text:
Cheap Trick
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Beloit, Wisconsin
Loves Park, Illinois
Rick Nielsen
Tom Petersson
Bun E. Carlos
Cheap Trick at Budokan
I Want You to Want Me
The Flame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Robin Zander
Steel Panther
She's Tight
One On One
hard rock
Joe Elliott
Def Leppard
Vince Neil
Mötley Crüe
Axl Rose
Guns N' Roses
Bret Michaels
Poison
Sebastian Bach
Skid Row
punk revivalist
Billie Joe Armstrong
Green Day
alternative
Billy Corgan
The Smashing Pumpkins
Eddie Vedder
Pearl Jam
Kurt Cobain
Nirvana
Scott Weiland
Stone Temple Pilots
Classic Rock
Playboy Playmate
Pamela Stein
Robin Zander
I've Always Got You
Ann Wilson
Tequila Sunrise
Over the Top
You Send the Rain Away
Rebbie Jackson

categories: American rock guitarists,People from Loves Park, Illinois,Singers from Wisconsin,20th-century American singers,Power pop musicians,1953 births,American male singers,American rock singers,American people of German descent,21st-century American singers,People from Pinellas County, Florida,Guitarists from Florida,Rhythm guitarists,People from Beloit, Wisconsin,Cheap Trick members,Living people,American male guitarists,Guitarists from Wisconsin,Singers from Florida

paragraph: Robin Zander

paragraph: Robin Zander (born January 23, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist. He is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Cheap Trick, but is also a solo artist. Zander was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 as a member of Cheap Trick.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Zander was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, and grew up in nearby Loves Park, Illinois. He learned to play the guitar by age 12. Zander graduated from Harlem High School in Machesney Park, Illinois. After playing in high school bands in the 1960s, he joined Brian Beebe to form the folk duo Zander & Kent in the early 1970s.

paragraph: Section::::Music career.

paragraph: Section::::Music career.:Cheap Trick.

paragraph: In 1974, Zander accepted an invitation to join Cheap Trick. Along with Zander, the band consisted of guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, and drummer Bun E. Carlos. Cheap Trick's 1979 album, "Cheap Trick at Budokan", catapulted the band to stardom. The band reached the Top 10 in the U.S. charts in 1979 with "I Want You to Want Me" and topped the charts in 1988 with "The Flame". As of 2018, Cheap Trick had been a band for over 40 years. Cheap Trick has performed more than 5,000 shows and has sold more than 20 million albums. Zander was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Cheap Trick in 2016.

paragraph: Section::::Music career.:Other work.

paragraph: Zander released the solo album "Robin Zander" in 1993. A second solo album, "Countryside Blvd", was released online in April 2011 but was withdrawn from online music outlets within hours of being available.

paragraph: On September 30, 2016, Los Angeles rock band Steel Panther released a cover version of Cheap Trick song "She's Tight" (from Cheap Trick's 1982 album "One On One"), which features Zander singing and appearing in the music video.

paragraph: Section::::Music career.:Influence.

paragraph: Known for his "pin-up good looks", Zander's singing has been described as "jaw-dropping" and "supremely virtuosic". In a 2014 piece titled "Unsung Heroes: The 10 Most Underrated Classic Rock Singers", Dan Tucker of VH1.com described Zander as having "range, style and attitude." Zander is a tenor.

paragraph: Zander's vocal style has influenced many other rock singers, from 1980s hard rockers (such as Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe, Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses, Bret Michaels of Poison, and Sebastian Bach of Skid Row) to 1990s punk revivalists (such as Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day) to alternative icons (such as Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, and Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots).

paragraph: The May 2009 issue of "Classic Rock" magazine published a list of the 50 Greatest Singers in Rock. Zander was voted #23 on the list by readers, "Classic Rock" critics and a number of singers.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Zander and his first wife, Karen, had two children: A son named Ian Zander and a daughter named Holland Zander. Ian and Holland Zander are musicians.

paragraph: As of 2018, Zander lives in Safety Harbor, Florida with his wife, former Playboy Playmate Pamela Stein. Zander and Stein have a son, Robin Taylor Zander, and a daughter, Robin-Sailor Zander; both are singer-songwriters.

paragraph: Section::::Solo discography.

paragraph: Section::::Solo discography.:Albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Robin Zander" (1993)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Countryside Blvd" (2011)

paragraph: Section::::Solo discography.:Singles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I've Always Got You" (1993), #13 Billboard's Mainstream Rock, from the album "Robin Zander".

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Surrender To Me" with Ann Wilson (1988), from the soundtrack to "Tequila Sunrise", #6 Billboard's Hot 100 Chart, #42 Billboard's Mainstream Rock.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In This Country" (1987), from the soundtrack to "Over the Top".

paragraph: BULLET::::- "You Send the Rain Away" (1987) duet with Rebbie Jackson, #50 Billboard's R&B Chart.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::References.:Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Reputation is a Fragile Thing" by Mike Hayes with Ken Sharp (published by Poptastic, 1998)

description: singer and guitarist for the rock band Cheap Trick

wikidata_label: Robin Zander

wikipedia_title: Robin Zander


text: SS

text: Nazi era

text: Adolf Hitler

text: Essen

text: World War I

text: Iron Cross

text: political science

text: Nazi Party

text: SS

text: SA

text: Hitler Youth

text: German Labor Front

text: Joseph Goebbels

text: Hans Fritzsche

text: World War II

text: Subsequent Nuremberg Trials

text: crimes against humanity

text: Düsseldorf

text: Landsberg Prison

text: Nazism

text: Skyhorse Publishing

text: Roger Moorhouse

categories: SS-Obergruppenführer,Prisoners and detainees of the United States military,People convicted by the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunals,1897 births,1952 deaths,People from Essen,Nazi leaders,Nazi propagandists,Nazi war criminals released early from prison,Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class,People from the Rhine Province,German people convicted of crimes against humanity

paragraph: Otto Dietrich

paragraph: Jacob Otto Dietrich (31 August 1897 – 22 November 1952) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era, who served as the Press Chief of Nazi regime and was a confidant of Adolf Hitler.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Otto Dietrich was born in August 1897, in Essen. After his military service as a soldier during World War I, he was awarded the Iron Cross (First Class). After this he studied at the universities of Munich, Frankfurt am Main and Freiburg, from which he graduated with a doctorate in political science in 1921.

paragraph: Dietrich worked for newspapers in Essen and Munich. In 1929 he became a member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) as a Personal Press Referent. Here he was able to introduce Hitler to numerous important officials within different sects of the mining industry to help secure funding for the Nazi Party. On 1 August 1931 he was appointed Press Chief of the NSDAP, and the following year joined the SS. On February 28, 1934, Hitler raised Dietrich to the position of Reich Press Chief of the Nazi party. In November 1937, Dietrich became the Reich Press Chief of the Government. On April 20, 1941 he had risen to the rank of SS-"Obergruppenführer".

paragraph: In the decree from Hitler on February 28, 1934 the role of the Reich Press Chief was loosely explained: "He directs in my name the guiding principles for the entire editorial work of the Part Press. In addition, as my Press Chief he is the highest authority for all press publications of the Party and all its agencies." Dietrich, as the Press Chief of the Nazi Party and later as the Reich Press Chief of the Government, had control over the Nazi party's publications and newspapers. This included anything disseminated to the SS, SA, Hitler Youth, and the German Labor Front. The work done by Dietrich helped to secure the Nazis foothold in Germany. He aided party members to acquire positions of power and general acceptance within different communities and helped to spread Nazi ideology to the public.

paragraph: His job as Press Chief overlapped with Joseph Goebbels's Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, and thus many anecdotes exist of their feuds. They were infamous for their disagreements, and both often felt obliged to "repair" the mistakes of the other. Dietrich believed himself to be the supreme commander over the German press and so sought to lessen Goebbels's influence within the Press Department.

paragraph: Dietrich had a close relationship with Hitler. In some testimony from Hans Fritzsche, the head of the German Press Division from December 1938 to November 1942, who worked under Dietrich, he noted that: "For years he (Dietrich) also summarized the press telegrams, which constituted one of the most important sources of information for Hitler. Finally I could see for myself that he elaborated Hitler's speeches for publication. Thus Dr. Dietrich also functioned as the transmitter of Hitler's current directives to Dr. Goebbels."

paragraph: Dietrich retained the confidence of the "Führer" throughout the regime until Hitler fired him after an argument towards the end of World War II. However, in the secrecy mandated by war, Dietrich, who was not in Hitler's "inner circle," often did not truly know of Hitler's whereabouts. In 1949, he was tried at the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials, where he was convicted of crimes against humanity and being a member of a criminal organization, namely the SS and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. He was released in 1950. At the age of 55 Dietrich died in November 1952 in Düsseldorf.

paragraph: Section::::Memoir: "The Hitler I Knew".

paragraph: In captivity in Landsberg Prison, Dietrich wrote "The Hitler I Knew. Memoirs of the Third Reich's Press Chief", a book sharply critical of Hitler personally and strongly denouncing the crimes committed in the name of Nazism. The first part of the book contains assessments by Dietrich about his character, his reflections on Hitler as a politician and as a soldier, and his critique of his leadership. The second part ("Scenes from Hitler's Life") describes Dietrich's first-hand oberservations of Hitler's daily activities before and during the war. The book was republished in 2010 by Skyhorse Publishing, with a new introduction by historian Roger Moorhouse, who indicates that "his (Dietrich) insights are sound and sincere, but the obvious question which arises is: when did they occur to him?".

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dietrich O. "The Hitler I Knew. Memoirs of the Third Reich's Press Chief." Skyhorse Publishing, 2010.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::References.:Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hardy, Alexander G. (1967). "Hitler's Secret Weapon: The "Managed" Press and Propaganda Machine of Nazi Germany." New York: Vantage Press.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Die philosophischen Grundlagen des Nationalsozialismus" "The Philosophical Foundations of National Socialism" by Otto Dietrich

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Führer and the German People" An essay by Dietrich

paragraph: BULLET::::- "With Hitler On the Road to Power" by Otto Dietrich

description: German general

wikidata_label: Otto Dietrich

wikipedia_title: Otto Dietrich


text:
Balti
Balti
Maqpon dynasty
Baltistan
Ladakh
Ghizar
Chitral
Mughal
Balti
Shigar
Delhi
Akbar
Akbar
Laddakh
Kargil
Skardu
Khaplu
Shigar
Marol
Leh
Lama
Dogra
Roundu Baltistan
Dras
Gilgit
Chilas
Astore
Hunza
Chitral
Plane Tree
Bronshel
Purang
Polo
Kargil
Kargil District
Satpara Lake
Kharfocho Fort
Skardu

categories: People from Gilgit-Baltistan,1590 births,1625 deaths,People from Skardu District,Balti people,History of Baltistan

paragraph: Ali Sher Khan Anchan

paragraph: Ali Sher Khan Anchan (1590-1625) (Balti: علی شیر خان انچن) (also called Ali Rai, Ray Alī, Alī Rai, Raja Sher Ali Mir, Mir Ali, Sher Ali and Ali Zad) was a famous Balti king. He was a Maqpon dynasty king who unified Baltistan and expanded its frontiers to Ladakh and western Tibet in the east, and in the west to the borders of Ghizar and Chitral.

paragraph: Section::::Military Achievements.

paragraph: Section::::Military Achievements.:Anchan and Mughals.

paragraph: Anchan came into contact with the Mughal court. According to the Balti version, Ali Sher Khan Anchan lost his royal father as a child. His maternal uncle, the Raja of Shigar, took him to Shigar with his mother. The intention was probably to put him to death and annex the Skardu Kingdom, the boy's inheritance, to his Kingdom of Shigar. At the age of 18, with twelve faithful followers of his father, Ali Sher Khan fled to Delhi. He was noticed by the Emperor Akbar when he showed his physical prowess by killing a lion while hunting in Delhi. The Emperor gave him the command of a Moghul army to reclaim his lost kingdom. While at Delhi, he married a Moghul princess named Gul Khatoon. In 1586 A.D., when Akbar the Great conquered Kashmir, Ali Sher Khan Anchan was with him (referred to as Ali Rai by Mughal historians).

paragraph: Section::::Military Achievements.:Conquest of Ladakh.

paragraph: It is related that Ladakhi kingdom extended up to Sermik in the West. During the reign of Ghazi Mir, the Ladakhis were driven out not only from the Kharmang valley but the entire district of Purik (Kargil) was occupied by Ali Sher Khan, the heir apparent. He is said to have garrisoned the fort at Kharbu with soldiers and appointed a ‘Kharpon’ or governor to administer the border area.

paragraph: A few years had not passed when the Raja of Laddakh, Jamyang Namgyal, attacked the principalities in the district of Purik (Kargil) annihilating the Skardu garrison at Kharbu and putting to sword a number of petty Muslim rulers in the Muslim principalities in Purik (Kargil), Ali Sher Khan Anchan, Sher Ghazi, Raja of Khaplu and Raja of Shigar left with a strong army by way of Marol and bypassing the Laddakhi army occupied Leh, the capital of Laddakh.It appears that the Balti conquest of Laddakh took place in about 1594 A.D. The Raja of Laddakh was ultimately taken prisoner. Legends show that the Balti army obsessed with success advanced as far as Purang, in the valley of Mansarwar Lake, and won the admiration of their enemies and friends. The Raja of Laddakh sued for peace and since Ali Sher Khan’s intention was not to annex Laddakh, he agreed subject to the condition that the village of Ganokh and Gagra Nullah should be ceded to Skardu and he (the Laddakhi Raja) should pay annual tribute. This tribute was paid through the Gonpa (monastery) of Lama Yuru till the Dogra conquest of Laddakh. "Hashmatullah" records that the Head Lama of the said Gonpa had admitted before him the payment of yearly tribute to Skardu Darbar till the Dogra conquest of Laddakh.

paragraph: The king of Laddakh offered his daughter in marriage to Ali Sher Khan.

paragraph: Section::::Military Achievements.:Conquest of Dardistan and Chitral.

paragraph: The incessant attacks on and plunder of villages in Roundu Baltistan, Dras, Gultari and Shingo Shigar by people from Gilgit, Chilas and Astore while he was preoccupied in the campaigns in Laddakh, forced Ali Sher Khan Anchan to march on Gilgit with an Army worthy of his glorious name. He conquered Astore, Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar and Chilas. From Gilgit he advanced to and conquered Chitral and Kafiristan.

paragraph: To commemorate his victory he planted a Chinar Tree (Plane Tree) at Chitral near the village of Bronshel. In Balti folk songs and stories Chitral is known by the name of Brushal and this Chinar tree is referred to as Brosho Shingial or the Chinal of Broshal-corrupted form of Bronshal. In the folk lore named after this Chinar of Brushal-Brosho Shingial, the exploits of Ali Sher Khan are enumerated and tribute is paid to the Anchan for his remarkable conquest and the boundary of his kingdom from Purang in the east to Brushal or Chitral in the West and in doing so, the Balti people have also been allowed to share the tribute. In one line the western and eastern boundaries of the Maqpon Empire have been defined ‘Leh Purang na Brushal Shingel’ meaning ‘from Leh’s Purang to Brushal’s Chinar Tree’.

paragraph: He started Polo at "Shundur Polo Ground" first time.

paragraph: Section::::Military Achievements.:Conquest of Kargil.

paragraph: Ali Sher Khan Anchan conquered most of the principalities of Kargil and introduced Balti culture in the Kargil District.

paragraph: Section::::Constructions.

paragraph: Anchan also took a lot interest in constructions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- WATER CHANNEL (STREAM) FROM HARGISA NULLAH TO KACHURA

paragraph: A water channel (stream) was constructed from Hargisa Nullah near Koshmara to the Kachura lake. It was dug on the pattern of those found in Srinagar. Shikaras (small boats) ferried between Kushmara and Kachura. This stream had the twin purpose of providing irrigational facilities to the people as well as recreation to the royal princesses. Ruins of the stream are still to be found in Giayul village.

paragraph: BULLET::::- BUND AT SATPAR LAKE.

paragraph: Ali Sher Khan is also credited with the construction of a dam on the Satpara Lake which irrigates Skardu. During the winter months the doors of the barrage were closed and in spring time opened according to irrigational needs. This practice is followed even to this day.

paragraph: BULLET::::- KHARFOCHO AND KHACHE KHAR

paragraph: The construction of the Kharfocho Fort has been attributed by Hashmatullah to Maqpon Bukha or more correctly, Bugha, one of his ancestors. Cunningham and Moghal historians are of the view that the fort was constructed by Ali Sher Khan. Fosco Maraini says that everything of note in Skardu was put down to the credit of Ali Sher Khan.

description: Balti king

wikidata_label: Ali Sher Khan Anchan

wikipedia_title: Ali Sher Khan Anchan


text:
Lithuanian noble
Trąby coat of arms
Grand Chancellor
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Voivode of Vilnius
cześnik
podkomorzy
Bychowiec Chronicle
Battle of Chojnice
Teutonic Knights
starosta
Hrodna
Polatsk
Mykolas Kęsgaila
Grand Chancellor
Voivode of Vilnius
Mikalojus Radvila the Old
Pope Sixtus IV
Ottoman Turks
Martynas Goštautas
Voivode of Trakai
Maladzyechna
Minsk
Hrodna
Dokshytsy
Smalyavichy
Voupa
Vilnius Castle Complex
Jan Długosz
Mikalojus Radvila the Old
Astikai
Jonas Manvydas
Olshanski
Tęczyński
Stanislovas Kęsgaila
Stanislovas Kęsgaila
Cistercian

categories: Ruthenian nobility,1491 deaths,Lithuanian nobility

paragraph: Alekna Sudimantaitis

paragraph: Alekna Sudimantaitis (, ; died in 1490/1491) was an influential Lithuanian noble of Trąby coat of arms, Grand Chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1478–1490) and Voivode of Vilnius (1477–1490).

paragraph: Alekna is mentioned in written sources in 1446. He was royal cup-bearer (cześnik, 1448–1477) and chamberlain (podkomorzy; 1449–1453). According to the Bychowiec Chronicle, Alekna led a Lithuanian squad in the 1454 Battle of Chojnice. During the battle Alekna was taken captive by the Teutonic Knights. He was also starosta of Hrodna (1458–1459) and regent of Polatsk (1463–1477). After the death of Mykolas Kęsgaila in 1476, Alekna became Grand Chancellor and Voivode of Vilnius. He held those positions until his death in 1490 or 1491; the positions were taken over by Alekna's relative Mikalojus Radvila the Old. In 1482, a brevis from Pope Sixtus IV to launch a new crusade against the Ottoman Turks was addressed to Alekna and Martynas Goštautas, Voivode of Trakai.

paragraph: He considered Hozhevo () near Maladzyechna and Ratomas near Minsk as his patrimony. He also held territories near Hrodna and in Tureysk (). Through his wife, Alekna inherited Dokshytsy. From Grand Duke Casimir, Alekna received Smalyavichy, Voupa, Ostroshitsy (). He funded an altar inside a chapel of Vilnius Castle Complex, where his wife Jadvyga was buried. It is likely that he was buried there as well.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Biased works of Jan Długosz claimed that Alekna was of "humble lot," when in fact Alekna hailed from an established noble family. He was a son of Sudimantas Dargaitis and second cousin of Mikalojus Radvila the Old (see family tree in Astikai). He married Jadvyga, daughter of Jonas Manvydas. They had five daughters:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sophia, wife of Alexander Olshanski

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alexandra, wife of Mikołaj Tęczyński – one of the first known marriages of a Lithuanian noblewoman to a Polish nobleman

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter of unknown name, wife of Stanislovas Kęsgaila

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jadviga, wife of Jonas Kontautaitis, Stanislovas Mantautas, and Stanislovas Kęsgaila

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anna, a Cistercian nun

description: Grand Chancellor of Lithuania, Voivode of Vilnius

wikidata_label: Alekna Sudimantaitis

wikipedia_title: Alekna Sudimantaitis


text:
QC
British
Labour
Guy Paget
Eton
Trinity College, Cambridge
Labour Party
Conservative
called to the bar
Northampton
1935
World War II
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Erich von Manstein
took silk
1945
1974
Royal Navy
Army
Harold Wilson
1963 Labour Party leadership election
Derek Bentley
Timothy Evans
John Christie
European Economic Community
1975 EEC referendum
life peer
Lubenham
Leicestershire
Pytchley Hunt
Lubenham
Market Harborough
SIr Alexander Spearman

categories: UK MPs 1966–1970,Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies,1908 births,UK MPs 1951–1955,Labour Party (UK) life peers,UK MPs 1945–1950,UK MPs 1959–1964,1990 deaths,UK MPs 1950–1951,UK MPs 1955–1959,Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom,UK MPs 1970–1974,UK MPs 1964–1966

paragraph: Reginald Paget, Baron Paget of Northampton

paragraph: Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget, Baron Paget of Northampton, QC (2 September 1908 – 2 January 1990), also known as Reginald Guy Thomas Du Voeux Paget, was a British lawyer and Labour politician.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: The son of Major Guy Paget, he was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read Law, but did not graduate. Paget joined the Labour Party whilst he was an undergraduate at Cambridge, a decision made striking by the fact that his family had produced five generations of Conservative MPs. He was called to the bar in 1934.

paragraph: He stood as the Labour candidate for Northampton in 1935, but was not elected. During World War II he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1940–43).

paragraph: After the war, he was advocate for Field Marshal Erich von Manstein during his trial for war crimes. He later wrote "Manstein: His Campaigns and His Trial" (1957). He took silk in 1947.

paragraph: He stood again as the Labour candidate for Northampton ten years later in 1945, and won the seat. He was repeatedly re-elected until 1974, when the constituency was abolished. From 1960 to 1964, Paget successively served as junior opposition spokesman for the Royal Navy and the Army. He was an outspoken critic of Harold Wilson during the 1963 Labour Party leadership election.

paragraph: During his tenure in the House of Commons, he was an independent voice, playing a major role in the campaign to abolish capital punishment. He was a strong opponent of the execution of Derek Bentley, and argued for Timothy Evans to be posthumously pardoned for the murder of his child (a crime widely believed to have been committed by John Christie).

paragraph: Paget was initially supportive of British entry into the European Economic Community (EEC), and in 1954 became Secretary of the UK Council of the European Movement. But in later years his views changed: in 1971 he was one of a majority of Labour MPs to vote against membership, and during the 1975 EEC referendum campaign he gave a speech in the House of Lords in which he stated that the EEC was impotent in the face of the Soviet threat, and in the resulting vote a day later was one of only 20 peers to vote against remaining in the Community.

paragraph: On 2 January 1975, he was created a life peer as Baron Paget of Northampton, of Lubenham in the County of Leicestershire.

paragraph: Paget was said to be the slowest speaker in the House of Commons, and was master of the Pytchley Hunt from 1968 to 1971, an unusual position for a Labour MP.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: In 1931, he married Sybil Helen Gibbons (Nancy), daughter of Sills Clifford Gibbons. They occupied Lubenham Lodge 2 miles west of Market Harborough from 1964. He later separated from his wife, and had a relationship with Diana Spearman, widow of the Conservative MP SIr Alexander Spearman.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lord Paget of Northampton", "The Times" (London), 4 January 1990, p. 14.

description: British politician


text:
Chicago Cubs
San Francisco Giants
Cheverly, Maryland
North Platte, Nebraska
St. Patrick High School
Bob Warn
Iowa Western Community College
Indiana State
13th overall pick in 1978
Colorado Rockies
Geneva Cubs
Peoria Chiefs
Winston-Salem Spirits
Daytona Cubs
Central Valley Rockies
Salem Avalanche
New Haven Ravens
Colorado Springs Sky Sox
Shreveport Captains
Hagerstown Suns
San Jose Giants
World Series
2010
2012
2014

categories: Iowa Oaks players,San Francisco Giants coaches,Pompano Beach Cubs players,Colorado Springs Sky Sox managers,Major League Baseball catchers,Living people,Chicago Cubs players,Minor league baseball managers,Omaha Royals players,1957 births,Midland Cubs players,People from Cheverly, Maryland,Colorado Rockies (baseball) coaches,Indiana State Sycamores baseball players,Wichita Aeros players,Iowa Cubs players,Major League Baseball bullpen catchers

paragraph: Bill Hayes (baseball)

paragraph: William Ernest Hayes (born October 24, 1957), nicknamed "Wild Bill", is a former catcher for the Chicago Cubs (1980–81). After his playing career he became a coach for the San Francisco Giants.

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

paragraph: Born in Cheverly, Maryland, Hayes grew up in North Platte, Nebraska and graduated from St. Patrick High School. Hayes caught the eye of coach Bob Warn at Iowa Western Community College and was offered a scholarship at Indiana State when Warn took the head coaching position there in 1976. Hayes played three seasons at Indiana State (1976–78).

paragraph: In 1978, his junior season at Indiana State, Hayes was an all-conference player and led the team with 13 home runs. He batted .317 with 48 RBI (in 53 games) and threw out 18 of 21 runners attempting to steal. Hayes was the Cubs' first-round draft selection and the 13th overall pick in 1978. In two years in the majors, he played in five games and had nine at-bats, two hits, one double, .222 batting average, .222 on-base percentage, .333 slugging percentage, and 3 total bases.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.

paragraph: Hayes coached and managed in the minor leagues in 1988–97 and 1999–2002, with a one-year stint as bullpen coach for the Colorado Rockies in 1998. In the minors, he managed the Geneva Cubs (1988–90), winning a Division Championship in 1990, Peoria Chiefs (1991), Winston-Salem Spirits (1992), and Daytona Cubs (1993) in the Cubs organization. He then moved to the Rockies organization, managing the Central Valley Rockies (1994), Salem Avalanche (1995), New Haven Ravens (1996–97), and Colorado Springs Sky Sox (1999). In the Giants organization, he managed the Shreveport Captains (2000), Hagerstown Suns (2001), and San Jose Giants (2002).

paragraph: Hayes served as the bullpen catcher for the San Francisco Giants from 2003 to 2014, winning three World Series Championships (2010, 2012, 2014). In December 2014, he was promoted to first base coach for the 2015 season. He was removed as first base coach by the Giants after the 2016 season, but remained on the staff in a non-coaching role. After serving as the Giants' minor league catching coordinator in 2018, Hayes returned as manager of the San Jose Giants in 2019, but resigned mid-season.

paragraph: Section::::Personal.

paragraph: Hayes has two adult daughters, Kirstyn and Megan, as well as a daughter, Savannah, born in 2016.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Bill Hayes

wikipedia_title: Bill Hayes (baseball)


text:
American Civil War
Medal of Honor
Greenbrier River
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Charles E. Capehart
Washington & Jefferson College
Waynesburg
Bridgeport, Ohio
Union Army
1st West Virginia Cavalry
Gettysburg
Bristoe Station
Mine Run
Judson Kilpatrick
campaigns along the Shenandoah Valley
Greenbrier River
Union Army of the Shenandoah
George Armstrong Custer
Appomattox Campaign
Appomattox
Charles E. Capehart

categories: Union Army generals,1825 births,People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,Union Army colonels,Burials at Arlington National Cemetery,Washington & Jefferson College alumni,1895 deaths,American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor,People from Johnstown, Pennsylvania

paragraph: Henry Capehart

paragraph: Henry Capehart (March 18, 1825 – April 15, 1895) was a surgeon and officer in the U.S. Cavalry during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for saving the life of a drowning soldier while under fire at Greenbrier River, West Virginia, on May 22, 1864.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born on March 18, 1825, near Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Capehart attended high school in Pittsburgh. He had a younger brother, Charles E. Capehart, whom he helped raise after their mother's early death. Upon graduating from Jefferson College (now known as Washington & Jefferson College), he moved to Waynesburg in 1847 to continue his medical education and then started a practice in Bridgeport, Ohio, after earning his license in 1849.

paragraph: Section::::Military service.

paragraph: At the outbreak of the Civil War, Capehart left his medical practice in Bridgeport and volunteered for the Union Army. He was appointed regimental surgeon of the 1st West Virginia Cavalry on September 18, 1861. In the latter half of 1863, he participated in the battles of Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, and Mine Run. Upon the recommendations of General Judson Kilpatrick and others, Capehart was made colonel and succeeded Nathaniel P. Richmond, who resigned due to health issues, as commander of the regiment on February 22, 1864.

paragraph: Beginning in May 1864, Capehart and the 1st West Virginia Cavalry took part in campaigns along the Shenandoah Valley. On May 22, while fording the Greenbrier River under Confederate fire, Private Watson Karr was swept off his horse and down the fast-moving stream. Capehart attempted to catch the soldier as he swept by, but was pulled off his horse as well. Both men were carried down the river and over a waterfall; Capehart then grabbed Karr and pulled him from the water. It was for this action that Capehart was awarded the Medal of Honor decades later, on February 12, 1895. His official citation reads simply: "Saved, under fire, the life of a drowning soldier."

paragraph: Capehart was assigned command of a cavalry brigade in the Union Army of the Shenandoah and upon recommendation of General George Armstrong Custer was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General on March 13, 1865. Capehart's brigade was transferred to Custer's division, participating with it in the Appomattox Campaign. Following the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Capehart was promoted to Brevet Major General on June 17, 1865. He mustered out of service on July 8, 1865 at Wheeling, West Virginia.

paragraph: His brother, Major Charles E. Capehart was also awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in the Civil War.

description: United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient

wikidata_label: Henry Capehart

wikipedia_title: Henry Capehart


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Hildegard
Gisela the Younger

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paragraph: Gisela, Abbess of Chelles

paragraph: Gisela (757–810) was the daughter of Pepin the Short and his wife Bertrada of Laon. She was the sister of Charlemagne and Carloman. She was betrothed to Leo, the son of Byzantine Emperor Constantine V (the future Emperor Leo IV) but the contract was broken.

paragraph: Charlemagne's biographer Einhard states that Gisela had been dedicated to religion since her childhood. She became a nun at Chelles Abbey, where she was eventually made abbess. As the abbess at Chelles Abbey, Gisela oversaw one of the most prolific nuns' scriptoria active in the 8th and 9th centuries. According to Einhard she had good relations with her brother Charlemagne, who "treated her with the same respect which he showed his mother." She died in 810 at the convent she had served for most of her life.

paragraph: Alcuin was a close friend. He dedicated the last two books of his commentary on John's gospel to her and her niece, Rotrudis.

paragraph: Charlemagne and his wife Hildegard also named a daughter Gisela. Gisela the Younger lived from about 781 to after at least 808, but little else is known of her life.

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text: Barclay James Harvest

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text: Barclay James Harvest

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text: Woolly Wolstenholme's Maestoso

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paragraph: Woolly Wolstenholme

paragraph: Stuart John "Woolly" Wolstenholme (15 April 1947 – 13 December 2010) was a vocalist and keyboard player with the British progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Wolstenholme was born in Chadderton, Lancashire on 15 April 1947, and went to school at North Chadderton Secondary Modern School. His first instrument was a tenor banjo, which he took up at the age of 12, and he also played tenor horn for the Delph band. He met John Lees at Oldham School of Art and Woolly played tambourine and sang with John in the Sorcerers, then the Keepers, where Woolly played whatever instrument was required, such as harmonica and twelve-string guitar.

paragraph: The pair then founded Barclay James Harvest, together with Les Holroyd and Mel Pritchard, in 1967. Woolly taught himself keyboards, first the Mellotron and then adapting to organ, piano and synthesisers. His musical influences ranged from Love and Vanilla Fudge through Mahler to U.K. and Radiohead. Woolly remained with Barclay James Harvest until 1979, when he became frustrated and unhappy at the direction their music was taking.

paragraph: He recorded a solo album, "Mæstoso", in 1980, and toured as support to Judie Tzuke and Saga, as well as writing film and TV music. A projected second album, "Black Box", was shelved and Woolly lost interest in the music business, preferring instead to farm, initially in Lancashire and later in West Wales. Tapes from the sessions for his second album were finally issued in 1994, along with the complete "Mæstoso" album, as "Songs from the Black Box".

paragraph: Woolly returned to the music business in 1998 after meeting John Lees again, and this resulted in the Eagle Records album "Nexus" credited to Barclay James Harvest Through the Eyes of John Lees. The album was followed by live shows in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Greece and the UK, the first British concerts by any members of Barclay James Harvest for nine years, and Eagle released a live album called "Revival". A studio follow-up with the working title "North" was planned and recording began at Lees's Friarmere Studios, but after only a few days the project was shelved because Lees felt that due to a number of factors, the timing was not right to do justice to a new album.

paragraph: A new CD of the Black Box sessions with previously unreleased material (including a brand new demo) was released in February 2004 as "Black Box Recovered", and a new studio set, "One Drop in a Dry World", followed in May 2004. A short UK tour was planned to promote the CD, but in the event only one concert, at London's Mean Fiddler, went ahead, on 12 May. The live set, including rarely heard BJH classics as well as Mæstoso material, was captured for posterity and released on a limited, warts and all live CD, "Fiddling Meanly", released in February 2005. On 27 November 2004 Mæstoso played again in London, this time as support to Caravan at the Bloomsbury Theatre. At this show John Lees also made a surprise guest appearance for two songs.

paragraph: This proved to be one of Woolly's most creative periods, with another Mæstoso studio album, "Grim", appearing in October 2005, and a brand new album, "Caterwauling", released in November 2007. Most of the Maestoso band also found time between recording commitments to perform as part of John Lees' Barclay James Harvest, including a full-scale UK tour in October and November 2006.

paragraph: Wolstenholme took his own life on 13 December 2010, after a battle with mental illness.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Barclay James Harvest.

paragraph: Woolly Wolstenholme played on all albums of Barclay James Harvest up to "XII" (1978).

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Later albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Maestoso" Polydor 1980 (Released twice on CD (once in 2000) and Remastered and Re-released in 2006) Brimstone Records, Eclectic Discs

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Songs from the Black Box" 1994 Voiceprint Records

paragraph: BULLET::::- "One Drop in a Dry World" 2004 Eclectic Discs

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fiddling Meanly" 2004 Eclectic Discs

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Black Box Recovered" 2004 Eclectic Discs

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Grim" 2005 Eclectic Discs

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Caterwauling" 2007 Esoteric Recordings (formerly Eclectic Discs)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Uneasy Listening" 2009 Esoteric Recordings, Compilation

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Barclay James Harvest Story" by Keith and Monika Domone.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Woolly Wolstenholme's Maestoso

description: English musician

wikidata_label: Woolly Wolstenholme

wikipedia_title: Woolly Wolstenholme


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paragraph: Caton Theodorian

paragraph: Caton Theodorian, or Teodorian (May 14, 1871 – January 8, 1939), was a Romanian playwright, poet, short story writer and novelist. A maternal nephew of the politician Eugeniu Carada, he was, through his Oltenian father, a scion of the boyar nobility. His noble origins informed his chief works in both naturalistic fiction and drama, which mainly deal with social decline and boyar obsessions with heredity. Although showcased by the National Theater Bucharest, Theodorian's plays were dismissed by critics as vulgar or wordy, and were sometimes rejected by the public. His most treasured contribution was a 1915 comedy, "Bujoreștii" ("The Bujorescus"), which synthesizes his recurrent themes. A moderate in ideological terms, the writer never openly affiliated with either the Romanian Symbolists or their "Sămănătorul" rivals, but frequented and was published by both. During the final twenty years of his life, he was attached to the "Sburătorul" circle.

paragraph: In addition to writing, of which he did relatively little, Theodorian worked as an actor and prompter, a newspaper editor, and finally as a clerk. He had jobs with various state regulatory bodies, and several times with the Romanian Police, briefly serving as commissioner in Vâlcea County. He then had a prominent position in the Romanian Writers' Society, but resigned due to political disagreements during the early stages of World War I. Like his brother Mariu Theodorian-Carada, Caton disliked the Entente Powers, and opposed Romania's entry into the war. He spent the war years fleeing occupation and bombardments, moving from Valea Mare to Iași, then to Paris, Lausanne, and Bern. He returned to a prominent job in the Romanian Arts Ministry, and, in his final year, took an executive position in the new General Directorate of the Press and Propaganda; he was also the founder, and for long president, of the Society of Romanian Dramatic Authors.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Origins and early life.

paragraph: Born in Craiova, his parents were Ion Theodorian and his wife Emma ("née" Carada). As noted by Mariu Theodorian, his father was often mistaken for Armenian, due to his general appearance and Armenian-sounding surname. The surname was of recent origin, having been chosen by Ion, who claimed it was the original name of his father, "Praporshchik" Constantin Theodor. The latter, possibly a Macedo-Romanian immigrant to Wallachia, had fought with the 1821 revolutionaries and then the Wallachian regulars, before becoming a customs officer and gentleman farmer. Through his grandmother, Uța Scărișoreanu, Theodorian descended from the lower ranks of Oltenian boyardom, but his family estates had been sold off to pay outstanding debts.

paragraph: Ion, an avid reader of literature and political science, had failed as a businessman and an actor, entering the civil service of Wallachia and then that of the United Principalities (modern Romania). He was head of the police of Craiova, and then the deputy prefect of Fălciu County, where, in 1867, he quelled a tax riot of the local Jews. It was in Fălciu that he met his future brother-in-law, Eugeniu Carada, later famous as a co-leader of the National Liberal Party. The Caradas were an ethnic Greek clan of publicans and butchers, settled in Bucharest, catering to, then marrying into, Wallachian nobility. In 1870, having returned to Oltenia, Theodorian Sr organized the city's riotous opposition to "Domnitor" Carol of Hohenzollern (in conjunction with the failed "Republic of Ploiești"), and then, helped by Carada, advanced through the party ranks. He had two other sons in addition to Mariu (the eldest) and Caton: Ștefan and Ion "Nonu" Theodorian.

paragraph: The Theodorian brothers were orphaned in 1879, when Ion died of chickenpox contracted on a political tour—as recounted in Caton's memoir, "Prima durere" ("The First Pain"). Mariu was adopted by his uncle Eugeniu and his aunt Sultana, while Caton began his education at the private C. Dima Popovici Institute in his native city, where his mother was the principal. He then attended Craiova's D. A. Sturdza College (1881–1885), and, according to his own testimony, was briefly colleagues with writer Traian Demetrescu. From 1885 to 1887, he attended military high school. His uncle wished for him to become an officer, but Caton ran away from school, allegedly spending some time studying in Paris, then working for Teodor Popescu's theatrical troupe as a prompter, copyist and extra. He secured his first government post in 1888, possibly through Carada's contacts.

paragraph: Theodorian headed ephemeral provincial publications such as "Lumina" ("The Light", 1890), which hosted his literary debut, and was for a while both editor and writer at "Adevărul" and "Naționalul", often signing as Alexandru Răzvan, Olymp, and Zaveră. For a while, he frequented Alexandru Macedonski's "Literatorul" circle in Bucharest, putting out poetry and prose fragments in the eponymous magazine. His first book was the 1891 collection of sketches and short stories "Petale" ("Petals"), with a preface by Macedonski; around the same time, he debuted as a dramatist in Craiova, with "Manopere electorale" ("Electoral Maneuvers") and "Patima" ("The Passion"). Although he remained affiliated with magazines that promoted Romanian Symbolism ("Literatorul", "Flacăra"), he was also published in more traditionalist reviews—such as "Luceafărul", "Sămănătorul", and "Ramuri". As noted by literary historians, he always remained "without precise affiliations", an "eclectic" and "moderate".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Police chief and SSR organizer.

paragraph: In parallel to his writing, Theodorian advanced through with his bureau jobs, working as second inspector for State Monopolies in 1896, and being assigned a clerical position at Bucharest Police Headquarters in 1897. In April 1898, while commanding the police unit in Gara de Nord, he apprehended a ring of mail thieves who had thrived on transited Western merchandise. Later that year, he became head of police in Râmnicu Vâlcea, mediating between his politically ambitious brother and the Vâlcea County prefect (1900). He married Ana Iancovescu in 1899, and had two daughters from her—Emma and Alice. From 1901 to 1903, he was a deputy prefect in Northern Dobruja, moving between Babadag, Sulina, Cataloi and Măcin. He was again in Vâlcea as a village inspector on the Lotru (1904), putting out the magazine "Râmnicul" (1906). Following the peasants' revolt of March 1907 and the cession of power to a National Liberal cabinet, he became for a while director of the Vâlcea prefecture. During this interval, he played host to an informal gathering of writers, including Victor Eftimiu, Octavian Goga, and Ilarie Chendi. According to Eftimiu, it was here that Chendi showed the first signs of a debilitating mental disease.

paragraph: Theodorian returned to short-story writing with "Prima durere", followed by "Calea sufletului" ("The Way of the Soul", 1909), then "La masa calicului" ("At the Cadger's Table", 1911), also debuting as a novelist with the 1908 "Sângele Solovenilor" ("Blood of the Soloveni"). His work took him to Buzău County, where he was a field inspector for agriculture (1908–1911), but he also returned to Bucharest where, in 1910, with Mariu and Ion I. C. Brătianu, he visited his uncle Eugeniu at his deathbed. He was by then involved with the Romanian Writers' Society (SSR), having joined its embryonic predecessor in 1908–1909, and becoming an executive committee member of the reorganized forum in November 1911, reelected in 1912 and 1914.

paragraph: He was at that time a frequent guest of Casa Capșa restaurant, known to others as "the man with glass in his eye", for his habit of wearing monocles. As noted by literary historian George Călinescu, while lacking "a particular career", Theodorian maintained a "sumptuous" lifestyle; also: "beyond [his] outbursts of violence and a domineering nature, he was a sentimental character." The same is also argued by the dramatist Mircea Ștefănescu: "Caton Theodorian appeared to be aggressive to all those who did not know him well." This, however, was just a front, which allowed Theodorian to "defend his profession with staunchness and dignity." Visiting the Kingdom of Italy and the German Empire in 1912, Theodorian sent numerous postcards to the hospitalized Chendi. When Chendi committed suicide, he proposed erecting a bust in his likeness.

paragraph: With other Society members, among them Goga, Emil Gârleanu, and Cincinat Pavelescu, he traveled into Austria-Hungary, attending literary parties for the Romanian community of Transylvania. Between 1910 and 1926, Theodorian was also a member in the reading committee at the National Theatre Bucharest. Although he reported in 1911 that he was working on a new novel, "Față'n față" ("Face to Face"), it never came out. As noted in 1974 by Capșa colleague I. Peltz, he "wrote little, but bragged about it to no end." He eventually returned with a tragedy, "Ziua cea din urmă" ("That Last Day"), hosted by "Noua Revistă Română" in 1912, and staged at Bucharest's Modern Theater by Marioara Voiculescu's company in 1913. In early 1914, following a dispute with the dramatist Dimitrie Anghel, the latter challenged him to a duel. When Theodorian refused to fight, Anghel published a letter calling him various names, including an "intriguer" and "ridiculous Oltenian knight".

paragraph: Two more volumes of short prose also came out in 1914: "Povestea unei odăi" ("The History of a Room") and "Cum plânge Zinica" ("Watch Zinica Sobbing"). In his other contributions, he translated books by Théophile Gautier, Émile Zola, and Arnould Galopin. His adaptation of Romain Coolus' "Une femme passa" (as "Trecu o femeie") was included by George Diamandy in the National Theater program of 1914; the next year, Alexandru Mavrodi did the same with "Amicul Teddy", translated by Theodorian and V. Enescu from Rivoire–Besnard's "Mon ami Teddy". Elected SSR vice president in January 1915, during Diamandy's mandate, Theodorian followed up with his own comedy, "Bujoreștii". Viewed by several critics as his masterpiece and one of the best Romanian comedies, it was soon taken up by the National Theater, then under Ion Peretz, and premiered with Constantin Radovici as lead. The play was also included in the Iași Theatre repertoire, where it was appreciated by the public, but panned by local critics.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:World War I.

paragraph: During the first two years of war, with Romania maintaining a cautious neutrality, Mariu Theodorian became a major proponent of non-alignment, speaking out against supporters of both the Entente and the Central Powers. He had left the National Liberals during the municipal elections of 1914, rallying with the Conservative Party as a disciple of Alexandru Marghiloman and Titu Maiorescu, and therefore of its "Junimea" inner faction. Although not a "Germanophile", Mariu supported a Maiorescu neutralist cabinet, which, he argued, would have been able to gather political support from the Entente, but without going to war; he was also opposed to the Entente because it included the Russian Empire, accused of persecuting the Romanians of Bessarabia. An expert in canon law, he was noted as a critic of the Romanian Orthodox Church, having argued, as early as 1897, that "all true Christians will end up turning to Rome." By May 1908, under guidance from Vladimir Ghika, he had done so himself, being received into the Greek-Catholic community, and working to build a Greek-Catholic church in Bucharest.

paragraph: Caton did not share his brother's worldview. He was in France as the war started, and had to take an unusually long trip back to Romania, through Italy, Greece, and the Turkish Straits. Recounting his adventure in "Adevărul", he argued that the world was poised for an Entente victory. Privately, however, he was also in favor of neutralism. As argued by historian Lucian Boia, he was "hypochondriac and restless", especially alarmed by news of aerial bombardments. In July 1916, as the conflict of visions split the SSR into factions, Theodorian resigned his position on the committee. He politely declined when asked by the prestigious novelist Duiliu Zamfirescu to return and ensure "continuity"; later, he resigned from the syndicate altogether. He ran for reelection at the reading committee, against George Ranetti. Ranetti claimed that, although he lost, Theodorian was still appointed, being favored by Education Minister Ion G. Duca.

paragraph: Eventually, in August, King Ferdinand I opted to declare war on the Central Powers. After briefly going on the offensive the Romanian Land Forces had to deal with a counterattack, eventually leading to the occupation of Craiova. According to Mariu, the family's book collection was ransacked by the Germans. For a while, Caton took refuge at Valea Mare, in Muscel County, where he reunited with his brother Mariu and many others who believed that resistance would be organized there. When this failed to happen, they both sought a safer haven at Câmpulung.

paragraph: Caton awaited the arrival of the German Army, confident that the Germans were chivalrous enemies. He fled again, just before the area was engulfed. By November 1916 he was in Iași, Western Moldavia; a month later, he began a long journey to Paris, arriving there in 1917. In the French capital, he reunited with his writer friend Eftimiu, as another member of the isolated Romanian cell. In his 1965 recollections, Eftimiu claims that, while he had trouble making ends meet, Theodorian "knew how to take care of himself, though not by hard work, nor by mental concentration." According to Theodorian, however, his was "no easy life". By 1918, living in the Latin Quarter with his family, he was working as a typist for the agency recording prisoners of war, and also making shells in a factory. Other sources indicate that he was also the press agent for the Romanian military attaché in France. He proposed to Eftimiu that they work together on a screenplay about the legendary Romanian ancestors of Pierre de Ronsard. The project was aborted when Eftimiu discovered that the necessitous Gaumont would not even hire him as an extra.

paragraph: In the meantime, the fall of Bucharest had left Romania divided: King Ferdinand, his government, and the army proceeded to Western Moldavia, where they continued resistance; in the Wallachian south, Conservative Lupu Kostaki and his allies tolerated, or collaborated with, the German occupation. Mariu was one of Kostaki's associates, and, in January 1918, was appointed secretary of the Wallachian Bishopric, an Orthodox institution. His Catholicism having been revealed to the public, he was forced two resign a few days into his office. A few weeks after, Marghiloman was called upon to form a cabinet and negotiate a peace with the Central Powers (which was signed in May 1918). Mariu believed that Marghiloman was a godsend for Romania: "he managed to defend the dynasty and protect the army from being disarmed". He ran in the 1918 election, taking a seat in Senate for Ilfov County, and resuming his work for the unification of churches. His major effort was in supporting the Romanians of Northern Dobruja, which Romania had effectively ceded to Greater Bulgaria. Mariu Theodorian suggested that Orthodox Romanians, forcefully integrated into Bulgarian Orthodoxy, protect themselves by mass-converting to Catholicism.

paragraph: Mariu remained in office under the emergency cabinet of Constantin Coandă, during which time Romania gravitated back toward the Entente camp: an interlude of "anarchy", as he himself put it. Caton rushed out of Paris in February or March 1918, when the Germans dropped incendiary bombs on that city, and took his family to Switzerland. By August, he was living in Lausanne, and taking a political course similar to Mariu's. As he explained in letters addressed to Liviu Rebreanu, he resented the "cheeky" Romanian Ententists who had escaped to France, advocating a purge of those who had "pushed us into a crazy war". Unable to make ends meet in Lausanne, he and his family moved to Bern, where they were assisted by the Romanian Red Cross.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Return and later life.

paragraph: The unexpected fall of Germany was registered as a triumph for the Ententists. Mariu, entering Marghiloman's Progressive Conservative Party, contested the November 1919 election and lost his Senate seat. Caton and his family left Switzerland with a Yugoslav sanitary train, stopping in Zemun, then crossing over to Craiova. He returned to Bucharest before or during April 1919, when he took part in the founding of "Sburătorul", a modernist magazine and literary circle. He then had his new play, "Comedia inimei" ("Heart's Comedy"), performed at the National Theater. It was booed on its premiere, then quickly "buried". Theodorian then resumed his activity as a translator, with a version of "L'affaire Clémenceau", by Alexandre Dumas, fils, coming out in 1921. He put out the prose volume "Epice și dramatice" ("Things Epic and Dramatic", 1921), and two other new plays: "Nevestele domnului Pleșu" ("Mr. Pleșu's Wives"), and "Stăpâna" ("Mistress", first performed in 1919, published 1936). With Eftimiu and Mavrodi as managers of the National Theater, the latter were performed as part of the mandatory quota of "original plays" during the early 1920s. At the time, his family suffered a loss. Nonu Theodorian, who was ill with tuberculosis from about 1919, died in 1922. Under the pen name "Jean d'Orient", he had followed his brother's career choices, publishing several art chronicles in "L'Indépendence Roumaine".

paragraph: In the new Greater Romania, Caton was a member of the arts directorate committee within the Arts Ministry in 1923, appointed inspector-general of the theaters some four years later. As such, in 1929 he investigated the conflict between the National Theater and actress Maria Giurgea, who alleged unlawful termination of contract. In parallel, he became a founding member of the Society of Romanian Dramatic Authors (SADR). Created solely by Theodorian's efforts, it fulfilled his dream to give dramatists more social standing, and, on his initiative, offered special prizes specifically for Romanian-themed comedies. These went to Anton Holban, Ion Marin Sadoveanu, and George Mihail Zamfirescu. He served as SADR president in 1923–1926, and again in 1933–1939, being seconded by Ion Al. Vasilescu-Valjean, Mihail Sorbul, and Rebreanu (with Paul Gusty as treasurer and Victor Ion Popa as secretary). He represented the body as a speaker at the funerals of Garabet Ibrăileanu, Petre I. Sturdza, and Eugeniu Botez. He also attended congresses of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, promoting Romanian works for an international audience, and playing host to Coolus when the latter visited Bucharest in November 1934. His "Bujoreștii" was translated into Italian by Venere Isopescu, and published in Lanciano by Casa editrice Rocco Carabba.

paragraph: His penultimate published work was "Greșeala lui Dumnezeu" ("God's Mistake"), taken up by the National Theater in 1926, issued as a book in 1929, and turned into a radio play by Radio Prague in 1939. "Jucării sfărâmate" ("Broken Toys"), which came out in 1927, unusually premiered at Chișinău National Theatre, Bessarabia, Theodorian having decided he preferred this over the Bucharest equivalent (the latter only staged it in 1936). His attention later switched to his native city and his family history. In 1937, he edited for print his father's letters, relating to the 1870 riots, and, in September 1938, donated his collection, comprising 284 volumes, autographs, and a portrait of his father, to the Alexandru and Aristia Aman Foundation in Craiova. By then, his SADR project had crumbled, lacking sufficient funds and being torn by disputes between its members. Although pensioned by the Arts Ministry, during his last months Theodorian cooperated with the National Renaissance Front dictatorship. From March 1938, alongside Ioan Alexandru Brătescu-Voinești, Emanoil Bucuța, Maria Filotti and Constantin Kirițescu, he led the General Directorate of the Press and Propaganda, which dealt with both promoting regime literature and censoring out its critics.

paragraph: He left fragments of plays, titled "Obsesia" ("Obsession"), "Micobul" ("The Microbe"), and "Numărul de telefon" ("A Telephone Number"); a one-act comedy in manuscript, titled "Autorul" ("The Author"); and a sketch for the novel "Să vrei să iubești" ("The Will to Love"). He was survived by his daughter Alice, who was pursuing an on-off affair with the novelist Mihail Sebastian, and by his brother Mariu. In December 1939, the latter was requesting a pension from the SSR. As claimed by a friend, the bishop Ioan Bălan, his father's estate had been "eaten away" by his other three siblings, and he was reduced to living on what remained from his adoptive mother.

paragraph: Section::::Literary work.

paragraph: Section::::Literary work.:Prose.

paragraph: During his "Petale" and "Prima durere" years, Theodorian borrowed inspiration from his Craiova colleague, Traian Demetrescu, producing novellas about aggrieved figures—pious prostitutes, marginalized officers, altruistic girls. According to his "Sburătorul" patron Eugen Lovinescu, the bulk of his short prose resembles Brătescu-Voinești and I. A. Bassarabescu: urban-themed but longing for the "patriarchal" environment of the countryside, this "quite uniform" literature is "rather better in its miniature portrayals [of] aged maniacs and most of all survivors from a bygone era". Călinescu suggests that Theodorian's sketches were "amateurish", and the humorous ones "very weak". He reserved some praise for the more "dramatic" ones, such as "Calea sufletului", in which the protagonist, an Orthodox priest, confronts the notary and a band of robbers to protect his charity box. Reviewing the latter, Izabela Sadoveanu described Theodorian's "absence of taste and common sense, [which] makes him slide into sentimental exaggeration, into fake, affected, romanticism". "Calea sufletului", she argues, is an "anecdote that, had it been recounted concisely, vigorously, would have been interesting enough with its sheer chain of events." Contrarily, Nicolae Iorga of "Sămănătorul" found the works illuminating, with Theodorian as "master of the smooth and solid form", including "one of the best stories ever written in Romanian."

paragraph: Summarized by George Călinescu as "literature opposing boyars to the upstarts", its more lively elements, according to Lovinescu, are its recurring samples of Theodorian's native Oltenian dialect. Thus, the ideologically-tinged "Sângele Solovenilor" was, according to Lovinescu, a mixture of "Sămănătorul" traditionalism (though "not one of attitudes") and "Junimea" conservatism. Călinescu rates it, more precisely, as "naturalistic", "in that variety of Romanian naturalism which deals with matters of heredity." Iorga, who notes the same affiliation, suggests that the work is disappointing, but also that it features "many well-contoured characters." At core, the psychological novel is about a clash of identities, between the legitimate and illegitimate sons of boyar Isaie Murat, ending in tragic suicide. Heredity is also the background theme in "Povestea unei odăi", where Lady Zinca tries her best to fend off destiny, keeping her grandson uninformed about his father's gambling addiction.

paragraph: Section::::Literary work.:Drama.

paragraph: Novelist Léon Thévenin argued that Theodorian's contribution in theater made him a Romanian Eugène Brieux, albeit one writing for art's sake. "Bujoreștii", presenting a dramatic version of Theodorian's stories, was a direct inspiration for the interwar theater of various authors (including Camil Petrescu and Lucreția Petrescu). It centers on the aging epicurean Fotin Bujorescu, depicted in tandem with the affable pharmacist, Amos. The latter is, according to Lovinescu, inspired by Ludwig Fulda's "Blockhead", but "more nuanced and of more depth". Călinescu notes that, beyond superficial similarities with the plays of Émile Augier, "Bujoreștii" is original in depicting Fotin, a boyar, consumed not by thoughts of his mortality and his lineage dying out, but by the notion of eternity adapted to the Romanian psyche: he desperately wants his name to live on, not necessarily his aristocratic genes. For this reason, he wants Amos, whom he believes to be a distant relative, as his son-in-law, shunning the commoner Cărbuneanu, although Cărbuneanu has impregnated his daughter Olga. Amos accepts the deal, and only because he genuinely loves his betrothed.

paragraph: On its 1921 premiere in Iași, "Bujoreștii" was noted by critic D. Razu for its richness of detail, with "every scene [...] a tiny work of drama"; a disadvantage of this was a certain slowness of action, which left actors with fewer lines simply "caged" on the stage. Razu, who noted that both the actors and the public were enjoying the play, suggested that this was mostly because of its sexualized "double entendres", concluding: "We're told that Mr Caton Teodorian [...] wrote his "Bujoreștii" to poke fun at his public. In this, he succeeded fully." In its second act, this "chronologically imprecise" comedy depicts an awkward confrontation between Fotin and a circle of modernist youths. This atemporality, as well as its penchant for "written, not spoken" language, are described by Lovinescu as Theodorian's chief mistakes. He notes that such defects were constant, but even more noticeable, in all of Theodorian's writings for the stage.

paragraph: Written on the same structure as "Bujoreștii", these works often touch on romantic subjects, particularly so "Comedia inimii"—in which Amos makes his return; and "Greșeala lui Dumnezeu"—in which the architect Scutaru is present to fill in the same mediating role. As Călinescu records, "Comedia inimii", like "Ziua cea din urmă" (about an accidental fratricide), is "banal and falsely poetic." The former was partly defended by Liviu Rebreanu, who suggested that the work erred in being "exceedingly perfect as literature", but not workable as drama. He suggested publishing it as a book, and rehashing it in a shortened version for the stage.

paragraph: Fulda's influence was also detected in "Nevestele domnului Pleșu". As Lovinescu notes, this work is less of a drama and more of a farce, but also shows a will for human betterment, personified by the clerk Hristache, triumphant over evil—represented here by the exploitative Stolnici. Călinescu rates the work as a "puerile, substantially vulgar" comedy. Similarly, in "Stăpâna", Tecla Breazu cheats on her husband, bailiff Stoica, "on account that she cannot change the boyar blood in her." Meanwhile, the kind and tenacious Stroica fights off the absurd wishes of his father-in-law—the play ends with a marriage of love between his daughter and another commoner. Theodorian's final contribution, "Jucării sfărâmate", shows a middle-aged man falling for a much younger woman, who only loves him as a father-figure. The result, Călinescu writes, is a "downright awful comedy" (although, according to Perpessicius, the play was "not done justice").

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lucian Boia, ""Germanofilii". Elita intelectuală românească în anii Primului Război Mondial". Bucharest: Humanitas, 2010.

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Călinescu, "Istoria literaturii române de la origini pînă în prezent". Bucharest: Editura Minerva, 1986.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Victor Eftimiu, "Portrete și amintiri". Bucharest: Editura pentru literatură, 1965.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicolae Iorga, "Istoria literaturii românești contemporane. II: În căutarea fondului (1890–1934)". Bucharest: Editura Adevĕrul, 1934.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ion Livescu, "Amintiri și scrieri despre teatru". Bucharest: Editura pentru literatură, 1967.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eugen Lovinescu, "Istoria literaturii române contemporane". Chișinău: Editura Litera, 1998.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ioan Massoff, "Istoria Teatrului Național din București: 1877—1937". Bucharest, Alcaly, [n. y.].

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andrei Moldovan, "Din corespondența lui Liviu Rebreanu", in "Vatra", Nr. 1/2011, pp. 20–68.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vasile Netea, "Publicistică, V: Scrieri literare 1964–1987. Diverse". Târgu Mureș: Petru Maior University Press, 2015.

paragraph: BULLET::::- I. Peltz, "Amintiri din viața literară". Bucharest: Cartea Românească, 1974.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mihail Straje, "Dicționar de pseudonime, anonime, anagrame, astronime, criptonime ale scriitorilor și publiciștilor români". Bucharest: Editura Minerva, 1973.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Caton Theodorian, "Internaționala", in "Sburătorul", Nr. 50/1920, pp. 540–546.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mariu Theodorian-Carada,

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Efemeridele. Insemnări & amintiri. Întâiul volum". Bucharest: Tipografia Capitalei, 1930.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Efemeridele. Însemnări & amintiri: 1908–1928". Săbăoani: Serafica, 1937.

description: Romanian playwright and prose writer

wikidata_label: Caton Theodorian

wikipedia_title: Caton Theodorian


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Carmen Lamas
Gloria Guzmán
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Roberto L. Cayol
Arturo De Bassi
Iris Marga
César Fiaschi
Carmen Lamas
Jaime Moreno
Héctor Calcaño
Miguel Gómez Bao
Eduardo Amoroso

categories: 1903 births,2002 deaths,Argentine stage actresses,Argentine vedettes,Argentine singers,20th-century Argentine singers

paragraph: Dora Gález

paragraph: Dora Gález (1903–2002) was a pioneering Argentine actress and vedette. She was one of the first stars of the Maipo Theater, and given the title of the "nightingale of the house". Other early co-stars with whom she worked were Carmen Lamas, Gloria Guzmán and Tita Merello. In 1924, she was in the cast of Roberto L. Cayol's Revue "¿Quién dijo miedo?" which featured music by Arturo De Bassi along with Iris Marga, César Fiaschi, Carmen Lamas, and the debut performance of Tita Merello.

paragraph: In 1926, she was the star of the revue "Francisquita, la maleva" (1926), in which she sang with Jaime Moreno and performed with the actors Héctor Calcaño playing the role of Curiando and Miguel Gómez Bao playing the role of Carmona.

paragraph: She was married to the Italian actor Eduardo Amoroso.

description: Argentinian actor

wikidata_label: Dora Gález

wikipedia_title: Dora Gález


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paragraph: Cristiolus

paragraph: Cristiolus was a Welsh saint who lived in the 6th century.

paragraph: According to tradition, he was a son of Hywel, son of Emyr Llydaw and therefore brother to Sulien, Rhystud and Derfel Firm, and perhaps also Dwywe (or Dwywau).

paragraph: There are churches dedicated to Cristiolus at Llangristiolus, Anglesey, together with Eglwyswrw and Penrhydd (Pembrokeshire). He is commemorated on Nov. 3.

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Familia
Contemporanul
Adevărul
Dimitrie Anghel
Pincio
Sămănătorism
Poporanism
Romanian Academy
communist regime

categories: Romanian male poets,1894 deaths,Romanian socialists,1868 births,19th-century Romanian poets,Romanian newspaper editors,People from Botoșani County,Members of the Romanian Academy elected posthumously

paragraph: Ion Păun-Pincio

paragraph: Ion Păun-Pincio (born Ion Păun; August 17, 1868–December 31, 1894) was a Romanian poet.

paragraph: Born in Mihăileni, Botoșani County, his parents were deputy prefect Alexandru Păun and his wife Maria ("née" Cozmiță). He attended high school in nearby Pomârla and in Iași. Moving to the national capital Bucharest in 1892, he became a day-laboring telegrapher and joined the circle for social studies, a socialist organization. His job took him to Brăila and to rural Neamț County, after which he returned to Bucharest as editor of "Lumea nouă" socialist newspaper. He worked as a cashier at the Ion Luca Caragiale-owned Bene Bibenti beer hall on Șelari Street.

paragraph: He made his published debut in "Familia" in 1888, also writing for "Drepturile omului", "Contemporanul", "Ilustrațiunea română", "Adevărul", "Vieața", "Literatură și știință", "Evenimentul literar" and "Munca științifică și literară". After accompanying Dimitrie Anghel on a trip to Rome, he added "Pincio" to his name. As a poet, his style anticipated "Sămănătorism" and Poporanism, and he was highly appreciated in socialist circles. In 1948, when it revamped the Romanian Academy, the new communist regime selected him as a post-mortem member.

description: Romanian poet

wikidata_label: Ion Păun-Pincio

wikipedia_title: Ion Păun-Pincio


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text: Ferdinando Gorges

text: Province of Maine

text: Thomas Gorges

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text: Walter Raleigh

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text: Chelsea

text: William, sixth Earl of Derby

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text: Oxford University Press

text: Michael Drayton

categories: English MPs 1584–1585,16th-century translators,1625 deaths,17th-century English poets,1569 births,Gorges family,English translators,People from North Somerset (district),17th-century male writers,English MPs 1589,English knights,17th-century translators,16th-century English poets,English MPs 1593,English MPs 1601,People of the Tudor period

paragraph: Arthur Gorges

paragraph: Sir Arthur Gorges (c. 1569 – 10 October 1625), was a sea captain, poet, translator and courtier.

paragraph: Section::::Origins.

paragraph: He was the son of Sir William Gorges (d.1584) of Charlton, in the parish of Wraxall in Somerset, lord of the manor of Wraxall, by his wife Winifred Budockshed, heiress of the manor of Budockshed in the parish of St Budeaux, near Plymouth in Devon. Sir William Gorges was knighted in Ireland in 1579, was Vice Admiral of the Fleet in 1580, and Constable of the Tower of London. He died in December 1584, in the Tower of London. Arthur Gorges' brother Tristram Gorges (circa 1562 - 8 May 1608) was entrusted by Sir Francis Drake with the custody of Don Pedro de Valdez who was captured in the fight with the Spanish Armada in 1588. He took Don Pedro to the Tower of London.

paragraph: The Gorges family in the Elizabethan era included Sir Ferdinando Gorges, founder of the Province of Maine, and Arthur Gorges' uncle, Sir Thomas Gorges of Longford Castle, who married Helena, Marchioness of Northampton.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: A cousin of both Walter Raleigh and Charles Arundell, Arthur Gorges was a member of the Howard circle (the Oxford-Howard circle of Catholic courtiers in the late 1570s ) - Arundell claimed Oxford had tried to have Gorges murdered on the Richmond Green.

paragraph: He was elected Member of Parliament in 1584 for Yarmouth, IoW, in 1589 for Camelford, in 1593 for Dorset and in 1601 for Rye.

paragraph: He fought in the campaign against the Spanish Armada. In 1597 he commanded the "War-Spite", in which Walter Ralegh sailed as Vice Admiral under the Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux, on the Islands Voyage.

paragraph: He was one of nine who were knighted on 29 Oct 1597.

paragraph: Section::::Family life.

paragraph: He lived at Gorges House (later named Milman House).

paragraph: His family possessed considerable property in Chelsea in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and he built "Brickills" - later named Stanley House - there.

paragraph: Sir Robert Stanley, second son of William, sixth Earl of Derby, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Arthur Gorges, and Stanley then seems to have lived at Stanley House.

paragraph: Arthur Gorges married twice, first to Douglas Howard in 1584, with whom he had one daughter. Douglas Howard was the daughter and heir of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Bindon. Henry Howard’s father, the first Viscount (Thomas Howard, Viscount Howard of Bindon), was the second son of Thomas Howard, the third Duke of Norfolk, uncle to Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, two wives of Henry VIII.

paragraph: Gorges' second marriage was to Elizabeth Clinton Fiennes in 1597, with whom he had twelve children.

paragraph: On the death of Arthur Gorges' first wife, Edmund Spenser wrote the poem Daphnaïda. In the poem Alcyon is Sir Arthur Gorges.

paragraph: "Daphnaïda"

paragraph: An elegie vpon the death of the noble and vertuous Dovglas Howard, daughter and heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and wife of Arthur Gorges Esquier.

paragraph: Dedicated to the Right honorable the Ladie Helena, Marquesse of Northampton.

paragraph: By Ed. Sp.

paragraph: His monument is in Chelsea Old Church. A brass plate, now fixed to the north wall, is engraved with the kneeling effigies of Sir Arthur Gorges and his six sons on one side of a small table, and his wife and five daughters on the other.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: His works include ""Lucans Pharsalia"" (with a preface in poetry by Walter Raleigh),

paragraph: and a translation into English of Francis Bacon's "The Wisedome of the Ancients" from the original Latin.

paragraph: He is included in the "Oxford Book of Sonnets" (2000) published by the Oxford University Press, along with Walter Ralegh, Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton, and other poets of the time.

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Arthur Gorges, Spenser's Alcyon and Ralegh's friend". Author: Helen Estabrook Sandison. Publisher: [n.p., 1928?]

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Poems". Author: Arthur Gorges, Sir; Helen Estabrook Sandison. Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1953.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Story of a Family through Eleven Centuries, Illustrated by Portraits and Pedigrees: Being a History of the Family of Gorges". by Raymond Gorges, Frederick Brown; Merrymount Press, 1944. 293 pgs.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://web.archive.org/web/20121015054347/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/search_results.aspx?st=q&queryText=Gorges&aqgQueryText=Gorges&queryType=ALL has data about the Gorges family

description: English politician and poet

wikidata_label: Arthur Gorges

wikipedia_title: Arthur Gorges


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text: George Washington Vanderbilt II

text: Edith Stuyvesant Dresser

text: William Henry Vanderbilt

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text: Biltmore Estate

text: Richard Morris Hunt

text: Chateau de Blois

text: Cornelius Vanderbilt

text: Peter Stuyvesant

text: United States Forest Service

text: Pisgah National Forest

text: Peter Goelet Gerry

text: United States Senator

text: Rhode Island

text: Madeira School

text: University of North Carolina

text: British Embassy in Washington

text: John Francis Amherst Cecil

text: Lord William Cecil

text: Mary Cecil, Baroness Amherst of Hackney

text: William Cecil

text: George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil

text: William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil

text: First Lady

text: Jackie Kennedy

text: Janet Norton Lee

text: Vivian Francis Bulkeley-Johnson

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text: Library of Congress

text: Article on her 1924 Wedding

categories: American people of Dutch descent,Stuyvesant family,People from Asheville, North Carolina,1900 births,Vanderbilt family,Bayard family,People from New York City,1976 deaths

paragraph: Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt

paragraph: Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Cecil Bulkely-Johnson Goodsir (August 22, 1900 – February 7, 1976) was an American born heiress and member of the Vanderbilt family who inherited the Biltmore Estate. She was known for her eccentric behavior.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Cornelia was born at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina on August 22, 1900. She was the daughter, and only child, of George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914) and Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958). Her father, the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa (née Kissam) Vanderbilt, built a 250-room mansion, the largest privately owned home in the United States, which he named Biltmore Estate. The estate, designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt, was modeled on the Chateau de Blois among other chateaux of the Loire Valley. She was the great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, and, on her mother’s side, she was a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant.

paragraph: After her father's death in 1914, Cornelia inherited the Biltmore estate. Her mother sold approximately of the Biltmore property to the United States Forest Service to create the core of Pisgah National Forest. Her mother later married Peter Goelet Gerry (1879–1957), a United States Senator from Rhode Island.

paragraph: Cornelia attended the Madeira School for high school. She was privately tutored and attended the University of North Carolina for approximately a year. When she reached 21 years old, she received an annuity of $2,000,000 and at the age of 25, she received her full inheritance of $50,000,000 from her father.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: On April 29, 1924, Cornelia was married to a British aristocrat who was then the first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington, Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890–1954), the son of Lord William Cecil and Mary Cecil, Baroness Amherst of Hackney. The Cecils were descendants of William Cecil. They divorced in 1934,

paragraph: Cornelia Vanderbilt and Cecil were the parents of two sons:

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (b. 1925), who married Nancy Owen (1930–2016).

paragraph: BULLET::::- William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil (1928–2017), who married Mary Lee Ryan (1931–2017), a first cousin of First Lady Jackie Kennedy, as their mothers, Janet Norton Lee and Marion Merritt Lee, were sisters.

paragraph: Around 1932, reportedly finding life at Biltmore too dull, she moved to New York City to briefly study art, leaving her husband to manage Biltmore. A few months later, she moved to Paris where she divorced her husband in 1934, dyed her hair bright pink, and changed her name to Nilcha. After her 1934 move abroad, she never returned to Biltmore or the United States again. After Paris, she moved to London, where she met and married Captain Vivian Francis Bulkeley-Johnson (1891–1968) in October 1949. Bulkeley-Johnson, the aide-de-camp to the 9th Duke of Devonshire when he was the Governor General of Canada from 1916 to 1918, served in the offices of the Imperial War Cabinet in World War I and in the Air Ministry. They remained married until his death in 1968.

paragraph: One evening as she was having dinner with Edward Adamson in London, Cornelia met William Robert "Bill" Goodsir, their waiter with whom she fell in love. In 1972, Cornelia married for the third and final time to Goodsir (1926–1984), who was 26 years younger than she was.

paragraph: Cornelia died on February 7, 1976, aged 75, in Oxford, England. Her ashes were buried at a church near her home, The Mount, a farm in the village of Churchill in Oxfordshire, near Kingham.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Legacy.

paragraph: Her sons eventually inherited the Biltmore estate, with George Cecil, the older of the two sons, choosing to inherit the majority of the estate's land and the Biltmore Farms Company, which was more profitable than the house at the time. The younger son, William Cecil was thus left with Biltmore House, and is credited with preserving the chateau which (though still privately owned) is open to the public. Through her elder son, she was the grandmother of six, and through her second son, she was the grandmother of two more.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vanderbilt, Arthur T. II. (1989) "Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt" New York: Quill / William Morrow. . p. 40 (the death of G. W. Vanderbilt 1), pp. 55–83 (William H. Vanderbilt), pp. 271–279 (Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1919 Photograph of Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt at the Library of Congress

paragraph: BULLET::::- Article on her 1924 Wedding

description: Vanderbilt family

wikidata_label: Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt

wikipedia_title: Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt


text:
Nihonga
1878 International Exhibition
Watanabe Mitsue
Kikuchi Yōsai
Shibata Zeshin
Meiji period
cloisonné
Namikawa Sosuke
Mizuno Toshikata
Kaburagi Kiyokata
J. Thomas Rimer
OCLC 247995392

categories: 1851 births,1918 deaths,19th-century Japanese painters

paragraph: Watanabe Shōtei

paragraph: Watanabe Shōtei aka was a Nihonga painter and one of the first to visit Europe, attending the 1878 International Exhibition in Paris and being awarded a medal. Shōtei blended Western realism with the delicate colours and washes of the Kikuchi Yōsai school, introducing a new approach to kachōga or kacho (bird-and-flower painting).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born as Yoshikawa Yoshimata, he was later adopted by the family of his father's literary friend, Watanabe Mitsue. His early studies were at age sixteen under Kikuchi Yōsai (1788–1878) after which he spent a brief time in the studio of the painter and lacquer artist, Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891).

paragraph: In 1878 he travelled in the United States and Europe, remaining in Paris for three years and becoming the first Nihonga artist to live in Europe with the aim of studying Western painting.

paragraph: Travel abroad was extremely difficult for Japanese artists in the early Meiji period (1868–1912), and it is unknown how Shōtei managed this. A few years earlier, in 1875, he had produced designs for an export company, which may have provided him with the necessary contacts. His works have enjoyed great popularity in the West, and a large number are to be seen in both European and American collections.

paragraph: On his return from Europe, Seitei created designs for ceramics and cloisonné, working with the cloisonné artist Namikawa Sosuke (1847–1910), leading to acclaim from abroad. He maintained a prodigious output of paintings and illustrations, producing three outstanding albums: "Seitei kacho gafu" ('Picture album of Seitei's bird and flower'), 1890–91; "Kacho gafu" ('Bird and flower album'), 1903; and the last series published in 1916 also entitled "Seitei kacho gafu".

paragraph: Watanabe Shotei also edited and contributed to the art magazine "Bijutsu Sekai" (The World of Art), of which the first number was published by Wada Tokutaro in the year Meiji 23 (1890) and printed by Yoshida Ichimatsu with the blockcuts carried out by Goto Tokujiro. Besides Watanabe's illustration and that of Yoshitoshi Kyosai, there were ten other artists who contributed. Twenty-two of his bird and flower prints were published by Okura Yasugorō in 1916.

paragraph: During his life he received many awards, in expositions in and out of Japan. He became a major inspiration to the following generation of Nihonga artists, notably Mizuno Toshikata (1866–1908) and Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878–1973).

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Conant, Ellen P.; Steven D. Owyoung and J. Thomas Rimer. (1995). "Nihonga: Transcending the Past: Japanese-Style Painting, 1868-1968." St. Louis, Missouri: Saint Louis Art Museum.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada. (1995). "Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints, 1900-1975." Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ; ; OCLC 247995392

alias:
Watanabe Seitei
Watanabe Shotei
Watanabe Shoutei

description: Japanese painter

wikidata_label: Watanabe Shōtei

wikipedia_title: Watanabe Shōtei


text:
Jean Valjean
Les Misérables
Toronto Maple Leafs
Regina, Saskatchewan
St. Michael's Choir School
University of Ottawa
Man of La Mancha
Blood Brothers
O Canada
Order of Ontario

categories: 2015 deaths,Canadian male singers,Male actors from Regina, Saskatchewan,Deaths from cancer in Ontario,Members of the Order of Ontario,1945 births,Canadian pop singers,Canadian people of Scottish descent,Canadian male television actors,Canadian male stage actors,Musicians from Regina, Saskatchewan

paragraph: Michael Burgess (singer)

paragraph: Michael Burgess, (July 22, 1945 – September 28, 2015) was a Canadian actor and tenor singer, best known for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the Toronto production of "Les Misérables" and was the former anthem singer of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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

paragraph: Burgess was born in Regina, Saskatchewan; his early musical training included education at Toronto's St. Michael's Choir School. He studied at the University of Ottawa.

paragraph: Burgess appeared as one of the 17 Jean Valjeans at the end of the "". His other major performances include "Man of La Mancha", "Blood Brothers", and starring roles throughout Canada and the United States.

paragraph: He is also known in Canada for his frequent vocal performances of national anthems; he was the first individual to sing "O Canada" at the baseball World Series, in Atlanta in 1992. In 2013, he was made a Member of the Order of Ontario.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life and death.

paragraph: He married fellow "Les Misérables" performer Susan Gilmour on October 8, 1994. He also has a son Jesse Burgess from a previous relationship.

paragraph: Burgess died in a hospice in Toronto on September 28, 2015, from skin cancer. He was 70.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michael-burgess-emc/

description: Canadian singer

wikidata_label: Michael Burgess

wikipedia_title: Michael Burgess (singer)


text:
count of Urgell
Ermengol II, Count of Urgell
Bernard I, Count of Besalú
Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona
Reconquista
Camarasa
Cubells
Yusuf of Lleida
Raymond of Cerdanya
solidi
Barbastro War
Sancho Ramírez of Aragon
Barbastro
Ermengol IV
Isabella
Sancho Ramírez
William I, Count of Cerdanya
Berengar Raymond I
Sancha
Ramiro I of Aragon
Monzón
Àger

categories: 1065 deaths,1032 births,Counts of Urgell

paragraph: Ermengol III, Count of Urgell

paragraph: Ermengol (or Armengol) III (10321065), called "el de Barbastro", was the count of Urgell from 1038 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol II, Count of Urgell and his wife Velasquita "Constance", probably the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Besalú.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Allied with his contemporary and second cousin Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, together they shared in the process of erosion of the comital authority to the noblesse. They also cooperated in the "Reconquista" and he received a third part of the conquests, occupying, in 1050, Camarasa and Cubells after taking them from Yusuf of Lleida. In 10391040, Ermengol and Raymond Berengar signed a pact against Raymond of Cerdanya. Later in that decade, Raymond Berenger paid 20,000 "solidi" for Ermengol's support and military aid.

paragraph: He took part in the Barbastro War of 1064 under the banner of his brother-in-law Sancho Ramírez of Aragon. When Barbastro was captured, he was given the lordship of the city. He died before 12 April 1065 defending the city from Moorish reprisals and was buried at the Monastery of San Pedro de Ager.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages and issue.

paragraph: Ermengol married before 1048, Adelaide, who died before 1055 and whose family is not known, even if some scholars made her daughter of Guillem I, Count of Besalu. They were the parents of:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ermengol IV, his heir;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isabella (died ), in 10621063 married King Sancho Ramírez, who probably repudiated her in 1068, and afterwards became the third wife of William I, Count of Cerdanya.

paragraph: Before 7 May 1055, Ermengol took as his second wife Clemencia, hypothesized to have been daughter of Berengar Raymond I and his second wife Guisla (based on the names of their younger sons), by whom he had:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Berenguer

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guillem

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ramon

paragraph: Clemencia died after 17 October 1059, when she confirms a charter with her husband, and before 6 November 1062. Ermengol was remarried to a lady named Elvira, who died before 1063.

paragraph: In 1063, Ermengol married as his fourth wife Sancha, daughter of Ramiro I of Aragon.

paragraph: Ermengol III died in battle near Monzón and his body was first taken to Barbastro and then to the fortress of Àger where he was buried at the entrance of the Church of San Pedro at the Monastery of San Pedro de Àger.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aurell i Cardona, Martin. "Jalons pour une enquête sur les stratégies matrimoniales des comtes Catalans (IXe-XIe s.)" "Symposium internacional", 1991, vol 1, pp 281–364.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ponsich, Pierre. "Le Conflent et ses comtes du IXe au XIIe siècle." "Etudes Roussillonnaises", 1, 1951, pp 241–344.

description: Spanish noble

wikidata_label: Ermengol III, Count of Urgell

wikipedia_title: Ermengol III, Count of Urgell