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Bulgarian
sebastokrator
Asen dynasty
Bulgarian
Tsar
Boril
Serbia
vassal
Grand Prince
Stefan Nemanjić
Macedonia
suzerains
Latins
Saint Sava
Kaloyan
Crusader-held
Thessaloniki
Alexius Slav
Peter
Ivan Asen
Tarnovo
Ivan Asen II
Kosovo
Braničevo
Belgrade
at Plovdiv
blood brother
Vardar
Prosek
Demir Kapija
Dobromir Chrysos
Struma
Bitola
Ohrid
Skopje
Veria
Latin Emperor
Henry of Flanders
Michael I Komnenos Doukas
Epirus
Bogomil
sebastos
Nicaean
Theodore I Laskaris
Polog
archbishop
canonized
Saint Sava
angel
hagiography
Niš
Theodore Komnenos Doukas
voivode
hajduk
Ottomans
Jegunovce

categories: 13th-century Bulgarian people,Asen dynasty,1214 deaths,12th-century births,Medieval Bulgarian military personnel,Medieval Bulgarian nobility,Rulers in medieval Macedonia,Bulgarian murder victims

image: 512px-Смртта_на_Стрез.jpg

paragraph: Strez

paragraph: Strez (; original spelling: ) (fl. 1207–1214) was a Bulgarian "sebastokrator" and a member of the Asen dynasty. A major contender for the Bulgarian throne, Strez initially opposed the ascension of his close relative Tsar Boril. He fled to Serbia, where he accepted the vassalage of Grand Prince Stefan Nemanjić, and Serbian support helped him establish himself as a largely independent ruler in a large part of the region of Macedonia. However, Strez turned against his suzerains to become a Bulgarian vassal and joined forces with his former enemy Boril against the Latins and then the Serbs. Strez was murdered amidst a major anti-Serbian campaign under unclear circumstances in a plot that likely involved Saint Sava.

paragraph: Section::::Throne contender and Serbian vassal.

paragraph: Nothing is mentioned of Strez until the events in the wake of the sudden death of Tsar Kaloyan (1197–1207) during his siege of the Crusader-held Thessaloniki. Just like Alexius Slav, another noble who would later emerge as a separatist, Strez was a nephew of the Asen brothers Peter, Ivan Asen and Kaloyan, who were the first three emperors of the Second Bulgarian Empire. However, it is unclear whether through his relation to the early Asens he was a first cousin or a brother of Boril (1207–1218).

paragraph: At the time of Kaloyan's death, Strez was in the capital Tarnovo, perhaps seeking to capitalize on his ancestral rights to the Bulgarian crown. However, Boril proved to be the more ambitious candidate. Boril persecuted the other candidates for the throne, and Alexius Slav, along with Ivan Asen's sons Ivan Asen II had to leave Bulgaria.

paragraph: As happened to other members of the royal family, Boril's ascension forced Strez and his closest supporters to flee, in that case to neighbouring Serbia, where he was welcomed by the reigning Stefan Nemanjić (1196–1228) in 1207 or early 1208. Even though Boril requested the extradition of Strez to Bulgaria, the Serbian ruler hoped to use Strez as a puppet in gaining Bulgarian-held territory. Stefan believed that Strez's royal ancestry and imperial aspirations would make it much easier to impose Serbian rule over Macedonia, Kosovo and Braničevo, as well as Belgrade, all captured by Bulgaria under Kaloyan. At the same time, Boril was unable to take military action against Strez and his Serbian patron, as he had suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Latins at Plovdiv. Stefan went as far as to become a blood brother of Strez in a ceremony which Stefan was hoping would secure Strez's loyalty.

paragraph: In 1208, Strez headed a Serbian force which seized much of the Vardar valley from Bulgaria. He established himself as a Serbian vassal at the Prosek fortress (near modern Demir Kapija), formerly the capital of another Bulgarian separatist, Dobromir Chrysos. By 1209, Strez's realm spread over much of Macedonia, from the Struma valley in the east, where he bordered the lands controlled by Boril, to Bitola and perhaps Ohrid in the west, and from Skopje in the north to Veria in the south. While Strez quickly gained the support of the local Bulgarian population and possibly inherited the remaining administration from Boril's rule, Serbian units nevertheless remained in his domains, either to guarantee his loyalty or with the intent to oust him and annex his lands.

paragraph: Section::::Bulgarian vassal.

paragraph: Alexius Slav's marriage to the daughter of Latin Emperor Henry of Flanders in 1209 was potentially a great danger to Boril, who could be facing their joint forces. Fearing such a coalition, Boril approached Strez, who was at the time gaining more power and was close to complete independence from Serbia. Strez agreed to a union with his former enemy, though only after Boril reconfirmed his complete autonomy. Strez eliminated the remaining Serbian troops in his lands in an act that the Serbs saw as devil-inspired treason. It is not impossible that Boril persuaded Strez through military action, though it is more likely that the union was achieved through negotiations.

paragraph: In the same year, Strez and Boril had come to peace with Michael I Komnenos Doukas, the ruler of Epirus. In late 1209, Strez and Michael may have attempted a joint campaign against Thessaloniki, as they both lost lands to the Latins in what was likely a retaliation raid in late 1209 or early 1210. The failure of this attack prompted Michael to break away from his Bulgarian allies and support the Latins. In early 1211, Strez clashed with the Latins and Epirotes at Thessaloniki and required Boril's assistance after Michael and Henry invaded the western reaches of Strez's realm. In the early summer, the allied Bulgarian army suffered a heavy defeat at Bitola at the hands of Michael, Henry's brother Eustace and Bernard of Katzenellenbogen. Even though it resulted in no territorial losses, it prevented Strez from an expansion to the south. In relation to an anti-Bogomil council in 1211, Strez is referred to as a "sebastokrator". The title was either conferred to him by Boril as part of their agreement in 1209, or was awarded to Strez by Kaloyan during his rule. In any case, Boril certainly recognized Strez's right to that appellation. There are signs that Strez divided his possessions into administrative units, each headed by a "sebastos". In 1212, Strez was powerful enough to be considered one of the Latin Empire's chief adversaries, along with Boril, Michael and Nicaean emperor Theodore I Laskaris, by Henry himself.

paragraph: Section::::Anti-Serbian campaign and death.

paragraph: After a series of military failures against the Latins, Boril made peace with Henry in 1213, cemented through two royal marriages. As Boril's vassal, Strez joined the Bulgarian–Latin union, the short-term goal of which was a double invasion of Serbia. In 1214, the forces of Boril and Henry attacked Serbia from the east, while Strez's army, deemed in contemporary sources to be "countless", penetrated Serbian territory from the south and reached the Polog. Facing a major invasion on two fronts, the Serbs were quick to ask for peace. After Stefan's envoys to Strez failed, he sent his brother, archbishop Sava (canonized as Saint Sava) to Strez's camp.

paragraph: Even though Sava's diplomacy was of no effect either, Strez died the night after Sava's departure. Serbian sources present the death of Strez as a miracle, Strez being stabbed by an angel, though in reality he was very likely murdered in a plot orchestrated by Sava. Historian John V. A. Fine theorizes that Sava may have found supporters among Strez's nobles, some of whom had turned against him and organized his murder, only to defect to Serbia immediately afterwards. According to the hagiography of Saint Sava, in his dying words Strez claimed he was stabbed by a young soldier on the order of Sava.

paragraph: While Strez's murder meant an end to the Latin–Bulgarian campaign, Stefan did not undertake a campaign into Macedonia due to the proximity of the coalition troops, which had halted at Niš. In 1217, all of Strez's territory was under the Epirote rule of Theodore Komnenos Doukas, though Boril may have controlled some or all of it in the meantime. The Serbs failed to take advantage of Strez's death as far as they did not manage to acquire any of his former domains.

paragraph: Section::::Assessment and legacy.

paragraph: Contemporary Serbian sources, such as the hagiography of Saint Sava, are highly critical of Strez's actions. The Serbs accused Strez of recklessness, drunkenness, ungodliness, treason and cruelty. The hagiography of Saint Sava tells of Strez's alleged tendency to have captives thrown from a high cliff into the Vardar River for his and his guests' entertainment. As the prisoners were falling to their death, Strez would sarcastically shout at them not to get their coats wet. Bulgarian historian Ivan Lazarov dismisses these allegations as slanderous. In his biography of Strez, he hails the medieval ruler as a "true member of the Asen dynasty" and defends his actions due to him being a "child of his time". Lazarov assesses Strez as a characteristic, vivid personality who put his independence above all.

paragraph: The name of Strez has become a part of Bulgarian folklore, including a legendary account of his life written down as the "Biography of Prince Stregan" in the 18th century or later. At least one location throughout Macedonia was tied by the locals with Strez, whom the folk interpreted as a voivode or hajduk who defended the people against the Ottomans. Some ruins by the Vardar River near Jegunovce west of Skopje were known to the locals as "Strez's Fortress" (Стрезово кале, "Strezovo kale"). Even though in reality his capital, Prosek, lay far to the south, the castle at Jegunovce may have formed part of Strez's border fortifications, or it may have been the site of his negotiations with Sava and his murder.

description: Bulgarian sebastokrator and largely independent ruler

wikidata_label: Strez

wikipedia_title: Strez


text:
Grand Prix motorcycle racer
Spain
Cadiz
Valencia
Albacete
Catalunya
Spanish Grand Prix
Portuguese Grand Prix
Danny Webb
Profile on motogp.com
Andalucia Cajasol profile

categories: Spanish motorcycle racers,Moto3 World Championship riders,125cc World Championship riders,1991 births,Living people

paragraph: Alberto Moncayo

paragraph: Alberto Moncayo Bernal (born 23 July 1991) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Spain.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Early career.

paragraph: Born in Cadiz, Moncayo began competitive racing at a young age and won his first championship at the age of eleven, winning the Valencian minimoto championship before winning the championship of Andalucia the following season. Moncayo then moved up to 125cc level in 2005, competing in the Catalan championship, where he would finish eleventh in the 2005 championship and improved to finish runner-up in 2006. He moved up to the CEV Buckler 125GP series in 2007 where he would compete for three full seasons, ending up with the championship in 2009 with three victories at Valencia, Albacete and Catalunya.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:125cc World Championship.

paragraph: Moncayo made his début in the 125cc World Championship in , making a wildcard appearance at the Spanish Grand Prix, finishing 25th in the race. He made appearances in the three Spanish races and the Portuguese Grand Prix in , but finished outside of the points in all four races.

paragraph: Moncayo moved into the 125cc World Championship full-time ahead of the season, partnering Danny Webb at the Andalucia Cajasol team. A fifth place, and three further top ten finishes helped Moncayo to finish in 13th place in the final championship standings.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile on motogp.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andalucia Cajasol profile

description: Spanish motorcycle racer

wikidata_label: Alberto Moncayo

wikipedia_title: Alberto Moncayo


text:
Union Army
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
Brooklyn
Battle of Chaffin's Farm
New York City

categories: Union Army soldiers, American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor,1864 deaths, People of New York (state) in the American Civil War, People from Hempstead (town), New York,1831 births, United States Army Medal of Honor recipients

paragraph: William Laing

paragraph: William Laing (1831 – September 29, 1864) was a soldier in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the American Civil War.

paragraph: Laing enlisted in the Army from Brooklyn in August 1862.

paragraph: Section::::Medal of Honor citation.

paragraph: Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 158th New York Infantry. Place and date: At the Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Va., September 29, 1864. Entered service at New York City, N.Y. Birth: Hempstead, N.Y. Date of issue: April 6, 1865.

paragraph: Citation:

paragraph: Was among the first to scale the parapet.

description: American Union Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor

wikidata_label: William Laing

wikipedia_title: William Laing


text: Henry of Flanders

text: Latin Emperor

text: Constantinople

text: Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat

text: Kingdom of Thessalonica

text: Anselmo, Marquess of Bosco

text: William VI, Marquess of Montferrat

text: Demetrius of Montferrat

text: Geoffrey of Villehardouin

text: Lombardy

text: Thessaloniki

text: Otto de la Roche

text: megaskyr

text: Athens

text: Abydos, Hellespont

text: Mysia

text: galley

text: Hagia Sophia

text: Candemass

text: Boukoleon Palace

text: Kaloyan of Bulgaria

text: Peter IV of Bulgaria

text: Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria

text: Kaloyan of Bulgaria

text: A genealogical profile of her

categories: 1200s deaths,1180s births,12th-century women,Latin Empresses of Constantinople,House of Hainaut,Aleramici,Deaths in childbirth

paragraph: Agnes of Montferrat

paragraph: Agnes of Montferrat ( 1187 – 1207/1208) was the first Empress consort of Henry of Flanders, Latin Emperor of Constantinople.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: She was a daughter of Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat, founder of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, and his first wife Helena del Bosco. Her maternal grandfather was Anselmo, Marquess of Bosco.

paragraph: She was a sister of William VI, Marquess of Montferrat and Beatrice of Montferrat, wife of Henry II del Carretto, Marquess of Savona. She was also an older, paternal half-sister of Demetrius of Montferrat, King of Thessalonica.

paragraph: Section::::Empress consort.

paragraph: According to Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Agnes was residing in Lombardy until her father summoned her to Thessaloniki in 1206. Boniface proceeded to send Otto de la Roche, "megaskyr" or grand seignior of Athens, as his envoy to Henry, proposing a marriage between her and the emperor. Henry agreed to the offer.

paragraph: Boniface sent Agnes to Abydos, Hellespont, Mysia through a galley. His messengers then reached Henry with information to her location. Geoffrey Villehardouin himself and Miles of Brabant were assigned to escort her. Villehardouin describes Agnes as "very good and fair". Agnes was escorted to Constantinople with no mentioned incident. On 4 February 1207, Agness married Henry of Flanders. According to Villehardouin, the marriage took place in Hagia Sophia, Constantinople on the Sunday following Candemass. The wedding feast took place in Boukoleon Palace. According to the "Dictionnaire historique et Généalogique des grandes familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople" (1983) by Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, the marriage was part of a new alliance between Boniface and Henry against Kaloyan of Bulgaria.

paragraph: Villehardouin records that in about September, 1207, Henry informed his father-in-law of Agnes being pregnant. A source or rejoicing for both allies. The chronicle ends with the death of Boniface on 4 September 1207 and thus does not report of the conclusion of the pregnancy. As there seems to be no further mention of Agnes, the empress is considered to have died in childbirth, probably along with her child.

paragraph: In 1208, there is mention by Henri de Valenciennes of a daughter of Henry marrying Alexander, a nephew of Peter IV of Bulgaria, Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria and Kaloyan of Bulgaria. However, as a daughter of Agnes, said daughter would be a newborn, an unlikely age for marriage. She is therefore considered to have been an illegitimate child of Henry by a mistress.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A genealogical profile of her

description: Empress consort

wikidata_label: Agnes of Montferrat

wikipedia_title: Agnes of Montferrat


text: Kirkcudbright

text: monologue

text: Stanley Holloway

text: James Henry Marriott

text: Alice Marriott

text: Edgar Wallace

text: pantomime dame

text: First World War

text: Royal Sussex Regiment

text: The Co-Optimists

text: Stanley Holloway

text: John Hassall

text: Stanley Holloway

text: Blackpool Tower

text: Runcorn

text: Noah

text: Battle of Hastings

text: Tower of London

text: Wigan

text: Battle of Trafalgar

text: sovereign

text: Queen Victoria

text: Diamond Jubilee

text: Magna Carta

text: Noah's Ark

text: English Channel

text: Lancashire

text: Longfellow

text: Excelsior

text: the Burghers of Calais

text: Balbus

text: Jonah

text: Cnut the Great

text: William II of England

text: Empress Matilda

text: Rosamund Clifford

text: Richard I of England

text: Henry VII of England

text: Kathy Hampson

text: BBC Radio 4

text: Thora Hird

text: Betty Driver

text: Les Dawson

text: Roy Hudd

text: Kenneth Waller

text: Peter Goodwright

text: Bernie Clifton

text: Roy Castle

text: Gainsborough Pictures

text: Rolling Home

text: Windbag the Sailor

text: Oh, Mr Porter!

text: O-Kay for Sound

text: Good Morning, Boys

text: Said O'Reilly to McNab

text: Convict 99

text: Alf's Button Afloat

text: Old Bones of the River

text: Ask a Policeman

text: The Frozen Limits

text: Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

text: Band Waggon

text: Where's That Fire?

text: The Ghost Train

text: Gasbags

text: Hi Gang!

text: I Thank You

text: Back-Room Boy

text: King Arthur Was a Gentleman

text: Miss London Ltd.

text: Bees in Paradise

text: Brentford

text: Battle, East Sussex

text: Monologues

text: More Marriott Edgar monologues

categories: 1951 deaths,People from Kirkcudbright,20th-century English poets,English male poets,1880 births

paragraph: Marriott Edgar

paragraph: Marriott Edgar (1880–1951), born George Marriott Edgar in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, was a poet, scriptwriter and comedian, best known for writing many of the monologues performed by Stanley Holloway, particularly the 'Albert' series. In total he wrote sixteen monologues for Stanley Holloway, whilst Holloway himself wrote only five.

paragraph: Section::::Family background.

paragraph: Edgar's grandfather was James Henry Marriott. His parents were Jane (also known as Jenny) "née" Taylor, born in London in 1856, and Richard Horatio Marriott Edgar (1847–1894), only son of Alice Marriott (1824–1900), proprietress of the Marriott family theatre troupe. Richard was born in Manchester, Lancashire, near Christmas 1847 as Richard Horatio Marriott; both his two sisters, Adeline Marriott (b. 1853) and Grace Marriott (b. 1858) were also born in Lancashire. Later all three children chose to take the surname of their mother's husband, Robert Edgar, whom she married in 1856.

paragraph: Richard and Jane married in March 1875, with Richard being unaware that he had fathered an illegitimate namesake son, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, with widowed actress Mrs Mary Jane "Polly" Richards, after a brief sexual encounter. Polly, having invented an obligation in London to hide her pregnancy, gave birth in secret on 1 April 1875, almost a month after Richard and Jenny married. This son became the famous journalist, novelist, playwright and screenplay writer Edgar Wallace.

paragraph: Richard and Jenny Taylor's children were Alice Marriott Edgar (b. 1876, London), twins Richard and Jennifer Marriott Edgar (b. 1878, London), after whose births the family moved to Scotland, where George was born, then returning to London, where Joseph Marriott Edgar was born in 1884 and Adeline Alice Edgar in 1886.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: George Marriott Edgar was a performer, poet and writer. He began his career as a scene-painter, but from 1907 until his death, he was known to the public as a comedian who played pantomime dames. During the First World War he served with the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Mechanical Transport, and afterwards he toured Australia, New Zealand and South Africa with his Dame act. In 1929, he joined the cast of "The Co-Optimists" and worked with Stanley Holloway. At the start of the 1930s they went to Hollywood, where Edgar - who had dropped his first name for the professional appellation Marriott Edgar - met his half-brother Edgar Wallace.

paragraph: Section::::Monologues.

paragraph: Holloway was already enjoying some success with the monologue format, with such classics as "Sam, Pick Oop Tha' Musket". Edgar asked him if he had heard a story about a couple who had taken their son to the zoo, only to see the lad eaten by a lion. Holloway had indeed heard the story, and shortly afterwards Edgar supplied him with a script. "The Lion and Albert" became one of Holloway's most popular pieces, one of many he recorded beginning in 1930. The lion of the poem is named "Wallace", which was the name of the first African lion to be bred in Britain, living from 1812 until 1838, and his name became a popular one for lions. Edgar gave the poem the title "The Lion and Albert", but some later performances and re-publications used the form "Albert and the Lion". A pub on Blackpool Promenade also uses the latter form.

paragraph: The monologues were designed to be spoken rhythmically with piano accompaniment, which in many cases was also composed by Edgar. The texts were published by Francis, Day & Hunter during the 1930s in three collections. All were illustrated by John Hassall, many of whose lively images also became classics. Edgar's compositions were

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Albert 'Arold and Others" – performed by Stanley Holloway and Marriott Edgar

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Lion and Albert": Albert swallowed by a lion in the menagerie of Blackpool Tower

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Runcorn Ferry" ("Tuppence per Person per Trip"), set in Runcorn

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Three Ha'pence a Foot", featuring an argument with Noah

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Battle of Hastings", an account of the Battle of Hastings

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Marksman Sam", featuring Stanley Holloway's creation Sam Small

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Albert and the 'Eadsman", set in the Tower of London

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Return of Albert" ("Albert Comes Back"), sequel to "The Lion and Albert"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Goalkeeper Joe", set in Wigan

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gunner Joe", at the Battle of Trafalgar

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Jubilee Sov'rin", the awkward loss of a sovereign commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Magna Charter", the signing of Magna Carta

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Little Aggie", an elephant

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Albert and Balbus and Samuel Small" – written and performed by Marriott Edgar

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The 'Ole in the Ark", a necessary repair to Noah's Ark

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sam's Racehorse", an unfortunate purchase

paragraph: BULLET::::- "George and the Dragon", an unhelpful pub landlady

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Recumbent Posture", a linguistic misunderstanding

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Channel Swimmer", an attempt on the English Channel

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Asparagus", a cautionary tale

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Uppards", a Lancashire version of Longfellow's famous poem "Excelsior"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Joe Ramsbottom", a farmer and the squire

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Burghers of Calais", retelling the story of the Burghers of Calais

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Balbus" ("The Great Wall of China"), a fantasy based on the Latin textbook example: "Balbus built a wall"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jonah and the Grampus", the story of Jonah

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Normans and Saxons and Such – some Ancient History"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Canute the Great 1017–1035", about Cnut the Great

paragraph: BULLET::::- "William Rufus 1087–1100", about William II of England

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Queen Matilda 1100–1135", about Empress Matilda

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Fair Rosamond 1154–1189", about Rosamund Clifford

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Richard Cœur-de-Lion 1189–1199", about Richard I of England

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Henry the Seventh 1485–1509", about Henry VII of England

paragraph: "The Lion and Albert" and "The Return of Albert" have been translated into German under the titles "Der Löwe und Albert" and "Albert kommt wieder, na klar!" respectively. "The Lion and Albert" has been performed as a two-part song of eighteen verses to an Irish folk tune by Kathy Hampson's Free Elastic Band.

paragraph: In 1991, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a series of eight programs entitled "Marriott's Monologues", with a different monologist in each program performing Marriott's monologues with piano accompaniment and discussing the monologues. The monologists included Dame Thora Hird, Betty Driver, Les Dawson, Roy Hudd, Kenneth Waller, Peter Goodwright, Bernie Clifton and Roy Castle.

paragraph: Section::::Film scriptwriting.

paragraph: Edgar worked for Gainsborough Pictures between 1936 and 1944, as a scriptwriter for a number of British films (mostly comedies) such as:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rolling Home" (1935)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Windbag the Sailor" (1936)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Oh, Mr Porter!" (1937)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "O-Kay for Sound" (1937)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Good Morning, Boys" (1937)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Said O'Reilly to McNab" (1937)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Convict 99" (1938)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Alf's Button Afloat" (1938)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old Bones of the River" (1938)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ask a Policeman" (1939)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Frozen Limits" (1939)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt" (1940)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Band Waggon" (1940)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Where's That Fire?" (1940)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Ghost Train" (1941)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gasbags" (1941)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hi Gang!" (1941)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I Thank You" (1941)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Back-Room Boy" (1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "King Arthur Was a Gentleman" (1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Miss London Ltd." (1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bees in Paradise" (1944)

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and family.

paragraph: Edgar married Mildred Williams in Brentford in 1904. They had a son, Hindle (1905–1985), who was an actor. Edgar died in Battle, East Sussex, on 5 May 1951.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monologues

paragraph: BULLET::::- More Marriott Edgar monologues

paragraph: BULLET::::- All Marriott Edgar monologues with a preface for each one

description: British poet

enwikiquote_title: Marriott Edgar

wikidata_label: Marriott Edgar

wikipedia_title: Marriott Edgar


text:
June Mathis
Anita Loos
Academy Awards
Lois Weber
silent film
Mary Pickford
sound films
San Francisco, California
San Mateo
Mark Hopkins Art Institute
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Arnold Genthe
Lois Weber
Universal
Mary Pickford
Famous Players-Lasky
Fanchon the Cricket
Little Pal
Rags
A Girl of Yesterday
The Foundling
Adolph Zukor
Moving Picture World
Alice Brady
William Brady
The Poor Little Rich Girl
an adaptation
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
World War I
William Randolph Hearst
Cosmopolitan Productions
Anita Loos
an adaptation
Fannie Hurst
"Just Around the Corner"
The Love Light
Academy Award
The Big House
Academy Award for Best Story
The Champ
Wallace Beery
Min and Bill
Marie Dressler
women's suffrage
Aetna Springs, California
Fred Thomson
George W. Hill
George Eliot
MGM Studios
stage play
aneurysm
Frances Marion

categories: 20th-century American women writers,Best Story Academy Award winners,American women journalists,Journalists from California,Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners,American women novelists,Women film pioneers,American women in World War I,People from Napa County, California,20th-century American novelists,1973 deaths,American women screenwriters,Novelists from California,Film directors from San Francisco,American women film directors,Screenwriters from California,1888 births,Writers from San Francisco

paragraph: Frances Marion

paragraph: Frances Marion (born Marion Benson Owens, November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter, journalist, author, and film director, often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. She was the first writer to win two Academy Awards. Marion began her film career working for filmmaker Lois Weber. She wrote numerous silent film scenarios for actress Mary Pickford, before transitioning to writing sound films.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Marion was born Marion Benson Owens in San Francisco, California, to Len D. Owens and Minnie Benson. She had an older sister, Maude, and a younger brother, Len. Her parents divorced when she was 10, and she lived with her mother. She dropped out of school at age 12, after having been caught drawing a cartoon strip of her teacher. She then transferred to a school in San Mateo and then to the Mark Hopkins Art Institute in San Francisco when she was 16 years old. Marion attended this school from 1904 until the school was destroyed by the fire that followed in the wake of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: While in San Francisco, Marion worked as a photographer's assistant to Arnold Genthe and experimented with photographic layouts and color film. Later she worked for Western Pacific Railroads as a commercial artist, then as a reporter for the "San Francisco Examiner". After moving to Los Angeles, Marion worked as a poster artist for the Morosco Theater as well as an advertising firm doing commercial layouts.

paragraph: In the summer of 1914 she was hired as a writing assistant, an actress and general assistant by Lois Weber Productions, a film company owned and operated by pioneer female film director Lois Weber. She could have been an actor, but preferred work behind the camera.

paragraph: When Lois Weber went to work for Universal, she offered to bring Marion with her. Marion decided not to take Weber up on the offer. Soon after, close friend Mary Pickford offered Marion a job at Famous Players-Lasky. Marion accepted, and began working on scenarios for films like "Fanchon the Cricket", "Little Pal", and "Rags." Marion was then cast alongside Pickford in "A Girl of Yesterday". At the same time, she worked on an original scenario for Pickford to star in, "The Foundling." Marion sold the script to Adolph Zukor for $125. The film was shot in New York, and "Moving Picture World" gave it a positive pre-release review. But the film negative was destroyed in a laboratory fire before prints could be made.

paragraph: Marion, having traveled from Los Angeles to New York for "The Foundling"'s premiere, applied for work as a writer at World Films and was hired for an unpaid two-week trial. For her first project, she decided to try recutting existing films that had been shelved as unreleasable. Marion wrote a new prologue and epilogue for a film starring Alice Brady, daughter of World Films boss William Brady. The new portions turned the film from a laughable melodrama into a comedy. The revised film sold for distribution for $9,000, and Brady gave Marion a $200/week contract for her writing services.

paragraph: Soon Marion became head of the writing department at World Films, where she was credited with writing 50 films. She left in 1917 when, following the success of "The Poor Little Rich Girl," Famous Players-Lasky signed her to a $50,000 a year contract as Mary Pickford's official scenarioist. Marion was reported at this time to be "one of the highest paid script writers in the business." Her first project under the contract was an adaptation of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm".

paragraph: Marion worked as a journalist and served overseas as a combat correspondent during World War I. She documented women's contribution to the war effort on the front lines, and was the first woman to cross the Rhine after the armistice.

paragraph: Upon Marion's return from Europe in 1919, William Randolph Hearst offered her $2,000 a week to write scenarios for his Cosmopolitan Productions. Marion shared a house with fellow screenwriter Anita Loos on Long Island.

paragraph: While at Cosmopolitan, Marion wrote an adaptation of Fannie Hurst's "Humoresque". Her success in adapting the novel and her friendship with Hurst contributed to her decision to adapt another Hurst story, "Superman," for her directorial debut. The resulting film, "Just Around the Corner", was a best-seller for the studio. Marion directed one more film, "The Love Light", starring Mary Pickford.

paragraph: She won the Academy Award for Writing in 1931 for the film "The Big House", she received the Academy Award for Best Story for "The Champ" in 1932, both featuring Wallace Beery, and co-wrote "Min and Bill" starring her friend Marie Dressler and Beery in 1930. She was credited with writing 300 scripts and over 130 produced films.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: On October 23, 1915, Marion participated in a parade of more than thirty thousand supporters of women's suffrage in New York City.

paragraph: After her success in Hollywood, Marion often visited Aetna Springs Resort in Aetna Springs, California, using it as a personal retreat and often bringing several film-industry colleagues with her on vacations. The resort, in fact, was directly connected to her own family's history, for Marion's father had built the resort in the 1870s. Marion was married four times, first to Wesley de Lappe and then to Robert Pike, both prior to changing her name. In 1919, she wed Fred Thomson, who co-starred with Mary Pickford in "The Love Light" in 1921. She was such close friends with Mary Pickford that they honeymooned together when Mary married Douglas Fairbanks and Frances married Fred. After Thomson's unexpected death from a leg wound in 1928, she married director George W. Hill in 1930, but that marriage ended in divorce in 1933. She had two sons—Frederick C. Thomson and Richard Thomson (adopted). Frederick earned a PhD in English at Yale, taught there and later joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina. He became an editor of the writings of George Eliot, publishing editions of "Felix Holt, the Radical" in 1980 and later.

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

paragraph: For many years she was under contract to MGM Studios. Independently wealthy, she left Hollywood in 1946 to devote more time to writing stage plays and novels.

paragraph: Frances Marion published a memoir "Off With Their Heads: A Serio-Comic Tale of Hollywood" in 1972. Marion died the following year of a ruptured aneurysm in Los Angeles.

paragraph: Section::::Published works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Minnie Flynn". NY: Boni and Liveright, 1925

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Secret Six". NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931 [novelization of her own screenplay]

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Valley People". NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How to Write and Sell Film Stories". NY: Covici-Friede, 1937

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Molly, Bless Her". NY: Harper & Brothers, 1937

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Westward The Dream". Garden City NY: Doubleday and Company, 1948

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Passions of Linda Lane". NY: Diversey Publications, 1949 [paperback; revised edition of "Minnie Flynn"]

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Powder Keg". Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1953

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Off With Their Heads!: A Serio-Comic Tale of Hollywood". NY: The Macmillan Company, 1972 [memoir]

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Beauchamp, C. Marion, Frances. "American National Biography Online", February 2000.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frances Marion at the Women Film Pioneers Project

description: American journalist, author, film director and screenwriter

wikidata_label: Frances Marion

wikipedia_title: Frances Marion


text: mason

text: Leopold Mozart

text: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

text: bricklayer

text: Fuggerei

text: Augsburg

text: Johann Georg Mozart

text: Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart

categories: 1649 births,Mozart family,People from Augsburg

paragraph: Franz Mozart

paragraph: Franz Mozart (3 October 1649 – 1693 or 1694) was a German mason and the grandfather of Leopold Mozart and great-grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

paragraph: He was the son of a bricklayer, (1621–1685). Franz worked as a master mason and lived in the Fuggerei since 1681. He was born in Augsburg and died there. A commemorative plaque at his house there, Mittlere Gasse Nr. 14, commemorates him today. The bookbinder Johann Georg Mozart was his son.

paragraph: Franz Mozart is not to be confused with Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, the youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Die Mozartstadt Augsburg: „die vatterstadt meines papa“, regio-augsburg.de (German).

description: mason, great-grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

wikidata_label: Franz Mozart

wikipedia_title: Franz Mozart


text:
American
National Guard
soldier
Medal of Honor
World War II
Texas National Guard
Luling, Texas
Sergeant
142nd Infantry Regiment
36th Infantry Division
Allied landings
Salerno
Italy
German
sniper
technical sergeant
Army
Texas Legislative Medal of Honor
Texas State Cemetery
Austin, Texas
Army Presidential Unit Citation
Gulf of Salerno
List of Medal of Honor recipients

categories: People from Travis County, Texas,American army personnel of World War II,1999 deaths,1920 births,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,United States Army soldiers,Recipients of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor,Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

paragraph: James M. Logan

paragraph: James Marion Logan (December 19, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was an American and former National Guard soldier who was a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.

paragraph: Logan joined the Texas National Guard from Luling, Texas in 1936, at the age of 15. By September 9, 1943 he was serving as a Sergeant in the 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. On that day, he participated in the Allied landings near Salerno, Italy. Logan single-handedly captured a German machine gun emplacement and later killed an enemy sniper. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor ten months later, on July 5, 1944.

paragraph: Logan reached the rank of technical sergeant before leaving the Army in March and then National Guard in May 1945. As a Texas native, he was awarded the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor on May 30, 1997. He died at age 78 on October 9, 1999 and was buried at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and Decorations.

paragraph: His decorations include:

paragraph: Army Presidential Unit Citation

paragraph: Section::::Awards and Decorations.:Medal of Honor citation.

paragraph: Sergeant Logan's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

paragraph: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action involving actual conflict on 9 September 1943 in the vicinity of Salerno, Italy. As a rifleman of an infantry company, Sgt. Logan landed with the first wave of the assault echelon on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, and after his company had advanced 800 yards inland and taken positions along the forward bank of an irrigation canal, the enemy began a serious counterattack from positions along a rock wall which ran parallel with the canal about 200 yards further inland. Voluntarily exposing himself to the fire of a machinegun located along the rock wall, which sprayed the ground so close to him that he was splattered with dirt and rock splinters from the impact of the bullets, Sgt. Logan killed the first 3 Germans as they came through a gap in the wall. He then attacked the machinegun. As he dashed across the 200 yards of exposed terrain a withering stream of fire followed his advance. Reaching the wall, he crawled along the base, within easy reach of the enemy crouched along the opposite side, until he reached the gun. Jumping up, he shot the 2 gunners down, hurdled the wall, and seized the gun. Swinging it around, he immediately opened fire on the enemy with the remaining ammunition, raking their flight and inflicting further casualties on them as they fled. After smashing the machinegun over the rocks, Sgt. Logan captured an enemy officer and private who were attempting to sneak away. Later in the morning, Sgt. Logan went after a sniper hidden in a house about 150 yards from the company. Again the intrepid Sgt. ran a gauntlet of fire to reach his objective. Shooting the lock off the door, Sgt. Logan kicked it in and shot the sniper who had just reached the bottom of the stairs. The conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity which characterized Sgt. Logan's exploits proved a constant inspiration to all the men of his company, and aided materially in insuring the success of the beachhead at Salerno.

paragraph: Section::::Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.

paragraph: James Logan was the first recipient of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor on May 30, 1997

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients

wikidata_label: James M. Logan

wikipedia_title: James M. Logan


text: sculptor

text: University of Wyoming

text: professor

text: fountain

text: City of Hope National Medical Center

text: California

text: bust

text: Abraham Lincoln

text: Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument

text: Wyoming

text: bachelor's degree

text: master's degree

text: City College of New York

text: Cooper Union

text: Manhattan

text: Centennial, Wyoming

text: Snowy Range

text: Green Valley, Arizona

text: Evanston, Illinois

text: bronze

text: bust

text: Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument

text: Lincoln Highway

text: Cheyenne

text: Casper, Wyoming

text: City of Hope National Medical Center

text: Duarte, California

text: basins

text: marble

text: arabascato

text: travertine

text: silhouette

text: logo

text: Wyoming State Capitol

text: United States Department of Energy

text: Washington, D.C.

text: Hyde Park Museum

text: National Naval Medical Center

text: Bethesda, Maryland

text: Gettysburg National Military Park

text: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

text: California Senator

text: Dianne Feinstein

text: Bill Cosby

text: Carl Reiner

text: University of Wyoming

text: granite

text: pedestal

text: Interstate 80

text: Lincoln Highway

text: Cheyenne

text: Laramie

text: Mexico City

text: Denver, Colorado

text: Laramie Boomerang

text: kidney disease

text: hypertension

text: Joseph Russin

text: editor

text: KTLA

text: Robin U. Russin

text: screenwriting

text: University of California Riverside

text: radiologist

categories: 20th-century American sculptors,City College of New York alumni,Artists from Wyoming,People from Albany County, Wyoming,University of Wyoming faculty,Artists from New York City,2007 deaths,Deaths from kidney disease,American male sculptors,Cooper Union faculty,1914 births,Deaths from hypertension

paragraph: Robert Russin

paragraph: Robert Isaiah Russin (August 26, 1914 - December 13, 2007) was an American sculptor, artist and University of Wyoming professor. He was best known for a number of public sculptures throughout the United States, including the "Spirit of Life" fountain sculpture located at the City of Hope National Medical Center in California and a giant bust of Abraham Lincoln, the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument, located on I-80 in Wyoming.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Robert Russin was born in New York City on August 26, 1914. He received both his bachelor's degree and master's degree from the City College of New York. Russin briefly taught at Cooper Union in Manhattan. He won two federal sculpture competitions by the age of 25. Inspiration that he found in the state and family health reasons prompted him to move to Wyoming in his mid-thirties. He accepted a teaching position in 1947 at the University of Wyoming. Russin remained at UW's Department of Art for nearly 40 years and continued to reside in Wyoming for 60 years. He was also the university's artist in residence for nearly 10 years. Russin maintained several residences, including Centennial, Wyoming; in the foothills of the Snowy Range and Green Valley, Arizona, where he lived during the winter.

paragraph: Section::::Sculpture.

paragraph: Russin was known for his public sculptures, by one account numbering more than 400 worldwide. His works include bronze figurative sculptures. Whereas Russin struck his hammer and chisel to stone, including marble, for abstract expressions.

paragraph: He won his first major commission in 1938 for two monumental bas-reliefs at the post office in Evanston, Illinois. His sculpting skills garnered increased recognition, including a Ford Foundation Fellowship to work in Italy and study the Renaissance masters. The New York native continued to return to Italy during his life to "work on projects in the marble yards and foundries there." Perhaps his best known work is a massive bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln, called the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument, which was originally dedicated in 1959 at the highest point on the Lincoln Highway in Wyoming. Other roadside art includes his "The Greeting and the Gift" at the visitors center south of Cheyenne.

paragraph: Casper, Wyoming is home to other major outdoor works by Russin, including "Fountainhead" (City Hall); "Man and Energy" (Chamber of Commerce); and "Prometheus" (Casper Public Library). Russin also won a commission to create the "Spirit of Life" fountain at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, which was officially dedicated in 1967. The "Spirit of Life", which took Russin a year and a half to create, is cast in bronze. The raised sculpture, which depicts two individuals, rests in three basins made of a type of Italian marble called arabascato. The "Spirit of Life's"

paragraph: outer basin is composed of travertine. Russin also created the name of the sculpture. The City of Hope National Medical Center now uses the silhouette of the sculpture's statue as its official logo and awards the Spirit of Life award to major financial donors.

paragraph: Russin's other well known pieces include the "Wyoming Crystal", which stands at the Wyoming State Capitol, and the "Chthonodynamis", a granite statue which stands at the United States Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C.

paragraph: Other works by Russin are currently housed at the Hyde Park Museum, the University of Wyoming, the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland and Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Known collectors of Russin's include California Senator Dianne Feinstein, Bill Cosby and Carl Reiner.

paragraph: The University of Wyoming campus features a large concentration of Russin public sculptures, including bas reliefs on a variety of buildings, a life-size sculpture of Ben Franklin south of the Arts and Sciences College, as well as a stylized version of "The University of Wyoming Family" in Prexy's Pasture, a public commons area.

paragraph: Section::::Sculpture.:Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument.

paragraph: Robert Russin's massive Abe Lincoln bust stands high and rests on a granite pedestal at the Summit Rest Area on Interstate 80 east of Laramie. Russin originally erected the sculpture in 1959 nearby on Sherman Hill overlooking the old U.S. Highway 30 (Lincoln Highway). In 1969, after Interstate 80 was built, state officials moved the monument to become a centerpiece at the Summit Rest Area and Visitor Center between the cities of Cheyenne and Laramie.

paragraph: However, the travels of Abe Lincoln's bust began more than a decade earlier and thousands of miles to the south of Sherman Hill and the Summit Rest Area. Russin decided when planning the sculpture that the wild temperatures swings of the Wyoming plains would not provide the stable environment that he needed to craft the Lincoln sculpture. Instead, he turned to Mexico City. Russin built the 4,500-pound bronze bust in Mexico during a period of 11 months using some 10 tons of clay in a lost-wax process of casting. Russin cast Lincoln's monumental bust in more than 30 bronze pieces designed to be bolted together. He then shipped the sculpture from Mexico to Laramie. The first leg of the 1958 shipment featured rail travel to Denver, Colorado.

paragraph: "The statute [sic] came up from Mexico with armed guards from the Mexican Army, because they were afraid that someone was going to steal it", said the late sculptor's son, Joe Russin, in an interview for the Laramie Boomerang.

paragraph: The Abe Lincoln bust continued its journey north from Denver to Laramie by truck transport. All went well until the truck reached Laramie. Joe Russin recalls:

paragraph: "My dad hadn’t thought about how low the wires were over Grand Avenue. So they had to move it through Laramie really early in the morning and they cut the electric and telephone wires for each block as they went through."

paragraph: An estimated 200,000 travelers view the monumental sculpture annually.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Robert Russin died in Los Angeles at the age of 93 of kidney disease and hypertension on December 13, 2007. He was survived by his three sons: Joseph Russin, the executive editor of KTLA news; Robin U. Russin, a screenwriting professor at the University of California Riverside; and Lincoln David Russin, a radiologist. The sculptor had one last request before death, to be buried near his favorite sculpture, Abraham Lincoln's bust, east of Laramie at the Summit Rest Area and Visitor Center.

paragraph: Russin's son, Joe, obtained permission from the Wyoming Department of Transportation Director and Department of Parks and Cultural Resources to construct a small stone cairn near the Lincoln bust to hold the urns of his father, Robert, and mother, Adele. The stone structure features a plaque with the notation:

paragraph: "The State of Wyoming is proud to honor Robert I. Russin and Adele M. Russin in recognition of their contribution to art, culture and education."

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- University of Wyoming: Retired UW Art Professor Russin Dies at 93

description: American artist

wikidata_label: Robert Russin

wikipedia_title: Robert Russin


text: Italian

text: Salerno

text: Venice

text: Naples

text: Stanislao Lista

text: "Biennale of Art" in Venice

text: Collezione d'arte della SBAPPSAE

text: Salerno

text: Museo d'arte

text: Avellino

text: Milano

text: Pinacoteca Provinciale

text: Salerno

categories: 1857 births,Italian male painters,20th-century Italian painters,19th-century Italian painters,1929 deaths

paragraph: Raffaele Tafuri

paragraph: Raffaele Tafuri (1857-1929) was an Italian painter. He was born on January 27, 1857 in Salerno. He died in 1929 in Venice.

paragraph: He completed his early studies in the family, then moved to Naples at the Institute of Fine Arts, in the city of Naples attended the study of sculptor Stanislao Lista.

paragraph: He is famous for his coastal landscapes.

paragraph: He participated in the first "Biennale of Art" in Venice in 1895 and in the editions of 1907, 1909, 1910, 1914.

paragraph: Section::::Works in museums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Collezione d'arte della SBAPPSAE of Salerno (Italy) with on deposit: "Caffè Florian di Venezia" (1910).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Museo d'arte of Avellino (Italy) with "Angolo di Pedavena" (1910) and " Tetti" (1920).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci of Milano (Italy) Section Art Collection, with "Ragazze al sole" (1887).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pinacoteca Provinciale of Salerno (Italy) with: "Le spannocchiatrici" and "Masaniello".

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (IT) BONATTI Cecilia (1975), “Raffaele Tafuri”, in MONTEVERDI Mario "Storia della pittura italiana dell'Ottocento", Bramante Editrice, Milano 1975, vol.3, pag. 282.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (IT) MARINI Giuseppe Luigi (1994), “Raffaele Tafuri”, in IDEM "Il valore dei dipinti italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo novecento, edizione XI (1993/1994)", Umberto Allemandi & C., Torino 1994, pag. 452.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (IT) MARINI Giuseppe Luigi (2002), “Raffaele Tafuri”, in IDEM "Il valore dei dipinti italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo novecento, edizione XIX (2001/2002)", Umberto Allemandi & C., Torino 2002, pag. 736.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Information (in Italian)

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Raffaele Tafuri

wikipedia_title: Raffaele Tafuri


text:
Welsh
Welsh
confessor
saint
Celtic Church
feast day
Anglican
Catholic
Wales
Owain Whitetooth
Cuneglas
king
Rhos
Seiriol
Meirion
Gwynedd
Cunedda
dynasty
king
Llŷn Peninsula
Anglesey
monastery
Penmon
hermitage
Puffin Island
Breton
saint Cadfan
Tywyn
St Mary's Abbey
Bardsey Island
Cistercian Way
major site
pilgrimage
relic
Llanengan
Llanengan
Reformation
king of Wales
Miraculous
Well
petrosomatoglyph
Castell Cinan
Denbighshire
Llandogo
Monmouthshire
Hywel Rheinallt
cywydd
Einion

categories: Welsh Roman Catholic saints,5th-century Welsh monarchs,6th-century Welsh people,6th-century Christian saints,5th-century Welsh people,Medieval Welsh saints,Monarchs of Gwynedd,5th-century Christian saints,Welsh royalty

paragraph: Einion Frenin

paragraph: Saint Einion Frenin (Welsh:  ',  ' or "",  "Saint Einion the King"; or "Anianus") was a late 5th- and early 6th-century Welsh confessor and saint of the Celtic Church. His feast day was originally given as 9 February, although this had moved to the 10th or 12th by the 16th century and is no longer observed by either the Anglican or Catholic church in Wales.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Saint Einion was a son of Owain Whitetooth (Ddantgwyn) and the brother of Cuneglas, king of Rhos, and of saints Seiriol and Meirion. Part of Gwynedd's Cuneddan dynasty, he seems to have ruled as a local king () over the Llŷn Peninsula southwest of Anglesey and possibly over Anglesey itself. He was credited with granting his brother Seiriol the land for his monastery () at Penmon on Anglesey and, later, his hermitage on Puffin Island. He also lured the Breton saint Cadfan from Tywyn to found St Mary's Abbey, the first religious establishment on Bardsey Island. Although not part of the Cistercian Way, this became a major site of pilgrimage in Wales. Einion himself is sometimes said to have joined Cadfan's community on the island, although his relics were claimed by the church at Llanengan.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Einion Frenin was credited with the establishment of the original church at Llanengan (St Einion's). The present church there, which was erected in the late 15th or early 16th century, had a gilt and crowned statue of him prior to the Reformation and bears Latin inscriptions reading "Æniani Rex Wallie" and "Rex Walliæ" ("Einion, king of Wales"). Miraculous locations nearby include Ffynnon Engan ("Einion's Well") and Ol Troed March Engan ("The Hoofprint of Einion's Horse"), a petrosomatoglyph near Castell Cinan whose collected rainwater was claimed to possess curative powers. Other placenames possibly related to the king are Ogo' Engan ("Einion's Cave"), Bryn Engan ("Einion's Hill"), Caer Engan ("Engan's Camp"), and Croes Engan ("Einion's Cross"), a farm in Denbighshire.

paragraph: Llandogo in Monmouthshire was also sometimes previously known as "Lann Enniaun" ("Llanennion") and the bard Hywel Rheinallt composed a "cywydd" to the "golden-handed" Saint Einion in the late 15th century, recording another (now unknown) church in Gwynedd dedicated to St Einion.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Einion, for other Welshmen of the same name

wikidata_label: Einion Frenin

wikipedia_title: Einion Frenin


text:
ancient Egypt
Overlord
Oryx nome
Upper Egypt
pharaoh
Senusret I
12th Dynasty
Khnumhotep I
previous family of local governors
Men'at Khufu
Kush
Amenemhat II
Nubia
Coptos
vizier
Senusret
Month 2
Akhet
iry-pat
haty-a
Nekheb
Khnum
Herwer
lector priest
Beni Hasan
portico
wrestling
Abydos
niche
graffito
Wepwawetemsaf
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
Jürgen von Beckerath
throne name
Kurt Sethe

categories: Overseers of the priests of Khnum,Officials of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt,Nomarchs,20th-century BC people

paragraph: Amenemhat (nomarch, 16th nome)

paragraph: Amenemhat, often reported with his short form Ameny ("Jmnjj"), was an ancient Egyptian "Overlord of the Oryx nome" (the 16th nome of Upper Egypt) and chief priest during the reign of pharaoh Senusret I of the 12th Dynasty (20th century BCE).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Amehemhat's mother was a noblewoman called Henu, whilst his father's name is unknown. Amenemhat was married to Hetepet, a "mistress of the house" and daughter of a governor, and the couple had a son called Khnumhotep. However, any relationship between Amenemhat and the ruling family of governors founded earlier by Khnumhotep I is unknown, and it was proposed that he could rather have been a member of the previous family of local governors. In any case, he administered his governorate from the city of Men'at Khufu from Year 18 to at least Year 43 of Senusret I.

paragraph: Amenemhat accompanied the pharaoh in a military expedition to Kush; though the date is unknown, it's likely the same, known expedition of Year 18 of Senusret I. In another expedition Amenemhat escorted the "king's son Ameny" – very likely the future pharaoh Amenemhat II – with 400 men to collect gold from an unknown Nubian location. Amenemhat also was sent to Coptos along with the vizier Senusret in order to bring other gold. These expeditions suggest that Amenemhat was a very important official who usually accompanied high dignitaries and even members of the royal family.

paragraph: Curiously, Amenemhat dated his monuments from his installation in a way usually associated to the kings: the highest known date, Year 43 of Senusret I (more precisely "Year 43, Month 2 of Akhet, Day 15") corresponds to Amenemhat's Year 25. However, there is no proof that people living under his governorship effectively used Amenemhat's personal datation.br

paragraph: Amenemhat died some times after this date. His relationships with his probable successor Netjernakht are not known. He was also the last governor of Men'at Khufu who brought the title of "Overlord of the Nome". In addition to this office, Amenemhat also held a massive amount of civil, military and religious titles, such as "iry-pat", "haty-a", "confidential friend of the King", "royal acquaintance", "mayor of Nekheb", "overseer of the priests of Khnum-lord-of-Herwer", "lector priest" and many others.

paragraph: Section::::The tomb BH2.

paragraph: Amenemhat/Ameny was likely buried in his large, lively decorated tomb (no. 2) within the necropolis of Beni Hasan.br

paragraph: The tomb's chapel consisted in a large room with four columns, placed after a courtyard and a portico which was provided of two other columns. The chapel's main room is richly painted with scenes of wrestling and of siege of a fortress, two themes commonly found within Beni Hasan tombs. Other scenes in Amenemhat's tomb consists in the so-called, ritual "Journey to Abydos", as well as many artisans and farmers at work and a hunting in the desert. On the south wall, Amenemhet himself and his wife Hetepet are depicted with a large amount of offerings. The room's ceiling was divided into three decorated naves. A small cult niche was made in the east side of the main room, probably meant to host a statue group of the tomb owner, traces of which have been found.

paragraph: The tomb also bore a graffito which was a possible attestation of Wepwawetemsaf, a poorly known pharaoh dated to the later Second Intermediate Period of Egypt. This graffito has been considered a proof that Wepwawetemsaf, who probably had his seat of power in Abydos, could have extended his authority about 250 km north, up to Beni Hasan. The graffito has been tentatively read by Jürgen von Beckerath as "Sekhemreneferkhau" (Wepwawetemsaf's throne name) but this remains uncertain as the original is now lost.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kurt Sethe, "Historisch-biographische Urkunden des Mittleren Reiches" (= "Urkunden des ägyptischen Altertums", Abteilung 7). Hinrichs, Leipzig 1935, pp. 14 ff.

description: Egyptian nomarch

wikidata_label: Amenemhat

wikipedia_title: Amenemhat (nomarch, 16th nome)


text:
French
Roman Catholic

categories: French Roman Catholic bishops,2014 deaths,1939 births,École Nationale des Chartes alumni

paragraph: Henri Brincard

paragraph: Henri Marie Raoul Brincard (18 November 1939 – 14 November 2014) was a French Roman Catholic bishop.

paragraph: Ordained to the priesthood on 23 August 1975, Brincard was named bishop of the Le Puy-en-Velay on 8 August 1988 and was ordained bishop on 2 October 1988.

description: French Roman Catholic bishop

wikidata_label: Henri Marie Raoul Brincard

wikipedia_title: Henri Brincard


text: infant education

text: orphanage

text: Clemens von Pirquet

text: Hans Salzer

text: Lóczy

text: Elsa Gindler

text: Henry Jacoby

text: Lóczy Institute

text: Anna Tardos

text: United States

text: Magda Gerber

text: Pikler/Lóczy Fund USA

text: Pikler-Lóczy Association Hungary

text: Pikler Gesellschaft Berlin

text: Association Pikler-Lóczy de France

text: The Pikler Collection

paragraph: Emmi Pikler

paragraph: Emmi Pikler (born 9 January 1902 in Vienna; died 6 June 1984 in Budapest, birth name Emilie Madleine Reich) was a Hungarian pediatrician who introduced new theories of infant education, and put them into practice at an orphanage she ran.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Emmi Pikler was born in 1902 and spent her early childhood in Vienna. She was the only child of a Viennese kindergarten teacher and a Hungarian craftsman. In 1908 her parents moved to Budapest. When Pikler was 12 years old, her mother died.

paragraph: She returned to Vienna to study Medicine, where she received her medical degree in 1927. She received her pediatric training at the Vienna University Children's Hospital by Clemens von Pirquet and studied pediatric surgery by Hans Salzer.

paragraph: Pikler's third teacher was her own husband, a mathematician and educator through whose experiences she was confirmed in its development physiological considerations. They decided together, at the birth of her first child, to allow the child freedom of movement and to await her development patiently. At first they lived in Trieste and later in Budapest. In 1935 Pikler qualified as a pediatrician in Hungary. Their goal was to promote the healthy development of the child. From the experience with her daughter, she knew that a child must not be stimulated to movement and to games and that every detail in dealing with the child and their environment is important. Pikler wrote and gave lectures about the care and upbringing of infants and young children. She published her first book for parents in 1940 and it went through several editions in Hungary and other countries. The ten years that she worked as a family doctor were difficult for them not only because the family was Jewish, but also because her husband was in prison for political reasons from 1936 to 1945. With the help of the parents of the children she cared for, she and her family survived the persecution of Jews during World War II.

paragraph: After the war she gave birth to two more children. She did not open her private practice again, but worked for a national association for abandoned and malnourished children. In addition to other activities, she founded the Lóczy orphanage (named after the street where it was located) in 1946, which she headed until 1979. She sought to establish a comforting atmosphere, including careful selection of the staff, to allow children at the orphanage to grow up without the usual institutional damage.

paragraph: Elsa Gindler and Henry Jacoby found in the 1920s that it was essential to understand the natural path of child development in order to allow the child's initial skills and powers to develop. Gindler and Jacoby explained that traditional infant and early childhood education damaged the initiative of children and stunted their development.

paragraph: In 1946 Pikler founded the Lóczy Institute in Budapest. Under her leadership, and by the publication of books and scientific publications, an internationally known institution developed that is now managed by Pikler's daughter, child psychologist Anna Tardos. After Pikler retired in 1978, she continued her scientific and consultative work in Lóczy. In the last years of her life she received in Hungary and other countries. In 1984 Pikler died after a short but severe illness.

paragraph: Pikler's methods of raising infants and young children have been popularized in the United States by her student Magda Gerber.

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Laßt mir Zeit. Die selbständige Bewegungsentwicklung des Kindes bis zum freien Gehen. Untersuchungsergebnisse, Aufsätze und Vorträge." (Give me time. The independent movement of the child's development to go free. Findings, articles and lectures.) (with Anna Tardos). Pflaum, München 2001 / 3. Reprint

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Friedliche Babys - zufriedene Mütter. Pädagogische Ratschläge einer Kinderärztin." (Peaceful baby - happy mothers. Pedagogical advice of a pediatrician.) Herder, Freiburg 2008/9. Reprint

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Myriam David, Geneviéve Appell : "Lóczy ou le Maternage Insolite" Paris, Editions du Scarabée, 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- Emmi Pikler : "Se mouvoir en liberté dès le premier âge", Paris, P.U.F, 1979

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bernard Martino : "Les Enfants de la colline des roses : Lóczy, une maison pour grandir", Lattès, 2001

paragraph: BULLET::::- Agnès Szanto-Féder (sous la direction de) : "Loczy: un nouveau paradigme ?" Paris, P.U.F, 2002

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pikler/Lóczy Fund USA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pikler-Lóczy Association Hungary

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pikler Gesellschaft Berlin

paragraph: BULLET::::- Association Pikler-Lóczy de France

paragraph: BULLET::::- Association Internationale Pikler (Lóczy)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Information and Pikler Playgroups in Vienna

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Pikler Collection

paragraph: BULLET::::- (http://www.pikler.nl/ Emmi Pikler stichting Nederland

description: Hungarian pediatrician

wikidata_label: Emmi Pikler

wikipedia_title: Emmi Pikler


text: Union Army

text: Medal of Honor

text: Battle of Nashville

text: American Civil War

text: Wellsburg, New York

text: first sergeant

text: second lieutenant

text: first lieutenant

text: Battle of Nashville

text: Tennessee

text: Arlington National Cemetery

text: Arlington, Virginia

text: List of Medal of Honor recipients

categories: 1842 births,United States Army officers,People from Chemung County, New York,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,Union Army officers,Burials at Arlington National Cemetery,1912 deaths

paragraph: Thomas P. Gere

paragraph: Thomas Parke Gere (December 10, 1842 – January 8, 1912) was a Union Army officer who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Nashville in the American Civil War.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born December 10, 1842 in Wellsburg, New York. He enlisted in the 5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment at age 19, mustering in on January 17, 1862. He was promoted first sergeant on March 5, 1862 and to second lieutenant on March 24, 1862. He was later promoted to first lieutenant and then became adjutant. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on February 24, 1865 for his actions at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, December 16, 1864. He mustered out on April 5, 1865.

paragraph: He died January 8, 1912, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, where his grave can be found in section 1, lot 361, map grid M/N 35.

paragraph: Section::::Medal of Honor citation.

paragraph: Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 5th Minnesota Infantry. Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Chemung County, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 February 1865.

paragraph: Citation:

paragraph: Capture of flag of 4th Mississippi (C.S.A.).

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients

description: Union Army Medal of Honor recipient

wikidata_label: Thomas P. Gere

wikipedia_title: Thomas P. Gere


text:
Artajona
León
Toledo
Vitoria
Segovia Cathedral
Segovia
Cristóbal Galán
Carlos Patiño
villancico
Villancicos
Tonos

categories: Navarrese people,1684 deaths,Spanish male classical composers,Spanish Baroque composers,Spanish classical composers,1635 births

paragraph: Miguel de Irízar

paragraph: Miguel de Irízar y Domenzain (1635–1684) was a Spanish Baroque composer.

paragraph: Irízar was born in Artajona and trained as a choirboy in León and Toledo. In August 1657 he became "maestro de capilla" in Vitoria, then in August 1671 appointed to Segovia Cathedral where he remained for his remaining thirteen years. He died at Segovia.

paragraph: The correspondence of Irízar preserved in the cathedral of Segovia archives contains a total of 362 letters received during the period 1663 to 1684. There are numerous requests to Irízar to compose music for the chapels of other cathedrals, or to exchange for works by composers such as Cristóbal Galán and Carlos Patiño. Some of these compositions were part of the repertoire taken to the New World. The correspondence also includes extensive detail on performance practice. The letters indicate in particular the wide and rapid circulation of "villancicos" between different cathedrals.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Masses

paragraph: BULLET::::- Motets

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lamentations

paragraph: BULLET::::- Villancicos

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tonos a la Navidad."

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Miguel de Irízar. Mass for 6 voices. 10 Christmas pieces. "Ecos y afectos". Capilla Jeronimo de Carrion, dir. Alicia Lazaro. Verso VRS2024, Spain 2004.

description: Spanish composer

wikidata_label: Miguel de Irízar

wikipedia_title: Miguel de Irízar


text:
Kendal
Cumbria
Walthamstow
Wild Beasts
Domino Records
Diviner
countertenor
acquired taste
Leonard Cohen
Kate Bush
The Smiths
Arthur Rimbaud
Diviner

categories: English male guitarists,Male bass guitarists,Domino Recording Company artists,English people of Australian descent,English male singers,English bass guitarists,Countertenors,21st-century English singers,Rhythm guitarists,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Hayden Thorpe

paragraph: Hayden Norman Thorpe is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Kendal, Cumbria and currently based in Walthamstow, London.

paragraph: From 2002 to 2018, Thorpe was the frontman of the indie pop band Wild Beasts, which he initially co-founded as a duo with guitarist Ben Little. Eventually expanding into a four-piece, the band released five studio albums on Domino Records to much critical acclaim, yet only modest commercial success. Following the band's dissolution, Thorpe pursued a solo career, and released his debut album "Diviner" through Domino in May 2019.

paragraph: Thorpe is often noted for his distinct, operatic countertenor vocal style, which critics commonly described as being both unusual and an acquired taste in the field of indie rock. Thorpe has cited Leonard Cohen, Kate Bush and The Smiths as amongst his musical influences, as well as writer Arthur Rimbaud on his lyrics.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Diviner" (2019)

wikidata_label: Hayden Thorpe

wikipedia_title: Hayden Thorpe


text:
Hoboken, New Jersey
heavyweight champion
Tommy Burns
Sam Langford
Jack Johnson
Battling Levinsky
Jack Dillon
Gunboat Smith
Murray, Utah
Tiger Flowers
knockout
Fireman Jim Flynn
Flickr

categories: 1935 deaths,Heavyweight boxers,Sportspeople from Hoboken, New Jersey,Boxers from New Jersey,1879 births

paragraph: Fireman Jim Flynn

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: A native of Hoboken, New Jersey, Flynn's first recorded fight was in 1899. Beginning his career in earnest by 1900, he was working as a Railroad Fireman in Pueblo, Colorado at the time.

paragraph: Flynn was a relatively short but sturdy, tough, and clever light heavyweight who took on the greatest boxers of his era.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:First attempt at World Heavyweight Title, October 1906.

paragraph: He was first offered a shot at the World Heavyweight Title by heavyweight champion Tommy Burns. They met on October 2, 1906 in Los Angeles, California, with Burns stopping Flynn in the 15th round. The fight was an exciting one from the start, and Flynn was nearly down for the count more than once in the fourteenth. In the fifteenth round, Burns knocked Flynn to the canvas in the center of the ring for a full ten minutes before he could be revived. According to the "Los Angeles Times", Burns was "given one of the hardest battles of his career", and "up to the fourteenth round Flynn was a strong as Burns". Flynn took terrible punishment in the fourteenth and final fifteenth round, however.

paragraph: Flynn met Jack "Twin" Sullivan three times in 1906–07, drawing twice, and beating him once on points.

paragraph: On July 14, 1909, Flynn met future Hall of Fame boxer Billy Papke in a ten round Draw according to the "Los Angeles Herald". The "Los Angeles Times", however, gave the bout to Papke, as did the United Press. He had previously defeated Papke by newspaper decision in March 19 of that year in Los Angeles.

paragraph: Flynn fought the highly rated Sam Langford in 1908 and twice more in 1910, losing twice and gaining a draw in their second match.

paragraph: On July 4, 1912, in one of his most important bouts, Flynn challenged for the World Heavyweight Title a second time against Jack Johnson in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Despite being warned by the referee, Flynn continually attempted to headbutt Johnson, and the local sheriff eventually stepped in during the ninth round to stop the fight in Johnson's favor. Johnson won the fight decisively and was barely touched by the fists of Flynn, who was repeatedly the victim of Johnson's blows.

paragraph: He continued to fight rated contenders including Battling Levinsky, Jack Dillon and Gunboat Smith.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Second attempt at World Heavyweight Title, July 1912.:Knockout victory over Jack Dempsey, February 1917.

paragraph: Flynn knocked out Jack Dempsey in a first round win in Murray, Utah, on February 13, 1917. Charging Dempsey from the opening bell, Flynn pushed Dempsey into position with his right, and knocked him out with a left to the chin, twenty-five seconds into the first round. Both boxers may have been distracted by a late start to the fight which began at midnight. Dempsey later denied having thrown the fight and said he lost because he was unable to warm up properly before the match and that he had injured his hand earlier setting pins in a bowling alley. Flynn became the only fighter to ever knock out Dempsey. Although boxing historian Monte Cox and others have questioned the legitimacy of the result claiming a pre-arranged fix, most contemporary historians concede the knockout to Flynn. A year later Flynn met Dempsey again, and this time Dempsey knocked out Flynn in the first round.

paragraph: Flynn continued to fight into his 40s. He fought three bouts against Sam Langford, losing all three, and beat Tiger Flowers, the future middleweight champion, in 1923. He finally retired in 1925 after a 26-year ring career, with a final record of 47-53-20, including 33 wins by knockout.

paragraph: He died of a heart attack on April 12, 1935 at the City Hospital in Los Angeles.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fireman Jim Flynn at Flickr

alias:
Fireman Jim Flynn
Andrew Haynes

description: American boxer

wikidata_label: Andrew Chiariglione

wikipedia_title: Fireman Jim Flynn