text:
Dunedin
gouache
illuminated manuscripts
book of hours
Giotto's
Japanese Shunga art
Mughal painting
Persian miniatures
Stanley Spencer
Lauren Gutsell
retablo
Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
Queensland Art Gallery
Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery Victoria
Winchester School of Art
Kushan Empire
Balmacewen Intermediate School
Otago Girls' High School
Dunedin School of Art
Queensland Art Gallery
Gallery of Modern Art
National Gallery of Victoria
Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi

categories: People from Dunedin,New Zealand painters,1983 births,New Zealand women artists,Living people,New Zealand artists

paragraph: Kushana Bush

paragraph: Kushana Bush (born 1983) is a New Zealand artist based in Dunedin.

paragraph: Section::::Work and career.

paragraph: Bush's gouache on paper paintings are known for their level of meticulous detail, use of flattened perspective, decorative patterning, and chalky colours. Her unique style of painting blends influences from the history of figurative art, drawing on medieval illuminated manuscripts like the book of hours, through to Giotto's frescoes, Japanese Shunga art, Mughal painting, Persian miniatures, Dutch religious paintings, Korean still life and folk art. The English painter Stanley Spencer is also a key influence for the artist, as are facets of global popular culture and fashion. As curator Lauren Gutsell explains: "These disparate sources bind Bush's works to both the past and the present; the historical and the contemporary. Human interactions, humour, ambiguity, dramatic tension and intimate scale are her tools to draw viewers into a private conversation and, in some cases, a spiritual space." Bush's early works often focussed on injured characters, giving the works something of the air of Mexican retablo art, though this feature has been largely absent from her more recent work.

paragraph: Bush received an Arts Foundation New Generation Award in 2013, and undertook the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship at the University of Otago in 2011. In 2009, the artist won the Art and Australia Contemporary Art Award, and undertook an Arts Centre/Asia NZ Foundation Residency at the National Art studio, Changdong, Seoul.

paragraph: The artist's work is held in institutions across New Zealand as well as the Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery Victoria.

paragraph: The artist is represented by Darren Knight Gallery in Sydney and Brett McDowell Gallery in Dunedin.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Bush was born in Dunedin to English parents. Her father had studied art at Winchester School of Art, but did not complete a degree course. His interests in Asian history led to his daughter being named for the Kushan Empire, and the young Kushana's childhood was lived surrounded by books on Asian history and art. Bush went to Wakari Primary School and Balmacewen Intermediate School before studying at Otago Girls' High School. Bush completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in painting at the Dunedin School of Art in 2004.

paragraph: Section::::Recent exhibitions featuring the artist's work.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The 9th Asian Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art," Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2019).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "National Gallery of Victoria Triennial," National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2018).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Burning Hours," Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland (2017-18).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Grayson Perry / Kushana Bush," City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Wellington (2015-16).

description: New Zealand artist

wikidata_label: Kushana Bush

wikipedia_title: Kushana Bush


text:
Anabaptist
Delden
Werdum
Johan Hendrik van Beckum
Diepenheim
Maria van Beckum
David Joris

categories: Dutch nobility,People executed by Spain by burning,Year of birth uncertain,1544 deaths,16th-century Protestant martyrs,People executed for heresy,Executed Dutch people,People from Wittmund (district),16th-century Dutch people

paragraph: Ursula van Beckum

paragraph: Ursula van Beckum ("née" von Werdum; before 1520 – 13 November 1544) was a Dutch Anabaptist noblewoman who was burned at the stake for heresy in Delden, the Netherlands.

paragraph: She was born as the daughter of Ulrich von Werdum (d. 1530) and Armgard von Fikensolt. On 12 June 1538, she married Johan Hendrik van Beckum and went to live with him in Nijenhuis, his castle in Diepenheim. Her sister-in-law Maria van Beckum became a follower of David Joris and was sent out of her house by her stepmother as an Anabaptist. She fled to Ursula who took her in. In 1542, the Anabaptists were declared heretics in the Netherlands. Maria was arrested and Ursula accompanied her out of pity. Both women were then interviewed, and later were sentenced to death by burning. Their case attracted a lot of attention, mostly because it was not clear whether Ursula shared the views of her sister-in-law or not. Her husband survived her by nearly two decades.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/beckumu (Dutch)

description: Dutch noblewoman and Anabaptist burned at the stake for heresy

wikidata_label: Ursula van Beckum

wikipedia_title: Ursula van Beckum


text:
Vienna
Austrian Empire
Zagreb
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Russian Dalian
Transcaspian Oblast
Primorsky Krai
Ussuri Cossack Host
Amur Oblast
Turkestan
Jovan Subotić
Naval Cadet Corps
Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich
lieutenant
Mikhail Chernyayev
captain
Tbilisi
Major General
Russian Far East
Paul Simon Unterberger
Primorskaya Oblast
Primorsky Krai
Dmitry Horvat
ataman
Dalian
Oskar Starck
Transcaspian Oblast
Boxer Rebellion
China
Russia intervened
Russian-Japanese war
Mukden
Russian Turkestan
Bronislaw Pilsudski
Waclaw Sieroszewski
Hokkaido
Äynu people
Aleksey Kuropatkin
Sergei Witte
Chinese Eastern Railway
Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov
liberalism
Yalta
Order of Saint Stanislav
Order of Saint Stanislav
Order of Saint Anna
Order of Saint Vladimir
Order of Saint Vladimir
Order of Saint Stanislav
Order of St. George
Order of Saint Anna
Order of Saint Vladimir
Order of the Cross of Takovo
Order of the Star of Romania
Order of the Double Dragon
Order of the Rising Sun
Order of the Crown
Anto Gvozdenović
Dmitry Horvat

categories: Imperial Russian military leaders,1920 deaths,Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Takovo,Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree,Imperial Russian politicians,Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class,Recipients of the Order of the Star of Romania,People from Vienna,Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class,1852 births,Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class,Recipients of the Order of the Double Dragon

paragraph: Dejan Subotić

paragraph: Dean Ivanovich Subotich (also spelled Dejan Subotić and Dean Subbotich; Vienna, Austrian Empire, 7 May 1852 - Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1920) was a Russo-Serbian military and state leader, military governor of Russian Dalian ("Primorye oblast"; 1897-1898);Transcaspian Oblast ("Zkaspiyskaya oblast", 1901-1902),general governor of Primorsky Krai (1902-1903), Military ataman of the Ussuri Cossack Host, Governor General of Amur Oblast (1903-1905)and Turkestan (1905-1906).

paragraph: Dean Subotich was the son of the well-known Serbian poet Jovan Subotić.

paragraph: Section::::Serbian-Turkish War.

paragraph: Dean Ivanovich Subotich was born in Vienna on 7 May 1852. He graduated from high school in Austria, and in 1867 joined the Russian military service in St. Petersburg. There he was educated at the Second Konstantinovsky Military Academy where he received the rank of second lieutenant and appointed to the guards. From 1871 to 1874 he was enrolled at the prestigious His Imperial Majesty Nicholas General Staff Academy and the Naval Cadet Corps.

paragraph: Upon graduation, he was sent to the artillery brigade of the Caucasian Grenadier Division of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich and promoted to lieutenant on 13 April 1875.

paragraph: The following year he went to warring Serbia, to the headquarters of the Timok-Moravian army under the command of General Mikhail Chernyayev. According to Russian sources, he participated in a series of battles against the Turks, and on 5 February 1877, he was promoted to the rank of captain.

paragraph: In early spring of 1877, Subotich was re-enlisted in the Kiev Military District. Then, in September 1885, he became Chief of Staff of the 15th Infantry Division in Odessa, and from 6 March 1889 to 11 January 1893, he was again on duty in the Caucasian Grenadier Division in Tbilisi.

paragraph: Section::::Russian Far East.

paragraph: In March 1894, after being promoted to the rank of Major General, Subotich was sent to the Russian Far East where he succeeded Paul Simon Unterberger as the military administrator of the Primorskaya Oblast on 27 May 1897.

paragraph: From 1897 to 1898 he was on duty as a military governor of the Primorsky Krai, and Ataman of the Ussuri Cossack Host. It was at the same time when his countryman, the chief engineer of Chinese Eastern Railway (CER) construction, Aleksandr Iosifovich Iugovich prepared the groundbreaking ceremonies for the CER to take place. Colonel (later Major General) Dmitry Horvat who would succeed Iugovich in 1903, was present in the capacity as head of administration of the Ussuri railway system. The highlight of the event was when ataman Dean Subotich of the Ussuri Cossacks unfurled the CER flag, a symbol of Russian and Chinese partnership and cooperation before 80 foreign delegates who had arrived specifically for the occasion.

paragraph: Later, Subotich was sent to the city of Dalian to replace commander Oskar Starck on 18 September 1898 to July 1899 as military governor of Transcaspian Oblast. Then, on 12 August 1900, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.

paragraph: A year before Subotich's last promotion, a Boxer Rebellion broke out in China. Dissatisfied with foreign influences in China, rebels had launched a series of attacks on aliens. In Beijing and other cities, a large number of Russians and Chinese people who were converted to Christianity were killed in a most despicable way. Among them were 222 Orthodox Chinese, which the Russian Orthodox Church later, had them canonized as new martyrs.

paragraph: The so-called Boxers meanwhile attacked the Chinese eastern railway in Manchuria, the Chinese province of Heilongjiang. A significant part of the railway infrastructure, which Russia built, was destroyed or damaged, and there were also human losses. Unlike other parts of China, Boxers were targetting their attacks only on Russians in Manchuria.

paragraph: Russia intervened and regained control of Mukden (today Shenyang) and other parts of Manchuria. Russian intervention in Manchuria was one of the causes of the subsequent Russian-Japanese war.

paragraph: At that time, Dean Subotich was engaged in defending the Russian eastern coast of unrest caused by the Boxing Rebellion and the pacification of Manchuria. He participates in the Chinese campaign as Assistant Commander of the area of Kwangtung Provinceand commander of the Southern Mandarin Detachment. Subotich commanded the Mukden Operation that returned the city under Russian control.

paragraph: In the middle of August, he took command over the Southern Manchuria Column, reinforced to 9000 troops with 40 guns. On 11 September he set off towards Mukden in three columns: General Fleischer on the left, General Artamonov in the center, and Colonel Mishchenko on the right. The Chinese forces were deployed in two groups: 6000 at Niu Chzhuang and 16,000 at Aisyandzan. Also on the 11th the energetic General Fleischer defeated the first of the Chinese concentrations and took Niu Chzhuang. On the next day, the 12th, the Chinese fled from their Aisyandzan position. On 15 September General Subotich with just his artillery crushed and scattered Chinese bands at Lyaoyan and on the 17th occupied Mukden without any fighting. The whole of Manchuria was pacified by 20 September and this ended the Chinese campaign.

paragraph: Section::::Russian Turkestan.

paragraph: After the Chinese campaign, Subotich served in Turkestan until 1902, where he commanded the 2nd Turkestan Army Corps and was the head of the Zasavje region.

paragraph: During 1902 and 1903 he was the general governor of the Amur Oblast (Priamur region), the commander of the Priamur military district and the commanding officer of the island's horsemen. At the same time, in 1903, he became a member of the Military Council of the Ministry of the Army.

paragraph: During this time the Russian Imperial Geographical Society petitioned Subotich to allow Bronislaw Pilsudski to participate in Waclaw Sieroszewski's expedition to the island of Hokkaido to study the language of the Äynu people and their folklore for four months. The petition got his support and that of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

paragraph: In October 1903, Subotich wrote to Army Minister Aleksey Kuropatkin that Russia should exploit Vladivostok, not the city of Dalian, as suggested by Sergei Witte. His reasons were sound because he knew the geopolitical volatility of the region, not to mention the economic implications of the time. Subotich read Spiridon Dionisovich Merkulov's book ("The Possible Fate of Russian Trade in the Far East") which showed that "profits from the tea trade from China to European Russia via Vladivostok had fallen after the construction of the CER (Chinese Eastern Railway)."

paragraph: Two years later, Subotich commanded the Turkestan military district, replacing the Governor General Nikolay N. Teviashov (who died in 1905), and was the commanding officer of the Cossack army there.

paragraph: In 1906 Subotich and his assitant General Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov were forced to resign on charges of being supporters of liberalism. Subotich's successor was General Nikolay I. Grodekov.

paragraph: In 1918, Subotich became Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Serbia in Yalta. He died in Zagreb in 1920.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Amur Yellow Road and Our Policy in the Far East", 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Russian Tasks in the Far East", 1908

paragraph: Section::::Orders and decorations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Saint Stanislav, 3rd class (1880)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Saint Stanislav, 2nd degree (1887)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Saint Anna, 2nd Class (1890)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th degree (1894);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Royal favor (1896);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class (1896);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Saint Stanislav, 1st Class (1899);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of St. George, 4th degree for military distinctions in the Chinese campaign (12/22/1900);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Saint Anna, 1st Class (1903);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd degree (1905).

paragraph: Other States:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of the Cross of Takovo, 4th degree (Serbia, 1906);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of the Star of Romania, 4th degree (Romania, 1878);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cross "Danube Crossing"(Romania, 1877). This form of the Danube cross was awarded to Russian soldiers who crossed the Danube in April 1877 during the War of Independence against Ottoman Turkey, 1877-1878;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of the Double Dragon, 2nd Class, 1st grade (China, 1896);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class (Japan, 1898);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of the Crown, 2nd Class (Prussia, 1900).

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anto Gvozdenović

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dmitry Horvat

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Translated and adapted from Russian Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87,_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87

wikidata_label: Dejan Subotić

wikipedia_title: Dejan Subotić


text:
Arte Povera
Lisbon
Venice, Italy
Ari Marcopoulos
Jonas Mekas
Andy Warhol
Carl Andre
Joseph Beuys
Eva Hesse
Harald Szeemann
Kunsthalle Bern
Documenta 5
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
MoMA PS1
The Royal Academy of Arts
Marianne Boesky Gallery
Kamel Mennour
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina

categories: 1943 births,Artists from Venice,Italian expatriates in Portugal,Living people,Artists from Bologna

paragraph: Pier Paolo Calzolari

paragraph: Pier Paolo Calzolari is an Italian artist (born in Bologna in 1943) who was originally associated with Arte Povera.

paragraph: He currently lives in Lisbon (Portugal).

paragraph: Section::::1960s and 1970s.

paragraph: After spending most of his childhood in Venice, Italy where the cultural Byzantine heritage and the singular light of the city over the water profoundly influenced his work. He moved in 1965 to Bologna at Studio Bentivoglio where he set up his studio. His first seminal pieces grew from his stay at the Palazzo where a lot of artists are hosted and showed (screenings with films by Ari Marcopoulos,Jonas Mekas,Andy Warhol...) Between 66 and 67 he works on his first performance piece entitled "Il filtro e benvenuto all’angelo".

paragraph: Between 1968-69, at the age 25, Pier Paolo, worked in Urbino as an assistant at the Academy of Fine Arts where he became a teacher later in 2002-2003. In 1969, Pier Paolo also participated in the historical show "Live in Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form" (also included were Carl Andre, Joseph Beuys, and Eva Hesse among others) curated by Harald Szeemann at the Kunsthalle Bern that marked the beginning of an international career. Among many others exhibitions, he was part of the Documenta 5 in 1972.

paragraph: Section::::1980s and 1990s.

paragraph: In the late 1980s, Calzolari retreated to Fossombrone, a small town in the Marche region of central Italy, where he has largely kept out of the public eye and worked in his studio. During the 1980s and 1990s, Calzolari participated in exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York (1994), MoMA PS1 in New York, and The Royal Academy of Arts.

paragraph: Section::::Present.

paragraph: Today, Pier Paolo Calzolari is represented by Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Kamel Mennour, Paris.

paragraph: His lastest retrospective, titled Painting as a Butterfly, was at Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina in Naples from June 8 - September 30, 2019.

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Pier Paolo Calzolari

wikipedia_title: Pier Paolo Calzolari


text:
Gardeners' World
Stepney
Broxbourne
Writtle Agricultural College
Kettering
Anglia TV
BBC1
Gardeners' World
Barnsdale
Rutland
Amateur Gardening
Royal Horticultural Society
Anglia Polytechnic University
Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
Barnsdale
Writtle College
Geoff Hamilton: A Gardening Legend
Obituary
The Independent
Geoff Hamilton biog
Geoff Hamilton – a gardening legend
Geoff Hamilton
English rose

categories: English gardeners,1996 deaths,English garden writers,English television presenters,1936 births,People from Stepney

paragraph: Geoff Hamilton

paragraph: Geoffrey Stephen Hamilton(15 August 1936 – 4 August 1996) was an English gardener, broadcaster and author, best known as presenter of BBC television's "Gardeners' World" in the 1980s and 1990s.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Hamilton was born just a few minutes before his twin brother Tony, in Stepney, London. His family moved to Broxbourne in Hertfordshire when he was two, and his interest in horticulture was nurtured initially by working on the family's back garden. He expanded his knowledge still further by helping out at local nurseries during the school holidays – mainly at the Van Hage Nursery at the end of his road. He went on to Writtle Agricultural College in Essex where, in 1959, he passed the National Diploma in Horticulture with distinction.

paragraph: After graduating from agricultural college he became a nurseryman and self-employed landscape gardener, then opened his own garden centre ("The Hamilton Garden Centre") on the outskirts of Kettering in Northamptonshire. He began writing a column for "Garden News" in 1970, and in 1975 became a full-time journalist when he took over as editor of "Practical Gardening" magazine, where he began his crusade to inform everybody about the joys and benefits of organic gardening.

paragraph: Section::::Television and Barnsdale.

paragraph: Hamilton got his first break into television in 1970 presenting "Gardening Diary" for Anglia TV which led to guest appearances on BBC1's "Gardeners' World". From 1979 until his death, he was the show's regular, and longest-serving presenter, and, in 1985, was responsible for moving the show's venue to his own garden at Barnsdale, Rutland. He was also the creator of several other BBC television gardening series such as "The Cottage Garden", "The Paradise Garden" and "The Ornamental Kitchen Garden". Hamilton wrote or co-wrote a number of books to accompany his television series (see below).

paragraph: His practical hands-on experience, down-to-earth, cost-saving approach to gardening, his desire to share his failures as well as successes with the audience, combined with a gentle humour were some of the keys to his success and popularity. He was a committed and informed early advocate of the organic approach to gardening, helping to dispel the rather widely held belief that organic gardening was slightly odd and 'cranky.'

paragraph: Readers of "Amateur Gardening" magazine nominated Hamilton as Gardener of the Millennium. It has remained a puzzle to many in the gardening world that despite his achievements and popularity, he received neither award nor recognition from the Royal Horticultural Society. He was, however, awarded an honorary Master of Science Degree by Anglia Polytechnic University in 1994.

paragraph: Section::::Death and legacy.

paragraph: Hamilton suffered a heart attack in 1995, and took three months off work to recuperate. He died after suffering a heart attack on a charity bike ride near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, in August 1996.

paragraph: His garden at Barnsdale, consisting of 38 themed gardens over , remains open to the public and is run by his son Nick Hamilton (also an organic gardener and writer). A charity, Geoff Hamilton's New Gardeners' Foundation, was set up to provide a bursary of £4,000 for students of any age and level studying practical horticulture at Writtle College. This award is funded by donations and sales of gardening DVDs.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Written or co-authored by Hamilton:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Do Your Own Garden Stonework" (W Foulsham & Company Limited, 1986).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Living Garden" (BBC books, 1992).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Geoff Hamilton's Cottage Gardens" (BBC books, 1995).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Ornamental Kitchen Garden" (BBC books, 1995).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Search, Gay. "Old Garden, New Gardener " (BBC books, 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Search, Gay. "The Complete First Time Gardener" (BBC books, 1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Geoff Hamilton's Paradise Gardens" (BBC books, 1997).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Clevely, A & Hamilton, L. "Geoff Hamilton's Year in Your Garden" (Headline Book Publishing, 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- ""Gardeners' World" Practical Gardening Course" (BBC books, 2000).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Organic Gardening" (Dorling Kindersley, 2008).

paragraph: BULLET::::- About Hamilton:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Search, Gay & Hamilton, Tony. "Geoff Hamilton: A Man and His Garden" (BBC books, 1998).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hamilton, Tony. "My Brother Geoff: The People's Gardener" (Headline Book publishing, 2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hamilton, Nick & Sue. "Geoff Hamilton: A Gardening Legend" (2006).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Obituary (The Independent, 6 August 1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Geoff Hamilton biog (Barnsdale gardens)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Geoff Hamilton – a gardening legend

paragraph: BULLET::::- Geoff Hamilton – an "English rose" by David C.H. Austin

description: British gardener

wikidata_label: Geoff Hamilton

wikipedia_title: Geoff Hamilton


text:
Palouse, Washington
American
Maxwell
Syracuse University
foreign service
Georgetown University
University of Washington
Australia
Graham Lawton
Carroll Quigley
University of Utah
University of Adelaide
New Zealand
Evelyn Stokes
historical geography
regional geography
cultural geography
social geography
landscape interpretation
Yale University Press
John Brinckerhoff Jackson
Fulbright Scholar
Guggenheim Fellow
National Endowment for the Humanities
British Academy
Association of American Geographers
American Geographical Society
Charles P. Daly Medal
D.H.L.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

categories: American geographers,Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,University of Washington alumni,Guggenheim Fellows,American people of German descent,21st-century American historians,Historical geographers,Fulbright Scholars,1924 births,Syracuse University faculty,Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy,Writers from Washington (state),Living people,Historians from New York (state),Georgetown University alumni

paragraph: Donald W. Meinig

paragraph: Donald William Meinig (born November 1, 1924 in Palouse, Washington) is an American geographer. He is the Maxwell Research Professor Emeritus of Geography at Syracuse University.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Meinig has stated:

paragraph: Meinig studied foreign service at Georgetown University, and then earned graduate degrees in geography from the University of Washington in 1950 and 1953, under the supervision of Australian geographer Graham Lawton; he was also strongly influenced by historian Carroll Quigley. Starting in 1950, Meinig held a faculty position at the University of Utah. However, in 1958 he left Utah for a visiting position at the University of Adelaide in Australia, under a Fulbright scholarship, and in 1960 he joined the Syracuse faculty. He was chairman of the geography department at Syracuse from 1968 to 1973, became Maxwell Professor at Syracuse in 1990, and retired in 2004.

paragraph: At Syracuse, Meinig was the doctoral advisor of more than 20 graduate students, including noted New Zealand geographer Evelyn Stokes.

paragraph: Section::::Research.

paragraph: Meinig's work focuses on historical geography, regional geography, cultural geography, social geography, and landscape interpretation. His most ambitious and well known work is the four volume series "The Shaping of America" (published 1986, 1993, 1998, and 2004). He also concentrated on literary spaces and geography, stating, "Literature is a valuable storehouse of vivid depictions of the landscapes and lives of modern day society."

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: His principal publications include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 4: Global America, 1915-2000" (New Haven, Yale University Press, 2004).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 3: Transcontinental America, 1850-1915" (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1995).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 2, Continental America, 1800-1867" (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1992).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 1, Atlantic America, 1492-1800" (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1986).

paragraph: BULLET::::- (Editor, with John Brinckerhoff Jackson) "The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes" (New York, Oxford University Press, 1979).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Southwest: Three Peoples in Geographical Change 1600-1970" (New York, Oxford University Press, 1971).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Imperial Texas, An Interpretative Essay in Cultural Geography" (Austin, University of Texas Press, 1969).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Great Columbia Plain, A Historical Geography, 1805- 1910" (Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1968).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "On the Margins of the Good Earth: The South Australian Wheat Frontier, 1869–84" (London: John Murray, 1962)

paragraph: Section::::Awards and honors.

paragraph: Meinig was a Fulbright Scholar, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was the first American geographer to be elected as a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, in 1991. In 1965 the Association of American Geographers awarded him a citation "For Meritorious Contribution to the Field of Geography," and the American Geographical Society gave him their Charles P. Daly Medal in 1986. Meinig received an honorary doctorate (D.H.L.) from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University in 1994. "The Geographical Review" devoted a special issue to him in July 2009. In 2010, he was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

description: American geographer

wikidata_label: Donald W. Meinig

wikipedia_title: Donald W. Meinig


text:
colonel
fighter pilot
World War II
Admiral Yamamoto
Imperial Japanese Navy
Panama City, Panama
Thomas George Lanphier Sr.
Boise, Idaho
Stanford University
Stockton Army Air Field, California
70th Pursuit Squadron
Hamilton Field
Novato, California
Fiji
Guadalcanal
347th Fighter Group
Christmas Eve
A6M Zero
Cape Esperance
P-39
P-38
Idaho Air National Guard
Mitsubishi G4M
Isoroku Yamamoto
Purple code
Rex T. Barber
72nd Fighter Wing
Second Air Force
Idaho Daily Statesman
Boise Capital News
Idaho Air National Guard
Air Force Association
Harry Truman
Wright brothers
Robert S. Johnson
Kill Devil Hills Memorial Association
Kitty Hawk
Secretary of the Air Force
National Security Resources Board
vice president
Convair
General Dynamics
San Diego, California
San Diego, California
Arlington National Cemetery
William Schallert
The Gallant Hours
World War II
Arlington Cemetery

categories: Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States),1915 births,1987 deaths,American military personnel of World War II,Burials at Arlington National Cemetery,People from Panama City,Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States),Recipients of the Silver Star

paragraph: Thomas George Lanphier Jr.

paragraph: Thomas George Lanphier Jr. (November 27, 1915 – November 26, 1987) was a colonel and fighter pilot during World War II who was first given sole credit, then later partial credit,

paragraph: for shooting down the plane carrying Admiral Yamamoto, the commander in chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born on November 27, 1915, in Panama City, Panama to Thomas George Lanphier Sr. He married Phyllis of Boise, Idaho and had the following children: Patricia Lanphier Mix; Judith Lanphier Strada; Janet Lanphier; Kathleen Lanphier; and Phyllis Lanphier. He studied journalism at Stanford University and graduated in January 1941.

paragraph: He completed his pilot training at Stockton Army Air Field, California on October 30, 1941, and was assigned to the 70th Pursuit Squadron, 35th Pursuit Group at Hamilton Field in Novato, California.

paragraph: Until December 1942 he served in Fiji then his squadron was moved to Guadalcanal and he joined the 347th Fighter Group. He scored his first aerial victory on Christmas Eve in 1942 when he shot down an A6M Zero. Lanphier was promoted to captain in March 1943. The next month he destroyed three A6M Zeros over Cape Esperance on April 7, 1943. By the end of his tour, he flew 97 combat missions out of Guadalcanal in P-39s and P-38s.

paragraph: Following World War II, he was one of the founding members of the Idaho Air National Guard, eventually retiring as a Colonel.

paragraph: Section::::Yamamoto Mission.

paragraph: Allied codebreakers determined the route and time schedule of the Mitsubishi G4M bomber carrying Isoroku Yamamoto by breaking the Purple code and Lanphier was selected for the mission to shoot it down. The mission was a success with both of the "Betty" bombers being destroyed. Officially, the after-action report gave Captain Lanphier and his wingman First Lieutenant Rex T. Barber each half-credit for the kill. While the USAF did not reverse its 1991 decision giving half credit to each pilot, a retired lawyer / historian and state of Oregon politicians credit Barber with the sole kill after an inspection analyzed the crash site and determined the path of the bullet impacts, thereby validating Barber's account and invalidating Lanphier's claim.

paragraph: Promoted to lieutenant colonel in February 1945, Lanphier served as director of operations of the 72nd Fighter Wing of the Second Air Force until late 1945. Leaving active duty following the war, he was promoted to colonel in the Air Force Reserves in 1950.

paragraph: After the war he worked as an editor of the Idaho Daily Statesman and the Boise Capital News while continuing to serve as an officer and fighter pilot in the Idaho Air National Guard. He served as president of the Air Force Association from September 1947 to September 1948. In December 1949, to promote the AFA's "airability program", an aviation awareness campaign, Lanphier made a round-the-world flight using scheduled airlines, making the 22,140 mile trip in under five days. He carried with him a letter from President Harry Truman commemorating the 46th anniversary of the first flight of the Wright brothers. Upon returning to New York, the letter, postmarked in 12 countries, was delivered to AFA President Robert S. Johnson, for presentation to the Kill Devil Hills Memorial Association at its annual 17 December anniversary of the Wright's first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

paragraph: He was then appointed special assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, and then special assistant to the chairman of the National Security Resources Board. From 1951 to 1960, he was vice president of the Convair division of General Dynamics in San Diego, California. In 1965 he was a senior projects manager at North American Space Division in Downey, California.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: He died Thursday, November 26, 1987, in San Diego, California, of cancer. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::Fictional portrayals.

paragraph: Lanphier was played by actor William Schallert in the 1960 film, "The Gallant Hours".

paragraph: Section::::Legacy and Decorations.

paragraph: During World War II, Colonel Lanphier was credited with downing nine Japanese planes, damaging eight on the ground, and sinking a destroyer. His decorations include:

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arlington Cemetery

description: American fighter pilot

wikidata_label: Thomas George Lanphier, Jr.

wikipedia_title: Thomas George Lanphier Jr.


text: Major League Baseball

text: pitcher

text: Columbus Buckeyes

text: Pittsburgh Alleghenys

text: Pittsburgh Burghers

text: Brooklyn, New York

text: no-hitter

text: wins

text: earned run average

text: strikeout

text: shutout

text: American Association

text: games played

text: games started

text: complete game

text: save

text: home run

text: runs batted in

text: runs scored

text: David Nemec

text: Retrosheet

categories: 1937 deaths,Columbus Buckeyes players,Sportspeople from Brooklyn,San Francisco Eagles players,Baseball players from New York (state),Major League Baseball pitchers,1862 births,19th-century baseball players,Saint Mary's Gaels baseball players,San Francisco Nationals players,Pittsburgh Burghers players,Reading Actives players,Philadelphia Phillies (minor league) players,Pittsburgh Alleghenys players,San Francisco Mystics players,San Francisco Haverlys players

paragraph: Ed Morris (1880s pitcher)

paragraph: Edward Morris (September 29, 1862 – April 12, 1937), nicknamed Cannonball, was a 19th-century Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Columbus Buckeyes (1884), Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1885–1889), and Pittsburgh Burghers (1890). He has been described as the first great lefthanded pitcher in major league baseball.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: A native of Brooklyn, New York, the left-hander stood and weighed 165 lbs. On May 29, 1884 he pitched a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, winning 5–0. He was purchased by the Alleghenys from the Buckeyes five months later.

paragraph: Morris finished in his league's top ten several times for many pitching categories, including wins, earned run average, strikeouts, and shutouts. In 1886, he led the American Association with 41 wins and 12 shutouts.

paragraph: Career totals for 317 games played (311 as a pitcher) include a 171–122 record, 307 games started, 297 complete games, 29 shutouts, 4 games finished, and 1 save. His lifetime ERA was 2.82. At the plate he was 179-for-1,113 (.161) with 1 home run, 63 runs batted in, and 100 runs scored. Author David Nemec described Morris as "the first truly outstanding southpaw pitcher in major league history."

paragraph: Morris died from an infection that began in an injured toe.his death place took place at old homein Wilkinsburg where milestones center inc stands today

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career ERA leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball leaders in career WHIP

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

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

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

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

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

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Retrosheet

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Ed Morris

wikipedia_title: Ed Morris (1880s pitcher)


text:
Harlem
gospel music
spirituals
blues
rhythm and blues
Della Griffin
Gloria Lynne
Sonny Til
Slide Hampton
Champs-Élysées
Jazz Festival of Antibes/Juan-les-Pins
Archie Shepp
Charlie Shavers
Arvell Shaw
Jo Jones
Curtis Porter
Johnny Griffin
Art Blakey
Randy Weston
Lou Bennett
Milton Jackson
Franco Cerri
Pino Presti
Enrico Intra
Renato Sellani
Gil Cuppini
Tullio De Piscopo
Tony Scott
Shirley Bunnie Foy (60th Anniversary)
Pino Presti
BASF
Shirley Bunnie Foy (60th Anniversary)
George Braith
Musart
Prestige
Enrico Intra
A Sea of Faces
Black Saint
Franco Cerri
Black & Blue
AllMusic

categories: American jazz singers,American female jazz singers,2016 deaths,1936 births,People from Harlem,African-American female singers

paragraph: Shirley Bunnie Foy

paragraph: Shirley Bunnie Foy, also known as Bunny Foy (October 13, 1936 – November 24, 2016), was an American jazz singer, songwriter, and percussionist.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Shirley Bunnie Foy was born in Harlem, New York. She was raised in a family of musicians and during her childhood she discovered gospel music, spirituals, and blues. At the age of 17, she started her career touring the Atlantic coast and Canada with a rhythm and blues group called The Dell-Tones. The ensemble was formed by Della Griffin, Gloria Lynne, Sonny Til, and Slide Hampton.

paragraph: Foy settled in Paris in 1959, and after an engagement at La Calvados, a jazz club near the Champs-Élysées, she toured with pianist Pierre Franzino (her future husband), in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and North Africa. In 1960 she participated in the first Jazz Festival of Antibes/Juan-les-Pins. In 1965 she performed in New York with Archie Shepp. During the following years, she collaborated with trumpeter Charlie Shavers, bassist Arvell Shaw, drummer Jo Jones, and saxophonist Curtis Porter.

paragraph: During her career, she worked in the U. S. with Johnny Griffin, drummer Art Blakey, pianist Randy Weston, organist Lou Bennett, vibraphonist Milton Jackson and in Italy with guitarists Franco Cerri and Bruno De Filippi, bassist/arranger Pino Presti, bassist Stefano Cerri, pianists Enrico Intra and Renato Sellani, drummers Gil Cuppini, Tullio De Piscopo and Gianni Cazzola, American clarinetist/arranger Tony Scott, and Jamaican pianist Sonny Taylor, among others.

paragraph: After the 1990s Foy lived in Nice, France, and continued her jazz career with musicians such as saxophonist Sébastien Chaumont, pianists Ronnie Rae and Jean-Sébastien Simonoviez, trumpeter François Chassagnite, drummers Laurent Sarrien and Yoann Serra, and bassists Bibi Rovère, Fabrice Bistoni, and Dodo Goya.

paragraph: Her last album, "Shirley Bunnie Foy (60th Anniversary)", was dedicated to the singer on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of her career. The album was produced by Pino Presti and Mad of Jazz and Claudio Citarella. It consists of 17 songs performed by Foy from 1954–2009 and features Tony Scott, Archie Shepp, Franco Cerri, Pierre Franzino, and Lou Bennett.

paragraph: Foy died of a heart attack on in Nice on November 24, 2016.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:As leader.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "May-O" (BASF, 1974)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Shirley Bunnie Foy (60th Anniversary)" (MAP Golden Jazz, 2013)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:As guest.

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Braith – "Musart" (Prestige 1967)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Enrico Intra – "Messa d'oggi", (Ri-Fi/Golden Jazz, 1975)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archie Shepp – "A Sea of Faces", (Black Saint, 1975)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Franco Cerri/Tony Scott – "Franco, Tony e Pompeo", (Mallobia, 1976)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Franco Cerri – "Un Suo Modo de Dire", (Dire, 1977)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Franco Cerri – "Noi Duero", (Mallobia, 1978)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dodo Goya – "1956/2006 Anniversary of The Jazz Festival at the Sanremo Casino", (Splasc(h), 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jean-Sébastien Simonoviez – "Transition Cosmic Power", (Black & Blue, 2007)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AllMusic

description: American singer

wikidata_label: Shirley Bunnie Foy

wikipedia_title: Shirley Bunnie Foy


text: rock

text: The Used

text: Branden Steineckert

text: The New Transit Direction

text: MySpace

text: Artwork

text: Vulnerable

text: Imaginary Enemy

text: The Canyon

text: The Used

text: Salt Lake City

text: The New Transit Direction

text: Sandkicker Homepage

categories: 1980 births,American rock drummers,Alternative rock drummers,The Used members,21st-century American drummers,American alternative rock musicians,Living people

paragraph: Dan Whitesides

paragraph: Daniel Whitesides (born July 7, 1977) is the drummer of American rock band The Used. He replaced former drummer and founder of the band Branden Steineckert who left the band in the summer of 2006. Whitesides had previously played with The New Transit Direction for about seven years.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and career.

paragraph: Whitesides began playing drums when he was 14.

paragraph: "I play a little guitar, but that’s just because my whole family plays guitar, and I picked it up from being around them. [I didn’t play it] in any bands or anything like that though. Mainly just drums." Whitesides was involved with school music briefly. "I took snare drum lessons in seventh grade. I learned how to hold my sticks, learned stick technique. I still do the same warm-ups that the teacher had us do. I still do those to this day. It helped me out and really opened the door to new ideas."

paragraph: In an online interview with Venom09'Productions., a MySpace site which interviews and photographs bands, Dan says that if he was not in The Used, he would be laying bricks, a job that he did for money starting at age 17 and which his family has done for many years.

paragraph: He was a big fan of The Used before he joined in 2006, and says he is "the luckiest man alive" to be playing with them.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and career.:The Used.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009: "Artwork"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012: "Vulnerable"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014: "Imaginary Enemy"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017: "The Canyon"

paragraph: Section::::Previous bands.

paragraph: Before joining The Used, Whitesides was the drummer for numerous Salt Lake City bands including The New Transit Direction, Tiger Kant, Mich!gan, Sandkicker, Fale, Adherence, Fahrenheit 451, The Federation, Sprinklerhead, The Kill, The Wolfs, Form of Rocket and Young Blood.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dan Whitesides, Spotlight Artist Information

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sandkicker Homepage

description: American drummer

wikidata_label: Dan Whitesides

wikipedia_title: Dan Whitesides


text:
American football
wide receiver
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Canadian Football League
college football
El Camino College
University of Cincinnati
undrafted free agent
New England Patriots
2013
Oakland Raiders
New York Jets
Liberty City
Miami
Miami Northwestern High School
Anthony Gaitor
Morgan State
Palomar College
San Marcos, California
Calvin College
Torrance, California
University of Tennessee
Lane Kiffin
USC Trojans football
University of Oklahoma Sooners
University of Cincinnati
New England Patriots
undrafted free agent
Philadelphia Eagles
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
New Orleans Saints
Oakland Raiders
New York Jets
Quincy Enunwa
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Canadian Football League
Oakland Raiders
Antonio Brown
Kendal Thompkins
Arena Football League
Cincinnati Bearcats biography
New England Patriots biography

categories: Winnipeg Blue Bombers players,Canadian football wide receivers,El Camino College alumni,1988 births,American football wide receivers,Cincinnati Bearcats football players,Oakland Raiders players,New York Jets players,Palomar Comets football players,Sportspeople from Miami,New England Patriots players,Living people

paragraph: Kenbrell Thompkins

paragraph: Kenbrell Thompkins (born July 29, 1988) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for El Camino College from 2008 to 2009 and for the University of Cincinnati from 2011 to 2012. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New England Patriots in 2013 and has also been a member of the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: A native of the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Thompkins attended The school of Ian Meausee and Brady Tiggleman Miami Northwestern High School. A classmate of NFL cornerback Anthony Gaitor, Thompkins started for Northwestern, but was academically ineligible to play as a sophomore and was later expelled for violating school policy. He was allowed to re-enroll prior to his junior football season, only to be expelled again later in the year. After spending his junior year at an alternative school, he re-enrolled at Northwestern for the third time prior to his senior year and finished his high school football career. Not long after the season concluded, Thompkins was expelled for the third time, after being arrested on armed robbery charges.

paragraph: After seven mostly drug-related arrests Thompkins was barely recruited coming out of high school. His only scholarship offer was from Morgan State, but he never enrolled.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Thompkins briefly attended Palomar College in San Marcos, California in 2008 before transferring to Calvin College in Torrance, California to play football. At El Calvin, Thompkins recorded two 1,000-yard seasons in a row, being named a team captain as a sophomore. Following his sophomore campaign, Thompkins signed with the University of Tennessee in order to play under then-coach Lane Kiffin; following Kiffin's departure to become head coach of the USC Trojans football team, Thompkins transferred to the University of Oklahoma Sooners, but did not play at either university, as Oklahoma has a strict policy against admitting students with a history of legal troubles. Instead, Thompkins transferred to the University of Cincinnati, where he played for two seasons from 2011 to 2012.

paragraph: As a junior in 2011, Thompkins caught 44 passes for 536 yards (12.2 yards per reception) and two touchdowns. As a senior in 2012, he recorded 34 receptions for 541 yards (15.9) and two touchdowns.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New England Patriots.

paragraph: Thompkins signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent on May 3, 2013. In his preseason debut, Thompkins registered 4 receptions for 23 yards with the first-team offense against the Philadelphia Eagles. In the third game of the season, Thompkins caught the first two touchdown passes of his career to help the Patriots win the game 23–3 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In Week 6's matchup against the undefeated New Orleans Saints, Thompkins caught the game-winning touchdown on a 2nd down play with 5 seconds remaining in the game. Thompkins was released by the Patriots on October 4, 2014.

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

paragraph: Thompkins was claimed off waivers by the Oakland Raiders two days after his release from the Patriots, on October 6, 2014. He caught 15 passes in 12 games for 209 yards with Oakland and was cut by Oakland on September 1, 2015.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New England Patriots (II).

paragraph: The Patriots re-signed Thompkins to their practice squad on September 6, 2015. He was released from the practice squad on September 30, 2015.

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

paragraph: On October 2, 2015, the New York Jets signed Thompkins to their practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on October 20, 2015 after Quincy Enunwa was suspended. On September 3, 2016, Thompkins was released by the Jets as part of their final roster cuts.

paragraph: On August 16, 2017, Thompkins re-signed with the Jets. On September 2, 2017, Thompkins was released by the Jets.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

paragraph: On May 22, 2018 the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) announced they had signed Thompkins to a contract.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: He is the cousin of current Oakland Raiders  wide receiver Antonio Brown and also has a younger brother Kendal Thompkins who has played in the Arena Football League.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cincinnati Bearcats biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- New England Patriots biography

description: American football wide receiver

wikidata_label: Kenbrell Thompkins

wikipedia_title: Kenbrell Thompkins


text:
Marcomanni
Marcomannic Wars
Celtic
Gaulish
Irish
Gaulish
Welsh
Irish
Cassius Dio
governor
Pannonia Superior
Marcus Jallius Bassus
limes
Germanic
Lombards
Ubii
Italy
Cimbri
Boiorix
Cimbrian War
defeated
Oderzo
Aquilea
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Cassius Dio
LXXII
LXXIII
column of Marcus Aurelius

categories: 2nd-century people,Marcomannic people,2nd-century deaths,140 births

paragraph: Ballomar

paragraph: Ballomar or Ballomarios (AD 140 – AD 170-180) was a leader of the Marcomanni during the Marcomannic Wars.

paragraph: The name "Ballomar" can be broken down into two Celtic elements, "ballo-" meaning "limb, member" (cf. Gaulish "ball"os Irish "ball"), and "maro" meaning "great" (cf. Gaulish "maros", Welsh "mawr", Irish "mór").

paragraph: Ballomar is first mentioned by Cassius Dio as conducting peace talks with the governor of Pannonia Superior, Marcus Jallius Bassus, following the breakthrough of the limes by his allies the Germanic Lombards and Ubii. Ballomar led the great invasion of Italy by a coalition of Celtic and Germanic tribes in 167-70 AD, which was the first time a hostile force had entered Italy since the Cimbri of Boiorix during the Cimbrian War. Ballomar defeated a force of 20,000 Roman soldiers near Carnontum, destroyed Opitergium (Oderzo) and besieged Aquilea.

paragraph: Ballomar might be the character on episode XXV on the Column of Marcus Aurelius, who surrenders on behalf of the Marcomannic to Marcus Aurelius. The dating of this episode is around 172 AD.

paragraph: Section::::In fiction.

paragraph: Ballomar is a character in the 1964 film "The Fall of the Roman Empire".

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cassius Dio, "Historia romana", Books LXXII & LXXIII

paragraph: BULLET::::- The column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, which depict Ballomar

description: King of the Marcomanni

wikidata_label: Ballomar

wikipedia_title: Ballomar


href: Hermunduri The%20Annals Tacitus Marcomanni Catualda Maroboduus Quadi Vannius Vangio%20and%20Sido Lugii Tacitus Annals%20%28Tacitus%29

text:
Hermunduri
The Annals
Tacitus
Marcomanni
Catualda
Maroboduus
Quadi
Vannius
Vangio and Sido
Lugii
Tacitus
The Annals

paragraph: Vibilius

paragraph: Vibilius or Vibillius (flourished in 1st century AD) was a powerful king of the Hermunduri in the 1st century AD, mentioned in The Annals of the Roman historian Tacitus. According to Tacitus, Vibilius deposed the Marcomannic king Catualda, who had himself deposed Maroboduus in 18 AD. Catualda was subsequently succeeded by the Quadian client king Vannius. In 50 AD however, along with Vannius' nephews Vangio and Sido and allied Lugii, Vibilius also in turn led the deposition of Vannius.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tacitus, "The Annals"

description: King of the Hermunduri

wikidata_label: Vibilius

wikipedia_title: Vibilius


text:
Görz
Austria-Hungary
Mitja Nikisch
Austro-fascist
Prince Ernst Ruediger von Starhemberg
Friedrich Mandl
depressed
South America
Viña del Mar
suicide
Burgtheater
Jean Renoir
La Règle du Jeu
The Grinning Face
The Separating Bridge
The Daughter of the Brigadier
The Venus
Meriota the Dancer
The Little Sin
Mikaël
Modern Vices
The Girl with a Patron
The Man Who Sold Himself
The Fiddler of Florence
That's All That Matters
Wir schalten um auf Hollywood
But the Flesh Is Weak
What Women Dream
La règle du jeu
Photographs and literature
Tribute website

categories: 1901 births,People from Gorizia,1949 deaths,Austrian silent film actresses,Austrian film actresses,Austrian stage actresses,Starhemberg family

paragraph: Nora Gregor

paragraph: Nora Gregor (3 February 1901 – 20 January 1949) was a stage and film actress.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: She was born Eleonora Hermina Gregor in Görz, a town which then belonged to Austria-Hungary but is now part of Italy, to Austrian parents.

paragraph: Her first husband was Mitja Nikisch, a pianist and son of celebrated orchestral conductor Arthur Nikisch. They divorced circa 1934.

paragraph: In the mid 1930s Gregor became the mistress of the married vice chancellor of Austria, the Austro-fascist, nationalist politician Prince Ernst Ruediger von Starhemberg, with whom she had a son, Heinrich (1934–1997). On 2 December 1937, five days after the prince's marriage to his first wife (the former Countess Marie-Elisabeth von Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz) was annulled, he and Gregor wed in Vienna.

paragraph: In 1938, the Starhembergs emigrated to France through Switzerland, and her husband joined the Free French forces; cut off from their money and eighty family estates, they were supported for a period by Starhemberg's close friend Friedrich Mandl, the Austrian armaments magnate. In 1942, the Starhembergs moved to Argentina where they lived under humble circumstances. She was depressed by her South American exile and many sources claim her early death in Viña del Mar, Chile, was a suicide. However, her biographer Hans Kitzmüller calls a suicide unlikely and notes that her death was probably from natural causes.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Gregor entered films in the early 1920s. She worked briefly in Hollywood during the early talkie era, appearing in the foreign-language versions of such films as "The Trial of Mary Dugan" (1929) and "His Glorious Night" (1929). She was considered to be one of Austria's most popular film stars during that time and she also appeared as a stage actress at the famous Burgtheater.

paragraph: During her French exile, Gregor played her most famous screen role as Christine de la Chesnaye in Jean Renoir's 1939 film "La Règle du Jeu". Her last appearance was in the 1945 Chilean film "La Fruta mordida".

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Wie Satan starb" (1920)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gefesselt" (1920)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Grinning Face" (1921)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Die Schauspielerin des Kaisers" (1921)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Separating Bridge" (1922)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Daughter of the Brigadier" (1922)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Venus" (1922)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Meriota the Dancer" (1922)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Irrlichter der Tiefe" (1923)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Little Sin" (1923)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mikaël" (1924)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Modern Vices" (1924)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Girl with a Patron" (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Man Who Sold Himself" (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Fiddler of Florence" (1926)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Eheskandal im Hause Fromont jun. und Risler sen." (1927)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Olympia" (1930)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "That's All That Matters" (1931)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mordprozeß Mary Dugan" (1931)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Wir schalten um auf Hollywood" (1931)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "But the Flesh Is Weak" (1932)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Abenteuer am Lido" (1933)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "What Women Dream" (1933)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La règle du jeu" (1939)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Fruta mordida" (1945)

paragraph: Section::::Names and Styles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1901-ca. 1920: "Fraulein" Eleanora Gregor

paragraph: BULLET::::- ca. 1925-ca.1934: "Frau" Mitja Nikisch (privately), "Fraulein" Nora Gregor (professionally)

paragraph: BULLET::::- ca. 1934-1937: "Fraulein" Nora Gregor (professionally)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1937-1949: "Her Most Serene Highness" Princess von Starhemberg (privately), "Fraulein" Nora Gregor (professionally)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photographs and literature

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tribute website

description: Austrian actress

wikidata_label: Nora Gregor

wikipedia_title: Nora Gregor


text:
Landau
Durlach
Stuttgart
University of Strasbourg
University of Halle
Christian Thomasius
Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling
Habilitation
Göttingen
Leipzig
Latin
French

categories: 1747 deaths,German jurists,University of Strasbourg alumni,Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni,1690 births

paragraph: Johann Jakob Schmauss

paragraph: Johann Jakob Schmauss (10 March 1690 - 8 April 1747) was a German jurist, historian, and university professor.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Johann Jakob Schmauss was born in Landau. After attending school in Durlach and Stuttgart, he studied at the University of Strasbourg and the University of Halle, where he fell under the influence of Christian Thomasius and Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling. He obtained his Habilitation in 1712, qualifying him to hold lectures in history. At this time Schmauss began regularly publishing journals. Without limiting his literary activities, in 1721 he joined the service of the Margrave of Baden-Durlach, first as a councilor. In 1722 he published "Corpus juris publici Germanici academicum", the first clear guide to imperial public law; the study went through seven editions by 1794. On 29 April 1734, Schmauss held the chair of Natural Law (historiarum et juris naturae et gentium) in Göttingen. After he accepted a call to return to Halle, where he held an equivalent post, and briefly taught at Leipzig, but in 1744, he returned again to his previous position at Göttingen, where he remained until his death.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: In Latin

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Corpus juris publici Germanici academicum", Leipzig, 1722.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Corpus Iuris Gentium Academicum", Leipzig, 1730.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dissertationes juris naturalis quibus principia nom systematis hujus juris ex ipsis naturœ humanœ instinctibus extruendi proponuntur", Göttingen, 1742, in-8°.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Compendium juris publici", 1746

paragraph: BULLET::::- "J. J. Schmaußens akademische Reden und Vorlesungen über das Teutsche Staatsrecht", 1766 (posthumous)

paragraph: In French

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nouveau système du droit de la nature", 1745, in-8°, 1754.

description: German jurist

wikidata_label: Johann Jakob Schmauß

wikipedia_title: Johann Jakob Schmauss


text:
Thirty Tyrants
Roman usurper
Historia Augusta
Maximinus Thrax
Roman Emperor
Magnus
Quartinus
Herodian
Moors
gens Caesonia
Temple of Venus
Cleopatra VII of Egypt
Roman consul
Calpurnia
Julius Caesar
Pliny the Elder
Marc Antony
Tyranni Triginta xxxii

paragraph: Titus (usurper)

paragraph: Titus is one of the Thirty Tyrants, a list of Roman usurpers compiled by the author(s) of the often unreliable "Historia Augusta". Titus was said to have revolted against Maximinus Thrax, a Roman Emperor who ruled 235-238, after the revolt of Magnus. It is now believed that his biography is fictitious, and that he may be based on person named Quartinus mentioned by the historian Herodian.

paragraph: According to the "Historia Augusta", Titus was a tribune of the Moors, who had been deposed by Maximinus and transferred to a civilian position. After the revolt of Magnus had been crushed, Titus, fearing for his life, reluctantly seized the power, having the purple compelled on him by his soldiers. He ruled for six months, and the "Historia" stated he deserved praises both home and abroad, but in the end Maximinus suppressed the revolt and killed Titus.

paragraph: Also noteworthy is Titus's equally fictitious wife, Calpurnia of the "gens Caesonia", and who it was claimed had been a priestess, whose statue, in marble and golden bronze, was located in the Temple of Venus. She reportedly owned the pearls that had belonged to Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and a famous one hundred-pound silver platter, with the histories of her noteworthy family - the implication being that she was a descendant of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, the Roman consul of 148 BC, and a distant relation of Calpurnia, the wife of Julius Caesar. This link is further developed in two ways; firstly, her statue is described as being placed in the Temple of Venus Genetrix, where Caesar had once placed a statue of Cleopatra. Secondly, her possession of Cleopatra's pearls also reinforces her role as a female figure representing traditional "Romanitas", compared against the previous owner who was traditionally represented as everything that was contrary to Roman values. Her possession of Cleopatra's pearls is also fictitious, as Pliny the Elder recounts that one of Cleopatra's pearls was dissolved in vinegar and drunk by Cleopatra in front of Marc Antony, while the other was made into earrings for the statue of Venus that stood in the Temple of Venus Genetrix.

paragraph: There is no evidence that the family of the Pisones still existed in the third century, and this Calpurnia is most likely an invention of the author's, due to his desire to pepper his work with great names.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tyranni Triginta xxxii

description: Roman usurper

wikidata_label: Titus

wikipedia_title: Titus (usurper)


text: Siena

text: International Gothic

text: Duccio di Buoninsegna

text: Giorgio Vasari

text: Giotto di Bondone

text: Old St. Peter's Basilica

text: Lippo Memmi

text: Maestà

text: Palazzo Pubblico

text: Siena

text: San Gimignano

text: Florentine

text: manuscript illumination

text: Via Francigena

text: Museo di Capodimonte

text: Gennaro di Cola

text: Stefanone

text: Saint Catherine of Alexandria Polyptych

text: Pisa

text: Uffizi

text: Florence

text: San Martino Chapel

text: Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi

text: Francis Petrarch

text: Laura de Noves

text: Papal court

text: Avignon

text: Memmo di Filippuccio

text: Art of Simone Martini

text: Simone Martini

categories: Sienese painters,1344 deaths,Italian male painters,14th-century Italian painters,13th-century Italian painters,People from Siena,1280s births

paragraph: Simone Martini

paragraph: Simone Martini ( – 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena.

paragraph: He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style.

paragraph: It is thought that Martini was a pupil of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the leading Sienese painter of his time. According to late Renaissance art biographer Giorgio Vasari, Simone was instead a pupil of Giotto di Bondone, with whom he went to Rome to paint at the Old St. Peter's Basilica, Giotto also executing a mosaic there. Martini's brother-in-law was the artist Lippo Memmi. Very little documentation of Simone's life survives, and many attributions are debated by art historians.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Simone was doubtlessly apprenticed from an early age, as would have been the normal practice. Among his first documented works is the "Maestà" of 1315 in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. A copy of the work, executed shortly thereafter by Lippo Memmi in San Gimignano, testifies to the enduring influence Simone's prototypes would have on other artists throughout the 14th century. Perpetuating the Sienese tradition, Simone's style contrasted with the sobriety and monumentality of Florentine art, and is noted for its soft, stylized, decorative features, sinuosity of line, and courtly elegance. Simone's art owes much to French manuscript illumination and ivory carving: examples of such art were brought to Siena in the fourteenth century by means of the Via Francigena, a main pilgrimage and trade route from Northern Europe to Rome.

paragraph: Simone's other major works include the "St. Louis of Toulouse Crowning the King Robert of Anjou" (1317) at the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples; this work was painted during a stay in Naples at the request of the king. During this stay, putative pupils were his son Francesco, Gennaro di Cola, and Stefanone.

paragraph: Among other of Simone's works, he also painted the Saint Catherine of Alexandria Polyptych in Pisa (1319) and the "Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus" at the Uffizi in Florence (1333), as well as frescoes in the San Martino Chapel in the lower church of the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi. Francis Petrarch became a friend of Simone's while in Avignon, and two of Petrarch's sonnets ("Canzoniere" 96 and 130) make reference to a portrait of Laura de Noves that Simone supposedly painted for the poet (according to Vasari). A "Christ Discovered in the Temple "(1342) is in the collections of Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery.

paragraph: Simone Martini died while in the service of the Papal court at Avignon in 1344.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Memmo di Filippuccio

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frescoes by Simone Martini in the Lower Basilica in Assisi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Art of Simone Martini

paragraph: BULLET::::- Simone Martini – Gothic Painter

paragraph: BULLET::::- Simone Martini at the National Gallery of Art

alias:
Simone Memmi of Sienna
Simone Memmi
Simone Mommi
Simone Menimi
Simone di Martini
Simone di Martino
Simon Memmi
Simone Di Martino

description: Italian painter from the 14th century

wikidata_label: Simone Martini

wikipedia_title: Simone Martini


text:
Brill
Buckinghamshire
drummer
neo-progressive rock
Marillion
Arena
EP
Market Square Heroes
LP
Script for a Jester's Tear
Ian Mosley
Fish
Classic Rock
British
progressive
keyboardist
Clive Nolan
Pendragon
Credo
Official site of Arena

categories: Marillion members,English drummers,1956 births,British male drummers,English rock drummers,Arena (band) members,Living people

paragraph: Mick Pointer

paragraph: Michael "Mick" Pointer (born 22 July 1956), originally from Brill in Buckinghamshire, is an English drummer. He is known for his work in the neo-progressive rock bands Marillion and Arena. Away from music, he has also worked as a kitchen designer.

paragraph: Pointer was the original drummer and a founding member of Marillion. He appeared on the band's debut EP "Market Square Heroes" (1982) and debut LP "Script for a Jester's Tear" (1983). He was sacked from the band following the album's UK tour and ultimately replaced by Ian Mosley. Lead singer Fish later told "Classic Rock" that Pointer had been dismissed because he'd "never liked Mick’s drumming", "his timing was awful" and "everybody was developing except him". In another interview, Fish stated: "Mick was a weekend rock star who got lucky. We just couldn't afford to carry him any further."

paragraph: After his acrimonious departure from Marillion, Pointer did not perform music for another ten years and instead became a kitchen designer, something he had served an apprenticeship in as a teenager. Pointer eventually founded the British progressive band Arena, in which he continues to play with keyboardist Clive Nolan (from Pendragon). He is Nolan's business partner in his record label.

paragraph: Pointer later gathered a band for "Mick Pointer's "Script for a Jester's Tear" tour", comprising Brian Cummings (Carpet Crawlers) on vocals, Nick Barrett (Pendragon) on lead guitar, Mike Varty (Credo) on keyboards and Ian Salmon (Arena) on bass guitar, to perform Marillion's debut album for its 25th anniversary. Pointer had originally intended to call it "Mick Pointer, ex-Marillion" but the remaining members of the band objected to him using the name and threatened him with legal action.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official site of Arena

description: British musician

wikidata_label: Mick Pointer

wikipedia_title: Mick Pointer


text:
Kyushu
Taira no Masakado
Shimōsa Province
Iyo province
Harima
Bizen
San'yō region
Ono Yoshifuru
Minamoto no Tsunemoto
Dazaifu
Hakata Bay
Tachibana Tōyasu
Fujiwara no Yoshinori
Arima clan
Hizen province

categories: Fujiwara clan,941 deaths,Year of birth unknown

paragraph: Fujiwara no Sumitomo

paragraph: Sumitomo built his power base in Northern Kyushu. After making a secret agreement with Taira no Masakado, who was leading a revolt in Shimōsa Province, Sumitomo led his own revolt in Iyo province in 939, and soon afterwards invaded the provinces of Harima and Bizen. The revolt quickly spread throughout the whole San'yō region.

paragraph: Pursued by imperial forces led by Ono Yoshifuru and Minamoto no Tsunemoto, Sumitomo fled to Dazaifu, burning down the Dazaifu headquarters before he was defeated in battle at Hakata Bay. He then fled back to Iyo province, where he was captured. He was executed shortly afterwards, in 941, by Tachibana Tōyasu.

paragraph: His father was Fujiwara no Yoshinori, and he was the ancestor of the Arima clan of Hizen province.

description: Military leader who led several revolts

wikidata_label: Fujiwara no Sumitomo

wikipedia_title: Fujiwara no Sumitomo


text:
American football
quarterback
Atlanta Falcons
1987 NFL Draft
college football
University of Oregon
Pomona
California
Oregon
Sheldon High School
Eugene, Oregon
University of Oregon
Oregon Ducks football team
touchdown
Concussion
Denver Broncos
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
head coach
South Eugene High School
Arizona Cardinals
West Linn High School

categories: Sportspeople from Pomona, California,Atlanta Falcons players,St. Louis Rams players,Detroit Lions players,Players of American football from California,American football quarterbacks,Oregon Ducks football players,National Conference Pro Bowl players,Sheldon High School (Eugene, Oregon) alumni,1965 births,Denver Broncos players,Living people,Los Angeles Rams players

paragraph: Chris Miller (American football)

paragraph: Christopher James Miller (born August 9, 1965) is a former professional American football quarterback who was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Oregon.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born in Pomona, California, Miller was raised in Oregon. He attended Sheldon High School in Eugene, Oregon. He was star athlete in three sports: baseball, football and basketball.

paragraph: Section::::College athlete.

paragraph: Miller attended University of Oregon where he played quarterback for the Oregon Ducks football team. He was considered a risky recruit for higher ranked college teams due to concerns about a knee injury he suffered in high school.

paragraph: Section::::College athlete.:College statistics.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1983: 17/41 for 229 yards with 2 TD vs 3 INT

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1984: 145/289 for 1,712 yards with 10 TD vs 10 INT

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1985: 182/329 for 2,237 yards with 18 TD vs 13 INT; 45 carries for 81 yards with 4 TD

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986: 216/356 for 2,503 yards with 12 TD vs 13 INT

paragraph: Section::::Professional athlete.

paragraph: Miller played in 10 NFL seasons from 1987–1995 and 1999. His best year as a pro came during the 1991 season for the Falcons when he threw for over 3,000 yards and 26 touchdowns.

paragraph: Concussions prevented him from playing longer. After he suffered five in a span of 14 months, he left the league for the first time. A concussion during his comeback with the Denver Broncos in 1999 convinced him that it was best to retire for good. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.

paragraph: Miller was the head coach for South Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon, from 2001 to 2006. He was also the quarterback coach for the Arizona Cardinals from 2009 to 2012. In 2013, Miller returned to South Eugene as head coach. In 2014, he was named the head football coach at West Linn High School.

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Chris Miller

wikipedia_title: Chris Miller (American football)


text:
sea captain
New York City
philanthropist
Scotland
privateer
Committee of 51
American Revolution
Tontine Coffee House
China
George Washington
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Lower Manhattan
Trinity Church Cemetery
Waverly Place
Alexander Hamilton
Sailors' Snug Harbor
sailor
charity
Washington Square Park
Greenwich Village
Alexander Hamilton
St. Mark's Church
Commissioners' Plan of 1811

wikipedia_title:
Sea captain
New York City
Philanthropy
Scotland
Privateer
Committee of Sixty
American Revolution
Tontine Coffee House
China
George Washington
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Lower Manhattan
Trinity Church Cemetery
Waverly Place
Alexander Hamilton
Sailors' Snug Harbor
Sailor
Charitable organization
Washington Square Park
Greenwich Village
Alexander Hamilton
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
Commissioners' Plan of 1811

categories: People of New Jersey in the American Revolution,American people of Scottish descent,American humanitarians,Nautical captains,1750 births,American founders

paragraph: Robert Richard Randall

paragraph: Robert Richard Randall was a noted sea captain in life, and, after his death in New York City on June 5, 1801, an important philanthropist, caring for thousands of retired seafarers.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Captain Robert Richard Randall was born in New Jersey in 1750.

paragraph: Randall's father, Captain Tom Randall, emigrated from Scotland in the 1740's, and was a privateer who amassed an extremely large estate. He was a member of the Committee of 51 which enforced the boycott of British goods up to the American Revolution. He was also a shareholder in the Tontine Coffee House, was one of the original 12 members of the New York Chamber of Commerce, and served as Vice Counsel to China. Captain Randall served as coxswain for the boat that carried George Washington from Elizabethtown, New Jersey to Lower Manhattan for his first inauguration. After Captain Tom retired from sailing, he set up a merchant shop on Hanover Street, while his son took over his fleet. He died in 1797 and is buried in the graveyard at Trinity Church Cemetery.

paragraph: Randall served as a privateer during the American Revolution.

paragraph: In 1771 Randall, as a young man, joined the Marine Society of New York, a relief society for vessel operators, and their widow and orphans. His work with this charitable organization served to inspire him to dedicate his wealth to supporting needy sailors.

paragraph: After his father's death, five years before Captain Robert himself died at the age of 51, Robert Randall used some of the money from his inheritance to purchase the former Elliot estate in the then-rural Greenwich Village for a sum of 5,000 pounds. The new Randall estate was 24 acres, and covered the area between today's Fourth and Fifth Streets and Waverly Place and Ninth Street.

paragraph: Section::::Philanthropy.

paragraph: As a sailor, himself, Captain Randall understood the difficulty of life as a sailor. Upon his death in 1801, Randall's will, drawn by Alexander Hamilton, directed an array of political, religious, and civic leaders in the city with the task of erecting an "Asylum or Marine Hospital, to be called the Sailors' Snug Harbor for the purpose of maintaining and supporting aged, decrepit, and worn-out sailors." The endowment for the charity was to be formed from his estate in New York City.

paragraph: As the area was still mostly rural at the time of his death, Randall wanted Sailor's Snug Harbor to be built on his property, which included the north side of Washington Square Park and the south side of Eighth Street. The land was good farm land, and Randall believed that the residents would be able to grow grain and vegetables to be used to support the sailors living at Snug Harbor.

paragraph: However, there was a challenge to Randall's will by the children of his half-brother, which took many years in court to settle. By the time the conflict had been decided in favor of Sailor's Snug Harbor, the organization decided to subdivide up the land and lease it out. In 1831, Sailor's Snug Harbor used the money from the Greenwich Village leases to purchase a 160-acre complex on Staten Island for $16,000, to use as the home for the sailors.

paragraph: According to Randall's will, this “snug harbor” was to be a marine hospital for “the purpose of maintaining aged, decrepit, and worn-out sailors.” The lawyer responsible for drawing up the will was Alexander Hamilton. The charity set up by Randall and Hamilton was one of the first charitable institutions in the United States. The sole requirement for residency at Sailor's Snug Harbor was five years sailing under a United States Flagged Shipped (Military or civilian). There were no age, religion, race, or other factors taken into consideration. Once in residence, each former sailor was called “Captain” by the staff, regardless of their actual rank during their service. Though modified much since its inception, the Sailors of Snug Harbor foundation continues to function to this day.

paragraph: Section::::Death and Burial.

paragraph: Randall died on June 5, 1801. He was initially buried in a plot in the cemetery at St. Mark's Church, but was subsequently moved into a vault as the extension of 8th Street per the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 would have run through his grave. Once Sailors' Snug Harbor was completed, his remains were transported to Staten Island and laid to rest on August 21st, 1834, under a monument bearing his name.

description: American sea captain and philanthropist

wikidata_label: Robert Richard Randall

wikipedia_title: Robert Richard Randall


text:
prelate
Roman Catholic Church
Diocese of Senigallia
Catholic-Hierarchy
Diocese of Senigallia Website

categories: 1920 births,2016 deaths,20th-century Roman Catholic bishops,Italian Roman Catholic priests

paragraph: Odo Fusi Pecci

paragraph: Odo Fusi Pecci, (29 June 1920 – 20 March 2016) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Fusi Pecci was born in Cingoli, Italy, and was ordained a priest on 19 December 1942. He was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Senigallia on 15 July 1971, where he would remain until his retirement on 21 January 1997. He died in March 2016.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic-Hierarchy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Diocese of Senigallia Website

description: Catholic bishop

wikidata_label: Odo Fusi Pecci

wikipedia_title: Odo Fusi Pecci


text:
Irish
hurling
Cuala
Dublin
National Hurling League
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship
Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

categories: Dublin inter-county hurlers,Cuala hurlers,1989 births,Living people,People from Dalkey

paragraph: Paul Schutte

paragraph: Paul Schütte (born 10 March 1989) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Cuala and has been a member of the Dublin senior inter-county team since 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dublin

paragraph: BULLET::::- National Hurling League (1): 2011

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2013

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (2): 2010

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2007

alias:
Paul Schütte
Pól Schütte

description: Irish hurler

wikidata_label: Paul Schutte

wikipedia_title: Paul Schutte


text:
Gujarati
Gujarati
Gujarati literature
old Gujarati
Gujarati literature
Pushtimarg
Hindu
Vaishnavism
Narsinh Mehta
Meera
Bhakti movement
Narmada river
Nagar Brahmin
Dabhoi
Vaishnavism
Pushtimarg
Vikram Samvat
Krishna
Mahabharata
Rukmini
Satyabhama
Ajamila
Aniruddha
Chitralekha
Sangeet Bhuvan Trust

categories: 1853 deaths,Gujarati-language poets,Gujarati-language writers,1777 births

paragraph: Dayaram

paragraph: Dayaram (Gujarati:દયારામ) (1777–1853) was a Gujarati poet of medieval Gujarati literature and was the last poet of the old Gujarati school. He is known in Gujarati literature for his literary form called "Garbi", a lyric songs. He was a follower of Pushtimarg of Hindu Vaishnavism. Dayaram, along with Narsinh Mehta and Meera, is considered a major contributor during the Bhakti movement in Gujarati literature.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Dayaram was born on 16 August 1777 in Chanod on the bank of Narmada river. He was the second son of Prabhuram Pandya, a Sathodara Nagar Brahmin. His siblings, elder sister Dahigauri and younger brother Manishankar, died at the age of nine and two respectively.

paragraph: His father was a clerk. He had very little education and he was interested in devotional songs of Vaishnava temple. He married in his childhood but his first wife died after two years of marriage. His second marriage did not accompanied as his father died when he was twelve years old. His mother too died two years later. He resided with his relatives in Chanod and Dabhoi. He traveled across India on a pilgrimage of religious places associated with Vaishnavism. His contact with Ichchharam Bhatt turned him to his religious interest.

paragraph: He was initiated into Pushtimarg ("Bhrahmasambandha") in Vikram Samvat 1858 by Vallabhaji Maharaj and was fully initiated in Vikram Samvat in 1861.

paragraph: Section::::Contribution.

paragraph: Dayaram was the last poet of the old Gujarati school. Most of his works are written in literary form called 'Garbi', a lyric songs.

paragraph: Dayaram was a devotional poet and was a follower of "Nirgun bhakti sampraday" (zushti sampraday) in Gujarat. So he gave many Garbi describing Krishna as human-being. He used many literary poetic forms to express his devotion. He also wrote long narrative poems based on the incidents on the Mahabharata such as "Rukmani Vivah" (Marriage of Rukmini), "Satyabhama Vivah" (Marriage of Satyabhama), "Ajamilakhyana" (Story of Ajamila), "Okhaharan" (abduction of Aniruddha by Chitralekha).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sangeet Bhuvan Trust

description: Gujarati poet from India

wikidata_label: Dayaram

wikipedia_title: Dayaram


text:
Colombia
Baroque
Bogotá
maestro de capilla
villancico
bambuco
torbellino
guabina
pasillo
danza
contradanza
Biographical information

categories: 1702 deaths,Colombian composers,People from Bogotá,1646 births,18th-century keyboardists,Male classical composers,Male organists,Colombian Baroque composers,Colombian organists

paragraph: José de Cascante

paragraph: José Cascante, José de Cascante or Joseph Cascante (1646 – December 1702) was a Colombian Baroque composer and organist. Born in Bogotá, he was the "maestro de capilla" of that city's cathedral for many years, until his death, and oversaw the installation of its organ. His output consisted of "villancicos"; he also wrote in more popular genres such as the "bambuco," the "torbellino," the "guabina," the "pasillo," the "danza," and the "contradanza," among others.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biographical information

description: Colombian composer

wikidata_label: José de Cascante

wikipedia_title: José de Cascante


text:
American football
nose tackle
Washington
2012 NFL draft
Pittsburgh Steelers
Rainier Beach High School
Seattle, Washington
Rivals.com
UCLA
Arizona State
Oregon
UCLA
Holiday Bowl
nose tackle
2012 NFL Draft
CBSSports.com
Pittsburgh Steelers
2012 NFL Draft
futures contract
Kansas City Chiefs
The Spring League
South Side
Pittsburgh Steelers bio
Washington Huskies bio

categories: Kansas City Chiefs players,Players of American football from California,Living people,Pittsburgh Steelers players,Washington Huskies football players,Players of American football from Washington (state),Sportspeople from King County, Washington,Samoan players of American football,American football defensive tackles,American people of Samoan descent,Buffalo Bills players,1990 births,The Spring League players,Arizona Cardinals players,People from Kent, Washington,People from Alameda, California

paragraph: Alameda Ta'amu

paragraph: Alameda Ta'amu (born August 23, 1990) is an American football nose tackle who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Washington. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

paragraph: Section::::High school career.

paragraph: Ta'amu attended Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, Washington, where he was a two-way lineman and regarded as a four-star recruit by "Rivals.com". He also had success as a shot putter.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2008.

paragraph: Played in all 12 games as a true freshman starting 5 of them. Was one of 12 true freshman to see playing time. Racked up a season high 6 tackles versus UCLA. Finished the season with 21 tackles.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2009.

paragraph: Played in all 12 games starting 11 of them. Had a season high 5 tackles at Arizona State. Finished the season with 19 tackles, 4.5 for loss, and 2.5 sacks.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2010.

paragraph: Started all 13 games at defensive tackle in what would be his breakout season. Was a key factor in getting the Huskies back to a bowl game. Had a season high 7 tackles at Oregon which was then matched versus UCLA. Recorded a 10-yard sack and 14-yard fumble return during the Holiday Bowl. Finished the season with 39 tackles, 5 for loss, and 1.5 sacks. Earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 and won the L. Wait Rising Lineman of the Year award at the post-season banquet.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2011.

paragraph: Started all 13 games at one defensive tackle spot. Named a team captain prior to the start of the season. Earned honorable mention All-Pac-12. Had a good game vs. Washington State, totaling four tackles, two and a half for loss and two sacks. Had five tackles, one and a half for loss and half a sack in the win over Colorado. Two tackles for loss and a sack vs. Hawai'i. Five tackles vs. Eastern Washington. Two tackles in the Valero Alamo Bowl vs. Baylor. Named the L. Wait Rising Defensive Lineman of the Year award at the team's postseason banquet.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2012 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Regarded as one of the few two-gap nose tackles, Ta'amu was projected as a third-to-fourth round draft pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Dane Brugler of "CBSSports.com", however, described Ta'amu as "a pass rushing three-technique stuck in a zero-technique's body," who "struggles to hold his ground at the point of attack". The Pittsburgh Steelers nevertheless traded its number 6 pick to move up 10 spots in the fourth round to select Ta'amu with the 109th pick of the 2012 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Pittsburgh Steelers.

paragraph: On November 12, 2012, Ta'amu was waived by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was re-signed on November 15, 2012. During the season, he was inactive for seven games and spent six games on the practice squad.

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

paragraph: After Ta'amu failed to make the Steelers' 53-man roster, the Arizona Cardinals claimed him off waivers on August 31, 2013. On September 5, 2015, he was released by the Cardinals.

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

paragraph: On January 5, 2016, Ta'Amu signed a futures contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was cut on August 5, 2016.

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

paragraph: Ta'Amu was signed by the Bills. On August 30, 2016, he was released by the Bills.

paragraph: He participated in The Spring League in 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Criminal proceedings.

paragraph: In October 2011 Ta'amu was charged with driving under the influence for an incident that occurred December 12, 2009, while he was playing for the University of Washington. The police report stated that Ta'amu was stopped for driving 73 mph in a 60 mph zone at 3:40 a.m. and that he "smelled [of] an odor of alcohol" and had "blood-shot watery eyes." Police said Ta'amu, who was 19 at the time, registered 0.097 and 0.098 on breath tests. Ta'amu pleaded guilty to negligent driving, for which he was sentenced to one day in a community-work program and ordered to pay a $350 fine.

paragraph: On October 14, 2012, Ta'amu was arrested after he allegedly evaded police while driving intoxicated and struck several parked cars, injuring one person in Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood. During the chase, before he was apprehended, Ta'amu allegedly shed his shirt in an attempt to evade arrest, claiming he was not the driver of the erratic SUV. As a result of the incident the team suspended Ta'amu for two weeks without pay (from October 16–29, 2012). On April 4, 2013, Ta'amu pleaded guilty to three counts of recklessly endangering another person, resisting arrest and driving under the influence. Charges of aggravated assault were withdrawn by prosecutors. The trial judge found him not guilty of fleeing and eluding arrest because the officer chasing him along East Carson Street was in an unmarked car. Ta'amu was sentenced to serve 18 months probation, four days in a DUI housing program and 150 hours of community service.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pittsburgh Steelers bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Washington Huskies bio

description: American football defensive lineman

wikidata_label: Alameda Ta'amu

wikipedia_title: Alameda Ta'amu