text: alpine ski racer

text: Italy

text: Cutigliano

text: Tuscany

text: World Championships

text: Aspen

text: downhill

text: giant slalom

text: slalom

text: 1952 Olympics

text: Oslo

text: downhill

text: giant slalom

text: slalom

text: Gustav Thöni

text: giant slalom

text: Lauberhorn

text: Wengen

text: North America

text: Canada

text: Mt Norquay

text: Banff, Alberta

text: 1948 Olympics

text: St. Moritz

text: slalom

text: downhill

text: combined

text: Little Matterhorn

text: Italian Winter Sports Federation

text: 1954 World Championships

text: Åre

text: lung cancer

text: San Marcello Pistoiese

text: asteroid

text: 58709 Zenocolò

text: Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame

text: Italy at the Olympics - gold medalists

text: List of Alpine Skiing world champions

categories: Olympic medalists in alpine skiing,Olympic alpine skiers of Italy,Italian male alpine skiers,1920 births,1993 deaths,Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics,Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics,Olympic gold medalists for Italy,People from the Province of Pistoia

paragraph: Zeno Colò

paragraph: Zeno Colò (Cutigliano, June 30, 1920 – San Marcello Pistoiese, May 12, 1993) was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in Cutigliano, Tuscany, he was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

paragraph: At the World Championships in 1950 in Aspen, he won gold medals in both downhill and giant slalom, and the silver in slalom. Two years later, at the 1952 Olympics in Oslo, he won gold in the downhill, and finished fourth in the giant slalom and slalom. Italy waited two decades for its next Olympic gold in alpine skiing, Gustav Thöni's win in giant slalom in 1972.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Colò won the Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen in 1948, and took the slalom title there in 1949 and 1950. Following his near-sweep at Aspen in 1950, he also won all three North American titles in downhill, slalom, and combined the following week in Canada at Mt Norquay near Banff, Alberta. At the 1948 Olympics in St. Moritz, Colò finished 14th in the slalom, but did not finish in the downhill, which also eliminated him from the combined. He set a speed record on skis in 1947, clocked at on the Italian side of the Little Matterhorn. which stood for 13 years.

paragraph: After the 1952 Olympics, Colò linked his name to a line of ski clothing and, according to the regulations of the time, he was considered a professional. In 1954, he was disqualified by the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) and was not allowed to participate in subsequent races, notably the 1954 World Championships in Åre, and he retired at age 33. The ban was lifted 35 years later in 1989.

paragraph: Colò became a ski instructor in his native Abetone, helped develop the Pistoia ski resort, and promoted the Abetone Ski Company. In 1973, he designed three ski slopes that descend from the Gomito mountain, named Zeno 1, 2, and 3.

paragraph: Colò died in 1993 from lung cancer at age 72 in San Marcello Pistoiese in Tuscany. The asteroid 58709 Zenocolò, discovered in 1998, was named in his honor.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame

paragraph: BULLET::::- Italy at the Olympics - gold medalists

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Olympic medalists in alpine skiing

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Alpine Skiing world champions

paragraph: BULLET::::- Italy national alpine ski at the World championships

description: alpine skier

wikidata_label: Zeno Colò

wikipedia_title: Zeno Colò


text:
Eric Sharp
Stanford University
Sun Communities

paragraph: Protofuse

paragraph: ProtoFuse is a digital marketing agency founded in 2001 by Eric Sharp and headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

paragraph: The independently held digital marketing company focuses on B2B technology companies, offering website design, website development, search engine marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), paid search, content marketing, lead generation, conversion optimization, and CRM/Marketing Automation integration. Their main website is protofuse.com

paragraph: ProtoFuse's clients include small to mid-sized B2B tech companies such as Cactus Technologies, Applied Global Technologies, Motion Capture Technologies, QuantumFlo, and Contec. They've also done work for Stanford University, and Carefree Communities (now Sun Communities)

description: Electronic music artist and entrepreneur

wikidata_label: Protofuse

wikipedia_title: Protofuse


text: Riverside, California

text: USAC

text: CART

text: 1968 Indianapolis 500

text: Rookie of the Year

text: Indianapolis 500

text: midget car

text: J. C. Agajanian

text: Bill Vukovich

text: Billy Vukovich III

categories: Sportspeople from Riverside, California,Racing drivers from California,American people of Serbian descent,1944 births,20th-century American racing drivers,Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year,Champ Car drivers,Living people,Indianapolis 500 drivers

paragraph: Bill Vukovich II

paragraph: William John Vukovich II (born March 29, 1944 in Riverside, California) is a former driver in the championship car division of USAC and CART series.

paragraph: He was named the 1968 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, a result of his seventh-place finish. Vukovich raced in the 1965–1982 seasons, with 158 combined career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1968–1977, 1979–1980. He finished in the top ten 85 times, with one victory in 1973 at Brooklyn. He also had 23 National midget car victories in his career, and drove for part of his career in J. C. Agajanian's midget car.

paragraph: Section::::Award.

paragraph: BULLET::::- He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1998.

paragraph: Section::::Racing family.

paragraph: Bill II is the son of 2-time Indy 500 Winner, Bill Vukovich and the father of Billy Vukovich III, both of whom were killed in racing accidents.

description: American racing driver

wikidata_label: Bill Vukovich II

wikipedia_title: Bill Vukovich II


text: Major League Baseball

text: catcher

text: Oakdale, Massachusetts

text: John Gaffney

text: Wilbert Robinson

text: Marlboro, Massachusetts

text: New York Yankees

text: Boston Red Sox

text: Boston Braves

text: Boston

text: Marlborough, Massachusetts

categories: People from West Boylston, Massachusetts,Chicago Pirates players,Washington Senators (1891–99) players,American people of Irish descent,Major League Baseball catchers,Salem (minor league baseball) players,Chicago White Stockings players,Baseball players from Massachusetts,New York Yankees coaches,Lawrence (minor league baseball) players,Pittsburgh Pirates players,Boston Reds (AA) players,19th-century baseball players,1866 births,New York Giants (NL) players,Boston Americans players,Brooklyn Superbas players,1925 deaths

paragraph: Duke Farrell

paragraph: Charles Andrew "Duke" Farrell (August 31, 1866 – February 15, 1925) was a Major League Baseball catcher. Born in Oakdale, Massachusetts, he played for eight teams during his 18-year career. He made his major-league debut in 1888 and retired as a player after the 1905 season. He then entered coaching, ran a hotel and became a deputy U.S. marshal.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Farrell had a career year in 1891 with the Boston Reds of the American Association, batting .302 and recording league-leading home run (12) and RBI (110) totals. Farrell's 12 home runs were nearly a quarter of his career total. On May 11, 1897, he set a major-league record that has stood for more than 100 years by catching eight of nine opposing players who attempted to steal a base.

paragraph: In a 1900 game for Brooklyn, Farrell was an unwitting party to an argument between a player and umpire that resulted in a forfeit being awarded to Brooklyn. On a close play at home plate, umpire John Gaffney called Farrell safe. St. Louis catcher Wilbert Robinson reacted angrily to Gaffney's call, throwing the ball at the umpire and punching him in the chest. Gaffney ejected Robinson and then awarded a forfeit to Brooklyn when Robinson would not leave the playing field.

paragraph: A 1913 newspaper article said that Farrell was widely recognized among old-time baseball men as the best-dressed man in the game.

paragraph: Over an 18-season career, Farrell hit .275 in 1,563 games and 5,679 at bats.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Farrell served as a deputy U.S. marshal after his playing career. He also managed a hotel in Marlboro, Massachusetts.

paragraph: In 1910 and 1911, Farrell was a coach for the New York Yankees. He coached for the Boston Red Sox in 1912 and then became a scout for a couple of years before rejoining the Yankees as a pitching coach in 1915. In the early 1920s, he became a coach and scout for the Boston Braves.

paragraph: He died in Boston in 1925, ten days after undergoing abdominal surgery. He was buried at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Marlborough, Massachusetts, aged 58.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders

description: Major League Baseball player

wikidata_label: Duke Farrell

wikipedia_title: Duke Farrell


text: Jesuit missionary to China

text: Lwów

text: Poland

text: Ukraine

text: Hungarian

text: Jerzy Boim

text: Stefan Batory

text: Jadwiga Niżniowska

text: Paweł Jerzy Boim

text: Sigismund III

text: Society of Jesus

text: their own family chapel

text: Jesuits

text: Kraków

text: ordained a priest

text: monasteries

text: Kalisz

text: Jarosław

text: Sandomierz

text: Eastern Asia

text: Rome

text: blessing

text: Urban VIII

text: Lisbon

text: Goa

text: Macau

text: St. Paul Jesuit College (Macau)

text: Hainan

text: Manchus

text: Tonkin

text: Ming Dynasty

text: Qing

text: Ming loyalist regimes

text: Canton

text: Alvaro Semedo

text: diplomatic mission

text: Yongli Emperor

text: Southwestern China

text: Andreas Wolfgang Koffler

text: Christianity

text: Empress dowager

text: Helena Wang (Wang Liena)

text: eunuch

text: Pang Tianshou

text: Pope

text: Pang Achilles

text: Innocent X

text: General of the Jesuit Order

text: Cardinal

text: John de Lugo

text: Doge

text: Venice

text: King of Portugal

text: Andrew Zheng

text: house arrest

text: Hyderabad

text: Surat

text: Bander Abbas

text: Shiraz

text: Isfahan

text: Persia

text: Erzerum

text: Trabzon

text: İzmir

text: habit

text: Mandarin

text: French

text: ambassador

text: Gosvinus Nickel

text: Alexander VII

text: John IV

text: monopoly

text: Ayutthaya

text: Siam

text: pirate

text: Vietnam

text: Hanoi

text: Yunnan

text: Guangxi

text: Mozambique

text: Korea

text: peninsula

text: Marco Polo

text: Great Wall

text: Gobi Desert

text: Flora Sinensis

text: Vienna

text: chronogram

text: Emperor Leopold I

text: King of Hungary

text: Athanasius Kircher

text: pulse

text: Benedict of Poland

text: Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki

text: List of Jesuit scientists

text: Nicolae Milescu

text: "Flora Sinensis"

text: Michael Boym und die Flora Sinensis

categories: Polish explorers,Roman Catholic missionaries in China,Polish expatriates in China,Polish Jesuits,People from Lviv,1610s births,1659 deaths,Polish sinologists,Jesuit missionaries in China,Catholic clergy scientists,17th century in China,Polish Roman Catholic missionaries,Jesuit scientists,Jesuit missionaries,Polish people of Hungarian descent

paragraph: Michał Boym

paragraph: Michał Piotr Boym (; c. 1612–1659) was a Polish Jesuit missionary to China, scientist and explorer. He was an early Western traveller within the Chinese mainland, and the author of numerous works on Asian fauna, flora and geography. The first European Chinese dictionary, published in 1670, is attributed to Boym.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Michał Boym was born in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine), around 1614, to a well-off family of Hungarian ancestry. His grandfather Jerzy Boim came to Poland from Hungary with the king Stefan Batory, and married Jadwiga Niżniowska. Michał's father, Paweł Jerzy Boim (1581–1641), was a physician to King Sigismund III of Poland. Out of Pawel Jerzy's six sons, the eldest, the ne'er-do-well Jerzy was disinherited; Mikołaj and Jan became merchants; Paweł, a doctor; while

paragraph: Michał and Benedykt Paweł joined the Society of Jesus. The family had their own family chapel in Lviv's central square, which was constructed around the time of Michał's birth.

paragraph: In 1631, Boym joined the Jesuits in Kraków, and was ordained a priest. In 1643, after almost a decade of intensive studies in the monasteries of Kraków, Kalisz, Jarosław and Sandomierz, Boym embarked on a voyage to Eastern Asia. He first traveled to Rome, where he obtained a blessing for his mission from Pope Urban VIII, and then proceeded to Lisbon. Later that year he embarked with a group of nine other priests and clerics on a voyage to Portuguese Goa, and then Macau. Initially he taught at St. Paul Jesuit College (Macau). He then moved to the island of Hainan, where he opened a small Catholic mission. After the island had been conquered by the Manchus, Boym had to flee to Tonkin in 1647.

paragraph: Even as Jesuits in northern and central China were successfully switching their loyalties from the fallen Ming Dynasty to the newly established Qing, the Jesuits in the south of the country continued to work with the Ming loyalist regimes still controlling some of the region. Accordingly, in 1649 Boym was sent by the Canton-based Vice-Provincial of the China Mission Alvaro Semedo with a diplomatic mission to the court of the Yongli Emperor, the last Chinese ruler of the Ming Dynasty, still controlling parts of the Southwestern China.

paragraph: As the Yongli regime was endangered by the encroaching Manchus, the Jesuit Andreas Wolfgang Koffler, who had been at the Yongli court since 1645, had succeeded in converting many of the members of the imperial family to Christianity believing this would attract help from Western monarchs for the Southern Ming's struggle to continue to rule China. Among the Christians at the Yongli's court were Empress dowager Helena Wang (Wang Liena), the wife of the emperor's father; Empress dowager Maria Ma (Ma Maliya), the mother of the emperor; and the heir to the throne, prince Constantine (Dangding), Zhu Cuxuan. The Emperor's eunuch secretary Pang Tianshou (龐天壽), known by his Christian name Achilles, had become a Christian as well, years earlier.

paragraph: Boym was chosen to present the situation of the Chinese Emperor to the Pope. He received letters from Empress dowager Helena and from Pang Achilles, to give to Pope Innocent X, the General of the Jesuit Order, and Cardinal John de Lugo. Additional letters were dispatched to the Doge of Venice and to the King of Portugal. Together with a young court official named Andrew Zheng (), Boym embarked on his return voyage to Europe. They arrived at Goa in May 1651, where they learned that the King of Portugal had already abandoned the cause of the Chinese (Southern Ming) Emperor, and that Boym's mission was seen as a possible threat to future relations with the victorious Manchu. This view was also supported by the new local superior of the Jesuits, who believed the Jesuit Order should not interfere in the internal power struggles of China.

paragraph: Boym was placed under house arrest. However, he managed to escape and continue his voyage on foot. By way of Hyderabad, Surat, Bander Abbas and Shiraz, he arrived at Isfahan, in Persia. From there he continued his journey to Erzerum, Trabzon and İzmir, where he arrived near the end of August 1652. As the Venetian court was having conflicts with the Jesuits, Boym discarded his habit and dressed up as a Chinese Mandarin, before he arrived in Venice in December of that year. Although he had managed to cross uncharted waters and unknown lands, his mission there would not be easy, as the political intrigues at the European courts proved to be extremely complicated.

paragraph: Initially the Doge of Venice refused to grant Boym an audience, as Venice wanted to maintain a neutral stance in regards to China. Boym managed to convince the French ambassador to support his cause, and the Doge finally saw Boym and accepted the letter. However, the French involvement caused a negative reaction from the Pope, as Innocent X was actively opposed to France and its ambitions. Also the newly elected General of the Jesuits, Gosvinus Nickel, believed Boym's mission might endanger other Jesuit missions in China and other parts of the world. A new Pope was elected in 1655, and after three years, Alexander VII finally saw Boym on 18 December 1655. However, although Alexander was sympathetic to the Ming dynasty and its dilemma, he could not offer any practical help and his letter to the Chinese emperor contained little but words of empathy and offers of prayers. However, the letter from the new Pope opened many doors for Boym and his mission. In Lisbon, he was granted an audience by King John IV, who promised to help the Chinese struggle with military force.

paragraph: In March 1656, Boym started his return trip to China. Out of eight priests accompanying him, only four survived the journey. Upon reaching Goa it turned out that Yongli's situation was dire and that the local Portuguese administration, despite direct orders from the monarch, did not want to let Boym travel to Macau. This was in order not to compromise their commercial enterprises with the victorious Manchu. Boym again ignored the Portuguese monopoly by travelling on foot, this time by an uncharted route to Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam. He arrived there in early 1658, and hired a ship from pirates, with which he sailed to northern Vietnam. In Hanoi, Boym tried to procure a guide to lead him and the priests travelling with him to Yunnan. However, he was unsuccessful and he had to continue the journey alone, with the assistance only of Chang, who had travelled with him all the way to Europe and back. They reached the Chinese province of Guangxi, but on 22 June 1659 Boym died, having failed to reach the emperor's court. The burial place remains unknown.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Boym is best remembered for his works describing the flora, fauna, history, traditions and customs of the countries he travelled through. During his first trip to China he wrote a short work on the plants and animals dwelling in Mozambique. The work was later sent to Rome, but was never printed. During his return trip he prepared a large collection of maps of mainland China and South-East Asia. He planned to expand it to nine chapters describing China, its customs and political system, as well as Chinese science and inventions. The merit of Boym's maps was that they were the first European maps to properly represent Korea as a peninsula rather than an island. They also took notice of the correct positions of many Chinese cities previously unknown to the westerners or known only by the semi-fabulous descriptions of Marco Polo. Boym also marked the Great Wall and the Gobi Desert. Although the collection was not published during Boym's lifetime, it extended the knowledge of China in the west.

paragraph: The best known of Boym's works is the "Flora Sinensis" ("Chinese Flora"), published in Vienna in 1656. The book was the first description of an ecosystem of the Far East published in Europe. Boym underlined the medicinal properties of the Chinese plants. The book also included pleas for support of the Catholic Chinese emperor and a poem containing nearly a hundred chronograms pointing to the date of 1655, the date of coronation of Emperor Leopold I as the King of Hungary, as Boym wanted to gain support of that monarch for his mission.

paragraph: Athanasius Kircher heavily drew on the "Flora Sinensis" for the chapters on the plants and animals of China in his celebrated "China Illustrata" (1667). Boym authored the first published Chinese dictionary for a European language, a Chinese–French dictionary published in the first French edition of Kircher's work, in 1670.

paragraph: In his other works, such as "Specimen medicinae Sinicae" ("Chinese medicinal plants") and "Clavis medica ad Chinarum doctrinam de pulsibus" ("Key to the Medical Doctrine of the Chinese on the Pulse") he described the Chinese traditional medicine and introduced several methods of healing and diagnostics previously unknown in Europe, particularly measurement of the pulse.

paragraph: The latter book was likely written by the Dutch doctor and scholar Willem ten Rhijne.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Benedict of Poland

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Jesuit scientists

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Roman Catholic cleric-scientists

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicolae Milescu

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Flora Sinensis" 1656 at Bibliothèque Universitaire Moretus Plantin.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hartmut Walravens, "Michael Boym und die Flora Sinensis" - very good bio, and analysis of "Flora Sinensis"

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://web.archive.org/web/20070727002548/http://form.nlc.gov.cn/sino/show.php?id=2 (Chinese)

alias:
Michele Boym
Michał Piotr Boym

description: Jesuit missionary into China

wikidata_label: Michał Boym

wikipedia_title: Michał Boym


text: metal guitarist

text: symphonic metal

text: Kamelot

text: Tampa, Florida, USA

text: Virginia

text: Richard Warner

text: power metal

text: Kamelot

text: Tampa, Florida

text: Noise Records

text: "Epica"

text: SPV/Steamhammer

text: The Black Halo

text: Ghost Opera

text: Edel Music

text: Poetry for the Poisoned

text: "Silverthorn"

text: Napalm Records

text: Universal

text: ADA/Warner

text: King Records (Japan)

text: "Haven"

text: Roy Khan

text: Tommy Karevik

text: Seventh Wonder

text: Oliver Palotai

text: Sascha Paeth

text: March of Mephisto

text: Don't You Cry

text: Hunter's Season

text: Wacken Open Air

text: Sweden Rock Festival

text: Sonisphere Festival

text: Rock am Ring

text: Mark Vanderbilt

text: Consortium Project

text: Ian Parry

text: Elegy

text: Consortium Project

text: Patrick Rondat

text: Arjen Lucassen

text: Stephan Lill

text: Continuum in Extremis

text: Days of Rising Doom

text: supergroup

text: Aina

text: Flight of Icarus

text: Iron Maiden

text: Slave to the Power

text: Mari

text: soprano

text: "Epica"

text: The Black Halo

text: One Cold Winter's Night

text: The Black Halo

text: nursery rhyme

text: "Silverthorn"

text: The Shadow Theory

text: ESP Eclipse

text: ESP Eclipse

text: ESP Eclipse

text: ESP Eclipse

text: ESP Eclipse

text: ESP Horizon

text: ESP Horizon

text: ESP Viper

text: Lâg

text: Peavey

text: Boss

text: Boss

text: Boss

text: Elixir Strings

text: Sennheiser

text: Headbangers Ball

text: Metal Evolution

text: "Eternity"

text: Noise Records

text: "Dominion"

text: Noise Records

text: Siége Perilous

text: Noise Records

text: The Fourth Legacy

text: Noise Records

text: "Karma"

text: Noise Records

text: "Epica"

text: Noise Records

text: The Black Halo

text: SPV/Steamhammer

text: Ghost Opera

text: SPV/Steamhammer

text: Poetry for the Poisoned

text: Edel Music

text: "Silverthorn"

text: SPV/Steamhammer

text: "Haven"

text: Napalm Records

text: The Shadow Theory

text: Napalm Records

text: The Expedition

text: One Cold Winter's Night

text: One Cold Winter's Night

text: Ian Parry's Consortium Project I

text: Mascot Label Group

text: Inside Out Music

text: Aina

text: The End Records

text: MeteorCity

text: Kamelot website

categories: Record producers from Virginia,American heavy metal guitarists,Living people,Kamelot members,Musicians from Richmond, Virginia,Lead guitarists,21st-century American guitarists,People from Tampa, Florida,1974 births

paragraph: Thomas Youngblood

paragraph: Thomas Youngblood (born May 29, 1974) is an American metal guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of the symphonic metal band Kamelot, currently living in Tampa, Florida, USA.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: At the age of 12, after the death of his father, Youngblood moved from Virginia to Florida where he started learning to play guitar at age 15. Shortly after his move he began playing in his first band with school mates from the neighborhood. Through this he met drummer Richard Warner, and they decided to start a band together.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: The power metal band Kamelot was founded in Tampa, Florida by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991.

paragraph: Kamelot signed their first contract in 1994 with German label Noise Records. Six albums were released through the label. After the release of "Epica" in 2003 they started working with SPV/Steamhammer. With them they released "The Black Halo" (2005) and "Ghost Opera" (2007), after a temporary switch to Edel Music for the release of "Poetry for the Poisoned" (2010), they were back with SPV for another release with "Silverthorn" (2012). Currently the band is under contract with Napalm Records, Universal, ADA/Warner and King Records (Japan) and released the album "Haven" in 2015.

paragraph: Thomas Youngblood was the main composer of Kamelot's music from 1994 to 1998, collaborating with singer Roy Khan from 1998 to 2010. When Khan decided to leave the band, Tommy Karevik (Seventh Wonder) became the new singer. The new composing/writing team of the band consists of Thomas Youngblood, Oliver Palotai (keyboards), Sascha Paeth (producer) and Tommy Karevik (vocals). During Kamelot live shows Youngblood sings backing vocals and harsh vocals ("March of Mephisto") if needed. The song "Don't You Cry" is dedicated to his father and "Hunter's Season" to his mother.

paragraph: Youngblood is the only founding member continuously active in the band since its formation. He is also the CEO of KMI Entertainment, who are responsible for Kamelot's management and booking. With Kamelot, Youngblood played multiple headliner tours during the last 20 years in America, Asia, Australia and Europe and some of the biggest festivals like Wacken Open Air, Sweden Rock Festival, Sonisphere Festival, and Rock am Ring.

paragraph: Youngblood collaborated with Mark Vanderbilt (ex-Kamelot vocals) in the late 1990's for a project called "Monarque". The song "Arion" was released on the compilation CD "POWERQUEST – The Awakening".

paragraph: Consortium Project is the brainchild of Ian Parry, vocalist of the Dutch band Elegy. Youngblood and Ian Parry met when Elegy toured with Kamelot in 1998. When the first album Consortium Project was recorded, Youngblood was part of it. Other contributions by Patrick Rondat, Arjen Lucassen, Stephan Lill and others. Youngblood also contributed on the second album Continuum in Extremis in 2001. He has co-songwriting credits for "Poetic Justice".

paragraph: In 2003 Youngblood was invited to play guitars on the metal opera "Days of Rising Doom" by supergroup Aina, a project of Amanda Sommerville, Sascha Paeth, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo and Michael Rodenberg.

paragraph: In 2003 another collaboration between Ian Parry and Thomas Youngblood came to fruit. They recorded the song "Flight of Icarus" for the Iron Maiden tribute double album "Slave to the Power".

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Youngblood lives in Tampa with his wife Mari, a soprano vocalist. Mari Youngblood made appearances as guest artist on Kamelot's "Epica" and "The Black Halo", as well as live appearances in 2007 and on the live DVD "One Cold Winter's Night".

paragraph: The voice of their daughter Annelise appears in "Soul Society" ("The Black Halo") and the nursery rhyme of "Sacrimony" ("Silverthorn"). The voice of their son Thomas can be heard as the chorus in "Burns To Embrace" ("The Shadow Theory")

paragraph: His main inspirations are varied and range from metal to new age.

paragraph: In addition to playing guitar, Youngblood plays drums, saxophone and keyboard.

paragraph: Section::::Equipment.

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESP Eclipse II See Thru Black Cherry

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESP Eclipse II See Thru Black Aqua

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESP Eclipse II Snow White

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESP Eclipse II Vintage Black

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESP Eclipse I See Thru Black

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESP Horizon II

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESP Horizon NT

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESP Viper

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESP Custom Black Halo Eclipse

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lâg Nylon 314NCE

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kemper Profiling Amplifier

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peavey 4x12 Cabinets

paragraph: BULLET::::- Boss DD-3 Digital Delay

paragraph: BULLET::::- Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner

paragraph: BULLET::::- InTune GP Picks

paragraph: BULLET::::- EMG 81/60 Pickups

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elixir Strings Nanoweb 10 - 46

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sennheiser Wireless Systems

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gator Cases

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Overnight Success – Columnist for Headbangers Lifestyle (October 29, 2015)

paragraph: Section::::TV Appearances.

paragraph: BULLET::::- MTV's Headbangers Ball – Host (October 16, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Metal Evolution – Episode: Power Metal (Documentary, 2012)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Kamelot.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Kamelot.:Studio albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Eternity" (1995/Noise Records) CD

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dominion" (1997/Noise Records) CD

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Siége Perilous" (1998/Noise Records) CD

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Fourth Legacy" (1999/Noise Records) CD

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Karma" (2001/Noise Records) CD (German Album Charts #85)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Epica" (2003/Noise Records) CD (Finnish Album Charts #28)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Black Halo" (2005/SPV/Steamhammer) CD, Vinyl (Swedish Album Charts #24)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ghost Opera" (2007/SPV/Steamhammer) CD, Vinyl (Norwegian Album Charts #25)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Poetry for the Poisoned" (2010/Edel Music) CD, Vinyl (Billboard Top 200 Charts #74)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Silverthorn" (2012/SPV/Steamhammer) CD, Vinyl (Billboard Top 200 Charts #79)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Haven" (2015/Napalm Records) CD, Vinyl (Billboard Top 200 Charts #75)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Shadow Theory" (2018/Napalm Records) CD, Vinyl (German Album Charts #13)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Kamelot.:Live albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Expedition" (2000) CD

paragraph: BULLET::::- "One Cold Winter's Night" (2006) CD

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Kamelot.:DVDs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "One Cold Winter's Night" (2006) DVD

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Guest Appearances.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Power Quest: The Awakening Compilation – guitars and writing credits on "Arion" by Monarque (KMI Entertainment)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ian Parry's Consortium Project I (1999/Mascot Label Group) – guitars on "Change Breeds Contempt”

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ian Parry's Consortium Project II – Continuum in Extremis (2001/Inside Out Music) – guitars and writing credits on "Poetic Justice”

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aina – "Days of Rising Doom" (2003/The End Records) – guitars on "Lalae Amêr”

paragraph: BULLET::::- (2003/MeteorCity) – guitars on "Flight of Icarus"

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kamelot website

description: American guitarist

wikidata_label: Thomas Youngblood

wikipedia_title: Thomas Youngblood


text:
collège d'Harcourt
Lyon
Rouen
Comédie-Française
122th sociétaire
Charles-Simon Favart
Jean-Baptiste de La Noue
data.bnf.fr
His plays
CÉSAR

categories: People from Meaux,1701 births,18th-century French dramatists and playwrights,Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française,18th-century French male actors

paragraph: Jean-Baptiste de La Noue

paragraph: Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue (20 October 1701 – 13 November 1760) was an 18th-century French actor and playwright.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He studied at collège d'Harcourt in Paris. After he made his debut as a comedian in Lyon around 1721 and directed the company of Rouen for six years, he joined the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1742 of which he became the 122th sociétaire the same year. He retired in 1757.

paragraph: He composed about ten comedies, including "Mahomet second" (1739) parodied the same year by Charles-Simon Favart under the title "Moulinet premier", "Zélisca" (1746) and "La Coquette corrigée" (1756).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jean-Baptiste de La Noue on data.bnf.fr

paragraph: BULLET::::- His plays on CÉSAR

description: French actor

wikidata_label: Jean-Baptiste Sauvé de La Noue

wikipedia_title: Jean-Baptiste de La Noue


text:
Individual World Poetry Slam
UNHCR
Goodwill Ambassador
Darfur
Sudan
Yemen
United States
Julia R. Masterman High School
Philadelphia
Leonore Annenberg
Yale University
Alan Kurdi
BBC
100 Women
President Obama
Islamic Society of Baltimore
How to Do Good
TEDMED
TEDxTalk
Kakuma
United Nations General Assembly
Short Film "Haleema"

categories: Yale University alumni,People from Darfur,Women poets,Sudanese emigrants to the United States,Slam poets,21st-century poets,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people),21st-century women writers

paragraph: Emtithal Mahmoud

paragraph: Emtithal "Emi" Mahmoud is a poet and activist who won the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam championship. In 2018, she became an UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Mahmoud was born in Darfur, Sudan, and moved, with her family, to Yemen when she was a toddler. She then moved to the United States in 1998. When she was seven, she returned to Sudan; where her parents took part in a protest after the government stopped paying teachers. She and friends hid under the bed with fear. She says that the experience impressed on her the value of education. Mahmoud attended Julia R. Masterman High School in Philadelphia and won Leonore Annenberg's scholarship, a prize covering all costs for four years at any college in the United States.

paragraph: She went to Yale University where she studied Anthropology and Molecular Biology. She graduated in 2016.

paragraph: Section::::Poetry.

paragraph: Mahmoud first encountered spoken word poetry as an undergraduate at Yale University. She joined ¡Oyé!, a spoken-word group affiliated with the Latino Cultural Center on campus, then the Yale Slam Team.

paragraph: In 2013 she played the role of a poem reader in a short film called "Haleema".

paragraph: Mahmoud's 2015 winning poem was called "Mama". The piece was a tribute to Mahmoud's mother, who was unable to be in the audience that day; she was in Sudan attending the funeral of Mahmoud's grandmother who had died on the first day of the competition.

paragraph: She also dedicated a poem to Alan Kurdi called "Boy in the Sand".

paragraph: In 2018 she published a book of poems called "Sisters' Entrance".

paragraph: Section::::Activism.

paragraph: Since high school, Mahmoud has also been an activist advocating for attention to the continuing violence in Darfur. She was on the BBC's 100 Women list of "the most inspirational women across the world in 2015," and she was invited to a 2016 roundtable with President Obama when he visited the Islamic Society of Baltimore.

paragraph: In 2017, Mahmoud took part in the How to Do Good speaker tour, performing poetry and discussing her advocacy work in Oslo, Stockholm, The Hague, Brussels, Paris, London, New York, and York in 2018.

paragraph: Since 2014, Mahmoud has also been advocating for the rights of sickle cell disease patients in Nepal.

paragraph: She gave a talk at TEDMED in 2016 and was opening speaker at a TEDxTalk in Kakuma refugee camp in 2018. In 2016 she recited a poem in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Also in 2016, she launched a campaign at the 'Laureates and Leaders Summit' in New Delhi.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Short Film "Haleema" by Boris Schaarschmidt with Emtithal Mahmoud reading her poem "What would you do?".

description: Sudanese poet

wikidata_label: Emtithal Mahmoud

wikipedia_title: Emtithal Mahmoud


text: November Uprising

text: Postes et télégraphes

text: Le Radical

text: Dictionnaire de la langue française

text: Littré

text: Académie française

text: Société des gens de lettres

text: Text online

text: Text online

text: Text online

text: Text online

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text: Text online

text: Text online

text: Text online

text: Émile Debraux

text: goguette

text: Nina de Villard

text: Text online

text: (multiples formats

text: Text online)

text: Text online

text: Albert Cim

text: data.bnf.fr

text: Albert Cim

categories: 1845 births,French literary critics,20th-century French writers,19th-century French writers,People from Bar-le-Duc,French bibliographers

paragraph: Albert Cim

paragraph: Albert-Antoine Cimochowski, called Albert Cim, (22 October 1845 – 8 May 1924) was a French novelist, literary critic and bibliographer.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born to a French mother and a Polish officer who fled to France after the 1830 November Uprising, Albert Cimochowski entered in Paris a public service career for the Postes et télégraphes in 1861 and, under the name Albert Cim, began in journalism by writing articles on philology, criticism and bibliography, pieces that were quickly noticed. He collaborated with many newspapers including "lights" ones ("La Gaudriole") and held the "Revue littéraire" column of "Le Radical" from 1881 to 1894, then of the "National" from 1895 to 1897. He also participated in writing the "Dictionnaire de la langue française" by Littré. Meanwhile, he published books for children and novels, which earned him to be five-time winner of the Académie française, and documentary, literary and bibliographic studies. In 1896, he was appointed a librarian by the Under Secretary for Postes and telegraphs. He was also a member of the Société des gens de lettres of which he was twice the vice-president.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1880: "Jeunesse, mœurs de province"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1885: "Service de nuit"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1887: "Amis d'enfance"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1887: "Institution de demoiselles, mœurs parisiennes"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1888: "Deux malheureuses" Text online

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1888: "La Rue des Trois Belles"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1889: "Un Coin de province"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1890: "Les Prouesses d'une fille"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1891: "Bas-Bleus"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1892: "Bonne Amie"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1893: "En pleine gloire, histoire d'une mystification"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1893: "Spectacles enfantins"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1894: "Demoiselles à marier"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1894: "Joyeuse Ville"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1894: "Histoire d'un baiser" Text online

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1895: "Fils unique. Le neveu de Mlle Papillon" Text online

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1896: "Le Célèbre Barastol, vie et aventures d'un commis voyageur"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1896: "Grand'-Mère et petit-fils"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1896: "Fils unique. Le Neveu de Mlle Papillon"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1897: "Césarin, histoire d'un vagabond" Text online

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1898: "La Petite Fée"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1898: "Jeunes Amours"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1899: "Émancipées"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1900: "Farceurs"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1900: "Mademoiselle Cœur d'Ange, histoire d'une tante, de ses neveux, de ses nièces et de ses bêtes"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1902: "Une bibliothèque : l'art d'acheter les livres, de les classer, de les conserver et de s'en servir" Text online

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1903: "Le Dîner des gens de lettres : souvenirs littéraires" Text online

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1903: "Amateurs et voleurs de livres : emprunteurs indélicats, voleurs par amour des livres, voleurs par amour de l'argent ; vols dans les bibliothèques publiques, chez les éditeurs, libraires, bouquinistes, etc." (Reprint: Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, 1998).

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1903: "Le Petit Léveillé" Text online

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1904: "Le Roman d'un bon garçon"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1904: "Contes et souvenirs de mon pays" Text online

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1905: "Mes amis et moi"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1905–1908: "Le Livre : historique, fabrication, achat, classement, usage et entretien" (5 volumes)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1906: "Les Quatre fils Hémon"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1910: "Le Chansonnier Émile Debraux, roi de la goguette, 1796-1831"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1910: "Bureaux et bureaucrates, mémoires d'un employé des PTT"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1911: "La Revanche d'Absalon"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1912: "Disparu ! Histoire d'un enfant perdu"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1912: "Mes vacances : chasse à l'ours ; deux amis, le père Laverdure et son chien Finaud ; la brouette de mon grand-père ; pensionnaires !… etc., etc."

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1913: "Le Gros Lot"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1913: "Mystificateurs et mystifiés célèbres"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1914: "Entre camarades"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1919: "Les Coulisses du monde littéraire : Nina de Villard et son salon"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1919: "Les Femmes et les livres"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1920: ". Curiosités et singularités, bévues et lapsus, etc." Text online

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1921: "Nouvelles Récréations littéraires et historiques. Curiosités et Singularités. Bévues et Lapsus, etc. Historiens. Philosophes. Orateurs. Médecins. Politiciens. Journalistes. Ecclésiastiques. Femmes écrivains. Appendice. Coquilles typographiques"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1921: "Deux cousins"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1923: "Petit Manuel de l'amateur de livres" (multiples formats Text online)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1924: "Amis d'enfance"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1924: "Le Travail intellectuel. L'ordre, la clarté, l'écriture, manies des écrivains" Text online

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biographical elements after C.-E. Curinier, "Dictionnaire national des contemporains", vol. II, 1899-1919, (p. 329–330)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albert Cim on data.bnf.fr

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albert Cim on Wikisource

description: French literary critic (1845-1924)

wikidata_label: Albert Cim

wikipedia_title: Albert Cim


text:
diver
2016 Summer Olympics
Lin Yue
World Championships
Yang Hao
Cao Yuan
Guangzhou
China
Jinan University
East Asian Games
Zhang Yanquan
10m synchro event
2016 Summer Olympics
10m synchro
10m platform
2004 Summer Olympic Games
FINA
Male Diver of the Year
10m synchro
World Championships
Kazan
10m synchro
Yang Hao
10m platform
Tom Daley
2019 World Aquatics Championships
Gwangju
Cao Yuan
10m synchro
2016 FINA Diving World Cup
10m platform
2013 FINA Diving World Series
Lin
Moscow
Dubai
Beijing
2014
Yang Jian
2015
10m synchro competitions
Qiu Bo
Cao Yuan

categories: Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games,Olympic divers of China,World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving,Divers at the 2014 Asian Games,Sportspeople from Guangzhou,Asian Games medalists in diving,Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics,Divers at the 2018 Asian Games,Olympic gold medalists for China,Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics,1995 births,Olympic medalists in diving,Asian Games gold medalists for China,Chinese male divers,Living people

paragraph: Chen Aisen

paragraph: Chen Aisen (, born 22 October 1995) is a Chinese diver. He is a double gold medal winner at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won gold in the men's synchronised 10m platform competition with diving partner Lin Yue, as well as gold in the men's individual 10m platform. He has also won golds in the World Championships partnered with Yang Hao and Cao Yuan.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Chen was born in Guangzhou, China. He started diving while he was at primary school, selected for his potential in diving. He studied at Jinan University in Guangzhou. He also was stuck in a elevator together with his mum when he was younger.

paragraph: Section::::Diving career.

paragraph: In 2009, Chen won a gold medal in the men's 10m synchronized event at the East Asian Games with his partner Zhang Yanquan. Chen was at the age of 14. In the next several years, Chen competed in the FINA Diving Grand Prix competitions and won an assortment of medals. In 2014, Chen and Zhang won the 10m synchro event at the Asian Championships.

paragraph: Section::::Diving career.:Olympic Games.

paragraph: At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Chen and Lin won the gold medal in the 10m synchro event with an overall score of 496.98. He also won the gold medal in the 10m platform event with a score of 585.30. His victory marks the first time China had won the Olympic gold in the men's 10m platform since the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. Later that year, FINA named Chen as the Male Diver of the Year.

paragraph: Section::::Diving career.:World Championships.

paragraph: In 2015, Chen was partnered with Lin when they won the 10m synchro event at the World Championships in Kazan. Their overall score was 495.72. In 2017, Chen won another gold medal in the 10m synchro event with his new partner, Yang Hao. He also received the silver medal in the individual 10m platform event, which was won by British diver Tom Daley.

paragraph: At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, Chen partnered with Cao Yuan in the 10m synchro and won gold.

paragraph: Section::::Diving career.:World Cup.

paragraph: At the 2016 FINA Diving World Cup, Chen won the gold medal in the 10m synchro competition and the silver medal in the 10m platform competition.

paragraph: Section::::Diving career.:World Series.

paragraph: During the 2013 FINA Diving World Series, Chen won three gold medals in the 10m synchro events with Lin in the Moscow, Dubai, and Beijing legs. He was also the silver medal winner in the individual events in Beijing and Dubai. In 2014, Chen teamed up with Yang Jian to win one gold medal and one silver medal in the 10m synchro event.

paragraph: Chen was partnered with Lin in 2015. They won a total of five gold medals in the 10m synchro events. During the following year, the two of them won the 10m synchro competitions in all four legs. Chen also competed in the 10m platform events, where he won three gold medals and one silver medal. He achieved a higher score than fellow Chinese diver Qiu Bo in three of the legs.

paragraph: In 2017, Chen won multiple gold medals in the 10m platform and 10m synchro events. In the Guangzhou leg, Chen achieved an overall score of 601.15, which made him the fifth diver in history to collect over 600 points on the platform after Lin, Qiu, Yang, and Cao Yuan.

description: Chinese diver

wikidata_label: Chen Aisen

wikipedia_title: Chen Aisen


text:
Colonel
Antananarivo
President of Madagascar
Merina
French Saint Cyr military college
Gabriel Ramanantsoa
Philibert Tsiranana
Minister of the Interior
preview of newspaper article
Biography
- Photo

categories: Assassinated heads of state,1931 births,Malagasy military personnel,Assassinated Malagasy politicians,1975 deaths,Merina people,People from Antananarivo,People murdered in Madagascar

paragraph: Richard Ratsimandrava

paragraph: Colonel Richard Ratsimandrava (March 21, 1931 Antananarivo – February 11, 1975 Antananarivo) was President of Madagascar for six days in February 1975. His assassination in 1975 led to a civil war.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Military career.

paragraph: He was born in 1931 and was a Merina with a less "aristocratic" background and thus was more palatable to the population. A graduate of the French Saint Cyr military college, Ratsimandrava served throughout French Africa before returning to Madagascar when that country gained independence in 1960. He joined the army, attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel by 1968. In 1972 President Gabriel Ramanantsoa established a military government to replace the independence government of Philibert Tsiranana, and Ratsimandrava was appointed Minister of the Interior. In this position, he was able to manipulate the army, which led to the ousting of Ramanantsoa on February 5, 1975.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Death.

paragraph: Six days following his taking office, Ratsimandrava was assassinated at 8 p.m. while driving from the presidential palace to his home. His death was announced by the new ruling military committee. It claimed that the President had been killed by members of the Republican Security Forces (Groupe Mobile de Police-GMP), a counterinsurgency outfit dissolved by his predecessor. The event nearly plunged the country into civil war between supporters of the military government and former President Tsiranana. In 2006, on the 31st anniversary of colonel's murder, a conference was held in Madagascar.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: "L'assassinat du prιsident Ratsimandrava", Le Journal La Croix (1975). preview of newspaper article on assassination of Ratsimandrava

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography - in Malagasy.

paragraph: BULLET::::- - Photo of Ratsimandrava.

description: Malagasy politician

wikidata_label: Richard Ratsimandrava

wikipedia_title: Richard Ratsimandrava


text: Italian

text: Ponte in Valtellina

text: Jesuits

text: Como

text: Switzerland

text: Protestant

text: Voltaire

text: Pope Benedict XIV

text: convent

text: Barnabites

text: Milan

text: English literature

text: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera

text: history of music

text: early instruments

text: melodramma

text: oratorio

text: cantata

text: stage designers

text: costume designers

text: stage machinery

text: production

text: Rees, Abraham

text: Catalog record

text: HathiTrust

text: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera

text: Stanley Sadie

text: Internet Archive

text: Vol. 1

text: Vol. 2

text: Vol. 2, Book 2

text: Vol. 3

text: Vol. 3, Part 2

text: Vol. 4

text: Vol.

categories: Italian music historians,Italian historians,18th-century historians,Literary historians,1695 births,Historians of theatre

paragraph: Francesco Saverio Quadrio

paragraph: Francesco Saverio Quadrio (1 December 1695 – 21 November 1756) was an Italian scholar, historian, and writer. His most famous work is "Della storia e della ragione di ogni poesia", a voluminous history of poetry, theatre, and music.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Quadrio was born in Ponte in Valtellina. He joined the Jesuits and trained as a scholar, but finding himself uncomfortable with religious life, became suspicious and despondent, and suffered poor health from mental stress. In 1744, having received permission for a country sojourn, he reached a decision on the high road near Como to leave the order and proceeded to Switzerland, where he lived for some time, refusing offers from Protestant scholarly associations and becoming involved in several controversies. He next moved to Paris, where he met Voltaire. Finally, Pope Benedict XIV, having always treated him with decided forbearance, provided him assistance, and he retired to a convent of Barnabites. He died in Milan.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: His most important work is the seven-volume Della storia e della ragione di ogni poesia (Bologna/Milan, 1739–1752), "an elaborate history of poetry, which," according to the 1863 "Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography", "bears the stamp of conscientiousness and unsparing industry, but has been judged inaccurate, and as regards English literature is singularly jejune and inadequate." The 1819 "Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature" writes: "The author seems a mere compiler, without selection, taste, or accuracy. It is a heavy work, hardly interesting enough to stimulate a regular perusal; and from the disorder of arrangement, very difficult to consult." Barbara Reynolds, writing in "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera" (1992), points out that it includes much valuable information on the history of music and early instruments, including illustrations. Volumes 2 and 3 contain articles on "melodramma", oratorio, and cantata. Volume 3, part 2 (pp. 425–563), which has lists of singers, actors, writers, stage designers, costume designers, and inventors of stage machinery, and comments on production, is "invaluable for historians of opera."

paragraph: Quadrio also published, among other works, the "Dissertazioni critico-storiche intorno alla Rezia di qua dalle Alpi, oggi detta Valtellina" (1755), which testifies to his learning and has a preface explaining his motives in changing his calling.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rees, Abraham (1819). "The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature". London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown [etc.]. Catalog record at HathiTrust.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reynolds, Barbara (1992). "Quadrio, Francesco Saverio", vol. 3, p. 1191, in "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", 4 volumes, edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Waller, John Francis; Eadie, John; editors (1863). "The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography", 3 volumes. Glasgow: William MacKenzie. Vols. 1 (AA–CZU), 2 (DAA–IWA), and 3 (JAA–ZWI) at HathiTrust.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Della storia e della ragione di ogni poesia", at the Internet Archive:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vol. 1 (1739)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vol. 2 (1741)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vol. 2, Book 2 (1742)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vol. 3 (1743)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vol. 3, Part 2 (1744)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vol. 4 (1749)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vol.  (1752), titled: "Indice universale Della storia..."

description: Italian scholar

wikidata_label: Francesco Saverio Quadrio

wikipedia_title: Francesco Saverio Quadrio


text: terra cotta

text: bas relief

text: Jane Addams

text: Clarence Darrow

text: Ezra Pound

text: Benito Mussolini

text: Miguel Primo de Rivera

text: Mohandas K. Gandhi

text: Nashville, Tennessee

text: Nashville, Tennessee

text: Ward Seminary

text: St. Louis School of Fine Arts

text: St. Louis, Missouri

text: Victor Holm

text: Art Institute of Chicago

text: Charles Mulligan

text: Tree Studio Building

text: Rockford, Illinois

text: Via Margutta

text: Rome, Italy

text: Benito Mussolini

text: Henry P. Fletcher

text: Giacomo Boni

text: Lydia Rismondo

text: Ezra Pound

text: March on Rome

text: Woman's Radio Review

text: Ithaca, New York

text: Nancy Cox-McCormack Cushman Papers

categories: 20th-century American sculptors,1885 births,People from Nashville, Tennessee,American women sculptors,20th-century American women artists,American socialites,1967 deaths

paragraph: Nancy Cox-McCormack

paragraph: Nancy Cox-McCormack, later Cushman (August 15, 1885 – February 17, 1967), was an American sculptor, writer and socialite. Between 1910 and 1953 she sculpted bronze and terra cotta busts and bas reliefs of more than seventy sitters, including such notables as social reformer Jane Addams, lawyer Clarence Darrow, poet Ezra Pound, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera and Indian politician Mohandas K. Gandhi. Of the works she is known to have created, the location of only half is currently known.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Nancy "Nannie" Mal (or Mai) Cox was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 15, 1885, the second of three children of Herschel McCullough Cox and Nancy Morgan Cox, a well-off Virginia couple. Nancy and her siblings contracted polio when Nancy was about three, and her sister and brother died of the disease in May 1888. Nancy's mother died of tuberculosis on December 13, 1888.

paragraph: Herschel McCullough Cox remarried and had a son, Henry Herschel Cox, with his second wife, Lena Lillian Warren. Herschel died in an accident when Nancy was a teenager, December 31, 1899. Nancy lived at a boarding school in Arkansas, then briefly with her stepmother in Nashville, Tennessee where she attended Ward Seminary. There she studied with artist Willie Betty Newman, working in pastels and watercolors. Unhappy in her home life, Nancy married Mark McCormack in 1903, but separated from him in 1909 and divorced as of 1911. In 1909, Nancy enrolled briefly in the St. Louis School of Fine Arts at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri where she worked with Victor Holm.

paragraph: Section::::Chicago.

paragraph: In 1910 Nancy Cox-McCormack moved to Chicago, and enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied sculpture with Charles Mulligan. She opened a studio in the Tree Studio Building in Chicago. For the next ten years, she lived and worked primarily in Chicago. The first sculpture that she sold, entitled "Harmony", was shown at the January 1913 Chicago Artists Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. She also entered and won the Edward Ward Carmack Memorial Competition, Nashville. She was chosen to create panels on the themes "Woman in the Home" and "Woman in Civics" for the Rockford Women's Club in Rockford, Illinois. She also created altar panels of "The Annunciation" and "The Birth of Christ" for Trinity Episcopal Church in Chicago. She created a number of portrait sculptures during this period, including George and Frederick Woodruff of the First National Bank, and at least one death mask.

paragraph: Her entry in the "Chicago social and club register" of 1921 reads:

paragraph: McCORMACK, Nancy Mai (Cox). Educated Ward Seminary, Nashville, Tenn.; Clubs Member of Art Institute; Activities Sculptor, principal works "Harmony", McCormack Memorial on capitol grounds, Nashville, Tenn., bust of W. H. Mitchell, also various statues, portraits of children, etc. Residence 19

paragraph: E. Pearson St.

paragraph: Section::::Europe.

paragraph: During the 1920s, Nancy Cox-McCormack traveled extensively in Europe. She visited France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and England, and established studios at Via Margutta 48 in Rome, Italy (1922–1924). She sculpted figures of a number of important people including Benito Mussolini, U. S. Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher, archaeologist Giacomo Boni, and political saloniste Lydia Rismondo.

paragraph: In Paris in July 1921, Cox-McCormack met Ezra Pound. In December 1921, she cast a life-mask of him, and modeled a small portrait-bust. In 1922 and 1923 she met Ezra Pound and his wife Dorothy again in Siena and in Rome.

paragraph: Through a chain of friendships, Cox-McCormack was able to meet and model Benito Mussolini, who had just risen to power in Italy, evoking widespread excitement among Cox-McCormack and her friends. Cox-McCormack had been in Rome during Mussolini's March on Rome, and had seen what was happening at first hand. "Every artist I knew... was enthusiastic about the 'stellone' (great star) who had appeared in the sky 'to save Italy from utter ruin.'" She considered him "a creative force" and "the inspiration of the new epoch in Europe". She completed his bust in ten sittings during May and June 1923. It was the first bust made of the new ruler. (Years later, she became disenchanted with Mussolini's regime).

paragraph: During the 1920s, Cox-McCormack exhibited in Rome, Paris, New York, and Chicago. Her one-woman shows included:

paragraph: BULLET::::- the Jacques Seligman Galleries in both Paris and New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- the National Gallery in Washington

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco.

paragraph: In 1931, she traveled to England to model Mahatma Gandhi, who was then attending the Indian Conference in London.

paragraph: Section::::Other work.

paragraph: Her account of her travels in Spain, "Pleasant Days in Spain", includes an account of modeling the Spanish dictator, Miguel Primo de Rivera.

paragraph: She also wrote a children's book, "Peeps: The Really Truly Sunshine Fairy", which was published in 1918.

paragraph: She appeared on the NBC "Woman's Radio Review" in 1936.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Nancy Cox-McCormack married Charles Thomas Cushman of Brooklyn Heights, New York City on December 21, 1939. The couple settled at 62 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York City. In the 1950s, they returned to Europe together, visiting Sicily, Rome and Florence. In December 1955, they moved to Ithaca, New York.

paragraph: Nancy Cox-McCormack died in Ithaca, New York, February 17, 1967.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Five Colleges Finding Aid for the Smith College's Sophia Smith Collection: Women's History Archives, Nancy Cox-McCormack Cushman Papers

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tennessee State Library and Archives Finding Aid, COX-McCORMACK, NANCY (1885–1967) PAPERS 1911–1965

paragraph: BULLET::::- Smithsonian Collection results for Nancy Cox-McCormack

alias:
Nancy Mal Cox
Nancy McCormack

description: American sculptor

wikidata_label: Nancy Cox-McCormack

wikipedia_title: Nancy Cox-McCormack


text: Latvian

text: ice hockey

text: forward

text: Florida Panthers

text: National Hockey League

text: Vancouver Canucks

text: 2016 NHL Entry Draft

text: Artis Ābols

text: Dinamo Riga

text: Kontinental Hockey League

text: 2014–15 season

text: Dinamo Riga

text: Kontinental Hockey League

text: HK Rīga

text: Minor Hockey League

text: Artis Ābols

text: Portland Winterhawks

text: Western Hockey League

text: 2015–16 season

text: 2016 NHL Entry Draft

text: Vancouver Canucks

text: 2016–17 season

text: Acadie–Bathurst Titan

text: Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

text: Örebro HK

text: Swedish Hockey League

text: 2017–18 season

text: BIK Karlskoga

text: HockeyAllsvenskan

text: 2018–19 season

text: Florida Panthers

text: Latvian national junior team

text: 2015 IIHF World Championships

categories: Dinamo Riga players,Acadie–Bathurst Titan players,HK Riga players,Portland Winterhawks players,Sportspeople from Riga,BIK Karlskoga players,1996 births,Latvian ice hockey players,Örebro HK players,Vancouver Canucks draft picks,Living people

paragraph: Rodrigo Ābols

paragraph: Rodrigo Ābols (born 5 January 1996) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward currently under contract with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Ābols was selected in the seventh round, 184th overall by the Vancouver Canucks during the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.

paragraph: He is the son of Artis Ābols, who also played ice hockey and is currently the head coach of Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: During the 2014–15 season, Ābols skated for both Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and HK Rīga of the Minor Hockey League (MHL). He made his KHL debut on 27 December 2014 with Riga, whom his father, Artis Ābols, coached.

paragraph: Ābols joined the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL) for the 2015–16 season. In 62 games, Ābols registered 20 goals and 49 points. During the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, Ābols was selected in the seventh round, 184th overall by the Vancouver Canucks. Ābols split the 2016–17 season between the Winterhawks and the Acadie–Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

paragraph: Ābols skated for Örebro HK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) during the 2017–18 season. While on loan, he also played for BIK Karlskoga of HockeyAllsvenskan. With his rights expired from the Canucks, he continued his tenure with Örebro HK in the 2018–19 season, increasing his production with 18 goals and 26 points in 45 games.

paragraph: On 28 May 2019, the Florida Panthers signed Ābols to a two-year, entry-level contract.

paragraph: Section::::International play.

paragraph: Ābols participated at the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships as a member of the Latvian national junior team. He made his senior international debut at the 2015 IIHF World Championships in Prague.

description: Latvian ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Rodrigo Ābols

wikipedia_title: Rodrigo Ābols


text:
Buyeo
South Chungcheong Province
Syngman Rhee
land reform
Dankook University
Korean War
North Korean People's Army
National Defense Corps
distoma
Dankook University
Donam-dong
Seongbuk-gu
Ewha Girls' High School
tuberculosis
The Chosun Ilbo
Konkuk University
Korean Literature
Dankook University
Konkuk University
Order of Cultural Merit (Silver crown)
The Shin Dong-yup Prize for Literature
Literature and Myth
The Shin Dong-yup Literary Museum

categories: Konkuk University alumni,20th-century South Korean poets,1930 births,People from Buyeo County,1969 deaths,Dankook University alumni,South Korean male poets,South Korean educators

paragraph: Shin Dong-yup (poet)

paragraph: Shin Dong-yup (August 18, 1930 – April 4, 1969) was a Korean poet.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Early life.

paragraph: Shin Dong-yup was born on August 18, 1930, in Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province, Korea. In 1944, he graduated from Buyeo Elementary School at the head of his class and then attended Jeonju Normal School. The tuition, room and board were paid by the Korean government. According to the book, "National Poet Shin Dong-yup" by the poet Kim Eung-gyo, his father, Shin Yeon-sun, discovered his talent for writing. Despite their poverty, his father taught him how to write when Shin Dong-yup was six years old.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:School life.

paragraph: In 1948, Shin Dong-yup was expelled from the Normal School as a consequence of student protests against Syngman Rhee, and in particular for disagreeing with the South Korean president's land reform policy and inaction on liquidating pro-Japanese assets. He was transferred to teach at an elementary school in Buyeo, as he was already certified as a teacher. However, he quit his job and entered Dankook University, majoring in history. His father was a judicial scrivener, but he could not support his son financially with his low pay, so he had to sell his farm.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Korean War.

paragraph: Shin Dong-yup had to return to his hometown when the Korean War broke out in 1950. The North Korean People's Army took over Buyeo on July 15, 1950. The North Korean People's Army intended to implement communist land reform. Shin Dong-yup was not interested in political issues, but he was employed by the Democratic and National Youth Alliance and worked there until late September 1950. The army exploited his knowledge of organization and business. He agreed with communist ideas regarding social reforms, although he was an anarchist. He was drafted into the National Defense Corps in late 1950. After the dissolution of the army, he caught liver distoma from eating crabs.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Debut as a writer.

paragraph: In 1953, Shin Dong-yup applied to become an air force candidate and passed. However, after graduation from Dankook University, he remained unassigned to a billet. He then moved to Donam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, and opened a secondhand bookstore near his home. At that time, Shin Dong-yup met his future wife, In Byung-sun, who was a senior at Ewha Girls' High School. He married In Byung-sun and they returned to his hometown. In Byung-sun opened a boutique in Buyeo to overcome poverty, and Shin Dong-yup was assigned to Joosan Agriculture High School in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province. He quit teaching because of tuberculosis, and fell into reading and writing after he sent his wife and children to stay with his wife's parents.

paragraph: In 1959, he won The Chosun Ilbo annual spring literary contest with "The Talking Ploughman's Earth", and he made his debut as a writer under his pen name, Seok Lim. He recovered from tuberculosis and started working at Education Criticism Publisher in Seoul. He wrote "Student Revolution collection of poems" and protested in the April Revolution. This is why Shin Dong-yup is often referenced as the "April Revolution poet" by many writers. He was able to write "Who Said Who Looked Up At The Sky" and "Husk, Be Gone" based on his experiences in the April Revolution. In 1961, he was hired as a teacher for an evening section at the Myung-Sung Girls' High School, where he immersed himself in writing poems. He graduated from Konkuk University's graduate school with a master's degree in Korean Literature in 1964. In 1963, he published a poetry collection, "Asanyeo", and an epic poem, "Keumkang".

paragraph: His liver distoma worsened, and this eventually turned into liver cancer. He died at age 38 on April 7, 1969.

paragraph: Section::::Education.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buyeo Elementary school

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jeonju Normal school

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dankook University

paragraph: BULLET::::- Konkuk University graduate school

paragraph: Section::::Poems.

paragraph: Shin Dong-yup published many poems such as "Husk, Be Gone", which criticized the opportunists swept up by democratic power and also "March", "Farm", and "The Sky We Saw". He wrote epic poems, including "The Talking Ploughman's Earth", "Woman's Life", and more than ten critiques. In 1989, his poem "On the hills and mountains" was included in middle school textbooks.

paragraph: The following is a Korean to English translation of his most famous poem, "Husk, Be Gone".

paragraph: The government prohibited the sale of the book immediately after it was published, as the poetry was symbolic of democratization.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shin Dong-yup (1963). "Asanyeo". Munhaksa.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shin Dong-yup (1975). "Shin Dong-yup collection". ChangjangguaBipyungsa.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shin Dong-yup, Shin Gyeong-rim (1988). "Fallen down like a flower". Shilchunmunhaksa.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shin Dong-yup (1989). "Who said who looked up the sky". ChangjangguaBipyungsa.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shin Dong-yup (1989). "Keumkang". ChangjangguaBipyungsa.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shin Dong-yup (1989). "Who said who looked up the sky" (revised edition). ChangjangguaBipyungsa.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shin Dong-yup (1991). "Husk, be gone". Miraesa.

paragraph: Section::::After death.

paragraph: Section::::After death.:The Shin Dong-yup Prize for Literature.

paragraph: The Shin Dong-yup creation fund was created in 1982. The Shin Dong-yup Prize for Literature is granted every year.

paragraph: Section::::After death.:Shin Dong-yup literary house.

paragraph: The Shin Dong-yup literary house was opened near Shin Dong-yup's birthplace on May 3, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::After death.:Prizes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Cultural Merit (Silver crown)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Shin Dong-yup Prize for Literature

paragraph: BULLET::::- Literature and Myth

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Shin Dong-yup Literary Museum

description: Korean poet

wikidata_label: Shin Dong-yeop

wikipedia_title: Shin Dong-yup (poet)


text:
Bordeaux
Paris
West Indies
Paul François Quinsac
École des Beaux-Arts
Gabriel Ferrier
Prix de Rome
Ceres
French Academy in Rome
Carolus-Duran
Paul-Albert Besnard
Martinique
Fort-de-France
Outre Mer
Paris Colonial Exposition
Society of French Artists
Salon
Basque Country
genre
orientalist
marine
Peintre de la Marine
Ordre des Palmes Académiques

categories: 1937 deaths,Peintres de la Marine,1881 births,French male painters,Prix de Rome for painting,20th-century French painters,French genre painters

paragraph: Pierre Bodard

paragraph: Pierre Bodard (15 April 1881, Bordeaux - 18 June 1937, Paris) was a French painter, best known for his scenes depicting the West Indies.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He began his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Bordeaux with Paul François Quinsac and continued at the École des Beaux-Arts with Gabriel Ferrier. In 1909, he was awarded the Prix de Rome for his depiction of Ceres saving the life of a child. While at the French Academy in Rome, he studied with Carolus-Duran and Paul-Albert Besnard. From Rome, he travelled throughout the Mediterranean, visiting North Africa, Greece, Turkey and Spain; all the while sketching and painting.

paragraph: He was mobilized in 1915, stationed on Martinique, and married in Fort-de-France. As a result, he did not return to Paris until 1920. He remained emotionally attached to the island for the rest of his life, and was an active participant in events and exhibitions related to the "Outre Mer", notably the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition.

paragraph: He was an Associate of the Society of French Artists and exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1908 to 1932. In addition to his paintings of the West Indies, he created scenes from the Basque Country. After many years as a history and genre painter, he gradually focused on orientalist and marine painting, as well as portraits.

paragraph: In 1921, he was officially named a "Peintre de la Marine". Five years later, he was awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Silver Palm). In 1933, he received the Gold Palm.

description: French painter

wikidata_label: Pierre Bodard

wikipedia_title: Pierre Bodard


text:
Santiago de Guatemala
Guatemala
Captaincy General of Guatemala
Thomas Gage
.
Juana Inés de la Cruz
oidor
Real Audiencia
Saint Lucia
Saint John the Baptist
Saint Stephen
Antigua Cathedral of Guatemala
Spanish Inquisition
novice
dowry
Order of the Immaculate Conception
discalced
Máximo Soto Hall
biographical novel
Luz Méndez de la Vega
auto sacramental
Francisco Marroquín University
Máximo Soto Hall
José Mile and Vidaurre
Eduardo Galeano

categories: Guatemalan women writers,Guatemalan women short story writers,1666 deaths,17th-century Guatemalan poets,Guatemalan musicians,1598 births

paragraph: Juana de la Concepción

paragraph: Sister Juana de la Concepción (born Juana de Maldonado y Paz in 1598 in Santiago de Guatemala; died 1666 in Santiago de Guatemala) was a Guatemalan nun, writer, and poet.

paragraph: She is considered one of the most interesting and controversial figures in Santiago de Guatemala (then the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala) during the first half of the 17th century. She enjoyed fame as a poet at the beginning of the 17th century, according to friar and English traveler Thomas Gage (1597-1656).

paragraph: Sister Juana took her vows as a nun in 1619 and lived until her 1666 death in the Convent of the Conception in Santiago de Guatemala. She was reputed to be an excellent musician, poet, and writer. She is sometimes compared to the Mexican poet Juana Inés de la Cruz.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: The life of Juana de la Concepción is known mainly through the writings of the English Dominican friar Thomas Gage (1602-1656).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early life.

paragraph: Sister Juana was born Juana de Maldonado y Paz in 1598 in Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala. She was the only daughter of Juan de Maldonado y Paz, who was an "oidor" (judge) of the Real Audiencia, and Concepción de Quintanilla; she had one brother named Diego. Her mother died when she was very young. De Maldonado's education surpassed that typical for women of this era.

paragraph: De Maldonado's early life was shaped by a controversy over a portrait of her and her family. Between 1611 and 1613, the Guatemalan painter Francisco Montúfar painted her as Saint Lucia, together with her father as Saint John the Baptist and her cousin Pedro Pardo as Saint Stephen. The painting was planted in altars and carried in processions. This generated a scandal in the city. In 1615, Rodrigo de Villegas (the canon of the Antigua Cathedral of Guatemala and representative of the Santo Oficio in Guatemala) reported them to Felipe Ruiz del Corral, the commissioner of the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico, as having committed a sacrilege. He alleged that de Maldonado was of illegitimate birth, and that it was improper for her to be depicted as a saint. De Maldonado's father showed the Inquisition tribunal that the complaint was motivated by a desire for personal revenge, given that he had previously reported Villegas and sent him to prison.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Entry into the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception.

paragraph: De Maldonado decided to seclude herself in a convent and to become a nun, which allowed her to devote herself fully to artistic and intellectual activities. She entered as a novice in the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Monasterio de la Inmaculada Concepción de María) ― today known as the Convent of the Conception (Convento de la Concepción) ― in Santiago de los Caballeros. She took her vows there on December 27, 1619, taking the name Sister Juana de la Concepción. She did not pay a dowry upon entering the monastery, as was typical at the time, possibly because her services as a musician were used to exempt her from payment.

paragraph: The convent of the Order of the Immaculate Conception was the first institution for religious women in Guatemala, founded in 1578 by an abbot and three nuns from the convent of Mexico. For thirty years, it was the only female monastery in the region.

paragraph: According to chronicler Thomas Gage, who visited Santiago many years later, the church of the convent ― situated today in the exit of Antigua Guatemala ― had a valuable collection of art. During this period, around 1,000 women lived in the convent, including nuns, novices, maids, and slaves. The father of Sister Juana built her living quarters inside the convent that were known for their opulence; the blueprint has survived.

paragraph: In the 17th century there were two types of nuns: discalced (descalza) and urban (urbanista); Sister Juana was an urban nun.

paragraph: Sister Juana's quarters were always full of poets, painters and writers, who were attracted by her beauty and fascinating personality. She is reputed to have had the best collection of musical instruments in the city, a complete library, and a lavish private chapel. Her life of art and erudición was known throughout Santiago. The Guatemalan writer Máximo Soto Hall, in his 1938 biographical novel about Sister Juana, called her "The Divine Recluse". The most distinguished figures of the city, including the bishop friar Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, gathered in her quarters for musical and literary entertainment. In the 18th century, a small baroque palace was constructed over Sister Juana's house within the convent; this palace was restored in the 21st century.

paragraph: Sister Juana's father was called to serve to the Spanish Crown in Mexico, leaving his daughter in Guatemala in 1636. During this period, Sister Juana experienced economic hardship; she could not pay the dowry to the convent and did not have money to pay for candles for her living quarters and sacristy. After efforts by her father and based on the merits of both her and her father, the Crown decided to award her an annual pension of 500 tostones (silver coins) to cover her expenses.

paragraph: Thomas Gage reported in 1648 that Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, one of Sister Juana's admirers, appointed her as the convent's abbess ― passing over nuns of greater merit and age ― and that this caused a scandal in the convent. However, there is no reliable documentation of this supposed occurrence. The evidence indicates that the 1632 appointment of another nun, Sister Juana de la Trinidad, as abbess was canceled by then-bishop Agustín Ugarte y Savaria, who arrived in Guatemala that year, on the grounds that it had not been properly documented by the convent. There is also one document showing Sister Juana's status as an abbess as of 1665.

paragraph: As an abbess, Sister Juana was responsible for reporting the convent's activities periodically to the bishop, and for requesting permissions from the bishop.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Illness and death.

paragraph: At the beginning of 1665, before being appointed abbess, Sister Juana fell ill and requested permission to sell a slave belonging to her to pay costs she had incurred. Similarly, she pawned a diamond in 1667 to pay money she owed to the convent.

paragraph: Despite conflicting reports about the year of Sister Juana's death, the most recent research places her death in 1666. In late 1668, the convent's new abbes wrote to the bishop to inform him of the sale of the quarters that had been the property of Sister Juana's father; the sale was motivated by the need to pay Sister Juana's debts left after her death.

paragraph: Section::::Historicity.

paragraph: Until 1948, it was believed that Sister Juana was an invention of Thomas Gage, but her historicity was confirmed when historian Ernesto Chinchilla Aguilar located the complaint relating to her appearance as Santa Lucía in an early oil painting. The oil painting itself is believed to have been conserved at least until the 1970s. In 1972, José Manuel Montúfar Aparicio, a member of the Guatemalan Academy of Geography and History, published the book "Los pintores Montúfar en la Ciudad de Santiago de Guatemala en el siglo xvii "("The Montúfar painters in the City of Santiago de Guatemala in the 17th century"), which included a photograph of the canvas. However, the work was later cut into several parts by an unknown person, and sold in pieces to foreign collectors.

paragraph: In addition, Luz Méndez de la Vega discovered a complete copy of a Christmas auto sacramental (a type of dramatic work) attributed to Sister Juana, titled "Entretenimiento en Obsequio de la Guida a Egicto". This work has been studied because its characters include not only the Virgin Mary but importantly an indigenous man and woman as it is set in Guatemala. The play has been used to try and understand the roles of indigenous people at that time. Research in 2014 indicated that this work was not original to Sister Juana but rather was a musical work that had been commissioned for the convent.

paragraph: More recently, in 2014 Coralia Anchisi de Rodríguez, a researcher at Francisco Marroquín University has done further research into the historical existence of Sister Juana of Maldonado.

paragraph: Section::::Works attributed to Sister Juana.

paragraph: Because of their vow of humility, 17th-century nuns were not allowed to write on non-theological subjects. Sister Juana did write certain reports to the bishop as abbess describing life in the convent, but these lack literary significance.

paragraph: The first modern reference to Sister Juana's writings is found in Víctor Miguel Díaz's 1930 "Historia de la imprenta en Guatemala", in which Díaz states that Sister Juana wrote "El ángel de los forasteros" at the request of priests who asked her to record her impressions of life in the convent. Two other Guatemalan historians, Ricardo Toledo Paloma and Mariano López Mayorical, brought to light 17th-century documents demonstrating her existence and presented writings attributed to her. Among the works that Mayorical attributes to Sister Juana are the following poems:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Letra con estribillo a la Inmaculada Concepción"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A los santos reyes"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Al divino esposo"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Para las despedidas"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Versos para la pascua"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Para el Día de los Inocentes"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Oda a San Antonio"

paragraph: Section::::Sister Juana in literature.

paragraph: Sister Juana has appeared as a character in several literary works, including the novels "La divina reclusa" ("The divine recluse") by Máximo Soto Hall (1938) and "The Nazarenos" by José Mile and Vidaurre (1867). She also appears in a chapter of "Memorias de fuego, I: Los nacimientos" (1982) by Eduardo Galeano.

description: writer

wikidata_label: Juana de Maldonado

wikipedia_title: Juana de la Concepción


text:
Madrid
Generation of '36
Francisco Franco
Spanish Civil War
Cornada
¿Dónde estás, Ulalume, dónde estás?
Where are you, Ulalume? Where are you?
Eva Forest
Register of the Alfonso Sastre Papers.

categories: Writers from Madrid,Living people,1926 births,Spanish dramatists and playwrights

paragraph: Alfonso Sastre

paragraph: Alfonso Sastre (born 20 February 1926 in Madrid) is a Spanish playwright, essayist, and critic associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was an outspoken critic of censorship during the reign of General Francisco Franco. His most noteworthy plays include "Death Squad" (1953), "The Gag" (1954), "Death Thrust" (1960), and "Tragicomedy of the Gypsy Celestina" (1984).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Alfonso Sastre was born into a typical middle-class family. He had three siblings (Aurora, Ana and Jose), and received a Catholic upbringing. He survived hunger and bombing during the Spanish Civil War and later received a degree from the Institute Cardinal Cisneros of Madrid. In 1943 he began a career as an aeronautical engineer, which he abandoned after fifteen days. By the end of the 1940s, he began producing existentialist works, either alone or with others in the "New Art" movement.

paragraph: In 1950 he signed, along with Jose M. de Quinto, the Theater of Social Agitation Manifesto (TAS), and vehemently defended, through books and newspapers, the use of theater as a means of social agitation. In 1953 he completed his studies and had his first success in the theater, "Escuadra Hacia la Muerte", roughly translated as "Death Squad". It premiered on March 18, 1953, and was performed by the University Popular Theater (TPU). The play took place during the Third World War and dealt with a squad of five soldiers and their corporal, sent on a suicide mission as punishment for past transgressions. Only one performance was initially scheduled, but it found success and its run was extended. The play was censored by Franco's regime after its third performance, however, and was never performed again. On 17 September 1954 the play "La Mordaza" ("The Gag") premiered, dealing with themes of dictatorship and repression. That same year he wrote the revolutionary drama "Tierra Roja" ("Red Earth"), which was never allowed to be presented as it dealt with the subject of exploitation. Sastre continued to write plays such as "La Sangre de Dios, Ana Kleiber" ("The Blood of God, Ana Kleiber") and "Guillermo Tell tiene los ojos tristes" ("William Tell Has Sad Eyes") in 1955. In 1959 he wrote "En la red" ("In the Net") and "La Cornada" (The Thrust). In 1990 he wrote "¿Dónde estás, Ulalume, dónde estás?" ("Where are you, Ulalume? Where are you?").

paragraph: Sastre married writer and revolutionary Eva Forest in 1955.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: Section::::External links.:Archival collections.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Register of the Alfonso Sastre Papers. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

description: Spanish playwright

wikidata_label: Alfonso Sastre

wikipedia_title: Alfonso Sastre


text: Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick

text: Isabel le Despenser

text: Thomas le Despenser

text: Constance of York

text: Anne Neville

text: Queen consort

text: King Richard III

text: Caversham Castle

text: Berkshire

text: Richard Neville 'the Kingmaker'

text: Henry Beauchamp

text: Cecily

text: Lady Anne

text: Earldom of Warwick

text: Eleanor

text: Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset

text: First Battle of St Albans

text: Nevilles

text: Beauforts

text: Lady Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury

text: Isabel

text: George, Duke of Clarence

text: Edward IV of England

text: Anne Neville

text: Edward of Westminster

text: Henry VI

text: Battle of Tewkesbury

text: Richard III of England

text: Beaulieu Abbey

text: Henry VII

text: Philippa Gregory

text: The White Queen

text: The Red Queen

text: The Kingmaker's Daughter

text: Juliet Aubrey

text: The White Queen

text: The Sunne in Splendour

text: Sharon Kay Penman

text: The Reluctant Queen

text: Jean Plaidy

text: Sandra Worth

text: Wars of the Roses

text: Edward of Middleham

categories: 1492 deaths,Disease-related deaths in England,Women of the Tudor period,15th-century English women,People from Caversham, Reading,Earls of Warwick (1088),15th-century English nobility,1426 births,Hereditary women peers,English countesses,Daughters of British earls

paragraph: Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick (13 July 1426 – 20 September 1492) was the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, and his second wife Isabel le Despenser, a daughter of Thomas le Despenser (22 September 1373 – 13 January 1399/1400) and Constance of York. Anne Beauchamp was the mother of Anne Neville, Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Richard III.

paragraph: Section::::Inheritance.

paragraph: Anne de Beauchamp was born at Caversham Castle in Oxfordshire (now Berkshire). She married Richard Neville 'the Kingmaker' – and her brother Henry Beauchamp married Richard's sister Cecily – in 1436. Following the death of Anne's father in 1439, and subsequently that of her brother Henry in 1446, and his infant daughter Lady Anne in 1449, Neville inherited the title and the considerable estates of the Earldom of Warwick through his wife.

paragraph: However, this was contested by Anne's three older half-sisters, children of her father's first marriage to Elizabeth, heir of Berkeley. One of these, Lady Eleanor, was married to Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (killed at the First Battle of St Albans in 1455). The litigation over the Warwick inheritance only fuelled the enmity between this branch of the Nevilles and the Beauforts who were closely related. Anne Beauchamp's husband, Richard, was the grandson of Lady Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, sister of the Duke's late father. Law considered that Anne Beauchamp being a full-blooded aunt of the last countess was more eligible to inherit than her older half-sisters, who were thus not coheirs with her, including the eldest – Lady Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury (d. 1468). Richard Neville succeeded in keeping the Warwick and Despencer estates intact.

paragraph: Section::::Children's marriages.

paragraph: Her older daughter, Lady Isabel, married George, Duke of Clarence, the younger brother of King Edward IV of England. Her younger daughter, Lady Anne Neville, was married to Edward of Westminster, the only son of King Henry VI. When Edward of Westminster was killed in the Battle of Tewkesbury, Anne Neville was married to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III of England. Although their mother was still living, the husbands of the two Neville sisters fought over their inheritance, while Anne was declared legally dead by Parliament. To win his brother George's final consent to the marriage with Anne, Richard renounced most of Warwick's land and property including the earldoms of Warwick (which the Kingmaker had held in his wife's right) and Salisbury and surrendered to Clarence the office of Great Chamberlain of England. After George was executed for treason in 1478, his son Edward inherited the title of Earl of Warwick, while Richard's son was styled Earl of Salisbury.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Anne died in obscurity, having survived her husband, her daughters and the sons-in-law who had effectively disinherited her. She was in sanctuary at Beaulieu Abbey in 1486 when she petitioned Henry VII for the return of her estate. She recovered a small portion, but only on condition that she broke the entail and remit the bulk of them to Henry VII. "The 'Warwick and Spencer lands', her own patrimony became part of the crown estate."

paragraph: Section::::Fictional portrayals.

paragraph: Anne, Countess of Warwick appears prominently in the Philippa Gregory novels "The White Queen" (2009), "The Red Queen" (2010), and "The Kingmaker's Daughter" (2012), and is played by Juliet Aubrey in the 2013 television adaptation of all three novels, "The White Queen". She is depicted as a coldly ambitious mother to Isabel and Anne Neville, and her husband's staunchest supporter.

paragraph: A more sympathetic portrayal of the Countess of Warwick is in the novel "The Sunne in Splendour" by Sharon Kay Penman, and a maternal view of her is observed in "The Reluctant Queen" by Jean Plaidy. Novelist Sandra Worth represents the Countess as her husband's conscience in her five novels about the Wars of the Roses. The Countess is depicted as being especially close to her grandson Edward of Middleham. Another sympathetic portrayal of Anne Beauchamp is "Wife to the Kingmaker", a 1974 title by Sandra Wilson.

description: English countess

wikidata_label: Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick


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Fujiwara clan
Yorinobu
Izu Province
Kozuke
Minamoto no Mitsunaka
Settsu Province
legend
Kintarō
Sakata no Kintoki
Shuten Dōji
Tsuchigumo
The Four Guardian Kings
Watanabe no Tsuna
Sakata no Kintoki
Urabe no Suetake
Usui Sadamitsu
Karatsu Kunchi
festival
Karatsu City
Saga Prefecture
float
helmet
oni
renga
Kin'yō Wakashū
Fate/Grand Order
Tactics
New Getter Robo
Seiwa Genji
Toki clan
Sagami (poet)
Tenka-goken
Dōjigiri

categories: Minamoto clan,People of Heian-period Japan,Japanese legends,1021 deaths,Japanese folklore,944 births

paragraph: Minamoto no Yorimitsu

paragraph: , also known as Minamoto no Raikō, served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Yorinobu, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take. He is one of the earliest Minamoto of historical note for his military exploits, and is known for quelling the bandits of Ōeyama.

paragraph: His loyal service earned him the governorships of Izu Province, Kozuke and a number of others in turn, as well as a number of other high government positions. Yorimitsu served as commander of a regiment of the Imperial Guard, and as a secretary in the Ministry of War. When his father Minamoto no Mitsunaka died, he inherited Settsu Province.

paragraph: Yorimitsu featured in a number of legends and tales, including the legend of Kintarō (Golden Boy a.k.a. Sakata no Kintoki), the legend of Shuten Dōji, and the legend of Tsuchigumo.

paragraph: Raiko is usually accompanied by his four legendary retainers, known as the Shiten'ō (The Four Guardian Kings). They were Watanabe no Tsuna, Sakata no Kintoki, Urabe no Suetake, and Usui Sadamitsu.

paragraph: The Karatsu Kunchi festival in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, features a large float inspired by the helmet of Minamoto, being partially devoured by the oni Shuten Douji.

paragraph: Section::::Poetry.

paragraph: Raiko wrote a renga with his wife, which appears in the Kin'yō Wakashū (nos.703-704):br

paragraph: "tade karu fune no suguru narikeri"br

paragraph: "asa madaki kararo no oto no kikoyuru wa"br

paragraph: This translates as:br

paragraph: a boat harvesting smartweed is passing bybr

paragraph: I thought I heard someone rowing smartly before dawn

paragraph: Section::::Popular culture.

paragraph: A female version of Yorimitsu appears in the mobile game "Fate/Grand Order" under the name Minamoto no Raikō. This iteration of Yorimitsu appears as both a 5-Star Berserker and a 4-Star Lancer class Servant, both of which are limited to specific summoning events. Berserker Raikō debuted during the original Onigashima event while Lancer Raikō debuted during the Summer 2017 event.

paragraph: The main character; Raikoh Minamoto in the 2003 Xbox game Otogi: Myth of Demons, and its sequel Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors were loosely based on Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Otogi, Otogi 2) and The Four Guardian Kings (Otogi 2).

paragraph: The 2005 anime: Otogi Zoshi was also based loosely on Minamoto no Yorimitsu and his retainers.

paragraph: Raikou's fictional descendant, the also named Raikou Minamoto, is the main antagonist in both the manga and anime versions of Tactics. The original Raikou himself later appears in the form of flashbacks.

paragraph: A female version of Raiko appears in the 2004 "New Getter Robo" OVA series, fighting Oni with swords made of Getter Alloy.

paragraph: Minamoto also appears on the game Onmyoji, as a ruthless onmyoji who made a deal with Orochi to create a shikigami under his control. Said shikigami is named as Onikiri, a manifestation of the Minamoto swords.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seiwa Genji

paragraph: BULLET::::- Toki clan

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sagami (poet)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tenka-goken - his sword Dōjigiri is counted among the five best swords in Japan.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.

description: Regent of the Fujiwara clan

wikidata_label: Minamoto no Yorimitsu

wikipedia_title: Minamoto no Yorimitsu