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Jean Veber
René Doumic
Tristan Bernard
Homer
Pierre-Gilles Veber
screenwriter
Serge Veber
film director
Francis Veber
Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian
"Gil Blas"
André Antoine
Rue Blanche
Jean Veber
Tristan Bernard
slapstick comedies
vaudeville
opera
libretti
novels
short stories
ironic
Maurice Hennequin
Robert de Flers
Gaston Arman de Caillavet
Alfred Capus
Georges Courteline
Léon Xanrof
Second World War
Georges Courteline
Jules Renard
George Auriol
Tristan Bernard
protagonist
literary periodical
"Gil Blas"
Flammarion
Henry Gauthier-Villars (Willy)
English
London
New York City
Lucien Muhlfeld
Théâtre de l'Odéon
Théâtre Antoine
Théâtre des Capucines
fantasia
Georges Courteline
Victor de Cottens
Louis Varney
Théâtre des Variétés
théâtre de Cluny
Théâtre des Variétés
Théâtre des Mathurins
Maurice Hennequin
Opera buffa
Théâtre du Palais Royal
Maurice Hennequin
Théâtre des Mathurins
Hugues Delorme
Maurice Hennequin
Olympia
Théâtre des Arts
Alfred Capus
Théâtre Réjane
Grand Guignol
Maurice Hennequin
Maurice Hennequin
one-act play
Henry de Gorsse
Théâtre de la Renaissance
Le soldat de chocolat
George Bernard Shaw
Arms and the Man
Oscar Straus
Brussels
Galeries Saint-Hubert
Alfred Capus
Maurice Hennequin
Broadway
mise en scène
Théâtre Français
Emmerich Kálmán
Lyon
H. Maurice Jacquet
Opéra-Comique
Maurice Hennequin
Henry de Gorsse
Yves Mirande
Théâtre de l'Athénée
Jules Chancel
Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
Albert Willemetz
Théâtre Mogador
André Baugé
Théâtre Marigny
Geneva
André Heuzé
Harry Baur
Henri Casadesus
Jacques Ibert
Opéra de Monaco
Opéra Comique
The Girl from Rector's
Henry Gauthier-Villars
Tristan Bernard
Henry Gauthier-Villars
Jean Veber
Georges Courteline
Jules Renard
George Auriol
Tristan Bernard
Gil Blas
Floretta and Patapon
Mario Caserini
Madame la Presidente
Frank Lloyd
Gennaro Righelli
Charles Giblyn
Gennaro Righelli
Georges Denola
Georges Monca
Charles Prince
L'Homme qui vendit son âme au diable
Pierre Caron
Henri Fescourt
A Son from America
Henri Fescourt
A Kiss in a Taxi
Clarence G. Badger
Floretta and Patapon
Amleto Palermi
Henry Wulschleger
A Son from America
Carmine Gallone
Willy Rozier
René Jayet
You Can't Fool Antoinette
Paul Madeux
Léo Joannon
Pierre Caron
Fernand Rivers
Maurice Gleize
Mario C. Lugones
The Piano Tuner Has Arrived
Duilio Coletti
Mademoiselle Gobete
Pietro Germi
Enrique Carreras
Pierre Chevalier
Clément Duhour
La Presidentessa
Luciano Salce
Pierre Veber
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categories: 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights,French male dramatists and playwrights,1942 deaths,Writers from Paris,1869 births,20th-century French dramatists and playwrights,19th-century French male writers

paragraph: Pierre Veber

paragraph: Pierre-Eugène Veber (15 May 1869 – 20 August 1942) was a French playwright and writer.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Pierre Veber was the brother of the painter Jean Veber, and the brother-in-law of both René Doumic and Tristan Bernard. His family was quite large, as he himself points out in the preface to the book "X… Roman Impromptu": “If seventy cities vie for the honour of having given birth to me, it’s not because I’m ten times more famous than Homer, but simply because the name I bear is more common.” At the time, there were several authors and scriptwriters with the same surname, such as Jean-Pierre Veber and Serge Veber; with whom Pierre worked from time to time.

paragraph: Pierre Veber is the father of journalist and author Pierre-Gilles Veber, and of screenwriter Serge Veber. He is also the grandfather of screenwriter and film director Francis Veber, and the great-grandfather of author Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian.

paragraph: Little is known about his youth. He himself explained: “My studies were quite limited, of which I am not proud.” By 1889, his work had already been published in the literary periodical "Gil Blas", as André Antoine says in his journal entry from : “This evening, Rue Blanche, we are being visited by two newcomers, Tristan Bernard and Pierre Veber, two young journalists of great intellect who, each week, write for "Gil Blas", a news magazine illustrated by Jean Veber.” In 1892, Pierre Veber contributed to the magazine Le Chasseur de Chevelures (The Hunter of Locks), under the guidance of Tristan Bernard. This humorous newspaper had only two issues, in 1892 and 1893, and in the latter year Pierre Veber was credited as co-author in the statement: “Tristan Bernard: honest editor; Pierre Veber: corrupt editor.”

paragraph: Pierre Veber was a prolific writer, who, with a forty-year long career, produced around one hundred slapstick comedies, vaudevilles, opera libretti; and nearly fifty novels and collections of short stories, along with tales both humorous and ironic. Nearly half of his plays were written in collaboration with one or two other authors, to whom he brought his great elegance and ease of writing, which he admitted with humour in the preface to his Théâtre Incomplet: “The theatre is, for a writer, a delightful distraction which allows a break to be taken from writing. We listen to domesticated fools who ramble on; we note down their remarks; we imagine their gestures. And that makes the play.”

paragraph: His frequent playwriting collaboration with Maurice Hennequin, in particular, was in competition with the playwright duo of Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet, a partnership that was very popular at the time. Veber lent a hand to other writers from time to time, such as Alfred Capus, Georges Courteline et Léon Xanrof. His work as a playwright continued almost until the Second World War, when he was nearing the age of seventy.

paragraph: He also wrote novels in collaboration; a pursuit less common than collaborating in theatre. It was Veber himself who, in 1895, had the idea for "X… Roman Impromptu": a novel “without preconceived plan and without a definite subject”. It was written by five authors: Georges Courteline, Jules Renard, George Auriol, Tristan Bernard, and Pierre Veber himself. In an order determined by chance, each author wrote a chapter following on from the last one. This meant that the plot changed each chapter, following the whims and imagination of whoever happened to be writing. The only constraint was that the protagonist not die and that no character must change sex. The novel first appeared in serialised form in the literary periodical "Gil Blas", from 4 April to 21 May 1895. This ‘steeplechase novel’ or ‘choral novel’, renamed ‘impromptu novel’, was repeatedly published by Flammarion. Veber also wrote some short stories in collaboration with French writer Henry Gauthier-Villars (Willy).

paragraph: Some of his plays experienced great success, such as "Le Monsieur de cinq heures", which was performed 568 times – a considerable number at the time. Some were even later adapted for cinema, while others were translated into English and performed in London and New York City. He sometimes wrote under the pen name Bill Sharp.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.:Theatre.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.:Theatre.:1897–1910.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1897: "Dix ans après", comedy in one act, with Lucien Muhlfeld, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Odéon 5 April 1897

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1898: "Lagourdette", one-act play, premiered in Paris at the Champ de foire 15 March 1898

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1898: "Julien n'est pas un ingrat", one-act play, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Antoine 14 May 1898

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1898 (published date): "M. & Mme Lhomme", published by F. Juven, 262 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1899: "L'Ami de la maison", comedy in one act, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Capucines 17 January 1899

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1899: "Que Suzanne n'en sache rien !", comedy in three acts, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Antoine 11 March 1899

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1899: "L'Affaire Champignon", one-act fantasia, with Georges Courteline, published in 1899, premiered in Paris at the Scala 8 September 1899

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1899: "L'Élu des femmes", comedy in four acts, with Victor de Cottens, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal 28 October 1899

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1900: "Un bain qui chauffe", comedy in one act, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Antoine 15 August 1900

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1900: "Blancheton père et fils", one-act fantasia, with Georges Courteline, published in 1900, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Capucines 26 October 1900

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1900: "Main gauche", comedy in three acts, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Antoine 15 November 1900

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1900: "Mademoiselle George", operetta in three acts, with Victor de Cottens, music by Louis Varney, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Variétés 2 December 1900

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1901: "La Dame du commissaire", comedy in three acts, premiered in Paris at the théâtre de Cluny 20 April 1901

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1901: "Ma fée", comedy in three acts, with Maurice Soulié, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Odéon 4 May 1901

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1901: "La Mariotte", comedy in two acts, with Maurice Soulié, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Antoine 3 November 1901

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1902: "Loute", comedy in four acts, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Variétés 17 May 1902

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1904: "Son pied quelque part", one-act play, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Mathurins 6 April 1904

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1905: "L' Amourette", three-act play, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Antoine 3 February 1905

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1905: "Chambre à part", comedy in three acts, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal 22 April 1905

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1905:"Florette & Patapon", three-act play, with Maurice Hennequin, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés 20 October 1905

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1905: "Gonzague", vaudeville comedy in one act, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Deux-Masques 5 November 1905, adapted as an Opera buffa in 1931

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1906: "L'Extra", one-act play, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais Royal 4 October 1906

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1906: "Vous n'avez rien à déclarer ?", play in three acts, with Maurice Hennequin, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés 6 October 1906

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1906: "En douceur", comedy in one act, with Léon Xanrof premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Mathurins 23 October 1906

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1907: "Le Maître à aimer", comedy in one act, with Hugues Delorme, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Odéon 29 May 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1907: "Vingt jours à l'ombre", three-act play, with Maurice Hennequin, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés 20 November 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1907: "Le Prince de Pilsen", operetta, with Victor de Cottens, from Franck Pixley, music by Gustave Luders performed at Olympia 14 December 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1907: "Le Mouton", comedy in one act, with Marcel Gerbidon, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Arts 23 December 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1908: "Qui perd gagne", five-act play, from the novel by Alfred Capus, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Réjane 14 March 1908

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1908: "Monsieur Mésian", comedy in one act, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Arts 27 October 1908, reprised at the Grand Guignol in 1921

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1909: "Une grosse affaire", three-act play, with Maurice Hennequin, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés 23 January 1909

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1909: "Les Grands", four-act play, with Serge Basset, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Odéon 26 January 1909, adapted for film in 1926 and 1936

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1909: "M. Trulle et le vicomte", one-act play, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Trocadéro 3 June 1909

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1909: "La Vierge du forum", one-act fantasia, with Guillaume Wolff, premiered in Paris at the Comédie-Royale 7 June 1909

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1909: "L'Écu", comedy in one act, premiered in Paris at the Comédie-Royale 7 July 1909

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1910: "Noblesse oblige!", three-act play, with Maurice Hennequin, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés 6 January 1909

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1910: "Tais-toi, mon cœur!", three-act play, with Maurice Hennequin, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal 6 April 1910

paragraph: Section::::Publications.:Theatre.:1911–1940.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1911: "La Femme et les pantins", one-act play, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Michel 2 February 1911

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1911: "La Gamine", four-act comedy, with Henry de Gorsse, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de la Renaissance 24 March 1911

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1911: "Le soldat de chocolat", operetta in three acts and four scenes, adapted from George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man", music by Oscar Straus, premiered in Brussels at Galeries Saint-Hubert le 8 September 1911, reprised in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Apollo 8 November 1912

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1911: "Les Petites Étoiles", operetta in three acts, music by Henri Hirchmann, premiered at the Théâtre de l'Apollo 23 December 1911

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1912: "En garde !", comedy in three acts, with Alfred Capus, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de la Renaissance 19 March 1912

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1912: "La Présidente", three-act play, with Maurice Hennequin, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal 27 November 1912, performed on Broadway in 1913 and 1914 under the title "Madam President"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1912: "Une loge pour Faust", comedy in one act, performed at the Théâtre des Arts 13 October 1912

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1912: "Le Grand Nom", at the Théâtre des Arts, by Victor Léon and Léo Feld, adaptation from Pierre Veber 8 November 1912

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1912: "Les Bonnes Relations", with Claude Roland, performed at Théâtre Michel 26 November 1912

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1913: "Le Bonheur", comedy in one act, premiered in Paris at the Grand Guignol 12 November 1913

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1913: "Un fils d'Amérique", comedy in four acts, with Marcel Gerbidon, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de la Renaissance 29 December 1913, mise en scène by Abel Tarride, adapted for film in 1925

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1914: "L'Essayeuse", one-act play, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Français 12 July 1914

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1914 : "Manœuvres d'automne", three-act operetta by K. de Bakonyi, adapted from Pierre Veber, music by Emmerich Kálmán, performed at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon 20 March 1914

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1916: "Le Poilu", comedy-operetta, music by H. Maurice Jacquet, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal 14 January 1916

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1916: "La Charmante Rosalie ou le mariage par procuration", musical-comedy in one act, music by Henri Hirchmann, premiered in Paris at l'Opéra-Comique 18 February 1916

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1916: "Madame et son filleul", comedy in three acts, with Maurice Hennequin and Henry de Gorsse, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal 12 September 1916

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1916: "Une femme, six hommes et un singe", fantasia, with Yves Mirande, performed at the Théâtre Michel

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1916: "Un Baiser sur le front", one-act play, no indication of theatre

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1917: "Chichi", vaudeville comedy in three acts, with de Gorsse, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Athénée 25 January 1917

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1917: "Un réveillon au Père-Lachaise", comedy in two acts and three scenes, with de Gorsse, premiered in Paris at the Grand Guignol 15 March 1917

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1917/1918: "Le Service de la du Barry", comedy in one act

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1919: "La Dernière Grisette", drama in one act, premiered in Paris at the Grand Guignol 14 March 1919

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1919: "L'Âme de l'ennemi", drama in one act, premiered in Paris at the Grand Guignol 14 March 1919

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1920: "Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil", three-act play, with Maurice Hennequin, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais Royal 12 March 1920, adapted for film in 1935

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1920: "Huguette au volant", comedy in four acts, with Jules Chancel, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 9 July 1920

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1920: "Une riche affaire", comedy in one act, with Pierre Montrel, performed at the Grand Guignol

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1922: "La Seconde Nuit de noces", with Bilhaud and Maurice Hennequin

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1924: "Un péché de jeunesse", comedy in one act, premiered in Paris at the Grand Guignol 22 March 1924

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1924: "Le Monsieur de cinq heures", three-act play, with Maurice Hennequin, performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1925: "Quand on est trois", operetta in three acts, with Serge Veber, lyrics by Albert Willemetz, music by Joseph Szulc, performed at the Théâtre des Capucines 20 April 1925

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1925: "La Bayadère", operetta in three acts, lyrics by Bertal et Maubon, music by Emmerich Kálmán, performed at the Théâtre Mogador in Paris and at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1925: "Sous les étoiles" (Monsieur Beaucaire), operetta in three acts, lyrics by André Baugé, music by André Messager, performed at the Théâtre Marigny

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1926: "Divin mensonge", operetta in three acts and six scenes, couplets by Hughes Delorme, music by Joseph Szulc

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1926: "Le Système D ou Dodoche et Lulu", vaudeville in three acts, with Henri de Gorsse and Marcel Guillemaud

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1927: "La Ménagère apprivoisée", one-act play, premiered in Geneva at the Amis de l'Instruction 6 April 1927

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1927: "On ne roule pas Antoinette", three-act play, with Maurice Hennequin, performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1928: "En bordée", vaudeville in three acts and four scenes, with André Heuzé, premiered in Paris at the Scala 9 February 1928

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1929: "L'Avant de ces dames", vaudeville in three acts and four scenes, with André Heuzé, premiered in Paris at the Scala 14 February 1929

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1929: "La Femme au chat", comedy in three acts, with Henry de Gorsse, adapted from the Italian work by Oreste Poggio, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Daunou 18 March 1929, mise en scène by Harry Baur

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1930: "300 à l'heure", vaudeville in three acts, with Victor de Cottens

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1931: "Sans tambour ni trompette", operetta in three acts and four scenes, music by Henri Casadesus, premiered in Paris at the Folies-Wagram 27 March 1931

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1931: "Gonzague", Opera buffa in one act, by René Kerdyk, adapted from Pierre Veber's 1905 work, music by Jacques Ibert, premiered at the Opéra de Monaco 17 December 1931, reprised 3 April 1935 at l'Opéra Comique in Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1936: "L'Uranius Antonin ou Une pièce unique", comedy in one act, performed at the Gala de la pièce en un acte in Paris 15 February 1936

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1940: "Ma Dame est avec moi", reprised at the Théâtre du Palais Royal

paragraph: Section::::Publications.:Theatre.:Undated theatrical works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "On lit dans le Forban", one-act play

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La danse à la mode", one-act play

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Fiancé", one-act play

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Paroles en l'air", one act, with Léon Abric

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Épous'la", operetta, music by Henri Hirchmann

paragraph: Section::::Publications.:Theatre.:English Broadway adaptations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sunny Days" (Feb 8, 1928 - May 5, 1928; revival Oct 1, 1928 - Oct 27, 1928)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Oh, Please" (Dec 17, 1926 - Feb 1927)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Kiss in a Taxi" (Aug 25, 1925 - Oct 1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Madam President" (Sep 15, 1913 - Jan 1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Runaway" (Oct 9, 1911 - Dec 1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Girl from Rector's" (Feb 1, 1909 - Jul 1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Twenty Days in the Shade" (Jan 20, 1908 - Mar 1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Brother Jacques" (Dec 5, 1904 - Jan 1905)

paragraph: Section::::Publications.:Novels and short stories.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1894: "Les enfants s'amusent", short stories, with Henry Gauthier-Villars, H. Simonis Empis edition, Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1894: "Vous m'en direz tant !", with Tristan Bernard, Flammarion edition, 305 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1894: "Une passade", with Henry Gauthier-Villars, Calmann-Lévy edition, 106 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1895: "Une vie de Bill Sharp", sequel to "Dans les coins", H. Simonis Empis edition, 240 pages,

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1895: "Les Veber's", satirical writings, illustrated with 350 drawings by Jean Veber, Émile Testard edition, 183 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1895: "L'innocente du logis", collection of humorous tales, Flammarion edition, 247 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1895: "X... Roman impromptu", with Georges Courteline, Jules Renard, George Auriol and Tristan Bernard. First appeared in serial form in "Gil Blas". It was published and re-published by Flammarion, appearing in the collection "Les auteurs gais", 242 pages.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1896: "Chez les snobs", novel, 2nd edition published by Ollendorff, 299 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1898: "L'Aventure", H. Simonis Empis edition, 280 pages, re-published by Arthème Fayard in 1929, appears in the collection "Le Livre de demain", and in the 1941 collection "Modern Bibliothèque"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1899: "Les Couches profondes", novel, H. Simonis Empis edition, 305 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1900: "Amour, amour...", novel, H. Simonis Empis edition, 380 pages, re-published by Arthème Fayard in 1929, appears in the "Collection de bibliothèque"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1907: "L'École des ministres", La Vie parisienne edition, 239 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1908: "Les Belles Histoires", Stock edition, 251 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1912: "Les Rentrées", Calmann-Lévy edition, "Nouvelle Collection illustrée, Paris," 126 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1914: "Tite et Bérénice", Ferenczi edition, 256 pages, appears in the collection "l'Esprit français", Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1919: "Mademoiselle Fanny", Flammarion edition, 249 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1919: "Vie des personnages obscurs", Fasquelle edition, 319 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1919: "L'Homme qui vendit son âme au diable", sequel to "La Gloire de madame Lambrun", Calmann-Lévy edition, 301 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1921: "Une aventure de la Pompadour", novel, J. Ferenczi et fils edition, Paris, 255 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1921: "Archytas-roi" sequel to "La Jolie madame Livran", J. Ferenczi edition, 235 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1924: "Pensées d'un mercanti", Ferenczi et fils edition, 62 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1924: "La Seconde vie de Napoléon Ier", novel, J. Ferenczi et fils edition, Paris, 264 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1925: "Antoine ou l'Ingénu malgré lui", Rasmussen edition, 64 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1930: "Samson", Alcan edition, 167 pages, appears in the collection "Acteurs et actrices d'autrefois, documents et anecdotes"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1931: "Tout mais pas ça !", novel, J. Ferenczi et fils edition, Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1931: "L'Œuvre lithographique de Jean Veber", with Louis Lacroix, H. Fleury edition, 74 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1933: "Bébé-Rose", novel, J. Ferenczi et fils edition, Paris, 287 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1934: "Une heure d'amour", J. Ferenczi et fils edition, Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1934: "La Main dans le sac", Fayard edition

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1935: "Kerbiniou", novel, J. Ferenczi et fils edition, Paris, 365 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1936: "La Chair est faible", novel, J. Ferenczi et fils edition, appears in the collection "Le livre moderne illustré", Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1938: "Une nuit dans la montagne", novel, J. Ferenczi et fils edition, Paris, 158 p.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1950 (Rouff edition publication date): "Une fichue mission", with Maurice Hennequin, Rouff edition, 128 p.

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Floretta and Patapon", directed by Mario Caserini (Italy, 1913, based on the play "Florette & Patapon")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Madame la Presidente", directed by Frank Lloyd (1916, based on the play "La Présidente")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le avventure di Colette", directed by R. Savarese (Italy, 1916, based on the play "La Gamine")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Camere separate", directed by Gennaro Righelli (Italy, 1917, based on the play "Chambre à part")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Studio Girl", directed by Charles Giblyn (1918, based on the play "La Gamine")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "", directed by Gennaro Righelli (Italy, 1918, based on the play "Vingt jours à l'ombre")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Grands", directed by Georges Denola (France, 1918, based on the play "Les Grands")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Noblesse oblige", directed by Marcello Dudovich (Italy, 1918, based on the play "Noblesse oblige")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Madame et son filleul", directed by Georges Monca and Charles Prince (France, 1919, based on the play "Madame et son filleul")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "L'Homme qui vendit son âme au diable", directed by Pierre Caron (France, 1921, based on the novel "L'Homme qui vendit son âme au diable")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Coeur léger", directed by (France, 1923, based on a short story)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Grands", directed by Henri Fescourt (France, 1924, based on the play "Les Grands")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Son from America", directed by Henri Fescourt (France, 1925, based on the play "Un fils d'Amérique")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Kiss in a Taxi", directed by Clarence G. Badger (1927, based on the play "Le Monsieur de cinq heures")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Floretta and Patapon", directed by Amleto Palermi (Italy, 1927, based on the play "Florette & Patapon")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "En bordée", directed by Henry Wulschleger and Joe Francis (France, 1931, based on the play "En bordée")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Son from America", directed by Carmine Gallone (France, 1932, based on the play "Un fils d'Amérique")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "", directed by Willy Rozier (France, 1935, based on the play "300 à l'heure")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait de l'œil", directed by Jack Forrester (France, 1935, based on the play "Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'œil")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le champion de ces dames", directed by René Jayet (France, 1935, based on the play "L'Avant de ces dames")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "You Can't Fool Antoinette", directed by Paul Madeux (France, 1936, based on the play "On ne roule pas Antoinette")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Grands", directed by (France, 1936, based on the play "Les Grands")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Vous n'avez rien à déclarer?", directed by Léo Joannon (France, 1937, based on the play "Vous n'avez rien à déclarer?")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Monsieur de cinq heures", directed by Pierre Caron (France, 1938, based on the play "Le Monsieur de cinq heures")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Présidente", directed by Fernand Rivers (France, 1938, based on the play "La Présidente")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait de l'œil", directed by Maurice Gleize (France, 1950, based on the play "Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'œil")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "", directed by Mario C. Lugones (Argentina, 1951, based on the play "Le Monsieur de cinq heures")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Piano Tuner Has Arrived", directed by Duilio Coletti (Italy, 1952, based on the play "Gonzague")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mademoiselle Gobete", directed by Pietro Germi (Italy, 1952, based on the play "La Présidente")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "", directed by Enrique Carreras (Argentina, 1956, based on the play "Loute")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "En bordée", directed by Pierre Chevalier (France, 1958, based on the play "En bordée")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Vous n'avez rien à déclarer?", directed by Clément Duhour (France, 1959, based on the play "Vous n'avez rien à déclarer?")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Presidentessa", directed by Luciano Salce (Italy, 1977, based on the play "La Présidente")

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pierre Veber on data.bnf.fr

description: French playwright

wikidata_label: Pierre Veber

wikipedia_title: Pierre Veber


text:
painter
genre works
Amsterdam
Wallonia
Italy
Rembrandt
Sint Antoniebreestraat
Jodenbreestraat
Rembrandt House Museum
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
Ceylon
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Jan Steen
Johannes Vermeer
Pieter de Hooch
Quiringh van Brekelenkam
Cornelis de Man
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Rotterdam
Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum
Aachen
Gemäldegalerie
Berlin
Frits Lugt-collection
Paris
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Works and literature

categories: Artists from Amsterdam,Dutch male painters,Dutch genre painters,Dutch Golden Age painters,People who died at sea,1631 births,1672 deaths

paragraph: Esaias Boursse

paragraph: Esaias Boursse (March 3, 1631 – November 16, 1672), was a Dutch painter. His paintings were mainly genre works.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born in Amsterdam, the youngest son of immigrants from Wallonia. His parents, Jacques Boursse and Anna des Forest, married in 1618 in Amsterdam. We know nothing more about the education of Esaias Boursse, other than the fact that he travelled to Italy in about 1650 to study the great Renaissance examples. No reminders of those examples is to be found in his work. In the past art historians have tried to place him among Rembrandt's pupils. There is no objective evidence at all to prove this though. Maybe this opinion has been inspired by the fact that the painters were neighbours in the Sint Antoniebreestraat in Amsterdam (nowadays called Jodenbreestraat, still housing the Rembrandt House Museum).

paragraph: Boursse's financial position will not have been good, since in 1661 he sailed with the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, on the ship "Amersfoort". It travelled to Ceylon (nowadays called Sri Lanka). Boursse drew the inhabitants, landscapes and city views, which have been preserved in an album which can be found in the print room of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. In 1663, the painter was back in Amsterdam.

paragraph: In 1672, Boursse sailed with Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie again. On November 16 he died at sea, on board the ship "Rhenen"

paragraph: The life of Esaias Boursse is the story of a painter who could not earn a living by painting alone and therefore had to look for an alternative source of income. The fact that he was no exception is proven by the life stories of for example Jan Steen (who was also an innkeeper) and Johannes Vermeer (who was also an art dealer). A major difference though, is the fact that Steen and Vermeer had to feed and house a (large) family. Boursse seems to have remained unmarried and childless. Financially, Boursse's career was a success. He remains one of the highest paid artists in living memory.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: Boursse's work mainly deals with family life. Women spinning or sewing and families around a fireplace are examples of what to expect. Stylistically, his work is reminiscent of Pieter de Hooch, Quiringh van Brekelenkam and Cornelis de Man. About 28 paintings remain of his work, mostly in private collections. Works by Boursse to be found online are:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: ""Interior with a woman sewing"" (1661)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wallace Collection London: ""Interior with a woman cooking"" (1653)

paragraph: Good examples 'in real life' (not online though) are also to be found in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen, the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, the Frits Lugt-collection (Fondation Custodia) in Paris and the Johannesburg Art Gallery.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Works and literature at PubHist

alias:
Esias Boursse
L. Boursse
Boursse
es. boursse
E. Boursse
Essaias Boursse

description: Dutch painter

wikidata_label: Esaias Boursse

wikipedia_title: Esaias Boursse


text:
Canadian
Winnipeg
Manitoba
drum
indie rock
The Weakerthans
Broken Social Scene
The FemBots
Painted Thin
Small Acts of Love and Rebellion
Stephen Carroll
Greg Graffin
Cold as the Clay
Bahamas
John K. Samson
Christine Fellows
Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers
Neil Young
On the Beach
Winter Wheat
Music of Canada
Canadian rock
List of Canadian musicians

categories: Musicians from Winnipeg,The Weakerthans members,Canadian indie rock musicians,Living people,20th-century Canadian drummers,Canadian record producers,21st-century male musicians,Canadian rock drummers,Folk punk musicians,Canadian male drummers,Broken Social Scene members,20th-century male musicians,Year of birth missing (living people),21st-century Canadian drummers

paragraph: Jason Tait

paragraph: Jason Tait is a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the drummer for the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans. Tait has also been a contributing member of Broken Social Scene and The FemBots. He also played drums for the Painted Thin 1995 album "Small Acts of Love and Rebellion". Stephen Carroll, guitarist for The Weakerthans, was also a member of Painted Thin.

paragraph: Tait played drums on Greg Graffin's 2006 album, "Cold as the Clay".

paragraph: Currently, Tait plays drums for Bahamas, a.k.a. Afie Jurvanen, a Toronto-based singer/songwriter.

paragraph: In 2015, Tait collaborated with his Weakerthans bandmate John K. Samson, Christine Fellows and Ashley Au on the music for "For the Turnstiles", a dance performance by Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers troupe inspired by Neil Young's 1974 album "On the Beach". In 2016, Tait and Fellows coproduced Samson's solo album "Winter Wheat".

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Music of Canada

paragraph: BULLET::::- Canadian rock

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Canadian musicians

description: Canadian musician

wikidata_label: Jason Tait

wikipedia_title: Jason Tait


text: Iranian-Dutch

text: Shiraz

text: Farman Behboud

text: Persian

text: Iranian

text: Shargh

text: Gooya

text: Yas-e-no

text: Persian Gulf Online

text: Netherlands

text: freedom of speech in Iran

text: Radio Zamaneh

text: Amsterdam

text: Bethanienklooster

text: Cologne

text: Ahmad Batebi

text: Tehran University

text: United States

text: Royal Concertgebouw

text: documentary

text: Hayedeh

text: Amsterdam

text: Noor Iranian Film Festival

text: Los Angeles

text: Persian piano music

text: pro-freedom demonstrations

text: Iran

text: Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva

text: Profile in "Artists Without Frontiers"

text: Persian Gulf Online website

categories: 1980 births,Iranian writers about music,Iranian emigrants to the Netherlands,People from Shiraz,Iranian musicians,Iranian music journalists,Living people

paragraph: Pejman Akbarzadeh

paragraph: Pejman Akbarzadeh () is an Iranian-Dutch pianist, researcher, journalist and radio producer.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born in Shiraz in 1980, Akbarzadeh had his first music lessons at the age of nine from "Gholam Loghmani" and later from Bahram Nasrollahi. In 2001 moved to Tehran and continued his piano studies under Farman Behboud.

paragraph: Section::::"Persian Musicians" project.

paragraph: At age fifteen he started to research the works and activities of twentieth-century Persian (Iranian) composers and conductors. Three years later he published the first volume of his projected four-volume work, "Persian Musicians" which became a source for various publications such as "Encyclopedia Iranica".

paragraph: Section::::Journalism.

paragraph: Pejman Akbarzadeh has written articles in both Persian and English, mostly on cultural topics, which have been published in BBC Persian Service Online, "Persian Heritage Magazine" (New Jersey), "Shargh Newspaper" (Tehran), "Rahavard Quarterly" (Los Angeles), "Gooya.com" (Brussels), "Payvand.com" (San Francisco)... and "Yas-e-no" Daily, which was banned in Iran in 2003.

paragraph: Section::::Persian Gulf Studies.

paragraph: From 2002 to 2006 Akbarzadeh was the representative of Persian Gulf Online organization in Tehran. He has published various articles about this waterway in both English and Persian.

paragraph: He also lectured at the Persian Studies Foundation conference in Shiraz and Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran. The text of most of these lectures were published in "Shargh" daily.

paragraph: Section::::Move to the Netherlands.

paragraph: In 2006, Akbarzadeh moved to the Netherlands, citing restrictions on musical life and freedom of speech in Iran. for seven years he was a senior producer at Radio Zamaneh in Amsterdam. Currently he contributes to BBC Persian TV and website.

paragraph: In March 2008 he performed the first Persian piano recital in Amsterdam. The sold-out concert at Bethanienklooster resulted in further invitations to perform in Germany and Canada. In August 2008 Pejman dedicated his recital at the University of Cologne to Ahmad Batebi, symbol of pro-democracy movement of Tehran University students, who fled to the United States after nine years of imprisonment in the same year. In 2012 he performed at Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

paragraph: In 2008 Pejman also finished the first documentary about the legendary Persian diva Hayedeh who died in exile in 1990. The film was premiered on 24 January 2009 in Amsterdam

paragraph: and nominated as the "best documentary" at Noor Iranian Film Festival in Los Angeles. In the same year Pejman Akbarzadeh introduced Persian piano music at the Netherlands' Radio 5 (OBA Show) and in 2012 at Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

paragraph: In Summer 2009 following the pro-freedom demonstrations in Iran which turned to blood, Pejman Akbarzadeh joined the solidarity events in Europe with the people of his homeland; performing at Holland's Iranian Artists Eve in Amsterdam, "International Solidarity Conference with Iran's Students" at the University of Delft, Human Rights and Press Freedom Conference at Amsterdam's Tropen Theatre and cooperation with UNITED4IRAN demonstrations were among them.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Book

paragraph: BULLET::::- Persian Musicians Volume 1 ("Moosighidanane Irani, Jelde 1"). Navid Publications, Shiraz/Tehran, 2000.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Persian Musicians Volume 2 ("Moosighidanane Irani, Jelde 2"). Roshanak Publications, Tehran, 2002,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Persian Musicians Volume 3 ("Moosighidanane Irani, Jelde 3"). Iran Heritage Society (US) / Roshanak Publications, Tehran, 2008,

paragraph: Film (Documentary)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- (2017)

paragraph: Music (released pieces)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Persian piano music: "Fable", based on a piece by Homayoun Khorram; live Performance Amsterdam (iTunes 2009)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Persian piano music by Pejman Akbarzadeh (Netherlands Radio 5, Amsterdam, OBA Live Show)

paragraph: BULLET::::- First Persian Piano Recital in Amsterdam by Pejman Akbarzadeh

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile in "Artists Without Frontiers"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Weekly Book" interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh

paragraph: BULLET::::- Persian Gulf Online website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pejman Akbarzadeh articles in "Payvand News"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pejman Akbarzadeh's music articles in Persian

description: musician, researcher, journalist, radio producer

wikidata_label: Pejman Akbarzadeh

wikipedia_title: Pejman Akbarzadeh


text: Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

text: Archbishop

text: Archdiocese of Atlanta

text: United States of America

text: Washington, D.C.

text: Bachelor's Degree

text: Philosophy

text: Theology

text: St. Mary's Seminary and University

text: Baltimore, Maryland

text: Roland Park, Maryland

text: transitional diaconate

text: Archbishop of Washington

text: Patrick O'Boyle

text: Licentiate

text: Canon Law

text: William Wakefield Baum

text: James Aloysius Hickey

text: Chancellor

text: Vicar General

text: Archdiocese

text: Pope John Paul II

text: Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

text: Metropolitan Archbishop

text: Atlanta, Georgia

text: James P. Lyke

text: O.F.M.

text: Wilton D. Gregory

text: Auxiliary Bishop

text: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago

text: Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

text: Funeral Mass

text: Cathedral of Christ the King

text: motto

text: Catholic Church hierarchy

text: Catholic Church in the United States

text: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta

text: Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

categories: American people of Irish descent,American Roman Catholic archbishops,American Roman Catholic bishops,1928 births,Roman Catholic bishops in North Carolina,Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta,Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte,People from Washington, D.C.,2011 deaths

paragraph: John Francis Donoghue

paragraph: John Francis Donoghue (August 9, 1928 – November 11, 2011) served as the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and then as the fifth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in the United States of America.

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

paragraph: Donoghue was born and raised in Washington, D.C., the second of four brothers born to Irish immigrant parents, Daniel and Rose (née Ryan) Donoghue. On June 4, 1955, after receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy and a graduate degree in Sacred Theology from St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland and Roland Park, Maryland, and after ordination to the transitional diaconate, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, by the then-Archbishop of Washington, Patrick O'Boyle, who was later a Cardinal.

paragraph: Section::::Service within the Church.

paragraph: While originally planning to remain a parish priest, Donoghue was asked in 1964 to study for a Licentiate in Canon Law, and was then assigned to the Archbishop of Washington's Office (he did serve in a variety of parish assignments).

paragraph: For the next 18 years, he served on the staff under three successive Cardinals, all now deceased, who were Archbishops of Washington: Cardinals Patrick O'Boyle, William Wakefield Baum, and James Aloysius Hickey. From 1972 until 1983, he also filled the offices of Chancellor and Vicar General for that Archdiocese; in 1984 he also became Moderator of the Archdiocesan Curia, serving in that capacity until his episcopal consecration. He was consecrated and installed as a Bishop on December 18, 1984, following his appointment by Pope John Paul II, as the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte.

paragraph: In June 1993, he was appointed as the sixth Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia by John Paul II, replacing the Most Reverend James P. Lyke, O.F.M., who had died of cancer on December 27, 1992, after only two years in office. He led the Archdiocese for over ten years. Donoghue retired as Archbishop on December 9, 2004, and was succeeded by Wilton D. Gregory, who had served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Donoghue died, on November 11, 2011, aged 83. His body lay in state at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus until his Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM on November 17 at the Cathedral of Christ the King.

paragraph: Donoghue's episcopal motto was: ""To Live In Christ Jesus"".

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic Church hierarchy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic Church in the United States

paragraph: BULLET::::- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Catholic bishops of the United States

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta

paragraph: BULLET::::- Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

description: American Roman Catholic archbishop

wikidata_label: John Francis Donoghue

wikipedia_title: John Francis Donoghue


text: Menkhoaneng

text: Lesotho

text: Mokhachane

text: chief

text: Bamokoteli

text: Koena

text: Butha-Buthe

text: Basotho people

text: Zulu

text: Shaka

text: Difaqane

text: Kwa-Zulu Natal

text: Difaqane

text: Sotho people

text: Nguni clans

text: Qiloane plateau

text: Thaba Bosiu

text: Basotho

text: Basutoland

text: Roman Catholic

text: Missionaries

text: M.F. Allard

text: O.M.I.

text: Joseph Gerard

text: Sesotho language

text: Boer

text: Cape Colony

text: Basutoland

text: Jan de Winnaar

text: Caledon

text: George Thomas Napier

text: Orange River Sovereignty

text: Orange Free State

text: Free State–Basotho War

text: Queen Victoria

text: Basutoland

text: Aliwal

text: Basutoland

text: Moshoeshoe I International Airport

text: shweshwe fabric

text: Animaniacs

text: Pinky and the Brain

text: quiz show

text: Jeopardy!

text: Basutoland

text: History of Lesotho

text: Lesotho

text: Sesotho language

text: Shaka

text: lesotho.gov.ls

categories: Lesotho royalty,1870 deaths,Kings of Lesotho,People from Leribe District,1786 births

paragraph: Moshoeshoe I

paragraph: Moshoeshoe () (c. 1786 – 11 March 1870) was born at Menkhoaneng in the northern part of present-day Lesotho. He was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage- a branch of the Koena (crocodile) clan. In his early childhood, he helped his father gain power over some other smaller clans. At the age of 34 Moshoeshoe formed his own clan and became a chief. He and his followers settled at the Butha-Buthe Mountain.

paragraph: Section::::Great King.

paragraph: Moshoeshoe was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli sub-clan of the Basotho people. He was born at Menkhoaneng in Botha-bothe, Lesotho as Lepoqo. Moshoeshoe and his agemates went to initiation school and he got the name Letlama meaning strong bond. During his youth just after initiation, he was very brave and once organised a cattle raid against Ramonaheng and captured several herds. As was the tradition, he composed a poem praising himself where, amongst the words he used to refer to himself, said he was "like a razor which has shaved all Ramonaheng's beards", referring to his successful raid. In Sesotho language, a razor is said to make a "shoe...shoe..." sound, and after that he was affectionately called Moshoeshoe: "the shaver". He also referred himself as the person of Kali, thus showed that he was a descendant of the Great Kali or Monaheng who is said to be the ancestor of most Bakoena people in Lesotho with the exception of the senior Bamolibeli.

paragraph: Moshoeshoe and his followers, mostly the Bakoena Bamokoteli, some Bafokeng from his maternal side and other relations as well as some clans including the Amazizi, established his village at Butha-Buthe, where his settlement and reign coincided with the growth in power of the well-known Zulu King, Shaka and what is now known as the 'time of troubles' (previously known as 'Difaqane'). During the early 19th century Shaka raided many smaller chiefdoms along the eastern coast of Southern Africa (modern day Kwa-Zulu Natal), incorporating parts of them into his steadily growing Zulu chiefdom. Various small clans were forced to flee the Zulu chief. An era of great wars of calamity followed, known as the "time of troubles/Difaqane". It was marked by aggression against the Sotho people by the invading Nguni clans. The attacks also forced Moshoeshoe to move his settlement to the Qiloane plateau. The name was later changed to Thaba Bosiu or "mountain at night" because it was believed to grow during the night and shrink during day. It proved to be an impassable stronghold against enemies.

paragraph: Section::::Diplomat.

paragraph: The most significant role Moshoeshoe played as a diplomat was his acts of friendship towards his beaten enemies. He provided land and protection to various people and this strengthened the growing Basotho nation. His influence and followers grew with the integration of a number of refugees and victims of the wars of calamity.

paragraph: By the latter part of the 19th century, Moshoeshoe established the nation of the Basotho, in Basutoland. He was popularly known as "Morena e Moholo/morena oa Basotho" (Great King/King of the Basotho).

paragraph: Guns were introduced with the arrival of the Dutch from the Cape Colony and Moshoeshoe determined that he needed these and a white advisor. From other tribes, he heard of the benefits missionaries brought. By chance, three representatives of the Society arrived in the heart of southern Africa: , and . Moshoeshoe brought them to his kingdom. Later Roman Catholic Missionaries were to have a great influence on the shape of Basotho History (the first being, Bishop M.F. Allard O.M.I. and Fr. Joseph Gerard O.M.I.).

paragraph: From 1837 to 1855 Casalis played the role of Moshoeshoe's Foreign Advisor. With his knowledge of the non-African world, he was able to inform and advise the king in his dealings with hostile foreigners. He also served as an interpreter for Moshoeshoe in his dealings with white people, and documented the Sesotho language.

paragraph: In the late 1830s, Boer trekkers from the Cape Colony showed up on the western borders of Basutoland and subsequently claimed land rights.

paragraph: The trekkers' pioneer in this area was Jan de Winnaar, who settled in the Matlakeng area in May–June 1838. As more farmers were moving into the area they tried to colonise the land between the two rivers, even north of the Caledon, claiming that it had been "abandoned" by the Sotho people.

paragraph: Moshoeshoe, when hearing of the trekker settlement above the junction, stated that "... the ground on which they were belonged to me, but I had no objections to their flocks grazing there until such time as they were able to proceed further; on condition, however, that they remained in peace with my people and recognised my authority."

paragraph: Eugène Casalis later remarked that the trekkers had humbly asked for temporary rights while they were still few in number, but that when they felt "strong enough to throw off the mask" they went back on their initial intention.

paragraph: The next 30 years were marked by conflicts.

paragraph: Section::::Wars.

paragraph: Moshoeshoe signed a treaty with the British Governor, Sir George Thomas Napier. Among the provisions of this treaty was the annexation of a tract of land (now called the Orange River Sovereignty) that many Boers had settled. The outraged Boers were suppressed in a brief skirmish in 1848, but remained bitter at both the British and the Sotho.

paragraph: The situation erupted in 1851. A British force was defeated by the Sotho army at Kolonyama, touching off an embarrassing war for the British. After repulsing another British attack in 1852, Moshoeshoe sent an appeal to the British commander that allowed him to save face. Once again, diplomacy saved the Sotho kingdom. After a final defeat of the Tloka in 1853, Moshoeshoe reigned supreme.

paragraph: However, the British pulled out of the region in 1854, causing the de facto formation of two independent states: the Boer Orange Free State and the Sotho Kingdom.

paragraph: In 1858 Moshoeshoe defeated the Boers in the Free State–Basotho War and in 1865 Moshoeshoe lost a great portion of the western lowlands. The last war in 1867 ended only when the British and Moshoeshoe appealed to Queen Victoria, who agreed to make Basutoland a British protectorate in 1868. The British were eager to check Boer advances, and Moshoeshoe, with advice from Eugene Casalis, realised that continued pressure from the Boers would lead to the destruction of his kingdom.

paragraph: In 1869, the British signed a treaty at Aliwal with the Boers. It defined the boundaries of Basutoland and later Lesotho; those boundaries have not changed. The arable land west of the Caledon River remained in Boer hands, and is referred to as the Lost or Conquered Territory. This effectively reduced Moshoeshoe's kingdom to half its previous size.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Although he had ceded much territory, Moshoeshoe never suffered a major military defeat and retained most of his kingdom and all of his culture. His death in 1870 marked the end of the traditional era and the beginning of the modern colonial period. Moshoeshoe Day is a national holiday in Lesotho celebrated every year on 11 March to commemorate the day of Moshoeshoe's death.

paragraph: Moshoeshoe I International Airport is named in his honour.

paragraph: Section::::Cultural references.

paragraph: South African-made shweshwe fabric is named for King Moshoeshoe I who once received a gift of it and then popularized it throughout his realm.

paragraph: In episode two of the American animated series "Animaniacs", the debuting Pinky and the Brain segment "Win Big" referenced Moshoeshoe I briefly when the Brain attempted to win $99,000 on a quiz show entitled "Gyp-parody" so that he might construct a machine that would magnetically hold to the earth any one with loose change in his pockets. One of the categories in the "Jeopardy!"-like game show is "Kings Named Moshoeshoe", to whose first answer, "He ruled Lestho "[sic]" in 1820", Brain gives the proper question, "Who was King Moshoeshoe I?" The program makes an error in date, as Moshoeshoe did not become monarch until 1822.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Basutoland

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of Lesotho

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lesotho

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sesotho language

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shaka Zulu – contemporary

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- lesotho.gov.ls

description: King of Lesotho

wikidata_label: Moshoeshoe I

wikipedia_title: Moshoeshoe I


text: Chosŏn'gŭl

text: Hanja

text: Nampho

text: South Pyongan

text: North Korea

text: speed skater

text: 1964 Winter Olympics

text: 1972 Winter Olympics

text: 1500 meter competition

text: 500 meter contest

text: 3000 metres event

text: 1000 metres competition

text: 1500 metres contest

text: Oulu

text: Trondheim

categories: 1942 births,North Korean female speed skaters,Olympic silver medalists for North Korea,Olympic speed skaters of North Korea,Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics,Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics,Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics,Living people,Olympic medalists in speed skating

paragraph: Han Pil-hwa

paragraph: Han Pil-Hwa (Chosŏn'gŭl: 한필화, Hanja: 韓弼花) (born 21 January 1942 in Nampho, South Pyongan) is a female North Korean speed skater who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and in the 1972 Winter Olympics.

paragraph: In 1964 she won the silver medal in the 3000 meter event and she is the first Winter Olympic medalist in both Koreas. In the 1500 meter competition she finished ninth and in the 500 meter contest she finished 28th.

paragraph: Eight years later she finished ninth in the 3000 metres event, eleventh in the 1000 metres competition, and 13th in the 1500 metres contest.

paragraph: Between 1963 and 1968 Han Pil-Hwa was also a regular guest at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women. In 1965 championships in Oulu she reached highest and got to a fifth place in the allround event. Her best single distance result was a third place on the 3000 meter at the 1966 championships in Trondheim.

paragraph: Section::::Records.

paragraph: Over the course of her career, Han Pil-Hwa skated the following best results:

paragraph: Section::::Season best performances.

paragraph: Over the seasons, Han Pil-Hwa skated the following best results:

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bibliography

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Skater business card of Pil Hwa Han on www.speedskatingnews.info

alias:
Pil Hwa-han
Han Pil-Hwa
Pil Hwa-Han

description: North Korean speed skater

wikidata_label: Han Pil-hwa

wikipedia_title: Han Pil-hwa


text: Canadian

text: ice hockey

text: defenceman

text: National Hockey League

text: New York Rangers

text: 1943–44 NHL season

text: James Jamieson's obituary

categories: 1922 births,Baltimore Clippers players,North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey coaches,Ice hockey people from Ontario,1985 deaths,New York Rangers players,New York Rovers players,Sportspeople from Brantford,Canadian ice hockey defencemen

paragraph: James Jamieson (ice hockey)

paragraph: James "Jimmy" Jamieson (March 21, 1922 – December 26, 1985) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in one National Hockey League game for the New York Rangers during the 1943–44 NHL season.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of players who played only one game in the NHL

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- James Jamieson's obituary

description: Canadian ice hockey defenceman

wikidata_label: James Jamieson

wikipedia_title: James Jamieson (ice hockey)


text: labor movement

text: Thomas Brackett Reed

text: Charles DeGarmo

text: Theodore Roosevelt

text: Edwin R. A. Seligman

text: Carroll D Wright

text: Henry Cabot Lodge

text: David Starr Jordan

text: G. Stanley Hall

text: Booker T. Washington

text: Karl Marx

text: Henry George

text: Adam Smith

text: David Ricardo

text: John Stuart Mill

text: "Outlines of Social Economics"

text: "Wealth and Progress"

text: Mathew Carey

text: Friedrich List

text: Henry Charles Carey

text: Victor Yarros

text: Liberty

categories: 1845 births,American trade unionists,1919 deaths

paragraph: George Gunton

paragraph: George Gunton (1845–1919) was an influential figure in the labor movement of the United States around the turn of the 20th century and was an avid supporter of industrial combinations, or 'trusts'. He was a close colleague of Ira Steward, and upon Steward's death in 1883 he agreed to complete and prepare for publication a book that Steward had been writing. Gunton found only notes, not a nearly complete book. Deciding the notes were not sufficient for editing, Gunton discarded them, instead building on the ideas of his colleague to formulate his own book on the labor movement, "Wealth and Progress", which was published in 1887, followed by "Principles of Social Economics" in 1891. He founded a school, the Institute of Social Economics, in 1891, with the aim of educating the masses in the path of responsible citizenship.

paragraph: Gunton was the editor of Gunton's Magazine, a goal-oriented publication, which drew many prominent thinkers of his time. An early supporter and adviser to Theodore Roosevelt, Gunton later became a vocal critic of the president, when the administration began attacking trusts, forming a Bureau of Corporations with full investigative powers in 1903. Though Gunton was accused in his life of being 'bought' by big business, he genuinely believed, and made good argument to the fact, that well organized capital was vital to the protection of the rights of a well-organized labor force.

paragraph: Section::::Philosophy.

paragraph: George Gunton was of a scientific mind and thus rooted his philosophy in the principle of evolution. He articulated the principle of evolution, defined progress, as follows: the development from the simple and similar to the complex and heterogeneous. In other words, as a system develops, it becomes increasingly multifaceted and specialized. Applying this view of progress to human society, Gunton distinguished three elements at play within this process. These elements he defined as material, intellect, and morality. He saw the material factor as the most fundamental, initiating social development through human want and the exploitation of nature. Intellect is the guide of humanity, and morality is the result. For example, in the case of altruism, the moral codes against murder or theft are rooted in self-preservation, the gains to be had from being a member of a stable society outweighing the gains of the immediately selfish act. He believed that the development of egoistic wants stimulated man's intellect, which in turn differentiated, specialized, the social environment (the field of morality) and thus the conscious egoism and unconscious morality transforms into unconscious egoism and conscious morality. So ultimately, it is the development of man's desires that leads to the development of moral character.

paragraph: Gunton saw the exploitation of nature as man's greatest power, and he saw no limit to the progress that could be made by its harnessing. In relation to matters of the labor movement, he saw this as the key to the mutual benefit of worker and employer. Gunton was an enthusiastic optimist, believing nature to be an unending wealth from which all could reap. All that was needed to augment the technological advances now bringing nature under man's domination was a balanced system of organized capital and organized labor.

paragraph: In regards to the organization of capital, Gunton was a defender of 'trusts'. He believed that industrial combination and consolidation was not only inevitable, but also necessary to the protection of the worker. He saw small business as an enemy of labor. In his time, it was small businesses that were participating in petty practices such as blacklisting and organizing in 'employer's associations' to engage in anti-union activity. In his view, the greater the capital investment, the more the employer has at stake, and thus the more likely the employer is to respond to the needs and wants of his workforce, in order to avoid loss due to a stop in productivity. Gunton contended that popular protest to industrial concentration was due to a misunderstanding of competition, from viewing competition from the standpoint of the receding competitor. For example, in the industry of fabric and textiles, a hand loom will lose out to a small factory. This is not an eradication of competition, it is a raising of the competitive plane. So the development of concentrated capital with better machinery and better facilities does not eliminate competition, it makes such organization necessary in all industries. (Gunton. "Trusts and the Public")

paragraph: Gunton was ready to admit that trusts were responsible for abuses, but maintained that abuses were not inseparable from principle - "as is always the case in social revolts, the genuine are arraigned with the spurious and all are put under the ban."

paragraph: Section::::Institute of Social Economics.

paragraph: In 1885 Gunton began an annual lecture series in the church of Rev. Herber Newton in New York City, which he continued for six years. This series led to the opening of the Institute of Social Economics, which opened in 1891 at 126 East Twenty-Third Street in New York. The institute was established not as a classical university, but as a venue to spread Gunton's specific message and with the goal of training the general public in becoming wholesome, rational citizens who understand politics, the economy and the responsibilities of being a citizen. It began as a night school and Gunton himself gave a free lecture every Wednesday evening. Soon the institute expanded to a day school as well, which offered a one-year course. Subjects included accounting, penmanship, arithmetic, rhetoric, business correspondence, commercial law, social economics, English and American literature, civil government and principles of economics and practical statesmanship. Tuition was one hundred and fifty dollars for the year and admission was open to both sexes. By 1882 the institute had to move to 34 Union Square, a 6-story building that could accommodate the rapidly growing student body. It added a High school in 1894 and began offering classical studies as well, such as languages and law. The popular free Wednesday lectures continued, now with many guest speakers in addition to Gunton. In 1897 the institute moved yet again to a ten-story building at 41 Union Square. At this time it was changed to the Gunton Institute and its vision changed greatly, now with the aim of educating the citizenry of all the United States. It became primarily a correspondence school. The home study plan offered a two-year curriculum, each year independent of the other. Gunton's weekly lecture was printed and mailed to students who had to complete required reading, including Gunton's Magazine, correspond with teachers regarding any questions, and complete a written theses at the end of each year. By October 1900, the lectures began to be printed monthly instead of weekly, then semi-monthly, then irregular, until the last was published in December 1903. The list of men associated with the institute included the following: Thomas Brackett Reed; Dr. Charles DeGarmo, president of Swarthmore; Theodore Roosevelt; Dr. Edwin R. A. Seligman; Carroll D Wright, U.S. Commissioner of Labor; Henry Cabot Lodge; David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford jr. University; G. Stanley Hall, president of Stanford University; Booker T. Washington; and Archbishop Ireland.

paragraph: Section::::Gunton as an economist.

paragraph: There were three systems of economics recognized during those days. Gunton rejected Karl Marx, Henry George and the laissez-faire economics of Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill. He did this in his Principles of Economics Inductively Considered and Practically Applied, With Criticisms on Current Theories, "Outlines of Social Economics", "Wealth and Progress", and Economic Heresies of Henry George. Gunton was of the tradition of protectionism, otherwise known as the American System of Political Economy. Gunton followed in the footsteps of Alexander Hamilton, writer of the 1790 Report on Manufacturing, Mathew Carey, Friedrich List, Daniel Raymond, greatest American 19th-century economist and most prolific writer of his time, Henry Charles Carey, William Elder author of Questions of the Day, and Conversations on Political Economy, Vanburen Denslow, and the American Protective Tariff League in rejecting the British System of Laissez faire, and also socialism. Gunton is cited in George Boughton Curtiss' The Industrial Development of Nations volume 2 and Protection and Prosperity.

paragraph: Gunton rejected Malthus and Ricardo's theories on, rent, land, population. Marx and George adopted the rent theory, and also the wages fund theory of Ricardo. Smith's conception of scientist not being producers was rejected, as science played a crucial role in productivity for an economy, and that human beings were not capital. Human beings brought skill to the process of manufacturing and agriculture, this was fostered by developing his natural talents. Animals and other forms of capital do not have that.

paragraph: Ricardo and Malthus saw profits only increasing by decreasing wages and insisting that energy flux density does not exist. Energy flux density decreases the cost of production by increasing quality of labor. This was first catalyzed in Henry Carey's Principles of Political Economy. Marx and George saw that laborers wages could only increase by decreasing the share the capitalist got thus also insisting that energy flux density does not exist. They also thought that the laborer created the profit by himself so rent had to be abolished. They also gave no credit to the industrialist.

paragraph: Along with economists of the British school, Gunton refuted Darwin's survival of the fittest. He called natural selection, Laissez Faire, and he insisted that scientific selection existed rather than natural selection. He reasoned that natural selection would give way to inferior type of cultivating and breeding. Gunton was of the opinion that scientific selection attributed to creativity superseded natural selection. Unconscious selection did not create the type of horses that scientific selection did. Thus scientific selection could breed out inferior breeds of a particular horse, the variety of sheep we have today is not because they were gladiators same goes for cats and dogs. The seedless fruit or vegetable, the various types of oranges were not a product of laissez faire but of creativity.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Principles of Economics Inductively Considered and Practically Applied, With Criticisms on Current Theories, Outlines of Social Economics

paragraph: Section::::Gunton's Magazine.

paragraph: Gunton's Magazine, also called the Social Economist, was unapologetically rooted in a specific ideology, it had a mission to disseminate 'correct' ideas. It had the freedom to do this as it required little advertising through means of endowment. Though it was begun as an adjunct to the Institute of Social Economics, it soon became Gunton's primary activity. Though it was primarily a vehicle for Gunton's philosophy, it also included articles on other matters of contemporary interest such as "Women's opportunity for Social Service" "Colored Men as Cotton Manufacturers" "Do the Filipinos Desire American Rule?" and "Shall the Ballot be Given to Women?". Many contributors to the magazine were well known and respected. Carroll D. Wright wrote an article almost every issue during the early years. Edwin R. A. Seligman contributed about half a dozen articles and Theodore Roosevelt wrote "The Need of a Navy" in the January, 1898 issue.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: George Gunton was born in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England on September 8, 1845. He was the only son of Mathew Gunton, and English agricultural laborer. With no means for formal education, George Gunton still exhibited and avid interest in learning and read widely. At age 17, he married Elizabeth Bocock, by whom he had 8 children. In 1874 he left his family, in England for America, where he had secured work as a weaver in the cotton mills of Fall River, Massachusetts. He separated from his first wife in 1882, seven years after she and his family had joined him in Fall River. In 1884 he married Mrs. Amelia Whipple, who aided him in becoming established in New York City. Gunton divorced her some time before 1904 and on February 14, 1904, he married Mrs. Rebecca Douglas Lowe. Mrs. Lowe was the president of the General Federation of Women's clubs from 1901 to 1905 and was the widow of a prominent Georgia banker. In 1906 Mrs. Amelia Whipple Gunton sued Gunton to test the legality of their divorce, which she claimed he did not tell her about until some time later. She also sued Mrs. Lowe allegedly alienation the affections of Mr. Gunton. The rulings and findings of the suit were kept private. George and Amelia Gunton lived in Hot Springs, Virginia until they separated in July, 1915. Amelia was granted an uncontested divorce on the grounds of infidelity on November 21, 1916. George Gunton lived in obscurity in New York until his death on September 11, 1919.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Weary, Daniel C. "George Gunton, Advocate for Labor, Defender of Trusts, Social Darwinian" Harvard University. April 13, 1949

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gunotn, George. "Trusts and the Public"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bailey, Thomas A. "A Diplomatic History of the American People" 1946

paragraph: BULLET::::- Beard, Mary R. "A Short History of the American Labor Movement" 1920

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cahill, Marion C."Shorter Hours, A Study of the Movement Since the Civil War" 1932

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Gunton (1887), "Wealth and Progress: a critical examination of the labor problem". New York: D. Appleton and Company. Available through Google Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Victor Yarros (1888), "Socialist Economics and the Labor Movement", a book review of "Wealth and Progress" appearing in "Liberty"

description: American labor unionist

wikidata_label: George Gunton

wikipedia_title: George Gunton


text:
Płock
Russian Empire
Göttingen
philologist
Semitist
Mandaean
Russian Poland
Hasidic
philology
Berlin
University of Kiel
William Ahlwardt
University of Greifswald
Göttingen
Enno Littmann

categories: Converts to Protestantism from Judaism,German people of Polish-Jewish descent,University of Greifswald faculty,Humboldt University of Berlin alumni,People from Płock,Mandaeism,1868 births,1928 deaths,University of Göttingen faculty

paragraph: Mark Lidzbarski

paragraph: Mark Lidzbarski (born Abraham Mordechai Lidzbarski, Płock, Russian Empire, 7 January 1868 – Göttingen, 13 November 1928) was a Polish philologist, Semitist and translator of Mandaean texts.

paragraph: Lidzbarski was born in Russian Poland to a Hasidic Eastern Jewish family, and from 1889 to 1892 studied semitic philology in Berlin. There he converted to evangelical Christianity and changed his first name to "Mark". In February 1896 he graduated his doctorate in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Kiel. In 1907 he succeeded William Ahlwardt as professor at the University of Greifswald, in 1917 became professor in Göttingen as successor to Enno Littmann. From 1912 he was a corresponding member, and in 1918 a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walter Bauer: "Mark Lidzbarski zum Gedächtnis". In: "Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen". Geschäftliche Mitteilungen 1928/29. pp. 71–77.

description: Linguistic scholar

wikidata_label: Mark Lidzbarski

wikipedia_title: Mark Lidzbarski


text:
St. Francis of Assisi
Assisi
JUD
Bologna
Florence
Rome
Giles of Assisi
Santiago de Compostela
St. Clare
Thomas of Celano
Assisi

wikipedia_title:
Francis of Assisi
Assisi
Doctor of both laws
Bologna
Florence
Rome
Giles of Assisi
Santiago de Compostela
Clare of Assisi
Thomas of Celano
Assisi

categories: History of Catholic religious orders,1241 deaths,Italian Franciscans,History of Catholicism in Italy

paragraph: Bernard of Quintavalle

paragraph: Bernard, son of Quintavalle, son of Berardello, (died 1241) was one of the first followers of St. Francis of Assisi. Bernard was declared as the "Minorum Ordinis prima plantula," the "First fruits of the Minor Orders".

paragraph: Bernard was a well-to-do young man from Assisi. He received his JUD at the Bologna University. His family's house still stands in Assisi to this day. Bernard received his evangelical calling in the church of San Nicolò, prompting him to give all of his money to the poor and become a follower of St. Francis.

paragraph: After joining St. Francis, Bernard was often sent on delicate missions, such as to Bologna in 1211 and to Florence. St. Francis chose Bernard to lead the first group of friars who went to Rome to ask for the approval of the "Propositum vitae" in 1210, which was granted orally, but not in writing. St. Francis also sent Bernard and Giles of Assisi to Santiago de Compostela in 1208 during the second mission of the original friars. Bernard also accompanied St. Clare to the monastery of St. Angelo di Panzo. Together with Angelo Tancredi, Leo of Assisi, and Rufino of Assisi, Bernard remained close to Francis, especially during the last two years of Francis' life. St. Francis imparted a special blessing to him, although Thomas of Celano reserves this blessing for Elias. Bernard died around 1241 and is buried close to the tomb of St. Francis in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1 Cel 24; Letter of Greccio; 2 Cel 48; 2 Cel 109; Proc 12

paragraph: BULLET::::- LegMaj III,3; L3S 46; LegPer 107; SpecPerf 36; L3S 38-40

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1 Cel 15; L3S 27-29; AnonPer 10-11; Fior 2, Fior 5

paragraph: BULLET::::- (SpecPerf 107; Fior 6)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1 Cel 108

description: Follower of St. Francis of Assisi

wikidata_label: Bernard of Quintavalle

wikipedia_title: Bernard of Quintavalle


text: Filipino

categories: 1931 births,1990 deaths,Filipino businesspeople,Asian Institute of Management people,Individuals honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani

paragraph: Gaston Z. Ortigas

paragraph: Gaston Zavalla Ortigas (January 31, 1931 - August 31, 1990) was a Filipino businessman, educator, freedom fighter, and agrarian reform and peace advocate best known for his opposition to the Martial Law dicatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, and for his later pursuit of a peace process between the post-dictatorship Philippine Government and various antidictatorship movements that did not give up their arms after Marcos was deposed in February 1986.

paragraph: He played a key role in the formation of civil society movements for peace, as one of the original convenors of the Coalition for Peace, and was deeply involved in both the National Peace Conference and what would later become the Multi-Sectoral Peace Advocates (MSPA). In his honor, the Ateneo de Manila University established the Gaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute six months after his death.

paragraph: In recognition of his role in the resistance against the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, his name was eventually inscribed Bantayog ng mga Bayani memorial, which honors the martyrs and heroes who fought the dictatorship.

wikidata_label: Gaston Z. Ortigas

wikipedia_title: Gaston Z. Ortigas


text:
American football
baseball
All-American
end
Harvard University
Major League Baseball
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
American football
Brown University
Grantland Rice
Charley Brickley
Walter Camp
Collier's Weekly
Parke H. Davis
Amherst College
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Haverford, Pa.

categories: American football ends,Year of birth missing,Year of death missing,Harvard Crimson football players,All-American college football players

paragraph: Sam Felton

paragraph: Samuel M. Felton was an American football and baseball player. He was an All-American end for Harvard University in 1912. After graduating from Harvard, Felton declined a record offer to play Major League Baseball for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Felton attended Harvard University where he played American football at the end position in 1911 and 1912. He also handled punting and kicking duties for Harvard's football team.

paragraph: As a junior in 1911, Felton was one of the laaders of a football team that opened the season 5–0 while outscoring opponents 72–6. However, Felton was seriously injured in the first period of the fifth game of the season—a win over Brown University. Felton was kicked in the side. "The New York Times" reported that, because Felton was not wearing any protective pads over his hips, the kick broke several blood vessels and formed a clot. Following the injury to Felton, the previously-undefeated Harvard team went 1–2–1 in its final four games.

paragraph: Felton returned to the Harvard football team as a senior and helped lead the 1912 team to a perfect 9–0 record. Felton was regarded as the best punter in the country during the 1912 season, with punts averaging from 60 to 70 yards. Four decades later, sports writer Grantland Rice included Felton on his list of the finest college kickers he had ever seen. Felton and Charley Brickley were "credited with having won the intercollegiate championship for the [Harvard] Crimson" in 1912. At the end of the 1912 season, Felton was selected as a first-team All-American in 1912 by Walter Camp (for Collier's Weekly), Robert Edgren, W.J. MacBeth, Alfred S. Harvey of the "Milwaukee Free Press", Parke H. Davis, and the "Trenton Evening Times".

paragraph: Felton was also a star pitcher for the Harvard baseball team for three years from 1911–1913. In May 1913, Felton pitched a one-hit shutout against Amherst College. "The New York Times" reported on the game as follows: "Harvard shut out Amherst, 5 to 0, this afternoon because of the masterful pitching of Sam Felton, the former football end rush and punter. Felton held the visitors to one single, this being made in the first inning by Kimball, Amherst's first batter to face Felton. Kimball's hit was a scratch, being nearly smothered by Capt. Wingate ..." Felton's pitching also helped lead Harvard to win the series against Yale in 1913, and the team presented Felton.

paragraph: Upon his graduation from Harvard in 1913, Connie Mack offered Felton a three-year contract to pitch for the Philadelphia Athletics for $15,000 per year. The offer was a record for a collegiate player and was turned down by Felton. Felton declined the offer to return to his home in Haverford, Pennsylvania and pursue a career in business. "The Washington Post" reported on the offer as follows:"Manager Mack, of the Athletics, usually regarded as one of the most conservative bidders for ball players, recently made a record offer for a college player, and, after striving as he has never before done, failed to gain the coveted contract. This much sought collegian, whom Mack thinks would have made one of the greatest pitchers In the history of the game, is Samuel Felton, football and baseball star at Harvard for three years. Within the past month Mack offered Felton a flat contract of $15,000 for three years, agreeing to permit him to make his own terms and giving him the option of an unconditional release should he tire of professional ball, but the persuasion of the Athletics' manager failed. Felton, who lives at Haverford, Pa., comes of a wealthy family, and does not have to play ball for a living, besides being actively engaged in business here."

paragraph: In October 1914, the Harvard baseball team presented Felton with a silver loving cup for his contributions to Harvard's success. On the day before his wedding in October 1913, "The New York Times" reported that Harvard's undergraduates "jammed the Union" to give Felton "a rousing send-off."

paragraph: In 1921, he was selected to serve on the Harvard baseball team's advisory staff.

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Sam Felton

wikipedia_title: Sam Felton