text: entomologist

text: taxa

text: species

text: beetle

text: New York City

text: John Eatton Le Conte

text: Mount St. Mary's University

text: College of Physicians and Surgeons

text: Joseph LeConte

text: Great Lakes

text: Niagara Falls

text: Detroit

text: Chicago

text: Michigan

text: Wisconsin

text: Iowa

text: Illinois

text: Ohio River

text: Pittsburgh

text: California

text: Panama

text: San Francisco

text: alcohol

text: Europe

text: Egypt

text: Algiers

text: Colorado River

text: Honduras

text: Honduras Interoceanic Railway

text: Colorado

text: New Mexico

text: Kansas Pacific Railroad

text: Philadelphia

text: American Civil War

text: surgeon

text: lieutenant colonel

text: United States Mint

text: American Philosophical Society

text: American Entomological Society

text: National Academy of Sciences

text: Contia

text: LeConte's thrasher

text: Arizona

text: George Newbold Lawrence

text: Spencer Fullerton Baird

text: Smithsonian Institution

text: Frederick Ernst Melsheimer

text: Samuel Stehman Haldeman

text: George Henry Horn

categories: Coleopterists,1825 births,Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences,19th-century American people,1883 deaths,American entomologists,Scientists from New York City,Burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery,American Civil War surgeons,Mount St. Mary's University alumni

paragraph: John Lawrence LeConte

paragraph: John Lawrence LeConte (May 13, 1825 – November 15, 1883) was an American entomologist of the 19th century, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime, including some 5,000 species of beetles. He was recognized as the foremost authority on North American beetles during his lifetime, and has been described as "the father of American beetle study."

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: A member of the scientifically inclined LeConte family, John Lawrence was born in New York City, the son of naturalist John Eatton Le Conte. His mother died when John Lawrence was only a few months old, and he was raised by his father. Based on samples of his signature, John Lawrence used the surname variant "LeConte" without the space that his father used (as "Le Conte"). John Lawrence graduated from Mount Saint Mary College (now known as Mount St. Mary's University) in 1842, and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1846. While still in medical college, in 1844, John Lawrence traveled with his cousin Joseph LeConte to the Great Lakes. Starting at Niagara Falls, they visited Detroit and Chicago and traversed Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois before returning up the Ohio River to Pittsburgh and on to New York. John Lawrence published his first three papers on beetles that year.

paragraph: Section::::Travels.

paragraph: After graduating from medical college John Lawrence LeConte made several trips west, including to California via Panama in 1849. While in San Francisco, he sent 10,000 beetles preserved in alcohol back to his father. Another 20,000 beetle specimens were lost in a fire in 1852. LeConte also traveled to Europe, Egypt and Algiers. He spent two years exploring the Colorado River, and was in Honduras for the building of the Honduras Interoceanic Railway, and in Colorado and New Mexico with the party surveying for the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He moved to Philadelphia in 1852, residing there for the rest of his life.

paragraph: Section::::Military service.

paragraph: During the American Civil War he served as a surgeon with the California volunteers, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel.

paragraph: Section::::U.S. mint.

paragraph: In 1878 he became the chief clerk (assistant director) of the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He retained that position until his death in 1883.

paragraph: Section::::Scientific societies.

paragraph: LeConte was active in the scientific societies of his time, with stints as vice-president of the American Philosophical Society (1880–1883) and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1873). He was a founder of the American Entomological Society, and a charter member of the National Academy of Sciences.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: The genus "Contia" and several hundred species are named after him, including LeConte's thrasher ("Toxostoma lecontei" ), which he discovered while on a beetle-collecting trip to Arizona, and was named after him by George Newbold Lawrence. LeConte communicated with and collected birds and other natural history specimens for Spencer Fullerton Baird, a distant cousin and assistant director and then director of the Smithsonian Institution for a total of 39 years. In turn Baird asked other naturalists to collect beetles for LeConte.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Catalogue of the Coleoptera of the United States." (1853) Frederick Ernst Melsheimer, revised by Samuel Stehman Haldeman and John Lawrence LeConte

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Classification of the Coleoptera of North America" (1861, 1873)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "New Species of North American Coleoptera" (1866, 1873)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Part II" (1883) - with George Henry Horn

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "John Lawrence LeConte" (1936). "Dictionary of American Biography", Charles Scribner's Sons.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Samuel Henshaw (1878) "The entomological writings of John L. Leconte".:Dimmock's special bibliography. no. 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts, The editor (George Dimmock), 1878.

description: American entomologist

wikidata_label: John Lawrence LeConte

wikipedia_title: John Lawrence LeConte


text: blues

text: soul

text: funk

text: T-Bone Walker

text: Houston

text: T-Bone Walker

text: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

text: Los Angeles

text: jump blues

text: Chuck Higgins

text: Amos Milburn

text: juke joint

text: West Coast

text: Federal Records

text: Joan Crawford

text: Johnny Guitar

text: Shorty Rogers

text: Cavalcade of Jazz

text: Wrigley Field

text: Leon Hefflin, Sr.

text: Roy Brown

text: Don Tosti

text: Earl Bostic

text: Nat "King" Cole

text: Louis Armstrong

text: Velma Middleton

text: plectrum

text: feedback

text: reverb

text: Gangster of Love

text: Keen Records

text: Larry Williams

text: Little Richard

text: Don and Dewey

text: The Olympics

text: Johnny Otis

text: David Axelrod

text: Frank Zappa

text: One Size Fits All

text: Herb Alpert

text: George Duke

text: blues

text: soul music

text: pompadour

text: pimp

text: Ain't That a Bitch

text: Robert Christgau

text: George Benson

text: Lou-Rawls

text: Stevie-Wonder

text: Larry Williams

text: The New York Times

text: Grammy Award

text: David Ritz

text: rap music

text: Rhythm and Blues Foundation

text: Hollywood Palladium

text: Guitar Slim

text: Jimi Hendrix

text: Frank Zappa

text: Stevie Ray Vaughan

text: Bo Diddley

text: vocoder

text: sampled

text: Redman

text: Ice Cube

text: Eazy-E

text: Snoop Dogg

text: Dr. Dre

text: Jay-Z

text: Mary J. Blige

text: P-Funk

text: Who Am I? (What's My Name?)

text: G-Funk

text: Dr. Dre

text: Grammy award

text: Let Me Ride

text: heart attack

text: Yokohama, Japan

text: Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery

text: The New York Times Magazine

text: 2008 Universal fire

text: Fender Stratocaster

text: Jimi Hendrix

text: Frank Zappa

text: One Size Fits All

text: Them or Us

text: Thing-Fish

text: Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

text: Steve Miller

text: Gangster of Love

text: Sailor

text: The Joker

text: Rock Love

text: Jimmie Vaughan

text: Stevie Ray Vaughan

text: Dallas

text: Freddie

text: Albert

text: B.B. King

text: Sly Stone

text: Etta James

text: Stevie Ray Vaughan

text: Bobby Womack

text: Sly Stone

text: George Clinton

text: Etta James

text: Rochester International Jazz Festival

text: Johnny Otis

text: Pearl Jam

text: Backspacer

text: Grand Theft Auto V

text: Ain't That a Bitch

text: Johnny Hallyday

text: Larry Williams

text: Discography

text: Johnny Guitar Watson Audio Interview

categories: American funk guitarists,People from Houston,King Records artists,Texas blues musicians,Disease-related deaths in Japan,Class Records artists,20th-century American singers,American male pianists,Northern soul musicians,Musicians who died on stage,Combo Records artists,American male singers,American blues pianists,Kent Records artists,Okeh Records artists,Musicians from Houston,RPM Records (United States) artists,Federal Records artists,1935 births,Bell Records artists,1996 deaths,Guitarists from Texas,20th-century male singers,American male guitarists,20th-century American guitarists,Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale),American blues drummers,Fingerstyle guitarists,20th-century American pianists,American blues singers,American blues guitarists,African-American musicians,Keen Records artists

paragraph: Johnny "Guitar" Watson

paragraph: John Watson Jr. (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996), known professionally as Johnny "Guitar" Watson, was an American blues, soul, and funk musician and singer-songwriter. A flamboyant showman and electric guitarist in the style of T-Bone Walker, Watson recorded throughout the 1950s and 1960s with some success. His creative reinvention in the 1970s with funk overtones, saw Watson have hits with "Ain't That a Bitch" and "Superman Lover". His successful recording career spanned forty years, with his highest chart appearance being the 1977 song "A Real Mother For Ya".

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Watson was born in Houston, Texas. His father John Sr. was a pianist, and taught his son the instrument. But young Watson was immediately attracted to the sound of the guitar, in particular the electric guitar as played by T-Bone Walker and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.

paragraph: His grandfather, a preacher, was also musical. "My grandfather used to sing while he'd play guitar in church, man," Watson reflected many years later. When Johnny was 11, his grandfather offered to give him a guitar if, and only if, the boy didn't play any of the "devil's music". His parents separated in 1950, when he was 15. His mother moved to Los Angeles, and took Watson with her.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: In his new city, Watson won several local talent shows. This led to his employment, while still a teenager, with jump blues-style bands such as Chuck Higgins's Mellotones and Amos Milburn. He worked as a vocalist, pianist, and guitarist. He quickly made a name for himself in the African-American juke joints of the West Coast, where he first recorded for Federal Records in 1952. He was billed as Young John Watson until 1954. That year, he saw the Joan Crawford film "Johnny Guitar", and a new stage name was born.

paragraph: In 1953, Shorty Rogers had Watson as part of his Orchestra perform for the famed ninth Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles which was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on June 7. Also featured that day were Roy Brown and his Orchestra, Don Tosti and His Mexican Jazzmen, Earl Bostic, Nat "King" Cole, and Louis Armstrong and his All Stars with Velma Middleton.

paragraph: Watson affected a swaggering, yet humorous personality, indulging a taste for flashy clothes and wild showmanship on stage. His "attacking" style of playing, without a plectrum, resulted in him often needing to change the strings on his guitar once or twice a show, because he "stressified on them" so much, as he put it.

paragraph: Watson's ferocious "Space Guitar" single of 1954 pioneered guitar feedback and reverb. Watson would later influence a subsequent generation of guitarists. His song "Gangster of Love" was first released on Keen Records in 1957. It did not appear in the charts at the time, but was later re-recorded and became a hit in 1978, becoming Watson's "most famous song".

paragraph: He toured and recorded with his friend Larry Williams, as well as Little Richard, Don and Dewey, The Olympics, Johnny Otis and, in the mid-1970s with David Axelrod. In 1975 he was a guest performer on two tracks (flambe vocals on the out-choruses of "San Ber'dino" and "Andy") on the Frank Zappa album "One Size Fits All". He also played with Herb Alpert and George Duke. But as the popularity of blues declined and the era of soul music dawned in the 1960s, Watson transformed himself from southern blues singer with pompadour into urban soul singer in a pimp hat. His new style was emphatic – wearing the gold teeth, broad-brimmed hats, flashy suits, fashionable outsized sunglasses and ostentatious jewelry.

paragraph: He modified his music accordingly. His albums "Ain't That a Bitch" (include funk blues singles "Superman Lover") and "Real Mother For Ya"(1977) fused funk and blues. Watson had album "Love Jones" in 1980. Reviewing Watson's 1977 LP "A Real Mother for Ya", Robert Christgau wrote in "" (1981): "Watson has been perfecting his own brand of easy-listening funk for years, and this time he's finally gone into the studio with his guitar Freddie and his drummer Emry and a bunch of electric keyboards and come up with a whole album of good stuff. The riff-based tracks go on too long but go down easy and the lyrics have an edge. Granted, Watson can't match George Benson's chops, but this is dance music, chops would just get in the way. And I prefer his Lou-Rawls-without-pipes to Benson's Stevie-Wonder-ditto."

paragraph: Section::::Later career.

paragraph: The shooting death of his friend Larry Williams in 1980 and other personal setbacks led to Watson briefly withdrawing from the spotlight in the 1980s. "I got caught up with the wrong people doing the wrong things", he was quoted as saying by "The New York Times".

paragraph: The release of his album "Bow Wow" in 1994 brought Watson more visibility and chart success than he had ever known. The album received a Grammy Award nomination.

paragraph: In a 1994 interview with David Ritz for liner notes to "The Funk Anthology", Watson was asked if his 1980 song "Telephone Bill" anticipated rap music. "Anticipated?" Watson replied. "I damn well invented it!... And I wasn't the only one. Talking rhyming lyrics to a groove is something you'd hear in the clubs everywhere from Macon to Memphis. Man, talking has always been the name of the game. When I sing, I'm talking in melody. When I play, I'm talking with my guitar. I may be talking trash, baby, but I'm talking".

paragraph: In 1995, he was given a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in a presentation and performance ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium. In February 1995, Watson was interviewed by Tomcat Mahoney for his Brooklyn, New York-based blues radio show "The Other Half". Watson discussed at length his influences and those he had influenced, referencing Guitar Slim, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He made a special guest appearance on Bo Diddley's 1996 album "A Man Amongst Men", playing vocoder on the track "I Can't Stand It" and singing on the track "Bo Diddley Is Crazy".

paragraph: His music was sampled by Redman (who based his "Sooperman Luva" saga on Watson's "Superman Lover" song), Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Mary J. Blige. Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre borrowed P-Funk's adaptation of Watson's catchphrase "Bow wow wow yippi-yo yippi-yay" for Snoop's hit Who Am I? (What's My Name?). Johnny also played the guitar on the G-Funk remix of Dr. Dre's Grammy award winning single Let Me Ride in 1993.

paragraph: "Johnny was always aware of what was going on around him", recalled Susan Maier Watson (later to become the musician's wife) in an interview printed in the liner notes to the album "The Very Best of Johnny 'Guitar' Watson". "He was proud that he could change with the times and not get stuck in the past".

paragraph: Section::::Death and material loss.

paragraph: Watson died of a heart attack on May 17, 1996, collapsing on stage while on tour in Yokohama, Japan. His remains were brought home for interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California and buried in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Enduring Honor, Holy Terrace entrance.

paragraph: On June 25, 2019, "The New York Times Magazine" listed Johnny "Guitar" Watson among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

paragraph: Section::::Influence.

paragraph: Watson, a recognized master of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, has been compared to Jimi Hendrix and allegedly became irritated when asked about this comparison, supposedly stating: "I used to play the guitar standing on my hands. I had a 150-foot cord and I could get on top of the auditorium – those things Jimi Hendrix was doing, I started that shit."

paragraph: Frank Zappa stated that "Watson's 1956 song 'Three Hours Past Midnight' inspired me to become a guitarist". Watson contributed to Zappa's albums "One Size Fits All" (1975), "Them or Us" (1984), "Thing-Fish" (1984) and "Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention" (1985). Zappa also named "Three Hours Past Midnight" his favorite record in a 1979 interview.

paragraph: Steve Miller not only did a cover of "Gangster of Love" on his 1968 album "Sailor" (substituting "Is your name "Stevie 'Guitar' Miller?" for the same line with Watson's name), he made a reference to it in his 1969 song "Space Cowboy" ("And you know that I'm a gangster of love") as well as in his 1973 hit song "The Joker" ("Some call me the gangster of love"). Miller had also borrowed the sobriquet for his own "The Gangster Is Back", on his 1971 album "Rock Love".

paragraph: Jimmie Vaughan, brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, is quoted as saying: "When my brother Stevie and I were growing up in Dallas, we idolized very few guitarists. We were highly selective and highly critical. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson was at the top of the list, along with Freddie, Albert and B.B. King. Watson influenced Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, Etta James, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

paragraph: Bobby Womack said: "Music-wise, he (Watson) was the most dangerous gunslinger out there, even when others made a lot of noise in the charts ～　I'm thinking of Sly Stone or George Clinton".

paragraph: Etta James stated, in an interview at the 2006 Rochester International Jazz Festival: "Johnny 'Guitar' Watson... Just one of my favorite singers of all time. I first met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in the '50s, when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together so I would hear him sing every night. His singing style was the one I took on when I was 17 – people used to call me the female Johnny 'Guitar' Watson and him the male Etta James... He knew what the blues was all about...".

paragraph: James is also quoted as saying: "I got everything from Johnny... He was my main model... My whole ballad style comes from my imitating Johnny's style... He was the baddest and the best... Johnny Guitar Watson was not just a guitarist: the man was a master musician. He could call out charts; he could write a beautiful melody or a nasty groove at the drop of a hat; he could lay on the harmonies and he could come up with a whole sound. Pearl Jam recorded a song entitled "Johnny Guitar", about Watson, for their 2009 album "Backspacer".

paragraph: Watson's 1976 song "Superman Lover" features on the soundtrack of the video game "Grand Theft Auto V".

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1958 "Gangster of Love" (King)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1963 "I Cried for You" (Cadet 4056) (featuring Watson on piano)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1963 "Johnny Guitar Watson" (King)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1964 "The Blues Soul of Johnny Guitar Watson"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1965 "Larry Williams Show with Johnny Guitar Watson" (guest musician)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 "Bad"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 "In the Fats Bag"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 "Two for the Price of One" (with Larry Williams)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1973 "Listen" (Fantasy 9437)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975 "I Don't Want to Be Alone, Stranger" (Fantasy 9484)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975 "The Gangster Is Back"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976 "Ain't That a Bitch" (DJM 3)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976 "Captured Live"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 "A Real Mother for Ya"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 "Funk Beyond the Call of Duty" (DJM 714)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978 "Watsonian Institute- Master Funk" (DJlPA-13)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978 "Giant" (DJM 19)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978 "Gettin' Down with Johnny "Guitar" Watson"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1979 "What the Hell Is This?" (DJM 24)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1980 "Love Jones"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1981 "Johnny "Guitar" Watson and the Family Clone"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1982 "That's What Time It Is"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1984 "Strike on Computers"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1985 "Hit the Highway"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992 "Plays Misty"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994 "Bow Wow" (Wilma 71007)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Singles.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Singles.:Non-chart singles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1954 Space Guitar / Half-Pint A-Whiskey (Federal 12175)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1956 Three Hours Past Midnight /Ruben (RPM 455)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1957 Gangster of Love / One Room Country Shack (Keen 3-4005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1960 Johnny Guitar / Untouchable (Arvee 5016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1960 Falling In Love / Rat Now (Goth 101)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1961 Looking Back / The Eagle Is Back (Escort 106)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962 Cuttin' In / Broke and Lonely (King 5579) (French cover by Johnny Hallyday: Excuse-moi partenaire)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1963 Gangster of Love / In the Evenin' (King 5774)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1964 Ain't Gonna Move / Baby Don't Leave (Jowat 118)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1965 Big Bad Wolf / You Can Stay (Magnum 726)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1966 Keep on Lovin' You / South Like West (Okeh 7263)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 Hold On, I'm Comin' / Wolfman (Okeh 7270)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 Johnny Watson and Larry Williams – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy / A Quitter Never Wins (Okeh 7274)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 Johnny Watson and Larry Williams – Too Late / Two for the Price of One (Okeh 7281)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 I'd Rather Be Your Baby / Soul Food (Okeh 7290)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 Johnny Watson and Larry Williams – Find Yourself Someone To Love / Nobody (Okeh 7300)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 She'll Blow Your Mind / Crazy About You (Okeh 7302)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1973 Like Not Your Man / You Bring Love (Fantasy 721)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975 It's Too Late / Tripping (Fantasy 752)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976 Ain't That A Bitch / Won't You Forgive Me Baby (DJM 1020)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976 I Wanna Ta-Ta Ya

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976 I Need It / Since I Met You Baby

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976 Superman Lover / We're No Exception

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 A Real Mother For Ya / Nothing Left To Be Desired (DJM 1024)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 Lover Jones / Tarzan (DJM 1029)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 It's A Damn Shame / Love That Will Not Die (DJM 1034)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 The Real Deal / Tarzan

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978 Gangster of Love / Guitar Disco (DJM 1101)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978 Virginia's Pretty Funky / The Institute (DJM 1100) (The Watsonian Institute)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978 Miss Frisco (Queen of the Disco) / Tu Jours Amour

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978 I Need It / Superman Lover

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1979 What The Hell Is This? / Can You Handle It (DJM 1106)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Gangster of Love" – "Johnny "Guitar" Watson: Performer, Preacher, Pimp" (2009), Vincent Bakker, CreateSpace, , Extended Edition (2014), 476 pages, 300 illustrations, CreateSpace, .

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Discography at Soulful Kinda Music.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Johnny Guitar Watson Audio Interview at the Internet Archive.

description: guitarist

wikidata_label: Johnny "Guitar" Watson

wikipedia_title: Johnny "Guitar" Watson


text:
Khazar
Bulan
Hezekiah
Kevin Alan Brook
Douglas M. Dunlop
Norman Golb
Omeljan Pritsak

categories: Khazar rulers,Turkic rulers,9th-century rulers in Europe,Jewish monarchs,9th-century Jews

paragraph: Obadiah (Khazar)

paragraph: Obadiah was the name of a Khazar ruler of the late eighth or early ninth century. He is described as coming from among "the sons of the sons" of Bulan, but whether this should be taken literally to mean that he was Bulan's grandson, or figuratively to imply a more remote descent, is unclear. He was succeeded by his son Hezekiah.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kevin Alan Brook. "The Jews of Khazaria." 2nd ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Douglas M. Dunlop, "The History of the Jewish Khazars," Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1954.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Norman Golb and Omeljan Pritsak, "Khazarian Hebrew Documents of the Tenth Century." Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1982.

wikidata_label: Obadiah

wikipedia_title: Obadiah (Khazar)


text: FRS

text: Liberal

text: Margam

text: Swansea

text: ironworks

text: Port Talbot

text: Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan

text: Earls of Shrewsbury

text: Hensol Castle

text: Talbot's Castle

text: Lacock Abbey

text: Margam Abbey

text: Margam

text: Dissolution of the Monasteries

text: Glamorgan

text: Kenfig

text: Aberavon

text: Penrice Castle

text: Penrice, Swansea

text: Thomas Mansel Talbot

text: Margam

text: Agnes Porter

text: Harrow School

text: Oriel College, Oxford

text: Grand Tour

text: Glamorganshire

text: Sir Christopher Cole

text: Liberal

text: Aberavon

text: Swansea docks

text: South Wales Railway

text: Great Western Railway

text: Neath

text: Pontardawe

text: Suez Canal

text: Margam Castle

text: Thomas Hopper

text: Edward Haycock

text: Lacock Abbey

text: William Henry Fox Talbot

text: Melbury House

text: Earls of Ilchester

text: listed building

text: William Fox Talbot

text: John Talbot Dillwyn Llewellyn

text: Fellow of the Royal Society

text: Mid Glamorganshire

text: William Abraham

text: Rhondda

text: Father of the House of Commons

text: Samuel Thomas Evans

text: Maesteg

text: Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall

text: Emily Charlotte Talbot

text: Olive Talbot

text: St. Michael's College

text: John Mansel Miller

categories: UK MPs 1832–1835,UK MPs 1880–1885,Talbot family,UK MPs 1859–1865,Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford,UK MPs 1837–1841,1803 births,Lord-Lieutenants of Glamorgan,UK MPs 1885–1886,UK MPs 1865–1868,Fellows of the Royal Society,UK MPs 1874–1880,UK MPs 1886–1892,UK MPs 1852–1857,UK MPs 1857–1859,Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies,UK MPs 1835–1837,People educated at Harrow School,UK MPs 1830–1831,19th-century Welsh businesspeople,UK MPs 1841–1847,People from Swansea,UK MPs 1831–1832,UK MPs 1847–1852,UK MPs 1868–1874,1890 deaths

paragraph: Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

paragraph: Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot FRS (10 May 1803 – 17 January 1890) was a Welsh landowner, industrialist and Liberal politician. He developed his estate at Margam near Swansea as an extensive ironworks, served by railways and a port, which was renamed Port Talbot. He served as a Member of Parliament for Glamorgan constituencies from 1830 until his death in 1890, a sixty-year tenure which made him the longest serving MP in the nineteenth century. He was Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, from 1848 to 1890.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Talbot was descended from the Earls of Shrewsbury, through Hensol Castle, Talbot's Castle and Lacock Abbey. The family had bought Margam Abbey and its extensive parish of Margam during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Having then married with the Mansels of Oxwich and Penrice, the Talbot's had become Glamorgan’s largest resident landowners, with estates totalling in that county alone. Their home estate at Margam included ancient metal workings, and extensive mineral rights across Margam, Kenfig and Aberavon. Talbot's father acquired the estate at Penrice, where having rebuilt Penrice Castle by 1820 the annual rent revenues reached £15,000.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot was born at Penrice, Swansea, the son of Thomas Mansel Talbot, and Lady Mary Lucy, the daughter of Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester. When his father died in 1813, Christopher was only ten years old, so his estates at Penrice and Margam were held in trust until he came of age in 1824. His governess for some time was Agnes Porter. He was educated at a private school in Dorset, and then at Harrow School and Oriel College, Oxford, from where he graduated in 1824 with a 1st class honours degree in mathematics. He then undertook a Grand Tour of Europe. His favourite activities were yachting, racing and hunting. In 1823 he was elected a member of the Royal Yacht Club (later the Royal Yacht Squadron), and he was its Vice Commodore from 1851 to 1861.

paragraph: Section::::Early parliamentary and public career, 1830-1868.

paragraph: Nine members of the Mansel family had sat in Parliament from the early sixteenth century and the family were seen in aristocratic circles as Glamorganshire's natural representatives at Westminster. Talbot's father, however, had shown no interest in becoming an MP but after his death in 1813, the family reasserted its political influences when his mother's second husband, Sir Christopher Cole was elected as county member in 1817. This was commonly regarded as a family arrangement until C.R.M. Talbot was ready to enter political life.

paragraph: Even in 1817, however, there was some opposition to Cole's election. At the meeting in Bridgend where the new member was returned unopposed, George Tennant, a Swansea industrialist, struck a note of discontent.

paragraph: Will you not, at some convenient time, avail yourself of those well-known means which are always at hand to enable you to retire from your post, when the infant legislator of the House of Margam shall be ripe for action, and thus surrender back the situation which you hold as a trust for that family by, whose interests you have been principally supported throughout the present election.

paragraph: As widely expected therefore, Talbot virtually inherited the role of Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire in 1830 upon the retirement of his stepfather. Although nominally considered a Liberal, Talbot exercised considerable independence for most of his long political career, and his freedom to operate outside of party structures only became limited by the parliamentary reforms which occurred in the latter part of his time in the Commons, where he remained for the rest of his life.

paragraph: Although firmly of the Whig wing of the Liberal Party, Talbot had shown signs of support for more radical policies long before the Gladstonian takeover of the party in the 1860s. In 1853 he voted in favour of the ballot. Two years later he supported the abolition of church rates, and in 1856, voted along with the Swansea member Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn in support of Irish disestablishment.

paragraph: Section::::Industry and transport.

paragraph: Talbot recognised that improved transport could stimulate industrial growth, and as Member of Parliament he introduced a Bill in 1834 to improve the old harbour at Aberavon; two years later, a further Bill provided for the harbour's expansion and a change of name to Port Talbot in his honour. He also encouraged the development of Swansea docks, and pioneered the introduction of railways to south Wales, being chairman and a shareholder in the South Wales Railway Company, which was acquired by the Great Western Railway in 1863, with Talbot joining the board of the GWR.

paragraph: Talbot also invested in the area's extractive and metal production industries. The Port Talbot ironworks opened in early 1831, part of the industrialisation then taking place across south Wales; copper had been smelted at nearby Neath since 1584, and there were tinworks and ironworks at Pontardawe.

paragraph: In 1869 aboard his private yacht Lynx he attended the opening of the Suez Canal, accompanied by members of his family and several guests. When he was in Egypt, Gladstone offered him a peerage, but he declined on this and two other occasions. He was adjudged the wealthiest commoner of his time.

paragraph: Section::::Margam Castle.

paragraph: Over a ten-year period from 1830, Talbot set about redeveloping the family estate at Margam Castle. The mansion was designed in the Tudor Gothic style by architect Thomas Hopper (1776–1856), while Edward Haycock (1790–1870) was supervisory architect and designed parts of the interior and exterior of the house, the stables, terraces and lodges. Talbot also took a keen interest in the project, encouraging his architects to borrow elements from Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire (ancestral home of the Talbots and home to his cousin William Henry Fox Talbot) and Melbury House in Dorset (home of his mother's family, the Fox-Strangways, Earls of Ilchester). Margam Castle is a Grade I listed building owned by Neath and Port Talbot County Borough council.

paragraph: Talbot encouraged his relations William Fox Talbot and John Talbot Dillwyn Llewellyn in the development of photography and was himself a Fellow of the Royal Society.

paragraph: Section::::Later parliamentary career, 1868-1890.

paragraph: Talbot, like his fellow county member, Sir Hussey Vivian, were not opposed to parliamentary reform. The Reform Acts of 1867 and 1884, together with the redistribution of boundaries for the 1885 General Election, led to the enfranchisement of increasing numbers of industrial workers. In time this was to revolutionise the politics of Glamorgan, but the immediate impact was to increase the Liberal Party's hold on the county and make the election of a Conservative, in most seats, almost inconceivable.

paragraph: On redistribution of parliamentary seats in 1885, he was elected for Mid Glamorganshire, a predominantly mining constituency, which included the Llynfi, Garw and Ogmore valleys Despite his venerable status the Liberal Association initially considered other candidates including Gwilym Williams and J. Carvell Williams.

paragraph: Talbot, at this time, was asked by William Abraham for his views on the election of labour representatives to the House of Commons, and specifically the desirability of a labour member representing the new Rhondda constituency. Talbot replied as follows:

paragraph: I am of opinion that there has always hitherto been a great dearth of such members in the House of Commons, and that if a few really able men were elected, the proceedings in Parliament would be all the more likely to give satisfaction to the bulk of the labouring classes. We have plenty of employers of labour in the House, and many amongst them who profess to have the interest of their men at heart, and we have also a large number who from sentimental or philosophical motives advocate the promotion of the welfare of the people. But none of these men possess that intimate acquaintance with the peculiarities and specialties of mining operations which men who have themselves had experience as workmen in the mine have acquired, and they are often led in consequence to legislate on what they believe to be the interest of their constituents, but in what really is to their injury. Hence it is that I believe the presence of real working men in the House would be of vast advantage to the community at large, and I should be very glad to hear that the electors in the new Rhondda division entertained the same feeling, and were likely to send one of their own body to represent them.

paragraph: Even though Talbot had reconciled himself with Gladstonian Liberalism to a significant extent, he had very little time for subjects relating specifically to Wales. He refused to take any part in the campaigns for Welsh disestablishment and Welsh intermediate education, in contrast to his fellow Glamorgan member, Hussey Vivian. Above all, he was firmly opposed to the Cymru Fydd movement. which demanded Welsh Home Rule.

paragraph: Having initially opposed Irish Home Rule, there was criticism of his standpoint, particularly in the Maesteg area. He complained to his fellow county member, Hussey Vivian, that he had a meeting with Maesteg Liberals and although they were friendly to his face, 'I am told that [they] became quarrelsome after I left, and suggested various substitutes'. A few weeks later, however, a meeting of the Association at Briton Ferry which, significantly, was not attended by delegates from some industrial districts, unanimously re-adopted Talbot, stating that he had 'made great progress towards the views they, as an association, held'.

paragraph: Although at heart a Liberal Unionist, Talbot also supported a range of Gladstonian policies and this was undoubtedly a factor in preventing opposition at the 1886 General Election.

paragraph: He retained his seat until his death, becoming Father of the House of Commons. He was described as "a tall, elderly gentleman ... wearing a long woollen comforter" in Sir Henry Lucy's Diary of the Salisbury Parliament for 10 June 1888 which was published in book form in 1892.

paragraph: Talbot was the last Whig aristocratic landowner to represent Glamorgan in the House of Commons and, upon his death in 1890, he was succeeded by Samuel Thomas Evans, the nonconformist son of a Skewen tradesman, and a prominent radical.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy and family.

paragraph: On 31 October 1880, Talbot, laid the foundation stone of Maesteg Town Hall, Maesteg. He gave £500 (£ today) towards the building fund, and the miners of the valley agreed to levy themselves a day's wages towards the cost.

paragraph: In Llanfair, his name still survives in "Talbot Terrace". In 1865 there was a public house in the village called the "Talbot Arms."

paragraph: Talbot married Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall, at Cahir House, County Tipperary on 28 December 1835. She died at Malta on 23 March 1846, where the Talbots were on their yacht "Galatea".

paragraph: Talbot's only son Theodore died in 1876 following a hunting accident. Hence the dedication to St. Theodore of an Anglo- Catholic parish in the east of Port Talbot It was therefore his daughter Emily Charlotte Talbot (1840–1918) who inherited her father's fortune and became just as notable in the development of ports and railways. Another daughter, Olive Talbot, founded an Anglican theological college in Aberdare subsequently moved to Cardiff Road, Llandaff St. Michael's College. Lt.-Col. Sir John Mansel Miller was his great-grandson.

description: British politician

wikidata_label: Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

wikipedia_title: Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot


text:
mycologist
United States Department of Agriculture
Columbus, Ohio
Antioch College
State University of Iowa
Yale University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Radcliffe College
pathologist
Franklin Sumner Earle
U.S. National Fungus Collections
Taphrina
bamboo
chestnut blight
Synchytrium endobioticum
Japan's gift to the United States

wikipedia_title:
Mycology
United States Department of Agriculture
Columbus, Ohio
Antioch College
University of Iowa
Yale University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Radcliffe College
Pathology
Franklin Sumner Earle
U.S. National Fungus Collections
Taphrina
Bamboo
Chestnut blight
Synchytrium endobioticum
National Cherry Blossom Festival

categories: American mycologists,1847 births,United States Department of Agriculture officials,Ohio Wesleyan Female College alumni,1928 deaths,Women mycologists

paragraph: Flora Wambaugh Patterson

paragraph: Flora Wambaugh Patterson (1847–1928) was an American mycologist, and the first female plant pathologist hired by the United States Department of Agriculture. She ran the US National Fungus Collections for almost thirty years, radically growing the collection and shaping its direction, and supervised or discovered numerous significant fungal diseases.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Flora Wambaugh was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Sarah Sells (Wambaugh) and Methodist minister A. B. Wambaugh. She studied fungi as a hobby in her childhood.

paragraph: She attended Antioch College in Ohio, earning her bachelor's degree in 1865.

paragraph: She then earned two Master's degrees from Cincinnati Wesleyan College. Wambaugh married Captain Edwin Patterson in 1869, assuming his name, and they had two children; she worked to support the family financially.

paragraph: After his death Patterson continued her studies at the State University of Iowa, and in 1892 or 1893 made plans to transfer to Yale University. When Yale rejected her because she was a woman, she moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and began studies at Radcliffe College, where she worked at the Gray Herbarium at Harvard.

paragraph: In 1895, Patterson joined the USDA as a pathologist, hired by Beverly T. Galloway along with Franklin Sumner Earle.

paragraph: During her almost thirty-year tenure at the USDA, Patterson increased the size of the U.S. National Fungus Collections by almost six times, from 19,000 to 115,000 reference specimens. She identified numerous new species of fungus, including those causing pineapple rot ("Thielaviopsis paradoxa"), peach leaf curl ("Taphrina"), and "witches' broom" on bamboo ("Loculistroma bambusae"), which was an entirely new genus.

paragraph: Among other responsibilities, Patterson was in charge of identifying new fungal pathogens, and took a leading role in identifying the chestnut blight that wiped out eastern North America's chestnut forests, and the potato wart disease "Synchytrium endobioticum".

paragraph: Patterson was involved in Japan's gift to the United States of cherry trees, ultimately leading to the destruction of the first shipment of trees which was infected with multiple types of insects and diseases.

paragraph: All of these incidents led to the passage of the Plant Quarantine Act of 1912 which aimed to prevent introduction of invasive harmful diseases.

paragraph: Patterson continued her work with the USDA until retiring at the age of 75, and then lived with one of her sons in New York City until her death at the age of 80.

paragraph: Section::::Selected bibliography of Patterson's writings.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Patterson, F. W. 1894. Species of Taphrina parasitic on Populus. Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advan. Sci. 43:293-294.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Patterson, F. W. 1895. A study of North American parasitic Exoascaceae. Iowa Univ. Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. 3:89-135.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Patterson, F. W., Charles, V. K., and Veihmeyer, F. J. 1910. Some fungous diseases of economic importance. I.-Miscellaneous Diseases. II. Pineapple rot caused by Thielaviopsis paradoxa. USDA, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bull. No. 171.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Patterson, F. W., and Charles, V. K. 1915. Mushrooms and other common fungi. USDA Bulletin No. 175.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Patterson, F. W., and Charles, V. K. 1917. Some common edible and poisonous mushrooms. USDA Farmer’s Bulletin No. 796

paragraph: Section::::Further research.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rossman, A.Y. 2002. "Flora W. Patterson: The first woman mycologist at the USDA", "The Plant Health Instructor". DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2002-0815-01.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles, V. K. 1929. "Mrs. Flora Wambaugh Patterson." (obituary), "Mycologia" 21:1-4.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Galloway, B. T. 1928. "Flora W. Patterson 1847-1928." (obituary), "Phytopathology" 18:877-879.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photograph of Patterson, Smithsonian Institution

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Women's Who's Who of America" (1982)

description: American mycologist

wikidata_label: Flora Wambaugh Patterson

wikipedia_title: Flora Wambaugh Patterson


text:
Italian
cardinal
Genoa
Cybo
Doria
Bishop of Sagona
Rome
Referendary
Apostolic Signatura
abbreviator
auditor
Apostolic Camera
see of Albenga
consecrated
Sistine Chapel
Council of Trent
Pope Julius III
cardinal priest
consistory
red hat
titular church
papal legate
Campagna
see of Mariana
papal conclave of April 1555
Pope Marcellus II
Pope Paul IV
papal conclave of 1559
Pope Pius IV
Giovanni Michele Saraceni
Gianbernardino Scotti
Canons Regular of the Lateran
Benedictines
Monte Cassino
see of Sagona
Pope Pius V
Michele Bonelli
canonization
cardinal bishop
suburbicarian see of Sabina
Santa Maria del Popolo

wikipedia_title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Albenga-Imperia

wikipedia_title: Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto

categories: People from Genoa,1570 deaths,Italian cardinals,1510 births

paragraph: Giovanni Battista Cicala

paragraph: Giovanni Battista Cicala (1510–1570) was an Italian a href="Catholic%20Church"Roman

paragraph: Catholic bishop and cardinal.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Giovanni Battista Cicala was born in Genoa on June 6, 1510, the son of Edoardo Cicala. His family was related to the Cybo and Doria families. He studied under his relative Odoardo Cicala, who later became Bishop of Sagona.

paragraph: Cicala moved to Rome, where he was named Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura. On September 2, 1535, he was appointed an abbreviator of apostolic letters. From March 8, 1540 until 1551, he was an auditor of the Apostolic Camera.

paragraph: On December 5, 1543, he was named administrator of the see of Albenga, while retaining the office of auditor. He was consecrated as a bishop on December 21, 1543 in the Sistine Chapel. On January 13, 1547, he arrived at the Council of Trent.

paragraph: Pope Julius III made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of November 20, 1551. He received the red hat and the titular church of San Clemente on December 4, 1551. On March 13, 1553, he was named papal legate in Campagna. He resigned the administration of Albenga on March 30, 1554, in favor of his nephew Carlo Cicala. He was administrator of the see of Mariana from March 30, 1554 until September 13, 1560, when he resigned in favor of his nephew Nicola Cicala.

paragraph: He was a participant in the papal conclave of April 1555 that elected Pope Marcellus II; the papal conclave of May 1555 that elected Pope Paul IV; and the papal conclave of 1559 that elected Pope Pius IV.

paragraph: With Cardinals Giovanni Michele Saraceni and Gianbernardino Scotti, he was charged with resolving a dispute between the Canons Regular of the Lateran and the Benedictines of Monte Cassino, resolving the issue in favor of the former. He was administrator of the see of Sagona from 1565 to 1567. He opted for the titular church of Sant'Agata dei Goti on November 7, 1565.

paragraph: He participated in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V.

paragraph: In 1567, he replaced Cardinal Michele Bonelli as the man in charge of examining the cause for the canonization of Diego di San Nicola. On April 30, 1568, he opted for the order of cardinal bishops, receiving the suburbicarian see of Sabina.

paragraph: He died in Rome on April 8, 1570. He was buried in Santa Maria del Popolo.

description: Italian cardinal

wikidata_label: Giovanni Battista Cicala

wikipedia_title: Giovanni Battista Cicala


text:
Sulman Prize
Wynne Prize
Archibald Prize
Dancing with the Stars
Seven Network
Chris Bath
Royal Albert Hall
Queensland University of Technology
Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
Sam Shepard
Buried Child
Queensland University of Technology
National Institute of Dramatic Art

wikipedia_title:
Sir John Sulman Prize
Wynne Prize
Archibald Prize
Dancing with the Stars
Seven Network
Chris Bath
Royal Albert Hall
Queensland University of Technology
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
Sam Shepard
Buried Child
Queensland University of Technology
National Institute of Dramatic Art

categories: Living people,1973 births,Australian male dancers

paragraph: Trenton Shipley

paragraph: Trenton Shipley is an Australian painter and artist. He performed as a dancer, choreographer and actor comprising an international career in theatre, film and television over the course of the past thirty years.

paragraph: Section::::Art.

paragraph: Shipley has held a permanent art studio in Sydney since 2005.

paragraph: Commencing painting in early adolescence he was captured by the expressive characteristics of color and figuration.

paragraph: Shipley’s debut solo exhibition; ‘"In Motion - Paintings’," showcased sixty-seven oil paintings by the artist over three gallery levels. The show opened at the expansive Erskine Exhibitions and Events Gallery in October 2012, on Erskine Street Sydney. This inaugural exhibition was followed by four further solo exhibitions held between 2013 and 2019 in Woollahra, The Rocks and Redfern, along with numerous group exhibitions, invitations and prize inclusions.

paragraph: Shipley when talking about his style of painting says; "I have always been interested in traversing the worlds of the static and dynamic in art." He says of his process; "Painting often feels like a boxing match between the self and my canvas, as I seek out an ultimate truth."

paragraph: Since 2010 Shipley has produced various entries for the Sulman Prize, the Wynne Prize and the Archibald Prize; including portraits of esteemed Australian painter John Firth-Smith and prize winning Australian playwright and director Michael Gow.

paragraph: Shipley will be presenting his paintings at The Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne as well as fulfilling painting engagements overseas during the second half of 2019.

paragraph: Section::::Dance.

paragraph: Shipley has a long and varied career in dance. His credits include productions such as "That's Dancin, "The Logie's", "Sydney Showboat", "The People's Choice Awards", "Legends of Rock and Roll–'Once More with Feeling and Australia's Dancing with the Stars where he choreographed and partnered Seven Network news presenter Chris Bath to the Season 3 Grand Final.

paragraph: Shipley has had a long and varied career as a dancer. He has held many Ballroom and Latin American dance titles, including British Junior Finalist, International Finalist (Royal Albert Hall London), as well as being the Australian Latin American and Ballroom and Dance Champion. Shipley has also represented Australia on many occasions at the World Championships and various other international dance events.

paragraph: Section::::Acting.

paragraph: Shipley graduated as an actor from Queensland University of Technology, QUT and went on to further acting training in New York and The Eric Morris Actors Workshop in Los Angeles.

paragraph: Shipley has also worked on a variety of projects as an actor, including in Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Richard II", "Much Ado About Nothing", the Russian drama "The Forest" and Sam Shepard's American theatre classic "Buried Child".

paragraph: Shipley has taught at the Actors Center Australia (ACA), Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).

description: Australian dancer

wikidata_label: Trenton Shipley

wikipedia_title: Trenton Shipley


text:
Conservative
First Lord of the Admiralty
John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
Henry Cavendish
Eton
Christ Church, Oxford
Llandeilo
Inverness
Conservative
Member of Parliament
Carmarthenshire
Edward Sartoris
W.R.H. Powell
Arthur Balfour
Lloyd George
House of Lords
Pembrokeshire
Great Western Railway

categories: People educated at Eton College,Earls Cawdor,Directors of the Great Western Railway,1847 births,UK MPs 1880–1885,Deputy Lieutenants of Inverness-shire,Members of Carmarthenshire County Council,Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford,UK MPs 1874–1880,Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom,First Lords of the Admiralty,Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies,Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club,1911 deaths,Lord-Lieutenants of Pembrokeshire,Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

paragraph: Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor

paragraph: Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor (13 February 1847 – 8 February 1911), styled Viscount Emlyn from 1860 to 1898, was a British Conservative politician. He served briefly as First Lord of the Admiralty between March and December 1905.

paragraph: Section::::Background and education.

paragraph: Cawdor was the eldest son of John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor, and his wife Sarah Mary, daughter of General the Hon. Henry Cavendish. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He was brought up on the family estates in south Wales and his coming of age in 1868 was a major event in the town of Llandeilo. In 1874 he was appointed to be Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Inverness.

paragraph: Section::::MP for Carmarthesnhire.

paragraph: Cawdor was Conservative Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire from 1874 to 1885. In 1885 the constituency was divided in two and Emlyn decided to contest the new West Carmarthenshire constituency, although most of his family property lay in the eastern part of the county. His chances there appeared to be negligible given the growing industrial population which had been a key factor in the triumph of the Liberal candidate, Edward Sartoris at the 1868 General Election. Emlyn was opposed by the other sitting member, the Liberal W.R.H. Powell, himself a former Conservative supporter, who had first declared his support for the Liberals at the 1874 election. Powell now proclaimed that he had a duty to the Liberal cause to oppose Emlyn.

paragraph: It was reported that the Conservatives were confident of their chances in West Carmarthenshire, on the grounds that it was largely an agricultural division. However, the electorate had more than doubled in the county, and the 1885 electorate in the Western Division alone exceeded that of the combined county seat in 1880. Powell's victory ended Emlyn's career in Carmarthenshire politics.

paragraph: Section::::Later political career.

paragraph: He succeeded in the earldom in 1898 and served briefly under Arthur Balfour as First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Cawdor took a leading part in the Conservative opposition to Lloyd George's budget of 1909 and in drafting resolutions for the reform of the House of Lords in 1910. He was also involved in Pembrokeshire local affairs, and as Chairman of the Great Western Railway from 1895 to 1905 greatly improved the service.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Lord Cawdor married Edith Georgiana Turnor, daughter of Christopher Turnor, on 16 September 1868. They had ten children. He died in February 1911, aged 63, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Hugh. Lady Cawdor died in 1926.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

description: British politician

wikidata_label: Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor

wikipedia_title: Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor


text: Democratic

text: United States Senator

text: Nevada

text: Reno, Nevada

text: Nevada State University

text: Nevada Assembly

text: Nevada State Senate

text: Nye County

text: district attorney

text: Supreme Court of Nevada

text: Tasker Oddie

text: Nevada's Class 3 Senate seat

text: Hawthorne, Nevada

text: New Deal

text: Civil Aeronautics Act

text: United States Air Force

text: Army

text: Francisco Franco

text: McCarran Act

text: Reno, Nevada

text: Irish immigrants

text: valedictorian

text: Reno High School

text: University of Nevada, Reno

text: studied law

text: William Woodburn

text: Nevada Assembly

text: Nevada State Senate

text: admitted to the bar

text: district attorney

text: Nye County

text: master of arts

text: Nevada State University

text: honorary degree

text: LL.D.

text: Georgetown University

text: LL.D.

text: Supreme Court of Nevada

text: Frank Herbert Norcross

text: Nevada State University

text: American Bar Association

text: Key Pittman

text: Raymond T. Baker

text: Tasker Oddie

text: Committee on the District of Columbia

text: Committee on the Judiciary

text: 81st United States Congress

text: Civil Aeronautics Act

text: Air Force

text: McCarran-Ferguson Act

text: antitrust

text: Administrative Procedures Act

text: Francisco Franco

text: Drew Pearson

text: foreign aid

text: World War II

text: Chiang Kai-shek

text: mainland China

text: State Department

text: Kuomintang

text: Joseph McCarthy

text: William Knowland

text: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee

text: Franklin D. Roosevelt

text: Harry S. Truman

text: Institute of Pacific Relations

text: Sinologist

text: Owen Lattimore

text: indicted

text: perjury

text: Abe Fortas

text: Luther Youngdahl

text: McCarran Internal Security Act

text: Attorney General

text: Communist Party USA

text: Subversive Activities Control Board

text: appeal

text: Francis Walter

text: McCarran–Walter Act

text: 1965 Immigration Act

text: Hawthorne, Nevada

text: Order of Dominican Sisters

text: Franklin D. Roosevelt

text: New Deal

text: Civil Aeronautics Act

text: United States Army Air Forces

text: United States Air Force

text: Harold L. Ickes

text: John Gunther

text: statue of McCarran

text: National Statuary Hall Collection

text: United States Capitol

text: Sarah Winnemucca

text: U.S. House of Representatives

text: Brian Sandoval

text: National Statuary Hall Collection

text: Nevada State Senate

text: McCarran International Airport

text: Harry Reid

text: McCarran International Airport

text: Las Vegas, Nevada

text: Reno

text: North Las Vegas

text: Walt Kelly

text: Pogo

text: Pat Geary

text: The Godfather Part II

text: History Channel

text: Pawn Stars

text: McCarran International Airport

categories: American anti-communists,Politicians from Reno, Nevada,American people of Irish descent,Reno High School alumni,Democratic Party United States Senators,Nevada Democrats,United States Senators from Nevada,Members of the Nevada Assembly,Anti-immigration politics in the United States,University of Nevada, Reno alumni,Catholics from Nevada,1876 births,1954 deaths,District attorneys in Nevada,McCarthyism,Nevada Supreme Court justices

paragraph: Pat McCarran

paragraph: Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was a Democratic United States Senator from Nevada from 1933 until 1954. McCarran was born in Reno, Nevada, attended Nevada State University, and was a farmer and rancher. In 1902 he won election to the Nevada Assembly, but in 1904 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Nevada State Senate. He completed private law studies and was admitted to the bar in 1905; in 1906 he won election as Nye County's district attorney. He served a two-year term, after which he relocated to Reno.

paragraph: From 1913 to 1917, McCarran was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada, and he served as chief justice from 1917 to 1919. In 1932 McCarran defeated Republican incumbent Tasker Oddie for Nevada's Class 3 Senate seat to become the state's first U.S. Senator born in Nevada; he was reelected three times, and served from 1933 until his death. In his Senate career, McCarran served as chairman of the District of Columbia, Judiciary, and Joint Foreign Economic Cooperation Committees. He died in Hawthorne, Nevada and was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Reno.

paragraph: McCarran is remembered as one of the few Democrats to reject the New Deal. In addition, he was a proponent of the aviation industry; he was a sponsor of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, and was a proponent of establishing the United States Air Force as a separate entity from the Army. McCarran was also an ardent anti-Communist, to the point of supporting fascists including Francisco Franco as a way to prevent its spread, and sponsored the McCarran Act, otherwise known as the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and education.

paragraph: McCarran was born in Reno, Nevada, the child of Irish immigrants Margaret Shay and Patrick McCarran. He was educated in Reno and in 1897, he graduated as valedictorian of his class at Reno High School.

paragraph: He attended the University of Nevada, Reno, but withdrew to work on the family sheep ranch when his father suffered an injury. He studied law with William Woodburn, and served in the Nevada Assembly from 1903 to 1905. In 1904 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Nevada State Senate. He was admitted to the bar in 1905, and in 1906 he was elected district attorney of Nye County. He served one term, 1907–1909, after which he moved to Reno to continue practicing law.

paragraph: Some sources incorrectly state that McCarran received a bachelor's degree in 1901 and a master's degree in 1915. In fact, he did not receive a bachelor's degree at all, and the master of arts he received from Nevada State University in 1915 was an honorary degree. He also received an honorary LL.D. from Georgetown University in 1943, and an honorary LL.D. from the University of Nevada in 1945.

paragraph: Section::::Judicial career.

paragraph: In 1912, McCarran was elected to the Supreme Court of Nevada, succeeding John G. Sweeney. He served as an Associate Justice from January 1913 to January 1917.

paragraph: In January 1917, he succeeded Frank Herbert Norcross as Chief Justice. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918, and served until January 1919, when he was succeeded on the court by Edward Augustus Ducker, and as Chief Justice by Benjamin Wilson Coleman.

paragraph: Both during his time on the court and afterwards, McCarran continued to play a central role in Nevada's state government, as well as its legal and criminal justice systems. From 1913 to 1918, he served on the state Board of Library Commissioners. In addition, he served as chairman of the Nevada State University Board of Visitors.

paragraph: From 1913 to 1919 he served on the state Board of Pardons. He was a member of the Board of Parole Commissioners from 1913 to 1918, and he served on the Board of Bar Examiners from 1919 until 1932.

paragraph: McCarran was president of the Nevada Bar Association from 1920 to 1921, and was a vice president of the American Bar Association from 1922 to 1923.

paragraph: Section::::United States Senate.

paragraph: Section::::United States Senate.:Election history.

paragraph: McCarran's ambition to serve as a U.S. Senator was well known in Nevada, and often the subject of jokes in the press. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in 1916, and lost to incumbent Key Pittman. McCarran endorsed Pittman in the general election, and Pittman was reelected.

paragraph: In 1926, McCarran was again a candidate for the U.S. Senate. He lost the Democratic nomination to Raymond T. Baker, who was defeated by Republican incumbent Tasker Oddie in the general election.

paragraph: In 1932, McCarran was the Democratic nominee, and he defeated Oddie in the general election. He was reelected in 1938, 1944, and 1950, and served from March 4, 1933 until his death.

paragraph: Section::::United States Senate.:Leadership positions.

paragraph: During his career as a Senator, McCarran served as chairman of the: Committee on the District of Columbia (77th and 78th Congresses); Committee on the Judiciary (78th, 79th, 81st, and 82nd Congresses); and Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation (81st United States Congress) (co-chairman).

paragraph: Section::::United States Senate.:Aviation advocate.

paragraph: McCarran sponsored numerous laws concerning the early commercial aviation industry, including the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, the Federal Airport Act of 1945. He was an early advocate of the Air Force as a military component separate from the Army, and began sponsoring the necessary legislation in 1933.

paragraph: Section::::United States Senate.:Other initiatives.

paragraph: In 1945, McCarran co-sponsored the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which exempted the insurance industry from most federal regulations, including antitrust rules. Instead, this act required states to regulate insurance, including mandatory licensing requirements.

paragraph: McCarran also co-sponsored the 1946 Administrative Procedures Act, which required federal agencies to keep the public informed of their organizational structure, procedures and rules, allowed for public participation in the rule making process, and established uniform standards for the conduct of formal rule making.

paragraph: Section::::United States Senate.:Anti-communist.

paragraph: McCarran established himself as one of the Senate's most ardent and influential anti-Communists, and was willing to make every effort to contain communism's spread and influence. A qualified admirer of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, he was nicknamed the "Senator from Madrid" by columnist Drew Pearson over McCarran's efforts to increase foreign aid to Spain.

paragraph: After World War II, McCarran continued his anti-Communist efforts. He was a supporter of China's Chiang Kai-shek, whose loss of mainland China to communists in 1949 McCarran blamed on Soviet influence in the State Department. In 1952, McCarran attended a dinner hosted by the Kuomintang Chinese Ambassador to Washington together with Senators Joseph McCarthy and William Knowland that began with the toast "Back to the mainland!"

paragraph: As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he created and was the first chairman of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee that investigated the Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman administrations to expose communist spies and sympathizers. In 1951, investigators from the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee seized the records of the Institute of Pacific Relations in an effort to identify the communist infiltration of the organization, which had been formed in 1925 to foster cooperation between Pacific Rim nations.

paragraph: McCarran made much of these records when questioning a Sinologist, Owen Lattimore, for 12 days in acrimonious testimony in February 1951. McCarran subsequently pushed successfully for Lattimore to be indicted for perjury. Lattimore's lawyer Abe Fortas tried to defend him by claiming McCarran had deliberately asked questions about arcane and obscure matters that took place in the 1930s in the hope that Lattimore would not be able to recall them properly, thereby giving grounds for perjury indictments. Federal Judge Luther Youngdahl later dismissed all seven charges on the grounds that the matters in question were insubstantial, of little concern to the subject of the inquiry, or the result of a question phrased in such a way that it could not be fairly answered.

paragraph: In September 1950, he was the chief sponsor of the McCarran Internal Security Act. This legislation required registration with the Attorney General of the Communist Party USA and affiliated organizations and established the Subversive Activities Control Board to investigate possible Communist-action and Communist-front organizations so they could be required to register. Due to numerous hearings, delays and appeals, the act was never enforced, even with regard to the Communist Party USA itself, and the major provisions of the act were found to be unconstitutional in 1965 and 1967.

paragraph: Section::::United States Senate.:Changes to immigration law.

paragraph: In June 1952, McCarran joined Francis Walter in sponsorship of the McCarran–Walter Act, a law that abolished racial restrictions found in United States immigration and naturalization statutes going back to the Naturalization Act of 1790 and also imposed more rigid restrictions on quotas for immigrants entering the United States. It also stiffened the existing law relating to the admission, exclusion and deportation of dangerous aliens (as defined by the McCarran Internal Security Act). In response to the act he made a well known statement:

paragraph: Some of the immigration provisions of the act were later superseded by the 1965 Immigration Act, but the power of the government to deny visas for ideological reasons remained on the books another 25 years after that.

paragraph: McCarran remained in the Senate until his death.

paragraph: Section::::Death and burial.

paragraph: McCarran died in Hawthorne, Nevada on September 28, 1954, shortly after leaving the stage following a speech he gave at a political rally. According to news accounts published after his death, McCarran suffered a fatal heart attack, after having recovered from attacks in 1951 and 1953.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: In 1903, McCarran married Harriet Martha "Birdie" Weeks (1882-1963). They were the parents of four daughters and one son. Samuel McCarran became a doctor and worked in Reno. Margaret and Mary became members of the Order of Dominican Sisters. Norine was a longtime employee of the Library of Congress. Patricia became the wife of Edwin Parry Hay of Maryland.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: McCarran is remembered as one of the few Democrats to oppose President Franklin D. Roosevelt and reject the New Deal. In addition, he was a proponent of the aviation industry; he was a sponsor of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 and the Federal Airport Act of 1945, and was a proponent of establishing the United States Army Air Forces as the United States Air Force separate from the Army. He was also an ardent anti-Communist.

paragraph: Harold L. Ickes described McCarran as "easy-going, old-shoe 'Pat'" in a column criticizing McCarran as a tool of the oil companies, for not supporting certain regulations Ickes favored. American journalist John Gunther was also critical of McCarran's alleged corporate ties, writing that he resembled gold "in that he is soft, heavy, and not a good conductor."

paragraph: A statue of McCarran is included in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the United States Capitol. Each state is allowed to display likenesses of two individuals; Nevada's are those of McCarran and Sarah Winnemucca.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.:Possible statue removal.

paragraph: In 2017, Nevada's three Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to Governor Brian Sandoval and state legislative leaders and stated their view that review of McCarran's career might warrant removal of his statue from the National Statuary Hall Collection.

paragraph: On January 11, 2017, it was reported that a poll of Nevada legislators indicated support for removing McCarran's statue from the collection. A bill introduced in the Nevada State Senate, SB 174, which called for the removal of the statue and renaming of McCarran International Airport for former U.S. Senator Harry Reid, failed to be passed before the end of the 2017 legislative session on June 1, 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Popular culture.

paragraph: BULLET::::- McCarran International Airport located in Las Vegas, Nevada is named after Senator McCarran.

paragraph: BULLET::::- McCarran Boulevard in Reno is named for Pat McCarran, as is McCarran Street in North Las Vegas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cartoonist Walt Kelly introduced a character into his "Pogo" comic strip called Mole MacCaroney. Mole's near-blindness and concerns about "germs" were seen as a reference to McCarran and his immigration restriction policies.

paragraph: BULLET::::- McCarran was in part the inspiration for the fictional character of the corrupt United States Senator Pat Geary in the film "The Godfather Part II".

paragraph: BULLET::::- McCarran's chair from his tenure in the U.S. Senate was featured on an episode of the History Channel reality television series "Pawn Stars".

paragraph: BULLET::::- In the video game, "", the post-apocalyptic remains of McCarran International Airport have been turned into a New California Republic military base named Camp McCarran.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)

paragraph: Section::::References and further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edwards, Jerome E. "Pat McCarran: Political Boss of Nevada" (1982), highly detailed scholarly biography

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Pat McCarran
Patrick A. McCarran

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wikidata_label: Patrick Anthony McCarran

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categories: Sportspeople from Louisville, Kentucky,1978 births,Green Bay Packers players,American football placekickers,American people of Lithuanian descent,Pittsburgh Steelers players,2014 deaths,Tampa Bay Buccaneers players,Charleston Swamp Foxes players,Auburn Tigers football players,Carolina Cobras players,Tennessee Titans players,Georgia Southern Eagles football players,Road incident deaths in Tennessee,American Conference Pro Bowl players,New York Dragons players,Players of American football from Kentucky

paragraph: Rob Bironas

paragraph: James Robert Douglas "Rob" Bironas (January 29, 1978 – September 20, 2014) was an American football placekicker. He holds the NFL record for field goals in a single game (8), set in 2007 against the Houston Texans. He was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2002. He played college football for Auburn University and Georgia Southern University. Bironas was an All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection in 2007. Bironas' active professional career began in Arena football. He was a member of the Charleston Swamp Foxes, Carolina Cobras, and the New York Dragons before achieving success with the Tennessee Titans. Bironas was killed in a car crash on September 20, 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Bironas attended Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky, and was a four-year varsity letterman in soccer, a two-year varsity letterman in football and swimming, and added a one-year letterman in track and field. He graduated in 1996.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Bironas attended Auburn University, where he played for the Auburn Tigers football team from 1997 to 1999. He was a semi-finalist for the Lou Groza Award in 1998 after making 12 of 16 field goal attempts (including two successful tries with the four misses from 40+) and making all 18 PATs for a team-high 54 points. The following season, new head coach Tommy Tuberville replaced Bironas, the preseason All-SEC kicker of the football team, with the punter, Damon Duval. Bironas later transferred to Georgia Southern University, where his brother was on the soccer team, for his final year of collegiate eligibility, and played for the Georgia Southern Eagles football team. Bironas won the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA National Championship while playing with the Eagles, before returning to graduate from Auburn with a bachelor's degree in marketing.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Arena football.

paragraph: Bironas spent the 2003 season with the Charleston Swamp Foxes of the Arena Football League's minor league system (af2). He made 12 of 27 field goal attempts that season for the Swamp Foxes. He moved up to the Arena Football League in 2004 with the Carolina Cobras converting 17 of 40 field goal attempts and 70 of 89 extra point tries. He spent the 2005 season with the New York Dragons before signing with the Titans, connecting on 7 of 16 field goal attempts and 99 of 117 extra point attempts for the AFL's New York Dragons.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:National Football League.:Early career.

paragraph: Bironas spent time on the off season roster of the Green Bay Packers (2002), and preseason rosters with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2003) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (2004).

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:National Football League.:Tennessee Titans.

paragraph: In 2005, Bironas signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Tennessee Titans, where he finished his first season with the Titans converting 23 of 29 field goals attempts (79.3%) and 30 of 32 extra points attempts (93.8%). Bironas finished the season with 11 touchbacks, which tied him for fourth in the AFC and seventh in the NFL.

paragraph: In 2006, Bironas built on his previous success and kicked four game winning field goals, including one of 60 yards against the Indianapolis Colts, which tied as the eighth-longest in NFL history.

paragraph: In 2007, Bironas was named the AFC Player of the Month for the month of October. He made 13 of 14 field goals (92.9 percent) and all six PATs as he helped the Titans earn a 3-1 (.750) record for the month. He accounted for 45 of the team's 81 points in October. In the Titans' three wins in October, Bironas connected on 12 of 13 field goals, including an NFL-record eight field goals in one game (52, 25, 21, 30, 28, 43, 29 and 29 yards). This records effort also included the game-winning kick against the Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium on October 21. In the same game, he tied the existing record of five field goals made in a single half. Bironas was selected to the NFL's All-Pro Team and the Pro Bowl.

paragraph: On February 28, 2008 the Titans tendered Bironas to a one-year, $1.417 million contract as a restricted free agent. He signed his tender on May 9, 2008.

paragraph: On February 18, 2009, the Titans re-signed Bironas to a four-year $12 million contract with $5 million guaranteed.

paragraph: The Titans and Bironas agreed to a two-year contract extension on March 7, 2013 worth $6.7 million.

paragraph: The Titans released Bironas on March 19, 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Career highlights.

paragraph: Section::::Career highlights.:Records and honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AFC Special Teams Player of the Week – 2006 Season – Week 13

paragraph: BULLET::::- AFC Special Teams Player of the Week – 2007 Season – Week 7

paragraph: BULLET::::- AFC Special Teams Player of the Month – 2007 Season – October

paragraph: BULLET::::- Most NFL game winning field goals in a season (4 in 2005 – Tied, most recently, Josh Brown)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Most field goals in a game (8) – October 21, 2007 at Houston Texans

paragraph: BULLET::::- Most points by a kicker in a game (26) – October 21, 2007 at Houston Texans

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2nd most points scored in a game in franchise history (26) – October 21, 2007 at Houston Texans (1st place: Billy Cannon (30), December 10, 1961; Houston Oilers at New York Titans)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Most points scored by any player in a game played in Texas (Houston, Dallas, San Antonio) (26)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Most field goals in a half (5 – Tied with Morten Andersen, Chris Boniol, Mike Nugent) – October 21, 2007 at Houston Texans

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 Pro Bowl selection

paragraph: BULLET::::- Led Tennessee Titans in scoring in both 2005 and 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2nd place on franchise's all-time scoring list

paragraph: BULLET::::- Second place on franchise's all-time field goal list

paragraph: BULLET::::- Selected to All-Pro Team in 2007 and 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- Most consecutive games with a 40+ yard field goal in NFL history (10).

paragraph: Section::::Career highlights.:Career statistics.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Field goals

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kickoffs

paragraph: Section::::Charitable work.

paragraph: Bironas founded The Rob Bironas Fund in 2008. The Nashville-based nonprofit is part of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, and works to give Nashville youth ways to engage with and be educated by area musicians. The fund finances tools, education and leadership to help Nashville youth achieve scholastic excellence through music education. The fund has partnered with both the Nashville Symphony and Country Music Hall of Fame.

paragraph: Bironas was a board member of the Nashville Symphony, and worked to provide help to needy children through the Kicks for Kids program. He was also a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, where he contributed to charity and philanthropy.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: In June 2014, Bironas married Rachel Bradshaw, daughter of former NFL and Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw. Bironas was of Lithuanian descent.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: On September 20, 2014, at approximately 11 p.m., Bironas was killed in a car crash. He lost control of his 2009 Yukon Denali and swerved off the road, flipped several times, hit several trees, and finally landed upside down in a ditch. He was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center but was pronounced dead on arrival. Witnesses said that Bironas had been driving aggressively prior to the crash. Toxicology reports released 11 days later revealed that Bironas's blood alcohol level had been 0.218 percent, almost three times the legal limit of 0.08 in the state of Tennessee. Autopsy reports showed Bironas died from blunt force trauma after crashing the car.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tennessee Titans bio

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wikidata_label: Rob Bironas

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paragraph: Heinrich Kaminski

paragraph: Heinrich Kaminski (4 July 1886 - 21 June 1946) was a German composer.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Kaminski was born in Tiengen in the Schwarzwald, the son of an Old Catholic priest of Jewish parentage. After a short period working in a bank in Offenbach, he moved to Heidelberg, originally to study politics. However, a chance meeting with Martha Warburg changed his mind: she recognised his musical gift and became his patroness. In 1909 he went to Berlin and began studying music at the Stern Conservatoire, piano with Severin Eisenberger.

paragraph: In 1914 he began work as a piano teacher in Benediktbeuern. His friends and contemporaries at this time included the painter Emil Nolde and also Franz Marc, whose wife was among his piano students.

paragraph: In 1916 me married Friederike Mathilde Jopp the daughter of Karl and Marie Jopp (born Schad). Friederike or Elfriede as Kaminski called her, was a singer in Munich.

paragraph: During World War I Kaminski was also active as a choirmaster and teacher of composition. Later he received a professorship at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he became director of a master class in composition (thus treading in the footsteps of Hans Pfitzner). His most significant pupils were Carl Orff, Heinz Schubert and Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling.

paragraph: His contract was terminated in 1933 with no renewal on the grounds of his "political opinions" and he returned to Benediktbeuern. Various attempts to re-establish his career came to nothing for the same reason. A check of his ancestry - he had been categorised in 1938 as a "half-Jew", and in 1941 declared a "quarter-Jew" - led to an ongoing ban on the performance of his works. He found himself obliged to flee, to France and Switzerland among other places.

paragraph: Between 1939 and 1945 he lost three children, and died himself in 1946 at Ried, Bavaria.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: His works includes chorales, concertos, songs, choral sonatas, motets and other choral works, as well as operas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Operas:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Das Spiel vom König Aphelius "("The Game of King Aphelius")

paragraph: BULLET::::- Choral sonatas:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Psalm 130"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Der Tag ist hin "("The Day Is Ended")

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concerto grosso

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: "This article is translated from that in the German Wikipedia".

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