text:
French Army
World War I
World War II
Lesneven
Finistère
Saint-Cyr
colonial infantry
World War I
Middle Eastern theatre
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
Vardar Offensive
German
Bulgaria
Armistice of Mudros
interwar period
French concession in Tianjin
French Mandate of Syria
Sanjak of Alexandretta
Turkey
World War II
Ardennes
Battle of France
Philippe Pétain
Vichy government
Statute on Jews
Philippe Pétain
Pierre Laval
Raphaël Alibert
Marcel Peyrouton
Paul Baudouin
Yves Bouthillier
François Darlan
Le Vigan, Gard
Order of the Francisque
Paris Protocols

wikipedia_title:
French Army
World War I
World War II
Lesneven
Finistère
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
Troupes coloniales
World War I
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
Vardar Offensive
German Empire
Bulgaria
Armistice of Mudros
Interwar period
Concessions in Tianjin
Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
Hatay Province
Turkey
World War II
Ardennes
Battle of France
Philippe Pétain
Vichy France
Vichy anti-Jewish legislation
Philippe Pétain
Pierre Laval
Raphaël Alibert
Marcel Peyrouton
Paul Baudouin
Yves Bouthillier
François Darlan
Le Vigan, Gard
Order of the Francisque
Paris Protocols

categories: Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium),High Commissioners of the Levant,Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France),Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States),Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in France,Secretaries of State for War (France),Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur,Recipients of the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures,Recipients of the Virtuti Militari,People from Finistère,People of Vichy France,Grand Crosses of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite,French military personnel of World War I,French Ministers of War and National Defence,Members of the Académie française,1880 births,Burials at Passy Cemetery,Order of the Francisque recipients,Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George,French anti-communists,Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni,Generalissimos,1941 deaths,Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni,Commanders of the Order of the Crown (Belgium),Jewish French history,French generals,French military personnel of World War II,French collaborators with Nazi Germany,Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class,Honorary Companions of the Order of the Bath

paragraph: Charles Huntziger

paragraph: Charles Huntziger (; 25 June 1880 – 11 November 1941) was a French Army general during World War I and World War II.

paragraph: He was born at Lesneven (Finistère) of a family of German descent. He graduated from Saint-Cyr in 1900 and joined the colonial infantry. During World War I, he served in the Middle Eastern theatre. He was chief of staff of operations of the Allied Expeditionary Force. In 1918, he participated in the development of General Louis Franchet d'Espèrey's Vardar Offensive against German and Bulgarian forces which would lead to Allied victory and the signing of the Armistice of Mudros in October 1918.

paragraph: In 1924, during the interwar period, he was assigned to the French concession in Tianjin.

paragraph: In 1933, Huntziger was named commander-in-chief of the troops in the French Mandate of Syria. He participated in the negotiations for the cession of the Sanjak of Alexandretta, then part of French Syria, to Turkey. He joined the Superior Council of War in 1938.

paragraph: At the outbreak of World War II, he initially commanded the Second French Army, then the Fourth Army Group in the Ardennes. He fought in the Battle of France with the Second Army. On 16 June 1940, Premier Philippe Pétain's new Cabinet decided upon an armistice. The armistice negotiations were led, on the French side, by Huntziger, who without success attempted to lessen the harsh terms of the armistice.

paragraph: After the 25 June armistice, Huntziger became the Vichy government's commander-in-chief of land forces. He became Minister of Defence on 6 September 1940, serving until 11 August 1941. He was one of the signatories of the anti-Semitic Statute on Jews of 3 October 1940 (excluding nine Jewish generals from the army) together with Philippe Pétain, Pierre Laval, Raphaël Alibert, Marcel Peyrouton, Paul Baudouin, Yves Bouthillier, and François Darlan.

paragraph: He died on 11 November 1941, when his aircraft crashed near Le Vigan, Gard. He had been on an inspection tour in North Africa and tried to land at Vichy Airport in bad visibility, and with obsolete radio equipment. His funeral was on 15 November 1941 at the cathedral of Vichy. Huntziger is buried in Passy Cemetery, Paris.

paragraph: His widow was the first recipient of the Vichy regime's Order of the Francisque.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paris Protocols

description: General in French Army

wikidata_label: Charles Huntziger

wikipedia_title: Charles Huntziger


text: Sternberg

text: Mecklenburg

text: Henry I

text: John III

text: Nicholas III

text: John II

text: Nicholas II of Werle

text: Henry I

text: Albert III

text: dowry

text: Beatrix

text: Treaty of Vietmannsdorf

text: enfeoffed

text: Lordship of Stargard

text: North German Margrave War

text: Nicholas II of Werle

text: Albert III of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

text: Rostock

text: Nicholas I

text: Eric VI of Denmark

text: Herman

text: Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

text: Albert I

text: Wismar

text: Rostock

text: Otto III of Brunswick-Lüneburg

text: Sternberg

text: Castelmola

text: Bernhard Kopman

text: North German Margrave War

text: Stralsund

text: Waldemar

text: Battle of Gransee

text: Treaty of Templin

text: Gerhard III

text: Battle of Wöhrden

text: Prignitz

text: Uckermark

text: Christopher II of Denmark

text: Gnoien

text: Schwaan

text: Louis I

text: Berthold VII

text: Prignitz

text: Uckermark

text: Wizlaw

text: War of the Rügen Succession

text: Beatrix of Brandenburg

text: Albert III of Brandenburg

text: Otto III of Brunswick-Lüneburg

text: Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg

text: Władysław of Bytom

text: Albert II

text: Nicholas III

text: John I

text: Ribnitz Monastery

text: Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

categories: Regents of Germany,House of Mecklenburg,Year of birth uncertain,Lords of Mecklenburg,1329 deaths,13th-century births,13th-century German people

paragraph: Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg

paragraph: Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg, nicknamed "the Lion" (after 14 April 1266 – 21 January 1329 in Sternberg) was regent of Mecklenburg from 1287 to 1298, co-regent from 1298 to 1302 and ruled alone again from 1302 to 1329.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was the son of Henry I and reigned from 1287 to 1289 together with his brother John III. During his father's absence (his father had been taken prisoner while on a crusade) from 1275 to 1302, Mecklenburg was ruled by his mother Anastasia jointly with Henry's uncles Nicholas III (until 1290) and John II (until 1283). In 1287, Henry II became co-regent with his mother and uncle. When his father died in 1302, Henry II became Lord of Mecklenburg.

paragraph: Early in his reign, he conducted an unsuccessful war against Nicholas II of Werle about the succession of Henry I. Around 1299, the sons of his father-in-law Albert III of Brandenburg died and Albert gave (or sold) him the Lordship of Stargard, which Albert had earlier promised to give as dowry to his daughter Beatrix (Henry II's wife). In the 1304 Treaty of Vietmannsdorf, it was once again agreed that Brandenburg enfeoffed Henry II with the Lordship of Stargard. Nevertheless, when Beatrix died without a male heir in 1314, Brandenburg demanded that Stargard be handed back. This led to the so-called "North German Margrave War".

paragraph: in 1299, an alliance of Henry II of Mecklenburg, Nicholas II of Werle and Albert III of Brandenburg-Salzwedel tried to conquer the Principality of Rostock. Lord Nicholas I of Rostock put his country in 1300 under the feudal rule and protection of King Eric VI of Denmark. Eric defeated Henry and then took Rostock for himself.

paragraph: In 1304, a new alliance, consisting of Henry II and Albert's successor Herman came to the aid of king Wenceslaus II of Bohemia in his war against Emperor Albert I. In this war, Henry earned his nickname "the Lion".

paragraph: In 1310, he began a war against the Hanseatic cities of Wismar and Rostock. The trigger for this war was the refusal of Wismar to host the wedding of Henry's daughter Matilda with Duke Otto III of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Henry III then chose Sternberg as his residence and held the wedding there. Wismar submitted to Henry in 1311 and he continued his attack on Rostock. On 15 December 1312, he took the city, despite fierce resistance. The city rose up again in 1313, when Henry was undertaking a pilgrimage to the Madonna del Rocca church in Castelmola. On 12 January 1314, Rostock was subdued again and the old city council, led by Bernhard Kopman, was restored to power.

paragraph: In 1315, the so-called "North German Margrave War" broke out, against Brandenburg and the city of Stralsund. Brandenburg, now led by Margrave Waldemar, invaded the disputed Lordship of Stargard. Henry besieged Stargard, but had to break off his siege in July 1316. He defeated Waldemar in the Battle of Gransee and was finally awarded the Lordship of Stargard in the Treaty of Templin of 25 November 1317.

paragraph: In 1319 Henry and Count Gerhard III of Holstein-Rendsburg tried to subdue Ditmarschen, but were unsuccessful. Ditmarschen won the Battle of Wöhrden, where Henry escaped with difficulty. Later that year, Waldemar died and Henry II conquered Prignitz and the Uckermark.

paragraph: In 1323, Rostock revolted again, and Henry subdued the city again and made peace with King Christopher II of Denmark on 21 May 1323. Christopher enfeoffed him with the Lordships of Rostock, Gnoien and Schwaan.

paragraph: The new Margrave Louis I of Brandenburg, or rather his guardian Count Berthold VII of Henneberg-Schleusingen, reconquered Prignitz and the Uckermark and Henry had to settle for an unfavourable peace treaty on 24 May 1325. After the last Prince of Rügen, Wizlaw died on 10 November 1325, the first War of the Rügen Succession broke out. It ended after fierce fighting with the Peace of Brudersdorf of 27 June 1328, in which Pomerania acquired Rügen and Mecklenburg had to settle for a monetary compensation.

paragraph: Henry II died on 21 January 1329.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and issue.

paragraph: Henry's first marriage was to Beatrix of Brandenburg (died: before 25 September 1314), the daughter of Margrave Albert III of Brandenburg. They had one daughter:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Matilda (1293-1357), married in 1311 with Duke Otto III of Brunswick-Lüneburg

paragraph: His second marriage, after 6 July 1315, was to Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg (died between 25 June 1327 and 9 August 1328), the daughter of Duke Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg. They had the following children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ludgarda (1310-1362), married Duke Władysław of Bytom

paragraph: BULLET::::- Henry (1316-1321)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anastasia (1317-1321)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albert II (1318-1379), nicknamed "The Great", who succeeded Henry as Lord of Mecklenburg, and in 1348 became the first Duke of Mecklenburg

paragraph: BULLET::::- Agnes (1320-1340), married on 6 January 1338 with Lord Nicholas III of Werle-Güstrow

paragraph: BULLET::::- John I (1329-1392), Lord of Mecklenburg and from 1348, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard

paragraph: BULLET::::- Beatrix of Mecklenburg, (born: 1324; died: 5 August 1399), abbess of the Ribnitz Monastery (1348-1395)

paragraph: His third wife was Agnes, the daughter of Count Ulrich of Lindow-Ruppin (died: after 30 July 1343). This marriage remained childless. After the death of Henry, Agnes married Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Genealogical table of the House of Mecklenburg

description: Lord of Mecklenburg

wikidata_label: Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg

wikipedia_title: Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg


text:
Ashwellthorpe
Norfolk
Boston, Lincolnshire
Elizabeth Cheney, Lady Say
Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey
Anne Boleyn
Catherine Howard
Henry VIII of England
Queen Elizabeth I
Siege of Acre
Third Crusade
Sir John Say
House of Commons
Henry VI

categories: 1445 deaths,People of the Tudor period,People from Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall,Year of birth unknown

paragraph: Frederick Tilney

paragraph: Sir Frederick Tilney (died 1445) Lord of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, and Boston, Lincolnshire, England, was the husband of Elizabeth Cheney, Lady Say and father of Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey. He is a great-grandfather of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, two of the wives of King Henry VIII of England, and a great-great-grandfather to Queen Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

paragraph: Tilney, himself son of Sir Philip Tilney and Isabel Thorpe, made his principal residence at Ashwellthorpe Manor, inheriting his father's titles which were originally earned during the Siege of Acre amidst the Third Crusade. His death left his young daughter Elizabeth as heiress to his estates. Elizabeth Cheney went on to marry again, wedding to Sir John Say of Broxbourne, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a member of the household of King Henry VI.

wikidata_label: Frederick Tilney

wikipedia_title: Frederick Tilney


text: Centerville, Iowa

text: Guggenheim Fellow

text: Centerville, Iowa

text: Germany

text: Poland

text: George Bellows

text: Cleveland School of Art

text: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

text: Boardman Robinson

text: Henry Varnum Poor

text: Section of Fine Arts

text: Greybull, Wyoming

text: Tahlequah, Oklahoma

text: Geneva, Illinois

text: Woodstock, New York

text: George Biddle

text: Omaha Beach

text: Pablo Picasso

text: Jean Cocteau

text: Georges Braque

text: Legion of Merit

text: Salem College

text: North Carolina State University

text: Buckminster Fuller

text: Storm King Art Center

text: Woodstock, New York

text: turned 100

categories: Painters from Iowa,21st-century American painters,20th-century American painters,Recipients of the Legion of Merit,Federal Art Project artists,State University of New York at New Paltz faculty,American male painters,Guggenheim Fellows,American muralists,People from Centerville, Iowa,American war artists,Salem College faculty,1917 births,American centenarians,American military personnel of World War II,Living people,North Carolina State University faculty

paragraph: Manuel Bromberg

paragraph: Manuel Abraham Bromberg (born March 6, 1917 Centerville, Iowa) is an American artist, and Professor Emeritus of Art, at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He was a 1946 Guggenheim Fellow.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Bromberg was born in Centerville, Iowa to David Bromberg, an immigrant from Germany, and Tonata Sobul, an immigrant from Poland. At the age of 16, Bromberg was chosen the winner of the prestigious George Bellows Award, a national art competition among high school students. First prize was a year's scholarship to the Pratt Institute in New York City, but he opted instead to accept a full scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art. He studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, with Boardman Robinson and Henry Varnum Poor, from 1932 to 1940.

paragraph: Bromberg completed three murals for the New Deal's Section of Fine Arts: Greybull, Wyoming, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and Geneva, Illinois.

paragraph: Bromberg married Jane Dow in Woodstock, New York, in December 1941.

paragraph: In 1943 at the age of 26, Bromberg was appointed by George Biddle, Chairman of the War Department Art Advisory Board, as an official war artist. Bromberg was assigned to serve with the European Theater of Operations (England, France and Germany) and landed on Omaha Beach in June 1944. While in France, Bromberg met Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, and Georges Braque.

paragraph: In 1944, he was awarded the Legion of Merit.

paragraph: Bromberg taught at Salem College, North Carolina State University College of Design, from 1949 to 1954, where he collaborated with Buckminster Fuller and others to form Skybreak Carolina Corp. In 1953, Bromberg was commissioned to create a mural for the student union building of NCSU.

paragraph: In the 1960s, while Professor of Painting at the State University of New York at New Paltz, Bromberg created a series of monumentally-scaled castings of cliff faces. One of Bromberg's cliff sculptures appears in the permanent collection of Storm King Art Center.

paragraph: Bromberg lives in Woodstock, New York. He turned 100 in March 2017.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/0,8542,1217134,00.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://library.brown.edu/cds/askb/artists_index.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://rwebs.net/avhistory/wwiiart.htm

description: artist

wikidata_label: Manuel Bromberg

wikipedia_title: Manuel Bromberg


text:
American
athlete
pole vault
1904 Summer Olympics
St Louis
United States
Kokomo High School
Indiana University
James H. Horne
world record in the pole vault
Western Intercollegiate Conference
Alfred Carlton Gilbert
Yale University
profile

categories: 1956 deaths,Olympic track and field athletes of the United States,Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics,American male pole vaulters,Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field,Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics,1883 births

paragraph: LeRoy Samse

paragraph: LeRoy Perry Samse (September 13, 1883 – May 1, 1956) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. Samse represented the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the pole vault where he won the silver medal.

paragraph: Samse attended Kokomo High School from 1899-1902, before enrolling at Indiana University where he was reportedly introduced to the pole vault by coach James H. Horne. Samse was acknowledged for having set a world record in the pole vault at a Western Intercollegiate Conference meet in Evanston, Illinois on June 2, 1906. His vault of 12' 4 7/8" beat the mark of 12' 3" set three days earlier in New York by Alfred Carlton Gilbert of Yale University.

paragraph: After graduating Samse traveled with a triple bar horizontal act, followed by an aerial act that played county fairs. In 1920 he was hired as Physical Education director in the Los Angeles school system. He retired in 1946.

paragraph: In 2009, Indiana University put on the first ever LeRoy Samse Invitational, an informal meeting where vaulters are required to jump on non-bending poles similar to Samse's. The inaugural meet was won by Vera Neuenswander on the women's side (9 feet), and Jeff Coover on the men's side (12 feet). The meet record is still considered to be Samse's personal record of 12' 4 7/8".

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- profile

description: athletics competitor

wikidata_label: LeRoy Samse

wikipedia_title: LeRoy Samse


text:
English Renaissance theatre
William Shakespeare
Richard Burbage
Lord Chamberlain's Men
King's Men
The Seven Deadly Sins
Admiral's Men
Lord Strange's Men
Richard Burbage
Edward Alleyn
1594
Much Ado About Nothing
William Kempe
Ben Jonson
1603
Augustine Phillips
Cuthbert Burbage
John Heminges
Thomas Ravenscroft
John Shank
Chamber, E. K.
Gurr, Andrew
Halliday, F. E.

categories: 1619 deaths,17th-century English male actors,King's Men (playing company),English male stage actors,Year of birth unknown,English male Shakespearean actors

paragraph: Richard Cowley

paragraph: Richard Cowley (died 1619) was an actor in English Renaissance theatre, a colleague of William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage in the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the King's Men.

paragraph: Cowley was in the c. 1591 production of "The Seven Deadly Sins", performed by personnel from the Admiral's Men and Lord Strange's Men — a production that included Richard Burbage and other future King's Men. Cowley acted seven minor roles in that production. He also toured with some of the same personnel under Edward Alleyn in 1593. He is thought to have been an original shareholder in the Lord Chamberlain's Men when they re-formed in 1594; but little is known about his career, except for the fact that he played Verges in "Much Ado About Nothing," along with William Kempe as Dogberry. For some reason he is not in the cast lists on the three Ben Jonson plays acted by the company in 1598–1603; but he is still one of the sharers when the company is chartered as the King's Men in 1603, and he receives a bequest in the 1605 will of Augustine Phillips. He is known to have married and had four children; two died young. His wife Elizabeth was buried on 28 September 1616 and his own burial followed on 12 March 1619. His will was witnessed by Cuthbert Burbage, John Heminges, Thomas Ravenscroft, and John Shank.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chamber, E. K. "The Elizabethan Stage." 4 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gurr, Andrew. "The Shakespearean Stage 1574–1642." Third edition, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Halliday, F. E. "A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964." Baltimore, Penguin, 1964.

description: British actor

wikidata_label: Richard Cowley

wikipedia_title: Richard Cowley


text:
Częstochowa
University of Warsaw
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Emily Dickinson
Robert Burns

categories: 20th-century translators,2005 deaths,Women poets,Polish translators,Polish poets,1923 births

paragraph: Ludmiła Marjańska

paragraph: Ludmiła Marjańska (26 December 1923 – 2005) was a Polish poet and translator.

paragraph: She was born Ludmiła Mężnicka on 26 December 1923 in Częstochowa. She married in 1945. She published her first poems in 1953. She studied English philology at the University of Warsaw. She published some poetic books, like "Chmurne okna", "W koronie drzewa", "Blizna", "Zmrożone światło", "Prześwit", "Stare lustro", "Żywica", "Córka bednarza". She translated poems by, among others, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson and Robert Burns.

description: Polish poet

wikidata_label: Ludmiła Marjańska

wikipedia_title: Ludmiła Marjańska


text:
Irish
athlete
Banteer
County Cork
Queenstown
County Cork
Irish American Athletic Club
New York Athletic Club
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Queens, New York
1908 Summer Olympics
London
profile
Winged Fist Organization

categories: Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics,Olympic athletes of Great Britain,Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain,1871 births,1922 deaths,Sportspeople from County Cork,Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics,Irish male shot putters,Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)

paragraph: Denis Horgan

paragraph: Denis Horgan (18 May 1871 – 2 June 1922) was a champion Irish athlete and weight thrower, born in Banteer, County Cork, who competed mainly in the shot put.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Shortly after setting a world's record of 48 feet 2 inches with the 16 pound shot at Queenstown, in County Cork, Ireland in 1897, Horgan visited the U.S., and in 1900, he joined the Greater New York Irish Athletic Association, the predecessor of the Irish American Athletic Club for a brief period. In 1905, he joined the rival New York Athletic Club.

paragraph: In 1906, Horgan set the world's record for the 28 pound shot, with a distance of 35 feet, 4.5 inches at the Ancient Order of Hibernians games held at Celtic Park in Queens, New York.

paragraph: He competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London in the shot put, where he won the silver medal.

paragraph: Denis Horgan won a total 42 shot put titles during his athletic career, including 28 Irish championships, 13 English championships (all for the 16 pound shot) and one American championship. Horgan was "usually so superior to his fellow competitors that he seldom trained in any sort of systematic way, yet he showed a marked consistency of performance, in all conditions, over a period of twenty years."

paragraph: He emigrated to America where he worked as a police officer. Whilst attempting to rescue a fellow Irishman he was severely stabbed and left for dead. After he recovered he returned to Ireland, married, and settled in Crookstown.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Winged Fist Organization

description: Irish shot putter

wikidata_label: Denis Horgan

wikipedia_title: Denis Horgan


text:
American
long jump
University of Portland
University of Oregon
Irish American Athletic Club
1908 Summer Olympics
London
Great Britain
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
Winged Fist Organization

categories: Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics,1920 deaths,Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics,American male sprinters,Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon,Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field,Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes,Olympic track and field athletes of the United States,Track and field athletes from Oregon,1883 births,American male long jumpers

paragraph: Daniel Kelly (athlete)

paragraph: Daniel Kelly ("Daniel Joseph "Dan" Kelly;" September 1, 1883 – April 9, 1920) was an American long jumper and sprinter.

paragraph: He attended the University of Portland's Columbia Prep high school, where 1905, he broke the existing world record for Long Jump with a jump of 22 feet, 1-1/4 inches. He later attended the University of Oregon, where in 1906, he equaled the world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes in the same day. In 1908, Kelly briefly joined the Irish American Athletic Club, and competed for the United States in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the long jump where he won the silver medal. He is a member of the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Winged Fist Organization

description: American long jumper and sprinter

wikidata_label: Daniel Kelly

wikipedia_title: Daniel Kelly (athlete)


text: Tex McCrary

text: Barcelona

text: Spain

text: Westinghouse

text: Bob

text: men's singles

text: Wimbledon

text: Santiago

text: Chile

text: Los Angeles

text: Hollywood High School

text: Warner Bros.

text: Paul Hesse

text: Sunset Strip

text: The American Magazine

text: The New Yorker

text: New York World-Telegram

text: Life

text: Rheingold Beer

text: Miss Rheingold

text: Edward Steichen

text: Matson Line

text: Royal Hawaiian Hotel

text: Al Jolson

text: Hold On to Your Hats

text: Shubert Theater

text: Columbia Pictures

text: B movie

text: Two Latins from Manhattan

text: Laugh Your Blues Away

text: She Has What It Takes

text: Nine Girls

text: Cover Girl

text: Rita Hayworth

text: Jerome Kern

text: Ira Gershwin

text: Hold On to Your Hats

text: Ferdinand Pecora

text: USO

text: Bernard Baruch

text: David Sarnoff

text: RCA

text: NBC

text: Newsweek

text: atomic bomb

text: United Nations

text: venereal disease

text: Mary Martin

text: Ethel Waters

text: Esther Williams

text: Bernard Baruch

text: Eleanor Roosevelt

text: Margaret Truman

text: Igor Sikorsky

text: Krishna Menon

text: New York Times

text: William Safire

text: Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties

text: The Swift Home Service Club

text: Duffy's Tavern

text: Berlin

text: Berlin Airlift

text: Bob Hope

text: Irving Berlin

text: New York Herald Tribune

text: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

text: Queen Elizabeth II

text: Grace Kelly

text: Prince Rainier

text: Richard Nixon

text: kitchen debate

text: Nikita Khrushchev

text: Dwight D. Eisenhower

text: president

text: Republican

text: Madison Square Garden

text: John Hay Whitney

text: Greentree

text: Manhasset

text: A&E

text: Hoarders

text: hoarding

text: Roman Catholic

text: Billy Graham

text: Crusade for Christianity

text: American Gas Association

text: golf

text: Forest Hills

text: U.S. Open

text: North Shore Hospital

text: Hollywood Walk of Fame

text: North Shore Hospital

text: cremated

text: Two Señoritas from Chicago

text: Jinx Falkenburg – all-American girl

text: aenigma

text: Ned Scott

categories: American radio personalities,20th-century American actresses,American gossip columnists,American television actresses,2003 deaths,American film actresses,Women columnists,American columnists,People from Barcelona,New York (state) Republicans,1919 births,California Republicans,Female models from New York (state),People from Manhasset, New York

paragraph: Jinx Falkenburg

paragraph: Eugenia Lincoln "Jinx" Falkenburg (January 21, 1919 – August 27, 2003) was an American actress and model. She married journalist and publicist Tex McCrary in 1945. Known as "Tex and Jinx", the couple pioneered and popularized the talk-show format, first on radio and then in the early days of television. They hosted a series of interview shows in the late 1940s and early 1950s that combined celebrity chit-chat with discussions of important topics of the day.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Falkenburg was born to American parents in Barcelona, Spain; her father Eugene "Genie" Lincoln Falkenburg was an engineer for Westinghouse. Thinking the name would bring good luck, she was nicknamed Jinx by her mother Marguerite "Mickey" Crooks Falkenburg, an athlete and tennis player (Brazil women's champion in 1927), and the name stuck. All the Falkenburg offspring became known for their tennis abilities; younger brother Bob won the men's singles championship at Wimbledon in 1948.

paragraph: The family moved to Santiago, Chile, where she spent her early years. She first received media attention at age two when the New York Sun ran a full-page picture and story of her exploits as a "baby swimmer." A revolution in Chile caused the family to return to the United States and they moved to Los Angeles, California. She attended Hollywood High School but left in 1935 at the age of 16 to pursue a career in acting and modeling.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Acting and modeling.

paragraph: The Falkenburgs were at the center of a young social set at the West Side Tennis Club in Hollywood. While playing tennis there, she was noticed by a talent scout for Warner Bros. and was signed to a studio contract. After a few brief walk-ons, her fluency in Spanish won her minor roles in a series of Spanish-language films made for distribution in Latin America.

paragraph: In 1937 her modeling career began when she met celebrity fashion photographer Paul Hesse, whose Sunset Strip studio was a gathering place for advertising moguls and motion picture industry celebrities. Calling her "the most charming, most vital personality I have ever had the pleasure to photograph", he took her picture for the August 1937 cover of "The American Magazine", triggering similar offers from 60 other publications.

paragraph: Falkenburg appeared on over 200 magazine covers and in some 1,500 commercial advertisements in the 1930s and 1940s. She was considered to be one of the most beautiful women of that era, known for her All-American-Girl athletic good looks. "The New Yorker" magazine said she "possessed one of the most photogenic faces and frames in the Western world". The "New York World-Telegram" said her face was seen more often and in more places than any other woman in the country. And a headline story in the January 27, 1941, issue of "Life" magazine said Falkenburg "is the leading candidate for America's No. 1 Girl for 1941".

paragraph: Her biggest breakthrough as a model came in 1940 when she was picked by New York-based Liebmann Brewery, maker of Rheingold Beer, to be the first Miss Rheingold. As the face for its marketing and advertising campaign, her image appeared on billboards across the U.S., and she was featured in promotional ads at every store that sold Rheingold. Her face and the campaign were a great success. Rheingold was suddenly the top brand in New York City.

paragraph: A year earlier she was in Hawaii posing for photographer Edward Steichen for a series of ads for the Hawaiian Steamship Company's Matson Line, when she fell through a balcony at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and landed 30 feet below on a dining room table. While in the hospital recovering from her injuries, she was introduced to singer Al Jolson, who was also convalescing there. Jolson offered her a role in his upcoming Broadway show "Hold On to Your Hats", which opened in January 1940. Though her part as a cowgirl was small, she attracted much attention. Fans started gathering nightly at her dressing room door at the Shubert Theater, forming the core of what would become the Jinx Falkenburg Fan Club, the only national fan club not devoted to a movie star.

paragraph: In the early 1940s she did a dozen movies, mainly for Columbia Pictures, sometimes in the starring role. Mostly B movies, neither they nor her acting garnered much critical acclaim. Among them were "Two Latins from Manhattan", "Sweetheart of the Fleet", "Laugh Your Blues Away", "She Has What It Takes", "Two Senoritas From Chicago", and "Nine Girls". The biggest hit was "Cover Girl", a musical about the modeling business that starred Rita Hayworth, with songs by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin. Falkenburg played herself in a cameo role.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Tex and Jinx: Radio and television.

paragraph: Falkenburg met John Reagan "Tex" McCrary when he came to photograph and interview her for a military publication after she opened in "Hold On to Your Hats". He was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Forces. They were about to be engaged in 1942, but World War II intervened. They married after the war, on June 15, 1945, in a civil ceremony conducted by New York Supreme Court Judge Ferdinand Pecora, famous for investigating the 1929 stock market crash and its aftermath.

paragraph: During the war Falkenburg traveled extensively on USO tours entertaining troops. The most arduous was a 42,000-mile 80-stop series of shows in the rugged China-Burma-India theatre of operations. In 1945 she was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal for her contributions.

paragraph: Backed by some of his well-connected friends like millionaire statesman Bernard Baruch, McCrary convinced David Sarnoff, the chairman of RCA, which owned NBC, to give the couple a morning show on the network's New York radio station, WEAF. The show was called "Hi, Jinx" and first aired on April 22, 1946. Reviews ranged from "sprightly" to "rather intense discussions of foreign affairs". In a cover story about the couple, "Newsweek" wrote: "A soft-spoken, calculating Texan, Tex McCrary, inched up to the microphone and drawled 'Hi, Jinx.' A voice with all the foam substance of a bubble bath answered, 'Hello Tex. Over time they came to be known as "Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty".

paragraph: The McCrarys' radio show was broadcast five mornings a week on New York radio station WEAF and became a hit with critics and the public for tackling controversial issues like the atomic bomb, the United Nations and venereal disease, along with talk about theatre openings and New York nightlife. Their guests were a mix of popular entertainers such as Mary Martin, Ethel Waters and Esther Williams and public figures such as Bernard Baruch, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Truman, industrialist Igor Sikorsky and Indian statesman Krishna Menon.

paragraph: McCrary wrote the scripts and taught Falkenburg the art of interviewing and the basics of broadcast journalism. Over time she was considered the better interviewer, eliciting candid responses, often from the show's more intellectual guests. Her technique was to ask questions until she understood the answer and so, presumably, did all the housewives at home listening to her. "They developed an audience that was ready to start thinking at breakfast", wrote "New York Times" columnist William Safire, who as a teenager was hired by McCrary to do pre-show interviews of guests.

paragraph: In January 1947, McCrary and Falkenburg had their first network TV show, "Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties", also known as "Jinx and Tex at Home", broadcast Sunday nights on NBC. The program combined film and live interviews of celebrities in their residences. In May 1947, "The Swift Home Service Club" combined household tips with breezy interviews. Another radio show, "Meet Tex and Jinx" got such a big audience that in 1947 and 1948 it became a summer replacement for one of radio's most popular shows, "Duffy's Tavern".

paragraph: In the winter of 1948, Falkenburg traveled to Berlin, Germany, during the height of the Berlin Airlift, when the city was under blockade by the Russians and emergency supplies were being flown in by Allied planes. She flew in with comedian Bob Hope and songwriter Irving Berlin to do highly publicized Christmas shows for airmen and occupation soldiers.

paragraph: McCrary and Falkenburg's popularity grew, and at one point in the early 1950s they hosted two radio programs and a daily television show and wrote a column for the "New York Herald Tribune". Some of their shows were broadcast from the Peacock Alley restaurant in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

paragraph: Armed with tape recorder and microphone, Falkenburg often did interviews outside the studio. She covered many major stories of the day, including the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London and the wedding of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier of Monaco. In 1958, she was the only female reporter on the press plane that accompanied then Vice President Richard Nixon on his trip to South America, where he encountered rock-throwing crowds in Venezuela. She also was on assignment and appeared on camera in the historic finger-poking televised "kitchen debate" in Moscow between Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Safire maneuvered the two leaders into the kitchen of the model home, whose manufacturer was a client of McCrary's, for the confrontation.

paragraph: Section::::Politics.

paragraph: In 1952, McCrary spearheaded a campaign to get General Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for president on the Republican ticket. A high point of that recruitment effort was a "Citizens for Eisenhower" rally at Madison Square Garden. Falkenburg and McCrary organized and hosted the three-hour event.

paragraph: At the behest of John Hay Whitney, finance chairman for the Republican Party, Falkenburg became head of the women's division of the finance committee in 1954. (McCrary was a wartime friend and neighbor of Whitney—he and Falkenburg lived in a house on Whitney's Greentree Estate in Manhasset, Long Island). She continued to serve on the finance committee and remained a lifelong Republican, occasionally lending her name to the party's causes.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Falkenburg and McCrary had two sons, John Reagan "Paddy" McCrary III and Kevin Jock McCrary. Kevin appeared on the A&E reality TV show "Hoarders" (Season 4, Episode 12, "Kevin & Mary"). Kevin faced eviction from his apartment in March 2014 due to his continued hoarding. Falkenburg was a Roman Catholic

paragraph: In 1980, McCrary and Falkenburg separated but never divorced and remained friends. McCrary died at 92 on July 29, 2003, less than one month before Falkenburg.

paragraph: Section::::Later years.

paragraph: Falkenburg informally retired from broadcasting in 1958 and continued to live in Manhasset. In 1962, she and McCrary anchored 16 weeks of coverage of the Billy Graham Crusade for Christianity. In the early 1960s, Falkenburg was a commercial spokesperson for the American Gas Association. She became vice-president of Marian Bialac Cosmetics, a company owned by Whitney. Her athletic prowess remained on display. She took up golf at the age of 40 and within a short time had a 12 handicap. In 1975, at the age of 56, she was part of a celebrity team that played a pre-opening tennis match at Forest Hills before the start of the U.S. Open.

paragraph: She also was involved in charitable work and was on the board of the North Shore Hospital in Manhasset, which her husband was instrumental in getting built.

paragraph: For her contribution to the television industry, Falkenburg has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Falkenburg died on August 27, 2003, at the age of 84 at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset. She was cremated.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Two Señoritas from Chicago" (1943)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jinx Falkenburg – all-American girl at aenigma

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photos of Jinx Falkenberg in "Cover Girl", 1944 by Ned Scott

description: Model, actress, radio personality, columnist

wikidata_label: Jinx Falkenburg

wikipedia_title: Jinx Falkenburg


text:
American football
quarterback
safety
Denver Broncos
2004 NFL Draft
Houston Texans
Bergamo Lions
Leicester Falcons
college football
Michigan State
Colorado State
Sky Sports
linebacker
Brad Van Pelt
San Marcos High School
Santa Barbara, California
Nick Saban
LSU
defensive back
Vince Young
2004 NFL Draft
2006 NFL Draft
Vanderbilt
Jay Cutler
Jake Plummer
Denver Broncos
Stefan Fatsis
A Few Seconds of Panic
Houston Texans
Gary Kubiak
Bergamo Lions
Italy
Italian
Eurobowl
Leicester Falcons
BAFA Community Leagues
Santa Barbara, California
Bradlee Van Pelt

categories: 1980 births,Houston Texans players,People from Owosso, Michigan,American football quarterbacks,American football safeties,Denver Broncos players,Colorado State Rams football players,Living people,Players of American football from Michigan

paragraph: Bradlee Van Pelt

paragraph: Bradlee Van Pelt (born July 3, 1980) is a former American football quarterback and safety. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and was also a member of the Houston Texans, Bergamo Lions and Leicester Falcons. He played college football at Michigan State and Colorado State. Van Pelt is currently working for Sky Sports in the United Kingdom as a studio analyst for their NFL programming.

paragraph: He is the son of late NFL linebacker Brad Van Pelt.

paragraph: Section::::Early years and college.

paragraph: Van Pelt attended San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, California, where he played quarterback and safety. There he earned accolades with spots on PrepStar's All-Western and SuperPrep's All-Far West Region Teams and being named a first-team all-state selection as an athlete. In 1998, during his senior season, he completed 89-of-155 passes (.574) for 1,265 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushed for 1,294 yards and 24 TDs; on defense, he had 41 tackles and three interceptions.

paragraph: Van Pelt originally joined the college program where his father was an All-American, Michigan State. The head coach at the time was Nick Saban, who departed after Van Pelt's first season to coach LSU. However, after he was pressured to convert from quarterback to defensive back, he opted to transfer to Colorado State where he was given the opportunity to play quarterback. At Colorado State he managed to throw for nearly 3,000 yards and over 60% completion rate his senior year, and came within 100 yards in passing and rushing of becoming the first collegiate quarterback to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the same season. In 2005 Vince Young passed for 3,036 yards and rushed for 1,050.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: NFL scouts criticized Van Pelt for his "run first, then throw" mentality while playing quarterback for Colorado State. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft, where he spent the next two years as a backup. In the 2006 NFL Draft, the Broncos drafted Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler. In training camp, Cutler moved ahead of Van Pelt on the depth chart making Van Pelt the third-string quarterback, behind Jake Plummer and Cutler. He was released by the Denver Broncos on September 2, 2006. His attempt to make the team was chronicled in Stefan Fatsis's book "A Few Seconds of Panic".

paragraph: Van Pelt was then signed by the Houston Texans on November 27, 2006, to be their third-string quarterback, brought in by his former coach in Denver, Gary Kubiak. He was released by the Texans on August 27, 2007.

paragraph: It was announced on March 8, 2009, that Van Pelt would attempt a comeback as a safety with the Broncos, though he failed to make the roster.

paragraph: In late 2009, it was announced that Van Pelt had signed with the Bergamo Lions of Italy for their 2010 Italian and Eurobowl campaigns. He would play quarterback and assist on defense as a safety.

paragraph: At the end of the Italian season in July 2010 he signed to play for the Leicester Falcons in the BAFA Community Leagues Division 1, leading the team to the Division 1 playoffs.

paragraph: After retiring from football, Van Pelt moved to Santa Barbara, California, and occasionally provides football commentary for Sky Sports.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bradlee Van Pelt, Michigan State Spartans

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Bradlee Van Pelt

wikipedia_title: Bradlee Van Pelt


text:
Archbishop of Gniezno
Polish
Bohemia
Slavník
Adalbert of Prague
Aventine
Prussia
Abbot
John Canaparius
canonization
General Roman Calendar
Bruno z Querfurtu

categories: Archbishops of Gniezno,11th-century deaths,Czech Roman Catholic bishops,Medieval Bohemian nobility,Slavník dynasty,960s births,11th-century Bohemian people

paragraph: Radim Gaudentius

paragraph: Radim Gaudentius (, ) (c. 970 – c. 1020) was Archbishop of Gniezno and the first Polish archbishop.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Radim was an illegitimate son of Bohemian Prince Slavník, and thus the half-brother of Adalbert of Prague.

paragraph: In 989, the two journeyed to Rome where they joined the Benedictine monastery of Sts. Boniface and Alexius on the Aventine, with Radim adopting the name Gaudencius or Gaudentius. He accompanied Adalbert on his fatal journey to Prussia in 997.

paragraph: Surviving the mission fatal to his half-brother, back in Rome he related the events of the journey to Abbot John Canaparius, who wrote a biography of Adalbert, and worked to promote his canonization.

paragraph: Historians are not certain with regards to his date of death, suggesting a range of 1006 to 1022. His date of birth is also an estimate, in the range of late 960s to early 970s.

paragraph: He is commemorated as Saint Radim in the Czech edition of the General Roman Calendar with an optional memorial on Oct. 12.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attwater, D.: Slovník svatých, Vimperk 1993

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. "The Penguin Dictionary of Saints". 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bruno z Querfurtu: Život svatého Vojtěcha, Praha 1996

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kolektiv: Bohemia Sancta: životopisy českých světců a přátel Božích, Praha 1990

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kolektiv: Svatý Vojtěch, sborník k mileniu, Praha 1997

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michal Lutovský, Zdeněk Petráň: Slavníkovci

wikidata_label: Radim Gaudentius

wikipedia_title: Radim Gaudentius


text:
animator
producer
Disney
Detroit
Michigan
Bill Hanna
Joe Barbera
World War II
Warner Bros.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MGM
Walter Lantz
UPA
Format Films
Disney Studios
Friz Freleng
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
MGM
Woody Woodpecker
Chilly Willy
director
animator
Mr. Magoo
The Flintstones
Yogi Bear
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Format Films
Sangor Shop
Little Pancho Vanilla
Giggle
Bugs Bunny
Porky Pig
Sniffles & Mary Jane
Barney Bear
Jack Bradbury
Ken Champin
Paul Murry
Dumbo
Jam Handy
Warner Bros.
Walter Lantz Productions
Format Films
Hanna-Barbera
Los Angeles, California

categories: Annie Award winners,American animated film directors,Animators from Wisconsin,American cartoonists,People from the Greater Los Angeles Area,Filmmakers from Milwaukee,American comics artists,1913 births,American animated film producers,1967 deaths

paragraph: Gil Turner (animator)

paragraph: Gilbert H. Turner (September 11, 1913 – March 19, 1967) was an animator, comic book artist and American producer.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: He started out working at Disney, and eventually moved over to other studios, such as Hugh Harman's and Jam Handy in Detroit, Michigan. He also worked for Warner Bros in Hollywood and for Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera at the MGM studio during World War II. He worked for various legendary cartoon studios, such as Disney, Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Walter Lantz, UPA, Hanna-Barbera and Format Films.

paragraph: He also drew comic books based on characters from these studios. Turner was born in 1913. He worked as an ice cream salesman before starting as an animator at Disney Studios in January 1933. His stay was so brief that no credit known for his work there survived. He joined Harman-Ising Studios a year later, which would eventually evolve into the animation department of Warner Brothers. Despite a short period at Jam Handy's Detroit studio, which specializes in industrial and promotional films, he returned to Warners in 1938, where he remained until the mid-1940s, primarily under the direction of Friz Freleng. He worked anonymously on Looney Tunes classics such as 'The Trial of Mr. Wolf' (1941), 'Rhapsody in Rivets' (1941), 'The Wabbit Who Came to Supper' (1942), 'Fresh Hare' 'Pigs In A Polka' (1943) and 'Little Red Riding Rabbit' (1944).

paragraph: Around 1948 Turner joined MGM, where he was an animator on Tex Avery's 'What Price Fleadom?' (1948) and a few Barney the Bear' shorts by Preston Blair and Michael Lah. Between 1953 and 1955 he briefly worked at Walter Lantz' studio on several 'Woody Woodpecker' and 'Chilly Willy' shorts, before joining UPA for an equally brief time as a director/animator on the 'Mr. Magoo' series until the end of the decade. Turner concluded his animation career at the Hanna-Barbera Studios, where he worked on TV series like 'The Flintstones' and 'Yogi Bear'. He also directed several episodes of 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' for Format Films in the early 1960s before passing away in 1967. Although mainly active in animation, Turner also worked as a comics artist from the mid-1940s on. Together with Jim Davis he worked freelance through the Sangor Shop for companies like Better Publications, Dearfield Comics and ACG ('Little Pancho Vanilla') and funny animal comics for Coo Coo, Giggle, Barnyard and Ha-Ha. At Dell Comics he mainly drew comics based on Warner Brothers characters like 'Bugs Bunny', 'Porky Pig' and 'Sniffles & Mary Jane', followed by stories about the MGM character 'Barney Bear'. During this same period he also scripted 'Barney' comics which were illustrated by Carl Barks. Barks, however, couldn't really identify with the characters and often rewrote dialogue and plot developments to fit his own personality. Eventually he departed from the series, leaving Turner in charge of both text and illustration. One of Turner's innovations was Barney's antagonistic neighbour Mooseface McElk.

paragraph: The artist was also a regular contributor to Dell's 'Walt Disney's Comics and Stories' from 1947 on, where he was one of the original artists to create stories about the Big Bad Wolf and his good-natured son Lil' Bad Wolf. Colleagues who also drew comics about these wolves around the same time were Carl Buettner, Roger Armstrong, Harvey Eisenberg, Jack Bradbury, Ken Champin and Paul Murry. Turner drew comics starring 'Mickey Mouse', 'Bucky Bug' and 'Dumbo'.

paragraph: While Turner predominantly drew comics based on characters others created he also had two original newspaper comics of his own, namely 'Trudy' (1947-1948), 'Chico' (1948-1949) published in the teen magazine Cookie and 'Holly Wood' (1950) which could be read in the weekly Redwood Journal from California.

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jam Handy: Animator 1936-1938 (commercial films).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Warner Bros.: Animator 1938-1944 (Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny a.o.).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carry-Weston (independent studio with Jack Bradbury a.o.): Educational films for the government. 1944-1946.

paragraph: BULLET::::- MGM: Animator 1948-1953 (Barney Bear and Tom & Jerry).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walter Lantz Productions: Animator 1953-1956 (Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy, Maw and Paw).

paragraph: BULLET::::- UPA: Animator 1956-1957 and director 1958-1961 (Mr. Magoo).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hanna-Barbera: Animator 1961 (Snagglepuss).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Format Films: Director 1961-1962 (The Alvin Show).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hanna-Barbera: Storyboard artist 1967 (The Flintstones).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Comic strips & Illustrations: Editorial Art Syndicate/Sangor Shop: Script and artwork for Standard Comics, American Comics Group and Dearfield Comics 1944-1948 (Homer Hound, Bugsy Bear Family, Ringo, Happy a.o.).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Script and artwork for his own newspaper strip Chico 1948-1949.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Western Publishing: Artwork for characters from Disney (Li’l Bad Wolf, Mickey Mouse, Bucky Buck, Dumbo), MGM (Barney Bear) and Warner Bros. (Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig) 1947-1957.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: In the 1960s, he settled in Los Angeles, California, where he passed away in 1967 at the age of 54.

description: American comics artist

wikidata_label: Gil Turner

wikipedia_title: Gil Turner (animator)


text: organist

text: Forqueray

text: Notre-Dame de Paris

text: Chapelle Royale

text: French Revolution

text: harpsichord

text: pianoforte

text: organ

text: Louis-Nicolas Séjan

text: church of Saint-Sulpice

text: Montmartre Cemetery

text: French organ school

text: Noël suisse

text: data.bnf.fr

text: Swiss Noel - Nicolas Séjan

text: Nicolas Séjan

text: Nicolas Séjan

text: Nicolas Séjan

categories: 1819 deaths,Male organists,French classical organists,1745 births,French classical composers,Musicians from Paris,Academics of the Conservatoire de Paris

paragraph: Nicolas Séjan

paragraph: Nicolas Séjan (17 March 1745 – 16 March 1819) was a French composer and organist, from a family allied to the Forqueray.

paragraph: Born in Paris, Séjan was one of the best organists of his time. He was co-titular of the organ of Notre-Dame de Paris and many other Parisian churches. He was appointed to the Chapelle Royale in 1789. He lost his charges during the French Revolution, but later recovered some of them.

paragraph: He left a few works for the harpsichord and the pianoforte as well as the organ.

paragraph: Nicolas Séjan was Louis-Nicolas Séjan's father, his successor at the church of Saint-Sulpice.

paragraph: He died in Paris on 16 March 1819 and was buried at Montmartre Cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- French organ school

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Noël suisse on data.bnf.fr

paragraph: BULLET::::- Swiss Noel - Nicolas Séjan on YouTube

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicolas Séjan on isni.org

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biographie sur le site "Musica et Memoria"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicolas Séjan on IdRef

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicolas Séjan on Musicalics

description: French organist

wikidata_label: Nicolas Séjan

wikipedia_title: Nicolas Séjan


text:
Caribbean
Devil
Daniel Defoe
Nathaniel Mist
A General History of the Pyrates
Samuel Bellamy
Nathaniel North
John Cornelius
John Auger
Benjamin Hornigold
Joseph Bannister
Port Royal
Jamaica
periagua
sloop
pink
Campeche
marooning
Newfoundland
galley
quartermaster
shallop
Guinea
Libertalia

categories: English pirates,Year of death missing,17th-century pirates,Year of birth missing

paragraph: William Lewis (pirate)

paragraph: William Lewis (fl 1687-?) was a pirate supposedly active in the Caribbean, off the American east coast, and the west coast of Africa. He was known for sparing his victims, and for being killed after announcing he had made a pact with the Devil. He is likely the fictional creation of Captain Charles Johnson, who presented his story among those of real historical pirates.

paragraph: Section::::Johnson’s creation.

paragraph: “Captain Charles Johnson” was a pseudonym, either of Daniel Defoe, Nathaniel Mist, or another early 18th-century writer. His book “A General History of the Pyrates” influenced years of pirate researchers, scholars and writers, though it was later found to have a great many errors. Its first volume is generally considered more accurate and historical; the second volume presents accounts of known and well-documented pirates such as Samuel Bellamy and Nathaniel North, but includes the fictional captains William Lewis, John Cornelius, and Captain Misson. Later authors such as Grey, Gosse, and Ellms repeated the fictional accounts nearly verbatim. There was a real pirate named William Lewis, but he was never a Captain; active 20 years after Johnson’s “William Lewis,” the real William Lewis was hanged with the surviving members of John Auger’s crew when they were captured by pirate turned pirate-hunter Benjamin Hornigold.

paragraph: Section::::History (purported).

paragraph: Lewis sailed as a boy with the crew of pirate Joseph Bannister, who was captured and hanged in Port Royal in 1687. He was spared (hung by his waist instead of his neck) and sailed with other ships out of Jamaica until he was captured by the Spanish. Escaping with a few others in a canoe, the multi-lingual Lewis took over a small periagua, then captured a sloop, pressing some captured crew into service as pirates and releasing others. He continued capturing small vessels, looting them and taking some crew. With 40 men he took a larger pink, using it to take several other ships near Campeche. He then looted several sloops, beating the captain of sloop who surrendered too easily, and kept the largest 12-gun sloop for his own.

paragraph: Now with a mixed crew of 80 white and black sailors, he plundered vessels from Florida to the Carolinas and Virginia. He put down a mutiny by English crewmembers who planned on marooning the Frenchmen among them. Sailing north to Newfoundland, he raided the fishing fleets and boarded a 24-gun galley. The ship’s captain convinced Lewis to send his quartermaster John Cornelius ashore for supplies, where he was captured. When shore batteries fired on Lewis’ ship he fled the galley and sailed offshore. Capturing two small shallops, he demanded the release of his quartermaster in exchange for his prisoners, to which they agreed. He then captured a 24-gun French ship and left Canadian waters.

paragraph: Sailing across the Atlantic to the coast of Guinea with 200 men in the newly renamed "Morning Star", he captured several more ships, finally spotting a vessel from the Carolinas. Here the incident occurred for which Lewis would be best known: “While he was in chase of this vessel a circumstance occurred, which made his men believe he dealt with the devil; his fore and main top-mast being carried away, he, Lewis, running up the shrouds to the maintop, tore off a handful of hair, and throwing it into the air used this expression, "good devil, take this till I come". And it was observed, that he came afterwards faster up with the chase than before the loss of his top-masts.”

paragraph: Soon after, the Frenchmen of his crew rebelled. Lewis let them sail away in a captured sloop but immediately captured it back from them while they lay at anchor. He marooned the Frenchmen, allowing only a few back aboard the "Morning Star". That night the Frenchmen tried to retake the ship; they were defeated, but not before assassinating Lewis in his cabin. Other versions say his sailors were superstitious and killed Lewis because they feared that he’d actually made a pact with the Devil. The quartermaster John Cornelius was chosen Captain to succeed him.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Libertalia – A mythical pirate kingdom founded by “Captain Misson,” another fictional pirate from Volume 2 of Johnson’s "General History".

description: pirate

wikidata_label: William Lewis

wikipedia_title: William Lewis (pirate)


text:
American football
cornerback
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
National Football League
college football
North Carolina
Mike Hughes
2017 NFL draft
Pro Football Focus
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2018 NFL Draft
$
contract
signing bonus
Ryan Smith
Vernon Hargreaves
Carlton Davis
Brent Grimes
Vernon Hargreaves
Tampa Bay Buccaneers’
New Orleans Saints
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
2018
North Carolina Tar Heels bio

categories: Players of American football from Virginia,Sportspeople from Arlington County, Virginia,North Carolina Tar Heels football players,1995 births,American football cornerbacks,Living people

paragraph: M. J. Stewart

paragraph: Marvin Stewart Jr. (born September 16, 1995) is an American football cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: During his sophomore season, Stewart was suspended from the team due to a violation of team rules, along with teammate Mike Hughes. He was later charged with misdemeanor assault and battery, but charges were later dropped. Stewart was reinstated less than a week later. There was speculation that Stewart would forgo his senior year and declare for the 2017 NFL draft, but he later announced that he would return for the 2018 season. Following his senior season, Stewart was named to the First Team All-ACC by Pro Football Focus.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Stewart in the second round (53rd overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. Stewart was the fifth cornerback drafted in 2018.

paragraph: On May 10, 2018, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Stewart to a four-year, $5.08 million contract that includes $2.48 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.77 million.

paragraph: Throughout training camp, Stewart competed to be a starting cornerback against Ryan Smith, Vernon Hargreaves, and Carlton Davis. Head coach Dirk Koetter named Stewart the fifth cornerback on the depth chart to start the regular season, behind Brent Grimes, Vernon Hargreaves, Carlton Davis, and Ryan Smith.

paragraph: He made his professional regular season debut in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ season-opener at the New Orleans Saints and recorded four solo tackles during their 48-40 victory. The following week, he earned his first career start after Vernon Hargreaves sustained a shoulder injury the previous week and was placed on injured reserve. Stewart finished the Buccaneers’ 27-21 win against the Philadelphia Eagles with five combined tackles. In a Week 3, Stewart collected a season-high nine solo tackles and broke up a pass attempt during a 30-27 loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Stewart was inactive for five games (Weeks 9-13) after injuring his foot. Stewart lost his role as a starting cornerback to Ryan Smith during his absence and remained a backup for the last four games of the season. Stewart finished his rookie season in 2018 with 33 combined tackles (31 solo) and three pass deflections in 11 games and five starts.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- North Carolina Tar Heels bio

paragraph: BULLET::::-

description: American-football player (1995-)

wikidata_label: M. J. Stewart

wikipedia_title: M. J. Stewart


text:
Acapulco
Mexico
Abasolo
Guanajuato
Mexico
Universidad La Salle
Morelia Cathedral
Alberto Suárez Inda
Pontifical Gregorian University
Pope John Paul II
titular bishop
Voncaria
Benedict XVI
Bishop of Tapachula
Pope Francis
Acapulco

categories: Roman Catholic titular bishops,Bishops appointed by Pope Francis,Roman Catholic bishops in Mexico,Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI,1950 births,People from Guanajuato,Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II,Mexican Roman Catholic archbishops,Living people

paragraph: Leopoldo González González

paragraph: Leopoldo González González (born October 31, 1950) is the Archbishop of Acapulco, Mexico.

paragraph: González was born on October 31, 1950, in Abasolo, Guanajuato, Mexico. He attended primary school in Abasolo. On January 1, 1964, shortly before turning 14, he entered the Seminary of Morelia where he studied humanities, philosophy, and theology. Studying during three summers, he completed his diploma at the teachers' college, linked to Universidad La Salle.

paragraph: Section::::Priestly career.

paragraph: González was ordained a priest in Morelia Cathedral, on November 23, 1975. His initial ministry was spent as a teacher at the Seminary of Morelia from August 1975 to June 1999. On March 9, 1995, the archbishop Alberto Suárez Inda, Archbishop of Morelia, appointed González as Vicar General of the archdiocese and responsible for the Sacred Heart Pastoral Zone, located in the city of Morelia, its environs, and the community of Tierra Caliente.

paragraph: González made specialized studies at the Escuela para Formadores in Toluca, an extension of the faculty of psychology of the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome. On March 18, 1999, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Voncaria and auxiliary of Morelia.

paragraph: Section::::Episcopal career.

paragraph: González received episcopal ordination on May 19, 1999. As Auxiliary Bishop he was in charge of the permanent formation of the Morelia clergy and member of the Episcopal Commission of Indigenous Pastoral for the triennium 2004-2006. In anticipation of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, which John Paul II designated as the Year of the Father, the new bishop assumed as his episcopal motto: "Abbá, Padre".

paragraph: On June 9, 2006, Benedict XVI appointed him as Bishop of Tapachula, which he held until 2017, when Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Acapulco.

description: Mexican archbishop

wikidata_label: Leopoldo González González

wikipedia_title: Leopoldo González González


text:
environmental artist
site-specific
feminist
activist
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
BFA
Philadelphia College of Art
performances
public art
Third Street/Convention Center station
Charlotte, NC
rape crisis center
National Endowment for the Arts
Joan Mitchell Foundation
Extended Sensibilities
The Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
PAFA

categories: 21st-century American women artists,1942 births,Lesbian artists,American contemporary artists,20th-century American women artists,Living people

paragraph: Jody Pinto

paragraph: Jody Pinto (born 1942) is an environmental artist internationally known for her site-specific public works. In her work as a feminist activist she founded WOAR.

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

paragraph: Jody Pinto was born in New York City in 1942. She attended Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, winning the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship while she was there which funded travels throughout Europe after her graduation. She earned her BFA from Philadelphia College of Art.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: Pinto's early works confront nature in work performances such as the 1976 digging piece "Triple Well Enclosure", which explores excavation and entombment.

paragraph: Section::::Work.:Public Art.

paragraph: In 1987 Pinto completed her first large-scale permanent public art work "Fingerspan".

paragraph: In 2008 Pinto completed a permanent work at the Third Street/Convention Center station in Charlotte, NC. The work consists of 20 illuminated fiberglass canopies that provide light and also serve as shelter for users during inclement weather. The canopies range in height from , , and and are either green or berry in color.

paragraph: Section::::WOAR.

paragraph: Jody Pinto founded the rape crisis center "Women Organized Against Rape" in 1972. WOAR was the first center to organize city institutions to prosecute rape as a crime. Pinto served as director until 1974. WOAR continues its work today (2019) partnering with community in its mission to eliminate sexual violence and provide services to any who have experienced it.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and Fellowships.

paragraph: Pinto won a National Endowment for the Arts Award in 1979. In 1994 she received a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant.

paragraph: Section::::Selected Exhibitions.

paragraph: Pinto's work was included in Extended Sensibilities, "the first exhibition to address homosexuality as a subject in art", at The New Museum in New York in 1982.

paragraph: Section::::Collections.

paragraph: Pinto's work is held in many permanent collections including:

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

paragraph: Section::::Teaching.

paragraph: Pinto began teaching at PAFA in 1978. While there she started the first visiting artist program to bring contemporary artists to speak at the school. She taught at PAFA for 40 years, retiring in 2018.

description: American, born 1942

wikidata_label: Jody Pinto

wikipedia_title: Jody Pinto


text: Mayor of Seattle

categories: 1881 births,1938 deaths,Mayors of Seattle

paragraph: John F. Dore

paragraph: John F. Dore (December 11, 1881 – April 18, 1938) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Seattle from 1932 to 1934 and from 1936 to 1938.

wikidata_label: John F. Dore

wikipedia_title: John F. Dore


text:
surfer
World Surf League
NSSA
ASP
2012 season
Christian
Hurley
Nike
Channel Islands
Homegrown Surf Shop
Smith Optics
Facebook
Official Site
Surfer Girls - Lakey Peterson

categories: Sportspeople from Santa Barbara, California,World Surf League surfers,Female surfers,American surfers,1994 births,Living people

paragraph: Lakey Peterson

paragraph: Laura Louise "Lakey" Peterson (born September 30, 1994) is an American professional surfer. She has been ranked as high as #1 by the World Surf League , the highest professional level of women's surfing, and #6 on the ASP Women's World Ranking. In 2009, Peterson landed the first-ever aerial in NSSA women's competition history and won the title.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: In 2000, when Peterson was just 5 years old, her parents, David and Sue, rounded up their youngest child and her two older siblings —Whitney, then 13, and Parker, 10 — and set out on a year-long, around-the-world adventure. It was during this trip that Peterson learned to surf. For three months, the Petersons set up shop in Manly Beach, Australia, where their littlest member instantly earned the nickname "Lakey Legend" from the locals for effortlessly catching wave after wave on her boogie board. However, once returning home to the US, Peterson did not continue surfing. It was at the age of 12 when she began surfing again. At the age of 16, Peterson was surfing on the ASP World Qualifying Series. She qualified for the ASP Women's World Championship Tour that year and began her rookie year on tour in the 2012 season, at age 17. Peterson is of Christian faith.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Peterson has been dating Australian surfer Thomas Allen for the past few years. On January 21, 2018, the couple got engaged, near Peterson's hometown in California, with close friends and fellow surfers near by. They were married on February 2, 2019.

paragraph: Section::::Sponsors.

paragraph: Peterson currently is sponsored by Hurley, Nike, Channel Islands, Homegrown Surf Shop, and Smith Optics. She is featured in a Toyota Tacoma commercial.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Facebook

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Site

paragraph: BULLET::::- Surfer Girls - Lakey Peterson

description: surfer

wikidata_label: Lakey Peterson

wikipedia_title: Lakey Peterson


text:
Commandant of the Marine Corps
William Ward Burrows II
United States Navy
Charleston, South Carolina
American Revolutionary War
South Carolina
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Congress
United States Marine Corps
President
John Adams
Samuel Nicholas
Continental Marines
Navy
Quasi-War
France
Barbary Wars
Mediterranean
U.S. Marine Band
Washington, D.C.
Arlington National Cemetery

categories: American military personnel of the Quasi-War,United States Marine Corps Commandants,Military personnel from Charleston, South Carolina,1805 deaths,1758 births,Burials at Arlington National Cemetery

paragraph: William Ward Burrows I

paragraph: William Ward Burrows I (January 16, 1758 – March 6, 1805) was the second Commandant of the Marine Corps. His son, William Ward Burrows II, was a decorated officer in the United States Navy.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Burrows was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He served in the American Revolutionary War with the state troops of South Carolina, but after the war moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to practice law. On July 12, 1798, the day following the approval of an act of Congress establishing a permanent United States Marine Corps, President John Adams appointed him as Major Commandant of the newly created organization which consisted of 881 officers, noncommissioned officers, privates and musicians. (Samuel Nicholas was in charge of the Continental Marines and by tradition is considered the first Marine Commandant.)

paragraph: The Marine Corps, as well as the Navy, had had its humble beginning a short time prior to its actual authorization as a Corps and both were formed to meet an impending national crisis involving a possible war with France. Marines had been enlisted by the War Department starting about six months before July 1798 as crews for the frigates authorized by Congress. These first Marine units to be organized were ship detachments for newly acquired vessels of the American Navy, which were being hurriedly placed in commission at Philadelphia and hurried off to sea to fight cruisers and destroy commerce in the Quasi-War with France. During the first several months that he was Commandant, his principal concern was the supplying and keeping up to strength the Marine detachments for the vessels of the Navy.

paragraph: Headquarters of the Corps was in camp near Philadelphia until the national capital began its move to Washington in 1800. A small detachment of Marines was sent to the new capital in March of that year to protect the newly established navy yard, while Major Burrows, with his staff and headquarters troops, moved to Washington in late July and set up their camp.

paragraph: Major Burrows was promoted to lieutenant colonel on May 1, 1800. The Quasi-War with France continued until September of that year, when matters were finally adjusted. The insistence of Congress that the cost of the naval establishment be immediately reduced caused considerable embarrassment to Burrows in his effort to establish the Marine Corps on a peacetime basis. The Barbary Wars broke out soon afterwards and the main concern of the Corps was to supply detachments to naval vessels for duty in the Mediterranean.

paragraph: Lieutenant Colonel Burrows is credited with beginning many of the Corps' institutions, including, most notably, the U.S. Marine Band, which he financed in part by levying contributions from his officers. He demanded high standards of professional performance and personal conduct of his officers and these have become hallmarks of the Corps. Ill health forced his resignation on March 6, 1804.

paragraph: Lieutenant Colonel Burrows died a year later in Washington, D.C.. He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. His remains were re-interred in Arlington National Cemetery on May 12, 1892.

description: 2nd Commandant of the Marine Corps

wikidata_label: William Ward Burrows I

wikipedia_title: William Ward Burrows I


text: Air Commodore

text: Scottish

text: Mount Everest

text: Pimlico

text: Alfred, 13th Duke of Hamilton

text: Nina (née Poore)

text: Eton

text: Balliol College, Oxford

text: Blue

text: boxing

text: Middleweight

text: Duke of Hamilton

text: Keeper of Holyroodhouse

text: Unionist

text: Member of Parliament

text: East Renfrewshire

text: 7th (Blythswood) Battalion

text: Highland Light Infantry

text: mines

text: Trades Union

text: Royal Auxiliary Air Force

text: 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron

text: pilot officer

text: flying officer

text: flight lieutenant

text: Lucy, Lady Houston

text: Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition

text: Mount Everest

text: Westland PV-3

text: biplane

text: pressurised cabins

text: Himalaya

text: Scottish Aviation Ltd

text: BAE Systems

text: Wings over Everest

text: Ivor Montagu

text: Geoffrey Barkas

text: Air Force Cross

text: 1935 New Year Honours

text: astronaut

text: wing commander

text: 1936 Summer Olympics

text: Berlin

text: Joachim von Ribbentrop

text: National Socialist

text: Court of St. James's

text: Hermann Göring

text: Luftwaffe

text: Rudolf Hess

text: geopolitician

text: Albrecht Haushofer

text: Karl Haushofer

text: Rudolf Hess

text: Mentioned in Dispatches

text: World War II

text: Air Commodore

text: Air Training Corps

text: group captain

text: Scotland

text: British Empire

text: Eaglesham

text: Winston Churchill

text: Nuremberg trials

text: House of Commons

text: Sir Archibald Sinclair

text: Secretary of State for Air

text: Hamilton

text: Harry Lauder

text: Privy Counsellor

text: Lord Steward of the Household

text: Order of the Thistle

text: Royal Company of Archers

text: Boys' Brigade

text: Air League

text: Hamilton Academy

text: Scottish Aviation

text: British Linen Bank

text: Securicor

text: Building Societies Association

text: Nationwide Building Society

text: Norwich Union

text: The Pilots' book of Everest

text: Lady Elizabeth Ivy Percy

text: Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland

text: Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton

text: Lord David Douglas-Hamilton

text: Portrait

categories: Chancellors of the University of St Andrews,Knights of the Thistle,Deputy Lieutenants of Lanarkshire,House of Douglas and Angus,Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs,People educated at Eton College,Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom),Scottish aviators,Dukes of Brandon,Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers,UK MPs 1935–1945,Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany,Scottish explorers,Dukes of Hamilton,Royal Air Force personnel of World War II,Marquesses of Douglas,Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford,Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order,Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh,1903 births,UK MPs 1929–1931,Recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain,UK MPs 1931–1935,1973 deaths,Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom,Royal Air Force officers,Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society,Scottish male boxers,Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies

paragraph: Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, (3 February 1903 – 30 March 1973) was a Scottish nobleman and aviator who, together with D.F. McIntyre, was one of the first men to fly over Mount Everest.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Hamilton was born in Pimlico, London. He was the son of Alfred, 13th Duke of Hamilton and his wife Nina (née Poore). He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where he gained a Blue in boxing, this in turn, led to his winning of the Scottish Amateur Middleweight title. He also represented the university in rowing.

paragraph: Styled Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale before he succeeded his father as the Duke of Hamilton and Keeper of Holyroodhouse in 1940, he had been a prominent Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire from 1930 until he succeeded to his titles. He was appointed the honorary colonel of the 7th (Blythswood) Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry in July 1931. In 1935 in order to experience the life of the employees in his family's mines, he joined a Trades Union and worked for a time at the coal face, as plain 'Mr. Hamilton'.

paragraph: Section::::Air force career and flight over Everest.

paragraph: He became interested in flying at an early age and served in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF). He was commissioned in the 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron as a pilot officer on 4 July 1927, with subsequent and rapid promotions to flying officer (4 January 1929) and to flight lieutenant (15 January 1930). On 6 May 1931, aged 28, the Marquess became the youngest squadron leader of his day, commanding the squadron from 1931 to 1936.

paragraph: He was involved in one of the more ambitious aeronautical flights of the early twentieth century, sponsored by Lucy, Lady Houston, the Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition. Flying in formation higher than any before; Lord Clydesdale, as he was known, was chief pilot on the first flight over Mount Everest in 1933, flying a Westland PV-3 biplane. The extremity endured by the crews of these aeroplanes helped demonstrate the need for pressurised cabins in modern aircraft. It was also the first detailed and scientific survey of the Himalaya region. Indirectly, the expedition resulted in the formation of Scottish Aviation Ltd (now part of BAE Systems). A film, "Wings over Everest", by Ivor Montagu and Geoffrey Barkas, was made of the record-setting flight.

paragraph: In recognition of his role in the expedition, he was decorated with the Air Force Cross in the 1935 New Year Honours. As a pioneering early aviator, he was regarded in much the same heroic way as the astronauts a generation later.

paragraph: On 2 September 1936, he relinquished command of his squadron, receiving a promotion to wing commander.

paragraph: Hamilton had attended the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. A keen sportsman, he had flown his own plane to Germany where he was a member of a multi-party parliamentary group which had been invited to Berlin to observe the games by the German government.

paragraph: In Berlin, he attended numerous functions, including a grand dinner for the British contingent hosted by Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German ambassador to Britain and later foreign minister, where he was introduced to Hitler and other leading members of the National Socialist government. Hamilton had previously met Ribbentrop in London as the Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. Hamilton was invited by Hermann Göring to inspect the newly reinstated Luftwaffe, for his professional interest in aviation. It has been suggested that Hamilton either through his own initiative or under instruction indulged in some minor espionage during these occasions. He claimed not to have met the deputy Führer Rudolf Hess while in Germany, although did attend a dinner party in Berlin also attended by the deputy Führer. As both were highly competent pilots with an avid interest in aviation, there is speculation as to the reliability of this assertion.

paragraph: Whilst in Germany Hamilton had met the geopolitician Albrecht Haushofer, son of the distinguished geopolitical academic Karl Haushofer. The younger Haushofer had studied alongside Hess at Munich University. On Hess's rise to prominence within the Nazi Party, Haushofer became his advisor on foreign affairs. There is speculation that deputy Führer Rudolf Hess communicated with the Duke via Haushofer after the outbreak of war.

paragraph: In 1940, upon his father's death, Hamilton succeeded to the Dukedom. As an RAF officer, he was also responsible for the aerial defence of his sector of Southern Scotland and Northern England and was Mentioned in Dispatches for his war service. At the outbreak of World War II, he resumed his commission with the honorary rank of Air Commodore. He was responsible for air defence in Scotland and took command of the Air Training Corps. He was promoted to temporary group captain on 1 June 1941.

paragraph: Section::::World War II, the Hess Affair, and after.:Hess.

paragraph: On 10 May 1941, Hess parachuted into Scotland; the reason for his doing so was ostensibly to meet with the Duke and plot a secret peace treaty that would lead to the supremacy of Germany within Europe and the reinforcement of the British Empire without.

paragraph: Hess crash landed at Floors Farm near Eaglesham at 10:34 pm and gave his name as "Alfred Horn", a friend of the Duke of Hamilton; Hess however, was taken to hospital for injuries sustained during his descent. Hamilton was informed of the prisoner and visited him, whereupon he revealed his true identity. Hamilton immediately contacted Winston Churchill and informed him of the Deputy Führer's arrival. Hess was imprisoned by the British authorities until the end of the war and the subsequent Nuremberg trials.

paragraph: Hamilton came under pressure from the press to explain his role in the affair, with suspicions being raised that he might have been in prior contact with Hess. Questions were asked in the House of Commons. On 22 May, Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Secretary of State for Air, gave this statement to the House:

paragraph: When deputy Führer Hess came down with his aeroplane in Scotland on 10 May, he gave a false name and asked to see the Duke of Hamilton. The Duke, being apprised by the authorities, visited the German prisoner in hospital. Hess then revealed for the first time his true identity, saying that he had seen the Duke when he was at the Olympic games at Berlin in 1936. The Duke did not recognise the Deputy Führer. He had however, visited Germany for the Olympic games in 1936, and during that time had attended more than one large public function at which German ministers were present. It is, therefore, quite possible that the deputy Führer may have seen him on one such occasion. As soon as the interview was over, Wing Commander the Duke of Hamilton flew to England and gave a full report of what had passed to the Prime Minister, who sent for him. Contrary to reports which have appeared in some newspapers, the Duke has never been in correspondence with the Deputy Führer. None of the Duke's three brothers, who are, like him, serving in the Royal Air Force has either met Hess or has had correspondence with him. It will be seen that the conduct of the Duke of Hamilton has been in every respect honourable and proper.

paragraph: Section::::World War II, the Hess Affair, and after.:Sir Harry Lauder.

paragraph: At the end of February 1950, the Duke led the funeral procession, on foot, through Hamilton for his friend Sir Harry Lauder, said to be the largest funeral ever held in the town, and read the Lesson during the service, describing Lauder as "a Great Scot".

paragraph: Section::::Offices and positions held.

paragraph: He was appointed Privy Counsellor and Lord Steward of the Household, holding the latter office until 1964.

paragraph: He served as Chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1948 to 1973. He was appointed to the Order of the Thistle on 8 December 1951. He was also a member of the Royal Company of Archers, the Sovereign's bodyguard for Scotland.

paragraph: He served as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland four times, in 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1958.

paragraph: In 1963 the Duke was made honorary president of the Boys' Brigade; he had been the treasurer since 1938. He was the president of the Air League from 1959 to 1968.

paragraph: The Duke served as President of the Hamilton Academy FP (former pupils) Rugby Club, 1946–1955.

paragraph: Section::::Offices and positions held.:Business positions held.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Director of Scottish Aviation Ltd

paragraph: BULLET::::- Deputy governor of the British Linen Bank

paragraph: BULLET::::- President of Securicor (Scotland) Ltd

paragraph: BULLET::::- President of the Building Societies Association

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chairman of Nationwide Building Society (Scotland)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chairman of Norwich Union Life and Fire Insurance Society (Scotland)

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: "The Pilots' book of Everest" - with Flight Lieutenant D.F. McIntyre. Hodge, London, 1936.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and issue.

paragraph: In 1937, he married the Lady Elizabeth Ivy Percy, daughter of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, and had five sons:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton (born 13 September 1938, died 5 June 2010); married three times, with issue from the first

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (born 31 July 1942); married with issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lord Hugh Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton (born 22 August 1946, died 21 June 1995): married twice, with issue from the first

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lord Patrick George Douglas-Hamilton (born 2 August 1950); married and has issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lord David Stephen Douglas-Hamilton (born 26 December 1952)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk (1906 – 1994)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton (1909 – 1964)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1912 – 1944)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Notes

paragraph: Bibliography

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Who's Who 1973". A. & C. Black, London, 1973.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrait

paragraph: BULLET::::- Douglas, 14th Duke of Hamilton and his three brothers

description: British politician


text:
professional
American football
running back
Denton, Texas
Lincoln High School
Dallas
North Texas State College
University of North Texas
1957
fifth round
1960 NFL draft
Pittsburgh Steelers
Dallas Texans
Kidd Field
1959 Sun Bowl
Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Kansas City Chiefs
1963
retired his number
1961
Hank Stram
AFL championship game
Houston Oilers
professional football championship game
Len Dawson
1962
Buffalo Bills
Cotton Bowl
Denver Broncos
1965
1966
Miami Dolphins
New York Jets
All-Time All-AFL second team
1962 AFL Championship Game
Jeppesen Stadium
coin toss
Tommy Brooker

categories: Dallas Texans (AFL) players,American Football League Rookies of the Year,Kansas City Chiefs players,1937 births,Denver Broncos (AFL) players,American Football League All-League players,American Football League Most Valuable Players,American Football League rushing leaders,American Football League All-Time Team,American Football League All-Star players,Miami Dolphins players,New York Jets players,North Texas Mean Green football players,American football running backs,Living people

paragraph: Abner Haynes

paragraph: Abner Haynes (born September 19, 1937) is a former professional American football running back.

paragraph: Section::::Early years and integration of major college football in Texas.

paragraph: Born in Denton, Texas, Haynes graduated from Lincoln High School in Dallas in 1956. He played college football at North Texas State College in Denton (now the University of North Texas) where he and his then teammate Leon King integrated college football in the state of Texas in 1957.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Although selected in the fifth round (55th overall) of the 1960 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, Haynes chose to play for the AFL's Dallas Texans, signing his contract with the team under the goal posts of Kidd Field after the 1959 Sun Bowl. Haynes led the AFL in rushing attempts, yards, and TDs in its first year. Haynes' father, a minister, advised that the young man play in the AFL after Buddy Parker and Bobby Layne of the Steelers made a drunken visit to Haynes' house.

paragraph: Haynes helped popularize the AFL in 1960, when he was the fledgling league's first Player of the Year, and its first Rookie of the Year. He captured the AFL's first rushing crown with 875 yards, and also led the Texans in receiving, punt returns, and kickoff returns. Haynes spent three years in Dallas and two with same franchise when it became the Kansas City Chiefs in 1963. The Chiefs and the North Texas Eagles both retired his number 28 in honor of his many achievements.

paragraph: "He was a franchise player before they talked about franchise players", praised Stram. "He did it all -- rushing, receiving, kickoff returns, punt returns. He gave us the dimension we needed to be a good team in Dallas." The , Haynes, who had great speed and dazzling moves in the open field, was regularly among the AFL's top 10 rushers (3rd all-time), and set AFL records with 5 touchdowns in a game, 19 in a season in 1961, and 46 in his career. Haynes still owns 10 Texans franchise records, including most points in a game (30), most touchdowns in a game (5), and most career combined yards (8,442). He was Hall of Fame head coach Hank Stram's most versatile and dangerous weapon from 1960–62, amassing 43 touchdowns and 4,472 yards on rushes and receptions. In 1962, he helped the Texans win the AFL championship game in the classic double-overtime victory over the two-time defending champion Houston Oilers. At the time it was the longest professional football championship game ever played. In that game, Haynes scored touchdowns on a 28-yard pass reception from quarterback Len Dawson, and on a 2-yard run.

paragraph: Another notable game for Haynes was in 1962 on September 30 against the Buffalo Bills at the Cotton Bowl; he ran for 164 yards on just 16 attempts (10+ yards per carry), with two touchdown runs, one of 71 yards and one of 13 yards, in the Texans' 41–21 victory.

paragraph: Haynes was then traded to the Denver Broncos. In 1965, he scored three rushing touchdowns, two receiving touchdowns, and returned one punt for a touchdown. He also led the league in kick returns (34), kick return yards (901), kick return average (26.5), and was fourth in the league in all-purpose yards (1,404). On Oct 17, he returned 3 kicks 140 yards for a franchise record 46.7 average. In 1966, he had 304 yards rushing and 480 receiving, but led the league with 11 fumbles and was let go. In 1967, he played for both the Miami Dolphins, and the New York Jets.

paragraph: During his 8 professional seasons, Haynes carried the ball 1,036 times for 4,630 yards, a 4.5 average; caught 287 passes for 3,535 yards, a 12.3 average, and 20 touchdowns; returned 85 punts for 875 yards, a 10.3 average, and 1 touchdown; and ran back 121 kickoffs for 3,025 yards, a 25.0 average, and 1 touchdown. His 12,065 combined yards is the American Football League record. Haynes had three games in which he gained 100 or more yards on 14 or fewer carries, and was selected to the All-Time All-AFL second team. He has a program called "Heroes of Football" which connects former professional players with their communities. Haynes is the cousin of Sly Stone, Rose Stone, and Feddie Stone of "Sly and the Family Stone".

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:"We’ll Kick to the Clock".

paragraph: In the 1962 AFL Championship Game, Haynes made what could have been a costly error at the start of overtime. Coach Stram, aware of the strong winds at Jeppesen Stadium, instructed Haynes, should the Texans win the coin toss, to choose the end of the field facing the stadium clock, which would give the Texans the wind at their backs. (In professional American football, the team winning the coin toss can choose either to elect whether to kickoff or receive the kickoff, or elect which goal to defend. If that team's election is regarding the kickoff, the other team gets to elect which goal to defend; and vice versa.)

paragraph: The Texans won the coin toss. Haynes, assuming that when the Texans elected which goal to defend, the Oilers would elect to receive the kickoff (thereby gaining first possession of the ball), told the referee, "We'll kick to the clock." However, by starting with the words "We'll kick", Haynes had made the election for the Texans to kick off, allowing the Oilers, not the Texans, to choose which goal to defend. The Texans saved Haynes from embarrassment by not allowing the Oilers to score in that first overtime, then won the game on Tommy Brooker's field goal 2 minutes and 54 seconds into the second overtime (after the teams had switched ends).

paragraph: When asked about his mistake following the game, Haynes said "I knew we'd need the wind behind us in the sixth quarter."

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Abner Haynes

wikipedia_title: Abner Haynes