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categories: Tang dynasty poets,816 deaths,790 births,Writers from Luoyang,Poets from Henan

paragraph: Li He

paragraph: Li He ( – ) was a Chinese poet of the mid-Tang dynasty. His courtesy name was Changji, and he is also known as Guicai and Shigui.

paragraph: He was prevented from taking the imperial examination due to a naming taboo. He died very young, and was noted for his sickly appearance.

paragraph: He was a diligent poet, going out on journeys during the day and, when a line of poetry came to him, scribbling it down, and completing the poems when he arrived home in the evening. His poems famously explored ghostly, supernatural and fantastic themes.

paragraph: His popularity and place in the Chinese literary canon has fluctuated throughout the centuries. His idiosyncratic style of poetry was frequently imitated in China until the Qing era. During this era, the popularity of his poetry suffered from a change in literary tastes, with his works notably being excluded from the influential "Three Hundred Tang Poems", but there was a revival of interest in him in the twentieth century. He was among the Tang poets most admired by Mao Zedong.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Sources.

paragraph: Chapter 137 of the "Old Book of Tang" and chapter 203 of the "New Book of Tang" each give a brief outline of the biography of Li He.

paragraph: Li Shangyin, a poet of the following generation, also wrote a "Short Biography of Li He". Du Mu, in 831, wrote a preface to Li's collected poems (), which is more removed than the affectionate account written by Li Shangyin, but provides very little biographical information and is more focused on Li's appeal as a poet. Both the official histories are heavily dependent on these earlier records, particularly on Li Shangyin's account.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Ancestry.

paragraph: His family were of distant royal descent (from the Li family who were the ruling dynastic family of the Tang Dynasty), but his branch's fortunes had declined early on, and by Li He's time they were of low rank. Both the Tang state histories refer to him as a "descendant of Zheng Wang", but there is dispute as to the identity of Zheng Wang. The theory with more support among scholars is that it refers to Zheng Xiao Wang Liang (), an uncle of Li Yuan, the first Tang emperor; another theory is that it refers to the thirteenth son of Li Yuan, Zheng Wang Yuan Yi ().

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Birth and early life.

paragraph: He was born in 790 or 791. It seems likely that he was born in the year of the Horse, as some twenty-three of his surviving poems use the horse as a symbol for the poet.

paragraph: He was a native of Fuchang County (west of modern-day Yiyang County, Henan Province).

paragraph: He started composing poetry at the age of 7, and by around 15 he was being compared to the "yuefu" master Li Yi.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Political career.

paragraph: When Li was 20, he attempted to take the Imperial Examination, but was forbidden from doing so because of a naming taboo: the first character (晉 "jin") of his father's given name (晉肅 "Jinsu") was a homonym of the first character (進) of Jinshi (進士), the name of the degree that would have been conferred on him had he passed. Ueki et al. (1999) speculate that this was a pretext devised by rivals, who were jealous of his poetic skill, to prevent him from sitting the examination.

paragraph: Han Yu, who admired his poetry, wrote "Hui Bian" (諱弁) to encourage him to take the exam, but Li was ultimately unsuccessful. He served only three years, in the low-ranking office of "Fenglilang" (奉禮郎) before returning to his hometown.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Sickness and death.

paragraph: He is described as having a very sickly appearance: he was supposedly very thin, had a unibrow, and let his fingernails grow long. Li He died a low-ranking and poor official in 816 or 817, at the age of 26 or 27. The "Short Biography of Li He" reports that at the hour of his death he was visited by a figure in scarlet who told him that Shangdi had summoned him to heaven to write poetry.

paragraph: Section::::Names.

paragraph: His courtesy name was Changji, and he is also known by a combination of his surname and courtesy name, Li Changji.

paragraph: He was also known as "Guicai" (鬼才 "devilish talent") by contrast of his morbid poetic style to Li Bai's "Tiancai" (天才 "heavenly talent") and Bai Juyi's "Rencai" (人才 "humanly talent"). This title was given him by the Song scholar Qian Yi () in his work "Nanbu Xinshu" ().

paragraph: He was also dubbed the "Ghost of Poetry" (詩鬼), while Li Bai was called the "Immortal of Poetry" (詩仙) and Du Fu the "Sage of Poetry" (詩聖).

paragraph: Section::::Poetry.

paragraph: In literary history, Li is generally considered a poet of the so-called Middle Tang period, which spanned the late-eighth and early-ninth centuries. Among his poetic influences were his older contemporary Meng Jiao and the aforementioned Han Yu. Other sources that have been identified as influencing Li's poetry were the shamanistic elements of the "Chu Ci" and the idiosyncratic poetry of Li Bai.

paragraph: About 240 of his poems survive. The "New Book of Tang" reports that few of his poems survived because of their strangeness and because of Li's early death. An anecdote in the "Taiping Guangji" records that a cousin of Li's was asked to compile a collection of his poems, but because he did not like Li personally he eventually threw what had been collected in the privy.

paragraph: There are two extant anthologies of his poems: the "Collected Songs and Verses of Li He" () and the "Wai Ji" ().

paragraph: The "Short Biography of Li He" describes him as a diligent poet, who carried an old brocade bag around with him, and when a line of poetry came to him he would jot it down and put it in this bag. After getting home, he would arrange these lines into a poem.

paragraph: His poetry is unique, filled with fantastic and unusual imagery, which is where he gets his nickname "Guicai" (see above). Virtually none of his surviving poems are in regulated verse form, and his poems make frequent use of inauspicious words such as "aging" () and "death" (). In poems like "Tianshang yao" and "Meng tian", he wrote evocatively of the worlds of gods and Buddhas.

paragraph: He also gave eerie descriptions of the world of ghosts in his poems "Qiu lai" and "Shen xian qu". The spiritual symbolism Li employed in the latter poem has been called "nearly impenetrable".

paragraph: "Shen xian qu" was the name of a popular folk song going back at least as far as the Six Dynasties period, and Li's poem borrows the name of this song. The song originated in the Nanjing area, as a ritual song meant to be played at religious ceremonies to invite the favour of the gods. Li's poem describes the supernatural world but this is not the case with the original folk song.

paragraph: He frequently combined colour and feeling imagery in his poetry, as can be seen in his poems "Tianshang yao" (see above) and "Qin wang yin jiu".

paragraph: His poetic style was dubbed "Changji-ti" () by later critics, after his courtesy name. The Song commentator Yan Yu listed this as one of the individual author-based styles of poetry that was frequently imitated.

paragraph: Section::::Reception.

paragraph: Several modern western and Japanese critics, including A. C. Graham, Naotarō Kudō and J. D. Frodsham, have claimed that Li's poetry was not widely read until the modern era, but this is not entirely accurate. In a 1994 survey, Wu Qiming pointed out that Li was in premodern China more subject to imitation than to neglect.

paragraph: Section::::Reception.:Tang and Song dynasties.

paragraph: Two poets of the generation following Li He, Du Mu and Li Shangyin, commemorated Li in their prose writings: a preface to Li's collected poems and a short biography of Li, respectively. Du Mu's preface in particular is taken as proof that Li's poetry was being compiled and edited within a few decades of his death, as internal textual evidence dates the preface to 831. The Tang author Pi Rixiu also wrote about Li He's poetry alongside that of Li Bai in his critical work "Liu Zao Qiang Bei" ().

paragraph: He was also one of a group of Tang poets frequently quoted in the lyrics of Song-era musicians such as Zhou Bangyan (1056–1121). Yan Yu, in his work "Canglang Shihua", contrasted Li to the earlier poet Li Bai. The earliest surviving edition of Li's poetry was collected and annotated in the Southern Song dynasty.

paragraph: Section::::Reception.:Yuan and Ming dynasties.

paragraph: Many "shi" poets of the Yuan dynasty emulated Li's poetic style. These included Cheng Tinggui (成廷珪), Yang Weizhen, and Gu Ying (顧瑛), as well as the early Ming poet Gao Qi.

paragraph: The Ming scholar Hu Yinglin read Li's poetry politically as "the tones of a ruined state" and recognized that Li's poetic style was especially influential during the latter years of various dynasties.

paragraph: Section::::Reception.:Qing dynasty.

paragraph: There was an upswing in popularity of Li's poetry from the late Ming to the mid-Qing dynasties. A great many newly annotated collections of Li's poetry appeared during this period, and his poetry was widely imitated. The scholar wrote a five-volume commentary on his poetry.

paragraph: Around the mid-Qing dynasty, though, Li's poetry began to fall out of favour with the literary establishment. The anthologist Shen Deqian included a scant ten of Li's poems in his influential work "". Shen was highly critical of his contemporaries' tendency to imitate Li's poetry. Li's poetry was also conspicuously absent from the "Three Hundred Tang Poems", the arbiter of poetic tastes in the late Qing and early twentieth century.

paragraph: Section::::Reception.:Modern era.

paragraph: Along with Li Bai and Li Shangyin, Li He was one of the "Three Lis" (三李) admired by Mao Zedong. In 1968, Roger Waters of the rock band Pink Floyd borrowed lines from Li's poetry to create the lyrics for the song "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun".

paragraph: In his article on Li for the "Chūgoku Bunkashi Daijiten", Japanese sinologist Kazuyuki Fukazawa called him "the representative poet of the Middle Tang". According to French sinologist François Jullien, Li He's poetry was readmitted to the Chinese literary canon "at the end of the nineteenth century ... [when] ... Western notions of romanticism [allowed] the Chinese to reexamine this poet, allowing the symbolism of his poems to speak at last, freeing his imaginary world from the never-ending quest for insinuations." Paul W. Kroll, in his chapter on Tang poetry for "The Columbia History of Chinese Literature", called Li "[t]he most eccentric poet of the T'ang, perhaps in all of Chinese poetry", and dubbed him "the Chinese Mallarmé" for his almost inscrutable poetic style and use of imagery.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Books of the "Quan Tangshi" at the Chinese Text Project that include collected poems of Li He:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book 390

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book 391

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book 392

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book 393

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book 394

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography

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text: Danish West Indies

text: Copenhagen

text: Holmens Cemetery

categories: 19th century in the Danish West Indies,Governors of the Danish West Indies,1767 births,1834 deaths

paragraph: Carl Adolph Rothe

paragraph: Carl Adolph Rothe (December 8, 1767 – July 12, 1834) was a naval officer in the Royal Danish Navy and governor of the Danish West Indies from 1820 to 1822.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Rothe was born on December 8, 1767 in Tybjerggård on Zealand, Denmark, to parents Tyge Jesper Rothe and Karen Bjørn. The Rothe family originates from Germany, coming to Denmark in the end of the 17th century. On January 12, 1811 he married Benedicte Ulfsparre de Tuxen (1790-1877) in Helsingør, the daughter of Louis de Tuxen and Charlotte Elisabeth Klingfeldt. The couple had no less than eight children: Louis, Anna Rosine, Andrea Bjørn, Karen, Charlotte Elisabeth, Martha Gustava, Margrethe Christine and Louise.

paragraph: Rothe joined the Danish navy as a naval volunteer (cadet) in 1778 and on April 2, 1783 he was commissioned as an officer in the rank of a Second Lieutenant. In his naval career Rothe, fought in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 against the British fleet, commanding the ship (pram) Nyborg. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1806, and served as the second in command of the ship Prinds Christian Frederik under command of captain Carl W. Jessen from December 24, 1807. He participated in the battle of Battle of Zealand Point on March 22, 1808, which he survived as the second in command of Prinds Christian Frederik. After that battle, in which he was wounded, he spent two months as an English prisoner of war in Göteborg, Sweden.

paragraph: He was promoted to the rank of Counter Admiral as of April 16, 1833. From November 11, 1808 until July 25, 1814 Carl was governor of Bornholm and Christiansø, and was the governor of the Virgin Islands in the Danish West Indies from 1820 to 1822. He died, 66 years old, in Copenhagen on July 12, 1834. He is buried on Holmens Cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Johnny Balsved's website about "Danish Naval History" (website's last update August 11, 2008 as viewed on August 14, 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oil painting of Carl Adolph Rothe is available on the Reventlow family website. Christian Ditlev Reventlow, "Slægten Reventlow" (last modified July 20, 2008 as viewed on August 14, 2008)

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text: Italia

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text: 1978 European Indoor Championships

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categories: Italian male high jumpers,1958 births,Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy,Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games,Living people

paragraph: Massimo Di Giorgio

paragraph: Massimo Di Giorgio (born 22 March 1958) is a retired Italian high jumper.

paragraph: He won two medals at the International athletics competitions.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He finished fifteenth at the 1978 European Indoor Championships, won the gold medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games and won a bronze medal at the 1983 European Indoor Championships.

paragraph: His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in June 1981 in Udine.

paragraph: Section::::National records.

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 2.25 m ( Nova Gorica, 15 April 1979)

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 2.26 m ( Udine, 20 May 1979)

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 2.27 m ( Bologna, 19 September 1979)

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 2.29 m ( Pisa, 5 July 1980)

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 2.30 m ( Udine, 15 June 1981)

paragraph: Section::::National titles.

paragraph: Massimo Di Giorgio has won 7 times the individual national championship.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3 wins in High jump (1979, 1980, 1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4 wins in High jump indoor (1978, 1979, 1982, 1983)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Men's high jump Italian record progression

paragraph: BULLET::::- Italian all-time top lists - High jump

description: Italian high jumper

wikidata_label: Massimo Di Giorgio

wikipedia_title: Massimo Di Giorgio


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paragraph: Oscar Raise

paragraph: Oscar Raise (born 19 February 1952 in Gassino, Torino) is a retired Italian high jumper.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He finished sixth at the 1978 European Indoor Championships and won the silver medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.

paragraph: His personal best jump is 2.27 metres, achieved on 19 September 1979 in Bologna, setting a new Italian record on the same day in which we were able Massimo Di Giorgio and Bruno Bruni (exceptional event for athletics).

paragraph: Section::::National records.

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 2.23 m ( Milan, 4 February 1978)

paragraph: BULLET::::- High jump: 2.24 m ( Trinec, 3 March 1978)

paragraph: Section::::National championships.

paragraph: Oscar Raise has won one time the individual national championship.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1 win in High jump (1981)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List on national champions in the men's high jump

paragraph: BULLET::::- Italian all-time lists - High jump

description: Italian high jumper

wikidata_label: Oscar Raise

wikipedia_title: Oscar Raise


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paragraph: Gian Marco Schivo

paragraph: Gian Marco Schivo (born May 6, 1949 in Toulon) is a retired Italian high jumper.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He won the gold medal at the 1971 Mediterranean Games and finished seventeenth at the 1972 Olympic Games. His personal best jump is 2.17 metres, achieved in May 1972 in Rome.

paragraph: His daughter Arianna Schivo competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in equestrian.

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paragraph: Damien Wilson

paragraph: Damien Wilson (born May 28, 1993) is an American football linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Minnesota.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Wilson attended Amite County High School in Liberty, Mississippi, where he was a teammate of Gabe Jackson. He accepted a scholarship from Alcorn State University, but transferred to Jones County Junior College after his freshman season.

paragraph: As a sophomore safety he was named the Region 23 Defensive MVP, after ranking fourth in the nation with 122 tackles (6 for loss), 2 sacks and 2 passes defensed. As a sophomore, he registered 119 tackles (10.5 for loss). At the end of the year, he transferred to the University of Minnesota.

paragraph: As a junior, he was converted to linebacker, finishing with 12 starts, 78 tackles (second on the team), one sack and 5.5 tackles-for-loss. In his last year he registered 12 starts, 119 tackles (led team), 4 sacks (tied for team lead), 10.5 tackles-for-loss (led the team), one interception, 3 passes defensed, one forced fumble and 2 fumble recoveries.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Dallas Cowboys.

paragraph: The Dallas Cowboys selected Wilson in the fourth round (127th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft. He was the 13th linebacker selected in 2015.

paragraph: On May 28, 2015, the Dallas Cowboys signed Wilson to a four-year, $2.74 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $466,315.

paragraph: As Anthony Hitchens did before him, the coaches decided to make Wilson learn all three linebacker positions in training camp. On special teams he tied for the team lead in tackles (9) with Kyle Wilber and Jeff Heath. As a rookie, he didn't have much impact on defense, registering only 16 tackles. Against the New Orleans Saints, he saw extensive play and performed well until replacing an injured Andrew Gachkar in overtime, when he allowed C. J. Spiller to come free for an 80-yard touchdown reception to win the game 26-20. He played the season mostly on special teams and finished tied for the team lead with 9 tackles.

paragraph: In 2016, he suffered a serious offseason injury on his right eye while playing paintball, missing the first two weeks of training camp after being placed on the non-football injury list. In week 6 of the season, he passed Kyle Wilber on the depth chart and went on to start 5 games at strong-side linebacker. He posted 35 tackles (4 for loss).

paragraph: In 2017, he began the season as the backup at strongside linebacker, before passing Wilber on the depth chart in the seventh game against the Philadelphia Eagles. He tallied 39 tackles (eleventh on the team), 5 quarterback hurries, one sack and 7 special teams tackles (sixth on the team).

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Kansas City Chiefs.

paragraph: On March 14, 2019, Wilson signed a two-year, $5.75 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: On July 4, 2017, Wilson was arrested at Toyota Stadium on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, during an Independence Day celebration. He was released hours later by Frisco PD on a $10,000 bond for each count.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dallas Cowboys bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Minnesota Gophers bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Damien Wilson

wikipedia_title: Damien Wilson


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paragraph: Damian Swann

paragraph: Damian Rashad Swann (born December 4, 1992) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at the University of Georgia.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Swann was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He came from a rough background, but still played football, as well as playing baseball and basketball. He attended Henry W. Grady High School in Atlanta. He was heavily recruited by colleges and became the first person in his family to attend college once recruited by Georgia.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Swann played for the Georgia Bulldogs from 2011 to 2014. He earned Associated Press Second-team All-SEC honors his senior season.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Swann was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year contract with the Saints on May 11, 2015. He played in seven games, starting two, for the team during the 2015 season. He suffered three concussions in a span of nine weeks and was placed on the injured reserve list with three weeks to go in the season. He returned to the team for training camp in 2016, but on August 31, 2016 it was reported that the Saints had again placed him on injured reserve, ending his season.

paragraph: On September 2, 2017, Swann was waived by the Saints.

paragraph: In January 2019, Swann joined the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Georgia Bulldogs bio

description: American-football player (1992-)

wikidata_label: Damian Swann

wikipedia_title: Damian Swann


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paragraph: Kyshoen Jarrett

paragraph: Kyshoen Jarrett (born May 4, 1993) is a former American football safety who played for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Virginia Tech, and was drafted by the Redskins in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. However, his playing career only lasted a single year as he suffered severe nerve damage in his shoulder during an attempted tackle in the final game of his rookie season. Due to being unable to fully heal from it, he rejoined the Redskins as an assistant coach in 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: He attended East Stroudsburg High School South in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania before attending Virginia Tech. Jarrett was drafted in the sixth round, 181th overall, by the Washington Redskins in the 2015 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year contract on May 11, 2015. During the regular season finale against the Dallas Cowboys, Jarret suffered severe damage to his brachial plexus during a helmet-to-helmet collision with running back Darren McFadden. Unable to fully regain strength in his arm in the months following the injury, Jarret was waived by the team before the start of training camp in 2016. In 2018, Jarret began a coaching internship with the Redskins, and was hired fulltime as a defensive quality control coach the following year.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Washington Redskins bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Virginia Tech Hokies bio

description: American-football player

wikidata_label: Kyshoen Jarrett

wikipedia_title: Kyshoen Jarrett


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paragraph: Randall Telfer

paragraph: Randall Telfer (born May 16, 1992) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::High school career.

paragraph: Telfer was born on May 16, 1992, in Rancho Cucamonga, California. His mother was a physical therapist.

paragraph: Telfer attended Rancho Cucamonga High School, where he received a 3.5 grade point average. He had no familiarity with football and had never played the game, but head coach Nick Baiz convinced him to begin playing in his freshman year. His height and swiftness led to his being cast as a wide receiver, but he was so poor at catching footballs that he didn't play that year. He played only minimally his sophomore year, but had so rapidly developed as an athlete that he became the team's second receiver in his junior year. In the 2008 season, he caught 42 passes for and five touchdowns. Rancho Cucamonga won the Southern Section Central Division high school championship football game 21-7 over Upland High School. Telfer caught a touchdown that helped win the game for RCHS.

paragraph: By his senior year, Telfer had developed into a , receiver with superb blocking skills. Considered one of the state's top college football recruits, he had only played in 14 games.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: College recruiters saw Telfer more as a tight end than a receiver. He was recruited by eight schools: Arizona State University, Stanford University, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Oregon, the University of Southern California (USC), the University of Tennessee, the University of Washington, and Vanderbilt University. He favored Oregon and USC.

paragraph: Head coach Pete Carroll successfully recruited Telfer for the University of Southern California (USC), where he attended upon receiving an athletic scholarship. He was redshirted his freshman year (the 2010 season), after which Carroll left USC to coach professionally for the Seattle Seahawks. In the spring, the NCAA punished USC for numerous rules and recruiting violations, banning the team from playing in Pac-10 conference championship games and bowl games for two seasons. Telfer had the right to transfer to another school, but declined to do so.

paragraph: As a sophomore in 2011, Telfer had an outstanding season under head coach Lane Kiffin, catching 26 passes—five of them for touchdowns. He suffered several injuries during the season, but continued to play.

paragraph: In his junior year, USC began the season ranked Number 1 in the "USA Today" Coaches' Poll. Telfer had numerous additional injuries, and according to press reports probably should not have continued practicing or playing. Nevertheless, Telfer asked to continue playing, and received permission from coaching staff to do so. Telfer caught a touchdown pass that led USC to defeat the University of Oregon 38-35, a victory that ended the Oregon Ducks 21-home game winning streak. USC's 2012 season was a dismal one, as the team finished 7-6. The team played in the Sun Bowl, losing 21-7 to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. A violent altercation (which some media reported as a fistfight, while others said it was verbal) broke out in the USC locker room after the game, in which some younger players criticized senior quarterback Matt Barkley for not playing even though injured and for generally poor leadership throughout the season.

paragraph: Telfer played with numerous leg injuries in the 2013 season. Coaching staff permitted him to play, but counseled him several times that he should take a more prudent approach to his health. USC lost three of its first five games of Telfer's senior season, and Kiffin was fired as head coach on September 29, 2013. Defensive line coach Ed Orgeron was named the interim head coach, and led the team to a 6–2 record. Over the past two seasons, Telfer caught another 18 passes, five for touchdowns.

paragraph: Steve Sarkisian was named USC's permanent head coach at the end of the 2013 season. Telfer had arthroscopic surgery on a knee in the spring of 2014, which kept him out of spring training camp. Although many in the press predicted he would have the breakout fifth-year season, and Coach Sarkisian told Telfer he would be an "offensive weapon" in the coming year, Telfer was relegated largely to a role as a blocker. The Trojans ended their season playing in the Holiday Bowl, winning 45-42 over the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. Telfer ended his college football career with 63 receptions, 12 of them for touchdowns. His USC teammates voted to give him the Chris Carlisle Courage Award for starting every game his final year, despite his significant injuries.

paragraph: Randall Telfer graduated from the University of Southern California in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in political science. In the fall of 2014, he began work at USC on a master's degree in communications management, with an emphasis on marketing.

paragraph: Telfer suffered a left mid-foot fracture of the tarsometatarsal articulations while playing in the Holiday Bowl. The injury was difficult to diagnose, and he did not undergo surgery to correct the fracture until mid-February 2015. Healing and rehabilitation for such injuries generally lasts four to six months, although eight months is not uncommon.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Cleveland Browns.

paragraph: The Cleveland Browns drafted Telfer in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. Telfer signed a four-year contract with the Browns on May 6, 2015, although terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. A later report said the terms were worth $2.397 million, which included a 117,537 signing bonus.

paragraph: On July 28, 2015, head coach Mike Pettine announced that Telfer would sit out training camp and remain idle until at least midseason. Pettine said that although some athletes return from mid-foot surgery in four to six months, the team would wait eight months and reevaluate Tefler's ability to play in October.

paragraph: Telfer played 14 games in the 2016 season under new head coach Hue Jackson, catching two passes for four yards and spending most of his time as a blocker.

paragraph: On May 2, 2018, Telfer was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for linebacker Dadi Nicolas. However two days later, the trade was called off and voided. Telfer was waived by the Browns.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Indianapolis Colts.

paragraph: On May 7, 2018, Telfer was claimed off waivers by the Indianapolis Colts, only to be waived the next day after failing his physical.

paragraph: On August 24, 2018, Telfer announced his retirement from the NFL.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- USC Trojans bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- College stats

description: American American football player

wikidata_label: Randall Telfer

wikipedia_title: Randall Telfer


text:
American football
linebacker
2015 NFL draft
New England Patriots
Atlanta Falcons
college football
Alabama
Alabama
2015 NFL draft
New England Patriots
Atlanta Falcons
Birmingham Iron
Memphis Express
Brandon Silvers
Alabama Crimson Tide bio

categories: African-American players of American football,People from Griffin, Georgia,Canadian football linebackers,Alabama Crimson Tide football players,Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state),1992 births,American football linebackers,Birmingham Iron players,African-American players of Canadian football,New England Patriots players,Living people,Edmonton Eskimos players

paragraph: Xzavier Dickson

paragraph: Xzavier Dickson (born September 11, 1992) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He was drafted with the 253rd pick of the 2015 NFL draft by the New England Patriots. Dickson signed onto the Atlanta Falcons on December 30, 2015. He played college football at Alabama.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Throughout his college career (2012–2014), he appeared in 39 games for Alabama. In his last season before entering the draft, he logged at least 0.5 sacks in five straight games and finished the season with 9.0 sacks, 42 tackles, and 12.5 tackles for loss.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

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

paragraph: Dickson was drafted in the 7th round of the 2015 NFL draft by the New England Patriots. He was released by the Patriots on September 5, 2015.

paragraph: He also spent time with the Atlanta Falcons on their practice squad.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Birmingham Iron.

paragraph: On November 19, 2018, Dickson was picked up by the Birmingham Iron. In the season opener against the Memphis Express, Dickson intercepted an Express pass from quarterback Brandon Silvers.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alabama Crimson Tide bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Xzavier Dickson

wikipedia_title: Xzavier Dickson


text:
American football
tight end
Mr. Irrelevant
Arizona Cardinals
2015 NFL Draft
college football
Louisville
Geron Christian
college football
Louisville
Washington Redskins
William T. Dwyer High School
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Louisville
Arizona Cardinals
2015 NFL Draft
Mr. Irrelevant
Chandler Harnish
Mr. Irrelevant
injured reserve
Atlanta Legends
Alliance of American Football
Arizona Hotshots

categories: 1991 births,Atlanta Legends players,Living people,People from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida,American football tight ends,Arizona Cardinals players,Arizona Hotshots players,Florida Gators football players,Louisville Cardinals football players,Buffalo Bills players

paragraph: Gerald Christian

paragraph: Gerald Christian (born August 26, 1991) is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He was Mr. Irrelevant in 2015 when the Arizona Cardinals drafted him with the 256th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville. His brother, Geron Christian, played college football at Louisville as well, and plays for the Washington Redskins.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Christian attended William T. Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Christian played for the Florida Gators from 2010 to 2011 and Louisville from 2012 to 2014. In his senior season in 2014, Christian caught 32 passes for 384 yards and five touchdowns. He was named third team All-ACC.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Arizona Cardinals.

paragraph: Christian was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the final pick of the 7th round (256th overall pick) in the 2015 NFL Draft, making him Mr. Irrelevant. Cardinals teammate Chandler Harnish, who was Mr. Irrelevant in 2012, announced the pick. On September 3, 2015, in the Cardinals' final preseason game against the Denver Broncos, Christian tore the MCL in his left knee. He was placed on season-ending injured reserve the next day. On August 29, 2016. he was released from the Cardinals.

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

paragraph: On September 7, 2016, Christian was signed to the Bills' practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on October 4, 2016. He was released on October 21, 2016 and was re-signed to the practice squad on October 25. He was elevated back to the active roster on October 28, 2016. He was released by the Bills on November 26, 2016 and was re-signed to the practice squad. He was promoted back to the active roster on December 3, 2016.

paragraph: On March 6, 2017, Christian was released by the Bills.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Arizona Cardinals (second stint).

paragraph: On July 27, 2017, Christian was signed by the Cardinals. He was waived by the team on September 2, 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Arizona Hotshots.

paragraph: In November 2018, Christian signed with the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football, but eventually joined the Arizona Hotshots for the 2019 season.

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Gerald Christian

wikipedia_title: Gerald Christian


text:
abbot of Clairvaux
Cistercian
martyr
Lombardy
Benedictine
Fossanova Abbey
Rome
Clairvaux
Igny Abbey
Konrad of Eberbach
Saint Bernard
Pope Clement XI

categories: Italian Cistercians,12th-century births,French Cistercians,1177 deaths,Cistercian abbots,Italian people murdered abroad,Abbots of Clairvaux

paragraph: Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux

paragraph: Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux (, ) (born c. 1120; died in 1177) was the sixth abbot of Clairvaux. He was murdered by a rebellious monk and is counted as the first Cistercian martyr.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Gerard was a native of Lombardy and as a young man entered the then-Benedictine Fossanova Abbey, to the south of Rome. He became its first abbot after the monastery joined the young Cistercian Order, at first for about five years, and again from 1158. In 1170/1171 Gerard was chosen abbot of Clairvaux. He was known as a strict disciplinarian and during a visitation of Igny Abbey, a daughter house of Clairvaux, was murdered by a monk named Hugh of Bazoches, whom he had threatened with disciplinary punishment.

paragraph: Section::::Veneration.

paragraph: The most important source for Gerard's life and death is the "Exordium magnum Ordinis Cisterciensis" by Konrad of Eberbach, written some decades after the events in Clairvaux. It already portrays Gerard as a martyr, recounting that Petrus Monoculus, who was the abbot of Igny at the time of the murder and from 1179 Gerard's next successor but one at Clairvaux, had a vision of him during the funeral mass together with Saint Bernard in the light of heaven. His liturgical veneration in the Cistercian Order was first permitted however by Pope Clement XI in 1702. His feast day is 8 March.

description: Italian Cistercian abbot and martyr

wikidata_label: Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux

wikipedia_title: Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux


text:
American football
wide receiver
Atlanta Falcons
college football
Indiana
Ginn Academy
Glenville
Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio State
quarterback
Cardale Jones
track athlete
Penn State
Toledo
National Signing Day
Big Ten
Illinois
Indiana State
rivalry win
Purdue
Tevin Coleman
Bobby Richardson
Purdue
Old Oaken Bucket Game
2015 NFL Draft
Atlanta Falcons
Cleveland Browns
Johnny Manziel
New York Jets
San Diego Chargers
Donte Foster
San Diego Chargers
New Orleans Saints
Jacksonville Jaguars
New Orleans Saints
Indiana Hoosiers bio

categories: Atlanta Falcons players,Cleveland Browns players,American football wide receivers,Players of American football from Ohio,1992 births,Indiana Hoosiers football players,Jacksonville Jaguars players,Living people,Sportspeople from Cleveland

paragraph: Shane Wynn

paragraph: Shane C. Wynn (born November 15, 1992) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent. He played college football at Indiana.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Wynn attended Ginn Academy in the Glenville area of Cleveland, Ohio, where he was teammates with Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones. He played wide receiver and also returned kicks and punts. As a senior, he was all-district selection and named third team All-Ohio. In addition to football, Wynn was a stand-out track athlete, winning Ohio state title in 2009 and 2010 in the 4 × 200 m relay and the 4x400 indoor relay.

paragraph: Considered a three-star recruit by all major rating services, Wynn was ranked as the No. 62 wide receiver nationally in 2011. He chose Indiana over Penn State and Toledo on National Signing Day.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Freshman year.

paragraph: As a freshman, Wynn lead the Hoosiers with 1,249 all-purpose yards. Most of his production was on kick returns, as he returned 48 kicks for 1,015 yards and a touchdown. His kick return and all-purpose yardage totals were Indiana true freshman records. He was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after returning the opening kickoff for a 99-yard touchdown against Illinois.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Sophomore year.

paragraph: In 2012, Wynn received honorable mention All-Big Ten from the media. He returned only eight kicks all season, but led the Hoosiers in receptions (68) and was second on the team in yardage (660).

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Junior year.

paragraph: Wynn finished second in the Big Ten (and 19th nationally) with 11 receiving touchdowns. In the season opener against Indiana State, Wynn scored two touchdowns on receptions and a third score on a punt return. He scored three receiving touchdowns to close out the season in a rivalry win over Purdue. His fourteen total touchdowns are tied for sixth most in school history.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Senior year.

paragraph: Prior to his senior season, Wynn was elected one of the team captains (alongside Tevin Coleman, Collin Rahrig, and Bobby Richardson). He recorded a career-high 708 receiving yards, scoring three touchdowns and adding two more scores on the ground. He averaged 96.6 all-purpose yards per game, which ranked second on the team behind All-American Coleman. Wynn capped off his college career with another win over Purdue in the Old Oaken Bucket Game. He was once again named honorable mention All-Big Ten, this time by both the coaches and media.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

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

paragraph: Wynn was not selected during the 2015 NFL Draft, but shortly after the close of the seventh round, it was announced that he had signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Falcons. On June 18, 2015, he was waived by the team.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Cleveland Browns.

paragraph: On June 19, 2015, Wynn was claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Browns. In his second preseason game with the Browns, Wynn caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Johnny Manziel. He was released by the Browns on August 31, 2015.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Jets.

paragraph: Wynn was signed to the New York Jets practice squad on November 4, 2015. On November 16, 2015, Wynn was released by the team.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Diego Chargers.

paragraph: On December 2, 2015, the San Diego Chargers signed Wynn to their practice squad, replacing wide receiver Donte Foster. On December 11, 2015, the San Diego Chargers waived Wynn from their practice squad.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New Orleans Saints.

paragraph: On December 16, 2015, the New Orleans Saints signed Wynn to their practice squad. On May 15, 2016, the Saints released Wynn.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Jacksonville Jaguars.

paragraph: Wynn signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars on June 16, 2016. On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Jaguars and was signed to the practice squad the next day. He was promoted to the active roster on December 3, 2016.

paragraph: On September 2, 2017, Wynn was placed on injured reserve.

paragraph: On September 1, 2018, Wynn was waived by the Jaguars.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New Orleans Saints (second stint).

paragraph: On October 17, 2018, Wynn was signed to the New Orleans Saints practice squad.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Indiana Hoosiers bio

description: American-football player (1992-)

wikidata_label: Shane Wynn

wikipedia_title: Shane Wynn


text: Tashkent

text: Uzbekistan

text: Jerusalem

text: Israel

text: Hadassah

text: Tashkent

text: Uzbekistan

text: Riga

text: Christianity

text: Musikschule Konservatorium Bern

text: University of Bern

text: paediatrician

text: Budapest String Quartet

text: Jerusalem

text: pediatrician

text: Ottoman Empire

text: Old City of Jerusalem

text: WIZO

text: Old City of Jerusalem

text: Bikur Cholim Hospital

text: Hebrew University

text: Israel Prize

text: Bikur Holim Hospital

text: Katamonim

text: Ministry of Health

text: List of Israel Prize recipients

text: Health care in Israel

categories: Israeli Jews,Uzbekistani emigrants to Israel,Israeli women physicians,Israel Prize women recipients,Israel Prize for special contribution to society and the State recipients,1889 births,Jews in Ottoman Palestine,Israeli physicians,People from Tashkent,1978 deaths,Jews in Mandatory Palestine,Israeli people of Uzbekistani-Jewish descent

paragraph: Helena Kagan

paragraph: Helena Kagan (; September 25, 1889, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - August 22, 1978, Jerusalem) was a physician, an Israeli pioneer in pediatrics, active in Jerusalem. She was responsible for the expansion of health care in Israel. Working under the auspices of the Hadassah organization, she gave treatment to generations of local children regardless of their parents' religious affiliation.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Helena Kagan was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to Moshe and Miriam Kagan, a Jewish couple from Riga. They also had one son named Noach. When her father, an engineer, refused to convert to Christianity he lost his job. However, her parents managed to pay the school tuition for Helena and her older brother, and they graduated in 1905.

paragraph: Kagan studied piano at the Musikschule Konservatorium Bern and Medicine at the University of Bern, graduating in 1910, and specializing in Bern as a paediatrician.

paragraph: In 1936, Kagan married Emil Hauser, a violinist who was a member of the Budapest String Quartet and founded the Palestine Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem. Kagan died childless on August 22, 1978.

paragraph: Section::::Medical career.

paragraph: In the spring of 1914, Kagan, moved to Jerusalem. Unable to obtain a license to practice medicine, decided to open a clinic at her home, teaching young Arab and Jewish women to become nurses and midwives.

paragraph: In 1916, after the last two male physicians were expelled from the city by the Ottoman authorities, and playing a decisive role in containing a cholera epidemic, Kagan was granted an honorary license and started to work at a small children's hospital, becoming the first pediatrician in the country and the only female physician in the Ottoman Empire, running the hospital as the head of its pediatrics wing until 1925. After this, she started working in 1925 at the Infants Home for Arab Children in the Old City of Jerusalem, where she served as medical director until 1948. Also, she was one of the founders of the "Histadrut Nashim Ivriot" (Hebrew Women's Organization), which became the local chapter of WIZO.

paragraph: Kagan established the Israel Pediatrics Association in 1927. In the same year, she opened a shelter for homeless children, and a health center in the Old City of Jerusalem for working mothers, the precursor to those known today as "Tipat Chalav". In 1936, she established the pediatrics department of the Bikur Cholim Hospital in Jerusalem, which she headed until 1975. In 1947, she was elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Hebrew University, becoming its vice-chairwoman in 1965.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and recognition.

paragraph: She was awarded the Israel Prize in 1975 for the special contribution to society and the state in community service. The pediatric department of Bikur Holim Hospital and a community center in Katamonim, Jerusalem, bear her name since 1962 and 1968 respectively. In her later years, Kagan worked as adviser to the Ministry of Health while keeping the pediatric consulting work at home.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Israel Prize recipients

paragraph: BULLET::::- Health care in Israel

description: Israeli pediatrician

wikidata_label: Helena Kagan

wikipedia_title: Helena Kagan


text: Swiss

text: chazan

text: tenor

text: Basel

text: chazanut

text: Kurt Widmer

text: Hans Riediker

text: Music Academy of Basel

text: opera

text: College of Music

text: Jewish community in Basel

text: Jewish community of Düsseldorf

text: synagogal music

text: Yiddish songs

text: chazanut

text: Ofek

text: Jewish education

text: inter-religious dialogue

text: Biography and d

text: kolang.org

categories: 20th-century opera singers,Swiss Jews,1956 births,Swiss expatriates in Germany,2009 deaths,Hazzans,People from Basel-Stadt,Swiss operatic tenors,Swiss male singers

paragraph: Marcel Lang

paragraph: Marcel Lang (June 13, 1956 - June 27, 2009) was a Swiss chazan (cantor) and singer (tenor).

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Marcel Lang was born in Basel into a family in which the East European Jewish tradition of chazanut (cantorial art) was cultivated. After first training as a commercial clerk, he studied singing with Kurt Widmer and Hans Riediker at the Music Academy of Basel and the affiliated opera studio. After qualifying as a singing teacher, he studied at the Zurich Institute of Applied Psychology. In his capacity as a certified psychologist, Marcel Lang acted as a consultant to companies and advised clients. He worked as psychological advisor at the Music Academy of Basel and taught psychopedagogy at the College of Music in Basel.

paragraph: Beginning in the late 1970s, Marcel Lang was the cantor in the Jewish community of Zürich (Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ)) and in a number of small synagogues. From 1982 until 1991 he was senior cantor at the Jewish community in Basel. He then worked as the permanent guest cantor in the Jewish community of Düsseldorf before returning to the Jewish community in Zurich in 2004. In addition, he performed in concerts and worked as a teacher. He appeared both as a solo performer of synagogal music and Yiddish songs and as a singer of classical lieder, operas and oratorios. His concerts took him throughout Europe and to North America, Australia and Israel. He produced a number of CDs featuring recordings of Yiddish songs and synagogal music accompanied by choirs, piano, chamber ensembles and klezmer bands. As a teacher he prepared students for their bar mitzvah over a period of 30 years. A connoisseur of Jewish song, prayer-leading and liturgy, he taught, advised and supported groups and individuals. Among other things, he worked at the Institute for Jewish Studies in Heidelberg as an instructor of “chazanut” and, from 1999, introduced members of the Jewish-pluralist Basel association “Ofek” to the liturgical structure of prayer-leading. He imparted his expert knowledge of Ashkenazi song culture and Yiddish songs on numerous lecture tours.

paragraph: With his knowledge and love of both orthodox and liberal Judaism, Marcel Lang felt at home in the various streams of Judaism throughout his life. He demonstrated this as cantor in the Jewish communities in Basel and Zurich, which are confronted with a heterogeneous membership, and in the Jewish community in Düsseldorf, which has seen many Jews from the former Soviet Union who did not enjoy a Jewish education joining its ranks. Marcel Lang was also active in inter-religious dialogue. He introduced many young people to Judaism as part of their preparation for confirmation and presented Jewish religious practice in tours of the Basel synagogue and in lectures throughout German-speaking Switzerland.

paragraph: Section::::CD-Productions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ki wi jirbu jamecha - Songs of the synagogue (with choir)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kol demamah dakah (synagogal and chassidic duets)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Majn Schtejtele Bels (shabbat songs and Yiddish lieder)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lieder jüdischer Avantgardisten der zwanziger Jahre (Songs of Jewish avant-gardists of the 1920s)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lechajim (together with klezmer band Bait Jaffe)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sing! – Gedenkst? (together with klezmer band Bait Jaffe)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sch'ma Kolenu (synagogal songs with the Zurich synagogue choir)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Semirot Michal (table songs for shabbat)

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography and d on saenger-schauspieler-kuenstler.com

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- kolang.org

description: Swiss singer

wikidata_label: Marcel Lang

wikipedia_title: Marcel Lang


text:
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Winchester, Virginia
Atlantic Monthly
Princeton Review
Winchester, Virginia

categories: 1920 deaths,American women novelists,19th-century American women writers,1848 births,19th-century American novelists

paragraph: Frances Courtenay Baylor

paragraph: Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum (January 20, 1848, Fort Smith, Arkansas – October 19, 1920, Winchester, Virginia) was an American author of fiction.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Her father, James Dawson, was an army officer, and her childhood was spent in San Antonio and New Orleans, where her father was stationed. During her teen years her parents divorced and Frances began using her mother's maiden name, Baylor. After the Civil War ended, she spent several years (1865–67, 1873–74) traveling and living in Europe.

paragraph: In the late 1870s, she began contributing articles to newspapers and periodicals such as the "Atlantic Monthly" and the "Princeton Review". In 1885 she published a well-received first novel, "On Both Sides", that examined the differing manners and customs of American and English society.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: In 1896 Frances married George Barnum, who died shortly after they were wed. After his death she moved to Winchester, Virginia, where she spent the remainder of her life.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "On Both Sides" (1885)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Behind the Blue Ridge" (1887)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Juan and Juanita" (1888)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Shocking Example, and Other Sketches" (1889)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Claudia Hyde" (1894)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Miss Nina Barrow" (1897)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Ladder of Fortune" (1899)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Georgian Bungalow" (1900)

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gordon, Amistead "Virginia Writers of Fugitive Verse". New York: James T. White, 1922.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mishler, Catherine T. "Baylor, Frances Courtenay." Edited by John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tarter, and Sandra Gioia Treadway. Vol. I of "The Dictionary of Virginia Biography". Richmond, VA: The Library of Virginia, 1998.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Taylor, Welford D. "Virginia Authors Past and Present". Richmond, VA: Association of Teachers of English, 1972.

description: American author

wikidata_label: Frances Courtenay Baylor

wikipedia_title: Frances Courtenay Baylor


text:
Knoxville, Tennessee
Ossoli Circle
Margaret Fuller Ossoli
League of Women Voters
Paris Exposition of 1900
Panama Canal
Daughters of the American Revolution
Blount Mansion
University of Tennessee
Oliver Perry Temple
William G. Brownlow
John Bell
John G. Foster
Ulysses S. Grant
Vassar College
Catskills
Lizzie Crozier French
John Sevier
Benton McMillin
Stockholm
Rio de Janeiro
St. Louis World's Fair
National Conservation Exposition
William Blount
League of Women Voters
Mayflower
Willard
Washington, D.C.
downtown
foyer
Portrait
Sketch of Margaret Fuller Ossoli
A Celestial Marriage
A Tennessee Lady in Europe

categories: People from Knoxville, Tennessee,1929 deaths,1856 births,American suffragists,American socialites

paragraph: Mary Boyce Temple

paragraph: Mary Boyce Temple (July 6, 1856 – May 16, 1929) was an American philanthropist and socialite, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the first president of the Ossoli Circle, the oldest federated women's club in the South, and published a biography of the club's namesake, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, in 1886. She also cofounded the Tennessee Woman's Press and Author's Club, the Knoxville Writer's Club, and the Knox County chapter of the League of Women Voters. She represented Tennessee at various international events, including the Paris Exposition of 1900 and at the dedication of the Panama Canal in 1903.

paragraph: Temple was the founder and long-time regent of the Bonny Kate Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and helped launch Knoxville's preservationist movement with her efforts to save Blount Mansion in the 1920s. In her later years, she donated tens of thousands of dollars to the University of Tennessee for agricultural research, and left the bulk of her estate to the university after her death.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Temple was born in Knoxville in 1856, the only child of Oliver Perry Temple (1820–1907) and Scotia Caledonia Hume. Her father was a powerful Knoxville attorney who, at one point after the Civil War, had the highest personal income in Knox County. During Temple's early years, her parents' home, Melrose, was a center of the city's social life, where guests such as Governor William G. Brownlow, presidential candidate John Bell, and Civil War generals John G. Foster and Ulysses S. Grant were entertained.

paragraph: Temple attended Vassar College, graduating with a bachelor of arts in 1877. She spent several years travelling with her ailing mother in search of healthier climates. The two spent time in Europe and the Catskills.

paragraph: In 1885, Temple was elected first president of the Ossoli Circle, a women's literary club founded that year by activist Lizzie Crozier French. The following year, she published a biography of the club's namesake, entitled "Sketch of Margaret Fuller Ossoli", which she read before the club. She was later a cofounder of two other literary societies, the Tennessee Woman's Press and Author's Club (1899) and the Knoxville Writer's Club (1907). In 1912, she edited and published "Notable Men of Tennessee", a collection of biographies written by her late father.

paragraph: In 1893, Temple organized the Bonny Kate Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, named for Catherine "Bonny Kate" Sherill, the second wife of Tennessee frontiersman John Sevier. She served as regent of this chapter until her death in 1929, with the exception of a couple of years when she was the state DAR regent. She also served as a vice president-general in the DAR's national organization.

paragraph: In 1900, Governor Benton McMillin appointed Temple to represent Tennessee at the Paris Exposition of that year. She also represented the state at international expositions in Stockholm and Rio de Janeiro, and at the opening of the Panama Canal in 1903. She was the lone woman on the Jury of Higher Education at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, and helped organize Knoxville's National Conservation Exposition in 1913.

paragraph: In 1919, Temple donated $25,000 to the University of Tennessee for the establishment of a plant research foundation in memory of her father. This project developed seed for the state's Farmer's Convention. In 1925, Temple raised $35,000 for the purchase of Blount Mansion, the home of early territorial governor and Constitutional Convention delegate William Blount, which had been threatened with demolition. Her efforts are often considered the beginning of the preservation movement in Knoxville.

paragraph: An ardent suffragist, Temple was president of Knox County's chapter of the League of Women Voters in the early 1920s. She spent her later years entertaining guests at her Knoxville home, and (during winters) at the Mayflower and Willard hotels in Washington, D.C.. She died at her house on Hill Avenue in Downtown Knoxville in 1929. Librarian Mary Utopia Rothrock, in a brief biography of Temple in her book, "The French Broad-Holston Country", wrote, "Many interesting legends cluster about Miss Temple and her social reign for four decades of Knoxville history."

paragraph: Section::::Mary Boyce Temple House.

paragraph: The Mary Boyce Temple House, located at 623 Hill Avenue in Knoxville, is the last single-family residence in the city's downtown area. This house was built in 1907, and originally occupied by the Chambliss family. Temple, who had lived for many years with her father in a house built around 1830 by William Park at the corner of Market Street and Cumberland (no longer standing), bought the house now named for her in 1922, and died in the house in 1929. After a series of ownership changes and modifications over the decades, the house, threatened with demolition, was purchased in 2006 by Brian Pittman, who has since taken steps to renovate and restore it.

paragraph: The two-story house exhibits design elements of Queen Anne and Tudor Revival styles. It retains its original exterior brick, iron, and woodwork, as well as many of its original interior elements, including an oak staircase. The main floor consists of a foyer, parlor, dining room, kitchen, pantry, office, and powder room, while the second floor includes three bedrooms, a nursery, and bathrooms. The house includes a Colonial Revival style porch, bay windows in the parlor and master bedroom, and three chimneys.

paragraph: In October 2010, the Southern Paranormal and Anomaly Research Society (SPARS) conducted a paranormal investigation of the house in response to reports of paranormal activity by restoration workers.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrait – Tennessee Portrait Project

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sketch of Margaret Fuller Ossoli" – Archive.org

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Celestial Marriage" – an 1889 poem by Temple, published in "Tennessee Centennial Poems"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Tennessee Lady in Europe" – an 1883 article written by Temple describing her trip to Europe

description: American suffragist

wikidata_label: Mary Boyce Temple

wikipedia_title: Mary Boyce Temple


text:
National Palace
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero
Bernardo Reyes
Ten Tragic Days
French Intervention
Maximilian I of Mexico
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Matamoros
Querétaro
French Intervention
Maximilian I of Mexico
Benito Juárez
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
Porfirio Díaz
Francisco León de la Barra
Francisco I. Madero
Victoriano Huerta

categories: People of the Mexican Revolution,1849 births,People from Matamoros, Tamaulipas,1923 deaths,Second French intervention in Mexico

paragraph: Lauro Villar Ochoa

paragraph: Lauro Villar Ochoa (August 6, 1849- June 26, 1923) was a Mexican military general who is known for defending the National Palace of Mexico and Francisco I. Madero's administration, along with Ángel Ortiz Monasterio, from the rebellious attacks of the general Bernardo Reyes of the Ten Tragic Days in 1913. He also fought in the French Intervention and against the empire of Maximilian I of Mexico.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Lauro Villar was born in the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas. He enlisted in the military at the young age of 15, and due to his potential, Villar reached the rank of second lieutenant in 1865, just a year after his enlistment. Years later, in 1911, he assumed the position of Divisional General. In addition, Villar led a defense to protect his hometown of Matamoros and the city of Querétaro during the French Intervention, and also combated the forces of the empire of Maximilian I of Mexico. Throughout his military career, Villar served loyalty to the following presidents of Mexico: Benito Juárez, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Porfirio Díaz, Francisco León de la Barra, Francisco I. Madero and Victoriano Huerta.

description: Mexican general

wikidata_label: Lauro Villar Ochoa

wikipedia_title: Lauro Villar Ochoa


text: United States Senator

text: James Harlan

text: Robert T. Lincoln

text: Iowa City, Iowa

text: Mount Pleasant, Iowa

text: Washington, D.C.

text: French

text: dancing

text: deportment

text: music

text: harp

text: Mary Lincoln

text: matchmaker

text: President

text: Abraham Lincoln

text: 1865 presidential inaugural

text: Secretary of the Navy

text: Gideon Welles

text: Mary "Mamie" Lincoln

text: Jessie Harlan Lincoln

text: Iowa Wesleyan College

text: Bellevue Place

text: Batavia, Illinois

text: Secretary of War

text: James A. Garfield

text: Chester A. Arthur

text: London, England

text: Benjamin Harrison

text: Pullman Palace Car Company

text: Chicago

text: Hildene

text: Manchester, Vermont

text: Arlington National Cemetery

categories: People from Chicago,People from Iowa City, Iowa,1937 deaths,People from Manchester, Vermont,Spouses of United States Cabinet members,People from Mount Pleasant, Iowa,Lincoln family,People from Washington, D.C.,1846 births

paragraph: Mary Harlan Lincoln

paragraph: Mary Eunice Harlan Lincoln (September 25, 1846 – March 31, 1937) was the daughter of United States Senator James Harlan and the wife of Robert T. Lincoln.

paragraph: Section::::Life and family.

paragraph: The eldest child of James Harlan and Ann Eliza Peck, Mary Eunice Harlan was born in Iowa City, Iowa on September 25, 1846. The only one of James Harlan's children to live to adulthood, she was raised in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and Washington, D.C. She was educated in Mount Pleasant and at Madame Smith's Finishing School in Washington. In addition to learning French, dancing and deportment, Mary Harlan received training in music and became an accomplished harpist.

paragraph: Robert Lincoln noticed the teenaged Mary in 1864 and began to court her. She had also come to the attention of Robert's mother Mary Lincoln, who approved and attempted to play matchmaker. President Abraham Lincoln became aware of his wife's activities and aided her by asking Senator Harlan to escort Mrs. Lincoln to Lincoln's 1865 presidential inaugural, enabling Robert to escort Mary Harlan. In order to keep their courtship secret, Robert Lincoln often used the assistance of his friend Edgar Welles to meet Mary Harlan at the home of Edgar's father Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. Their marriage was delayed by the assassination of Robert's father and the subsequent mourning period.

paragraph: Section::::Life and family.:Marriage and children.

paragraph: Robert Todd Lincoln and Mary Eunice Harlan were married on September 24, 1868. They had two daughters and one son:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mary "Mamie" Lincoln (October 15, 1869 – November 21, 1938)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Abraham Lincoln II (nicknamed "Jack") (August 14, 1873 – March 5, 1890)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jessie Harlan Lincoln (November 6, 1875 – January 4, 1948).

paragraph: In an era before air conditioning, Robert, Mary and the children would often leave hot city life behind in summer for the cooler climate of Mt. Pleasant. During the 1880s the family would "summer" at the Harlan home. The Harlan-Lincoln home, built in 1876, still stands today. Donated by Mary Harlan Lincoln to Iowa Wesleyan College in 1907, it now serves as a museum with many artifacts from the Lincoln family and from Abraham Lincoln's presidency.

paragraph: For a time Mary Lincoln lived with Robert Lincoln and Mary Harlan, but the two women apparently did not get along, and Mary Lincoln moved out, eventually being committed by Robert to Bellevue Place, a private, sanitarium in Batavia, Illinois in May, 1875. Some sources indicate that Mary Harlan Lincoln may have been an alcoholic, which negatively affected her relationship with her mother in law, husband and children. The available information is circumstantial, and this question has not been resolved with certainty.

paragraph: Robert Lincoln pursued a successful career in law, business and politics, serving as Secretary of War from 1881 to 1885 under Presidents James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. The Lincolns lived in London, England for a period of time as Robert served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1889 to 1893 under President Benjamin Harrison. Afterwards, he returned to practicing law. Made quite wealthy by his law practice, which included General Counsel to, and later President of, the Pullman Palace Car Company the Lincolns lived at homes in Chicago, Washington, and Hildene in Manchester, Vermont.

paragraph: By all accounts, Mary Harlan Lincoln was intensely private, and worked diligently to keep herself out of the public eye and prevent herself from being photographed. In addition to managing the family households, she was responsible for her husband's estate after his death in July 1926. She also oversaw charitable bequests and family trusts before her death.

paragraph: Mary Harlan Lincoln died in Washington on March 31, 1937. She was buried with her husband and son Jack at Arlington National Cemetery, Section 31.

description: Wife of Robert T. Lincoln

wikidata_label: Mary Eunice Harlan

wikipedia_title: Mary Harlan Lincoln


text: saloon-keeper

text: Justice of the Peace

text: Val Verde County, Texas

text: Pecos

text: Rio Grande

text: Chihuahuan Desert

text: hanging judge

text: Mason County, Kentucky

text: flatboat

text: New Orleans

text: San Antonio, Texas

text: Independence, Missouri

text: teamster

text: bullwhacker

text: Santa Fe

text: Chihuahua

text: Mexican–American War

text: trading post

text: Mexican state

text: Chihuahua

text: desperado

text: gringo

text: Sonora

text: San Diego, California

text: Joshua Bean

text: mayor of San Diego

text: duel

text: tamale

text: San Gabriel, California

text: noose

text: New Mexico

text: Doña Ana County

text: Pinos Altos

text: Silver City

text: Grant County, New Mexico

text: cannon

text: Apache

text: assault

text: Civil War

text: Confederate Army

text: New Mexico

text: Battle of Glorieta Pass

text: ran the naval blockade

text: Matamoros

text: rustling

text: Burbank High School

text: Fort Stockton

text: Texas Ranger

text: justice of the peace

text: Pecos County

text: Jewish

text: kindling

text: Irishman

text: Chinaman

text: Sanderson

text: kerosene

text: Langtry

text: squatted

text: Lillie Langtry

text: Horse thieves

text: death sentence

text: seal

text: Jay Gould

text: train

text: New York Stock Exchange

text: boxing

text: Bob Fitzsimmons

text: Peter Maher

text: Rio Grande

text: Texas

text: The fight

text: W. D. Twichell

text: Amarillo

text: Austin

text: San Antonio

text: Whitehead Memorial Museum

text: Del Rio

text: Kenny Rogers

text: Reba McEntire

text: Judge Roy Bean

text: syndicated

text: Edgar Buchanan

text: Jackie Loughery

text: Jack Buetel

text: Billy the Kid

text: The Outlaw

text: producer

text: Russell Hayden

text: Texas Ranger

text: ABC

text: Warner Brothers

text: Colt .45

text: Frank Ferguson

text: Lisa Gaye

text: Douglas Kennedy

text: anthology series

text: Death Valley Days

text: Francine York

text: Peter Whitney

text: Paul Fix

text: Tom Skerritt

text: San Diego, California

text: Tris Coffin

text: The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

text: Paul Newman

text: Fantasy Island

text: Andy Griffith

text: The Westerner

text: Walter Brennan

text: Academy Award

text: Lillie

text: Streets of Laredo

text: Ned Beatty

text: The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

text: A Time for Dying

text: Audie Murphy

text: Victor Jory

text: The Monkees

text: Billy Beck

text: The Sopranos

text: Le Juge

text: Lucky Luke

text: Belgian comic book

text: Streets of Laredo

text: Larry McMurtry

text: West of the Pecos

text: Zane Grey

text: Scrooge McDuck

text: Don Rosa

text: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck

text: wooden roller coaster

text: Judge Roy Scream

text: Six Flags Over Texas

text: Fairhope, Alabama

text: West of Loathing

text: Asymmetric Publications

categories: 1825 births,People of the American Old West,People from Val Verde County, Texas,Saloonkeepers,American justices of the peace,People from Mason County, Kentucky,1903 deaths,People from San Antonio,Texas state court judges,American folklore

paragraph: Roy Bean

paragraph: Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an eccentric American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Law West of the Pecos". According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas. After his death, Western films and books cast him as a hanging judge, although he is known to have sentenced only two men to hang, one of whom escaped.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Roy Bean was born circa 1825 in Mason County, Kentucky, and was the youngest of five children (four sons and a daughter) of Phantly Roy Bean, Sr. (November 21, 1804 – June 13, 1844) and the former Anna Henderson Gore. The family was extremely poor and at age sixteen Bean left home to ride a flatboat to New Orleans, hoping to find work. After getting into trouble in New Orleans, Bean fled to San Antonio, Texas, to join his older brother Sam. Samuel Gore "Sam" Bean (1819–1903), who had earlier migrated to Independence, Missouri, was a teamster and bullwhacker. He hauled freight to Santa Fe and then on to Chihuahua, Mexico. After Sam fought in the Mexican–American War, he moved out of San Antonio, where his brother Roy joined him. In 1848 the two brothers opened a trading post in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Soon after, Roy Bean shot and killed a Mexican desperado who had threatened "to kill a gringo." To escape being charged with murder by Mexican authorities, Roy and Sam Bean fled west to Sonora, Mexico. By the spring of 1849, Roy Bean had moved to San Diego, California, to live with his older brother Joshua Bean, who would be elected the first mayor of San Diego the following year.

paragraph: Considered handsome, Roy Bean competed for the attentions of various local women. A Scotsman named John Collins challenged Bean to a pistol-shooting match on horseback. Bean was left to choose the targets and decided that they would shoot at each other. The duel was fought on February 24, 1852, and ended with Collins receiving a wound to his right arm. Both men were arrested and charged with assault with intent to murder. In the two months that he was in jail, Bean received many gifts of flowers, food, wine and cigars from women in San Diego. Hidden in the final gifts he received while incarcerated were knives that were encased in tamales. Bean used the knives to dig through the cell wall and escaped on April 17, 1852. He then fled to San Gabriel, California, where he became a bartender in his brother's "Headquarters Saloon". After Joshua was murdered in November 1852, Bean inherited the saloon. In 1854 Bean courted a young woman who was subsequently kidnapped and forced to marry a Mexican officer. Bean challenged the groom to a duel and killed him. Six of the dead man's friends put Bean on a horse and tied a noose around his neck, leaving him to hang when the horse moved. When he was hanged, the rope stretched and Bean was able to stay alive. The bride, who had been hiding behind a tree, cut the rope, freeing him and saving his life. This experience left Bean with a permanent rope burn and a stiff neck for the rest of his life. Shortly thereafter, Roy Bean chose to leave California and migrated to New Mexico to live with Sam, who had been elected the first sheriff of Doña Ana County. In 1861 Samuel G. and Roy Bean operated a store and saloon on Main Street in Pinos Altos (just north of Silver City) in present-day Grant County, New Mexico. It advertised liquor and "a fine billiard table." A cannon belonging to Roy Bean sat in front of the store for show and had been used to repel an Apache assault on the town.

paragraph: Section::::Move to Texas.

paragraph: During the Civil War, the Confederate Army had invaded New Mexico. During the Battle of Glorieta Pass in March 1862, the Confederates lost their supply wagons and were forced to retreat to San Antonio. After taking money from his brother's safe, Bean joined the retreating army. For the remainder of the war, he ran the naval blockade by hauling cotton from San Antonio to British ships off the coast at Matamoros and returning with needed supplies. For the next twenty years, Bean lived in San Antonio, working nominally as a teamster. During this time he attempted to run a firewood business by cutting down a neighbor's timber. He then tried to run a dairy business but was soon caught watering down the milk. Bean later worked as a butcher, rustling unbranded cattle from other area ranchers for his business.

paragraph: On October 28, 1866, he married eighteen-year-old Virginia Chavez. Within a year after being married, he was arrested for aggravated assault and threatening his wife's life. Despite the tumultuous marriage, they had four children together: Roy Jr., Laura, Zulema and Sam. The family lived in what was described as "a poverty-stricken Mexican slum area called Beanville". Beanville would have been centered near the current day corner of South Flores Street and Glenn Avenue not far from Burbank High School. By the late 1870s Bean was operating a saloon in Beanville and had heard that many construction camps were opening as several railroad companies were working to extend the railroads west. A store owner in Beanville "was so anxious to have this unscrupulous character out of the neighborhood" that she bought all of Bean's possessions for $900 so that he could leave San Antonio. At the time, Bean and his wife were separated and he had left his children with friends as he prepared to go west.

paragraph: Section::::Move to Texas.:Justice of the peace.

paragraph: With the money he received, Bean purchased a tent, some supplies to sell, and ten 55-gallon barrels of whiskey. By the spring of 1882, he had established a small saloon near the Pecos River in a tent city he named Vinegaroon. Within of the tent city were 8,000 railroad workers. The nearest court was away at Fort Stockton, and there were few means to stop illegal activity. A Texas Ranger requested that a local law jurisdiction be set up in Vinegaroon, and on 2 August 1882 Bean was appointed justice of the peace for the new Precinct 6 in Pecos County. His first case, however, was heard earlier, on 25 July 1882, when Texas Rangers brought in Joe Bell to be tried.

paragraph: One of his first acts as a justice of the peace was to "shoot [...] up the saloon shack of a Jewish competitor". Bean then turned his tent saloon into a part-time courtroom and began calling himself the "Law West of the Pecos." As a judge, Bean relied on a single law book, the 1879 edition of the "Revised Statutes of Texas", and when newer law books showed up he used them as kindling. Bean did not allow hung juries or appeals. Jurors, who were chosen from his best bar customers, were expected to buy a drink during every court recess. He was also known for his unusual rulings. In one case, an Irishman named Paddy O'Rourke shot a Chinese laborer. During the trial, a mob of 200 angry Irishmen surrounded the courtroom and saloon, threatening to lynch Bean if O'Rourke was not freed. After looking through his law book, Bean ruled that "homicide was the killing of a human being; however, he could find no law against killing a Chinaman" and subsequently dismissed the case. On another occasion, upon finding the corpse of a man who had been carrying concealed weapons and $40 on his person when he had died, the judge imposed a posthumous $20 fine upon the man for having carried the concealed weapons. Bean, whose court/saloon was in need of money at the time, also collected a burial fee of $10 and $10 in court costs.

paragraph: By December 1882, railroad construction had moved farther westward and Bean moved his courtroom and saloon to Strawbridge (now Sanderson). He sent for his children, who then lived with him at the saloon, with his youngest son Sam sleeping on a pool table. A competitor who was already established in the area laced Bean's whiskey with kerosene. Unable to attract customers, Bean left the area and moved to Eagle's Nest, west of the Pecos River, which was soon renamed Langtry.

paragraph: The original owner of the land, who ran a saloon, had sold to the railroad on the condition that no part of the land could be sold or leased to Bean. O'Rourke, the Irishman whose case Bean had previously dismissed, told Bean to use the railroad right-of-way, which was not covered by the contract, and for the next 20 years Bean squatted on land he had no legal right to use. Bean named his new saloon The Jersey Lilly in honor of Lillie Langtry, who recounted in her autobiography that she had visited the area after Bean's death. Langtry did not have a jail and all cases were settled by fines. Bean refused to send the state any part of the fines, and kept all of the money. In most cases the fines were made for the exact amount the accused person was carrying. During his term as a judge, Bean is known to have sentenced only two men to hang, one of whom escaped. Horse thieves, who were often sentenced to death in other jurisdictions, were always let go if the horses were returned to their owners. Although only district courts were legally allowed to grant divorces, Bean did so anyway, and pocketed $10 for each divorce. He charged $5 for weddings, and ended all wedding ceremonies with the phrase "and may God have mercy on your souls" (a traditional saying when a death sentence is carried out). Bean won re-election to his post in 1884, but was defeated in 1886. The following year, the commissioner's court created a new precinct in the county and appointed Bean to be the new justice of the peace. He continued to be re-elected until 1896. Even after that election defeat he "refused to surrender his seal and law book and continued to try all cases north of the tracks".

paragraph: Section::::Later years and death.

paragraph: In 1890, Bean received word that railroad developer and speculator Jay Gould was planning to pass through Langtry on a special train. Bean flagged down the train using a danger signal. Thinking the bridge was out the train engineer stopped the train. Bean then invited Gould and his daughter to visit the saloon as his guests. The Goulds visited for two hours, causing a brief panic on the New York Stock Exchange when it was reported that Gould had been killed in a train crash. In 1896 Bean organized a world championship boxing title bout between Bob Fitzsimmons and Peter Maher on an island in the Rio Grande because boxing matches were illegal in both Texas and Mexico. The fight, won by Fitzsimmons, lasted only 1 minute and 35 seconds but the resulting sport reports spread Bean's fame throughout the United States. In the last years of his life Bean met surveyor and civil engineer W. D. Twichell. Based primarily in Amarillo and later Austin, Twichell surveyed 165 of the 254 Texan counties. As he aged, Bean spent much of his profits helping the poor of the area and always made sure that the local schoolhouse had free firewood in winter. Roy Bean died peacefully in his bed on 16 March 1903 after a bout of heavy drinking in San Antonio. He and his son, Sam Bean (1874–1907), are interred at the Whitehead Memorial Museum in Del Rio. In 1965, as part of the Civil War Centennial commemoration in Texas, an official Texas Historical Marker honoring Roy Bean was erected on the museum grounds in Del Rio, Texas.

paragraph: Section::::Films, books and television.

paragraph: Section::::Films, books and television.:Onscreen.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "", a television series in which episode 16 features a segment inspired by an actual event, in which the ghost of Judge Bean and his dog were claimed to have cleaned out a cheat's money.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Gambler: Luck of the Draw", a television movie, starring Kenny Rogers and Reba McEntire, that features Judge Roy Bean as a character.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Judge Roy Bean", a fictionalized 1956 syndicated television series. Edgar Buchanan portrayed Bean; Jackie Loughery co-starred as Bean's niece, Letty; Jack Buetel, who had played Billy the Kid in the film "The Outlaw", appeared as Jeff Taggert; and series producer Russell Hayden twice played a Texas Ranger named Steve.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In the episode "Law West of the Pecos" (June 7, 1959) of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, "Colt .45", Frank Ferguson is cast as Judge Bean. Lisa Gaye portrays June Webster and Douglas Kennedy is cast as Jay Brisco.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The western anthology series "Death Valley Days" episode "A Picture of a Lady", first broadcast on December 30, 1965, depicts Lillie Langtry (Francine York) traveling to Langtry after the death of Judge Bean (Peter Whitney). Paul Fix was cast in the episode as Bean's friend Doc Lathrop.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In another "Death Valley Days" episode, "A Sense of Justice" (1966), Tom Skerritt played a young Bean while he was in San Diego, California, with his older brother, Joshua, played by Tris Coffin. In the story line, Roy is jailed after he gets into a fight with a local man; Joshua is unsympathetic at his brother's plight.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" (1972), a heavily fictionalized biopic, starred Paul Newman as Bean.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In the third season "Fantasy Island" episode "Legend" (October 1982), Andy Griffith plays the role of Judge Roy Bean.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Westerner" (1940) features Roy Bean (played by Walter Brennan) as one of the main characters, for which Brennan won a Supporting Actor Academy Award. The movie gives Bean an entirely fictitious death scene.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lillie" (1978), Tommy Duggan played the role in this British miniseries biopic of Lillie Langtry.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Streets of Laredo", a 1995 TV mini-series, based on the Larry McMurtry novel of the same name, includes a portrayal of Bean by Ned Beatty, who had a supporting role in the 1972 film, "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean".

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Time for Dying" was a 1969 film portraying the Vinegaroon period; Audie Murphy starred and Victor Jory played a half-crazed Judge Roy Bean.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In the second-season "The Monkees" episode, "The Devil and Peter Tork", Billy Beck played Judge Bean, presiding over the trial between Peter and the Devil.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Judge Roy Bean was referenced in "The Sopranos" episode "Live Free Or Die."

paragraph: Section::::Films, books and television.:On paper.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Juge (The judge)", by Morris et Goscinny is a Lucky Luke Belgian comic book from 1959.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Streets of Laredo" (1993), a novel by Larry McMurtry depicts a fictionalized version of Judge Roy Bean.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "West of the Pecos" (1937), a novel by Zane Grey, features him as a minor character.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Vinegaroon: The Saga of Judge Roy Bean, "Law West of the Pecos"." (1936) a biography by Ruel McDaniel, Southern Publishers, Kingsport, Tenn.

paragraph: BULLET::::- He encounters a younger Scrooge McDuck in Don Rosa's "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck".

paragraph: Section::::Films, books and television.:Namesake locations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The wooden roller coaster Judge Roy Scream at Six Flags Over Texas is named for Bean.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fairhope Brewing Company in Fairhope, Alabama brews a vanilla coffee stout beer named for Bean.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A bar in Simi Valley, CA is named "Judge Roy Bean's."

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Judge Roy Bean Saloon in Bristol, RI.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A BBQ restaurant in Brentwood, Tennessee is named “Judge Beans”, and features Texas inspired recipes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A bar and restaurant just south of Central Park in New York City is named the Judge Roy Bean Public House.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Roy Bean's House of Justice and Jelly Beans in the comedy adventure video game West of Loathing, made by Asymmetric Publications.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- C.L. Sonninchsen. "Roy Bean: The Law West of Pecos." 1943. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jack Skiles. "Judge Roy Bean Country." Texas Tech University Press. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association: Bean, Roy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Strong, W. F. (November 29, 2017). "The Surprising Lesson Of Judge Roy Bean's Life: It's Never Too Late"

description: American judge

wikidata_label: Roy Bean

wikipedia_title: Roy Bean