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text: sociology

text: 2004 NFL Draft

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text: Sean McHugh

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text: Buffalo Bills

text: Houston Texans

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paragraph: Courtney Anderson

paragraph: Courtney Jerome Anderson (born November 19, 1980) is a former American football tight end. Born in Greenville, Texas, Anderson attended high school in Richmond, California and played college football at Contra Costa College and San Jose State University. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft and spent three seasons with that team. Later, he was a member of the Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans. He is currently a firefighter for the community of Milpitas, CA.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and college.

paragraph: Born in Greenville, Texas, Anderson graduated from Richmond High School in California, where he lettered in football, basketball, and track and field. In the football team, Anderson was quarterback, wide receiver, and defensive linebacker in the football team. In 1998, he caught 50 passes for 1,005 yards, scored 12 touchdowns, and earned all-state honors. Anderson was a member of the 1999 Richmond Oilers basketball team coached by Ken Carter that was dramatized in the movie "Coach Carter".

paragraph: For two years, Anderson attended Contra Costa College. In football, he lined up at wide receiver before moving to tight end. He then transferred to San Jose State University where, in 23 games, hauled in 36 passes for 477 yards (13.3 avg.) and seven touchdowns. He also majored in sociology.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Oakland Raiders.

paragraph: Anderson was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round (245th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft. In his rookie season, he made 13 catches for 175 yards and one touchdown in nine games (four of which he started); he left Week 9 with an ankle injury. The next season, Anderson played in 14 games, of which he started in 13, and caught 24 passes for 303 yards and three touchdowns. In his three seasons with Oakland, Anderson had 62 receptions for 763 yards and six touchdowns and occasionally caught passes deep midfield. The Raiders released Anderson before the 2007 preseason.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Miami Dolphins.

paragraph: Anderson went to training camp with the Miami Dolphins in 2007 but was released on September 1, 2007.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions.

paragraph: Anderson was signed by the Detroit Lions on September 24, 2007 to replace the injured starter Dan Campbell, whose starting position was taken by Sean McHugh. He played two games with the Lions and then was cut on October 28, 2007.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Atlanta Falcons.

paragraph: The Atlanta Falcons claimed Anderson off waivers on November 13, 2007 from the Lions.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Buffalo Bills.

paragraph: Anderson signed with the Buffalo Bills on March 10, 2008, but was released on August 30 during final cuts.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Houston Texans.

paragraph: After spending the 2008 regular season out of football, Anderson was signed to a future contract by the Houston Texans on January 5, 2009. He was waived by the team on April 30.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- San Jose State Spartans biography (2003)

description: Player of American football

wikidata_label: Courtney Anderson

wikipedia_title: Courtney Anderson


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Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius
Flavius Anicius Probus
Petronius Maximus
Placidia
Valentinian III
Licinia Eudoxia
House of Theodosius
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Hydatius
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Aetius
Gaudentius
Patricius
Petronius Maximus
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Vandals
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John Malalas
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Evagrius Scholasticus
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Avitus
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Theodoric II
Majorian
Ricimer
Huneric
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Constantinople
Anicia Juliana
Leo I the Thracian
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J.B. Bury
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Theophanes
Paschal Chronicle
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Andrea Bernasconi
Wien
Niccolo Jommelli
Teatro Argentina
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"Anicius Olybrius"

categories: Anicii,Year of birth unknown,5th-century Roman emperors,Imperial Roman consuls,Theodosian dynasty,472 deaths

paragraph: Olybrius

paragraph: Olybrius () (died October 22 or November 2, 472) was Western Roman Emperor from April or May 472 until his death; his rule was not recognised as legitimate by the Eastern Roman Empire. He was in reality a puppet ruler put on the throne by Ricimer, a Roman general of Germanic descent, and was mainly interested in religion, while the actual power was held by Ricimer and his nephew Gundobad.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Family and early career.

paragraph: Olybrius was born in Rome, in the ancient and powerful "gens" Anicia, of Italian descent.

paragraph: According to the consensus of historians, he was related to the Consul Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius, whose wife and cousin, Anicia Juliana, had the same name that Olybrius gave to his own daughter. Other historians consider this questionable, as "Juliana" was a common name in the "gens" Anicia, and because Hermogenianus seems to have begotten only one daughter, who took chastity vows. Other possible fathers have therefore been proposed: either Flavius Anicius Probus (suggested by Settipani) or, according to some clues, Petronius Maximus.

paragraph: Olybrius married Placidia, younger daughter of Western Emperor Valentinian III and his wife Licinia Eudoxia, thus creating a bond between a member of the senatorial aristocracy and the House of Theodosius. The year of their wedding is not recorded, although the historian Priscus implies it took place before the Vandal sack of Rome (June 2–16, 455). Oost has pointed out that in his chronicle Hydatius wrote Placidia was unmarried as of 455.

paragraph: Steven Muhlberger points out that many of the events in the chronicle of Hydatius are based on hearsay, that problems with his chronology "resulted from delays and distortions in the best information to which he had access," and thus the evidence from Hydatius is not as decisive as Oost believed. Regardless, the powerful "Magister militum" Aetius had forced Valentinian to betroth Placidia to his own son Gaudentius, so Olybrius could not have married her before Aetius' death.

paragraph: Aetius' death came 21 September 454, when the Emperor Valentinian provoked a quarrel with him that ended with the Emperor killing Aetius with his own sword. The following year, Valentinian was killed by some soldiers who had served under Aetius, probably instigated by the "Patricius" Petronius Maximus, who succeeded to the throne. Petronius, who was a high-ranking imperial officer and a member of a family belonging to the senatorial aristocracy, married Empress Licinia Eudoxia, widow of Valentinian. He also elevated his own son Palladius to the rank of Caesar and had him marry Eudocia, elder daughter of Valentinian.

paragraph: According to those historians who believe that Olybrius was Petronius' son, it was in 455 that Olybrius married Placidia, between April 17, when Petronius was acclaimed Emperor, and May 31, when he died; this would explain the marriage between Olybrius and Valentinian's younger daughter as a move to secure Petronius' legitimacy as emperor.

paragraph: Another possibility is that Olybrius and Placidia were engaged in 455, and only after Gaiseric freed her from his possession in the early 460s were they at last married. Oost mentions this possibility in his book "Galla Placidia Augusta". The surviving evidence is not sufficient to allow us to decide between these alternatives.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Twice candidate for the throne.

paragraph: The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, took advantage of the confusion and weakness of the Western Empire in the wake of Valentinian's turbulent succession, moving into Italy and sacking Rome. Before returning to Africa, the Vandals took Licinia Eudoxia and her two daughters as hostages. According to the 6th-century historian John Malalas, Olybrius was in Constantinople at the time. On the other hand, the chronicler Evagrius Scholasticus writes that Olybrius had fled Rome on the approach of Gaiseric's army.

paragraph: During his residence in the Eastern capital, Olybrius expressed his interest in religious matters. He met Daniel the Stylite, who, according to Christian tradition, prophesied the liberation of Licinia Eudoxia. In the meantime, the Western Empire went through a rapid succession of Emperors. After Petronius, the Gallic-Roman senator Avitus was proclaimed Emperor by the Visigoth king Theodoric II and ruled for two years; he was deposed by Majorian, who ruled for four years before being killed by his general Ricimer in 461.

paragraph: Gaiseric supported Olybrius to assume the vacant Western throne because Gaiseric's son Huneric and Olybrius had married the two daughters of Valentinian III, and with Olybrius on the throne, Gaiseric could exert great influence on the Western Empire. Therefore, Gaiseric freed Licinia Eudoxia (fulfilling Daniel's prophesy) and her daughter Placidia (Olybrius' wife), but he did not cease his raids on Italy's coasts. His project failed, however, as Ricimer, who had become the "Magister militum" of the West, chose Libius Severus as new Emperor (461–465). Placidia was now free, however, joining her husband at Constantinople, where she bore him a daughter, Anicia Juliana, in 462.

paragraph: Olybrius was nearly chosen for the Western throne again in 465, after Libius Severus died. Gaiseric was again his major supporter, but the Eastern Emperor Leo I the Thracian chose the noble Procopius Anthemius. Olybrius' association with Gaiseric did not harm his career, however, as the Eastern court chose him for the high honour of the consulate in 464.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Rise to the throne, rule, and death.

paragraph: Sources agree that Olybrius rose to the Western throne thanks to the Western "Magister militum" Ricimer. They differ over the timing and order of the events leading to his ascent.

paragraph: In the version provided by John Malalas, and championed by J.B. Bury, Olybrius was sent to Italy in 472 by Leo I, ostensibly to mediate between Ricimer and Anthemius, who was besieged by Ricimer in Rome. Once he had accomplished this, Olybrius would then continue to Carthage and offer a peace treaty to Gaiseric. Leo suspected that Olybrius favored the Vandal king, however, and would secretly take his side and betray the suspicious Emperor. Leo had Olybrius followed by another envoy bearing a letter for Anthemius stating:

paragraph: Ricimer had placed a guard at Ostia who found the secret letter. Ricimer showed the document to Olybrius, which convinced Olybrius to accept the purple. From Ricimer's point of view, Olybrius was a good candidate, as a member of the Roman senatorial aristocracy and because of his marriage to Placidia; his marriage to her makes him the last Emperor of the House of Theodosius. Ricimer had Anthemius killed and Olybrius acclaimed Emperor (July 11, 472).

paragraph: The competing version of events does not mention the secret letter. Instead, after arriving in Rome, Olybrius was proclaimed emperor several months before Anthemius' death, in April or May 472. Ricimer then besieged the part of Rome where Anthemius was for several months until the lawful Emperor was abandoned by his partisans, captured in a church, and put to death by Gundobad, Ricimer's nephew. This version implies that Olybrius was secretly supported by the Emperor Leo, which explains why Leo sent him there. Three of our sources -- Theophanes, the "Paschal Chronicle", and Paullus Diaconus—support this version. Edward Gibbon accepts this implication as fact, although none of the three sources explicitly state that Leo supported Olybrius. What other reason could there be, Bury asks, then answers his own rhetorical question: "the facts that Anthemius was Leo's chosen candidate, his "filius", and that Olybrius was the friend of his foe Genseric, are a strong counter-argument."

paragraph: The reign of Olybrius was short and uneventful. Soon after the death of Anthemius, Ricimer also died, on August 9 or 19; his nephew Gundobad was elevated to "Magister militum" in his place. Very little is known of Olybrius' policy; in his "Vita Epifanius", Ennodius describes him as a pious man who acted accordingly. As evidence, he had minted a new series of gold coins bearing a cross and the new legend ("Welfare of the World") instead of the usual ("Welfare of the State"). It is also noteworthy that Olybrius is depicted on his coins without helm and spear, common symbols on his predecessors' coinage, suggesting he had little interest in military matters.

paragraph: Olybrius died of dropsy after only seven months of rule. The sources do not agree on the day of his death, reporting either October 22 or November 2.

paragraph: Section::::Olybrius in culture.

paragraph: Olybrius had a palace in the Tenth region of Constantinople at one end of the Mese, the main street, along the "Constantinianae". Olybrius also restored, at his own expense, the nearby church of Saint Euphemia in Chalcedon, a famous church that had been chosen by Pulcheria, sister of Theodosius II, for the Council of Chalcedon in 451. This choice was a sign of the bond between Olybrius, a Roman senator, with the imperial House of Theodosius.

paragraph: In 1707, Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati wrote a "libretto" entitled "Flavio Anicio Olibrio". The story told in the opera is quite different from the real one, despite the fact that Zeno claimed to use several historical sources (Evagrius Scholasticus l.2.c.7, Procopius of Caesarea, "Historia Vandalorum", l.1, Paul the Deacon, vi): Ricimer captures Rome, frees his sister Teodolinda and enslaves Placidia, daughter of Valentinian III; a little later, Olybrius frees Rome and Placidia, and marries her.

paragraph: The "libretto" was written for a "dramma per musica" in three acts by Francesco Gasparini, performed that same year in the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice, but the same "libretto" was put to music also by Nicola Porpora (1711, in Naples, as "Il trionfo di Flavio Anicio Olibrio"), by Leonardo Vinci (Naples, 1728, as "Ricimero"), and by Andrea Bernasconi (1737, Wien, as "Flavio Anicio Olibrio o La tirannide debellata"). The "libretto" was also rewritten for the "Ricimero" by Niccolo Jommelli, performed at the Teatro Argentina in Rome in 1740.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mathisen, Ralph W., "Anicius Olybrius", "De Imperatoribus Romanis"

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- F.M. Clover, "The Family and Early Career of Anicius Olybrius", "Historia", 27 (1978), pp. 169–96.

alias:
Anicius Olybrius
Flavius Anicius Olybrius

description: Western Roman Emperor

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wikipedia_title: Olybrius


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text: American Revolution

text: Cornell University

text: Bachelor's degree

text: civil engineering

text: Panic of 1873

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text: Boston University School of Law

text: Kansas State Agricultural College

text: Populist

text: Progressive Era

text: trusts

text: muckraking journalists

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text: National Direct Legislation League

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text: Ruskin College

text: Trenton, Missouri

text: Washington, D.C.

text: Yale University Library

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text: "The Drift of Our Time."

text: "Choosing a Vocation."

text: "Legal Doctrine and Social Progress."

text: Career development

text: School counselor

text: In JSTOR

text: "Frank Parsons,"

categories: Boston University School of Law faculty,1854 births,Cornell University College of Engineering alumni,1908 deaths,People from Mount Holly, New Jersey,School counseling,American educational theorists,People from Boston

paragraph: Frank Parsons (social reformer)

paragraph: Frank Parsons (November 14, 1854 – September 26, 1908) was an American professor, social reformer, and public intellectual. Although he was educated as an engineer at Cornell University, he passed the Massachusetts state bar examination and became a lawyer in 1881. Parsons was for more than a decade a lecturer at Boston University School of Law and taught at Kansas State Agricultural College from 1897 to 1899. As a leading social commentator of the Progressive Era, Parsons authored a dozen books and more than 125 magazine and journal articles on a wide range of reform topics, including currency reform, regulation of monopolies, municipal ownership, establishment of direct democracy, and other matters. Parsons is also widely regarded as the father of the vocational guidance movement.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early years.

paragraph: Frank Parsons was born on November 14, 1854, in Mount Holly, New Jersey, the son of an Anglo-Saxon family with American antecedents dating back to the time of the American Revolution. The family was highly intellectual in proclivity, with a number of physicians, lawyers, and teachers dotting the family tree, particularly on Frank's mother's side.

paragraph: Intellectually talented from an early age, Frank was enrolled in Cornell University at the age of 15 and graduated after just three years with a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Career.

paragraph: Parsons took a job as a civil engineer for a railroad located in Western Massachusetts upon graduation but he lost this position when the firm collapsed amidst the Panic of 1873.

paragraph: After relatively brief stints as a common laborer and a public school teacher, Parsons decided to go into the legal profession, preparing for the Massachusetts bar examination for one year before taking and passing the exam in 1881.

paragraph: Unfortunately, Parsons experienced a health failure shortly after passing the bar exam and found himself compelled to move the New Mexico Territory in search of recovery. Parsons would remain in that state for three years. Parsons established a legal practice in New Mexico but soon tired of the profession. Instead, Parsons was employed by the publishing firm of Little, Brown and Company as a writer of law textbooks. Several volumes were produced during the course of this association.

paragraph: With textbook publications came academic recognition, and in 1892 Parsons was added to the staff as a lecturer at Boston University School of Law. He would remain in that position for the greater part of the rest of his life, leaving only in 1905 on account of competing research interests.

paragraph: Parson's position at Boston University only occupied part of the academic year, leaving him free to work on other projects and in other capacities for much of the year. He joined the staff of Kansas State Agricultural College in 1897, in the wake of a recent Populist electoral victory in that state and the advent of a new liberal administration at that school.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Social reformer.

paragraph: Parsons became interested in the ideas of economic rationalization during the Progressive Era of the 1890s. It was a time of great disparity between wealthy plutocrats, often exercising monopoly power over the economy through organized associations called trusts, and a frequently impoverished working class, racked by periodic depressions such as the 1873 event which had cost Parsons his first job.

paragraph: With his characteristic energy, Parsons threw himself into the systematic study of many of the topics espoused by muckraking journalists and intellectuals of the day. A series of books followed, including tomes on monetary reform "(Rational Money," 1898), market dysfunction in the communications industry "(The Telegraph Monopoly," 1899), public ownership of monopoly industries "(The City for the People," 1899), substitution of democracy for oligarchy "(Direct Legislation," 1900), and the abuses of the railroad industry "(The Trusts, the Railroads, and the People," 1906).

paragraph: In December 1895, Parsons ran for Mayor of Boston, as the candidate for the Municipal Reform Party—"a fusion of prohibitionists, labor, populists, and socialists". He finished third in a field of three, with 0.8% of the vote.

paragraph: In addition to his steady stream of books and pamphlets, Parsons wrote extensively for the periodical press, contributing more than 125 articles to B.O. Flower's progressive monthly, "The Arena" and other publications. In addition to his prolific work for "The Arena," Parsons was named a contributing editor to the social democratic monthly "The American Fabian" in 1896.

paragraph: In addition to his writing activities, Parsons also emerged as a prominent public speaker, serving as a lecturer for the National Direct Legislation League, as head of the lecture department of the Social Reform Union, and as President of the National League for Promoting Public Ownership of Monopoly. In the course of his activity, Parsons came to be recognized as a national expert on public ownership of utilities. In 1906, he was commissioned by the National Civic Federation to travel to Great Britain to study the incidence of municipal ownership and its outcomes in that country.

paragraph: Parsons also served as dean of the extension division of Ruskin College in Trenton, Missouri.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Death and legacy.

paragraph: Frank Parsons died Sept. 26, 1908, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was 53 years old at the time of his death.

paragraph: A memorial service in Parsons' honor was held October 25, 1908, at the People's Church in Washington, D.C.. In the eulogy by Rev. Alexander Kent, Parson's was remembered as a consistent analyst striving to advance the general weal:

paragraph: "There were few men whose ability was so completely devoted to the public good... The problem of human betterment was always uppermost in his thought. He was continually at work tracing the evils from which men suffer to their source, and showing how they might be avoided or at least greatly lessened. He was a consistent opponent of that individualism which pits men against each other in the struggle for existence, and an earnest advocate of that individuality that fits men for useful membership in the social body, and so draws them together in mutual fellowship and service."

paragraph: Parsons' papers are housed at Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut.

paragraph: The posthumous publication in 1911 of Parson's manuscript, "Choosing a Vocation," and its so-called "talent-matching approach" proved to be massively influential with a generation of educationalists. Parson's book remains regarded as a classic in the field and Parsons is still in the 21st Century remembered as "the founder of the vocational guidance movement."

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The World's Best Books." Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1889.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Philosophy of Mutualism." Philadelphia: Bureau of Nationalist Literature, n.d. (c. 1894).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wanamaker Conference; or, John Wanamaker and the Nationalist." Philadelphia: Frederick A. Bisbee, n.d. (c. 1895).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rational Money: A National Currency Intelligently Regulated in Reference to the Multiple Standard." Philadelphia: C.F. Taylor, 1898.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Drift of Our Time." Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co., Dec. 1899.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Telegraph Monopoly." Philadelphia: C.F. Taylor, 1899.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Direct Legislation; or, The Veto Power in the Hands of the People." Philadelphia: C.F. Taylor, Jan. 1900.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The City for the People; or, The Municipalization of the City Government and of Local Franchises." Philadelphia: C.F. Taylor, 1900.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Story of New Zealand: A History of New Zealand from the Earliest Times to the Present, with Special Reference to the Political, Industrial and Social Development of the Island Commonwealth..." Philadelphia: C.F. Taylor, 1904.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Railways, the Trusts, and the People." Philadelphia: C.F. Taylor, 1905.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Heart of the Railroad Problem: The History of Railway Discrimination in the United States, the Chief Efforts at Control and the Remedies Proposed with Hints from Other Countries." Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1906.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Choosing a Vocation." Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Legal Doctrine and Social Progress." New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1911.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Career development

paragraph: BULLET::::- School counselor

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Howard V. Davis, "Frank Parsons: Prophet, Innovator, Counselor." Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1969.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Louis Filler, "The Muckrakers." New and enlarged edition. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1976.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Benjamin Orange Flower, "Progressive Men, Women, and Movements of the Past Twenty-Five Years." Boston: The Arena, 1914.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arthur Mann, "Frank Parsons: The Professor as Crusader," "Mississippi Valley Historical Review," vol. 37, no. 3 (Dec. 1950), pp. 471–490. In JSTOR

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arthur Mann, "Yankee Reformers in the Urban Age: Social Reform in Boston, 1880-1900." Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Donald G. Zytowski, "Frank Parsons and the Progressive Movement," "The Career Development Quarterly," vol. 50, no. 1 (Sept. 2001), pp. 57–65.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Frank Parsons," "Encyclopedia of World Biography Biography," www.bookrags.com/

description: American social reformer

wikidata_label: Frank Parsons

wikipedia_title: Frank Parsons (social reformer)


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Italian
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2014 Winter Games
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Ghent
national team
record
indoor
pregnancy
Ghent
Ancona
Turin
Serena Capponcelli
FIDAL

categories: Italian female shot putters,Italian female javelin throwers,Italian female high jumpers,1989 births,Italian heptathletes,Living people

paragraph: Serena Capponcelli

paragraph: Serena Capponcelli (born 24 January 1989) is an Italian female high jumper, shot putter, javelin thrower and former bobsledder, who finished at 20th place in the 2018 indoor seasonal world lists in the high jump.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: In 2011 she started to practice the bob as a pilot, until the Olympic call for the 2014 Winter Games, living in Verbania where he met Arno, Belgian amateur cyclist who later married in September 2015 in Osmate (Varese), shortly after birth of her son Alec. In 2016 she moved to Belgium, in Lede, resuming practicing the high jump for fun, and on 29 January 2017 in Ghent exceeded the quota of 1.89 improving a personal record (1.87 outdoors) that dated back to 2008.

paragraph: After her national team debut in 2017, in 2018 she opened the season immediately with her record: 1.90 m, made on the occasion of the provincial championships in Ghent. But at the end of the indoor season the stop from the activity for pregnancy, the brother of Alec is expected in November.

paragraph: Section::::Personal best.

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 1.90 m (indoor), Ghent, 6 January 2018

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shot put: 15.10 m (indoor), Ancona, 25 February 2018

paragraph: BULLET::::- Javelin throw: 49.30 m, Turin, 26 June 2011

paragraph: Section::::National championships.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Senior

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Serena Capponcelli at FIDAL web site

wikidata_label: Serena Capponcelli

wikipedia_title: Serena Capponcelli


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American football
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categories: Atlanta Falcons players,Detroit Lions players,African-American players of American football,1984 births,Players of American football from Texas,American football cornerbacks,Arkansas Razorbacks football players,Sportspeople from Austin, Texas,Living people

paragraph: Chris Houston (American football)

paragraph: Christopher Don Houston (born October 18, 1984) is a former American football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arkansas, and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. Houston was also a member of the Detroit Lions and Carolina Panthers.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Houston attended Mendez Middle School and LBJ High School in Austin, Texas, where he played running back and cornerback. During his senior year he rushed for 426 yards and six touchdowns, before moving exclusively to cornerback. He was also a shooting guard on the school's basketball team.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Houston attended The University of Arkansas from 2003 to 2006. During his junior year in Fayetteville, he was a Pro Football Weekly All-American honorable mention and All-Southeastern Conference second team selection by the league's coaches and Associated Press. He finished his college career with 89 tackles, three interceptions, three forced fumbles and a touchdown for the Razorbacks.

paragraph: After his junior year, Houston decided to forgo his senior season with the Hogs and enter the 2007 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Atlanta Falcons.

paragraph: Houston was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. During his second season in 2008, against the Kansas City Chiefs, he had his first career interception and returned it for a touchdown. In three years with the Falcons he started 37 of 44 games, recording 166 tackles and three interceptions.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions.

paragraph: On March 8, 2010, Houston was traded to the Detroit Lions for a sixth-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft and a conditional seventh round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.

paragraph: On June 13, 2014, the Lions released him due to injury concerns.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Carolina Panthers.

paragraph: Houston signed with the Carolina Panthers on June 15, 2015. He announced his retirement on August 4, 2015.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:NFL statistics.

paragraph: Key

paragraph: BULLET::::- GP: games played

paragraph: BULLET::::- COMB: combined tackles

paragraph: BULLET::::- TOTAL: total tackles

paragraph: BULLET::::- AST: assisted tackles

paragraph: BULLET::::- SACK: sacks

paragraph: BULLET::::- FF: forced fumbles

paragraph: BULLET::::- FR: fumble recoveries

paragraph: BULLET::::- FR YDS: fumble return yards

paragraph: BULLET::::- INT: interceptions

paragraph: BULLET::::- IR YDS: interception return yards

paragraph: BULLET::::- AVG IR: average interception return

paragraph: BULLET::::- LNG: longest interception return

paragraph: BULLET::::- TD: interceptions returned for touchdown

paragraph: BULLET::::- PD: passes defensed

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Atlanta Falcons bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arkansas Razorbacks bio

description: Player of American football

wikidata_label: Chris Houston

wikipedia_title: Chris Houston (American football)


text:
Major League Baseball
outfielder
Kansas City Royals
2003 Kansas City Royals season

categories: 1976 births,Living people,Richmond Braves players,Schaumburg Flyers players,Baseball players from Texas,Major League Baseball outfielders,Kansas City Royals players

paragraph: Rontrez Johnson

paragraph: Rontrez DeMon Johnson (born December 8, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for one season. He played in eight games for the Kansas City Royals during the 2003 Kansas City Royals season.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Rontrez Johnson

wikipedia_title: Rontrez Johnson


text:
Republic of Genoa
Spinola Family
Theodore Palaiologos
March of Montferrat
Manfred IV, Marquess of Saluzzo

categories: Italian politicians,Italian untitled nobility,Spinola family,People of the Republic of Genoa,14th-century Italian people

paragraph: Opicino Spinola

paragraph: Opecino Spinola (also called Opizzino Spinola) was a merchant and political leader in the Republic of Genoa in the early fourteenth century. He was a member of the Spinola Family and one of the richest men in Genoa.

paragraph: In January 1306, the citizens of Genoa replaced their "Podesta" with two "Capitani del Popolo" ("Captains of the People") as ruiers of the republic, part of a constitutional struggle lasting from 1257 to 1339.

paragraph: Thanks to his wealth, Spinola was elected one of the Captains.

paragraph: In 1307, Spinola's daughter, Argentina Spinola, married Theodore Palaiologos, who claimed the March of Montferrat in succession to his maternal uncle. Spinola used his wealth to establish Theodore in power.

paragraph: Spinola's co-Captain Bernabo Doria was the father-in-law of Manfred IV, Marquess of Saluzzo, who claimed some of the territory of Montferrat. This led to conflicts between Spinola and Doria. In 1310, Spinola managed to get himself appointed the sole Captain of the People for life.

paragraph: However, his growing power made enemies, including even some of his Spinola kinsmen. In late 1310, he was forced from office; in 1311 the 'Podesta" was restored, and Spinola was placed under perpetual banishment from Genoa.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Epstain, Steve. "Genoa and the Genoese". p. 325.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Malleson, George Bruce. "Studies in Genoese History". p. 300

description: Italian politician and noble

wikidata_label: Opicino Spinola

wikipedia_title: Opicino Spinola


text: Irish

text: prelate

text: Roman Catholic Church

text: Archbishop of Tuam

text: Castlebar

text: County Mayo

text: St. Jarlath's College

text: Tuam

text: St. Patrick's College

text: Maynooth

text: ordained

text: priesthood

text: doctorate in Divinity

text: curate

text: Belclare

text: Presentation College

text: Headford

text: Pontifical Biblical Institute

text: Rome

text: licentiate

text: Sacred Scripture

text: spiritual director

text: Pontifical Irish College

text: Holy Rosary College

text: Mountbellew

text: Moylough

text: lecturer

text: St. Patrick's College

text: Maynooth

text: professor

text: New Testament

text: Auxiliary Bishop

text: Tuam

text: Titular Bishop

text: Quaestoriana

text: Pope John Paul II

text: episcopal consecration

text: Archbishop Joseph Cassidy

text: Emanuele Gerada

text: Joseph Cunnane

text: co-consecrators

text: Archbishop of Tuam

text: Ryan Report

text: Irish Bishops Conference

text: Chairman

text: Doctrine Commission

text: Commission for Migrants

text: Strategic Task Group for Education

text: trustee

text: Trócaire

text: clerical child sex abuse

text: safeguarding

text: Pope Benedict XVI

text: Roman Curia

text: Diarmuid Martin

text: Dermot Clifford

text: Ryan report

text: Cormac Murphy-O'Connor

text: Archdiocese of Armagh

text: Sean O'Malley

text: the Dublin diocese

text: Thomas Christopher Collins

text: Archdiocese of Cashel

text: Terrence Prendergast

text: Archdiocese of Tuam

text: Timothy Dolan

text: of New York

text: Action Tuam

categories: Roman Catholic archbishops of Tuam,Living people,People educated at St Jarlath's College,1946 births,Post-Reformation Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland,Academics of St Patrick's College, Maynooth,Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth,Pontifical Biblical Institute alumni,People from Castlebar,Members of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

paragraph: Michael Neary (bishop)

paragraph: Michael Neary (born 15 April 1946) is an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current Archbishop of Tuam since 1995.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Michael Neary was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, and received his early education at St. Patrick's Boys National School, Castlebar, and St. Jarlath's College, Tuam. He studied at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth and was ordained to the priesthood on 15 June 1971. Earning a doctorate in Divinity in 1975, he served as a curate in Belclare for one year before being appointed to the staff at the Presentation College, Headford.

paragraph: From 1978 to 1981, he furthered his studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, earning a licentiate of Sacred Scripture; during that time he was also spiritual director at the Pontifical Irish College. On his return he joined the staff at Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, and served as a curate in Moylough. In 1982 he was appointed lecturer in Sacred Scripture at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, becoming professor of New Testament in 1991 where he is remembered among students as a diligent and committed teacher, if rather dull and stilted in his lecturing style.

paragraph: Section::::Episcopal Ministry.

paragraph: On 20 May 1992, Neary was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Tuam and Titular Bishop of "Quaestoriana" by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 13 September from Archbishop Joseph Cassidy, with Archbishops Emanuele Gerada and Joseph Cunnane serving as co-consecrators. Following Archbishop Cassidy's resignation, he was named Archbishop of Tuam on 17 January 1995.

paragraph: In May 2009, Neary described the Ryan Report as "sad and disturbing" and "apologise[d] unreservedly, on behalf of the Church, for our failure to protect children."

paragraph: Within the Irish Bishops Conference, Neary is the Chairman of the Doctrine Commission; a member of the Department of Catholic Education and Formation, Commission for Migrants, and Strategic Task Group for Education; and a trustee of Trócaire.

paragraph: Archbishop Neary said that if lay people had been more involved in the Catholic Church the response to clerical child sex abuse allegations "would have been different." In a reflection on the Irish bishops’ summit with Pope Benedict XVI from 15–16 February 2010, he also said that "in the discussions he asked for the forgiveness of the victims”. The archbishop said “the need for co-operation with civil authorities, HSE and gardaí, and the complete implementation of the church’s own norms and procedures were seen as central to the safeguarding of children".

paragraph: At the meetings “it was acknowledged that while this is not a problem which is peculiar to Ireland or to the English-speaking world, or the church, nevertheless its impact is intensified in the church, damaging its credibility in a number of areas, for example, its teaching on marriage and the family, on sexual morality, and on the church’s role in education and Catholic schools” he said.

paragraph: On 6 July 2010, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Roman Curia. Members not resident in Rome are invited to attend only the plenary meetings of the congregation, which in principle are held every year. The appointment is for five years and is renewable.

paragraph: In August 2010 Archbishop Neary said “"the truth of past pain is certainly coming to the surface. But this is good news. We should embrace the truth even though this can be a painful task."” He continued “"however, we should also be aware of the dangers contained in what some have called a ‘culture of blame’. We seek out the negligence of doctors, the health service, bankers, the Church or the school. Maybe this makes it easier to deal with our own shortcomings, the neglect and indifference of others and the tyranny of blind chance. Christ did not encourage us to imprison people by their human failings. Instead he taught us the way of forgiveness."”

paragraph: Section::::Episcopal Ministry.:Apostolic Visitation.

paragraph: In October 2010, Archbishop Neary along with Cardinal Brady and Archbishops Diarmuid Martin of Dublin and Dermot Clifford of Cashel and Emly engaged in high-level talks with heads of Vatican congregations over the apostolic visitation of Irish dioceses in the wake of the Murphy report and Ryan report. While in Rome, the Irish churchmen came face to face with a team of investigators appointed by Pope Benedict to examine the four Irish archdioceses and "some other as yet unspecified dioceses". These included Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, who inspected Cardinal Brady's Archdiocese of Armagh, and Sean O'Malley, Cardinal Archbishop of Boston, who inspected the Dublin diocese. Toronto's Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins investigated the Archdiocese of Cashel, while Ottawa's Archbishop Terrence Prendergast was tasked with the investigation of the Archdiocese of Tuam . An investigation of the state of Irish seminaries was conducted by Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York.

paragraph: Section::::Episcopal Ministry.:Child protection.

paragraph: A review that was published on 30 November 2011 into the handling of clerical child sex abuse allegations in the Diocese of Tuam has praised Archbishop Neary for his actions. The report said serious harm was done to children by a few priests of the archdiocese but Dr Neary met allegations “with a steadily serious approach, taking appropriate action under existing guidelines, and rapidly assimilating the lesson of the necessity for the removal of the priest, where there is a credible allegation, pending investigation.” The report said it is clear from the “excellent records” that a genuine effort was made to gather evidence from victims and their families during the Church inquiry stage and such “thoroughness is to be commended”. The report added that “It is also a fair reflection to say that the archbishop has met resistance in asking a priest to step aside from public ministry. “It is to his credit that in spite of opposition, Archbishop Neary has maintained his authority and kept some men out of ministry where there is evidence to suggest that they should be viewed as dangerous and should not have access to young people. Neary said: “This is an enormous tribute to all working in this area. It is very encouraging to see that their work has been recognised, affirmed and appreciated in the report.”

paragraph: Section::::Patron.

paragraph: Patron of the Catholic Grandparents Association.

paragraph: President of Action Tuam

description: Irish bishop

wikidata_label: Michael Neary

wikipedia_title: Michael Neary (bishop)


text:
Swedish
racing driver

categories: 1964 births,Swedish racing drivers,International Formula 3000 drivers,24 Hours of Le Mans drivers,World Sportscar Championship drivers,FIA European Formula 3 Championship drivers,Living people,Japanese Formula 3000 Championship drivers

paragraph: Thomas Danielsson

paragraph: Thomas Danielsson (born 4 December 1964) is a Swedish former racing driver.

description: Swedish racing driver

wikidata_label: Thomas Danielsson

wikipedia_title: Thomas Danielsson


text:
stage director
University of Bristol
West End
Sunday In The Park With George
Menier Chocolate Factory
Wyndham's Theatre
Olivier Award
Broadway
Tony Award
Drama Desk Award
Studio 54
West Coast
5th Avenue Theatre
Assassins
Off-Broadway
Manhattan Theatre Club
Lenny Henry
Take Flight
Menier Chocolate Factory
McCarter Theater
Marcus Brigstocke
The Rocky Horror Show
Donmar Warehouse
Juno and the Paycock
Three Days of Rain
Helpless
The Real Thing
Assassins
Hampstead
BBC2
HBO
BBC
New York Stage and Film
Powerhouse Theater
Much Ado About Nothing
Two River Theater
Tom Stoppard
Travesties
John Guare
McCarter Theater
The Turn of the Screw
Southwark Playhouse
Frances Ruffelle

categories: Alumni of the University of Bristol,Living people,1975 births

paragraph: Sam Buntrock

paragraph: Sam Buntrock (born 19 September 1975) is an English stage director.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Buntrock studied Drama at University of Bristol.

paragraph: Buntrock directed the first West End revival of the musical "Sunday In The Park With George". The production ran at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, England from 18 November 2005 - 12 March 2006, before transferring to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre, running 23 May 2006 - 2 September 2006. Buntrock received critical acclaim, and an Olivier Award nomination for this production. He made his Broadway debut directing the first revival of the show, for which he received Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations. The production ran at Studio 54, from 21 February - 29 June 2008. The production made its West Coast debut in 2009 at 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington.

paragraph: Other directing credits include the London revival of 'Assassins', Daniel Goldfarb's "Cradle and All" Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club, which opened in May 2011, Lenny Henry's "Cradle to Grave" (UK tour), "Take Flight" at the Menier Chocolate Factory (2007) and McCarter Theater, Marcus Brigstocke's "God Collar" (Edinburgh, UK Tour and West End), the European tour of The Rocky Horror Show and Marcus Brigstocke's one-man shows "Get a Life" and "Help Yourself" (both in Edinburgh and UK tour). As resident assistant director at the Donmar Warehouse, he worked on productions of "Juno and the Paycock", "Three Days of Rain", "Helpless" and "The Real Thing" (which subsequently transferred to the West End and Broadway). He directed the first London revival of "Assassins" in 1997 at the New End Theatre in Hampstead.

paragraph: As part of the British comedy team Club Seals, Buntrock created the animation for "The Award-Winning Show," "Live Ghost Hunt," "DJ Danny," "Sins of the Grandfathers," "The Museum of Everything" and "We Are History" for BBC2. He has worked as an animation director on numerous commercial and corporate projects, most recently the television film "" (2007) for Neal Street Productions, HBO and the BBC.

paragraph: Other projects include the world premiere of Rob Handel's "A Maze" (New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater season), "Much Ado About Nothing" at Two River Theater (September 2011), Tom Stoppard's "Travesties" and the world premiere of John Guare's "Are You There, McPhee?" (May 2012) both at McCarter Theater. He directed the Benjamin Britten opera "The Turn of the Screw" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in February 2013. He directed the new play "Sleeping Rough" by Kara Manning Off-Broadway by Page 73 Productions in April 2013. He directed the new musical "The A to Z of Mrs P" at the Southwark Playhouse, starring Isy Suttie and Frances Ruffelle in 2014.

description: British theatre director

wikidata_label: Sam Buntrock

wikipedia_title: Sam Buntrock


text:
burthen
Thalatta
A.P. Herbert
North Foreland
Orfordness
Jane Benham
Hervey Benham
Maldon, Essex
St Osyth
sailing barges
Thalatta
Maldon
Gloucestershire Regiment
Essex Regiment
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
sailing barge Thalatta
Thames sailing barge
Sailing barge Thalatta

paragraph: John Arthur Kemp

paragraph: John Kemp, 1926–1987, created and ran the East Coast Sail Trust, a charitable institution devoted to both character building for young people through education at sea, and preservation of Thames sailing barges. The Trust has been running for over 40 years, during which time many thousands of young people from Britain and around the world, have benefited from the experience that is provided. His earlier work on the preservation of Thames sailing barges was instrumental in the continued existence of the fleet today. He was also the author of three books and a prolific writer of newspaper and magazine articles.

paragraph: Section::::Schoolship scheme.

paragraph: The East Coast Sail Trust owned and operated two sailing barges (known in the Trust as schoolships) the 150 burthen ton Thalatta and the 200 ton Sir Alan Herbert, both coasting spritsail barges, rigged with ketch mizzens. The latter vessel was procured through an appeal made in memory of the famous humourist, novelist, playwright and one-time MP, A.P. Herbert.

paragraph: The programme was dubbed 'A Week in Another World'. During their stay on board the schoolships, children and their teachers or youth leaders explored the east coast from the North Foreland in the south to Orfordness in the north, living on board and working the vessels under sail. The concept, developed by John Kemp and Jane Benham, was not sail training of the type practised by many similar organizations, nor was it overtly character-building.

paragraph: Both of these however formed pasrt of an innovative educational concept: the 'floating classroom', in which children explored the communities, geography and ecology of the Thames estuary. Each crew-member had a study project, designed to challenge children of every ability and background. Pupils, generally aged between 13 and 18, voyaging under the East Coast Sail Trust flag, came from comprehensive schools in the most disadvantaged inner London boroughs, leading public and selective schools; and from Germany, the United States of America and Australia.

paragraph: Funding for the East Coast Sail Trust's work came from a combination of national charitable appeals, masterminded by Mr George A Jones of Writtle, Essex, grants from councils and education authorities, and contributions from the students taking part. The Trust was overseen by a council, chaired through much of its early existence, by Mr H Gordon Parker, at the time Chairman of the Felixstowe Dock & Railway Company.

paragraph: Hervey Benham, newspaperman and prolific author of works about sailing ships and the east coast of England, also played a role in the development of the schoolship scheme. Much of the Trust's practical and administrative support and accounting was undertaken by John Kemp's wife, Monica Kemp.

paragraph: The Trust continues to operate today, based at Maldon, Essex and the sailing barge Thalatta is undergoing a major overhaul and rebuild at the barge yard at St Osyth, largely supported by lottery funding. The Sir Alan Herbert is no longer in the hands of the Trust, and has reverted to her original name, Lady Jean.

paragraph: Section::::Sailing Barge Preservation.

paragraph: Before establishing the East Coast Sail Trust, John Kemp had for many years been involved in work to preserve working sailing barges. He was a founder member of the Thames Barge Preservation Society, which purchased the sailing barge Memory, one of the last vessels to trade under sail. He subsequently operated the Memory as a schoolship, along similar lines to the way that the Thalatta would later be employed.

paragraph: His work in this field was pioneering, and provided the example for several other efforts to preserve and operate sailing barges, for both development of young people and for leisure. A substantial fleet continues to exist today on the Essex and Suffolk coasts, and on the Thames. The riverside town of Maldon, in Essex, is a particular centre for sailing barges, and it was John Kemp who led the way for this with the use of Maldon as home port for the barge Memory and later for the Thalatta.

paragraph: Section::::Author.

paragraph: John Kemp was the author of three books. His first, "A Fair Wind for London", was a memoir of his life and times on the East Coast, recalling his experiences at sea in working Thames barges, his efforts to preserve sailing barges, and his establishment of the East Coast Sail Trust. The second, "God's Hungry Sheep", was a religious novel about the traditionalist movement within the Roman Catholic Church. His final work, "At the Wash of Oysters", was a collection of short stories set on the Essex coast and marshland, in a manner not dissimilar to S L Bensusan, whose work he greatly admired.

paragraph: He wrote columns and articles for the local press spanning many years and covering a wide range of subjects. This began when, as a young man in the West Country, he produced a series of political articles. In later years his work, mainly published in the Essex press, included pieces on coastal and marshland life, obituaries, reviews of amateur dramatics and musicals, and short stories.

paragraph: Section::::War service.

paragraph: Before he was old enough for full-time military service, John Kemp served in the Home Guard, wearing the capbadges of the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Essex Regiment. He was conscripted into the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in 1944, and served until 1946.

paragraph: Section::::Background and family.

paragraph: John Kemp was born in London. During and immediately after the Second World War he and his mother, Lucy, lived in Essex and in the West Country. His father, Arthur, who was once Larry Lynx, racing correspondent for "The People" newspaper, died soon after the war ended. John Kemp married Monica in 1957, and they had three sons and a daughter. Before taking full-time responsibility for his schoolship scheme, he was involved in the construction of Bradwell nuclear power station, and was employed by Shell Oil and by E H Bentall and Co, agricultural machinery manufacturers, at Maldon, Essex. He died in command of the sailing barge Thalatta, near the Bench Head at the entrance to the River Blackwater, in September 1987, aged 61.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thames sailing barge

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sailing barge Thalatta

description: British writer

wikidata_label: John Arthur Kemp

wikipedia_title: John Arthur Kemp


text:
Satrap
Bactria
King of Kings of Persia
Darius III
Alexander the Great
Battle of Gaugamela
Persian army
Satrapy
Battle of Issus
Ecbatana
Macedonians
Babylonian Chronicle
Ahuan
Persian Empire
already been conquered
Ptolemy
Satibarzanes
Aria
regicide
Behistun inscription
Darius the Great
Quintus Curtius Rufus
crucified
Arrian
decapitate
Ecbatana
Plutarch
Bactria
BCHP 1
Livius.org: Bessus / Artaxerxes V

categories: Achaemenid satraps of Bactria,329 BC deaths,Ancient torture victims,Zoroastrian dynasties and rulers,People executed by crucifixion,Executed monarchs,Year of birth missing,Iranian torture victims,Executed Iranian people,4th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire,4th-century BC Iranian people,People executed by Alexander the Great,4th-century BC executions,Kings of the Achaemenid Empire,People executed by decapitation

paragraph: Bessus

paragraph: Bessus, also known as Artaxerxes V (died summer 329 BC), was a prominent Persian Satrap of Bactria in Persia, and later self-proclaimed King of Kings of Persia. According to classical sources, he killed his predecessor and relative, Darius III, after the Persian army had been defeated by Alexander the Great.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: At the Battle of Gaugamela (1 October 331 BC), in which Alexander defeated Darius III, Bessus commanded the left wing of the Persian army, chiefly composed of warriors from his Satrapy who had been mobilized before the Battle of Issus. The envelopment ordered by Darius failed and the Persians lost the battle after hours of fierce fighting. Bessus survived the battle and remained with his king, whose routed army eluded Alexander's forces and spent the winter in Ecbatana. The next year Darius attempted to flee to Bactria in the east. Bessus, conspiring with fellow satraps, deposed Darius and, according to sources, put him in golden chains. It is not clear whether Bessus was motivated primarily by personal ambition or by disillusionment with Darius as a leader. He may have intended to surrender the deposed king to the Macedonians, but Alexander ordered his forces to continue to pursue the Persians.

paragraph: According to sources, the panicked conspirators stabbed Darius and left him dying in a cart to be found by a Macedonian soldier. The Babylonian Chronicle known as BCHP 1 indicates this happened in July 330 BC. The site has been identified near modern Ahuan.

paragraph: Bessus immediately proclaimed himself King of Kings of Persia and adopted the throne name Artaxerxes (V). His self-proclaimed ascension was justifiable, since the Satrap of Bactria, known as "Mathišta", was the Persian noble next in the line of succession to the Persian throne. But since most of the Persian Empire had already been conquered and Bessus only ruled over a loose alliance of those provinces not yet occupied by the Macedonians, historians do not generally regard him as an official King of Kings of Persia.

paragraph: Section::::Capture and execution.

paragraph: Bessus returned to Bactria and tried to organize resistance among the eastern satrapies. Alexander was forced to move his force to suppress the uprising in 329 BC, entering Bactria. After burning the crops Bessus fled east, crossing the river Oxus. However his own Bactrian mounted levies deserted "en masse", rather than abandon their homeland. Bessus was seized by several of his chieftains who handed him over to the pursuing Macedonians in an isolated village. The Macedonian vanguard was commanded by General Ptolemy who, under orders from Alexander, had the former satrap put in a wooden collar and tied naked to a stake by the road down which the main army was marching. Alexander questioned Bessus as to why he had betrayed Darius and continued to lead resistance to the Macedonians. Bessus claimed that he had been only one of several nobles who had jointly agreed on the need to dethrone their irresolute king. Unsatisfied by his responses Alexander ordered the prisoner to be whipped and taken to Balkh and then to Hamadan for trial and punishment.

paragraph: A fellow conspirator against Darius, Satibarzanes Satrap of Aria, had already surrendered to Alexander and had been pardoned. However, unlike Bessus, Satibarzanes had not aspired to the Persian throne. At Hamadan, Alexander ordered that Bessus's nose and earlobes be cut off, which was a Persian custom for those involved in rebellion and regicide; the Behistun inscription relates that Darius the Great punished the usurper Phraortes of Media (who was the son of Upadaranma, king of Media) in a similar manner (c. 521 BC).

paragraph: Ancient reports contradict each other about the nature of Bessus's execution. The historian, Quintus Curtius Rufus, says he was crucified in the place where Darius had been killed, Arrian states that he was tortured and then decapitated in Ecbatana, and Plutarch suggests that he was torn apart in Bactria by recoiling trees after a Macedonian trial, a style which was according to Persian custom: two trees would have been forcibly bent towards each other, the victim tied to both, and then the trees released, causing an agonizing and drawn-out death in which the ligaments, tendons, muscles and organs would slowly come apart as the trees straightened themselves.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- BCHP 1

paragraph: BULLET::::- Livius.org: Bessus / Artaxerxes V

description: satrap of Bactria

wikidata_label: Bessus

wikipedia_title: Bessus


text:
Late Greek
Greek
Byzantine emperor
Theodosius II
Christianity
Greek paganism
Christianity
orthodox
Greek heritage
Roman Empire
Athens
Greek
rhetoric
Academy of Athens
Mediterranean
Pallas Athena
Acropolis
Gessius
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rhetoric
literature
philosophy
Homer
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Theodosius II
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Gessius
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Valerius
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rags-to-riches
John Malalas
Socrates of Constantinople
Priscus of Panion
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Homer
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Antioch
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Jews
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Augusta
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Syria
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Orthodox Church
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St. Stephen's Basilica, Jerusalem
Constantinople
euergetistic
hexameter
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deaconess
Justina of Antioch
Photius
Hamat Gader
Israel
Hygieia
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Homeric
centos
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Odyssey
Gospel
Eastern Roman Empire
Greek literature
Antonio Vivaldi
Atenaide
Judy Chicago
The Dinner Party
Heritage Floor
List of Byzantine emperors
List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses

categories: 5th-century Byzantine women,5th-century women writers,Augustae,5th-century Byzantine people,Byzantine empresses,Roman-era Athenian women,Theodosian dynasty,Ancient Roman saints,Byzantine Athenians,Ancient Greek women poets,460 deaths,5th-century Christian saints,401 births,5th-century Byzantine writers,Aelii,Byzantine women writers,Roman Athens

paragraph: Aelia Eudocia

paragraph: Aelia Eudocia Augusta (; Late Greek: Αἰλία Εὐδοκία Αὐγούστα; 401 – 460 AD), also called Saint Eudocia, was a Greek Eastern Roman Empress by marriage to Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (r. 408–450), and a prominent historical figure in understanding the rise of Christianity. Eudocia lived in a world where Greek paganism and Christianity existed side-by-side with both pagans and non-orthodox Christians being persecuted. Although Eudocia's work has been mostly ignored by modern scholars, her poetry and literary work are great examples of how her Christian faith and Greek heritage were intertwined, exemplifying a legacy that the Roman Empire bequeathed on the Christian world.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Aelia Eudocia was born circa 400 in Athens into a family of Greek descent. Her father, a Greek philosopher named Leontius, taught rhetoric at the Academy of Athens, where people from all over the Mediterranean came to either teach or learn. Eudocia's given name was Athenais, chosen by her parents in honour of the city's protector, the pagan goddess Pallas Athena. Her father was rich and had a magnificent house on the Acropolis with a large courtyard in which young Athenais frequently played as a child.

paragraph: When Athenais was 12 years old, her mother died and she became her father's comfort, taking on the responsibilities of household chores, raising her siblings and tending to her father. She had two brothers, Gessius and Valerius, who would later receive honours at court from their sister and brother-in-law. In return for her household activities, her father spent time giving her a thorough training in rhetoric, literature and philosophy. He taught her the Socratic virtue of knowledge of moderation, and predicted that she would have a great destiny. She had a gift for memorisation, and easily learned the poetry of Homer and Pindar, which her father would recite to her. Both as a teacher and a role model, he had a great impact on her, prepared her for her destiny and influenced the literary work she created after she became Empress.

paragraph: When he died in 420, she was devastated. In his will, he left all his property to her brothers, with only 100 coins reserved for her, saying that "[s]ufficient for her is her destiny, which will be the greatest of any woman." Athenais had been her father's confidante and had expected more than this meager 100-coin inheritance. She begged her brothers to be fair and give her an equal share of their father's property, but they refused.

paragraph: Shortly after her father's death, at the age of 20, Athenais went to live with her aunt, who advised her to go to Constantinople and "ask for justice from the Emperor," confident she would receive her fair share of her father's wealth.

paragraph: Section::::Life as an empress.

paragraph: Legend has it that when Theodosius II was 20 years old, he wanted to get married. He talked to his sister Pulcheria, who began to search for a maiden fit for her brother, that was either "patrician or imperial blood." His longtime childhood friend, Paulinus, also helped Theodosius in his search. The Emperor's search had begun fortuitously at the same time that Athenais had arrived in Constantinople. Pulcheria had heard about this young girl, who had only 100 coins to her name, and when she met her, she was "astonished at her beauty and at the intelligence and sophistication with which she presented her grievance." Upon reporting back to her brother, she told him she had "found a young girl, a Greek maid, very beautiful, pure and dainty, eloquent as well, the daughter of a philosopher," and young Theodosius who was full of desire and lust fell in love instantly.

paragraph: Athenais had been raised pagan, and upon her marriage to Theodosius II converted to Christianity and was renamed Eudocia. They were married on June 7, 421, and there were "reports that Theodosius celebrated his wedding with chariot races in the hippodrome." Her brothers, who had rejected her after their father's death, fled since they were fearful of the punishment they thought they were going to receive when they learned that she became Empress. However, instead of punishing them, Eudocia called them back to Constantinople, and Theodosius rewarded them. The emperor made Gessius praetorian prefect of Illyricum and made Valerius "magister officiorum". Both Gessius and Valerius were rewarded because Eudocia believed that their mistreatment of her was part of her destiny. He also honoured his best friend, Paulinus with the title of "magister officiorum", for he had helped find his wife.

paragraph: This rags-to-riches story, though it claims to be authentic and is accepted among historians, leads one to believe that the tale may have been twisted due to the detail of how the romance was portrayed. The earliest version of this story appeared more than a century after Eudocia's death in the "World Chronicle" of John Malalas, "an author who did not always distinguish between authentic history and a popular memory of events infused with folk-tale motifs." The facts are that she was the daughter of Leontius and she did originally have the name Athenais, according to the contemporary historians Socrates of Constantinople, and Priscus of Panion; however, they leave out any mention of Pulcheria's role in playing match-maker for her brother. The historians Sozomen and Theodoret did not include Eudocia in their respective historical works, perhaps because they wrote after 443 when Eudocia had fallen into disgrace.

paragraph: Section::::Life as an empress.:Marriage.:Blending Christianity with classical culture.

paragraph: While on her pilgrimage to Jerusalem in spring of 438, Eudocia stopped in Antioch, and during her stay she addressed the senate of that city in Hellenic style (i.e., an encomium cast in Homeric hexameters) and distributed funds for the repair of its buildings. She was very conscious of her Greek heritage, as demonstrated in her famous address to the citizens of Antioch where she included the line "ὑμετέρης γενεής τε καὶ αἵματος εὔχομαι εἶναι" ("Of your proud line and blood I claim to be"). The last words of Eudocia's oration brought down the house, which resulted in the citizens of Antioch celebrating the Empress Eudocia's Christian Hellenism and commemorating her by erecting a golden statue of her in the curia and a bronze statue in the museum. On her return, her position was undermined by the jealousy of Pulcheria and the groundless suspicion of an intrigue with her protégé, Paulinus, the master of the offices.

paragraph: The historical study "Theodosian Empresses: Women and Imperial Dominion in Late Antiquity" (1982) by Kenneth Holum, further introduced the suggestion that her father, Leontius, was a native of Antioch rather than Athens, drawing from the "traditional link" between the two cities and their philosophers. The argument is considered doubtful as the building activity of Eudocia in the 420s focused on Athens rather than Antioch. Holum suggests that Eudocia may have been named after the great city of Athens, but she would have been born in Antioch. She even convinced her husband to "extend the walls of Antioch to take in a large suburb." Furthermore, she also influenced state policy towards pagans and Jews under her husband's reign, and used the powerful influence she had to protect them from persecution. Eudocia also advocated for "reorganization and expansion" of education in Constantinople. Eudocia had been raised and educated in traditional and classical sophist education from Athens, but her goal was to blend classical pagan education with Christianity. This was her way of using her power as Empress to honour teachers and education, something that was very important to her in her life.

paragraph: Section::::Life as an empress.:Children.

paragraph: Eudocia had three children with Theodosius II. Licinia Eudoxia, born in 422, was the oldest. Licinia Eudoxia had been betrothed to her cousin, the Western Roman emperor Valentinian III since her birth, whom she married on October 29, 437. The second child, Flaccilla, died in 431. Arcadius was the only son and died in infancy. Only a year after she gave birth to her first child, Eudocia was proclaimed Augusta by her husband on January 2, 423.

paragraph: Section::::Life as an empress.:Pilgrimage to Jerusalem (438–439).

paragraph: Upon being named "Augusta", she succeeded her sister-in-law, Pulcheria, who had been Augusta since 414. The relationship between the two women consisted of rivalry over power. Eudocia was jealous over the amount of power Pulcheria had within the court, while Pulcheria was jealous of the power Eudocia could claim from her. Their relationship created a "pious atmosphere" in the imperial court, and probably explains why Eudocia travelled to the Holy Land in 438. Eudocia went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 438, bringing back with her holy relics to prove her faith. Her relationship with her husband had deteriorated, and with much pleading from Melania, a wealthy widow from Palestine and good friend of Eudocia, Theodosius allowed her to go.

paragraph: Section::::Life as an empress.:Banishment.

paragraph: Rumor has it that Eudocia was banished from the court towards the latter part of her life for adultery. Theodosius suspected that she was having an affair with his long-time childhood friend and court advisor, Paulinus. According to Malalas's account of this story, Theodosius II had given Eudocia a very large Phrygian apple as a gift. One day Paulinus had shown the emperor the same apple, not knowing that the emperor had given it to Eudocia as a gift. Theodosius recognized the apple and confronted Eudocia who had sworn she had eaten it. Eudocia's denials made the emperor believe that she had fallen in love with Paulinus and was having an affair, and had given his best friend the same apple he had given to her as a symbol of his love. Theodosius had Paulinus executed and he dismissed Eudocia from the court in 443.

paragraph: Section::::Life as an empress.:In Jerusalem (443–460).

paragraph: Eudocia returned to Jerusalem in circa 443, where she lived for the last part of her life. In Jerusalem she focused on her writing. Here she was accused of the murder of an officer sent to kill two of her followers, for which she suffered the loss of her imperial staff; she nevertheless retained great influence. Although involved in the revolt of the Syrian Monophysites (453), she was ultimately reconciled to Pulcheria and readmitted into the Orthodox Church. She died an Orthodox Christian in Jerusalem on October 20, 460, having devoted her last years to literature. She was buried in Jerusalem in the Church of Saint Stephens, (Now St. Stephen's Basilica, Jerusalem) one of the churches she had herself built in Jerusalem. The empress never returned to the imperial court in Constantinople, but "she maintained her imperial dignity and engaged in substantial euergetistic programs."

paragraph: Section::::Literary work.

paragraph: While Eudocia could have written a lot of literature after leaving the court, only some of her work survived. Eudocia "wrote in hexameters, which is the verse of epic poetry, on Christian themes." She wrote a poem entitled The "Martyrdom of St. Cyprian" in three books, of which 900 lines survived, and an inscription of a poem on the baths at Hamat Gader. Her most studied piece of literature is her Homeric cento, which has been analyzed recently by a few modern scholars, such as Mark Usher and Brian Sowers. Eudocia is an understudied poet and has been neglected due to "lack of complete and authoritative text."

paragraph: Section::::Literary work.:Martyrdom of St. Cyprian.

paragraph: There are three books (or volumes) to this epic poem, which tells the story of how "Justa, the Christian virgin, defeated the magician Cyprian through her faith in God. Cyprian had been hired by Aglaidas to force Justa to love him. It ends with the conversion of Cyprian, his swift rise to the rank of Bishop, and Justa becoming a deaconess, with the new name, Justina." She later became known as Justina of Antioch. This story is all fiction, although the parallels between Eudocia's character Justa and Eudocia herself are interesting, as both of them converted to Christianity and changed their names upon succeeding to power. Although some of the text has been lost, most of it has been paraphrased by Photius. The poem is very long despite not all of it surviving the centuries, and can be found in "Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome" (2004) edited by Michael Ian Plant.

paragraph: Section::::Literary work.:The Hamat Gader poem.

paragraph: The poem inscribed on the baths at Hamat Gader in Israel was very short, and can be included here, as evidence of her hexameter writing style. The poem was inscribed so visitors could read it as they went into the pool.

paragraph: The line "Of the Empress Eudocia" flanked by two crosses is set above the poem. This title line was added after the carving of the main inscription, making room for some doubt whether the poem was indeed authored by Eudocia. Clibanus is the name given to the source of the hot water. After praising his qualities and those of his many springs ("the thousandfold swell"), the poem enumerates "four-fold four", thus sixteen different parts of the bath complex, fourteen of which bear a name; these names include Hygieia (the pagan goddess of health), a whole range of pagan personal names, "holy Elijah" referring to the prophet, and two refer to Christians – a nun and a patriarch.

paragraph: Section::::Literary work.:Homeric centos.

paragraph: The Homeric centos that Eudocia composed are her most popular poems, as well as those most analyzed by modern scholars, because Homer was a popular choice on which to write a cento. Eudocia's centos are the longest Homeric centos, and consist of 2,344 lines. These centos are a clear representation of who Eudocia was, and what she believed in--an epic poem combining her Athenian classical educational background, but adding stories from the book of Genesis and the New Testament stories of the life of Jesus Christ.

paragraph: Mark Usher analyzed this poem as a way to understand why Eudocia chose to use Homeric themes as a mean to express her biblical interpretations. According to Usher, Eudocia needed to convey human experience relating to the Bible. She used themes from the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" because "they contained all Eudocia needed to tell the Gospel story. Whenever and wherever Eudocia needed to express greatness, pain, truthfulness, deceit, beauty, suffering, mourning, recognition, understanding, fear, or astonishment, there was an apt Homeric line or passage ready in her memory to be recalled." Eudocia's Homeric poetry is essential to understanding her as a Christian woman in the Eastern Roman Empire, and understanding her role as empress. Her classical educational background is clearly seen in her poetry, which captures her literary talent. She made a point to connect her background love for studying classical Greek literature to her Christian beliefs.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: The plot of Antonio Vivaldi's opera "Atenaide" is based on the courtship and marriage of Eudocia and Theodosius.

paragraph: Eudocia is a featured figure on Judy Chicago's installation piece "The Dinner Party", being represented as one of the 999 names on the "Heritage Floor."

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Byzantine emperors

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses

description: Byzantine empress, wife of Theodosius II

wikidata_label: Aelia Eudocia

wikipedia_title: Aelia Eudocia


text:
Major League Baseball
pitcher
New York Yankees
Waunakee, Wisconsin
Jacksonville, Florida

categories: Columbus Senators players,Kitchener Beavers players,Lethbridge Miners players,1886 births,Newark Bears (IL) players,Baseball players from Wisconsin,New York Yankees players,Dayton Veterans players,Brandon Angels players,San Antonio Bronchos players,Mobile Sea Gulls players,Major League Baseball pitchers,Newark Indians players,London Tecumsehs (baseball) players,Scranton Miners players,1945 deaths,People from Waunakee, Wisconsin,Edmonton Eskimos players

paragraph: Cy Pieh

paragraph: Edwin John Pieh (September 29, 1886 – September 12, 1945) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to with the New York Yankees. He batted and threw right-handed.

paragraph: He was born in Waunakee, Wisconsin and died in Jacksonville, Florida.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Cy Pieh

wikipedia_title: Cy Pieh


text:
Latinized
Antwerp
Aalst
County of Flanders
Thomas More
Utopia
Philip II of Spain
Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten
Available on Google Books
Available on Google Books
available on Google Books
Gillis Coppens van Diest
Pieter Coecke van Aelst
Available on Internet Archive
Available on Google Books
Available on Google Books

categories: People from Aalst, Belgium,16th-century Latin-language writers,16th-century poets,1558 deaths,Flemish Renaissance humanists,1482 births

paragraph: Cornelius Grapheus

paragraph: Cornelius Grapheus (1482 – 19 December 1558), Latinized from Cornelis De Schrijver, was a secretary to the city of Antwerp and writer.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Grapheus was born in Aalst, County of Flanders, in 1482. As a young man he travelled in Italy. When Thomas More's "Utopia" was first printed in 1516, Grapheus provided some liminary verses.

paragraph: By 1520 he was secretary to the city of Antwerp, writing a Latin panegyric to greet Charles V on his return to that city from Spain. In 1522 he was arrested on accusation of heresy, was taken to Brussels for questioning, and made a full recantation. In 1523 he was set at liberty and returned to Antwerp, where he became a teacher. In 1540 he was reinstated as secretary to the city, and in 1549 he was again involved in the public welcome of a visiting prince, in this case Philip II of Spain. He died in Antwerp on 19 December 1558.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Divi Caroli imp. caes. opt. max. desyderatissimus ex Hispania in Germaniam reditus" (Antwerp, Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten, 1520). Available on Google Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ex Publii Terentii comoediis latinissime colloquiorum formulae" (Vienna, 1529). Available on Google Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reprinted Mainz, 1537 – available on Google Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Spectaculorum in susceptione Philippi" (Antwerp, Gillis Coppens van Diest for Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1550). Available on Internet Archive.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dutch translation as "De seer wonderlijcke, schoone, triumphelijcke incompst, van den hooghmogenden Prince Philips" (Antwerp, Gillis Coppens van Diest for Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1550). Available on Google Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- French translation as "Le Triumphe d'Anvers, faict en la susception du Prince Philips" (Antwerp, 1550). Available on Google Books.

description: theologian, poet, and town clerk of Antwerp

wikidata_label: Cornelis Grapheus

wikipedia_title: Cornelius Grapheus


text: Mszana Dolna

text: Austria-Hungary

text: Poland

text: Przemyśl

text: Latin Church

text: bishop of Przemyśl

text: Jan III Sobieski High School

text: Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School

text: maturity

text: Jagiellonian University

text: Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko

text: Gregorian University

text: Rome

text: Pope Pius XI

text: title

text: Przemyśl Cathedral

text: Tarnów

text: Stanisław Rospond

text: Kraków

text: preconized

text: Eucharistic

text: synod

text: Greek Catholic

text: Ujezna

text: Caritas Internationalis

text: Invasion of Poland

text: World War II

text: German occupation

text: Polish People's Republic

text: Soviet Union

text: Polish Episcopal Conference

text: Second Vatican Council

text: Bolesław Kominek

text: Tarnów

text: Order of Polonia Restituta

categories: Bishops of Przemyśl,1964 deaths,People from Limanowa County,Pontifical Gregorian University alumni,1880 births,Polish Roman Catholic bishops

paragraph: Franciszek Barda

paragraph: Franciszek Barda (21 August 1880, Mszana Dolna, Austria-Hungary (now Poland) – 13 November 1964, Przemyśl, Poland) was a Polish clergyman in the Latin Church, doctor of theology, former rector for the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Kraków from 1930 to 1931, the auxiliary bishop of Przemyśl from 1931 to 1933 and the diocesan bishop of Przemyśl from 1934 to his death in 1964.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: He was born 21 August 1880, in Mszana Dolna. From 1892 to 1900 was a pupil at a small seminary in Kraków. During this time he studied at Jan III Sobieski High School and Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School. In 1900, he passed his maturity. He then studied at the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Kraków and in the Faculty of Theology at the Jagiellonian University. He was ordained as a priest on 26 July 1904 in Kraków by Cardinal Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko. In 1903, he continued his studies at the Gregorian University in Rome, from which he graduated in 1907, obtaining a doctorate in theology.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Returning to Kraków, he was a vicar in his parish. He worked as a prefect in the High School of St. Anna and the female-only State High School in Kraków. From 1910 to 1914, he was the prefect and vice-rector of the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Kraków, and from 1919 to 1922, was a professor of moral theology at the Seminary in Poznań. From 1925 to 1928, he served as rector of the Polish Institute in Rome, and from 1930 to 1931, he held the office of the rector of the Seminary of Kraków.

paragraph: On 10 July 1931, Pope Pius XI appointed Barda to be the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Przemyśl and the title of Medea. He was ordained a bishop on 30 August 1931 at the Przemyśl Cathedral. He was consecrated by the local diocesan Bishop who was assisted by , the Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, and Stanisław Rospond, the auxiliary bishop of Kraków. After the death of Nowak, on 5 April 1933 he was named the vicar of the diocese, and on 25 November 1933, was preconized as the diocesan bishop. On 21 January 1934, he began to reign in on the diocese. In 1936, he carried out a Eucharistic congress, which was attended by 100,000 faithful, and the 1955 synod, which codified the rights of the diocese. He erected around 100 new parishes whose churches were founded mainly in abandoned Greek Catholic churches. He created the Institute of Higher Religious Culture in Przemyśl and the Catholic People's University in Ujezna. An appointed head of a local branch of Caritas Internationalis, he supported the development of Catholic actions and supported the Catholic House in Przemyśl. Before the Invasion of Poland, starting World War II, he did not participate in political activities. At the end of the 1930s, however, he worked to reassure the radical mood of rural communities and youth organizations. During the German occupation, he kept an unbending attitude. In the post-war Polish People's Republic, the communist authorities considered him a dangerous opponent of the regime and the Soviet Union.

paragraph: At the Polish Episcopal Conference, he was a member of the Committee for Social Affairs and the Foundation and Environmental Protection, and after World War II, he was a member of the Commission Headquarters. He participated in the Second Vatican Council. He consecrated many of the Auxiliary Bishops of Przemyśl: (1934), (1957), and (1964), as well as the bishop Bolesław Kominek (1954). During his ordination as co auxiliary bishop, he was associated with the bishop of Tarnów, (1958), the bishop of Kraków (1960), and the archdiocesan bishop of Tarnów (1962).

paragraph: Barda died on 13 November 1964 in Przemyśl. He was, on 16 November 1964, buried in the basement of the local cathedral.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: In 1937, "for outstanding contribution in the field of social work", Barda was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biographical Note of Franciszek Barda at the Archdiocese of Przemyśl

wikidata_label: Franciszek Barda

wikipedia_title: Franciszek Barda


text:
revolving door
Philadelphia
John Scott Medal
Franklin Institute
International Steel Company
International Revolving Door Company
Witching Waves
amusement ride
Luna Park
Coney Island
New York City
heart failure

categories: American people of Swiss descent,1919 deaths,Engineers from Pennsylvania,People from Philadelphia,1841 births,Burials in Ohio,American inventors

paragraph: Theophilus Van Kannel

paragraph: Theophilus Van Kannel (1841 – December 24, 1919) was an American inventor, known for inventing the revolving door, patented on August 7, 1888.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Van Kannel, who was recognized for his invention with the John Scott Medal by the Franklin Institute in 1889, founded the "Van Kannel Revolving Door Company", which eventually was bought out by the International Steel Company in 1907. International Steel Company is the parent company of International Revolving Door Company.

paragraph: He invented and owned Witching Waves, an amusement ride introduced at Luna Park, Coney Island, in 1907.

paragraph: Van Kannel died in New York City of heart failure and was buried in West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.

description: American engineer

wikidata_label: Theophilus Van Kannel

wikipedia_title: Theophilus Van Kannel


text: Rheydt

text: Mönchengladbach

text: Germany

text: Munich

text: wildlife photographer

text: biologist

text: zoologist

text: documentary film

text: silent movie

text: East Prussia

text: Memelland

text: World War II

text: Poznań

text: Luftwaffe

text: University of Posen

text: Germanized University

text: Joseph Beuys

text: Crete

text: cinematographically

text: Cairo

text: London

text: Crete

text: Federal Republic of Germany

text: woodpecker

text: United Kingdom

text: BBC

text: Sir Peter Scott

text: Orson Welles

text: National Geographic

text: Walon Green

text: Academy Award

text: The Hellstrom Chronicle

text: Royal Geographical Society

text: Cherry Kearton Medal and Award

text: Monty Python's Flying Circus

text: beavers

text: otters

text: Munich

text: Duderstadt

text: Google Doodle

text: Heinz Sielmann Stiftung

categories: German photographers,German documentary filmmakers,2006 deaths,German zoologists,1917 births,People from Mönchengladbach

paragraph: Heinz Sielmann

paragraph: Heinz Sielmann (2 June 1917 in Rheydt [now Mönchengladbach], Germany – 6 October 2006 in Munich) was a wildlife photographer, biologist, zoologist and documentary filmmaker. Father was Doctor Paul Sielmann

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: His first film, in 1938, was a silent movie on birdlife in East Prussia and the Memelland. Further work was interrupted by World War II. He was initially stationed in occupied Poland in Poznań (then "Posen"), as an instructor at a radio-communications training unit of the Luftwaffe. Sielmann gained a degree in Biology and specialized in Zoology, in 1940, at the University of Posen, at that time a Germanized University. It was there that he met Joseph Beuys who was his trainee, and they both attended lectures in Biology and Zoology. Later, he was stationed in Crete where he was able to work cinematographically. Following time as a prisoner of war of the British in Cairo and London he started editing the material from Crete in London for a three-part documentary.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: After the war he began widely recognized work for the Educational Film Institute of the Federal Republic of Germany. His feature film about woodpeckers, "Carpenters of the Forest" ("Zimmerleute des Waldes", 1954; UK title: "Woodpecker") was a huge success in the United Kingdom when broadcast by the BBC in 1955 at the behest of Sir Peter Scott. It earned Sielmann the nickname "Mr Woodpecker".

paragraph: His work includes the movies "Lords of the Forest" (better known in the USA under its title "Masters of the Congo Jungle") (1959), the English version narrated by Orson Welles, "Galapagos – Dream Island in the Pacific" (1962), "Vanishing Wilderness" (1973), and "The Mystery of Animal Behavior".

paragraph: During the collaboration on some National Geographic wildlife documentaries in the late 1960s he met Walon Green with whom he worked as additional photographer on the Academy Award-winning documentary "The Hellstrom Chronicle" about insects in 1971. He was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal and Award in 1973. Sielmann was also cinematographer on the American wildlife documentary, "Birds do it..., Bees do it..." in 1974. He was mentioned in the 1974 Monty Python's Flying Circus episode, "Blood, Devastation, Death, War, and Horror."

paragraph: In 1994 he established the Heinz Sielmann-Stiftung, which has successfully reintroduced beavers and otters in Germany.

paragraph: First television work for German Television began in 1956 and his series "Expeditionen ins Tierreich" ("Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom"), broadcast on national German television from 1965 to 1991 in 152 installments, made him a household name.

paragraph: Section::::Death and Legacy.

paragraph: Sielmann died aged 89, Munich and was buried in the German town of Duderstadt.

paragraph: A Google Doodle honoring his 101st birthday appeared on 2 June 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959: "Windows in the Woods", Harper & Bros, New York, ASIN B0007DUDS4

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959: "My Year with the Woodpeckers", Barrie and Rockliff, London

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1981: "Wilderness expeditions", Franklyn Watts, New York,

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- International Herald Tribune Europe - German naturalist and documentary filmmaker Heinz Sielmann dies

paragraph: BULLET::::- Heinz Sielmann Stiftung

description: German zoologist

wikidata_label: Heinz Sielmann

wikipedia_title: Heinz Sielmann


text:
Mongolian
Khalkha
3rd Dalai Lama
Tüsheet Khan
Tibetan Buddhism
Erdene Zuu
Batu Mongke Dayan Khan
Gersenji
Oirat
Khoshut
Atlan Khan
Tumed
Gelupga
Hohhot
Erdene Zuu
Karakorum
3rd Dalai Lama
Lhasa
shamanism
Tüsheet Khan
Zanabazar
5th Dalai Lama
Jebtsundamba Khutuktu
revolutionary
Yuan Empire

paragraph: Abtai Sain Khan

paragraph: Abtai Sain Khan (Mongolian: ; 1554 - 1588) - alternately Abatai or Avtai (Mongolian: ，Cyrillic ： Автайсайн хан, meaning, who have the gift of wichcraft (Автай) and good (сайн) - was a Khalkha-Mongolian prince who was named by the 3rd Dalai Lama as first khan of the Tüsheet Khanate in 1587. He zealously propagated Tibetan Buddhism among the Khalkha Mongols and founded the Buddhist monastery of Erdene Zuu in 1585.

paragraph: Abtai was born in 1554 to the Khalkha Mongol prince Onokhui üizen Noyan (b. 1534). He was the eldest among Onokhui üizen Noyan's five sons which include Abugho, Tarni, Tumengken, and Barai. He was the great-grandson of Batu Mongke Dayan Khan (1464-1517 / 1543) and grandson of Gersenji (1513–1549). Blood smeared on his fingers at birth presaged a great warrior and from 1567 to 1580 Abtai led several campaigns against western Oirat Mongol tribes, finally defeating the Oirats’ Khoshut tribe at Köbkör Keriye in the mid-1580s. Abtai then placed his son Shubuudai on the Oirat throne. His ferociousness in battle earned him the moniker "The Mad Hero" or the "Mad Taiji of North Khalkha."

paragraph: Around 1580, Abtai learned that his uncle Atlan Khan (1507–1583) of the Tumeds had converted to Gelupga (Yellow Hat) Tibetan Buddhism. Abtai invited the lama Shiregetü Güüshi Chorjiwa from Altan's Inner Mongolian city Guihua (present day Hohhot) to teach him the basic tenets of Tibetan Buddhism. Abtai then ordered construction of the Erdene Zuu monastery in 1585. Stones from the nearby ruins of the ancient Mongol capital of Karakorum were used in its construction and the monastery was populated with images and relics Abtai had received from the Dalai Lama.

paragraph: In 1587, Abtai traveled to Guihua to meet with Sonam Gyatso, the 3rd Dalai Lama, who had traveled there from Lhasa to offer prayers for Altan Khan, who had died in 1583. Upon Abtai's return, he banned shamanism and declared Tibetan Buddhism to be the state religion of Khalkha Mongols.

paragraph: Abtai died a year later in 1588. His remains were interred at Erdene Zuu. Shortly thereafter his son Shubuudai was killed by Oirat chieftains. Abtai's descendants would continue to reign over the house of the Tüsheet Khan. Abtai's great-grandson Zanabazar (born Eshidorji) was recognized by the 5th Dalai Lama as the first "Jebtsundamba Khutuktu" and "Bogd Gegeen" or spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism in Khalkha Mongolia in the 1640s.

paragraph: In pre-revolutionary Mongolia a special cult devoted to Abtai Khan flourished. He was celebrated as the last ruler who tried to unite Mongolia after the collapse of the Yuan Empire and who introduced Buddhism to Mongolia.

wikidata_label: Abadai khan

wikipedia_title: Abtai Sain Khan