text:
Thierry dynasty
organ builder
Paris
cobbler
Florent Bienvenu
Valéran de Héman
Crespin Carlier
Charles Racquet
Notre Dame de Paris
Pierre Le Pescheur
Valéran de Héman
Alexandre Thierry
François Thierry
Saint-Jacques de la Boucherie
Notre Dame de Paris
Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois
St-Martin-des-Champs Priory
Saint-Séverin, Paris
Saint-Nicholas-des-Champs, Paris
St-Gervais-et-St-Protais
Saint-André-des-Arts
Saint-Sulpice, Paris
Pontoise
Rouen Cathedral
Pierre Desenclos
Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

paragraph: Pierre Thierry

paragraph: Pierre Thierry (1604–1665) was the founder of the Thierry dynasty of organ builders of Paris, France.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Thierry was born in Paris.

paragraph: He was the son of a cobbler. At the age of seventeen he became a servant of the organist Florent Bienvenu.

paragraph: He apprenticed with the best known organists at that time, first Valéran de Héman and then Crespin Carlier, with whom he became a partner for a while.

paragraph: He assisted Carlier at Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs between 1634 and 1635, when he branched out on his own.

paragraph: In 1636 he married Marguerite Leclerc, sister of the organist at the Grands Augustins church.

paragraph: She gave him a son in 1642 who was named Charles in honor of his godfather, Charles Racquet, the famous organist of Notre Dame de Paris.

paragraph: With the successive deaths or retirement of Crespin Carlier, Pierre Le Pescheur (1636) and Valéran de Héman (1641)

paragraph: Pierre Thierry became able to dominate the Parisian market.

paragraph: He worked in Paris at Notre Dame, Saint-Jean and Saint-Gervais, where he upgraded the organ in 1649 and again in 1661.

paragraph: His organ at Saint-Paul in Paris (1644-1646) combined the Flemish style that had become popular in northern France with the more modern French style.

paragraph: For almost forty years as a restorer, builder or expert, he fertilized organ building in Paris, earning the title of organ-builder to the king.

paragraph: He launched the organ-building careers of his sons Charles, Jean (who made pipes in their workshop), and especially Alexandre Thierry,

paragraph: the most gifted and best able to take over direction of the family firm after the death of their father.

paragraph: The dynasty would continue into a third generation with François Thierry, son of Jean.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Works that have been identified as his include the organs at:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint-Jacques de la Boucherie, Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notre Dame de Paris in 1636 and 1648

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois in 1638

paragraph: BULLET::::- St-Martin-des-Champs Priory in 1642

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paroisse royale Saint-Paul-des-Champs (destroyed in 1796) between 1644 and 1645

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint-Jacques-de-l’Hôpital-des-Pélerins

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint-Séverin, Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint-Jean-en-Grève (destroyed in 1797)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint-Germain-le-Vieil (destroyed in the French Revolution)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint-Nicholas-des-Champs, Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- St-Gervais-et-St-Protais in 1649 and 1659

paragraph: BULLET::::- Les Mathurins (destroyed in the Révolution)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint-André-des-Arts (destroyed in 1808)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint-Sulpice, Paris in 1662

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pontoise Hôtel-Dieu (destroyed during the Second World War) in 1637, 1640, 1654

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rouen Cathedral in 1657 in association with Pierre Desenclos

paragraph: His masterpiece was the organ at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, undertaken between 1661 and 1664.

paragraph: He had to leave it to his sons, Jean and Alexandre, to finish this project.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Citations

paragraph: Sources

description: French organ builder

wikidata_label: Pierre Thierry

wikipedia_title: Pierre Thierry


text:
Gino Cervi
Valentina Cervi
La Peccatrice dell'isola
Sergio Corbucci
Michelangelo Antonioni
Federico Fellini
Bernardo Bertolucci
Mauro Bolognini
Francesco Rosi
Mario Monicelli
spaghetti Western
Oggi a me... domani a te
Bud Spencer
Alberto Sordi
The Miser
Il malato immaginario
Ritratto di borghesia in nero

categories: Italian male writers,2002 deaths,1929 births,Italian film producers,Italian film directors,Italian screenwriters,Spaghetti Western directors,People from Rome

paragraph: Tonino Cervi

paragraph: Tonino Cervi (4 June 1929 – 1 April 2002) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Born in Rome, Cervi was the son of actor Gino Cervi and father of actress Valentina Cervi. He made his debut as a film producer in 1952, with "La Peccatrice dell'isola" by Sergio Corbucci; among others, he produced works of Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Francesco Rosi, Mario Monicelli.

paragraph: Cervi made his directional debut with the spaghetti Western "Oggi a me... domani a te" starring Bud Spencer; among his films two box office hits both starring Alberto Sordi, "The Miser" and "Il malato immaginario". He also directed the film "Ritratto di borghesia in nero".

paragraph: Cervi died in Rome of a heart attack.

description: Italian film director and producer

wikidata_label: Tonino Cervi

wikipedia_title: Tonino Cervi


text:
Sternenfels
Pforzheim
Urach
German
geologist
paleontologist
Friedrich von Huene
University of Tübingen
Germany
geopark
Argentina
Stahleckeria potens
dicynodont
Paleontological Site Chiniquá
São Pedro do Sul
Walter Stahlecker

categories: German geologists,1898 births,1977 deaths

paragraph: Rudolf Stahlecker

paragraph: Rudolf Stahlecker (25 November 1898 in Sternenfels near Pforzheim – 26 October 1977 in Urach) was a German geologist and biology teacher.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He studied with the German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He participated in expeditions to collect fossils in the geopark of Paleorrota in 1928 and 1929. He also made several collections of fossils in Argentina.

paragraph: In his honor, the dicynodonts Stahleckeria potens, received its name. This dicynodonts was collected in Paleontological Site Chiniquá, São Pedro do Sul.

paragraph: After finishing his doctorate, Stahlecker did not become a scientist, but a biology teacher at a school Stuttgart. "The "Führer" wants to teach people to think again biologically, we scientists have to be here its first collaborators," was his motto. After The War he had to pause for some years during denazification, although he had not as intensively be involved in National Socialism as his brother, the SS Brigade Leader and Commander of the "Einsatzgruppe A" Walter Stahlecker.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book Os Fascinantes Caminhos da Paleontologia. Author : "Antônio Isaia." Publisher Pallotti. (Portuguese)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book: ""Cronologia Histórica de Santa Maria e do extinto município de São Martinho."" 1787-1933. Vol I. Author: "Romeu Beltrão", Publisher "Pallotti", 1958. (Portuguese)

description: German paleontologist

wikidata_label: Rudolf Stahlecker

wikipedia_title: Rudolf Stahlecker


text: Norwegian

text: physician

text: biochemist

text: phenylketonuria

text: PKU

text: Steinkjer

text: Trøndelag

text: chemistry

text: Norwegian Institute of Technology

text: Trondheim

text: University of Oslo

text: cand.med.

text: Denmark

text: England

text: Vienna

text: Oslo University Hospital

text: phenylketonuria

text: amino acid

text: phenylalanine

text: enzyme

text: phenylalanine hydroxylase

text: mental retardation

text: Order of St. Olav

text: Gunnerus Medal

text: Great Norwegians

categories: Norwegian scientists,University of Oslo alumni,Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni,1888 births,20th-century Norwegian physicians,Norwegian geneticists,Norwegian physicians,Norwegian biochemists,Oslo University Hospital people, Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal,1973 deaths,People from Steinkjer,University of Oslo faculty,20th-century Norwegian scientists

paragraph: Ivar Asbjørn Følling

paragraph: Ivar Asbjørn Følling (23 August 1888 – 24 January 1973) was a Norwegian physician and biochemist. He first described the disease commonly known as Følling's disease or phenylketonuria (PKU).

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: He was born at Kvam, Steinkjer in Trøndelag, Norway. Følling studied chemistry at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim and graduated in 1916. He then went to the University of Kristiania (now University of Oslo), graduating in medicine in 1922.

paragraph: He received his cand.med. in 1929 after doing postgraduate work in Norway and abroad in Denmark, England, Vienna and the U.S. Starting in 1932, Følling occupied a series of medical posts in Oslo, culminating in his being Professor of Biochemistry and Physician-in-Chief at the central laboratory at the Norwegian national research hospital Oslo University Hospital. Følling was a professor of biochemistry at the University of Oslo for more than 30 years. He retired in 1958.

paragraph: Section::::Discovery.

paragraph: In 1934 at Oslo University Hospital, Følling saw a young woman named Borgny Egeland. She had two children, Liv and Dag, who had been normal at birth but subsequently developed mental retardation. When Dag was about a year old, the mother noticed a strong smell to his urine. Følling obtained urine samples from the children and, after many tests, he found that the substance causing the odor in the urine was phenylpyruvic acid. The children, he concluded, had excess phenylpyruvic acid in the urine, the condition which came to be called phenylketonuria (PKU).

paragraph: This abnormal condition reflects an inability to break down the amino acid phenylalanine due to an hereditary deficiency of the necessary enzyme which is called phenylalanine hydroxylase.

paragraph: Section::::Perspective.

paragraph: Føllings discovery provided the basis for the so-called metabolic screening of newborns. Today a screening blood test for PKU is done on newborns to detect the disease. With a special diet low in phenylalanine, PKU newborns can grow and develop into normal children and adults. Følling's work was too late to save Liv and Dag from severe progressive mental retardation (and in Dag's case, death) but it has saved thousands of children since then.It has been said that: "Følling is by many considered the most important medical scientist not to receive the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine".

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fridtjof Nansen's Reward for Excellent Research -1949

paragraph: BULLET::::- Knight 1st Grade of Order of St. Olav - 1958

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research- 1960

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Foundation Awards - 1962

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gunnerus Medal - 1966

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Great Norwegians (In Norwegian)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The first evidence of links between brain development and metabolism.

description: Norwegian scientist

wikidata_label: Ivar Asbjørn Følling

wikipedia_title: Ivar Asbjørn Følling


text: Hindu

text: Ramakrishna Math

text: Trichur

text: Swami Vivekananda

text: Ramakrishna

text: Mysore

text: Ramakrishna Order

text: Brahmachari

text: Shivananda

text: Rangoon

text: Karachi

text: partition of India

text: L.K. Advani

text: Bhagavad Gita

text: Mohammed Ali Jinnah

text: Islam

text: Prophet Mohammed

text: Delhi centre

text: Kolkata

text: Hyderabad

text: Padma Vibhushan

text: Gandhi Peace Prize

text: Belur

text: Belur Math

text: India Post

text: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

text: Bhagavad Gita

text: Upanishads

text: The Hindu

text: Manmohan Singh

text: Vivekananda

text: Vivekachudamani

categories: Scholars from Kerala,20th-century Indian scholars,1908 births,2005 deaths,Heads of the Ramakrishna Mission,Presidents of the Ramakrishna Order,20th-century Hindu religious leaders,People from Thrissur,Malayali people,Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon Memorial Government Vocational Higher Secondary School alumni

paragraph: Ranganathananda

paragraph: Ranganathananda (15 December 1908 – 25 April 2005), born Shankaran Kutty, was a Hindu swami of the Ramakrishna Math order. He served as the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Ranganathananda was born in 15 December 1908 in a village called Trikkur near Trichur, in Kerala to Neelakanta Shasrty and Lakshmikutty Amma . As teenager, he was attracted by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna and joined the Mysore centre of Ramakrishna Order as a Brahmachari in 1926. He served the Mysore Centre for 9 years and was under Swami Siddheswarananda and another 3 years under him in the Bangalore centre. He was initiated as a "Sannyasi" (monk) in 1933, on the 70th anniversary of Vivekananda's birth by Shivananda, a direct disciple of Ramakrishna. Between 1939 and 1942, he served as the secretary and librarian at the Rangoon branch of Ramakrishna Mission.

paragraph: He then served as the president of the Karachi centre of Math from 1942 to 1948 until the partition of India, after which the mission found it difficult to continue its activities at Karachi. At Karachi, L.K. Advani came in contact with him and listened to his discourses on the Bhagavad Gita. Advani said that Ranganathananda was a "great influence" during his formative years. According to Advani, at Karachi, Mohammed Ali Jinnah had once listened to Ranganathananda's lecture on Islam and Prophet Mohammed and remarked, "Now I know how a true Muslim should be."

paragraph: From 1949 to 1962, he served as a secretary at the Delhi centre. Then from 1962 to 1967, he served as the Secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata, director of School of Humanistic & Cultural studies, editor of mission's monthly. The swami became president of the Hyderabad branch in 1973, where he developed the Vivekananda Vani School of Languages, a temple, and a library. He was elected to the post of vice-president of Ramakrishna Math and Mission in 1988. In 1998 he was elected as the president of the mission.

paragraph: Ranganathananda was chosen by the Indian government for Padma Vibhushan award in 2000. He declined the Padma Vibhushan as it was conferred on him in his individual capacity and not for the Mission. He accepted the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 1987 and the Gandhi Peace Prize in February 1999 as both were conferred on the Ramakrishna Mission.

paragraph: Since his residence in Bangalore in the 1930s, Ranganathananda has been a popular teacher and lecturer on Indian spiritual culture. By the mid-1950s he was known within India as an authority on practical Vedanta. Since the 1960s he made nearly annual lecture tours to Western Europe, the United States, Australia, and Singapore. He also lectured in Iran and in the Soviet Union. Ranganathananda is noted for this contributions that bridges science and Vedantic spirituality.

paragraph: Raganathananda lived the last days of his life in the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission at Belur in West Bengal. He died at the Woodlands Medical Centre, Kolkata, at 3:51 p.m. on Monday, 25 April 2005, owing to cardiac arrest. He was 96. His body was kept for darshan at Belur Math (near Kolkata) on that day, then was cremated the next day. India Post released a postage stamp in the denomination of Rs 5 to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Swami Ranganathananda, during December 2008 at Kolkata.

paragraph: Ranganathananda was regarded a great scholar and teacher. He has authored over 50 books. The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has published around twenty-nine of these books. His famous book includes "Eternal Values for a Changing Society" and commentaries on the messages of the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads. He was known as a good orator. His weekly classes and public lectures were popular among the followers. Ganapathy, a correspondent of The Hindu writes that "In all his lectures, Swami Ranganathananda had stressed on the philosophy of eternal religion, a practical Vedanta, which teaches universal acceptance". He conducted moral and religious classes for the prisoners in the Bangalore and Mysore jails. In Delhi, Ranganathananda organised social services at hospitals and worked for the relief of leprosy patients. Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh described Swamis Ranganathananda and Vivekananda as "leaders with a modern mind and scientific temper."

paragraph: Section::::Quotations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Are you growing spiritually? Can you love others? Can you feel oneness with others? Have you peace within yourself? and do you radiate it around you? That is called spiritual growth, which is stimulated by meditation inwardly, and by work done in a spirit of service outwardly."

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I am not alone in the world. . .We belong to a world. . .The vast world is around us. We cannot do without it. We cannot become human without a human world around us. How much we owe to the world of other human beings around us!"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Efficiency and energy comes from emotion, not from intellectual knowledge, which can only direct that emotional energy. But the real impulse comes from emotion. It makes you work at your best."

paragraph: BULLET::::- "So, work hard; perform all duties; develop yourself; then come and surrender to the highest. Do a whole day's honest work, then sit and meditate; then resign yourself to God. Otherwise, that meditation has no meaning or value. Meditation at the end of a lazy day has no meaning; but the same at the end of an active day, filled with good deeds, has meaning, and is rewarding."

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How can we find joy in work? By working for oneself? No; it is not possible to find that continuous joy in work through selfish motivations. Frustration and ennui are the end of all selfish motivations. Frustrations and nervous breakdowns are the end of a self-centred life. The first advice of modern psychiatry to such people is to get out of this prison of self-centredness, and to find a genuine interest in other people. Everyone has to learn the lesson some day that, the best way to be happy is to strive to make others happy. So wherever you find frustration, you will always discover that the person concerned had been too self-centred, and the only hope for him is through learning to take interest in other people, to find joy in the joy of other people. This is the royal path that makes for health, for strength, for efficiency. This great truth—universal and human—we should apply to the world and to our life in it."

paragraph: BULLET::::- The great new mantra today is "Work" and 'Hard Work'; along with Hard Work, intelligent work co-operative teamwork. All great undertakings are product of teamwork. We can meet the challenge of freedom only when we have learnt this character-efficiency involved in teamwork, and intelligent hard work. This is the philosophy which we have to learn consciously, not unconsciously, somehow stumbling into it.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Work from ego point of view is all tension. But behind ego, there is an infinite spiritual dimension. When that is realised even a little, then extra work won't make one feel that it is heavy. Even ordinary experiences will tell you: Whenever there is love in the heart, the worker doesn't feel heavy. When there is no love in the heart, even a little work makes one feel very heavy. As soon as you have love for a particular cause, you can do anything; do hard work, but have a spirit of detachment based on a larger love.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Work is no work at all. It is a question of agency and attachment. When these two are not there, work ceases to be work, it becomes a play, it becomes spontaneous, and it becomes natural. When you become thoroughly detached, then all that tension goes away. You are working, but you don't feel that you are working. What a beautiful idea!"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Work is drudgery; Sri Krishna will not allow that attitude. There is joy in work also. Do not abandon work; go on doing work; but, mentally renouncing all actions. It is a wonderful state of mind-working, and yet not working.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Those who work, work with a zest and with joy and in work, learn calmness and the serenity of the human mind and heart; what a wonderful joy it is to work in such a way!

paragraph: BULLET::::- When science insists on studying things from the point of view of the objects themselves by eliminating the personal equation, it is in effect, emphasising the "sakshi-bhava" or "sakshi" point of view (witness attitude); for, the limited and circumscribed vision of the ego gives place to the unlimited and universal vision of the "sakshi", by the practice of scientific or intellectual detachment.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The endeavours and conclusions of the sense-bound intellect can not be the last word in man’s search for truth. An intellectual approach to truth will end only in agnosticism; and often in cynicism. But the whole being of man seeks to experience truth, to realise it. … This rising above rationalism to direct experience and realisation, this growth of man from the sensate to the super-sensual dimension, is the special message of Indian spiritual tradition.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mysticism, studied seriously, challenges basic tenets of Western Cultures: a) the primacy of reason and intellect; b) the separate, individual nature of man; c) the linear organisation of time. Great mystics, like our own great scientists, envision the world as being larger than those tenets, as transcending our traditional views.

paragraph: Section::::Notes and references.

paragraph: Ref: https://vedantastl.org/swami-ranganathananda-1998-2005/

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Swami Ranganathananda - a monk with a mission

paragraph: BULLET::::- Educational philosophy of Swami Ranganathananda

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lectures

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vivekachudamani

description: Hindu monk

wikidata_label: Swami Ranganathananda

wikipedia_title: Ranganathananda


text:
New England
Boston
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Vermont
Brearley School
New York
Chicago
The Little Citizen
Bethel, Vermont
Gate of the Hills
Through the Gates of the Netherlands
Holland
social Darwinist
Wellesley

categories: 20th-century American women writers,American women children's writers,American translators,19th-century American women writers,American children's writers,Writers from Boston,19th-century translators,20th-century American novelists,Novelists from Vermont,1855 births,Novelists from Massachusetts,1938 deaths

paragraph: Mary Ella Waller

paragraph: Mary Ella Waller (March 1, 1855 – June 14, 1938) was an American writer and educator from New England whose work encompassed children's stories, translations of German verse and more than twenty novels.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Waller was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1855. Her mother was Mary Doane Hallet of Cape Cod and her father was David Waller of Vermont. In 1867, Waller's father and only sibling died. This necessitated Waller being taken out of school to earn her own living. For the four years following this tragedy, her mother took the twelve year old Mary traveling around Europe where she became fluent in German, French and Italian.

paragraph: Upon their return, Waller began teaching at an exclusive Boston finishing school, Mrs. Shaw's school, before leaving to take a teaching position at Brearley School in New York. Following this, Waller then founded her own school in Chicago, Miss Waller's School for Girls.

paragraph: Section::::Writing career.

paragraph: Forced by ill health to give up her school, Waller wrote her first novel in 1902, "The Little Citizen". She lived in Bethel, Vermont with her mother at a historic house called Gate of the Hills until 1918. Many of her novels were written in and set in Vermont.

paragraph: Her earliest works were her most successful. "A Daughter of the Rich" (1903), "The Wood-Carver of 'Lympus" (1904), and "Sanna" (1905) ran through more than a dozen editions each. "The Wood-Carver of 'Lympus" was a bestseller of the day while "Through the Gates of the Netherlands" received praise from critics:

paragraph: One of the most delightful of the holiday books of travel is Miss Waller's "Through the Gates of the Netherlands". It is a thoroughly enjoyable record, half story, half traveler's diary, of some memorable months spent in Holland and the Netherlands. The author writes interestingly and easily of the people and their customs, of famous buildings and places of historic interest, and especially of the Dutch painters and their work. She personally visited many of the scenes immortalised in Dutch masterpieces and sought out the sources of inspiration of many of the masters ... the book is beautifully illustrated with numerous full page pictures in sepia, most of them reproductions of famous masterpieces by Dutch painters. The volume would make an ideal holiday gift.

paragraph: Waller was a social Darwinist in outlook; seeing life as a competition in which the fittest succeed. However, this did not prevent her expressing sympathy with the downtrodden in her writings. Though she continued to write and publish works into her old age, the popularity of Waller's particular brand of fiction declined after World War One with the public and critics alike.

paragraph: Section::::Notable works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Rose-bush of Hildesheim" (1889)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Giotto's Sheep" (1889)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "From an Island Outpost"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Little Citizen" (1902)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sanna: A Novel"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Out of the Silences"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Through the Gates of the Netherlands" (1906)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wood-Carver of 'Lympus" (1904)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Cry in the Wilderness"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "My Ragpicker" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A daughter of the rich"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Aunt Dorcas's Change of Heart" (1913)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The windmill on the dune" (1931).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Deep in the Hearts of Men. A novel" (1924)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Flamsted Quarries" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A year out of life"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Our Benny"

paragraph: Not content with writing over twenty novels, Waller also patented a foot warmer.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Waller died at the age of 83 in Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1938.

description: American writer and educator

wikidata_label: Mary Ella Waller

wikipedia_title: Mary Ella Waller


text:
Indy Lights
Toyota Atlantics Championship
Al Unser Jr.
Al Unser Sr.
Al Unser, Jr.
Al Unser, Sr.
Bobby Unser
Jerry Unser
1958 race
1959
Robby
Johnny
suffix
1992 Indianapolis 500
his father
guest-starred
Home Improvement
go karts
Skip Barber
2003
Barber Dodge Pro Series
2004
Toyota Atlantics
Montreal
2004
Infiniti Pro Series
Michigan
Al Unser Jr.
Infinity Pro Series season
Freedom 100
Indianapolis
Toyota Atlantics
St. Petersburg
Indianapolis
Marco Andretti
Atlantics series
Playa Del Racing
Freedom 100
2007
Indy Lights
American Dream Motorsports
Indianapolis
Tony Turco
Galles Racing

categories: Indy Lights drivers,Barber Pro Series drivers,American people of Swiss-German descent,Racing drivers from New Mexico,Atlantic Championship drivers,Living people,1982 births

paragraph: Al Richard Unser

paragraph: Alfred Richard Unser (born October 23, 1982) is an American former professional race car driver. Unser has competed in the Indy Lights series and Toyota Atlantics Championship. He is the third generation of the famous Unser family.

paragraph: Al Richard Unser is the son of Al Unser Jr., and grandson of Al Unser Sr.. Due to his family connections in auto racing, he has sometimes been known as "Al Unser III" or "Just Al."

paragraph: Section::::Family connections.

paragraph: Al Richard Unser is the son of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser, Jr., grandson of four-time Indy winner Al Unser, Sr., and grandnephew of three-time Indy winner Bobby Unser. Another granduncle, Jerry Unser, drove in the 1958 race but died from injuries suffered in a crash in 1959.

paragraph: First-cousins-once-removed (Al Unser Jr.'s cousins) Robby and Johnny also drove in the Indianapolis 500.

paragraph: During his young childhood years, he was often nicknamed "Mini Al" by the media and fans, all with the expectation that he might follow in his family's footsteps to race professionally. However, as a child, Unser had reservations about becoming a race car driver. For superstitious reasons, his father (Al Unser, Jr.) insisted he not be named with the suffix "III". By that time both Al Sr. and Al Jr. were stars on the Indy car circuit. Al Sr. was becoming known by the nickname "Big Al." Al Jr. for a time was known as "Little Al," thus Al Richard Unser became known for a time as "Mini Al."

paragraph: As he got older and reached his teenage years, he decided to eschew the somewhat unflattering "Mini" nickname, and became known as "Just Al." When starting his professional career, he abandoned any sort of nickname, and has insisted on being referred to as "Just Al" (i.e., Al Unser), or by his full name, Al Richard Unser.

paragraph: His first widely-noticed television appearance was at the 1992 Indianapolis 500 at age nine when his father won the race. Unser was seen greeting his father in victory circle. He also posed in official photos with his father and grandfather when Al Jr. won the Indy 500 for the second time in 1994. Unser guest-starred on an episode of "Home Improvement" alongside his father and grandfather in 1997.

paragraph: Section::::Career biography.

paragraph: Al Richard Unser began driving go karts at age ten, but stopped racing until after earning his driver's license at age sixteen. After attending driving schools, Unser competed in the Skip Barber Western Racing Series in 2002, winning six races and earning "Rookie of the Year" honors. A year later, he posted four top-ten finishes in the 2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series.

paragraph: Section::::Career biography.:2004.

paragraph: In 2004, Unser made his Toyota Atlantics debut, running in four events. His best finish was an 8th place at Montreal. Unser also ran in eight races in the 2004 Infiniti Pro Series. He posted five third place finishes, and won the pole position at Michigan.

paragraph: Around that same time, Unser's father Al Unser Jr. temporarily retired from driving to help with his career.

paragraph: Section::::Career biography.:2005.

paragraph: Unser posted three top-ten finishes in the first four races of the Infinity Pro Series season, including a 4th place at the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis. He then returned to the Toyota Atlantics, finishing the season 7th in points. He ran ten of twelve events with a best finish of 4th.

paragraph: At the Indy Lights races at St. Petersburg and Indianapolis Unser competed against fellow third-generation driver Marco Andretti of the famous rival Andretti family. It was the only two times that Al and Marco raced together.

paragraph: Section::::Career biography.:2006.

paragraph: In 2006 Unser drove in two Atlantics series events, but lost his ride to funding issues with the team.

paragraph: Section::::Career biography.:2007.

paragraph: Unser was signed to drive for Playa Del Racing in the Freedom 100 for 2007. He drove in three other oval races, posting three top-tens in the four events.

paragraph: Section::::Career biography.:2008.

paragraph: For 2008, Unser was announced as the full-time driver in the #12 car for Playa Del Racing in Indy Lights. After five races, controlling interest in the team was sold to former Las Vegas restaurateur Eric Zimmerman, who renamed it American Dream Motorsports. After finishing 11th position at Indianapolis, Unser was reportedly released by the new owner and replaced by Tony Turco, who brought sponsorship to the program. The team posted an entry for the Milwaukee 100 on May 31, but the car never took to the track.

paragraph: Unser's father (Al Jr.) drove during several seasons for Galles Racing, and Al Richard works for Rick Galles' Chevrolet dealership.

description: American racing driver

wikidata_label: Al Unser III

wikipedia_title: Al Richard Unser


text:
American
drummer
Nevermore
Sanctuary
Century Media Records
Jeff Loomis
Iced Earth
Matt Barlow
Nevermore
Ghost Ship Octavius
drum
cymbal
Nevermore
In Memory
The Politics of Ecstasy
Dreaming Neon Black
Dead Heart in a Dead World
Enemies of Reality
This Godless Endeavor
The Year of the Voyager
The Obsidian Conspiracy

categories: 1967 births,20th-century American drummers,American male drummers,Living people,Nevermore members

paragraph: Van Williams (musician)

paragraph: Van Williams (born December 5, 1966) is an American drummer, best known as the former drummer of Nevermore. Van Williams hails from New York where he began his music career in various bands, later relocating to Seattle, Washington in 1993. After auditioning for the band Nevermore (ex Sanctuary) they were soon signed onto Century Media Records. He used to play drums for Ashes of Ares, and he currently drums for Ghost Ship Octavius and musical project Pure Sweet Hell.

paragraph: Williams continued to play with Nevermore until 2011 when he announced along with Jeff Loomis that he was leaving the band. Also a graphic artist/illustrator, Van has created the logos and numerous T-shirt designs for Nevermore and his other band project Pure Sweet Hell which features Van singing main vocals as well as drums. Pure Sweet Hell also features long time friends and fellow musicians Chris Eichhorn (guitars and bass) and Jim Colson (also supplying vocals). The new Pure Sweet Hell album will feature guitar solos from a few of heavy metal's top shredders, including Glen Drover (Eidolon, Megadeth) Steve Smyth (Nevermore, Testament, Forbidden), Chris Amott (Arch Enemy), Jeff Loomis (Nevermore) and Attila Voros (Leander, Nevermore). John Winters (Hatefist), also who contributed in the production/engineering of the record. On June 26, 2012, former Iced Earth vocalist Matt Barlow announced on his Facebook page the creation of a new band named Ashes of Ares with former Iced Earth bassist Freddie Vidales and former Nevermore drummer Van Williams, posting on YouTube two one-minute teaser videos. Shortly afterward, Van Williams was also announced as the drummer of Ghost Ship Octavius, featuring former God Forbid guitarist Matt Wicklund and vocalist Adōn Fanion. Ghost Ship Octavius released their debut album on March 23, 2015.

paragraph: Section::::Equipment.

paragraph: Van Williams endorses Pearl drums, Sabian cymbal, toontracks and ProMark Sticks.

paragraph: Section::::Equipment.:Drums: Pearl MMX maple.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 10x8" tom

paragraph: BULLET::::- 12x9" tom

paragraph: BULLET::::- 13x10" tom

paragraph: BULLET::::- 13x5.5" snare

paragraph: BULLET::::- 16x16" floor tom

paragraph: Section::::Equipment.:Cymbals: Sabian Cymbals.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 22"Professional power ride

paragraph: BULLET::::- 18",20", professional power china

paragraph: BULLET::::- 8",10" rock splash

paragraph: BULLET::::- 17",18", rock crash

paragraph: BULLET::::- 8" raw bell

paragraph: BULLET::::- 13" rock hats

paragraph: BULLET::::- 14" regular hats

paragraph: Section::::Equipment.:Drum Sticks.

paragraph: Promark Naturals 5b

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Nevermore.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nevermore" (1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In Memory" (EP, 1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Politics of Ecstasy" (1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dreaming Neon Black" (1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dead Heart in a Dead World" (2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Enemies of Reality" (2003, remixed in 2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "This Godless Endeavor" (2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Year of the Voyager" (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Obsidian Conspiracy" (2010)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Pure Sweet Hell.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Demo 2002 (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Voyeurs of Utter Destruction as Beauty" (2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Spitting At The Stars" (2011)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Ashes of Ares.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ashes of Ares" (2013)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Ghost Ship Octavius.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ghost Ship Octavius" (2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ghost Ship Octavius Delirium" (2018)

description: American drummer

wikidata_label: Van Williams

wikipedia_title: Van Williams (musician)


text: chữ Hán

text: 莫

text: 登

text: 庸

text: Vietnam

text: Mạc Dynasty

text: Lê Dynasty

text: Ming's ethnic Vietnamese collaborators

text: Mạc Đĩnh Chi

text: sexagenary cycle

text: Kiến Thụy

text: Haiphong

text: Lê Dynasty

text: Trịnh

text: Nguyễn

text: civil war

text: Thanh Hóa Province

text: Nguyễn Kim

text: Trịnh Kiểm

text: Ming dynasty

text: Red River

text: Mạc Hiến Tông

text: split the kingdom

text: Trịnh lords

text: Nguyễn Lords

text: Coins of Vietnam

text: A glimpse of Vietnamese History

categories: Vietnamese retired emperors,1483 births,People from Haiphong,Year of birth uncertain,1541 deaths,Mạc dynasty emperors

paragraph: Mạc Thái Tổ

paragraph: Mạc Đăng Dung (chữ Hán; 莫登庸; 1483?–1541), posthumous name Mạc Thái Tổ (), was an emperor of Vietnam and the founder of the Mạc Dynasty. Previously a captain of the imperial guard (Praetorian Prefect equivalent) of one of the Lê Dynasty emperors, he gradually rose to a position of great power. Mạc eventually deposed the last Lê monarch and became a monarch himself.

paragraph: Section::::From bodyguard to emperor.

paragraph: The Ming's ethnic Vietnamese collaborators included Mac Thuy, whose grandfather was Mạc Đĩnh Chi, who was a direct ancestor of Mạc Đăng Dung.

paragraph: He was born Mạc Đăng Dung (莫登庸) on 23 November 1483 (Quý Mão in the sexagenary cycle) at the village of Cổ Trai, Nghi Dương district (modern Kiến Thụy, part of Haiphong city) as a fisherman's son.

paragraph: Mạc Đăng Dung got his start as a bodyguard to the cruel and depraved monarch of Vietnam, Lê Uy Mục. Mạc Đăng Dung was famous for his strength and cunning. (For more information see the article on the Lê Dynasty). Note that while some sources claim Mạc Đăng Dung was a Confucian scholar (government administrator) this seems to be the result of confusion with another notable Vietnamese scholar whose family name was also Mac. Mạc Đăng Dung was a military man who rose through the ranks.

paragraph: Despite several assassinations (both Lê Uy Mục and his successor Lê Tương Dực were assassinated) Mạc Đăng Dung continued to gain power and rank in the military. With the enthronement of the young emperor Lê Chiêu Tông in 1516, a power struggle in the court ensued. On the one side was Mạc Đăng Dung and his supporters (Mac was now the top general of the armies of Vietnam). On the other side were two noble families of Vietnam, the Trịnh and the Nguyễn, led by Nguyễn Hoàng Du and Trịnh Duy Dai and Trịnh Duy Sản.

paragraph: Around 1520, the power struggle broke into civil war. The young emperor fled south to Thanh Hóa Province along with the Trịnh and the Nguyễn families. Mạc Đăng Dung soon proclaimed that the king's younger brother, Prince Xuan, was now the true monarch of Vietnam and had him installed under the name Lê Cung Hoàng. Meanwhile, armies fought along the border of Thanh Hóa Province.

paragraph: In 1524, forces loyal to Mạc Đăng Dung captured and executed the original emperor Lê Chiêu Tông along with the leaders of the revolt (Nguyễn Hoàng Du, Trịnh Duy Dai, and Trịnh Duy Sản). The revolt by the Trịnh and the Nguyễn was defeated for the moment.

paragraph: Section::::Emperor Minh Đức.

paragraph: Three years later, in 1527, Mạc Đăng Dung removed and killed his figurehead lord and proclaimed that now he was the emperor of Vietnam under the name Minh Đức. Using ruthless methods, he forced the Lê officials to recognize his dynasty and he murdered the members of the Lê family who still remained in the north. Some government officials committed suicide rather than acknowledge Mạc Đăng Dung as emperor, but others fled south and joined the resistance.

paragraph: Yet another rebellion was launched, this time under the leadership of Nguyễn Kim and his son-in-law Trịnh Kiểm. Appeals from the Trịnh and Nguyễn were made to the Chinese Ming court to send in an army to remove the usurper. However Mạc Đăng Dung, using submissive behavior and bribery, managed to obtain a temporary recognition of his rule from the Ming dynasty in 1528.

paragraph: The murder of the Lê emperor provoked unrest and the Trịnh and the Nguyễn revolted against the rule of Mạc Đăng Dung. Nominally the Trịnh and the Nguyễn were fighting on behalf of another Lê emperor, Lê Trang Tông, but in reality, he (and all future Lê monarchs) had no power.

paragraph: In 1529 Mạc Đăng Dung abdicated in favor of his son, Mạc Đăng Doanh, thus establishing his dynasty.

paragraph: Section::::Retirement and rule again.

paragraph: Mạc Đăng Dung lived on as a retired emperor while his son had to deal with the continuing revolt by the Trịnh and the Nguyễn. His son was not the equal of his father and as a result of several defeats, he lost control of the provinces south of the Red River. In 1533, the Nguyễn-Trịnh army conquered the Winter Palace and proclaimed Lê Trang Tông the rightful ruler of Vietnam.

paragraph: Adding to the problems of military defeats, an official Chinese delegation determined that Mạc Đăng Dung's usurpation was not justified and so, in 1537 a very large army was dispatched to Vietnam under the pretense of restoring the Lê family to power. In the summer, with the Chinese invading the north, Dung's son Doanh died and so Dung resumed his former position as emperor.

paragraph: The Ming Chinese threatened Mạc Đăng Dung with an invasion of 110,000 men ready to invade Vietnam from Guangxi in 1540. Mac succumbed and caved in to Chinese pressure and accepted the bitter demands the Chinese made, including crawling barefoot in front of the Chinese, giving up land to China, downgrading the status of his polity from a country to a chieftaincy and giving up official documents like tax registers to the Ming. The Chinese accepted him as ruler over a part of Vietnam while he claimed to accept Lê rule over the southern part of Vietnam. But the Nguyễn and the Trịnh refused to accept this division and so the war continued in the south.

paragraph: Mạc Đăng Dung died in 1541 and "de facto" authority was transferred to his grandson Mạc Hiến Tông.

paragraph: Despite the Chinese recognition and his rule over much of Vietnam, later Vietnamese historians question the legitimacy of his reign. The usurpation by Mạc Đăng Dung split the kingdom, with the Mạc Dynasty reigning in the north, and the Lê Dynasty continuing in the south, supported by the Trịnh lords and the Nguyễn Lords.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Works cited

paragraph: BULLET::::- Coedes, G. (1962). "The Making of South-east Asia". London: Cox & Wyman Ltd.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dardess, John W. (2012). "Ming China, 1368-1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire". Rowman & Littlefield. . Retrieved 7 August 2013.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Coins of Vietnam – with historical context

paragraph: BULLET::::- A glimpse of Vietnamese History – not completely reliable

alias:
Mạc Đăng Dung
Mạc Thái Tổ

wikidata_label: Mac Dang Dung

wikipedia_title: Mạc Thái Tổ


text: Kenya

text: British

text: studio potter

text: Nairobi

text: Kabete National Polytechnic

text: San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

text: black-burnished

text: University for the Creative Arts

text: Royal College of Art

text: Commonwealth Institute

text: University for the Creative Arts

text: Art Institute of Chicago

text: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

text: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

text: National Museum of African Art

text: Toledo Museum of Art

text: Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art

text: University of Florida

text: Detroit Institute of Arts

text: University of Florida

text: University of the Arts London

text: Queen's Birthday Honours 2008

text: Augustus Casely-Hayford

wikipedia_title: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

categories: British potters,Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom,Kenyan women artists,Kenyan emigrants to the United Kingdom,1950 births,British women artists,Kenyan potters,Officers of the Order of the British Empire,Women potters,Living people

paragraph: Magdalene Odundo

paragraph: Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo (born 1950) is a Kenyan-born British studio potter.

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

paragraph: Magdalene Odundo was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and received her early education in both India and Kenya. She attended the Kabete National Polytechnic in Kenya to study Graphics and Commercial Art and later moved to England in 1971 to follow her chosen vocation in Graphic Design. Magdalene completed her qualifications in foundation art and graphics at the Cambridge College of Art.

paragraph: After a while in England she discovered pottery, and in 1974–75 she visited Nigeria, visiting the Pottery Training Centre in Abuja, and Kenya to study traditional hand-built pottery techniques. She also travelled to San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico to observe the making of black-burnished vessels. In 1976, Odundo received a BA from West Surrey College of Art & Design (now University for the Creative Arts). She then earned a master's degree at the Royal College of Art in London. She taught at the Commonwealth Institute in London from 1976 to 1979 and at the Royal College of Art in London from 1979 to 1982, before returning to teach at Surrey Institute of Art & Design (now University for the Creative Arts) in 1997, becoming Professor of Ceramics in 2001. In March 2016 she was inaugurated as an Emerita Professor of the University for the Creative Arts, with a celebration event held at the Farnham campus against the backdrop of her important work in glass, Transition II. She lives and works in Surrey.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Odundo's best-known ceramics are hand built, using a coiling technique. Each piece is burnished, covered with slip, and then burnished again. The pieces are fired in an oxidizing atmosphere, which turns them a red-orange. A second firing in an oxygen-poor (reducing) atmosphere causes the clay to turn black; this is known as reduction-firing. She uses the same types of techniques used by the Ancient Greeks and Romans and likes to take inspiration from countries like China and Mexico. Her graphic design skills still remain with her as she often sketches her interest in natural forms and the design of form to help her with her ceramic creations. Many of the vessels Odundo creates are reminiscent of the human form, often following the curves of the spine, stomach, or hair. Furthermore, the shape of expression of her vessels are symbolic of the female body; one of her most famous pieces is a black and ocher vessel with a curved base and elongated neck resembling the form of a pregnant woman. Her work is now a part of permanent collections of nearly 50 international museums including:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Art Institute of Chicago

paragraph: BULLET::::- The British Museum, London

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- National Museum of African Art, Washington DC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

paragraph: In 2006, her work was presented in an exhibition titled "Resonance and Inspiration" at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art of the University of Florida. This was her first solo exhibition in the US since 1997 and her first solo appearance in Florida. This exhibit was also the first time her drawings and sketches were presented alongside her vessels. Her free-form drawing style replicates the same shape and form as her vessels, serving as a glimpse into how Odundo perceives her three-dimensional works in two dimensions.

paragraph: Section::::Artistic legacy.

paragraph: Odundo was awarded the African Art Recognition Award by Detroit Institute of Arts in 2008, and the African Heritage Outstanding Achievement in the Arts award in 2012, together with honorary doctorates from the University of Florida (2014) and University of the Arts London (2016). She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Art in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2008.

paragraph: Odundo has been recognized as a significant player in contemporary ceramics, making her name a large contributor to African Art in the US during the 90's. As said by Augustus Casely-Hayford, "[She draws] on something of the wisdom and experience of the Leach, or a line borrowed from ancient European antiquity, to create a trans-global, trans-temporal visual system of her own; modern, yet simultaneously old, African yet resolutely European..."

paragraph: In 2017 it was announced that Odundo would take up the role of Chancellor of the University of the Creative Arts from June 2018.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Berns, Marla C., "Ceramic Gestures, New Vessels by Magdalene Odundo", Santa Barbara: University Art Museum, University of California, 1995.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jegede, Dele, "Contemporary African Art, Five Artists, Diverse Trends", Indianapolis, Ind.: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2000.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Slayter-Ralph, Anthony, "Magdalene Odundo", London: Lund Humphries, 2004.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.magdaleneodundo.com/ website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guide to Chinese Ceramics

paragraph: BULLET::::- Magdalene Odundo at Anthony Slayter-Ralph fine art

description: Kenyan artist

wikidata_label: Magdalene Odundo

wikipedia_title: Magdalene Odundo


href: Rottweil L%27Aquila Venice

text: Rottweil L'Aquila Venice

wikipedia_title: Rottweil L'Aquila Venice

categories: 15th-century German people,Year of death unknown,Year of birth unknown

paragraph: Adam of Rottweil

paragraph: Adam of Rottweil, (German: Adam von Rottweil; Italian: Adamo de Rodvila (Rottweil 14?? - L'Aquila 1???) was a fifteenth century scholar and printer. He was originally a pupil and collaborator of Johann Gutenberg. In 1477 Adam published in Venice one of the first German-Italian dictionaries. This work was clearer and better organized compared with the first German-Venetian dictionary published in 1424 by Georg von Nürnberg. He was working to recreate the alphabet of Roman inscriptions, something that he completed circa 1460. In 1481 Adam obtained permission to establish a printing press in L'Aquila.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: "," Venice 1477

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::-

description: German scholar and printer

wikidata_label: Adam of Rottweil

wikipedia_title: Adam of Rottweil


text:
Welsh
industrialist
Merthyr Tydfil
solicitor
William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose
Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley
D. A. Thomas
John Lysaght
William Berry
D. R. Llewellyn
Lady Rhondda
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds
High Sheriff of Brecknockshire
Bwlch
County of Brecon
Entry at The Peerage.com

categories: People from Merthyr Tydfil,1877 births,High Sheriffs of Brecknockshire,20th-century Welsh businesspeople,Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,1928 deaths,19th-century Welsh businesspeople,Welsh industrialists

paragraph: Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland

paragraph: Henry Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland (17 September 1877 – 23 May 1928) was a Welsh financier and industrialist.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: The eldest of three sons, all born in Merthyr Tydfil to solicitor John Mathias Berry (born 2 May 1847; died 9 January 1917) and his wife Mary Ann Rowe (died 6 June 1922). He was the elder brother of newspaper magnates William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose and Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley.

paragraph: Section::::Business career.

paragraph: Berry worked for his father's business before becoming a protégé of industrialist D. A. Thomas (later 1st Viscount Rhondda) in 1915. He took on more responsibility when Thomas joined the cabinet, and within three years he was a director of over 60 companies. He acquired John Lysaght Ltd with his brother William Berry, D. R. Llewellyn and Lady Rhondda and was chairman until it became part of Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds in 1920. He subsequently became chairman of GKN in 1927.

paragraph: Invested as a Knight of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (K.G.St.J.), he held the office of High Sheriff of Brecknockshire in 1924. He was elevated to the peerage as Baron Buckland, of Bwlch in the County of Brecon, on 16 July 1926.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: He died in 1928 in Bwlch, Brecknockshire, from head injuries following a fall from a horse. He was survived by his wife, Gwladys Mary whom he married on 5 September 1907, and their five daughters: Cecily Eveline; Joan Sybil; Gwladys Eileen; Mary Lorraine; Dorothy Margaret. With no male heir, the title became extinct upon his death.

paragraph: Section::::Memorial.

paragraph: A memorial in his memory was erected in Merthyr Tydfil, outside the library. In 2010, plaques in memorial to his brothers were also added.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Entry at The Peerage.com

description: British businessman

wikidata_label: Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland

wikipedia_title: Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland


text:
American football
fullback
San Francisco 49ers
2006 NFL Draft
NFL Network
college football
Penn State
quarterback
wide receiver
Big Ten Conference
Chicago Tribune Silver Football
MVP
2011
Pro Bowl
Seattle Seahawks
Super Bowl XLVIII
Denver Broncos
Varina High School
quarterback
Associated Press
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Michigan
Auburn
Capital One Bowl
Maxwell Award
Davey O'Brien Award
Zack Mills
Tony Sacca
Anthony Morelli
2007
Kerry Collins
Lydell Mitchell
Todd Blackledge
Orange Bowl
Heisman
2006 NFL Draft
San Francisco 49ers
running back
Mike Nolan
Frank Gore
Philadelphia Eagles
Brian Dawkins
2008 season
fullback
Zak Keasey
Seattle Seahawks
Jeff Ulbrich
St. Louis Rams
Pro Bowl
John Kuhn
NFL Network
The Young and the Restless
Victor Newman
Bachelor of Arts
advertising
public relations
Penn State University
B.A.
journalism
Big Ten
Seattle Seahawks bio
Penn State bio

categories: Players of American football from Virginia,Seattle Seahawks players,San Francisco 49ers players,Sportspeople from Richmond, Virginia,American football wide receivers,American football quarterbacks,Penn State Nittany Lions football players,National Conference Pro Bowl players,1983 births,American football running backs,Living people

paragraph: Michael Robinson (fullback)

paragraph: Burton Michael Robinson (born February 6, 1983) is a former American football fullback. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He is currently an analyst for the NFL Network.

paragraph: Robinson played college football at Penn State. He played quarterback and wide receiver, leading the team to a Big Ten Conference title in 2005 and being recognized as the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year in 2005. He won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten's MVP.

paragraph: In 2011, he was elected to his first and only Pro Bowl as a member of the Seattle Seahawks. In his last year with the Seahawks, he helped the team win Super Bowl XLVIII over the Denver Broncos.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Robinson attended Varina High School, where he was a four-year starter at quarterback. He was a two-time "Associated Press" first team All-State selection and a three-time member of the "Richmond Times-Dispatch" All-Metro team, "Richmond Times-Dispatch" Offensive Player of the Year and the district and regional Player of the Year.

paragraph: Robinson led his team to four consecutive regional titles and two state runner-up finishes. He rushed for 3,046 yards on 371 carries, an 8.2 average, and 37 touchdowns, while passing for 2,409 yards in his career.

paragraph: As a senior, he accounted for a huge portion of the team's total offense, passing for 1,056 yards and rushing for 1,281 and scored 15 touchdowns. He was two-year team captain, who totaled 211 career tackles, 18 interceptions and 13 sacks as a safety. He also participated in the sprints for the track and field squad.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: In 2002 with the Nittany Lions, Robinson shifted around the offensive set from quarterback to running back, slot back, and split end to utilize his talents. He showed great running ability and helped spark the diversified Penn State offense. He started at tailback against Michigan and at slot back against Auburn in the Capital One Bowl. Robinson was Penn State's second leading rusher in 2002 with 263 yards and six touchdowns on 50 carries. He caught nine passes for 44 yards.

paragraph: In 2003, Robinson started eight games—three at quarterback and five at tailback. He completed 62-of-138 passes for 892 yards, five touchdowns, and five interceptions and finished second on the team with 396 yards and three scores on 107 carries.

paragraph: In 2004, Robinson again started eight games. He was second on the team with 33 receptions for 485 yards (14.7 avg) and three touchdowns. He completed 14-of-39 passes for 170 yards, a touchdown, and five interceptions. He was third on the squad with 172 yards on 49 carries.

paragraph: In 2005, Robinson compiled the best numbers of his college career. He was named Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches and was a consensus second-team All-Big Ten choice. He was named to the Maxwell Award watch list and was a semi-finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, given to the nation’s top passer. He completed 162 of 311 passes (52.1%) for 2,350 yards, seventeen touchdowns and ten interceptions. His 2,350 passing yards at the time ranked fifth on the school season-record list, topped only by Zack Mills (2,417 in 2002), Tony Sacca (2,488 in 1991), Anthony Morelli (2,651 in 2007) and Kerry Collins (2,679 in 1994). He was second on the team with 163 carries for 806 yards (4.9 avg) and eleven touchdowns, becoming the first player in school history to throw for over 2,000 yards and rush for over 500 yards in the same season. His 806 rushing yards set a school season-record for quarterbacks and he became the first quarterback in Penn State history to run for at least ten touchdowns in a season. His 28 touchdowns (17 passing, 11 rushing) was one shy of the school season-record of 29 (26 rushing, 3 catching) by Lydell Mitchell in 1971. Robinson also became the first Nittany Lion to throw three touchdown passes in three separate games during the same season since Todd Blackledge in 1982.

paragraph: Robinson captained the 2005 team, one of Penn State's most competitive teams in years, winning the Big Ten championship and the Orange Bowl over the Florida State Seminoles in a gut-wrenching triple-overtime victory. He finished fifth in Heisman voting.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Francisco 49ers.

paragraph: Robinson was drafted in the 4th round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers converted him into a running back. 49ers head coach Mike Nolan was immediately impressed with Robinson's attitude and toughness during training camp. After a solid preseason, Robinson rose up to the number two running back position behind Frank Gore on the depth chart. After Robinson scored his first and second career touchdowns against the Philadelphia Eagles and veteran pro-bowl safety Brian Dawkins for one of them, knocking Dawkins out of the game, in week 3, Mike Nolan indicated that he intended to use Robinson more often in goal line situations. Despite Nolan's statement, Robinson's playing time actually would decrease over the course of the season, and he did not score another touchdown. He finished the year with 38 carries for 116 yards, 9 receptions for 47 yards, and 2 touchdowns.

paragraph: On February 28, 2008 the 49ers gave Robinson a 3-year contract extension.

paragraph: Midway through the 2008 season, Robinson took over as the 49ers' starting fullback position after teammate Zak Keasey suffered a season ending tear in his biceps.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Seattle Seahawks.

paragraph: Robinson was released by San Francisco on September 3, 2010 at the end of the 2010 preseason. He was signed September 6, 2010, by the Seattle Seahawks at the urging of first-year assistant special teams coach and former 49ers player, Jeff Ulbrich, who had been Robinson’s teammate for the previous four seasons.

paragraph: On December 12, 2011, against the St. Louis Rams Michael returned his first career Special Teams Touchdown on a blocked punt.

paragraph: On January 19, 2012, Robinson made his first career Pro Bowl as an alternate, starting at fullback for the injured John Kuhn.

paragraph: On August 30, 2013, Robinson was released by the Seahawks during final cuts, after the use of a prescription medication shut down his kidney and liver and caused him to lose 30 pounds. On October 22, the Seahawks re-signed him to a one-year deal after his health improved.

paragraph: On February 2, 2014, Robinson caught a pass for 7 yards in Super Bowl XLVIII en route to a 43-8 win over the favored Denver Broncos. It would be the last game of his career, as he retired after the game.

paragraph: Section::::Post-football career.

paragraph: After retirement, Robinson became an analyst for the NFL Network. Robinson guest-starred as himself in a couple of episodes on "The Young and the Restless", where he meets with Victor Newman.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Robinson earned a Bachelor of Arts in advertising/public relations from Penn State University in three years, graduating in December 2004, and earned a second B.A. in journalism in December 2005. He was named Academic All-Big Ten three times.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seattle Seahawks bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Penn State bio

description: American football player, running back

wikidata_label: Michael Robinson

wikipedia_title: Michael Robinson (fullback)


text:
guitarist
Virginia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
noise
drone
Pelt
Pelt
punk
rock and roll
Charalambides
VHF Records
Eclipse
Grateful Dead
Harry Pussy
Sonic Youth
Byron Coley
The Wire
Theatre of Eternal Music
unemployment benefits
country blues
ragtime
John Fahey
Sam McGee
Red Horse, White Mule
moonshine
Reverend A. W. Nix
vinyl
Devendra Banhart
"Golden Apples of the Sun"
Eclipse Records
Red Horse, White Mule
Opium Musick
Raag Manifestos
Ben Chasny
Six Organs of Admittance
Pitchfork
UK
avant garde music
"The Wire"
Peel Session
Kensington Blues
Tequila Sunrise
ragas
lap steel
Foxy Digitalis
Jason Bill
Charalambides
Donald Miller
Borbetomagus
Glenn Jones
Cul de Sac
Ian Nagoski
Keenan Lawler
Micah Blue Smaldone
Three Lobed Recordings
I Do Play Rock And Roll
The Black Dirt Sessions
Locust Music
78
eBay
The Black Twig Pickers
Weissenborn
open tunings
Takoma
American primitive guitar
Robbie Basho
Vanguard
Peter Walker
Charley Patton
Blind Blake
John Fahey
Robbie Basho
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
Link Wray
heart attack
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Bala Cynwyd
Pennsylvania
Luck In The Valley
Thrill Jockey Records
Hans Chew
Thrill Jockey
Espers
The Black Twigs
The Black Twig Pickers
The Black Twigs
Meg Baird
Kurt Vile

categories: Weissenborn players,20th-century American guitarists,People from Virginia,2009 deaths,1971 births,Guitarists from Pennsylvania,Burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery,American male guitarists

paragraph: Jack Rose (guitarist)

paragraph: Jack Rose (February 16, 1971 – December 5, 2009) was an American guitarist originally from Virginia and later based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rose is best known for his solo acoustic guitar work. He was also a member of the noise/drone band Pelt.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Pelt and beyond.

paragraph: In 1993, Jack Rose joined the noise/drone band Pelt with Michael Gangloff and Patrick Best. Then influenced by punk and rock and roll initially, the trio, sometimes joined by friends including Mikel Dimmick and Jason Bill (also of Charalambides), released their first album in 1995. Rose continued from that point as both a solo act as well as a member of Pelt, who continued to put out more than a dozen albums and a handful of minor releases primarily on the VHF Records and Eclipse labels as well as the band's own Klang imprint. The group toured steadily in the U.S. and referenced the work ethic of the Grateful Dead in the title of their album "Rob's Choice". Notable tourmates included Harry Pussy, Charalambides and opened for Sonic Youth. In Pelt, Rose played a variety of instruments, primarily electric guitar. During the late 1990s, Pelt began to play acoustic folk-derived material, with Rose switching to acoustic guitar. Byron Coley wrote a feature on the group for the magazine The Wire, calling them "the Hillbilly Theatre of Eternal Music." In late 1999, after Rose had been fired from his job at a coffee shop and was able to collect unemployment benefits, he concentrated on acoustic guitar and his technique developed rapidly. He first released two CD-Rs, "Hung Far Low, Portland, Oregon" and "Doctor Ragtime," which featured a mix of country blues and ragtime. These releases were composed of original and traditional songs, including covers of songs by fingerpicking guitarists John Fahey and Sam McGee . His first proper full-length, "Red Horse, White Mule", (named after brands of moonshine mentioned on a best-selling sermon of the late 20s, "The Black Diamond Express Train to Hell" by Reverend A. W. Nix) was released on vinyl by Eclipse Records in 2002.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Solo work.

paragraph: Jack Rose was a prolific recording artist in his relatively short solo career, with albums, EPs, and compilation tracks on no fewer than ten record labels. He gained a new level of public exposure upon his inclusion on Devendra Banhart's sold-out "Golden Apples of the Sun" compilation in 2004.

paragraph: Rose's first three consecutive releases on Eclipse Records—"Red Horse, White Mule" (2002), "Opium Musick" (2003), and "Raag Manifestos" (2004)—were met with praise by critics and contemporaries alike. "Finally," said Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance, referring to "Opium Musick" in an interview with Pitchfork, "somebody has something to say on the acoustic guitar that hasn't been said before."

paragraph: "Raag Manifestos" was named one of 2004's "50 Records of the Year" by the UK avant garde music magazine "The Wire" in January 2005, following a feature on him in issue #241. Rose's rise in popularity in the UK during that time coincided with his Peel Session on May 20, 2004.

paragraph: In 2005 he released "Kensington Blues" on Tequila Sunrise records. Featuring ragtime, ragas, country blues and lap steel, the record earned high marks from Pitchfork and Dusted Magazine. ""Kensington Blues" is a really hard record to live up to," Rose told Foxy Digitalis in a 2007 interview. He went on to express doubts about some of his other material released around that period of time. "With everyone putting out so much stuff, I mean you've gotta have new product all the time, it's kind of a drag," he continued. "I hate to sound like a total capitalist here... but when you're on tour you need to have something to sustain you."

paragraph: His recorded collaborators outside of Pelt were infrequent but include Jason Bill of Charalambides, Donald Miller of Borbetomagus, Glenn Jones of Cul de Sac, Ian Nagoski and Keenan Lawler. In 2008, he reunited with Pelt members and other musicians including Micah Blue Smaldone on his album "Dr. Ragtime and His Pals."

paragraph: He released two live LPs on Three Lobed Recordings, "I Do Play Rock And Roll" (2008) and "The Black Dirt Sessions" (2009), receiving positive reviews from "Brainwashed" and "Pitchfork". The "Wooden Guitar" compilation on Locust Music was issued on vinyl for the first time in 2009 and almost immediately went out of print.

paragraph: With the exception of his first two CD-R releases, all of his music has been available on vinyl, often in limited editions. His "Dr. Ragtime" 78, for example, was produced in an edition of only 6 copies, with one selling for $500 as part of a benefit auction on eBay. Some of his more popular releases such as "Kensington Blues" have been re-pressed on vinyl in open editions.

paragraph: "Jack Rose and The Black Twig Pickers", his ninth LP, was released in May 2009. An appearance on the 7" compilation "Meet the Philly Elite" and a tour-only 7" on the Great Pop Supplement followed.

paragraph: Section::::Style.

paragraph: Rose's compositions were mostly for 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar, and Weissenborn-style lap steel guitar. He often employed open tunings when playing.

paragraph: He was compared to guitarists on the Takoma label from the 1960s, including American primitive guitarist John Fahey, Robbie Basho and former Vanguard recording artist and eventual touring partner Peter Walker.

paragraph: Rose cited Charley Patton, Blind Blake, John Fahey, Robbie Basho, Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and, in later years, Link Wray as influences.

paragraph: Section::::Death and legacy.

paragraph: Rose died of an apparent heart attack in Philadelphia, at the age of 38. He was buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

paragraph: "Luck In The Valley", Rose's final LP, was released posthumously on February 23, 2010 by Thrill Jockey Records. The record was the third installment of what Jack self-deprecatingly referred to as his "Ditch Trilogy." The album received an 8.2 on Pitchfork and featured Glenn Jones, Harmonica Dan, and pianist Hans Chew on most of the session.

paragraph: In late April 2010, Three Lobed Recordings curated and released the digital compilation "Honest Strings: A Tribute To The Life And Work Of Jack Rose", with all proceeds going to Rose's estate.

paragraph: Rose's final recording, an electrified 4 song collaboration with D. Charles Speer & The Helix called "Ragged and Right" was released on June 15, 2010 as part of Thrill Jockey's singles club. The EP was recorded at Black Dirt Studios with Jason Meagher.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Dr. Ragtime.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Doctor Ragtime" CD-R (2002) (Tequila Sunrise), "ed. 50"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dr. Ragtime" – "Buckdancer's Choice" b/w "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" 7" EP (2005) (Sacred Harp Library), "ed. 500"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dr. Ragtime" "Alap" b/w "Flirtin' with The Undertaker" 78rpm EP (2005) (Life is Hard), "ed. 6"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dr. Ragtime and His Pals" LP (2008) (Tequila Sunrise), "an edition of 100 for the Terrastock Festival, containing 4 extra songs from the final LP release, and an alternate cover silk-screened by Brooke Sietinsons of Espers"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dr. Ragtime and His Pals" CD/LP (2008) (Beautiful Happiness/Tequila Sunrise), "LP ed. of 1000"

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Jack Rose.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hung Far Low, Portland, Oregon" CD-R (2001) (self-released/Klang Industries)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Red Horse, White Mule" LP (2002) (Eclipse Records), "ed. 500"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Opium Musick" LP (2003) (Eclipse Records), "ed. 1000"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Raag Manifestos" LP (2004) (Eclipse Records), "ed. 1000"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kensington Blues" CD/LP (2005) (VHF Records/Tequila Sunrise), "ed. 500. Open edition on VHF."

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Untitled I & II" 7" EP (2006) (Tequila Sunrise), "ed. 500"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jack Rose" CD/LP (2006) (aRCHIVE/Tequila Sunrise), "ed. 1000"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Split with Silvester Anfang" 7" EP (2007) (Funeral Folk)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I Do Play Rock and Roll" CD/LP (2008) (Three Lobed Recordings), "LP ed. 938"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jack Rose and The Black Twigs" 7" EP (2008) (The Great Pop Supplement), "ed. 500"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Black Dirt Sessions" LP (2009) (Three Lobed Recordings), "LP ed. 2021"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jack Rose and The Black Twig Pickers" LP (2009) (Klang Industries), "ed. 1000"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jack Rose and The Black Twigs" 7" EP (2009) (The Great Pop Supplement) "ed. 400"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Luck In the Valley" CD/LP (2010) (Thrill Jockey) "LP ed. 1500"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ragged and Right" With D. Charles Speer & The Helix 12" EP (2010) "ed. 500"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "12.11.2009" CD-R (2010) (Unsound Recordings) "ed. 230"

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Compilations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Klang VII" CD-R (1999) (Klang Industries)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Wooden Guitar" CD/LP (2003; 2008) (Locust Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Golden Apples of the Sun" CD (2004) (Bastet)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Imaginational Anthem" CD (2005) (Near Mint Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "By the Fruits you Shall Know the Roots" 3xLP (2005) (Eclipse/Time-Lag)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Less Self is More Self: Tarantula Hill Benefit" 2CD (2006) (Ecstatic Peace!)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Meet the Philly Elite" (with Meg Baird, Kurt Vile, and US Girls) 7" (Kraak)

description: American guitarist

wikidata_label: Jack Rose

wikipedia_title: Jack Rose (guitarist)


text:
fl.
Julius Caesar
Quintus Pompeius Rufus
consul
Cornelia
Roman dictator
Sulla
quaestor
Hispania
Cornelia
Gaius Marius
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
populares
Pontifex Maximus
Via Sacra
Bona Dea
Publius Clodius Pulcher
sacrilege
proverb
Caesar's Wife

categories: 1st-century BC Romans,Pompeii (gens),1st-century BC Roman women

paragraph: Pompeia (wife of Caesar)

paragraph: Pompeia ("fl." 1st century BC) was the second or third wife of Julius Caesar.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Her parents were Quintus Pompeius Rufus, a son of a former consul, and Cornelia, the daughter of the Roman dictator Sulla.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage.

paragraph: Caesar married Pompeia in 67 BC, after he had served as quaestor in Hispania, his first wife Cornelia having died in 69 BC. Caesar was the nephew of Gaius Marius, and Cornelia had been the daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cinna so that they were related to both the leaders of the losing "populares" side in the civil war of the 80s BC.

paragraph: In 63 BC Caesar was elected to the position of the Pontifex Maximus, the chief priest of the Roman state religion, which came with an official residence on the "Via Sacra". In 62 BC Pompeia hosted the festival of the Bona Dea ("good goddess"), which no man was permitted to attend, in this house. However a young patrician named Publius Clodius Pulcher managed to gain admittance disguised as a woman, apparently for the purpose of seducing Pompeia. He was caught and prosecuted for sacrilege. Caesar gave no evidence against Clodius at his trial, and he was acquitted. Nevertheless, Caesar divorced Pompeia, saying that "my wife ought not even to be under suspicion". This gave rise to a proverb, sometimes expressed: "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion".

paragraph: Section::::Cultural depictions.

paragraph: Pompeia is presumed to be the character referred to in the play "Caesar's Wife"

description: wife of Julius Caesar

wikidata_label: Pompeia

wikipedia_title: Pompeia (wife of Caesar)


text: handcraft

text: editor

text: author

text: crochet

text: tatting

text: beadwork

text: quilting

text: needlework

text: embroidery

text: Belleville, Illinois

text: Canadian

text: Virginia

text: St. Louis

text: Missouri

text: Myocarditis

text: University of Illinois

text: Barbara Brackman

text: Quilt Index

text: Library of Congress

text: American Folklife Center

text: Old and new designs in crochet work

text: Scanned PDFs of publications

categories: American textile artists,People from Belleville, Illinois,Women textile artists,Quilters,1949 deaths,Embroiderers,1862 births

paragraph: Sophie Tatum LaCroix

paragraph: Sophie Tatum LaCroix (October 17, 1862 – July 16, 1949) was an American handcrafts designer, editor and author of 18 books on crochet, tatting, beadwork, quilting, needlework and embroidery in the early 1900s.

paragraph: Section::::Life and family.

paragraph: Miss Sophie T. LaCroix, granddaughter of John Reynolds (4th governor of Illinois), was born in Belleville, Illinois to Rene. M. LaCroix, a Canadian merchant, and his wife Mary, "née" Hopkins, from Virginia. She had at least five siblings, including Susan (born c. 1845), Laura O. (born c. 1848, a teacher), Cornelia (born c. 1858, a store clerk), Estella (born c. 1860) and Maurice D. (born c. 1866, who worked in a printing office).

paragraph: LaCroix was a stockholder, proprietor and instructor of St. Louis Fancy Work Co. until her retirement in 1921. She never married and died at her home at 5726 McPherson Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri from Myocarditis, a condition she had been suffering from for a number of years.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Librarian Gilbert Witte has catalogued LaCroix's "Old and New Designs craft series", which was published by the "St. Louis Fancy Work Co." in the early decades of the 20th century. First edition copies are now part of the collection of the "Tennyson Library of Crochet & Related Arts", part of the University of Illinois Rare Books & Manuscripts Library.

paragraph: Quilt historian Barbara Brackman writes that LaCroix's 1915 book of quilt patterns "Martha Washington Patchwork Quilt Book" 'captured the cultural confusion American needleworkers faced' and was one of the few that 'attempted a new recipe for the American melting pot'. While LaCroix's name is credited on the book's cover, the Quilt Index, a joint project of partners including the Library of Congress American Folklife Center, attribute the quilt designs to Ann Conway, also of St. Louis, with LaCroix as editor.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and new designs in crochet work" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and New Designs in Tatting and Crochet Braids" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and New Designs in Crochet Work 100 Christmas Novelties" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Martha Washington Patchwork Quilt Book" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Smocking: a treatise on ornamental shirring" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and new designs in crochet work : bedspreads" ([1918?])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and new designs in crochet corset covers and nightgown yokes" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and new designs in crocheted towels, pillow-cases, sheets" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and new designs in crochet work : yokes & collars" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cross-stitch Designs" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and New Designs in Hardanger Embroidery" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and New Designs in Tatting" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and New Designs Edgings & Insertions for Towels, Pillow-cases, Sheets" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and New Designs in Crocheted Centerpieces, lunch sets and alphabets" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and New Designs in Crochet Seamless Yokes, Hats, Baby Yokes" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Plain and Fancy Knitting" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and New Designs in Crocheted Edges for hemstitched sheets, towels, slips, scarfs & centers; bedspread, lunch set and large table covers" ([19--])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old and New Designs in Bead Work; sautoir chains, beaded necklaces, bags, purses, slipper buckles, watch fobs, etc." ([19--])

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Recreating a 1900 Sophie T. LaCroix Irish Crochet Pattern

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scanned PDFs of publications by LaCroix at the Antique Pattern Library.

description: American designer and author

wikidata_label: Sophie Tatum LaCroix

wikipedia_title: Sophie Tatum LaCroix


text:
Norwegian
princess of Belgian nobility
widow
Prince Carl Bernadotte
royal
Norway
Prince Carl Bernadotte
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen
Embassy of Sweden
Rabat, Morocco
King Harald V of Norway
Queen Sonja of Norway
Norwegian Royal Family
Princess Märtha of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Benalmadena
Málaga
Spain
Drottningholm Palace
Stockholm
Swedish Royal Family
Norwegian Royal Family
King Harald V of Norway
Queen Sonja of Norway
Crown Prince Haakon
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Princess Märtha Louise
Ari Behn
King Carl XVI Gustaf
Queen Silvia of Sweden
Crown Princess Victoria
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
Royal Cemetery

categories: 1932 births,2014 deaths,Swedish people of Norwegian descent,House of Bernadotte,Belgian princesses,People from the Province of Málaga,Swedish expatriates in Spain

paragraph: Princess Kristine Bernadotte

paragraph: Princess Kristine Bernadotte, born Kristine Rivelsrud, (22 April 1932 – 4 November 2014) was a Norwegian-born princess of Belgian nobility. She was the third wife and widow of Prince Carl Bernadotte, a former royal prince of Sweden, to whom she was married from 1978 until his death in 2003.

paragraph: Kristine Riverlsrud, the daughter of an agricultural worker, was born in Norway in 1932. In 1961, Prince Carl Bernadotte divorced his second wife, Ann Larsson. In the wake of the divorce, Prince Bernadotte became romantically involved with Riverlsrud, who was working at the time as a domestic servant for his niece, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen. and whom he first met while visiting Lorentzen as a house guest. Prince Bernadotte married Miss Rivelsrud in 1978 at a ceremony held at the Embassy of Sweden in Rabat, Morocco. The couple, who had no children, remained together until his death on 27 June 2003. She was a frequent guest of King Harald V of Norway and Queen Sonja of Norway and maintained a close relationship with the Norwegian Royal Family, which descends from Carl Bernadotte's sister Princess Märtha of Sweden. Those siblings were first cousins of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, the grandfather and immediate predecessor of the current Swedish king.

paragraph: Princess Kristine Bernadotte died at her home, Villa Capricornio, in Benalmadena, Málaga, Spain, on 4 November 2014, at the age of 82. Her funeral was held at the royal chapel at Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm on 15 November 2014. Numerous members of the Swedish Royal Family and the Norwegian Royal Family attended her funeral. Members of the Norwegian royalty in attendance included King Harald V of Norway, Queen Sonja of Norway, Crown Prince Haakon, Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, Princess Märtha Louise and her husband, Ari Behn. Members of the Swedish Royal Family who attended Princess Bernadotte's funeral included King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Crown Princess Victoria, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland. She was the last holder of the Belgian noble title of Prince or Princess Bernadotte and was buried with her husband at the Royal Cemetery north of Stockholm.

description: Norwegian-born Swedish princess

wikidata_label: Kristine Bernadotte

wikipedia_title: Princess Kristine Bernadotte


text: lute

text: Baroque

text: Florentine

text: Giulio Caccini

text: La liberazione di Ruggiero

text: Florence

text: Settimia

text: Christina of Lorraine

text: scudi

text: Jacopo Peri

text: Marco da Gagliano

text: Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger

text: Władysław IV

text: Warsaw

text: Lucca

text: Monteverdi

text: Free choral scores by Francesca Caccini

text: Choral Public Domain Library

categories: 1587 births,Female opera composers,Italian actresses,Italian opera composers,Italian female classical composers,Italian Baroque composers,Italian classical composers,People from Florence,1640s deaths,17th-century classical composers,17th-century Italian actresses,17th-century Italian musicians

paragraph: Francesca Caccini

paragraph: Francesca Caccini (18 September 1587 – after 1641) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era. She was also known by the nickname "La Cecchina", given to her by the Florentines and probably a diminutive of "Francesca". She was the daughter of Giulio Caccini. Her only surviving stage work, "La liberazione di Ruggiero", is widely considered the oldest opera by a woman composer.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Caccini was born in Florence, and received a humanistic education (Latin, some Greek, as well as modern languages and literature, mathematics) in addition to early musical training with her father. According to Liliana Panella, the first well-founded testimony of Francesca's singer's activity, together with her sister Settimia, at the Medici court, is 1602: in his diary Cesare Tinghi notes that on 3 April 1602 St. Nicholas church in Pisa, where the court moved every year during Lent, poly-choral music was directed by "Giulio Romano [Giulio Caccini], having the wife (the second wife, Margherita) and the two daughters singing well".

paragraph: In her early life, Caccini performed with her parents, her half-brother Pompeo, her sister Settimia, and possibly other unnamed Caccini pupils in an ensemble contemporaries referred to as "le donne di Giulio Romano". After she was hired by the court, she continued to perform with the family ensemble until Settimia's marriage and resulting move to Mantua caused its breakup. Caccini served the Medici court as a teacher, chamber singer, rehearsal coach and composer of both chamber and stage music until early 1627. By 1614 she was the court's most highly paid musician, in no small part because her musical virtuosity so well exemplified an idea of female excellence projected by Tuscany's de facto Regent, Grand-Duchess Christina of Lorraine. By 1623 she earned 240 scudi.

paragraph: Caccini is believed to have been a quick and prolific composer, equal in productivity to her court colleagues Jacopo Peri and Marco da Gagliano. Very little of her music survives. Most of her stage music was composed for performance in comedies by poet Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger (grand-nephew of the artist) such as "La Tancia" (1613), "Il passatempo" (1614) and "La fiera" (1619). In 1618 she published a collection of thirty-six solo songs and soprano/bass duets ("Il primo libro delle musiche") that is a compendium of contemporary styles, ranging from intensely moving, harmonically adventurous laments to joyful sacred songs in Italian and Latin, to witty strophic songs about the joys and perils of romantic love. For most of these songs, Caccini used her own poetry.

paragraph: In winter 1625 Caccini composed all the music for a 75-minute "comedy-ballet" entitled "La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina" which was performed for the visiting crown prince of Poland, Ladislaus Sigismondo (later Władysław IV). Combining witty parodies of early opera's stock scenes and self-important characters with moments of surprising emotional intensity, the score shows that Caccini had mastered the full range of musico-theatrical devices in her time and that she had had a strong sense of large-scale musical design. "La liberazione" so pleased the prince that he had it performed in Warsaw in 1628.

paragraph: After Caccini's first husband (Giovanni Battista Signorini, with whom she had one daughter, Margherita, in 1622) died in December 1626, she quickly arranged to marry again in October 1627, this time to a melophile nobleman in Lucca, Tommaso Raffaelli. She lived in Raffaelli's Lucchese homes, apparently bearing a son, (also Tommaso, in 1628) and having some musical relationship to the Buonvisi family in Lucca, until his death in 1630. Although as the wife of a nobleman she had declined at least one request to perform (in Parma, in 1628), once she was widowed Caccini immediately tried to return to Medici service. Her return delayed by the plagues of 1630-33, by 1634 Caccini was back in Florence with her two children, serving the court as music teacher to her daughter Margherita and to the Medici princesses who lived at or frequently visited the convent of La Crocetta, and composing and performing chamber music and minor entertainments for the women's court. Caccini left Medici service on 8 May 1641, and disappeared from the public record.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Francesca Caccini wrote some or all of the music for at least sixteen staged works. All but "La liberazione di Ruggiero" and some excerpts from "La Tancia" and "Il passatempo" published in the 1618 collection are believed lost. Her surviving scores reveal Caccini to have taken extraordinary care over the notation of her music, focusing special attention on the rhythmic placement of syllables and words, especially within ornaments, on phrasing as indicated by slurs, and on the precise notation of often very long, melodically fluid vocal melismas. Although her music is not especially notable for the expressive dissonances made fashionable by her contemporary Monteverdi, Caccini was a master of dramatic harmonic surprise: in her music it is harmony, more than counterpoint, that most powerfully communicates affect.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Stiava" (performed 1607) (lost)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ballo delle Zigane" (written 1615) (lost)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Il Primo libro delle musiche a 1-2 voci e basso continuo (1618)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina" (1625)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Notes

paragraph: Sources

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alexander, Ronald James and Savino, Richard (1997). "Francesca Caccini's Il Primo Libro Delle Musiche of 1618: A Modern Critical Edition of the Secular Monodies". Indiana University Press.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Harness, Kelley (2006). "Echoes of Women's voices: Music, Art and Female Patronage in Early Modern Florence". University of Chicago Press.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Free choral scores by Francesca Caccini at the Choral Public Domain Library

description: Italian composer

wikidata_label: Francesca Caccini

wikipedia_title: Francesca Caccini


text:
Queen of France
Philip III of France
James I of Aragon
Violant of Hungary
Clermont
Philip III of France
Louis IX
Margaret of Provence
Eighth Crusade
Tunis
Cosenza
Calabria
fall from her horse
Basilica of St Denis
French Revolution
Louis
Philip IV "the Fair"
Charles, Count of Valois

categories: Burials at the Basilica of St Denis,House of Aragon,Women in medieval European warfare,Deaths by horse-riding accident,French queens consort,1271 deaths,Aragonese infantas,Philip IV of France,Women in war in France,13th-century French people,Women in 13th-century warfare,1247 births,Christians of the Eighth Crusade

paragraph: Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France

paragraph: Isabella of Aragon (1248 – 28 January 1271) was Queen of France from 1270 to 1271 by marriage to Philip III of France.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Isabella was the daughter of King James I of Aragon and his second wife Violant of Hungary.

paragraph: In Clermont on 28 May 1262, Isabella married the future Philip III of France, son of Louis IX and Margaret of Provence. She became queen upon the accession of her spouse in 1270.

paragraph: She accompanied her husband on the Eighth Crusade against Tunis. On their way home, they stopped in Cosenza, Calabria. Six months pregnant with her fifth child, on 11 January 1271 she suffered a fall from her horse after they had resumed the trip back to France. Isabella gave birth to a premature stillborn son. She never recovered from her injuries and the childbirth, and died seventeen days later, on 28 January. Her death was a devastating emotional blow to her husband, especially since she had been pregnant. Philip III took the bodies of Isabella and their stillborn son and, when he finally returned to France, buried them in the Basilica of St Denis. Isabella's tomb, like many others, was desecrated during the French Revolution in 1793.

paragraph: Section::::Children.

paragraph: She had four sons:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Louis (1265–1276)

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Philip IV "the Fair" (1268–1314), King of France

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Robert (1269–1271)

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Charles, Count of Valois (1270–1325)

description: French queen consort

wikidata_label: Isabella of Aragon

wikipedia_title: Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France


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Himi, Toyama
Toyama
Tokyo Imperial University
Home Ministry
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Saionji administration
House of Peers
Fukuoka Prefecture
Governor-General of Taiwan
May 15 Incident
Communications Minister
Saito administration
Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare
kanji
Tōyō kanji
Modern kana usage
Privy Council
Japanese militarism
carbon monoxide poisoning

categories: 1946 deaths,Members of the House of Peers (Japan),Government ministers of Japan,People from Toyama Prefecture,Governors of Japanese prefectures,1869 births,Governors-General of Taiwan,University of Tokyo alumni

paragraph: Hiroshi Minami (politician)

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Minami was born as Iwama Tetsuro, the younger son of a wealthy farming family in Himi, Toyama, who had served for three generations in the Toyama prefectural assembly. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University with a legal degree and passed his civil service examinations in 1896. Afterwards, he married the eldest daughter of Minami Heikichi, the chairman of the Toyama Prefectural Assembly, and changed his name to Minami Hiroshi.

paragraph: After serving in several posts within the Prime Minister’s office and the Home Ministry, Minami was appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary under the 1st Saionji administration in 1908, and served in that post again from 1911 to 1912. In December 1912, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. From 1913 to 1914, he was appointed governor of Fukuoka Prefecture. In 1918, he was appointed Undersecretary for Education.

paragraph: On 2 March 1932, Minami became Governor-General of Taiwan, but served in that post for less than three months before being replaced on 26 May, following the May 15 Incident to become Communications Minister in the Saito administration. He was the first cabinet minister to have been appointed from Toyama Prefecture, and served in this post for two years and two months.

paragraph: In 1937, Minami proposed that a new cabinet-level ministry be created, separating out the health care and social insurance / pensions portions of the Home Ministry. This “Ministry of Welfare” (the predecessor of the modern Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare) was realized in 1938, and Minami is credited with coining the kanji used in its name.

paragraph: In 1943, Minami served as chairman of the National Language Council, a government body established to standardize the Tōyō kanji and Modern kana usage to simplify education. He was also a member of the Privy Council, where he earned the enmity of the military by his outspoken remarks against Japanese militarism.

paragraph: Minami died of carbon monoxide poisoning on 8 February 1946 while in the middle of a meeting.

description: Japanese bureaucrat, politcian and cabinet minister

wikidata_label: Hiroshi Minami

wikipedia_title: Hiroshi Minami (politician)


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Johan Lohe
Lilla Nygatan
Lohe Treasure
Dalecarlian rebellion (1743)
Olov Svedelid

categories: People of the Swedish Empire,1731 deaths,Swedish bankers,Ship owners,1654 births,Swedish ironmasters,Age of Liberty people,18th-century Swedish businesspeople,Women bankers

paragraph: Anna Lohe

paragraph: Anna Lohe née Blume (1654 – 23 January 1731), was a Swedish banker.

paragraph: She was the daughter of Tobias Blume, a pastry maker of the royal Swedish court, and Anna Techlin. She married Johan Lohe (1643-1704) in 1673, with whom she had eighteen children. Her husband was one of the richest people in Sweden and managed a trading company, a shipping business, a sugar refinery and ironworks. However, he became most known for his banking business as a moneylender, by which he acquired an enormous fortune and counted the king of Sweden among his clients; he was ennobled in 1703.

paragraph: In 1704, Anna Lohe was widowed and took over the business of her late husband, including his banking business and his net of clients among the nobility and court. She was forced to defeat a contest of the will by her children, but won after four years. Considering the constant and growing great wealth of the family, she was evidently very successful. Anna Lohe was thus a prominent businesswoman and a powerful figure within Swedish financial life at the time, however, she is not often publicly mentioned. The Lohe banking family, in general, had a bad reputation and was described as "greedy, suspicious and not very scrupulous".

paragraph: She lived with her two unmarried children Adolf Lohe (1683–1759) and Johanna Lohe (1690–1759) on Lilla Nygatan until her death. After her death, a new inheritance dispute took place between her children for six years before it was settled. It was likely Adolf and Johanna Lohe who hid the great "Lohe Treasure", a collection of gold and silver, under the floor of the house during the Dalecarlian rebellion (1743), which was famously excavated in 1937.

paragraph: Section::::Fiction.

paragraph: Johan Lohe and Anna Lohe are both characters in the Catarina-book novel series by Olov Svedelid, which was published in seven parts between 1986–2004, starting with "En Dufva i Stockholm" ("A Dove in Stockholm"). In the series, the Lohe's act as the antagonists of the series protagonist heroine, Catarina, an orphan who managed to develop from the abused maid of the Lohe couple to become an independent businesswoman.

description: Swedish businessperson

wikidata_label: Anna Lohe

wikipedia_title: Anna Lohe