text: swimmer

text: 2012 Summer Olympics

text: Men's 100-metre breaststroke

text: Shanghai

text: 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

text: Victoria

text: Leonardo Guedes

text: Fernando Silva

text: César Cielo

text: Mato Grosso

text: 2007 World Aquatics Championships

text: 2007 Summer Universiade

text: Bangkok

text: Thailand

text: 2007 Pan American Games

text: Rio de Janeiro

text: 4×100-metre medley relay

text: 100-metre breaststroke

text: 2008 Summer Olympics

text: Henrique Barbosa

text: Felipe França

text: 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

text: Irvine

text: 2011 World Aquatics Championships

text: Shanghai

text: 2011 Pan American Games

text: 2012 Summer Olympics

text: London

text: 2013 World Aquatics Championships

text: Barcelona

text: 100-metre breaststroke

text: 50-metre breaststroke

text: Leonardo de Deus

text: Marcelo Chierighini

text: Nicholas Santos

text: 2014 South American Games

text: Santiago

text: Chile

text: 2015 Pan American Games

text: Toronto, Ontario

text: 4×100-metre medley relay

text: 100-metre breaststroke

text: 2015 World Aquatics Championships

text: Kazan

text: 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay

text: Daynara de Paula

text: Daiene Dias

text: João de Lucca

text: Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

text: Men's 50 metre breaststroke

text: Men's 100 metre breaststroke

text: Windsor, Ontario

text: 4 × 50 metre mixed medley relay

text: Etiene Medeiros

text: Larissa Oliveira

text: Nicholas Santos

text: Men's 50 metre breaststroke

text: Men's 100 metre breaststroke

text: 2017 World Aquatics Championships

text: Budapest

text: Men's 50 metre breaststroke

text: Men's 100 metre breaststroke

text: 4 × 100 metre medley relay

text: Hangzhou

text: China

text: Men's 50 metre breaststroke

text: Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay

text: Guilherme Guido

text: César Cielo

text: Nicholas Santos

text: Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

text: Men's 100 metre breaststroke

text: Mare Nostrum

text: Americas record

text: 2019 World Aquatics Championships

text: Gwangju

text: South Korea

text: Men's 50 metre breaststroke

text: Adam Peaty

text: João Gomes Júnior

text: Men's 100 metre breaststroke

categories: Pan American Games medalists in swimming,World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming,1985 births,People from Cuiabá,South American Games gold medalists for Brazil,Competitors at the 2014 South American Games,Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games,Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games,Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics,Male breaststroke swimmers,Universiade medalists in swimming,Brazilian male swimmers,Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil,Living people,Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m),South American Games medalists in swimming,Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil,Olympic swimmers of Brazil,Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games

paragraph: Felipe Lima

paragraph: Felipe Ferreira Lima (born 5 April 1985) is a Brazilian swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 100-metre breaststroke, finishing in 8th place in his semi-final and failing to reach the final.He has six medals in World Championships: two in long course, and four in short course.

paragraph: Section::::International career.

paragraph: Section::::International career.:2006–2008.

paragraph: Felipe Lima entered the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Shanghai, where he finished 12th in the 50-metre breaststroke and 17th in the 100-metre breaststroke. At the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, he finished 16th in the 100-metre breaststroke.

paragraph: Lima previously held the South American record for the 4×100-metre medley relay in an Olympic sized pool, with a time of 3:39.30, obtained in 9 September 2006 in Rio de Janeiro with Leonardo Guedes, Fernando Silva and César Cielo. He also broke the South American record in the 100-metre breaststroke, in a time of 1:01.56 on 10 September 2006, at the same competition in Rio, making him the first swimmer from Mato Grosso to hold a South American record in swimming. On 16 December 2006 he improved his record for the 100-metre breaststroke, doing 1:01.52.

paragraph: At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships he finished 24th in the 50-metre breaststroke and 30th in the 100-metre breaststroke. Participating in the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, Lima won the silver medal in the 50-metre breaststroke, lowering the South American record to 27.94 seconds and becoming the first man on the continent to swim below 28 seconds in that event.

paragraph: At the 2007 Pan American Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Lima earned a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay. He also finished 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke.

paragraph: In 2008, Lima obtained an Olympic qualifying time in the Brazilian trials for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100-metre breaststroke, with a time of 1:01.21, but was not entered as he finished 3rd place, and only two swimmers per country can go to the Olympics. Henrique Barbosa, with 1:00.79, and Felipe França, with 1:01.17, were the swimmers selected for the Brazilian national team.

paragraph: Section::::International career.:2009–2012.

paragraph: Lima competed at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 8th in the 100-metre breaststroke, and 10th in the 50-metre breaststroke.

paragraph: He competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, in Shanghai, coming in 24th in the 100-metre breaststroke. At the 2011 Pan American Games, he won the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke and the gold medal in the 4×100-metre medley, for participating in the qualifying round.

paragraph: Section::::International career.:2012 Summer Olympics.

paragraph: Lima first participated in the Olympics at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he went to the semifinal of the 100-metre breaststroke, finishing in 13th place overall.

paragraph: Section::::International career.:2012–2016.

paragraph: In the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), Lima obtained his best result in a World Championship, going to three finals: the 50-metre breaststroke (finished in 6th place), the 100-metre breaststroke (ranked 8th) and the 4×100-metre medley (finished in 4th position).

paragraph: At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Lima made it to the 100-metre breaststroke final and placed fifth with a time of 59.84 seconds, breaking the 1-minute barrier for the first time. In the final, he again exceeded himself, reaching his personal best time without a high-tech suit, at 59.65 seconds, winning an historic bronze medal for Brazil. It was the first time in history that a Brazilian had won a medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the World Championships. In the 50-metre breaststroke, he missed the World Championship final as he ran slower than in the heats, ending in 9th place. In the 4×100-metre medley he finished 12th, along with Leonardo de Deus, Marcelo Chierighini and Nicholas Santos.

paragraph: At the 2014 South American Games in Santiago, Chile, Lima won two gold medals in the 100-metre breaststroke and 4×100-metre medley.

paragraph: At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lima won the gold medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, by participating at heats. Before, he had already won a silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke.

paragraph: At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Lima finished 9th in the 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay, along with Daynara de Paula, Daiene Dias and João de Lucca;, 10th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay., 12th in the Men's 50 metre breaststroke and 13th in the Men's 100 metre breaststroke.

paragraph: Section::::International career.:2016–present.

paragraph: At the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he won a silver medal at the 4 × 50 metre mixed medley relay, along with Etiene Medeiros, Larissa Oliveira and Nicholas Santos. On 11 December, Lima won the bronze medal in the Men's 50 metre breaststroke final. He also finished 10th in the Men's 100 metre breaststroke.

paragraph: At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, he finished 4th in the Men's 50 metre breaststroke and 10h in the Men's 100 metre breaststroke. He also helped Brazil's 4 × 100 metre medley relay to go to the final, swimming at heats.

paragraph: At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hangzhou, China, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 50 metre breaststroke, with a time of 25.80. He also won a bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, along with Guilherme Guido, César Cielo and Nicholas Santos. He also finished 4th in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, and 12th in the Men's 100 metre breaststroke.

paragraph: At the Mare Nostrum held in June 2019 in Monte Carlo, he was able to beat the Americas record in the 50m breaststroke, with a time of 26.33.

paragraph: At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Lima won the silver medal in the Men's 50 metre breaststroke,

paragraph: losing only to Adam Peaty, the world record holder of 50 and 100m breaststroke.. It was the first time that Brazil got two medals in the same event, in a World Championship: Lima got the silver, and João Gomes Júnior, the bronze.He also finished 18th in the Men's 100 metre breaststroke..

paragraph: Section::::Records.

paragraph: Felipe Lima holds, or formerly held the following records:

description: Brazilian swimmer

wikidata_label: Felipe Lima

wikipedia_title: Felipe Lima


text:
Conservatoire de Paris
Prix de Rome
Pierre-Ange Vieillard
Anton Reicha
Ambroise Thomas
Ernest Guiraud

categories: 19th-century classical composers,Troupe of the Comédie-Française,French male classical composers,1879 deaths,1799 births,French music theorists,Prix de Rome for composition,Conservatoire de Paris alumni,19th-century French composers,French classical composers,Musicians from Paris,French Romantic composers,19th-century male musicians,Academics of the Conservatoire de Paris

paragraph: Auguste Barbereau

paragraph: Mathurin Auguste Balthasar Barbereau (born 14 November 1799 in Paris – 14 July 1879 ibid) was a French composer and music theorist. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1810 and was awarded numerous times. He was awarded with the Prix de Rome in 1824 for his cantata "Agnes Sorel," with text by Pierre-Ange Vieillard, publishing it shortly thereafter. He conducted many orchestras in several theaters, especially the "Teatre Italià" between 1836-38.

paragraph: Many times he replaced Anton Reicha, who had been his teacher in the class of composition of the Conservatory. Among his disciples are Ambroise Thomas and Ernest Guiraud. He wrote the score of the opera "Les Sybarites de Florence," and took part in a variety of symphonies and concert works, but the real contribution of Barbereau is his theoretical work, among them his "Traité d'harmonie Theoretical et pratique" (1843-1845), considered the most important scientific work published hitherto on this subject. After this work he published a curious "Etude sur l'origine du système musical" (Paris, 1852), which gave rise to great controversy. Auguste Barbereau died suddenly in an omnibus in Paris, after he had been teaching at the Conservatory.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attribution

paragraph: BULLET::::- "This article is based on the translation of the corresponding article of the French Wikipedia. A list of contributors can be found there at the" "section."

description: composer and pedagog

wikidata_label: Auguste Barbereau

wikipedia_title: Auguste Barbereau


text:
merchant
Indian settlers
Kenya
Karachi
Bombay Presidency
British India
Shia
Dawoodi Bohra
Gujarat
Australia
East Africa
Mombasa
Imperial British East Africa Company
Uganda Railway
Punjab
Sikh
Hindu
Muslims
artisan
bricklayer
motor mechanics
Mombasa
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
Bombay
Bombay
Jeddah
Nairobi
Queen Victoria
First World War
German East Africa
Zanzibar
Lake Victoria
weekly newspaper
daily newspaper
Indians
London
British Empire
Boer
Indian National Congress
Aga Khan
All India Muslim League
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
White Highlands
Duke of Devonshire
Devonshire White Paper
Manilal Desai
Jan Smuts
Jeevanjee Gardens
Multi-storey car park
Jeevanjee Gardens

wikipedia_title: Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire

categories: Indian merchants,Indian Ismailis,Gujarati people,Businesspeople of Indian descent,Kenyan people of Gujarati descent,Indian emigrants to Kenya,Kenyan Ismailis,Kenyan people of Indian descent,Kenyan businesspeople,Kenyan philanthropists,1856 births,Indian Muslims,Dawoodi Bohras,Kenyan Muslims,1939 deaths

paragraph: Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee

paragraph: Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee (1856– 2 May 1936) was an Indian merchant, politician and philanthropist. He was amongst the first and most influential Indian settlers in Kenya, amassing significant wealth and becoming a leader of Kenya's Indian community.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Jeevanjee was born in Karachi, then part of the Bombay Presidency in British India to Shia Dawoodi Bohra parents who traced their origins back to the western part of present-day Gujarat.

paragraph: His father was a horse and cart driver and he received minimal education. At the age of thirty and upon the death of his father he left home to wander India, embarking on a career as an itinerant peddler. He then moved to eastern Australia where he became fluent in English, set up a company selling Eastern produce, participated in the 1887 Jubilee Exhibition, and met British officials familiar with trade opportunities in East Africa.

paragraph: Returning to Karachi, he established a company providing stevedoring and translation services to visiting ships. In 1890 he sailed to Mombasa on a dhow to open a branch of his company there, branching out into road building, construction and transport.

paragraph: Section::::Business.

paragraph: In 1895, A.M. Jeevanjee of Karachi — as he was called at the time, was awarded the contract to supply the Imperial British East Africa Company with labour as they built the Uganda Railway. He imported his workforce from the Punjab region of British India. The first group to arrive had a total of 350 men and the number grew for the next six years to reach a total of 31,895. Most of the workforce were Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims who worked as skilled labourers, artisans, bricklayers, carpenters, plumbers, tailors, motor mechanics and electrical fitters.

paragraph: The construction of the railway proved hugely profitable for Jevanjee and his company in Mombasa. He now established a commercial empire across the Indian Ocean, including two steamships between Mauritius and Bombay and between Bombay and Jeddah. He was lauded in the European press as a "real asset to a young country", who spoke English with "quite a good accent" and whose methods were "approximating more to the European, than the Asiatic type. He soon ventured into other business interests in the region. By 1900 it was estimated he was worth approximately four million pounds sterling. His firm undertook contracts to build various government offices, railway stations and post offices all along the railway. He further played a large role in the growth of Nairobi, supplying much capital to develop the town's infrastructure. It was estimated that at the turn of the century, he was the leading property owner in both Nairobi and Mombasa, owning the greater part of the former and half of the latter.

paragraph: In 1901 he bought the Indian bazaar in Nairobi, and in 1904 built a permanent market named Jeevanjee market with the aim of developing trade in European produce on a global scale. His plans were thwarted following the outbreak of a plague in 1908, which authorities blamed on unhygienic conditions in his market and resulted in the colonial government restricting lower class Indians and Africans to specific quarters for residence and small time trading. In 1910, European settlers opened a market in Nairobi for the exclusive use of Europeans in order to circumvent and circumscribe Jeevanjee and other Indians within the economic sphere. At the time Indians controlled nearly 85 percent of the colony's trade.

paragraph: He was also a notable philanthropist, supporting religious institutions, the Bohra mosque and cemetery in Nairobi and several schools in Karachi. In 1906 he gifted Nairobi City Council a marble statue of Queen Victoria which he had commissioned. During the First World War, he offered his services to the government to help alleviate food shortages suffered by Indians in German East Africa and Zanzibar.

paragraph: Section::::Politics.

paragraph: When construction of the Uganda Railway reached Lake Victoria, Jeevanjee began taking an active role in political life, and launched the African Standard which was a weekly newspaper. He had hired an editor-reporter, W.H. Tiller whose work was to oversee the operations of the newspaper. In 1905, he sold the newspaper to two British businessmen, Anderson and Mayer, who renamed it the East African Standard. Later in 1910 the paper became a daily newspaper and it moved its headquarters to Nairobi which was a fast developing commercial center.

paragraph: Jeevanjee co-founded the Mombasa Indian Association in response to the European settlers' Convention on Associations and began to mobilise the Indian community in the struggle for equal rights. Disappointed by the lack of progress he returned to India but in 1910 returned to take up a seat as a member of the Legislative Council. He was the first non-European appointed to represent the interests of Indians in the Legislative Council. In September 1910 he visited London and gave an interview to the Daily Chronicle criticising attempts by European settlers to exclude Indians from a share in the country's commerce. Stating his pride in being a citizen of the British Empire, he proclaimed that if Indian enterprise was allowed to operate freely, Kenya would become a second India, and a source of great strength to the Empire. By positioning himself as pro-imperialist, fighting for Indian equality within the framework of the Empire and reserving his ire for the policies of the white settlers, the majority of whom happened to be Boer rather than British, he was able to attract sympathy amongst the British press.

paragraph: In 1912, he published an "Appeal on behalf of the Indians of East Africa" in which he cited the role played by Indians in developing East Africa and issued a call for British East Africa to be annexed by the British Indian Empire and its administration to follow Indian principles. His appeal failed to attract the attention of the Indian National Congress but he did receive support from the Aga Khan, then head of the All India Muslim League and Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

paragraph: Jeevanjee's increasing political activism began to be detrimental to his business interests and during this period he began losing grip on the empire he had built up.

paragraph: In 1914 he helped establish the East African Indian National Congress. The aim of the association was to defend Indian interests against European infringements, and demand the right to franchise, removal of restrictions on land sales, and greater Indian representation on legislative and municipal councils.

paragraph: In 1920, he gave a fiery speech attacking racist settler policies restricting Indian access to the franchise and White Highlands and citing discrimination in taxation, education, municipal services and residential areas. The following year, he mobilised the Indian community of Nairobi to withhold payment of rates for the Municipal Council of Nairobi. He was indicted for non-payment of rates but won the case in the courts on a technicality forcing the legislature to pass a new bill on the collection of municipal rates. In 1923 he took part in the delegation to meet the Duke of Devonshire at the Colonial Office which in turn led to the Devonshire White Paper emphasising African Paramountcy.

paragraph: By the mid 1920's he had moved away from leadership roles, becoming more a mentor and guide to younger Indian political leaders. In 1926 his protege Manilal Desai died and he returned to the forefront when asked to preside over the sixth session of the East African Indian National Congress to help a rift between radicals and moderates.

paragraph: In 1933, when Jan Smuts visited Kenya, he visited Jeevanjee to renew an old friendship.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Jeevanjee died of a heart attack on 2 May 1936, in Nairobi, at the age of eighty. He was survived by his wife and two sons. At the time of his death he was a bankrupt, having lost his vast fortune by gambling in produce. One newspaper described him as the "Grand Old Man of Kenya", whilst another stated he was the "first man to demand equality and that "he laid the foundations of an organised political movement in Kenya". He was buried according to Islamic ritual on the day he died at the Bohra cemetery in Nairobi.

paragraph: Section::::Jeevanjee Gardens.

paragraph: In 1906, whilst at the height of his wealth, Jeevanjee began construction of gardens which were to be known as Jeevanjee Gardens. In 1906 he gifted the gardens to the people of Nairobi to use as a place to relax. These gardens became the subject in the news headlines in 1991 where some leaders in authority were purporting to turn it into a commercial plot. There had been a proposed construction of a Multi-storey car park which was against the wish of Jeevanjee. The youngest remaining daughter of Jeevanjee, the late Shirin Najmudean moved to Nairobi to stop the planned development on the piece of land.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jeevanjee Gardens

paragraph: Section::::Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Patel, Zarina "Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee" East Africa Publishers Education LTD (2002)

description: entrepreneur

wikidata_label: Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee

wikipedia_title: Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee


text:
Bălţi
women's 100 m breaststroke
2012 Summer Olympics
London
Dnipropetrovsk
Danielle Beaubrun

wikipedia_title: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

categories: Moldovan female swimmers,Sportspeople from Bălți,Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics,1995 births,Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics,Female breaststroke swimmers,Living people,Olympic swimmers of Moldova

paragraph: Tatiana Chișca

paragraph: Tatiana Chişca (born July 19, 1995 in Bălţi) is a Moldovan swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Chisca qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by breaking a Moldovan record and eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:10.68 from the Ukrainian Championships in Dnipropetrovsk. She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian Danielle Beaubrun of St. Lucia. Chisca rounded out the field to last place by more than two seconds behind Chinese Taipei's Chen I-Chuan in 1:13.30. Chisca failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fortieth overall in the preliminaries.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- NBC Olympics Profile

description: Olympic swimmer

wikidata_label: Tatiana Chișca

wikipedia_title: Tatiana Chișca


text:
Ukrainian
swimmer
2012 Summer Olympics
Ukrainian record holder

wikipedia_title:
Ukraine
Swimming (sport)
Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics
List of Ukrainian records in swimming

categories: Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics,Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine,1990 births,People from Poltava,Female breaststroke swimmers,Ukrainian female swimmers,Living people,Olympic swimmers of Ukraine,Universiade medalists in swimming

paragraph: Mariya Liver

paragraph: Maria Liver (; born 11 November 1990) is a Ukrainian swimmer. She competed for Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Liver is the current Ukrainian record holder in 50m breaststroke.

description: Ukrainian swimmer

wikidata_label: Mariia Liver

wikipedia_title: Mariya Liver


text:
Serbian nobleman
Đurađ Branković
Ottomans
Smederevo
Serbian Despotate
Stefan
Đurađ Branković
Stefan
Lazar
Ottomans
Smederevo
Đurađ Branković
Murad II
Sima Ćirković
Vuk Grgurević
Despot of Serbia

wikipedia_title:
Medieval Serbian nobility
Đurađ Branković
Ottoman Turks
Smederevo
Serbian Despotate
Stefan Branković
Đurađ Branković
Stefan Branković
Lazar Branković
Ottoman Turks
Smederevo
Đurađ Branković
Murad II
Sima Ćirković
Vuk Grgurević
Serbian Despotate

categories: Branković dynasty,1415 births,1459 deaths

paragraph: Grgur Branković

paragraph: Grgur Branković (1415 – 16 October 1459) was a 15th-century Serbian nobleman. Grgur was the eldest son of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene. In 1439, after the Ottomans captured Smederevo, the capital of the Serbian Despotate, they appointed Grgur as governor of his father estates captured by the Ottomans. Because he plotted against the Ottomans, they dismissed him and put him in prison in April 1441. In May 1441 the Ottomans blinded Grgur and his brother Stefan. In 1458, during struggle for the throne of the Serbian Despotate, Grgur resurfaced claiming it for himself or his son. In 1459 he retreated to Hilandar Monastery, took monastic vowes and monastic name German. On 16 October 1459 Grgur died in Hilandar.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: He was the eldest son of Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene. He had three brothers (Todor, Stefan and Lazar) and two sisters (Mara and Catherine Cantacuzena).

paragraph: After the Ottomans captured Smederevo in 1439, Grgur was allowed to govern his father's former estates in southern Serbia, as Ottoman vassal. During the winter 1440, Grgurs' father and Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković traveled to Zeta with his wife and several hundred cavalry through the Ottoman province governed by Grgur. Đurađ had intention to mobilize forces to recover his lost territories of Serbian Despotate. In April 1441 the Ottomans, probably justifiably, accused Grgur for treason and dismissed him from his governorship. On 8 May 1441 both Grgur and his brother Stefan were blinded, based on the order of Sultan Murad II. According to John Van Antwerp Fine, Jr. and Sima Ćirković, Grgur resurfaced in 1458, claiming the succession of the vacant throne of Serbian Despotate for himself or his son. Branković retreated to Hilandar where he took monastic vowes and monastic name German. He soon died there on 16 October 1459. His son was Vuk Grgurević the titular Despot of Serbia from 1471 until his death in 1485.

description: Serbian noble

wikidata_label: Grgur Branković

wikipedia_title: Grgur Branković


text: Native American

text: chief

text: Narragansett

text: Europe

text: Roger Williams

text: English

text: Pilgrims

text: Plymouth

text: William Bradford

text: gunpowder

text: round shot

text: sachem

text: Roger Williams

text: Massachusetts Bay Colony

text: Providence, Rhode Island

text: Providence Plantation

text: Pequot War

text: Miantonomoh

text: Britain

text: King Philip's War

text: Jim Thorpe

text: United States Navy

text: USS "Canonicus"

text: Camp Canonicus

text: American Baptist

text: Exeter, Rhode Island

text: Newport

text: Conanicut Island

text: Michael Greyeyes

text: Saints & Strangers

text: List of early settlers of Rhode Island

categories: Narragansett people,1560s births,Native American leaders,1647 deaths,17th-century Native Americans

paragraph: Canonicus

paragraph: Canonicus (c. 1565 – June 4, 1647) was a Native American chief of the Narragansett people. Although wary of the European newcomers, he bowed before superior armaments and surrendered a portion of the territory of his people to the immigrants without war. He ultimately proved to be a firm friend of Roger Williams and other English settlers.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Canonicus was born around 1565. Nothing is known of his early life.

paragraph: Canonicus was chief of the Narragansett tribe when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, and one of the first with whom they had dealings.

paragraph: In the words of historian Benjamin Lossing, Canonicus "regarded the advent of the white men with a jealous fear" and in 1622 he challenged the Plymouth colony, in front of a force of about 5,000 men. As a challenge to the head of Plymouth colony, William Bradford, Canonicus sent a bundle of arrows in a leather wrap tied with a snake skin. In reply, Bradford filled the wrap with gunpowder and lead round shot and returned it to Canonicus.

paragraph: This first exposure to explosive powder and metal was met with "superstitious awe," in the words of Lossing, who added:

paragraph: "They were sent from village to village, and excited so much alarm, that the sachem sued for peace, and made a treaty of friendship; which he never violated, notwithstanding, he often received provocations that would have justified him in scattering all compacts to the winds."

paragraph: The peace that resulted extended between the Narragansett and the English colonists extended beyond Canonicus's death in 1647.

paragraph: When Roger Williams and his company felt constrained to withdraw from Massachusetts Bay Colony, they sought refuge with the Narragansett tribe at a place that is now part of Providence, Rhode Island, where Canonicus made them welcome. In 1636, he gave Williams the large tract of land which became the first nucleus of the colony of Providence Plantation. In 1637, Canonicus was largely responsible for the Narragansetts' decision to side with the English during the Pequot War.

paragraph: Upon retiring Canonicus was initially succeeded by his nephew Miantonomoh, but Canonicus returned to power after Miantonomoh was killed in 1643.

paragraph: On April 19, 1644, Canonicus made a formal treaty acknowledging the sovereignty of Britain. The influence of his counsels lasted for many years after his death, and the Narragansett tribe maintained peaceful relations with the English until King Philip's War in 1675. After Canonicus' death, his nephew, Pessicus, (1623-1676) changed his name to Canonicus to honor his uncle.

paragraph: Section::::Descendants of note.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Thorpe (1887-1953), James "Jim" Francis Thorpe (baptized as Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe) was an Olympic champion called the "world's greatest athlete"

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, 1997

paragraph: BULLET::::- Four United States Navy ships have been named USS "Canonicus".

paragraph: BULLET::::- Camp Canonicus, an American Baptist camp in Exeter, Rhode Island.

paragraph: BULLET::::- There is an avenue named after Canonicus in Newport, Rhode Island.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The name of Conanicut Island.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrayed by Michael Greyeyes in the National Geographic Channel's miniseries "Saints & Strangers"

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of early settlers of Rhode Island

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships": "Canonicus" (ship namesake paragraph)

description: Narragansett Chief

wikidata_label: Canonicus

wikipedia_title: Canonicus


text: Constantinople

text: Istanbul

text: Ottoman Empire

text: Syrian Catholic

text: Armenia

text: Félix Bonfils

text: Gustave Le Gray

text: Antonio Beato

text: Felice Beato

text: Zangaki brothers

text: Cairo

text: Vienna

text: Austria

text: Osman Hamdi Bey

text: Jean Pascal Sébah

text: Prussian Court

text: List of Orientalist artists

text: Orientalism

text: Pascal Sebah

text: Fostinum: Pascal Sebah

text: Pascal Sébah

categories: 1886 deaths,Orientalist painters,19th-century photographers,1823 births,Armenian photographers

paragraph: Pascal Sébah

paragraph: Pascal Sébah (1823–1886) was a photographer in Constantinople (now Istanbul) and Cairo, who produced a prolific number of images of Egypt, Turkey and Greece to serve the tourist trade.

paragraph: Section::::Life and work.

paragraph: Pascal Sébah was born in Constantinople, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to a Syrian Catholic father and an Armenian mother.

paragraph: He initially worked in collaboration with the French photographer, Henri Bechard. After receiving medals at the International Exhibition in Paris, he decided to open his own studio in Istanbul in 1857. Sébah's studio was known as ""El Chark" (meaning "The Orient"), situated at 439 Grande Rue de Pera in the center of the city and close by the Embassies and hotels where tourists congregated.

paragraph: Sébah primarily produced photographs for the tourist trade. By the second half of the 19th-century, tourist travel to Egypt had created strong demand for photographs as souvenirs. Sébah was amongst a group of early photographers, who made their way to Cairo and Istanbul to capitalise on this demand. These pioneering photographers included Félix Bonfils (1831-1885); Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884), brothers Henri and Emile Bechard; the British-Italian brothers Antonio Beato (c. 1832–1906) and Felice Beato and the Greek Zangaki brothers.

paragraph: By 1873 Sébah was successful enough to open a second studio in Cairo. He exhibited at Ottoman exhibition in Vienna, Austria in 1873.

paragraph: He established a valuable working relationship with Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey taking photographs as part of the artist's preparation and in which he experimented with light and shade. In turn, Hamdi Bey selected Sébah to illustrate his text on the popular costumes worn by Turkish people, entitled "Les Costumes Populaires de la Turquie en 1873: ouvrage publié sous le patronage de la Commission impériale ottomane pour l'Exposition universelle de Vienne" published in 1873.

paragraph: Following his death on 25 June 1886, the studio continued in business. It was managed by his brother, Cosmi, and in 1888 Pollicarpe Joiallier became a partner. At this time the company was renamed Sebah & Joaillier Pascal's son, Jean Pascal Sébah, also joined in 1888 and went on to run the studio with other photographers. The firm developed a reputation as the leading representative of Orientalist photography and in 1889 was appointed the Photographers by Appointment to the Prussian Court. Sébah's studio continued operations, in one form or another, until 1952 when it finally closed.

paragraph: Sebah, a Catholic, was buried in the Latin cemetery in Ferikoy. His son, Jean Pascal Sébah, is also buried there.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Orientalist artists

paragraph: BULLET::::- Orientalism

paragraph: Section::::General references.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Engin Özendes, From Sébah & Joaillier to Foto Sabah. Orientalism in Photography, Istanbul, YKY, 1999.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michelle L. Woodward, "Between Orientalist Clichés and Images of Modernization: Photographic Practice in the Late Ottoman Era," "History of Photography", Winter 2003, Vol. 27, No. 4.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Costumes Popularies de la Turquie en 1873 by Osman Bey Hamdi with illustrations by Pascal Sébah]

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vintage Rag Trader - Vintage Photographs by Pascal Sebah

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pascal Sebah PPascal

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fostinum: Pascal Sebah

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pascal Sébah

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bibliothèque numérique de l'INHA - Fonds photographique Pascal Sébah de l'ENSBA

alias:
Pascal Sébah
J. Pascal Sebah
J. Pascal Sébah

description: Turkish photographer

wikidata_label: Pascal Sebah

wikipedia_title: Pascal Sébah


text:
British
Member of Parliament
Sir John Wrottesley, 8th Baronet
British Army
Major-General
Lichfield
Staffordshire
Staffordshire South
Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville
Copped Hall
Essex
John Wrottesley

categories: 1771 births,UK MPs 1820–1826,UK MPs 1832–1835,32nd Regiment of Foot officers,UK MPs 1801–1802,UK MPs 1802–1806,UK MPs 1835–1837,29th Regiment of Foot officers,British Army generals,1841 deaths,Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom,British MPs 1796–1800,UK MPs 1826–1830,Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies,UK MPs 1830–1831,Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies,UK MPs 1831–1832

paragraph: John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley

paragraph: John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley (4 October 1771 – 16 March 1841), known as Sir John Wrottesley, 9th Baronet, from 1787 to 1838, was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.

paragraph: Wrottesley was the son of Sir John Wrottesley, 8th Baronet. He served in the British Army and achieved the rank of Major-General. Wrottesley also sat as a Member of Parliament for Lichfield from 1799 to 1806, for Staffordshire from 1823 to 1832, and for Staffordshire South from 1832 to 1837. On 11 July 1838, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Wrottesley, of Wrottesley in the County of Stafford.

paragraph: Lord Wrottesley married firstly Lady Caroline Bennet, daughter of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, in 1795. After his first wife's death in 1818, he married secondly Julia Conyers, daughter of John Conyers of Copped Hall, Essex, in 1819. Julia was the widow of Captain John Astley Bennet RN, the brother of Wrottesley's first wife. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Wrottesley died in March 1841, aged 69, and was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his son John Wrottesley.

description: British general, politician and Baron

wikidata_label: John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley

wikipedia_title: John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley


text:
Odessa
Russia
socialist
Jewish
Horlivka
Moscow
Donets Coal Basin
Paris
emigres
The Internationale
socialist
Zhizn
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
Mariupol
Odessa
tsarist
Octave Mirbeau
Mensheviks
Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union

categories: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members,Russian male poets,People from Odessa,1943 deaths,People from Kherson Governorate,1872 births,Ukrainian Jews,Jewish poets,Mensheviks

paragraph: Arkady Kots

paragraph: Arkady Yakovlevich Kots (; alias - A.Danin, A.Bronin, A.Shatov) (1872, Odessa – 1943) was a Russian socialist poet of Jewish descent.

paragraph: Arkady Kots graduated from a mining school in Horlivka and worked at the Moscow and Donets Coal Basins. In 1897-1902, Kots resided in Paris, where he graduated from a mining institute and established contact with the revolutionary emigres.

paragraph: In 1902, he published two poems which would go down into the history of proletarian poetry and movement in general. The first one was a Russian translation of "The Internationale", the most famous socialist song and one of the most widely recognized songs in the world. It was published anonymously in a Russian emigre magazine "Listki Zhizni", a companion publication to the "Zhizn" ("Life") magazine. The other verse was called "The Proletarian Song" (Песнь пролетариев), which would become quite popular.

paragraph: In 1903, Arkady Kots joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and carried out party assignments in Mariupol and Odessa. In 1907-1914, Kots did not belong to any political party. In 1907, a publishing house "Nash Golos" (Наш голос) published a collection of verses by Arkady Kots named "Proletarian Songs" (Песни пролетариев), which would be immediately confiscated by the tsarist authorities. Kots is known to have translated a play by Octave Mirbeau called "Les Mauvais Bergers" and published a number of political brochures. In 1914-1920, he sided with the Mensheviks.

paragraph: Evacuated to the east during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Kots died in 1943.

description: Russian writer

wikidata_label: Arkady Kots

wikipedia_title: Arkady Kots


text: Broadway theatre

text: Hollywood

text: Boston, Massachusetts

text: Mississippi River

text: Jane Ring Frank

text: Richard Mansfield

text: Nat Goodwin

text: Chauncey Olcott

text: New York City

text: I've Got Rings On My Fingers

text: The Midnight Sons

text: "Billboard"

text: Yip-I-Addy-I-Aye

text: Will Rogers

text: The Wall Street Girl

text: Come Josephine in My Flying Machine

text: World War I

text: mime

text: Charles Winninger

text: Winter Garden Theatre

text: The Yankee Girl

text: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

text: It's the Old Army Game

text: Eddie Sutherland

text: W.C. Fields

text: Eva Le Gallienne

text: Santa Monica, California

text: Charles Winninger

text: Al Sutherland

text: A. Edward Sutherland

text: Frances Ring

text: Thomas Meighan

text: Cyril Ring

text: Charlotte Greenwood

text: Jane Ring Frank

text: Bing Crosby

text: If I Had My Way

text: Ziegfeld Follies

text: Flo Ziegfeld

text: Santa Monica, California

text: Beverly Hills, California

text: Somewhere in Time

text: Christopher Reeve

text: Los Angeles Times

text: The New York Times

text: Collected Recordings of Blanche Ring

text: Photo of Blanche Ring at Moviecard

text: with sister Julie, 1951

text: Blanche Ring

text: Darracq

categories: 1871 births,American people of Irish descent,American people of English descent,20th-century American actresses,Vaudeville performers,American people of Scottish descent,Actresses from Santa Monica, California,19th-century American actresses,American female singers,American stage actresses,American silent film actresses,Musicians from Santa Monica, California,Actresses from Boston,1961 deaths

paragraph: Blanche Ring

paragraph: Blanche Ring (April 24, 1871 – January 13, 1961) was an American singer and actress in Broadway theatre productions, musicals, and Hollywood motion pictures.

paragraph: Blanche Ring was born in Boston, Massachusetts to James H. Ring and Wilhemena F. Ring . In John Parker's "Who's Who In The Theatre" (eleventh edition) she listed 1877 as the year of her birth rather than 1871, which was correct. This was done for business reasons.

paragraph: Blanche was a granddaughter of James H. Ring, a leading comedian of the Boston Museum company. Her great-great-grandfather, Charles Fisher, came to the United States from England. He journeyed with theatrical caravans as far west as the Mississippi River. Her heritage was English-Irish-Scottish. Four generations of her ancestors were Shakespearean actors. Her great niece is conductor Jane Ring Frank.

paragraph: Section::::Singer in theater.

paragraph: Miss Ring made her debut at age 16 in "A Parisian Romance" with Richard Mansfield. Later she acted with Nat Goodwin and Chauncey Olcott. In 1902, she had great success with "In the Good Old Summertime", and followed this with another hit song "The Belle of Avenue A", performed in "Tommy Rot", which was staged at Mrs. Osborn's Playhouse in New York City. "I've Got Rings On My Fingers" was introduced when Blanche performed in "The Midnight Sons" in 1909. Her recording of the song for Victor Records is listed as one of "Billboard"'s top hits of that year, along with her recordings of "Yip-I-Addy-I-Aye" and "The Billiken Man." Will Rogers spoke his first lines on stage in Ring's play "The Wall Street Girl". In 1910, she recorded "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" after introducing it in a Broadway show, and the song became one of her biggest hits.

paragraph: Among her other songs of note are "Bedelia" and "I'd Leave My Happy Home for You". The former was featured in "The Jersey Lilly". During World War I, the singer was popular with "They're All Out of Step But Jim".

paragraph: Blanche Ring possessed a talent for mime. This helped her advance in musical revues. Her impersonations were paired with those of Charles Winninger in the "Passing Show of 1919", performed at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.

paragraph: Section::::Film.

paragraph: Ring went to Hollywood in 1916 to star in the silent film "The Yankee Girl". She has a brief role in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". She acted in the motion picture "It's the Old Army Game" (directed by her nephew Eddie Sutherland) with W.C. Fields in 1926. On the stage she appeared in "The Great Necker", among others. She returned to New York to perform in such musicals as "Right This Way" and "Strike Up the Band".

paragraph: Her final stage performance was in New York in 1938, a role in "Madame Capet", which starred Eva Le Gallienne. She died in Santa Monica, California.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: The singer was married four times

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walter F. MacNichol

paragraph: BULLET::::- James Walker Jr.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frederick Edward McKay, theatrical manager

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles Winninger

paragraph: All of the marriages ended in divorce; she bore no children in her early marriages. When she married Winninger she was in her 50s and past child bearing. Ring left New York in 1959.

paragraph: Her sister Julie Ring (1878–19??) became a stage actress. She married Al Sutherland, a British actor; they had a son, A. Edward Sutherland, who became a film director in the United States.

paragraph: Her sister Frances Ring (July 4, 1882 – January 15, 1951) was married in 1909 to Thomas Meighan, the popular stage and later silent film actor.

paragraph: The Ring sisters' younger brother, Cyril Ring, was the first husband of actress Charlotte Greenwood (1916–1922).

paragraph: Her great-niece is conductor Jane Ring Frank.

paragraph: Section::::Hollywood.

paragraph: In 1940, Ring appeared as one of the featured vaudeville greats in the Bing Crosby picture, "If I Had My Way" (1940). She left New York to live in Hollywood with her brother, Cyril. In May 1960 she attended a reunion of former Ziegfeld Follies girls. Blanche Ring was an honorary member of the Ziegfeld Club, though she never worked for Flo Ziegfeld.

paragraph: Blanche Ring died in a nursing home in Santa Monica, California in 1961, aged 89. She had been in poor health for two years following a stroke in 1958. Her interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, following a rosary which was recited in the Church of the Good Shepherd, in Beverly Hills, California.

paragraph: Section::::Note.

paragraph: In the film "Somewhere in Time" (1980), Christopher Reeve plays a journalist who researches a fictional Edwardian actress in a hotel's library, and finds some theatrical photos. Reeve pulls out a photo of three little girls together. The girls are Blanche Ring and her sisters Julie and Frances. The same photo appears under Blanche Ring's biography in Daniel Blum's book "Great Stars of the American Stage" (1954).

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Los Angeles Times", 'Blanche Ring, Early Star of Musicals, Dies' (January 15, 1961) page 18

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The New York Times", 'Blanche Ring, 89, Stage Star, Dies' (January 15, 1961) page 86

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Collected Recordings of Blanche Ring

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photo of Blanche Ring at Moviecard

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blanche Ring on the cover of THE THEATRE magazine September 1910

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blanche Ring; Victor discography, complete Catalog

paragraph: BULLET::::- with sister Julie, 1951(Wayback Machine)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blanche Ring posing in or driving her Darracq motorcar circa 1910

description: American actress and singer

wikidata_label: Blanche Ring

wikipedia_title: Blanche Ring


text:
Roman Catholic
Bari
titular bishop
auxiliary bishop
Oppido Mamertina-Palmi

categories: People from Bari,Bishops in Calabria,2014 deaths,Disease-related deaths in Italy,Place of death missing,1936 births

paragraph: Luciano Bux

paragraph: Luciano Bux (29 June 1936 – 8 August 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

paragraph: Born in Bari, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. Father Bux was appointed titular bishop of Aurusuliana, and auxiliary bishop of Bari-Bitonio in 1995.

paragraph: In 2000, Bux was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi. Bux retired in 2011 on his 75th birthday, and died in 2014, aged 78.

description: Italian priest

wikidata_label: Luciano Bux

wikipedia_title: Luciano Bux


text: baseball

text: pitcher

text: Major League Baseball

text: Minnesota Twins

text: Los Angeles Angels

text: college baseball

text: Michigan State University

text: Eastern Michigan University

text: Clay High School

text: Oregon, Ohio

text: win–loss record

text: earned run average

text: strikeout

text: batting

text: no-hitter

text: Baseball America

text: 2007 Major League Baseball draft

text: Michigan State University

text: Michigan State Spartans

text: Penn State Nittany Lions

text: 2010 Major League Baseball Draft

text: Minnesota Twins

text: Cape Cod League

text: Elizabethton Twins

text: Appalachian League

text: Beloit Snappers

text: Midwest League

text: Fort Myers Miracle

text: Florida State League

text: Midwest League

text: New Britain Rock Cats

text: Eastern League

text: Rochester Red Wings

text: International League

text: Arizona Fall League

text: New Britain Rock Cats

text: Rochester Red Wings

text: Philadelphia Phillies

text: waivers

text: Los Angeles Angels

text: Salt Lake Bees

text: Detroit Tigers

text: spring training

text: Somerset Patriots

text: Ohio State University

text: Rod

text: Shih Tzu

text: Tom Izzo

text: Brighton, Michigan

categories: somerset Patriots players,Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio,New Britain Rock Cats players,Elizabethton Twins players,1988 births,Los Angeles Angels players,Salt Lake Bees players,Beloit Snappers players,Baseball players from Ohio,Fort Myers Miracle players,Major League Baseball pitchers,Rochester Red Wings players,Glendale Desert Dogs players,Minnesota Twins players,Living people,Michigan State Spartans baseball players

paragraph: A. J. Achter

paragraph: Adam J. Achter (born August 27, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Angels. Achter played college baseball at Michigan State University. He is currently the pitching coach at Eastern Michigan University.

paragraph: Section::::High school.

paragraph: Achter attended Clay High School in Oregon, Ohio, where he starred for the school's baseball and basketball teams. In his senior year, 2007, Achter had a 7–1 win–loss record with a 0.92 earned run average (ERA) and 102 strikeouts, as well as batting .429 and leading his team to their second straight district championship. He threw a no-hitter against Findlay High School, and was named Toledo City League Player of the Year, tournament MVP, first team All-Toledo City League, and first team All-Ohio. Achter was also named Clay's 2007 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

paragraph: Achter came out of high school rated as the No. 5 high school prospect in Ohio by "Baseball America". After not being selected during the 2007 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled in Michigan State University.

paragraph: Section::::College.

paragraph: Achter made his debut with the Michigan State Spartans in 2008 when he made eight starts and three relief appearances. Over 33.2 innings, Achter went 1–3 and had just a .224 batting average against. On May 4, A.J. made perhaps his best start of the year when he held the Penn State Nittany Lions to one hit over 7.1 innings pitched.

paragraph: In his sophomore season, Achter tied for the team lead in starts with 14, going 3–6 with 57 strikeouts over 81.1 innings. A.J. allowed only four home runs and 34 earned runs, leading to an ERA of 3.76, second-lowest in the starting rotation.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minnesota Twins.

paragraph: Achter was selected in the 46th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft by the Minnesota Twins, but with two years of eligibility remaining at Michigan State and with no signing bonus offered by the Twins, A.J. had no reason to leave college. During the summer, Achter pitched a "lights-out" summer in the Cape Cod League, and two hours before the August signing deadline, the Twins gave Achter a $50,000 bonus to sign, which he accepted.

paragraph: Achter began his career with the Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League, going 0–1 with a 4.91 ERA over 7.1 innings pitched. In 2011, Achter spent the season with the Beloit Snappers of the Midwest League. In his first full professional season, A.J. started 19 games, going 5–8 with a 4.52 ERA.

paragraph: Achter began the 2012 season with the Snappers, this time as a reliever, and quickly found his niche, going 3–1 with a 2.48 ERA over 40 innings. Achter's success earned the pitcher a mid-June promotion to the High-A Fort Myers Miracle of the Florida State League as well as an All-Star selection in the Midwest League. A.J. pitched another 34.1 innings while allowing three earned runs, leading to a sparkling 0.79 ERA to go along with 37 strikeouts and a 2–1 record.

paragraph: As a result of his success the year before, Achter started 2013 with the AA New Britain Rock Cats of the Eastern League, carrying a 2–0 record, 2.21 ERA, and 36 strikeouts over 36.2 innings of work. He was named to appear in the Eastern League All-Star Game. Achter was promoted to the AAA Rochester Red Wings of the International League. While in Rochester, Achter went 1–2 with a 3.04 ERA, .198 batting average against, and 20 strikeouts over 23.2 innings, helping the Red Wings to their first playoff appearance since 2006. He was assigned to the Arizona Fall League after the season.

paragraph: In 2014, Achter began the year at AA with the New Britain Rock Cats but did not remain there for long; after 6.2 scoreless innings in which Achter allowed three hits, one walk, and struck out 11, he was promoted to the AAA Rochester Red Wings where he was the only Red Wings' player selected to the 2014 AAA All-Star Game. On September 1 his contract was selected by the Twins and he was called up the Majors for the first time in his career. Two days later he made his Major League debut against the Chicago White Sox, pitching one inning in relief and not allowing a run.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Los Angeles Angels.

paragraph: After the 2015 season, the Philadelphia Phillies claimed Achter off of waivers. They designated him for assignment on December 11. On December 17, 2015, Achter was claimed off of waivers by the Los Angeles Angels. He began the season with the AAA Salt Lake Bees. The Angels selected his contract on August 9, 2016. During the 2016 season, Achter posted a 3.11 ERA and 1.46 WHIP in 27 games with the Los Angeles Angels.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Tigers.

paragraph: On December 9, 2016, the Detroit Tigers signed Achter to a minor league contract, and was invited to spring training. He was released on June 6, 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Somerset Patriots.

paragraph: On June 28, 2017, Achter signed with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He announced his retirement on January 8, 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Achter has two siblings, Amanda and Austin. Austin is younger and played baseball and graduated from Ohio State University. His parents are Rod and Cindy. Rod was a wide receiver at the University of Toledo and eventually was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings. A.J. is married to fellow Michigan State Spartan alumnus, Kaiti Nester. They have a purebred Shih Tzu, Izzy Nester-Achter. Izzy is named after Tom Izzo. A.J. and Kaiti live in Brighton, Michigan.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: A.J. Achter

wikipedia_title: A. J. Achter


text:
Canadian
Toronto
Ontario
Coleman Hell
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
civil war
Highsnobiety
BBC
CBC
,
Clash Magazine

categories: Sri Lankan Tamil people,Living people,Canadian people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent,Canadian songwriters

paragraph: Shan Vincent de Paul

paragraph: Shan Vincent de Paul is a Canadian recording artist and director from Toronto, Ontario. Paul released his debut album "Saviors" in 2016 and his sophomore album "Tigger Happy Heartbreak" along with an EP "SVDP 1" in 2017.

paragraph: He is part of Toronto-based artist collective, sideways which includes Coleman Hell, La+ch, Mad Dog Jones, and Michah. He is best known for his debut album "Saviors".

paragraph: Section::::Personal life and career.

paragraph: Paul was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and fled the country in his young age due to the civil war and moved to Canada as refugees.

paragraph: His debut album "Saviors" was released on April 15, 2016.

paragraph: Paul has been featured in media outlets such as Highsnobiety, Complex, BBC, CBC, DJBOOTH, Okayplayer, Afropunk, Clash Magazine, and Torontist.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2019 "Ex Xo"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2019 "Funeral"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2019 "Zen"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2019 "Warning Shot"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2019 "Out Alive"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2019 "Heaven (ft. Navz-47)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018 "Light"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016 "Fight for Us"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016 "Humble"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016 "Buggin'"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016 "Thank God"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 "The Island"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 "Outta Love"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 "Crash"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 "Symbiotic"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014 "Some Girls"

wikidata_label: Shan Vincent de Paul

wikipedia_title: Shan Vincent de Paul


text:
Justin Timberlake
OutKast
Destiny's Child
Dru Hill
Aretha Franklin
Quincy Jones
James Ingram
Richard Ashcroft
Janet Jackson
Michael Jackson
Greenville, Mississippi
Ted Taylor
James Brown
Otis Redding
Billy Stewart
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Duke Ellington
Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Tuskegee, Alabama
Syl Johnson
Jackie Wilson
The Chi-Lites
Jerry Butler
Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions
Charles Stepney
Donny Hathaway
Gene Barge
Chess Records
Brunswick Records
Curtom Records
Mercury Records
The Temptations
Motown Records
Atlantic Records
The Temptations Do The Temptations
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Aretha Franklin
Barry White
The Love Unlimited Orchestra
Stax Records
Rance Allen
Quincy Jones
Off the Wall
Rock With You
GRAMMY
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Earth, Wind, & Fire
Boogie Wonderland
Tavares
Supercharged
Love Uprising
One Hundred Ways
James Ingram
Kathy Wakefield
Edmund Sylvers
Leon Sylvers III
SOLAR Records
Klymaxx
The Whispers
Lakeside
Shalamar
Midnight Star
Carrie Lucas
Dynasty
DeBarge
All This Love
In a Special Way
All This Love
Love Me in a Special Way
A Dream
2Pac
Blackstreet
Tony! Toni! Toné!
Chaka Kahn
Destiny’s Child
Brandy
Full Moon
Toni Braxton
Dru Hill
DJ Quik
Balance & Options
Mary Mary
Jamiroquai
Dynamite
Joss Stone
Introducing Joss Stone
OutKast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Norwegian Radio Symphony
Nobel Peace Prize
Mystery Skulls
Forever
Mary J. Blige
Ty Dolla $ign
Frank Ocean
Benjamin Wright Discography at Discogs

categories: American male composers,Musicians from Greenville, Mississippi,21st-century American composers,1946 births,Living people

paragraph: Benjamin Wright (composer)

paragraph: Benjamin Wright, Jr. (born July 11, 1946) is an American producer and composer.

paragraph: As an arranger, he has conducted hits for many artists including Justin Timberlake, OutKast, Brandy, Destiny's Child, Dru Hill, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, James Ingram, Richard Ashcroft, Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Music director and arranger Benjamin F. Wright, Jr. was born on July 11, 1946, in Greenville, Mississippi. Wright started his music career while in high school, performing as a drum major in the marching band, and singing doo-wop in a group he and his friends started. After high school, Wright embarked on his first major musical tour with big Rhythm and Blues icon, Ted Taylor. During the tour, Wright played piano and sang backup for the band. The Ted Taylor tour allowed Wright to experience music arrangement for the first time. His subsequent success within the industry took him on the road with icons like James Brown, Otis Redding, Billy Stewart and Gladys Knight & the Pips.

paragraph: Shortly after Wright’s touring period, he was drafted into the United States Air Force. While there, Wright met Fat’s Ford, a trumpet player who played with Duke Ellington. Ford eventually introduced Wright to the Duke — an experience that changed Wright’s life forever. After Wright’s honorable discharge from the military in Alabama, he worked for several years with Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces.

paragraph: Wright was soon invited to play with Pieces of Peace in Chicago. He would make the move and begin career as a copyist and arranged. During this time, he attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music and received a PhD from the Pentecostal Bible College in Tuskegee, Alabama.

paragraph: Section::::Chicago Era.

paragraph: After meeting up with the Pieces of Peace, he was brought on as a member of Chicago's premier soul and funk bands. Through the 1960s and early 1970s they scored the enviable gig of backing up Syl Johnson for his shows and on his incendiary 1970 LP "Is It Because I'm Black".

paragraph: The opportunities for Wright seemed to all come from all sides—Chicago's music scene was booming. Pieces of Peace was one of the premier session bands and would record music for Jackie Wilson, The Chi-Lites, Jerry Butler, and Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions, to name a few. Concurrently, he was a copyist for arranging and producer legends: Charles Stepney, Donny Hathaway, Gene Barge, Richard Evans – exposing him to wide range of artists and building a strong relationship with Chess Records, Brunswick Records, Curtom Records, Mercury Records, and various artists across the Chicago music scene.

paragraph: Eventually Pieces of Peace disintegrated during a tour of Southeast Asia, mostly due to homesickness and pressure over managerial disputes, amongst other things.

paragraph: Section::::Los Angeles Era.

paragraph: With the band disbanding and the industry shifting from Chicago to LA, Wright was ready for a new challenge and moved to LA to expand into producing music. Once moving to LA in 1975, he started working as the music director and producer for The Temptations—being instrumental in their move from Motown Records to Atlantic Records. He wrote a number of songs on their 1976 album "The Temptations Do The Temptations". On this album the group enjoyed the greatest creative control of their career. He’d also co-write on subsequent albums for the band for years to come.

paragraph: He also became the musical director for Gladys Knight & The Pips, Aretha Franklin, and Barry White & The Love Unlimited Orchestra.

paragraph: Wright, would also begin work with Stax Records gospel crossover artist, Rance Allen in 1978, arranging and orchestrating his Top 30 R&B hit, "I Belong to You." Achieving mainstream chart success was a rare occurrence for a gospel act—unseen before Rance Allen’s band. The two would continue to collaborate for a number of years, following the song’s success.

paragraph: Then, in 1979 Wright would get one of the most memorable phone calls of his lifetime—Quincy Jones requested that Wright work on Michaels Jackson’s breakout solo album "Off the Wall". Mr. Wright would go on to arrange the strings for "Rock With You" (US Billboard Hot 100 #1), "Get On The Floor (Dance With Me)," and the GRAMMY Award-winning song "Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough" (US Billboard Hot 100 #1).

paragraph: He’d receive another GRAMMY that year for the Instrumental Performance on Earth, Wind, & Fire’s iconic hit, "Boogie Wonderland."

paragraph: He’d then have continued chart success in 1980 producing for Tavares’ "Supercharged" (US R&B Chart #20) and "Love Uprising" with the songs "Love Uprising" (US R&B #17) and the socio-politically charged "Bad Times" (US R&B #10). He also arranged the horns and strings for Aretha Franklin’s 1980 hit "United Together" reaching #3 on the US R&B Charts, subsequently joining Aretha on the road as her music director.

paragraph: Mr. Wright and Quincy Jones would soon collaborate again in 1981. "One Hundred Ways" performed by James Ingram, written by Wright, Tony Coleman, and Kathy Wakefield would win the GRAMMY Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance. The song would resurrect the album, rising up the charts to #10 Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R&B Albums.

paragraph: Between 1982 and 1983, Wright opened the Ritesonian recording studio.

paragraph: Much like Chicago, the work just continued to pile on quickly. After having worked with Wright on Edmund Sylvers’ solo project, Leon Sylvers III (in-house producer for SOLAR Records) reached out to Wright to arrange music for all of the SOLAR recording artists: Klymaxx, The Whispers ["Keep On Lovin Me" (US R&B #4) and "In The Raw" (US R&B #8)], Lakeside ["Real Love" (US R&B #17)], Shalamar, Midnight Star, Carrie Lucas ["Dance With You" (US Dance #6)], and Dynasty. His work with Dynasty would become a staple in the hip-hop community with the use of his iconic arrangement of the song "Adventures In The Land of Music."

paragraph: Similarly, he’d arrange a number of records for DeBarge on their "All This Love" and "In a Special Way" albums. "All This Love" (1982) would reach #5 on the Billboard R&B chart, #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, helping its parent album of the same name reach gold status by the summer of 1983. "Love Me in a Special Way" would also connect with the R&B community reaching U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #11. On that same album, Wright arranged what would become an iconic song—"A Dream." Although the track was not released as a single, the song has been popular over the years on the radio and has been sampled by several artists including 2Pac and Blackstreet.

paragraph: His run continued in the 90s and early 00s working with Tony! Toni! Toné! "Slow Wine" (US R&B #21), Chaka Kahn "Never Miss The Water" (US Dance #1), the debut album for Destiny’s Child, Brandy's album "Full Moon" (US R&B #1, US Billboard Top 200 #2), Toni Braxton's "Maybe," Dru Hill's "I Love You," DJ Quik's "Balance & Options" (US R&B #5), Mary Mary "In The Morning" (US Gospel #1), Jamiroquai's album "Dynamite" (UK Albums Chart #3), Joss Stone's album "Introducing Joss Stone" (US Billboard Top 200, #2).

paragraph: In 2004 he would receive a GRAMMY for Album of the Year as part of his contributions to OutKast’s most successful and record setting album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below". Similarly, he’d receive the GRAMMY for Best Pop Vocal Album for his work on Justin Timberlake’s solo debut smash, Justified. 2004 would also mark his first trip to conduct the Norwegian Radio Symphony at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert is Oslo, Norway. An honor, he would enjoy again in 2005, when he returned to conduct for Gladys Knight’s performance.

paragraph: The relationship with Justin Timberlake would continue through the subsequent albums, writing for a number of songs, including "Until The End of Time" (US Billboard Hot 100, #17), "Mirrors" (US Billboard Hot 100, #2), "Take Back The Night" (US Billboard Hot 100, #29).

paragraph: The collaborations continue still. Wright worked with Mystery Skulls in 2014 contributing a number of songs to his debut album "Forever" (US Dance/Electronic Albums #3). In 2016, he worked with Mary J. Blige, Ty Dolla $ign, Frank Ocean, and a number of projects slated for future releases.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Benjamin Wright Discography at Discogs

description: American composer

wikidata_label: Benjamin Wright

wikipedia_title: Benjamin Wright (composer)


text: Twickenham

text: Sarah Jennings

text: New Ross

text: Paulet

text: 1st Duke of Bolton

text: Viscount Jocelyn

text: Lord Chancellor of Ireland

text: Grandmaster

text: Grand Lodge of Ireland

text: Hell-Fire Club

text: Libertine

text: nihilist

text: Dionysus Rising

text: Dionysian

text: Great Library of Alexandria

text: Sacred Sect of Dionysus

text: Revived Order of Dionysus

text: Dionysiac Architects

text: humorous Earl of Rochester

text: Molesworth Street Dublin

text: Earl of Kildare

text: John Hoadly

text: Birr, King’s County

text: New Ross

text: Rosse Papers

text: Masonic biography

text: The Hellfire Club

text: Dionysus Rising

categories: 1741 deaths,1702 births,Irish Freemasons

paragraph: Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse

paragraph: Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse (1702–1741), Freemason and a founder-member of the Hell-Fire Club, 2nd Viscount Rosse of Bellamont co. Dublin, Baron Oxmantown, 3rd baronet.

paragraph: An Irish peer, he was born at Twickenham, Middlesex, the son of Richard Parsons, 1st Viscount Rosse (c1657-1703) and Elizabeth Hamilton, niece of Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough. He was advanced to the earldom of Rosse on 16 June 1718. His family had settled at New Ross co. Wexford at the beginning of the 17th century. The spelling Rosse distinguishes this Irish family from a Scottish title, Ross.

paragraph: He married, 25 June 1714, Mary Paulet, granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Bolton and the marquis de Montpouillon. Their son was the 2nd and last Earl of Rosse (1716–1764) of that creation. They had no grandchildren. After her death on 15 August 1718 he married Frances Claxton who, as Parsons’ widow, married Viscount Jocelyn, Lord Chancellor of Ireland; she died in 1772.

paragraph: Section::::Freemason and Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland.

paragraph: In 1725, he was elected the Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, a post he held for the next six years.

paragraph: All official records of the Grand Lodge of Ireland prior to 1760, and all minute books prior to 1780, have been lost. While Rosse is the first recorded Grand Master of Ireland, the belief that he was Grand Master in 1723 and again in 1730 is from newspaper accounts of the day.

paragraph: Section::::The Hell-Fire Club.

paragraph: A founder member of the Hell-Fire Club, Parsons was a notable Libertine (and nihilist), rebelling against the norms of the day.

paragraph: He wrote the book "Dionysus Rising" after a trip to Egypt where he claimed to have found Dionysian scrolls looted from the Great Library of Alexandria. After writing his book he founded the Sacred Sect of Dionysus. An offshoot of freemasonry called the Revived Order of Dionysus is in existence in New Orleans, USA, and split due to a belief that Freemasonry is descendant from a pre-Christian cult called Dionysiac Architects. They were inspired by Richard Parsons book, only two copies of which exist to this day.

paragraph: Section::::Adieu and obituary.

paragraph: "The late Earl of Rosse was, in character and disposition, like the humorous Earl of Rochester; he had an infinite fund of wit, great spirits, and a liberal heart; was fond of all the vices which the beau monde call pleasures, and by those means first impaired his fortune as much as he possibly could do; and finally, his health, beyond repair."

paragraph: Parsons died on 21 June 1741 at his home in Molesworth Street Dublin in the parish of St Anne. On his deathbed he received a letter from the vicar of St Anne, the dean of Kilmore “to remind him of his past life, the particulars of which he mentioned, such as profligacy, gaming, drinking, rioting, turning day into night, blaspheming his Maker, and, in short, all manner of wickedness; and exhorting him in the tenderest manner to employ the few moments that remained to him, in penitently confessing his manifold transgressions, and soliciting his pardon from an offended Deity, before whom he was shortly to appear.”

paragraph: Parsons ordered the letter, addressed only to My Lord, to be put into a fresh cover and carried by the dean's own servant to an unusually pious gentleman, the Earl of Kildare. On reading it the very angry Kildare sent the letter to John Hoadly, Archbishop of Dublin, Primate of Ireland, who immediately summoned the dean for his explanation. By the time it was understood what had been done, Parsons was dead.

paragraph: Today's Parsons of Birr Castle are not his direct descendants.

paragraph: Section::::Earl of Rosse, new creation.

paragraph: There was a second creation of the title Parsons, Earl of Rosse in 1806 for the descendants of a junior branch which had settled at Birr, King’s County in the early 17th century instead of New Ross.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rosse Papers

paragraph: BULLET::::- Masonic biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Hellfire Club

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dionysus Rising

description: Irish Earl

wikidata_label: Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse

wikipedia_title: Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse


text: English

text: Russian

text: Light in August

text: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

text: All the King's Men

text: Theophilus North

text: Other Voices, Other Rooms

text: Set This House on Fire

text: Pulp

text: J. K. Rowling

categories: 20th-century translators,1937 births,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology alumni,Russian translators,Translators from English,People from Moscow,21st-century translators,Living people,English–Russian translators

paragraph: Viktor Golyshev

paragraph: Viktor Golyshev (born 1937) is a well-known English-to-Russian translator. His translations include Light in August, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, All the King's Men, Theophilus North, 1984, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Set This House on Fire, Pulp, and others. He has won the Foreign Literature and Illuminator awards. He has said about modern American literature, "It isn't quite worthy of consideration. It has almost nothing to say about life."

paragraph: Section::::"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix".

paragraph: Golyshev initially scoffed at an offer to translate the fifth book in J. K. Rowling's bestselling series ("Hell no, what am I, 8 years old?"). However, he subsequently joined a team of translators employed by the Russian publisher of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" after complaints of poor translation.

paragraph: He has not been part of the translating team for any of the other "Harry Potter" books.

description: Russian translator

wikidata_label: Viktor Golyshev

wikipedia_title: Viktor Golyshev


text: Palatine of Hungary

text: ban

text: Macsó

text: Usora

text: Só

text: Slavonia

text: Croatia and Dalmatia

text: Braničevo

text: Syrmia

text: Bačka

text: Banat

text: Baranya

text: Stibor of Stiboricz

text: Order of the Dragon

text: Lazar of Serbia

text: Anna of Cilli

text: King Sigismund

text: Barbara of Cilli

text: Matthias Corvinus

text: Nicholas I Garai

text: Garai family

text: Louis I of Hungary

text: Lazar of Serbia

text: John Horváti

text: John of Palisna

text: Gorjani

text: Mary

text: Ladislaus of Naples

text: Sigismund of Luxemburg

text: ban

text: Macsó

text: Bács

text: Baranya

text: Bodrog

text: Szerém

text: Ban of Szörény

text: Čerević

text: ispán

text: Verőce County

text: Kingdom of Hungary

text: Pápa

text: Somló

text: Transdanubia

text: Nicholas Zámbó

text: John

text: Ivankovo, Croatia

text: ban of Croatia and Dalmatia

text: Vuk Vukčić

text: Wallachia

text: Peter Perényi

text: sabor

text: Ottoman Empire

text: Battle of Nicopolis

text: Stephen II Lackfi

text: Split

text: Križevci

text: Hermann of Celje

text: John Kanizsai

text: Archbishop of Esztergom

text: Bloody Sabor of Križevci

text: Ban of Slavonia

text: Osor

text: Cres

text: Diet

text: Timișoara

text: Palatine of Hungary

text: Milica

text: Nemanjić dynasty

text: Henry VI, Count of Gorizia

text: counts of Gorizia

text: John II

text: Leonhard

text: House of Garai

text: Dorozsma

categories: Hungarian nobility,14th-century Hungarian people,1367 births,1433 deaths,Palatines of the Kingdom of Hungary,Bans of Macsó,Knights of the Dragon,Garai family,Christians of the Crusade of Nicopolis,Bans of Croatia

paragraph: Nicholas II Garai

paragraph: Nicholas II Garai (, ; c. 1367 – December 1433) was a powerful Hungarian baron, who served as the Palatine of Hungary from 1402 until 1433 and the ban of Macsó, Usora, Só, Slavonia, Croatia and Dalmatia. He also ruled over Braničevo, Syrmia, Bačka, Banat and Baranya regions through vassals. Together with his close ally Stibor of Stiboricz, he became one of the richest and most powerful nobles in Hungary for over 30 years. The valiant Nicholas II Garai governed over national matters as the factual Ruler of Hungary next to the King Sigismund. In 1416 Sigismund extended their armorial bearings showing the Order of the Dragon and the Order of the Scarf. He presented the patent to his brother-in-law.

paragraph: Nicholas II's first wife was Theodora of Serbia, daughter of Prince Lazar of Serbia. In 1405, he married Anna of Cilli, sister of King Sigismund's second wife, Barbara of Cilli, thereby becoming brother-in-law of the King and Queen of Hungary. His granddaughter Anna was engaged to King Matthias Corvinus.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Nicholas was the son of Nicholas I Garai and his unnamed wife. His father established the prestige and the wealth of the Garai family during the reign of Louis I of Hungary. The year of Nicholas's birth is unknown, but he was born between the late 1350s and the middle of the 1360s. His father arranged Nicholas's engagement to Helen, a daughter of Lazar of Serbia.

paragraph: Nicholas was present when his father died fighting against John Horváti and John of Palisna near their family seat, Gara (now Gorjani in Croatia), on 25 July 1386. Horváti and Palisna had risen up against Louis I's daughter and successor, Mary, in favor of Ladislaus of Naples. Nicholas became a staunch supporter of Mary's husband, Sigismund of Luxemburg, who was crowned King of Hungary on 31 March 1387.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Ban of Macsó.

paragraph: Sigismund made Nicholas ban (or governor) of Macsó (now Mačva in Serbia). The bans had traditionally also administered the nearby Bács, Baranya, Bodrog, Szerém and Valkó Counties. He and Stephen Losonci, Ban of Szörény, joined their forces and routed Horváti near Cserög (now Čerević in Serbia), thus restoring the king's authority in the region. In 1387, Nicholas was also made "ispán" (or head) of Verőce County. He persuaded his father-in-law, Lazar of Serbia, to swear fealty to Sigismund in 1389, according to a royal charter issued almost two decades later.

paragraph: Situated near the southern frontiers, his estates were subjected to Ottoman raids, thus Nicholas wanted to seize new estates in the central territories of the Kingdom of Hungary. At his initiative, Sigismund seized Pápa and the fortress of Somló in Transdanubia from Nicholas Zámbó in exchange for royal estates in 1389. Nicholas soon persuaded the king to grant both domains to him and his brother, John, for their castle at Ivánkaszentgyörgy (Ivankovo, Croatia). Since Nicholas could not secure the defence of the southern frontier, the king dismissed him, appointing Losonci to administer Macsó in 1390. Before long, he regained the favor of the king who again made him ban of Macsó in 1393. Sigismund transferred Nicholas from Macsó to Croatia and Dalmatia in 1394. In May, a royal charter referred to him as the former ban of Macsó.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia.

paragraph: Nicholas was first styled as the ban of Croatia and Dalmatia in a royal diploma issued in December. Historian Stanko Andrić proposes that the king promoted Nicholas to the new office most probably after the successful royal campaign against Bosnia in July. Before the end of the year, Nicholas routed Vuk Vukčić whom Ladislaus of Naples had appointed to represent him as his ban in the two realms. After his victory, the burghers of Split elected him the count of the town.

paragraph: Nicholas left Croatia and Dalmatia to join the king's invasion of Wallachia in July 1395. He and Peter Perényi commanded the rearguard during the withdrawal of the royal troops from Wallachia. He spent several months in his estates before returning to Croatia. He and John Szepesi, Bishop of Zagreb, jointly presided the "sabor" (or general assembly) in July 1396.

paragraph: Nicholas accompanied Sigismund to a large-scale military campaign against the Ottoman Empire in 1396. The crusade ended with the Ottomans' great victory in the Battle of Nicopolis on 25 September, but Nicholas was one of the few who could flee from the battlefield. The king's defeat outraged Stephen II Lackfi, one of the noblemen whom Sigismund had appointed to rule the country during his absence. He and his nephew approached Ladislaus of Naples, who had not abdicated his claim to Hungary.

paragraph: Nicholas came back from the crusade in the king's retinue. They landed at Split in Dalmatia on 21 December 1396. Before the end of the year, the burghers of Split elected Nicholas their count. The king and Nicholas put an end to the movements of the supporters of Ladislaus of Naples in the Dalmatian towns before hurrying to Križevci. The two Lackfis were summoned to the town where they were captured and murdered on 27 February 1397. Historian László Markó says, Nicholas and Hermann of Celje enticed them to come to Slavonia to facilitate their murder. Another historian, Elemér Mályusz, emphasizes that the exact circumstances of the purge are unknown, but he proposes that John Kanizsai, Archbishop of Esztergom, was most probably its initiator. After the "Bloody Sabor of Križevci" Sigismund made Nicholas Ban of Slavonia.

paragraph: Sigismund granted Osor and Cres in Dalmatia to Nicholas and his brother in May. The two estates had been possessed by John Szerecsen and his sons, who failed to pay the taxes due to the bans. Sigismund held a Diet (or legislative assembly) at Temesvár (now Timișoara in Romania) to adopt measures to secure the defense of the southern frontier of the kingdom. At the Diet, the king granted "the banship of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia together with its appurtenances and income" to Nicholas and John Garai till the end of their lives on 2 November.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Palatine.

paragraph: Sigismund made him Palatine of Hungary in September 1402.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Nicholas's first wife, Helen (born as Theodora), was the daughter of Lazar of Serbia and his wife, Milica, who was related to the Nemanjić dynasty. The year of their marriage is unknown, but it must have taken place before 1389, because in that year Nicholas was already Lazar's son-in-law. She gave birth to Nicholas's eldest son and namesake, and a daughter, Catherine, who married Henry VI, Count of Gorizia and gave birth to the last two sovereign counts of Gorizia, John II and Leonhard. Helen died before 1401.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Garai

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dorozsma

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Map: Lands ruled by Miklos Garai in 1400 AD

description: Hungarian nobleman, Palatine of Hungary

wikidata_label: Nicholas II Garay

wikipedia_title: Nicholas II Garai


text: pianist

text: Polish

text: salon

text: Paris

text: posed

text: Tsarskoye Selo

text: Saint Petersburg

text: Russian Empire

text: Cyprian Godebski

text: Adrien-François Servais

text: Brussels

text: Franz Liszt

text: Gabriel Fauré

text: Thadée (Tadeusz) Natanson

text: socialism

text: Leon Blum

text: Dreyfusard

text: Marcel Proust

text: Claude Monet

text: Pierre-Auguste Renoir

text: Odilon Redon

text: Paul Signac

text: Claude Debussy

text: Stéphane Mallarmé

text: André Gide

text: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

text: Les Nabis

text: Édouard Vuillard

text: Pierre Bonnard

text: Tate

text: roman à clef

text: À la recherche du temps perdu

text: Alfred Edwards

text: Le Matin

text: Rue de Rivoli

text: Tuileries Palace

text: Maurice Ravel

text: Enrico Caruso

text: Neapolitan

text: José-Maria Sert

text: Paul Morand

text: Erik Satie

text: Trois morceaux en forme de poire

text: World War I

text: Mdivani

text: ménage à trois

text: Coco Chanel

text: Cécile Sorel

text: Arthur Capel

text: Pierre Reverdy

text: Benedictine

text: Solesmes

text: Sergi Diaghilev

text: Ballets Russes

text: repossession

text: Venice

text: World War II

text: Nazi

text: Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

text: Samoreau

text: "Misia"

text: Vernon Duke

text: South-West Brabant Museum

text: Halle

text: Pierre Bonnard, the Graphic Art

text: Profile

text: Musée d'Orsay

categories: People from Saint Petersburg,French salon-holders,1950 deaths,Polish women pianists,1872 births,French women classical pianists,French people of Belgian descent,French classical pianists,French artists' models,Polish classical pianists,French people of Russian descent,French socialites,19th-century pianists,French people of Polish descent

paragraph: Misia Sert

paragraph: Misia Sert (born Maria Zofia Olga Zenajda Godebska; 30 March 1872 – 15 October 1950) was a pianist of Polish descent who hosted an artistic salon in Paris. She was a patron and friend of numerous artists, for whom she regularly posed.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Maria Zofia Olga Zenajda Godebska was born on 30 March 1872 in Tsarskoye Selo, outside of Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. Her father, Cyprian Godebski was a renowned Polish sculptor and professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. Her mother, Zofia Servais, of Russian-Belgian extraction, was the daughter of noted Belgian cellist, Adrien-François Servais. Aware of her husband’s propensity to engage in extra-marital affairs, a concerned, pregnant Zofia traveled to Tsarskoye Selo, where she surprised Godebski who was living with his current mistress. Zofia Godebska died after giving birth to her daughter, thereafter called Misia, the Polish diminutive of the name Maria. The infant was sent to live with her maternal Servais grandparents in Brussels.

paragraph: It was a musical household which hosted concerts performed by noted musicians. Franz Liszt was a friend of the family. It was in this environment that Sert received her musical education, her grandfather teaching her to read music while she was not much more than an infant. Under his mentorship, she became a gifted pianist.

paragraph: Sert's father remarried several times, ultimately reclaiming his daughter and bringing her to live with him and her newest stepmother in Paris. Sert missed the ambiance of her grandparents’ home in Brussels. Her father placed her in a convent boarding school, the Sacre-Coeur, where she remained for six years, her only pleasure being the piano lessons she took one day a week as the student of the eminent Gabriel Fauré. At age fifteen, an argument with her stepmother caused Sert to leave home and move to London, using borrowed funds. After several months she returned to Paris, taking her own lodgings and supporting herself by teaching piano to students referred by Fauré.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages and social milieu.

paragraph: At age 21, Sert married her twenty-year-old cousin Thadée (Tadeusz) Natanson, a Polish émigré. Natanson frequented the haunts favored by the artistic and intellectual circles of Paris. He became involved in political causes, championing the ideals of socialism, which he shared with his friend Leon Blum, and was a "Dreyfusard". The Natanson home on the Rue St. Florentine became a gathering place, for such cultural lights as Marcel Proust, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Odilon Redon, Paul Signac, Claude Debussy, Stéphane Mallarmé, and André Gide. The entertainment was lavish. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec enjoyed playing bartender at Natanson's parties, and became known for serving a potent cocktail— a drink of colorful layered liqueurs dubbed the "Pousse-Café". All were mesmerized by the charm and youth of their hostess. In 1889, Natanson debuted "La Revue blanche," a periodical committed to nurturing new talent and showcasing the work of the post-Impressionists, Les Nabis. Sert became the muse and symbol of "La Revue blanche", appearing in advertising posters created by Toulouse-Lautrec, Édouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard. A portrait of Sert by Renoir is now in the Tate Gallery.

paragraph: Marcel Proust used Sert as the prototype for the characters of "Princess Yourbeletieff" and "Madame Verdurin" in his roman à clef "À la recherche du temps perdu", (Remembrance of Things Past).

paragraph: Natanson’s "La Revue blanche" coupled with his political activism required an influx of capital, which he alone was unable to supply. Needing a benefactor, he approached Alfred Edwards, a newspaper magnate, the founder of the foremost newspaper in Paris, "Le Matin." Edwards had become enamored with Sert and had taken her as his mistress in 1903. He would supply money, but only on the condition that Natanson relinquish his wife to him.

paragraph: On 24 February 1905 Sert became the wife of Alfred Edwards. Sert and her new husband took up an opulent lifestyle in their apartment on Rue de Rivoli, overlooking the Tuileries Palace. Here Sert continued welcoming artists, writers, and musicians in her home. Maurice Ravel dedicated "Le Cygne" (The Swan) in "Histoires naturelles" and "La Valse" (The Waltz) to her. Sert accompanied Enrico Caruso on the piano while the opera star entertained the assembled listeners with a repertory of Neapolitan songs. Edwards proved an unfaithful husband, and Sert divorced him in 1909.

paragraph: In 1920, Sert married her third husband, Catalan painter José-Maria Sert. This period began her reign and fame as cultural arbiter, which lasted more than thirty years. Writer Paul Morand described her as a "collector of geniuses, all of them in love with her." It was recognized that "you had to be gifted before Misia wanted to know you." It was in her salon, while listening to Erik Satie at the piano playing his iconic composition "Trois morceaux en forme de poire", that the assembled guests were informed that World War I had begun.

paragraph: The Sert marriage was an emotionally tumultuous one. Her husband became involved with a member of the aristocratic Russian Mdivani family, Princess Isabelle Roussadana Mdivani, known as "Roussy". Sert tried to accommodate herself to the liaison her husband was having with another woman. She herself also entered into a physical relationship with Roussy. For some time the three sustained a "ménage à trois". However, they ultimately divorced on 28 December 1927.

paragraph: The Serts’ social set included bohemian elites and the upper levels of society. It was a libertine group, rife with emotional and sexual intrigues—all fueled by drug use and abuse. Misia Sert had an enduring association with couturiere Coco Chanel, whom she met at the home of actress Cécile Sorel in 1917. Sert provided Chanel with the emotional support the bereaved woman needed following the death of her lover, Arthur Capel, on 22 December 1919, in an automobile accident. It is said that theirs was an immediate bond of like souls, and Sert was attracted to Chanel by "her genius, lethal wit, sarcasm and maniacal destructiveness, which intrigued and appalled everyone." Both women, convent bred, maintained a friendship of shared interests, confidences and drug use.

paragraph: Sert was generous and supportive to friends in need. She provided financial assistance to poet Pierre Reverdy when he needed funds to retreat to a Benedictine monastery in Solesmes. She had a long friendship and business association with Sergi Diaghilev and was involved in all creative aspects of the Ballets Russes - from friendships with its dancers, to input on costume designs, to choreography. Through the years she supplied funds for the often financially distressed ballet company. On the opening night of ""Petrushka"", she came to the rescue with the 4000 francs needed to prevent repossession of the costumes. When Diaghilev lay dying in Venice she was at his side and, after his death in August 1929, she paid for his funeral, honoring the man who had been such an important influence in the world of ballet.

paragraph: She weathered the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris without serious condemnation of her character, unlike some of her social set whose wartime activities and allegiances were questionable if not damning.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Misia Sert died in Paris on 15 October 1950. After a ceremony at Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, the Polish church of Paris where Coco Chanel had prepared the body for the funeral, she was buried in the cemetery of Samoreau.

paragraph: Section::::In popular culture.

paragraph: Sert is the subject of a musical, "Misia", with lyrics by Barry Singer and set to the music of the late Vernon Duke. Singer wrote the first draft in 2001. It was released as a cast album by PS Classics in 2015. Interest was shown by Broadway producers, but it has not yet been produced on the stage.

paragraph: The South-West Brabant Museum in Halle has a collection on her life.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pierre Bonnard, the Graphic Art, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (available online as PDF), which contains material on Sert (see index)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile from the Musée d'Orsay

paragraph: BULLET::::- A Biography for People who influenced Ravel

paragraph: BULLET::::- A web page about well known salons, in French

paragraph: BULLET::::- H.H. Stuckenschmidt - "Maurice Ravel" Variationen über Person und Werk

alias:
Madame Thadée Natanson
Misia Godebska
Misia Natansonová
Misia Natanson
Maria Zofia Olga Zenajda Godebska

description: art patron

wikidata_label: Misia Sert

wikipedia_title: Misia Sert


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categories: 1912 births,British World War II flying aces,Recipients of the War Cross with Sword (Norway),Royal Air Force pilots of World War II,New Zealand World War II pilots,1996 deaths,New Zealand Companions of the Order of the Bath,Royal Air Force officers,Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar (United Kingdom),The Few,New Zealand Companions of the Distinguished Service Order,People from Wellington City

paragraph: Patrick Jameson

paragraph: Air Commodore Patrick Geraint "Jamie" Jameson, (10 November 1912 – 1 October 1996) was a New Zealand-born Royal Air Force officer and a flying ace of the Second World War.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Jameson was born on 10 November 1912 in Wellington, New Zealand, and educated in Lower Hutt before taking up employment as an assurance clerk with Colonial Mutual Life. He learned to fly privately in 1933 at the Wellington Aero Club, and in January 1936 left New Zealand and travelled to England.

paragraph: Section::::RAF career.

paragraph: In England, Jameson joined the Royal Air Force (service number 37813). He completed his flying training in January 1937 and was posted to No. 46 Squadron RAF.

paragraph: At the outbreak of the Second World War, Jameson was a flight commander with No. 46 Squadron RAF, flying Hurricanes. From April 1940 he took part in the Norwegian Campaign, In the campaign he destroyed a Junkers Ju 88 and had a share in two Dornier Do 26 flying boats.

paragraph: In June it was decided to evacuate all Allied forces from Norway. On 7 June No. 46 Squadron landed its Hurricanes successfully on the flight deck of , the first time Hurricanes had landed on a carrier. This was achieved by fixing sandbags under the tailplanes to shorten the landing run. Jameson led the first three aircraft in the attempt, and after making a successful landing (repeated by the other two pilots) he sent a radio signal and the rest of the squadron followed suit.

paragraph: The carrier, along with the escort destroyers and , was intercepted on the way to the United Kingdom by the German battleships and on 8 June. All three ships were eventually sunk by shelling. Jameson and his commanding officer, Squadron Leader "Bing" Cross found themselves on a Carley float with thirty other survivors. After three days drifting in the freezing temperatures only seven men were alive to be picked up by the Norwegian cargo vessel, . The two RAF pilots being the only surviving pilots of their unit. Of some 1,474 men on board the three ships, only 45 survived.

paragraph: For his services in Norway Jameson was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in July 1940. His citation read:

paragraph: After recover at Gleneagles Hospital in Scotland, Jameson took command of No. 266 Squadron RAF in September 1940, as part of Douglas Bader's "Big Wing". In June 1941 he was posted in as Wing Leader, Wittering Wing, before becoming acting Station Commander at RAF Wittering in October 1941. He was awarded a Bar to his DFC that same month, the citation reading:

paragraph: In August 1942 he led the Wittering Wing over Dieppe, and in December was posted to RAF North Weald to command Nos. 331 and 332 Squadrons. For his services as a wing leader, Jameson was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 9 March 1943. The citation read:

paragraph: After a spell on the staff at No. 11 Group Operational planning, in July 1944 he took command of 122 (Mustang) Wing, ending the war an ace with nine destroyed, one probable and another shared, two damaged and two destroyed on water.

paragraph: In September 1945 he was Officer Commanding RAF Schleswigland and was later Officer Commanding of RAF Wunsdorf.

paragraph: Jameson was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1959, retired in 1960 and, after being treated for tuberculosis, returned to New Zealand.

description: British flying ace

wikidata_label: Patrick Jameson

wikipedia_title: Patrick Jameson