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 100 m backstroke. Masse is the current world champion in the 100 m backstroke, breaking the eight year old world record in the process, which she held until July 2018. While winning her title in Budapest at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships she became the first Canadian woman to become a world champion in a swimming event. She subsequently became the first Canadian woman to defend her world title at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

paragraph: Masse won two gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, setting a games record in both events, and finished the games with a silver in the 50 m backstroke.

paragraph: She is also the Canadian record holder in the 100 m back. Masse won gold in the 100 m backstroke at the 2015 Summer Universiade and was the 2015-16 CIS swimmer of the year while swimming at the University of Toronto.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Masse started swimming at a young age for the Windsor Essex Swim team and was coached by Andrei Semenov. She was then recruited to swim with the University of Toronto swim team where her performances earned her the award of the 2015-16 CIS swimmer of the year.

paragraph: She competed for Canada's Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Masse was Canada's lead competitor in the 100 m backstroke at the games. She set and improved the national record in the 100 backstroke in both the heats and semi-finals. In the final she swam to a bronze medal tie with Fu Yuanhui while again bettering the national record, setting it at 58.76.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:World record holder.

paragraph: At the 2017 Canadian Swimming Championships she broke the Americas record in the 100 m backstroke in a time of 58.21 which is also the fastest time ever in a textile suit and the 3rd fastest time in history. Masse followed up her national championships with competition at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. There she broke a world record that had stood for eight years, all en route to winning her first world championship title in 58.10 seconds. With the title, she became the first Canadian woman to become a world champion and first Canadian to win a title since Brent Hayden. An elated Masse said after the race that "I don't think it's really sunk in yet. I touched the wall, I looked back and I had to make sure I as looking at the right name and the right time. I was just super excited in the moment. After the Olympics I just gained a lot more confidence in myself and experience. I gained a lot from just doing that routine for a week, doing prelims, semis and finals. All that experience really helps and makes you feel more confident."

paragraph: Masse followed up her world record by participating in the final of the mixed 4 × 100 m medley with the lead-off backstroke leg of the race. Yuri Kisil anchored the team in the final freestyle leg, pulling the team into a tie for bronze with the Chinese team. She competed in the women's 200 m backstroke setting the Canadian record at 2:05.97 in the semis and qualifying for the final second overall, but was unable to duplicate her time and placed fifth at 2:07.04 ahead of teammate Hilary Caldwell. Following the championships the town of La Salle, Ontario dedicated an August 18 day to fest her accomplishments and celebrated with her and a town barbecue.

paragraph: Masse was named as part of Canada's team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She began her part of the competition in her preferred event, the 100 m. Masse set two Commonwealth Games records en route to the final. In the final she again set the record, just out-touching Emily Seebohm for the gold medal. After seeing she had won the event she told reports how she felt about the win and coming in to the event as the favourite, saying, "Relief, happiness. Just coming into another big meet with kind of a target on your back is something relatively new to me. So I’m still trying to kind of focus on my stroke and what I can control and not worry too much about outside pressures or anything like that." Masse followed up her victory in the 100 m back with a gold in the 200 m backstroke the next day. She again set a Commonwealth Games record, finishing ahead of 17 year old teammate Taylor Ruck. Masse ended her games with a silver medal and a Canadian record in the 50 m backstroke and another silver medal in 4 × 100 m medley relay event.

paragraph: Masse successfully defended her title in the 100 backstroke at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea with a time of 58.60.

alias:
Kylie Jacqueline Masse
Kylie J. Masse

description: Canadian swimmer

wikidata_label: Kylie Masse

wikipedia_title: Kylie Masse


text:
Arnold I
John I
Leiningen
Jülich
Maria van Arkel
John V van Arkel
Joanna of Jülich
Arnold, Duke of Guelders
William IV, Count of Egmond
rootsweb

categories: 1409 deaths,Lords of Egmond,1385 births,14th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire,People from Egmond

paragraph: John II, Lord of Egmond

paragraph: John II, Lord of Egmond (c. 1385 – 4 January 1451) was the son of Arnold I of Egmond (d. 9 April 1409, the son of John I and Guida D'Armstall) and Jolanthe of Leiningen (d. 24 April 1434, the daughter of Frederick VIII of Leningen and Jolanthe of Jülich).

paragraph: On 23 June 1409 John married Maria van Arkel daughter of John V van Arkel and Joanna of Jülich, and had two sons:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arnold, Duke of Guelders

paragraph: BULLET::::- William IV, Count of Egmond

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- rootsweb Accessed November 28, 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.thepeerage.com/p469.htm#i4689

description: Lord of Egmond and IJsselstein

wikidata_label: John II, Count of Egmond

wikipedia_title: John II, Lord of Egmond


text: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

text: Father Le Loutre's War

text: French and Indian War

text: American Revolution

text: Nova Scotia House of Assembly

text: St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg)

text: John Bacon (1777–1859)

text: London

text: St. Paul's Cathedral

text: Westminster Abbey

text: Glastonbury

text: Edward Cornwallis

text: Halifax

text: Lunenburg

text: justice of the peace

text: Raid on Lunenburg (1782)

text: Noah Stoddard

text: crypt

text: St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg)

text: Hibbert Newton Binney

text: Lewis Morris Wilkins

text: John Creighton

text: Dettlieb Christopher Jessen

text: Patrick Sutherland

text: Jean-Baptiste Moreau (clergyman)

text: Sebastian Zouberbuhler

categories: 1721 births,Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs,Judges in Nova Scotia,People from Glastonbury,1807 deaths

paragraph: John Creighton (judge)

paragraph: John Creighton (1721 – November 8, 1807) was one of the founding fathers of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He led the settlement through the turbulent times of Father Le Loutre's War, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1775. After establishing the town, he lived the rest of his life in the village until he died fifty-four years later.

paragraph: The stone monument to John Creighton in St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg) was created by John Bacon (1777–1859), London. (Bacon was a renown nineteenth century sculptor. He created six monuments in St. Paul's Cathedral and many in Westminster Abbey.)

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: He was born in Glastonbury and served as a lieutenant in the British dragoons. In 1749, he went with Edward Cornwallis to Halifax. He served in Cornwallis' militia. In 1753, he relocated to Lunenburg. Creighton was a justice of the peace and captain in the militia; he later became lieutenant-colonel. In 1753, he was named a judge in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and, in 1776, he was named a judge for the probate court. He was unsuccessful when he ran for a seat in the first election held in Nova Scotia. In 1775, he was named to the province's Council.

paragraph: He led the armed resistance to American privateers in the Raid on Lunenburg (1782). He and five others defended the town by firing at the privateers from the Blockhouse, wounding three of them. The privateers captured Creighton and the five men, two of whom escaped. The privateers burned the blockhouse and Creighton's home. Creighton and the three others were taken captive to Boston. The lead privateer Noah Stoddard would later report of his prisoner Creighton that "I have a great regard for the old gentleman." He eventually returned and died in Lunenburg in 1807 and is buried in the crypt in St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg).

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Creighton married Lucy Clapp in 1760 after the death of his first wife, Maria. His daughter Lucy married Hibbert Newton Binney (buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)) and his daughter Sarah married Lewis Morris Wilkins. His grandson, also named John Creighton, also served in the province's assembly.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dettlieb Christopher Jessen

paragraph: BULLET::::- Patrick Sutherland

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jean-Baptiste Moreau (clergyman)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sebastian Zouberbuhler

description: Canadian politician

wikidata_label: John Creighton

wikipedia_title: John Creighton (judge)


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Paul-Albert Besnard
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Legion of Honour
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Paris Salon
Duke
Duchess of Sutherland
Jephthah
Paul-Albert Besnard
Philippe Besnard
Henri Bouchard
Auguste Rodin
Hélène Bertaux
French Academy in Rome
Villa Medici
Italian Renaissance
Judith
Holofernes
Bethulia
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Exposition Universelle de 1900
Frantz Jourdain
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Georges Rodenbach
Camille Mauclair

categories: 1931 deaths,19th-century French sculptors,1854 births,French women sculptors

paragraph: Charlotte Dubray

paragraph: Charlotte Besnard (25 April 1854 – 15 March 1931), born Charlotte Dubray, was a French sculptor. She is perhaps best known as the wife of the successful painter Paul-Albert Besnard (1849–1934), whose career she did much to advance. Although she was well known for her own work in her day, she has since been largely forgotten.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Charlotte-Gabrielle Dubray was born in Paris on 25 April 1854. Her parents were (1818–1892), a sculptor, and Jeanne Aglaë Cecconi (1820–1896). Her father had a successful career under the Second French Empire (1851–70), executed many commissions and became a member of the Legion of Honour. Vital Dubray taught sculpture to two of his daughters, Charlotte and Giovanna. At this time sculpture was considered a less noble art than painting, a rough and dirty trade akin to artisan stonecutting, that generally required a public or private sponsor to cover the cost. Women sculptors were rare and had to have strong and determined characters.

paragraph: Charlotte studied sculpture under Mlle Fanny Dubois-Davesnes. She was not able to attend the École des Beaux-Arts, which was reserved for men until 1897. She first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1869. She managed to spend time studying art in Rome thanks to her sponsors and patrons the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. She met her future husband in Rome. Her "La Fille de Jephté pleurant sur la montagne" ("The daughter of Jephthah crying on the mountain"), exhibited at the 1876 Salon, was created in Rome.

paragraph: On 19 November 1879 Charlotte Dubray married the painter Paul-Albert Besnard (1849–1934). She was his second wife. The young couple made their first home in London, where Charlotte had introductions to the English aristocracy and gained some success. Albert Besnard was disconcerted when he was addressed as "Mr. Dubray". However, Charlotte obtained commissions for him to make large portraits of notable English people. They had four children: Robert (1881–1914) painter; Germaine (1884–1975) sculptor and painter; Philippe (1885–1971) sculptor; and Jean (1889–1958) ceramic artist. Charlotte gave sculpture lessons to her son Philippe Besnard, who then went to Rome and studied under Henri Bouchard (1875–1960). Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) gave advice to both Charlotte and her son Philippe.

paragraph: Charlotte did much to support and encourage her husband in his career, often acting as his secretary in handling correspondence on his behalf, arranging social engagements and dealing with exhibitions and potential purchasers. Charlotte took advantage of her husband's exhibitions in France and abroad to display her own work. Between 1869 and 1912 she exhibited at 37 Salons in 44 years, despite the demands of maternity and travel. Charlotte participated in the first exhibitions of the (Union of Women Painters and Sculptors), which the sculptor Hélène Bertaux (1825–1909) founded in 1881. This Salon was not successful, since it lacked a selection jury. However the union did succeed in 1897 in its vigorous campaign to allow women to enter the École des Beaux-Arts.

paragraph: Charlotte became interested in the teaching of art, and achieved a reform in the way that drawing was taught, abandoning the "geometric method" in favour of freer and more spontaneous processes. In 1908 Charlotte organized an exhibition of women painters in Paris in the salons of the Lyceum. Following a journey to India, she wrote in "Femina" in 1911 about the condition of women in Egypt and India. From 1913 to 1921 her husband was Director of the French Academy in Rome, and Charlotte acted as a mother or chaperone to the girls at the Villa Medici. Charlotte Besnard died in Paris on 15 March 1931, aged 76.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: Dubray's early exhibits at the Salon included:

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1869 "Giovannina", terracotta bust of her younger sister

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1873 "Général Renault", marble bust for the Versaille museum

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1874 "Jeune fellah du Caire", marble bust

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1875 "Tête d'étude (Florence, XVIe siècle", silvered bronze bust in the Italian Renaissance style inspired by a trip to Tuscany

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1876 "Napolitain", bronze bust

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1876 "La Fille de Jephté pleurant sur la montagne" plaster statue

paragraph: Charlotte exhibited a large statue of "Judith présentant la tête d’Holopherne aux habitants de Béthulie" ("Judith presenting the head of Holofernes to the inhabitants of Bethulia") at the 1880 Salon. This marked the end of her adherence to academic conventions. Her work evolved throughout her career, and showed her desire to stay in touch with current trends. While her children were growing up she often used them for models, intimate works that were possible due to her financial security. For example, she presented a statuette of her baby Robert to the Salon of 1883. Most of the portraits, busts and masks of this period remained in the family and have been scattered and often forgotten.

paragraph: In the 1890s Charlotte began to experiment with ceramics with the help of partners such as (1857–1940) and (1848–1926). A high relief of "Cérès" was exhibited at the Objets d’Art section of the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1892. She made an imposing statue of Saint Francis that won a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle de 1900. An article on the Besnard couple by Frantz Jourdain appeared in "La Vie heureuse" in 1904, with photographs showing this statue.

paragraph: Charlotte Besnard designed an unusual portrait for the tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery of the Belgian poet Georges Rodenbach (1855–98). His bronze upper body, grasping a rose, emerges from (or subsides into) the rock that covers his grave. In the 1900s she began to experiment with combinations of terracotta, paste, wax, plaster and paint on statuettes of women, symbolic rather than realistic.

paragraph: Section::::Reception.

paragraph: A June 1877 review of the Royal Academy Exhibition said "Miss Charlotte Dubray shows much decision of handling in a terra-cotta portraiture of 'Professor Birkbeck' ... and equal grace and fancy in 'La Coquette'."

paragraph: She had to contest with male prejudices. Henri Jouin, writing of the Salon of 1873, said her bust of Général Renault was "the best of the busts executed by a woman's hand." The art critic Camille Mauclair (1872–1945) followed a complimentary description of Besnard by saying she was "very feminine with an almost masculine brain".

paragraph: Charlotte Besnard was very active during her life, exhibited regularly and sometimes won awards. She was often mentioned in artistic circles, and was the subject or author of articles in the press. However, many of her works were somewhat conventional. Few of them were acquired by the great public collections, and she has been largely forgotten. When she is remembered it is mostly as the wife of a painter who was famous in his day, and who has recently come back into vogue.

description: French sculptor

wikidata_label: Charlotte Dubray

wikipedia_title: Charlotte Dubray


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Elector Palatine
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Rupert of Germany
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Stephen
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Albrecht VI of Austria
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Frederick I, Elector Palatine
Rupprecht
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archbishop
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Liebenau monastery
genealogie-mittelalter.de
Biography

categories: 1436 deaths,House of Wittelsbach,Electors of the Palatinate,1378 births

paragraph: Louis III, Elector Palatine

paragraph: Louis III, Count Palatine of the Rhine () (23 January 1378 – 30 December 1436), was an Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1410–1436.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Louis III was the third son of King Rupert of Germany and his wife Elisabeth of Nuremberg. During his father's campaign in Italy 1401-1402 Louis served as imperial vicar. He succeeded his father in 1410 as Elector of the Palatinate but did not run for the German crown. The Palatinate was divided between the four of Rupert's surviving sons. As oldest surviving son and new Prince-Elector Louis III received the main part, John received Palatinate-Neumarkt, Stephen received Palatinate-Simmern and Otto received Palatinate-Mosbach.

paragraph: Louis III was a member of the Parakeet Society and of the League of Constance. Highly cultured and religious he was a patron of the Heidelberg University. Louis III acted as vicar for Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor and was his bearer during the Council of Constance. As such Louis later also executed the sentences against Jan Hus and Jerome of Prague. He also arrested Antipope John XXIII in 1415.

paragraph: Louis III returned very sick from a pilgrimage in 1427 into the Holy Land which he had organized after the death of his son Ruprecht. From 1430 onwards he was almost blind and in 1435 deprived of power by his wife and her advisors. In the following year he died, in Heidelberg, and was succeeded by his son Louis IV.

paragraph: Section::::Family and children.

paragraph: Louis III was married twice. Firstly, he married on 6 July 1402 Blanche of England (1392 – 21 May 1409), daughter of King Henry IV of England and Mary de Bohun. They had one son Ruprecht (22 May 1406 – 20 May 1426). This marriage brought the Palatine Crown into the hands of the Wittelsbach.

paragraph: Secondly, he married on 30 November 1417 Matilda of Savoy, daughter of Amadeo, Prince of Achaea. They had five children:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Mathilde (7 March 1419 – 1 October 1482), married:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. in 1434 to Count Louis I of Württemberg

paragraph: BULLET::::2. in 1452 to Duke Albrecht VI of Austria

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1 January 1424 – 13 August 1449)

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Frederick I, Elector Palatine (1 August 1425 – 12 December 1476)

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Rupprecht (27 February 1427 – 26 July 1480), Prince-elector archbishop of Cologne

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Margarete (ca. 1428 – 23 November 1466), a nun at Liebenau monastery

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- genealogie-mittelalter.de

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography

description: Elector Palatine

wikidata_label: Louis III, Elector Palatine

wikipedia_title: Louis III, Elector Palatine


text: British

text: peer

text: Member of Parliament

text: Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

text: Eton School

text: Clare College, Cambridge

text: Grand Tour

text: Newport, Isle of Wight

text: Whitchurch

text: Lord of the Admiralty

text: Lord of the Treasury

text: Lord of the Bedchamber

text: Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim

text: Mary Elizabeth Sydney

text: George James Cholmondeley

text: John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney

categories: People educated at Eton College,Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge,British MPs 1784–1790,British MPs 1790–1796,Townshend family,Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain,1831 deaths,British MPs 1796–1800,1764 births,Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies,Lords of the Admiralty

paragraph: John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney

paragraph: John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St Leonards (21 February 1764 – 20 January 1831) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.

paragraph: He was the eldest son of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney of St Leonards and Elizabeth Powys and was educated at Eton School (1775–81) and Clare College, Cambridge. He went on the Grand Tour in 1785.

paragraph: In 1786 he was elected as the Hon. John Townsend the Member of Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight, sitting from 1786 to 1790. He then sat for Whitchurch from 1790 to 1800. He inherited his peerage on the death of his father in 1800.

paragraph: He was Under-Secretary of State for Home affairs from 1784 to 1789, a Lord of the Admiralty from 1789 to 1793, a Lord of the Treasury from 1793 to 1800, and a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1800 to 1810. He was also Ranger of Hyde Park and Ranger of St. James's Park from 1807 to his death.

paragraph: His death in 1831 was viewed by the family "as a great release from hopeless suffering". He had married twice. On 13 April 1790 he married Hon. Sophia Southwell, daughter of Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford. They had one child;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hon. Sophia Mary Townshend (d. 6 Dec 1852).

paragraph: He married a second time, to Caroline Elizabeth Letitia Clements, daughter of Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim, on 27 May 1802. They had two children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mary Elizabeth Sydney (d. 25 Dec 1847), married 1) George James Cholmondeley (b. 22 Feb 1752, d. 5 Nov 1830) 2) Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney (b. 9 Aug 1805, d. 14 Feb 1890)

description: British Viscount

wikidata_label: John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney

wikipedia_title: John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney


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Sanford
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Cleveland Browns
2003 NFL Draft
2006 NFL Draft
New Orleans Saints
Pro Bowl
Olin Kreutz
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cincinnati Bengals
Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio
Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio

categories: Players of American football from Oregon,Cleveland Browns players,Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players,Living people,People from Sanford, Florida,1981 births,Tampa Bay Buccaneers players,American football centers,Seminole High School (Seminole County, Florida) alumni,Sportspeople from Milwaukie, Oregon,New Orleans Saints players

paragraph: Jeff Faine

paragraph: Jeffrey Kalei Faine (born April 6, 1981) is a former American football center. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns 21st overall in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame.

paragraph: Faine, a Pro Bowl alternate in 2007, has also played for the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cincinnati Bengals.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Faine is a 1999 graduate of Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Faine was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. On April 29, 2006, the Cleveland Browns traded Faine and a second round pick (43rd overall) during the 2006 NFL Draft to the New Orleans Saints and received a second round pick (34th overall). Faine was a Pro Bowl alternate for the 2007 Pro Bowl behind center Olin Kreutz. On February 29, 2008, Faine signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was released by Tampa Bay on March 14, 2012. Faine was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals on August 29, 2012. He was released by the Bengals on December 6.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Jeff Faine

wikipedia_title: Jeff Faine


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text: Kingdom of Northumbria

text: evangelist

text: Middle Angles

text: East Saxons

text: England

text: Synod of Whitby

text: venerated

text: Catholic Church

text: Anglicanism

text: Eastern Orthodox Church

text: Bede

text: Lindisfarne

text: Aidan

text: the Irish Church

text: Chad of Mercia

text: Cynibil

text: Cælin

text: Iona

text: Celtic Rite

text: Computus

text: Easter

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text: exegesis

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text: Œthelwald of Deira

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text: Roman Rite

text: tonsure

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text: Frankish

text: Old Welsh

text: Latin

text: Holy Spirit

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text: Dál Riata

text: plague

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text: Sæbbi

text: Wulfhere

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text: Powicke, F. Maurice

text: Mayr-Harting, Henry

text: Pennsylvania State University Press

categories: 7th-century deaths from plague (disease),Mercian saints,Northumbrian saints,East Anglian saints,People from Essex,People from Northumberland,Year of birth unknown,664 deaths,7th-century bishops,Christian missionaries in the United Kingdom,7th-century Christian saints,Bishops of London

paragraph: Cedd

paragraph: Cedd (; 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, Anglicanism, and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: The little that is known about Cedd comes to us mainly from the writing of Bede in his "Ecclesiastical History of the English People". The following account is based entirely on Book 3 of Bede's History.

paragraph: Cedd was born in the kingdom of Northumbria and brought up on the island of Lindisfarne by Aidan of the Irish Church. He had three brothers: Chad of Mercia (transcribed into Bede's Latin text as Ceadda), Cynibil and Cælin). All four were priests and both Cedd and Chad became bishops. The first datable reference to Cedd by Bede makes clear that he was a priest by the year 653. This probably pushes his birth date back to the early 620s. It is likely that Cedd was oldest of the brothers and was acknowledged the head of the family. He seems to have taken the lead, while Chad was his chosen successor.

paragraph: Aidan had come to Northumbria from Iona, bringing with him a set of practices that are known as the Celtic Rite. As well as superficial differences over the Computus (calculation of the date of Easter), and the cut of the tonsure, these involved a pattern of Church organization fundamentally different from the diocesan structure that was evolving on the continent of Europe. Activity was based in monasteries, which supported peripatetic missionary bishops. There was a strong emphasis on personal asceticism, on Biblical exegesis, and on eschatology. Aidan was well known for his personal austerity and disregard for the trappings of wealth and power. Bede several times stresses that Cedd and Chad absorbed his example and traditions. Bede tells us that Chad and many other Northumbrians went to study with the Irish after the death of Aidan (651).

paragraph: Cedd is not mentioned as one of the wandering scholars. He is portrayed by Bede as very close to Aidan's successor, Finan. So it is highly likely that he owed his entire formation as a priest and scholar to Aidan and to Lindisfarne.

paragraph: Section::::Mission to Mercia.

paragraph: In 653, Cedd was sent by Oswiu of Northumberland with three other priests to evangelise the Middle Angles, who were one of the core ethnic groups of Mercia, based on the mid-Trent Valley. Peada of Mercia, son of Penda, was sub-king of the Middle Angles. Peada had agreed to become a Christian in return for the hand of Oswiu's daughter, Alchflaed (c.635-c.714) in marriage. This was a time of growing Northumbrian power, as Oswiu reunited and consolidated the Northumbrian kingdom after its earlier (641/2) defeat by Penda. Peada travelled to Northumbria to negotiate his marriage and baptism.

paragraph: Cedd, together with the priests, Adda, Betti and Diuma, accompanied Peada back to Middle Anglia, where they won numerous converts of all classes. Bede relates that the pagan Penda did not obstruct preaching even among his subjects in Mercia proper, and portrays him as generally sympathetic to Christianity at this point – a very different view from the general estimate of Penda as a devoted pagan. But, the mission apparently made little headway in the wider Mercian polity. Bede credits Cedd's brother Chad with the effective evangelization of Mercia more than a decade later. To make progress among the general population, Christianity appeared to need positive royal backing, including grants of land for monasteries, rather than a benign attitude from leaders.

paragraph: Section::::Bishop of the East Saxons.

paragraph: Cedd was soon recalled from the mission to Mercia by Oswiu, who sent him on a mission with one other priest to the East Saxon kingdom. The priests had been requested by Sigeberht the Good to reconvert his people.

paragraph: The East Saxon kingdom was originally converted by missionaries from Canterbury, where Augustine of Canterbury had established a Roman mission in 597. The first bishop of the Roman Rite was Mellitus, who arrived in Essex in 604. After a decade, he was driven out of the area. The religious destiny of the kingdom was constantly in the balance, with the royal family itself divided among Christians, pagans, and some wanting to tolerate both.

paragraph: Bede tells us that Sigeberht's decision to be baptized and to reconvert his kingdom was at the initiative of Oswiu. Sigeberht travelled to Northumbria to accept baptism from Bishop Finan of Lindisfarne. Cedd went to the East Saxons partly as an emissary of the Northumbrian monarchy. Certainly his prospects were helped by the continuing military and political success of Northumbria, especially the final defeat of Penda in 655. Practically, Northumbria gained hegemony among the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

paragraph: After making some conversions, Cedd returned to Lindisfarne to report to Finan. In recognition of his success, Finan ordained him bishop, calling in two other Irish bishops to assist at the rite. Cedd was appointed bishop of the East Saxons. As a result, he is generally listed among the bishops of London, a part of the East Saxon kingdom. Bede, however, generally uses ethnic descriptions for episcopal responsibilities when dealing with the generation of Cedd and Chad.

paragraph: Bede's record makes clear that Cedd demanded personal commitment and that he was unafraid to confront the powerful. He excommunicated a thegn who was in an unlawful marriage and forbade Christians to accept the man's hospitality. According to Bede, when Sigeberht continued to visit the man's home, Cedd went to the house to denounce the king, foretelling that he would die in that house. Bede asserts that the King's subsequent murder (660) was his penance for defying Cedd's injunction.

paragraph: After the death of Sigeberht, there were signs that Cedd had a more precarious position. The new king, Swithhelm of Essex, who had assassinated Sigeberht, was a pagan. He had long been a client of Æthelwold of East Anglia, who was increasingly dependent on Wulfhere of Mercia, the Christian king of a newly-resurgent Mercia. After some persuasion from Ethelwald, Swithelm accepted baptism from Cedd. The bishop traveled into East Anglia to baptize the king at Ethelwald's home. For a time, the East Saxon kingdom remained Christian.

paragraph: Bede presents Cedd's work as decisive in the conversion of the East Saxons, although it was preceded by other missionaries, and eventually followed by a revival of paganism. Despite the substantial work, the future suggested that all could be undone.

paragraph: Section::::Monastic foundations.

paragraph: Cedd founded many churches. He also founded monasteries at Tilaburg (probably East Tilbury, but possibly West Tilbury) and Ithancester (almost certainly Bradwell-on-Sea).

paragraph: Cedd was appointed as abbot of the monastery of Lastingham in his native Northumbria at the request of the sub-king Œthelwald of Deira. Bede records the foundation of this monastery in some detail, showing that Ethelwald was put in contact with Cedd through Caelin, one of the bishop's brothers, who was on the king's staff. Cedd undertook a 40-day fast to purify the site, although urgent royal business took him away after 30 days, and Cynibil took over the fast for him.

paragraph: Cedd occupied the position of abbot of Lastingham to the end of his life, while maintaining his position as missionary bishop and diplomat. He often traveled far from the monastery in fulfillment of these other duties. His brother Chad, who succeeded him as abbot, did the same. Cedd and his brothers regarded Lastingham as a monastic base, providing intellectual and spiritual support, and a place of retreat. Cedd delegated daily care of Lastingham to other priests, and it is likely that Chad operated similarly.

paragraph: Section::::Final years.

paragraph: Cedd had been brought up in the Celtic Rite, which differed from the Roman Rite in the dating of the religious calendar and other practices, including the tonsure of monks. Supporters of each rite met at a council within the Northumbrian kingdom known as the Synod of Whitby. The proceedings of the council were hampered by the participants' mutual incomprehension of each other's languages, which probably included Old Irish, Old English, Frankish and Old Welsh, as well as Latin. Bede recounted that Cedd interpreted for both sides. Cedd's facility with the languages, together with his status as a trusted royal emissary, likely made him a key figure in the negotiations. His skills were seen as an eschatological sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit, in contrast to the Biblical account of the Tower of Babel. When the council ended, Cedd returned to Essex.

paragraph: According to Bede, Cedd accepted the Roman dating of the observance of Easter. He returned to his work as bishop, abandoning the practices of the Irish of Dál Riata.

paragraph: A short time later, he returned to Northumbria and the monastery at Lastingham. He fell ill with the plague and died on 26 October 664. Bede records that immediately after Cedd's death a party of thirty monks travelled up from Essex to Lastingham to do homage. All but one small boy died there, also of the plague. Cedd was initially buried at Lastingham in a grave. Later, when a stone church was built, his body was moved and re-interred in a shrine inside the church of the monastery. Chad succeeded his brother as abbot at Lastingham.

paragraph: King Swithhelm of Essex died at about the same time as Cedd. He was succeeded by the joint kings Sighere and Sæbbi. Some people reverted to paganism, which Bede said was due to the effects of the plague. Mercia under King Wulfhere was the dominant force south of the Humber, so it fell to Wulfhere to take prompt action. He dispatched Bishop Jaruman to take over Cedd's work among the East Saxons. Jaruman, working (according to Bede) with great discretion, toured Essex, negotiated with local magnates, and soon restored Christianity.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Easily searched for references to Cedd.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fordham Medieval Sourcebook: Bede's History, Book 3 Alternative translation.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Historiam Ecclesiasticam Gentis Anglorum, Liber Tertius Latin Library version of original Latin text.

paragraph: BULLET::::- HISTORIAM ECCLESIASTICAM GENTIS ANGLORUM LIBRI III, IV Internet Archive download of Latin text of Books 3 and 4 in PDF, TXT and other formats.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

paragraph: Section::::Background Reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bassett, Steven, Ed. "The Origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms". Leicester University Press, 1989. . Studies on state formation that provide important political background to the conversion.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fletcher, Richard. "The Conversion of Europe: From Paganism to Christianity 371-1386". . HarperCollins, 1997. . Places the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons in the widest possible context, and places Cedd's family incidentally but tellingly within the author's overall interpretation.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mayr-Harting, Henry. "The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England". 1991. Pennsylvania State University Press. . Cedd and Chad are strongly featured in this widely recommended narrative account of the conversion, much revised since its first publication in 1972, and giving a clear picture of the political and cultural context.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cave, Diana . "St Cedd: Seventh-century Celtic saint". The first biography of this priest. PublishNation, London 2015.

description: Bishop of London; Saint

wikidata_label: Cedd

wikipedia_title: Cedd


text: Count of the Empire

text: French Revolutionary Wars

text: Napoleon Bonaparte

text: Napoleonic Wars

text: Évian

text: Savoy

text: Kingdom of Sardinia

text: Genovese

text: Non-commissioned officer

text: Swiss

text: French Revolution

text: stormed the Bastille

text: Paris

text: Lieutenant-Colonel

text: Gendarmerie

text: French Revolutionary Wars

text: aide-de-camp

text: Carteaux

text: Siege of Toulon

text: Army of the Eastern Pyrenees

text: Kingdom of Spain

text: Army of Italy

text: Battle of Lodi

text: Bonaparte

text: French Campaign in Egypt and Syria

text: Chef de bataillon

text: Chef de brigade

text: Cairo

text: Brigadier General

text: War of the Third Coalition

text: Grande Armée

text: Battle of Austerlitz

text: General of Division

text: War of the Fourth Coalition

text: Battle of Straslund

text: Battle of Friedland

text: Count of the Empire

text: Battle of Wagram

text: War of the Sixth Coalition

text: Paris

categories: French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars,1823 deaths,1761 births,French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars,People from Évian-les-Bains

paragraph: Pierre-Louis Dupas

paragraph: Count of the Empire Pierre-Louis Dupas (13 February 1761 – 6 March 1823) was a French soldier who rose to prominence during the French Revolutionary Wars, was noted for his association with Napoleon Bonaparte, and rose to the top military rank of General of Division during the Napoleonic Wars. A fiery commander, often noted for bravery, Dupas was often wounded in action, triggering physical infirmities, which eventually forced him to retire from active service, at first temporarily, in 1809 and then permanently, in late 1813.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: A native of Évian in Savoy, then a part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the 14-year-old Dupas joined the Sardinian army as a soldier and subsequently joined the Genovese army as a Non-commissioned officer.

paragraph: He joined the Swiss regiment of Château-vieux and at the outbreak of the outbreak of the French Revolution, he was a part of the mob which stormed the Bastille, subsequently joining the Paris National Guards. Quitting his position in the National Guards in April 1791, Dupas was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the Gendarmerie legion baptised "The victors of the Bastille".

paragraph: Section::::The French Revolutionary Wars.

paragraph: At the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, Dupas held the rank of Adjutant-Major of the Allobroges legion, and took part to the annexation of his native Savoy to France and then became aide-de-camp to General Carteaux. He served as aide-de-camp to Carteaux during the Siege of Toulon and during the operations that the French Army of the Eastern Pyrenees conducted against the Kingdom of Spain, until the two countries made peace in 1795.

paragraph: In 1795, Dupas was commissioned to the French Army of Italy and was noted for bravery at the Battle of Lodi, following which he received an honorary sabre and received several wounds during the subsequent battles. He was then a part of General Bonaparte's French Campaign in Egypt and Syria, with the rank of Chef de bataillon in the "Guides", Bonaparte's own personal guard.

paragraph: Dupas was soon promoted to Chef de brigade and was heroic during the defense of the Cairo citadel in 1800, when he held out with only 200 men under his command. It is during this campaign that Dupas acquired the nickname "Le général Z'en avant" (General Forward), for his impetuous style of command. Following his return from Egypt, Dupas was appointed "Adjutant Supérieur" of the Government palace, Colonel of the Mamelukes of the Consular Guar and in 1803 was promoted to Brigadier General.

paragraph: Section::::The Napoleonic Wars.

paragraph: With the outbreak of the War of the Third Coalition, Dupas was given a command in the Grande Armée, leading an epic attack at the Battle of Austerlitz, where his men were instrumental in forcing 5,000 Russians to surrender. For this action, he was promoted to General of Division, before taking part to the War of the Fourth Coalition of 1806-1807, where he was noted above all for his spirited actions at the Battle of Straslund and Battle of Friedland. He was created a Count of the Empire at the beginning of 1809 and fought at the great Battle of Wagram in July of that year. Dupas was then placed on the retired list, due to the various infirmities that he was suffering from, following his many battle wounds. He was recalled in 1813 for the War of the Sixth Coalition, but was permanently placed on the retired list in November of that year. He retired in Chateau de Ripaille in thonon-les-Bains where he died on 6 Mar 1823. http://charlesnealselections.com/wine/savoie/ripaille-vin-savoie/

paragraph: The name DUPAS is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and a statue of the General has been erected in his native Évian. It is shown under column number 26

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fierro, Alfredo; Palluel-Guillard, André; Tulard, Jean - "Histoire et Dictionnaire du Consulat et de l'Empire”, Éditions Robert Laffont,

description: French soldier

wikidata_label: Pierre-Louis Dupas

wikipedia_title: Pierre-Louis Dupas


text: French

text: astronomer

text: mathematician

text: Paris

text: Pierre Dionis

text: French Academy of Sciences

text: Estates-General of 1789

text: Estates of the Realm

text: Fellow of the Royal Society

text: Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine

text: Mathieu-Bernard Goudin

text: sundials

text: retrograde motion

text: apparent retrograde motion

text: comet

categories: 1734 births,1794 deaths,Fellows of the Royal Society,18th-century French mathematicians,18th-century astronomers,Members of the French Academy of Sciences,French astronomers

paragraph: Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour

paragraph: Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour (January 11, 1734 – August 22, 1794) was a French astronomer and mathematician.

paragraph: Dionis du Séjour was born in Paris and was a distant relative of surgeon and anatomist Pierre Dionis. He served as an advisor to parliament before he was appointed to the French Academy of Sciences in 1765. He was appointed to the Paris group for the Estates-General of 1789 and was one of the 47 who joined the Estates of the Realm that year. In 1775 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

paragraph: Dionis du Séjour died in Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Traité des courbes algébriques" (Treatise on Algebraic Curves), with Mathieu-Bernard Goudin (1756)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Recherches sur le gnomonique et les rétrogradations des planètes" (Research on sundials and retrograde motions of Planets), (1761)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Traité des mouvements apparents des corps célestes" (Treatise on apparent retrograde motion of celestial bodies), (1774)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Essai sur les comètes" (Essay on comets) (1775)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Essai sur les disparitions périodiques de l'anneau de Saturne" (Essay on the periodic disappearance of the ring of Saturn), (1776)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour biography via University of St. Andrews

description: mathematician

wikidata_label: Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour

wikipedia_title: Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour


text:
Major-General
British Army
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
County Carlow
Ireland
Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport
commissioned
Royal Artillery
Aide de camp
Viceroy of India
Second Boer War
South Africa
Relief of Kimberley
Battle of Paardeberg
mentioned in despatches
Order of the Bath
Orange River Colony
Lord Kitchener
Peace of Vereeniging
Somaliland Field Force
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
Piccadilly

categories: 1916 deaths,Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George,British Army personnel of the Mahdist War,Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath,Royal Artillery officers,British Army generals,1850 births,Governors of Jersey

paragraph: Alexander Rochfort

paragraph: Major-General Sir Alexander Nelson Rochfort (3 June 1850 – 5 December 1916) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

paragraph: Rochfort was born in County Carlow, Ireland, the fifth son of Horace William Noel Rochfort and Hon. Charlotte Hood, daughter of Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport.

paragraph: Section::::Military career.

paragraph: Rochfort was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1871. He was appointed Aide de camp to the Viceroy of India in 1882 and then Aide de camp to the Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Force to Suakin in 1885 before taking part in the Second Boer War which broke out in South Africa in October 1899. He was present at the Relief of Kimberley and at the Battle of Paardeberg, was mentioned in despatches (31 March 1900) was severely wounded, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). During the latter part of the war, he was in command of a column operating in the north-west of Orange River Colony. In despatches dated 23 June 1902, Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, described Rochfort as "fearless of responsibility, never makes difficulties, and has ... all the qualifications for a leader in the field." Following the end of the war with the Peace of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902, he returned home on the SS "Saxon" which arrived at Southampton in late October 1902.

paragraph: He went back to Africa to be a Special Service Officer in the Somaliland Field Force in 1902, returning to become Inspector of the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery in 1904. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1910, serving as such until he retired in October 1916. He was found dead at his chambers in Piccadilly in December 1916.

description: British Army general

wikidata_label: Alexander Rochfort

wikipedia_title: Alexander Rochfort


text:
Strömstads kommun
Västra Götaland County
Bohuslän
New York City
Alaska
Klondike Gold Rush
Dawson
Ruby, Alaska
Trondheim
archipelago
Alaska i Strömstad

categories: People of the Klondike Gold Rush,1870 births,Swedish emigrants to the United States,1965 deaths,Gold prospectors

paragraph: Hilma Swedahl

paragraph: Hilma Swedahl, née "Wounsch" (2 October 1870 – 2 July 1965) was a Swedish-American gold prospector and the founder of the Swedish tourist village of "Alaska i Strömstad".

paragraph: Hilma Wounsch was born on the island of Syd-Hälsö, Strömstads kommun in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. She was the daughter of a fisher in Bohuslän. During the spring of 1896, she traveled to New York City, where she worked as a domestic. After four years, she left for Alaska and the Klondike Gold Rush. She joined a group of young people in Dawson with whom she reached the gold camp near Ruby, Alaska. She lived alone in the wilderness for fifteen years until she married John Swedahl, a gold prospector originally from Trondheim, Norway. The couple visited Sweden in 1912 and in 1928. After the last visit, Hilma Swedahl remained in Sweden, while her husband returned to the United States. During the 1930s, she founded the "Alaska i Strömstad", a park and rock garden located on "Norra Långöns naturreservat", an island and nature reserve located in an archipelago northwest of Stromstad. Largely built of stone, this tourist village was inspired by her experience while living in the state of Alaska.

paragraph: Hilma Swedahl died in 1965 and was buried in the churchyard at Skee church ("Skee kyrka") in Strömstad. On her grave stone is carved her saying: "Don´t worry!".

paragraph: Section::::Other sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dave, Göran (2010) "I Hilmas fotspår: en resa till Alaska i Strömstad och i USA" (Visby: Nomen)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jägerbrand, Mikael (2011) "Hilmas Alaska: en guidebok" (Lysekil: Virvelvind)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alaska i Strömstad

description: American prospector

wikidata_label: Hilma Swedahl

wikipedia_title: Hilma Swedahl


text: Huseby

text: Huseby Affair

text: Kronoberg County

text: George Stephens

text: Liverpool

text: King Oscar II

text: royalist

text: Prince Carl Bernadotte

text: Gustav V of Sweden

text: ward of court

categories: 1881 births,Swedish people of English descent,1979 deaths

paragraph: Florence Stephens

paragraph: Florence Elisabet Stephens (5 October 1881 – 2 April 1979) was a Swedish landowner, whose main estate was at Huseby. She was known as "Fröken på Huseby" ("the Huseby Lady") and was the main figure in the Huseby Affair, one of the most prominent court cases in Sweden during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Born in Skatelöv, Kronoberg County, Florence Stephens was the eldest daughter and heir of the landowner and politician Joseph Stephens (1841–1934) by his marriage to Elisabeth Kreuger; her paternal grandfather, George Stephens (1813–1895), was an English academic, originally from Liverpool.

paragraph: There has been speculation that Florence Stephens was the natural daughter of King Oscar II, and after her death her correspondence with him was donated to the Swedish royal archives, where it was marked to remain confidential until 2035.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Huseby scandal.

paragraph: As a child, Stephens and her younger sisters Mary (1882–1953) and Maggie (1883–1958) were given a conventional education considered suitable for a female member of the upper class with no purpose in life other than to marry a member of the aristocracy and be a good society hostess; they were tutored at home by a governess and given good knowledge in languages and literature, but received no formal education. Stephens, however, never married.

paragraph: When she inherited the estate of her father in 1934, she had no knowledge of estate management, and became totally dependent upon advisers in how to manage her estate and economy. Reportedly, she showed a lack of judgement in whom she appointed, and gave responsibility to the wrong people for the wrong reasons, often celebrities whom she liked but who did not have the necessary expertise. As a royalist, she made Prince Carl Bernadotte her financial adviser and heir. As a result, the Huseby estates were severely misused and drained of assets through abuse of the land, forests and bad affairs. In parallel, Stephens was a celebrated society hostess, and often entertained royalty such as Gustav V of Sweden in her home.

paragraph: In 1956, the municipal council applied for the by then elderly Stephens to be made a ward of court, to prevent any further misuse of her property. In 1957, she was persuaded to give up her legal majority and to agree to her affairs being controlled by a guardian. This resulted in public prosecutions of her former advisers, which caused the so-called "Husebyskandalen" ('Huseby Scandal'). The process was dragged out until 1962. Her former adviser Berl Gutenberg was sentenced to prison. Stephens used the press to gain sympathy from the Swedish public, because of the humiliating treatment she was given by her guardian, Olof Malmqvist. At the same time, the media coverage of her previous luxury life and "escorts" was considered scandalous.

paragraph: In 1975 Stephens was declared of legal majority again, but was not given back the control of her estate. She died in 1979, aged 97, and in her last will she donated Huseby to the Swedish state.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Stephens, urn:sbl:20150, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Jonas Carlquist med bidr av Andreas Tjemeld (Joseph S o Florence S)), hämtad 2015-06-04.

description: Swedish landowner

wikidata_label: Florence Stephens

wikipedia_title: Florence Stephens


text: Sola

text: Rogaland

text: Boknafjorden

text: Norwegian

text: þing

text: Fairhair

text: Sola

text: Nord-Jæren

text: Trondenes

text: Tore Hund

text: Bjarkøy

text: Gulaþing

text: Olav Tryggvason

text: Tryggve Olafsson

text: Viken

text: Sognefjord

text: Lindesnes

text: Battle of Svolder

text: Olav Haraldsson

text: Battle of Nesjar

text: Svein jarl

text: Sogn

text: Avaldsnes

text: England

text: Canute the Great

text: Battle of Boknafjorden

text: Bokn

text: Rogaland

text: Fitjar

text: Sunnhordland

text: Heimskringla

text: Canute the Great

text: Battle of Stiklestad

text: Giske

text: Finn Arnesson

text: Kalv Arnesson

text: Jarl

text: Tora Torbergsdatter

text: Harald Hardråde

text: Olav Kyrre

text: Magnus II Haraldsson

text: Tjora

text: Viking Era

text: Lars Walker

text: The Year of the Warrior

text: West Oversea

categories: Norwegian military leaders,1028 deaths,Year of birth missing,Year of birth unknown,11th-century Norwegian people,Medieval Norwegian nobility

paragraph: Erling Skjalgsson

paragraph: Erling Skjalgsson, på Sola (Sola, Rogaland, 975 - Boknafjorden (Falt I Slaget Mot Olav Den Hellige På Boknafjorden), 21 December 1028, bur. Sola, Rogaland), "Rygekongen", Herse/Høvding i Rogaland, was a Norwegian political leader of the late 10th and early 11th century. He has been commonly seen as this period's foremost defender of the historic Norwegian social system. Erling fought for the traditional small, autonomous kingdoms and the þing system, against the reformists of the Fairhair family line.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: According to the Norwegian-Icelandic saga tradition Erling Skjalgsson, son of Torleiv Skjalg Ogmundsson, belonged to one of the most prominent clans in western Norway. He lived on the farm Sola in Nord-Jæren. His sister was married to Sigurd Toresson, an important chief in Trondenes and the brother of Tore Hund of Bjarkøy.

paragraph: Erling was established as a political front figure by the farmers of Gulaþing. They demanded that he be married to Olav Tryggvason's sister Astrid Tryggvesdatter, daughter of Tryggve Olafsson, king of Viken, and wife Astrid Eiriksdatter. Astrid initially refused but later agreed only after strong pressure from his brother. Erling Skjalgsson was baptized and was married to Astrid during the summer of year 996. Erling thus became an important ally during the remaining four years of King Olav's reign. Olav awarded Erling all the land between the Sognefjord and Lindesnes to rule.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: After the Battle of Svolder resulted in the defeat of Olav Tryggvason, the victorious leaders split Norway into three areas of control. The three-way rule of Norway during these years suited Erling well. His own power base was strong enough that he could maintain his own autonomy. However in 1015, the relative stability of this arrangement was effected by the arrival of Olav Haraldsson. In 1016 at the Battle of Nesjar, Erling fought against Olav Haraldsson in Svein jarl's losing forces. Afterward Olav Haraldsson was forced to form an uneasy alliance with Erling Skjalgsson. The settlement was arranged with Erling having to accept lesser terms than had been granted him by either Olav Tryggvason or Svein jarl.

paragraph: However, Erling kept enforcing his power on the western coast of Norway from Rogaland extending further north, presumably to Sogn. King Olav tried to split his powers by introducing new local nobles, but these were quickly pushed out by Erling's traditional clout. In 1022, the king arrested Erling's sister's son, Asbjørn Selsbane, for murder. Erling replied by raising a 1,000-man army and circling the king at Avaldsnes. King Olav gave in and released the nephew. However this episode damaged the relationship between the two men. During 1027, Erling traveled to England to seek the support of Canute the Great.

paragraph: Erling returned during autumn in 1028 and rallied an army with the intention to fight Olav. However as his army was shipborne, Erling was trapped on a single ship by King Olav's fleet in the Battle of Boknafjorden near Bokn in Rogaland. The ship was overwhelmed, Erling was captured and his ship was cleared. Just as Olav was set to pardon him, Erling himself was killed by Aslak Fitjaskalle, from Fitjar in Sunnhordland, who cleaved Erling's head with an axe.

paragraph: According to Heimskringla, King Olav said to the killer, "You fool! Now you hewed Norway off my hands!". The king's prediction turned true. Backed by Canute the Great, Erling's allies went on to drive Olav out of the country, and then finally kill him at the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Erling and Astrid were the parents of several children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ragnhild Erlingsdatter (992), married to of Giske (ca. 1000–1050), brother of Finn Arnesson and Kalv Arnesson, son of Arne Arnmodsson and wife Tora Thorsteinsdatter, paternal grandson of Arnmod Arnvidsson, Jarl, and maternal grandson of Thorstein Galge, and mother of Tora Torbergsdatter, second wife of King Harald Hardråde and mother of both King Olav Kyrre and King Magnus II Haraldsson.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aslak Erlingsson (997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Skjalg Erlingsson (999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sigurd Erlingsson (1001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lodin Erlingsson (1003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tore Erlingsson (1003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gertrud Erlingsdatter (1006)

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: In the area of the Sola Church Ruins there is a monument of Erling Skjalgsson, who was one of Sola's most famous men. This notable Viking leader has been credited with having introduced Christianity to Sola. The stone crosses at Tjora are also monuments to the passing of the Viking Era.

paragraph: Erling is the main character in several novels by Lars Walker, including The Year of the Warrior and West Oversea.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Erling Skjalgsson and the legend of Gravhaugen

description: Norwegian political leader

wikidata_label: Erling Skjalgsson

wikipedia_title: Erling Skjalgsson


text: Athens, Texas

text: Fort Worth, Texas

text: starting pitcher

text: Cincinnati Reds

text: New York Giants

text: National League

text: Cleveland Indians

text: Boston Red Sox

text: American League

text: Tom Baker

text: Jackie Tavener

categories: Jersey City Skeeters players,Boston Red Sox players,Cleveland Indians players,Kansas City Blues (baseball) players,People from Athens, Texas,TCU Horned Frogs baseball players,1900 births,Baseball players from Texas,Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players,Hollywood Stars players,National League wins champions,New York Giants (NL) players,1988 deaths,Major League Baseball pitchers,Cincinnati Reds players,Columbus Red Birds players

paragraph: Pete Donohue

paragraph: Peter Joseph Donohue (November 5, 1900 in Athens, Texas – February 23, 1988 in Fort Worth, Texas) was a right-handed starting pitcher with a 12-year career from 1921 to 1932. He played for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, both of the National League, and the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox of the American League. His interment was located at Fort Worth's Greenwood Memorial Park along with Tom Baker and Jackie Tavener.

paragraph: Section::::Highlights.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Led National League in wins (1926, with 20 wins)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Pete Donohue

wikipedia_title: Pete Donohue


text: electric blues

text: Aretha Franklin

text: Bobby Bland

text: Eddie Boyd

text: Jimmy Reed

text: Otis Redding

text: Sam & Dave

text: Willie Dixon

text: Bonnie Raitt

text: East Chicago, Indiana

text: classical

text: nightclub

text: record label

text: Stax

text: Indiana State College

text: fronted

text: Farfisa

text: electronic organ

text: Brenton Wood

text: Gimme Little Sign

text: Sonny & Brownie

text: A&M Records

text: Sonny Terry

text: Brownie McGhee

text: session musician

text: Motown

text: Chappell & Co.

text: philosophy degree

text: California State University, Northridge

text: Blue Thumb Records

text: Notodden Blues Festival

text: New Morning

text: nightclub

text: Jean-Jacques Milteau

text: Little Milton

text: Mighty Sam McClain

text: live album

text: Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival

text: W. C. Handy Award

text: Living Blues

text: Académie Charles Cros

text: Grand Prix du Disque

text: List of electric blues musicians

text: Studio City Sound

text: Reverbnation.com

categories: 1942 births,American male singers,Living people,American blues pianists,American record producers,People from East Chicago, Indiana,Songwriters from Indiana,Electric blues musicians,American male pianists,20th-century American pianists,American blues singers,20th-century male musicians,21st-century American pianists

paragraph: Mighty Mo Rodgers

paragraph: Mighty Mo Rodgers (born July 24, 1942) is an American electric blues musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who has released six albums to date. He has been influenced by the work of Aretha Franklin, Bobby Bland, Eddie Boyd, Jimmy Reed, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Willie Dixon.

paragraph: Bonnie Raitt noted that "Mo Rodgers' music is a breath of fresh air in the blues/R&B world. He combines sly social commentary with a great funky sound. . . . I love his voice. He's a welcome original."

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Maurice Rodgers was born in East Chicago, Indiana, He studied classical piano, but was more influenced by witnessing the blues acts that performed at his father's nightclub. In the mid-1960s, the music produced by the American record label Stax also affected his musical ambitions. In high school, Rodgers formed his first band, the Rocketeers. After entering Indiana State College, he fronted the Maurice Rodgers Combo. His love of playing keyboards led Rodgers to leave college and relocate to Los Angeles, California, becoming a full-time musician.

paragraph: He played the Farfisa electronic organ on Brenton Wood's 1967 hit "Gimme Little Sign".

paragraph: In 1973, Rodgers co-produced the album "Sonny & Brownie" (A&M Records), by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. He also played keyboards on the album's cut. Following a spell as a session musician, Rodgers moved into songwriting for Motown and Chappell & Co. He also worked as a record producer before returning to education and obtaining a philosophy degree from California State University, Northridge. His first solo album, "Blues Is My Wailin' Wall", was released in 1999 by Blue Thumb Records. The lyrics of several of the songs on the album present Rodgers's philosophical views of mankind.

paragraph: In 2000, Rodgers performed at the Notodden Blues Festival. His European excursions have included concerts at the New Morning nightclub in Paris. In 2001, he performed on the album "Memphis", recorded by Jean-Jacques Milteau, which also included contributions from Little Milton and Mighty Sam McClain. His own recordings continued with "Red, White & Blues" (2002); "Black Paris Blues", a live album issued in 2004; and "Redneck Blues" (2007). His most recent release was "Cadillac Jack" in 2012.

paragraph: Rodgers is scheduled to appear at the 22nd Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival in August 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- W. C. Handy Award nomination (1999) for "Blues Is My Wailin' Wall"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chic de l'Annee (1999) (France) as Blues Album of the Year for "Blues Is My Wailin' Wall"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Living Blues" magazine, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year (2002) for "Red, White & Blues"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Académie Charles Cros (Grand Prix du Disque) (2002) for "Red, White & Blues"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Trophees France Blues (2001) and (2002) International Artist

paragraph: BULLET::::- Trophees France Blues (2003) International Songwriter

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chic De L'Annee (2007) Blues Album of the Year for "Redneck Blues"

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of electric blues musicians

paragraph: BULLET::::- Studio City Sound

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reverbnation.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography and discography at Soulbluesmusic.com

description: American blues musician and songwriter

wikidata_label: Mighty Mo Rodgers

wikipedia_title: Mighty Mo Rodgers


text:
Paraguay
Guarambaré
Central Department
Paraguay
Julián Rejala
Brazil
Félix Pérez Cardozo
Digno García
Cristino Báez Monges
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Paraguayan harp
São Paulo
Brazil
Texas
United States
São Paulo
Orbis Guaraniticus
Paris
France
Spain
Portugal
Netherlands
Japan
Venezuela
Argentina
Mexico
Colombia
Japan
Netherlands
guitar
Paraguayan music
Paraguayan harp
Oscar Safuán

categories: Paraguayan composers,2006 deaths,People from Guarambaré,Male composers,1926 births

paragraph: Luis Bordón

paragraph: Luis Bordón was a musician and composer of Paraguay and interpreter of the Paraguayan harp.

paragraph: Section::::Childhood and Youth.

paragraph: Luis Bordón was born in the city of Guarambaré Central Department, Paraguay on August 19, 1926, and from a very early age he was fanatical with the art of musical performance, supported and promoted by his father.

paragraph: He began his studies with the Paraguayan harp and soon after his virtuosity made him play it like few others, imposing a delicate and particular style that it was "impossible to be imitated by anyone," according to comments from people who heard him.

paragraph: Since 1950 and for several years he joined the orchestra of Julián Rejala, Paraguayan folk music band, which conducted tours around the country and then to the neighboring country of Brazil, highlighting their participation in the group as the most celebrated musician and asked for in each of their presentations.

paragraph: Interpreter of the Paraguayan harp, along with his colleagues Félix Pérez Cardozo, Digno García, Albino Quiñónez, Cristino Báez Monges and others. He settled with his art for a long time in Brazil where he developed most of his career, being considered in the decades of the '70s and '80s as an artist of greater success in presentations and record sales throughout the Brazil. In the neighboring country, he recorded 34 albums, won 8 gold discs, broadcast compositions for Paraguayan harp and popularized the instrument's repertoire which expanded to all kinds of music.

paragraph: His compositions have won widespread popularity and are constantly played at various points of the globe. "Indian Harp" was the name this instrument (harp) received because it was played by several national interpreters. But with the arrival of Luis Bordón, who made other sounds achievements applying innovative techniques, it was definitely renamed to Paraguayan harp.

paragraph: Luis Bordón was an incomparable stylist of Paraguayan harp, and therefore, he now appears as one of the greatest soloists in the entire history of this instrument to the ears of anyone who listens.

paragraph: Section::::Artistic career.

paragraph: He following dissociated from the band to further improve his technique as soloist.

paragraph: He entered the field of recordings record in 1959, when he produced his first job in LP, called "Paraguayan harp in Hi Fi" (Paraguayan harp in High Fidelity). This material very soon became an international success, even achieving that the instrument’s name of Indian harp was changed to Paraguayan harp. The success was such that it led him launch other discs, successively, adding so far 32 volumes, not taking into account the countless discs recorded on 78 and 45 rotations.

paragraph: Throughout his career developed in Brazil he recorded about 34 discs of long length, which had spread and reached around the world and lovers of Paraguayan harp have included them in their private collections as high artistic value materials.

paragraph: His activity as a composer and performer of the Paraguayan harp continued until his last days and recorded 14 more discs, CDs, with works that are important parts of the Paraguayan history of music, specially composed for this unique instrument, so cherished to affections and tastes of all Paraguayans.

paragraph: The success achieved with their work record has made him creditor of several awards, including eight gold discs that decorated the home shelves of this Paraguayan citizen, whose interpretations, throughout his long career, have traveled the world several times, carrying the message of fraternal harmony and beauty, Paraguay message in conjunction with the universal music.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: The following decorations reflect his artistic career:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ministry of Public Work and Communications of Paraguay.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sesquicentenary of the Military Police of São Paulo Brazil.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gold Key City Texas, United States.

paragraph: BULLET::::- And medal "Semper Altima," U.S. Army's Fort Hood.

paragraph: He won 18 artistic trophies throughout Brazil and the United States as well as being honored with the degree of "Commentator" by the State Governor of São Paulo, for having met with numerous cultural programmes.

paragraph: In 2001 Unesco gave him the medal Orbis Guaraniticus, coined in the house of Monagas Paris, specially designed for the personalities of art and culture, plus many other prizes.

paragraph: His discs were launched at special events held in Brazil, USA, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Japan, Venezuela Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, and other countries.

paragraph: He settled for 3 years in the United States, with a special visa granted by the government of that country to whom he demonstrated an extraordinary talent in the field where he flourished. He was special guest of a famous Japanese airline to make presentations in the land of the rising sun, and in the Netherlands he was specially convened to interpret his Paraguayan harp at the inauguration of a television channel.

paragraph: Section::::In Paraguay.

paragraph: He returned to his homeland and continued dedicating to the career that he loved: the composition and interpretation of the Paraguayan harp. He made very applauded duet with his son Luis Bordón Junior, who accompanied him with the guitar, the ideal complement to harp executions of both native and international repertoire.

paragraph: Luis Bordón earned a prominent place in the history of Paraguayan music, for the quality of his compositions and for the warmth of an exceptional human and an eminent interpreter of Paraguayan harp.

paragraph: Section::::Recent history.

paragraph: In February 2006, he received a tribute—and at that time he expressed his desire to conduct a large harp concert. This desire was cut short, but the unmistakable sound of his harp will continue to ring throughout the world.

paragraph: He died in 2006 at the age of 80.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Most popular songs.

paragraph: Some of his most popular songs include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Despertar nativo.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Caballito andador.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Canto de pajarito.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Danza seductora.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lamento indio.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arpa paraguaya.

paragraph: BULLET::::- La voz del viento.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leny.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sonrisa hechicera.

paragraph: BULLET::::- La fiesta de la selva.

paragraph: BULLET::::- El arpa y la danza de mi tierra.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anivena upeicha Yoly.

paragraph: BULLET::::- El diálogo del guyraû con el caballo, varias de ellas con Oscar Safuán.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Gold records.

paragraph: Some of the albums that gave Luis Bordón eight Gold Records:

paragraph: BULLET::::- A Harpa e a Cristandade

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arpa Paraguaya en Hi-Fi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Recordando carnavales ( 02 volúmenes)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sucesos sanjuaninos

paragraph: BULLET::::- El arpa paraguaya y la cristiandad

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bordón tropical

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tango para ti

paragraph: BULLET::::- Luís bordón y su arpa paraguaya

paragraph: BULLET::::- Noches del Paraguay

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paraguay 80

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sound of my Earth.

description: composer

wikidata_label: Luis Bordón

wikipedia_title: Luis Bordón