text:
Bulgarian
Samuel of Bulgaria
Jovan Vladimir
Duklja
John Skylitzes
Samuel of Bulgaria
John Chryselios
Dyrrhachium
Jovan Vladimir
Duklja
Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja
vassal
Stefan Vojislav
Zeta
Gavril Radomir
Ivan Vladislav
Prespa
Krajina
Theotokos

categories: 11th-century Bulgarian people,11th-century Bulgarian women,Bulgarian princesses,11th-century deaths,10th-century births,10th-century Bulgarian people,10th-century Bulgarian women

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paragraph: Kosara

paragraph: Kosara or Cossara was a Bulgarian noblewoman, related to Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria, who was married to Prince Jovan Vladimir of Duklja.

paragraph: Section::::Origin and identity.

paragraph: The 11th-century Byzantine historian John Skylitzes calls her a daughter of Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria, but the annotations to Skylitzes of Michael of Duklja correct this by interpolating that her father was called Theodoretos. B. Prokić, the first editor of the manuscript ("Codex Vindobonensis hist. gr." 74) that contains the annotations, mistranslated the note and emended the father's name to Theodora, thereby giving Kosara the name Theodora Kosara by which she is often known in modern scholarly literature. Modern scholarship suggests that the otherwise unattested Theodoretos may have been the son of John Chryselios, magnate of Dyrrhachium and Samuel's father-in-law.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Kosara was married ca. 1000 with Jovan Vladimir, Prince of Duklja, who had been defeated and taken prisoner of Tsar Samuel. An oral tradition recorded in the 12th-century in the "Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja" turns the marriage into a romantic tale of Kosara visiting Vladimir in his prison cell, eventually falling in love and asking to be married to him.

paragraph: The story of Vladimir and Kosara is the subject of one of the most romantic tales of early Montenegrin literature; this is the "Chronicle"’s description of how Vladimir and Kosara met:

paragraph: So Kosara fell in love with the handsome captive, and begged her father for his hand. Samuel, having conquered lands, wanted to bind his new subjects to himself in a more cordial way, not only with the sheer force. He allowed the marriage, returned Duklja to his new son-in-law, and besides gave him the whole territory of Dyrrhachium, to rule them from that point on as his vassal.

paragraph: Kosara and Jovan Vladimir had a daughter, who married Stefan Vojislav, prince of Zeta.

paragraph: Tsar Samuel died in 1014 and he was succeeded by his son Gavril Radomir, but his reign was short: his cousin Ivan Vladislav killed him in 1015, and ruled in his stead. Vladislav held that he would make his position stronger if he exterminated the whole family of Samuil, for which reason he plotted the murder of Jovan Vladimir. The new Tsar thus sent messengers to him to demand his attendance in Prespa, but Vladimir did not want to go out his land; not even after many subsequent Vladislav’s promises and pledges that he meant no harm to him. Finally, Vladislav sent him a golden cross with his pledge on it, to which Vladimir replied:

paragraph: Two bishops and a hermit came to Vladimir, gave him a wooden cross, and confirmed that the Tsar had made the pledge on it. Vladimir kissed the cross, collected a few followers, and set off to Prespa. As soon as he arrived there, he went into a church for a prayer. When he came out of the church, he was struck down by Vladislav’s soldiers and beheaded, all the time holding the cross in his hands; it was May 22, 1016.

paragraph: Jovan Vladimir was buried in Prespa, in the same church in front of which he was martyred. Shortly after his death, he was recognized as a martyr and saint.

paragraph: Two or three years after Jovan Vladimir’s burial, Kosara transported his remains to Duklja. She interred him near his court in Krajina, in the church of Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos. Kosara did not marry again; by her will, she was interred in the same church, at the feet of her husband.

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wikipedia_title: Kosara


text:
Jacobean
Caroline
news correspondent
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Low Countries
silkworm
Constantinople
Savoy
Isaac Wake
Virginia
George Yeardley
Chesapeake Bay
Richard Hakluyt
Robert Cotton
William Camden
Dudley Carleton
Leo Africanus
Jamestown colony
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Butter
John Chamberlain
Viscount Scudamore
John Donne
John Milton
Shakespeare
Othello
Ben Jonson
The Masque of Blackness
Walter Raleigh
Blackfriars Theatre

wikipedia_title: Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington

wikipedia_title: Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester

categories: 1636 deaths,16th-century male writers,English civil servants,1572 births,Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,17th-century English writers,English non-fiction writers,16th-century English writers,17th-century male writers,English MPs 1604–1611,People of the Stuart period,English male journalists,People of the Tudor period

paragraph: John Pory

paragraph: John Pory (1572–1636) was an English government administrator, traveller, and author of the Jacobean and Caroline eras; he is widely considered to have been the first news correspondent in English-language journalism.

paragraph: Section::::Life and work.

paragraph: Pory was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; he earned his bachelor's degree in 1592 and his Masters in 1595. He was elected a member of Parliament from the borough of Bridgwater in 1605, and served until 1610. In 1607 Pory travelled through France and the Low Countries, and was involved in a plan to introduce silkworm breeding to England. He spent the years 1611–1616 travelling through Europe, to Italy and as far as Constantinople, where he was the secretary of English ambassador Sir Paul Pindar; for a portion of 1617 he served as the secretary to the English ambassador to Savoy, Sir Isaac Wake. Late in 1619, Pory travelled to the new English colony in Virginia as secretary to the governor, Sir George Yeardley. Pory spent the years 1619–1621 and 1623–1624 in Virginia; he served as the first Speaker of the Virginia Assembly, and explored Chesapeake Bay by boat in 1620. He returned to England and settled in London in 1624. Pory had accumulated a widespread acquaintance with influential people in a range of positions and locations, and maintained a vigorous letter-writing correspondence with them over the later years of his life. Contemporaries described him as being addicted to both gossip and alcohol.

paragraph: Early in his career, around 1597, Pory became an associate and protégé of the geographer and author Richard Hakluyt; Hakluyt later termed Pory his "very honest, industrious, and learned friend". Pory was also a friend of Sir Robert Cotton, William Camden, Sir Dudley Carleton, and other members their circles. It was at Hakluyt's urging that Pory engaged in his first literary effort, a translation of a geographic work by Leo Africanus that was published as "A Geographical Historie of Africa" (1600). Pory also produced significant documents about the Jamestown colony in Virginia and the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.

paragraph: Section::::News.

paragraph: In London from the early 1620s on, Pory was associated with Nathaniel Butter in his efforts to create news periodicals for the English public. Headquartered at Butter's shop at the sign of the Pied Bull, Pory was a "correspondent" in the literal sense, who maintained exchanges of letters with the wide variety of prominent people he had met and cultivated in his earlier public career. Other similarly-situated men of his generation, like John Chamberlain, played comparable roles in such correspondences and exchanges of news; Pory was atypical and perhaps unique in that he channelled his knowledge and contacts into commercial news ventures, Butter's early newspapers. Pory also ran his own manuscript news service, charging patrons for regular news reports; Viscount Scudamore paid Pory £20 for an annual subscription of weekly bulletins for the year 1632.

paragraph: In some respects, Pory was the first to do what many modern public figures do, moving among official posts, journalism, and positions in the private sector.

paragraph: Section::::Influences and connections.

paragraph: Modern scholars who have studied Pory's published works and his correspondence have unearthed a range of linkages with important figures of his era, like John Donne and John Milton. Shakespeare may have borrowed from Pory's book on Africa for his "Othello"; Ben Jonson used it for "The Masque of Blackness". Pory's extant correspondence provides researchers with a wealth of detail about London and Court society in the period. He describes, among other things, the last hours of Sir Walter Raleigh, and brawls between nobles at the Blackfriars Theatre.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- .

paragraph: BULLET::::- . Reprinted as .

paragraph: BULLET::::- .

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Information on John Pory's edition of Leo Africanus's "A Geographical Historie of Africa" (1600) from Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership

paragraph: BULLET::::- Letter from John Pory to Sir Dudley Carleton, English ambassador to the Netherlands (1619), published in the "Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society", 4th ser., IX (1871), from American Journeys

paragraph: BULLET::::- Text of letters from John Pory to the Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London (January 1622/1623) and to the Governor of Virginia (autumn 1622), from MayflowerHistory.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Letter from John Pory to Joseph Mead upon the first removal of the Queen's French attendants (5 July 1626), from H. E. (Henry Ellis) (1824). "Original Letters, Illustrative of English History; including Numerous Royal Letters from Autographs in the British Museum, and One or Two Other Collections". London: Harding, Triphook and Lepard, vol. 3, 237–244. 3 vols. Reproduced at Google Books

description: English government administrator, traveller and author

wikidata_label: John Pory

wikipedia_title: John Pory


text: Huntington, New York

text: Sachem High School

text: Lake Ronkonkoma, New York

text: Manhattan College

text: Jaspers

text: Steve Trimper

text: spring training

text: Rule 5 draft

text: Coors Field

text: Colorado Rockies

text: strikeout

text: Matt Herges

text: outrighted

text: Memphis Redbirds

text: Chicago Cubs

text: Rule 5 draft

text: Tennessee Smokies

text: Iowa Cubs

text: Long Island Ducks

text: Atlantic League

text: Los Angeles Dodgers

text: Albuquerque Isotopes

text: Bridgeport Bluefish

categories: Swing of the Quad Cities players,Palm Beach Cardinals players,Albuquerque Isotopes players,Long Island Ducks players,Peoria Saguaros players,Manhattan Jaspers baseball players,Springfield Cardinals players,Bridgeport Bluefish players,St. Louis Cardinals players,Memphis Redbirds players,Gulf Coast Cardinals players,Surprise Saguaros players,Baseball players from New York (state),Bravos de Margarita players,Major League Baseball pitchers,People from Huntington, New York,Living people,Iowa Cubs players,New Jersey Cardinals players,Peoria Chiefs players,1983 births,People from Lake Ronkonkoma, New York

paragraph: Mike Parisi

paragraph: Michael Richard Parisi (born April 18, 1983 in Huntington, New York) is a right-handed professional baseball pitcher.

paragraph: Parisi is the second Major League Baseball player to hail from Sachem High School in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York on Long Island.

paragraph: Parisi went to Manhattan College and was a pitcher for the Jaspers under head coach Steve Trimper.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:St. Louis Cardinals.

paragraph: He was drafted in the 9th round of the 2004 MLB draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He also was invited to spring training in and . On November 20, 2007, Parisi was added to the Cardinals 40-man roster in order to keep him from being lost in the Rule 5 draft. On May 4, 2008, Parisi was called up to the big-league club. Parisi made his MLB debut on May 5, 2008 at Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies. He pitched a scoreless inning of relief and his first career strikeout was against Matt Herges. He pitched in a total of 12 games for the Cardinals in 2008, with 2 starts. His ERA was 8.22 and he had 13 strikeouts and 15 walks. On November 20, 2008, the Cardinals outrighted him to its AAA affiliate (Memphis Redbirds).

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Chicago Cubs.

paragraph: On December 10, 2009, the Chicago Cubs selected Parisi from the Cardinals in the Rule 5 draft. He played in the Cubs minor league system of the Cubs in 2010 for the Tennessee Smokies and the Iowa Cubs. He was released by the Cubs on March 23, 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Long Island Ducks.

paragraph: He signed with the Long Island Ducks shortly afterwards. For the Ducks he posted a 6-4 record while posting a 3.50 ERA. He was one of seven Ducks who were selected to the 2011 Atlantic League All-Star Game. During the middle of the 2011 season, he was picked up by the Los Angeles Dodgers and assigned to the Albuquerque Isotopes soon after.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Los Angeles Dodgers.

paragraph: His contract was purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 19, 2011 and he was assigned to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes. He made 9 starts for Albuquerque, with a 6-2 record and 5.20 ERA. In 2012, he also made 9 starts for the Isotopes and was 1-1 with a 2.72 ERA. He left a game on May 28 due to shoulder pain and spent the rest of the season on the disabled list.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Bridgeport Bluefish.

paragraph: Parisi pitched for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in 2013.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sachem.Patch.com feature about Parisi and his Sachem roots

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Daily Record" article

paragraph: BULLET::::- Manhattan College article on his signing with the Cardinals

paragraph: BULLET::::- Baseball Prospectus stats and predictions

paragraph: BULLET::::- Parisi player profile at Scout.com

description: Major League Baseball pitcher

wikidata_label: Mike Parisi

wikipedia_title: Mike Parisi


text:
Italian
organist
lute
harpsichord
Baroque
Venetian School
canzona
Venetian
lute
Fabritio Caroso
church of the Frari
confraternity
Giovanni Pietro Berti
Monteverdi
toccata
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Turin
Ghirlanda sacra
saltarello
ground bass
romanesca
fourth
Pachelbel
Canon
concerto
ritornello
cadenza
Giovanni Gabrieli
Corelli
violin
bassoon
recorder
trombone
Dover Publications

wikipedia_title:
Italy
Organ (music)
Lute
Harpsichord
Baroque music
Venetian School (music)
Canzona
Venice
Lute
Fabritio Caroso
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
Confraternity
Giovanni Pietro Berti
Claudio Monteverdi
Toccata
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Turin
Ghirlanda sacra
Saltarello
Ostinato
Romanesca
Interval (music)
Johann Pachelbel
Pachelbel's Canon
Concerto
Ritornello
Cadenza
Giovanni Gabrieli
Arcangelo Corelli
Violin
Bassoon
Recorder (musical instrument)
Trombone
Dover Publications

categories: Italian male classical composers,Venetian School (music) composers,Place of birth unknown,Renaissance composers,Place of death unknown,Year of birth unknown,Italian Baroque composers,Italian classical composers,1570s births,1643 deaths,Date of death unknown

paragraph: Giovanni Picchi

paragraph: Giovanni Picchi (1571 or 1572 – 17 May 1643) was an Italian composer, organist, lutenist, and harpsichordist of the early Baroque era. He was a late follower of the Venetian School, and was influential in the development and differentiation of instrumental forms which were just beginning to appear, such as the sonata and the ensemble canzona; in addition he was the only Venetian of his time to write dance music for harpsichord.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Little is known about Picchi's early life, but his birthdate (1571 or 1572) can be inferred from his death record which states that he was 71 when he died on 17 May 1643. The earliest documentary evidence pertaining to him, unusually enough, is a picture: he appears as a lutenist on the title page of a 1600 dance manual by Fabritio Caroso ("Nobilità di dame"). Sometime before February 1607 he was hired as organist at the Venetian church of the Frari, and from 1623 to his death he was also organist at the confraternity Scuola di San Rocco, the most prestigious and wealthy of all the Venetian confraternities. In 1624 he applied for the position of second organist at St. Mark's, but Giovanni Pietro Berti was chosen instead.

paragraph: He was a close contemporary of Monteverdi, being born four years later and dying six months earlier than the more renowned composer.

paragraph: Section::::Music and influence.

paragraph: Of Picchi's music, mostly instrumental music survives. One harpsichord "toccata" is included in the "Fitzwilliam Virginal Book" (how it got there is not known – very little Italian music is included in that English collection); three "passamezzos" survive in a manuscript from Turin; and in 1619 he published a collection of harpsichord dances, "Intavolatura di balli d'arpicordo". In addition, he published a collection of 19 ensemble "canzonas" in 1625, "Canzoni da sonar". A sole motet survives in Ghirlanda sacra 1625.

paragraph: His harpsichord dances are of three types: dances in triple meter, dances in triple meter paired with "saltarellos," and pieces which use a ground bass. Most of the works with ground bass use some type of "romanesca" pattern, consisting of a line descending by fourth, rising by step, then descending again by fourth or fifth, rising by step, and so forth (the Pachelbel Canon, probably written several decades after Picchi's death, is probably the most famous example of variations over a "romanesca" bass).

paragraph: Within his ensemble "canzonas," Picchi worked to differentiate several types of instrumental writing which were critically important to later forms such as the concerto. In particular, he used well-defined concertino, ritornello, and cadenzas in his ensemble music, following and further developing a practice initiated in the music of Giovanni Gabrieli and the other composers of his generation. His writing for concertino groups was probably the most innovative aspect of his style, and foreshadowed the work of composers in the middle Baroque such as Corelli. Picchi used both sequential variation and echo effects, and scored for a variety of instruments including violins, bassoons, recorders and trombones, often in the same piece.

paragraph: Picchi seems to have used the terms "canzona" and "sonata" interchangeably, sometimes calling a piece "canzona" in the score and "sonata" in the part book; the differentiation of these forms was only just beginning in the early 17th century.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eleanor Selfridge-Field, "Venetian Instrumental Music, from Gabrieli to Vivaldi." New York, Dover Publications, 1994.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Howard Ferguson: "Giovanni Picchi", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed July 9, 2005), (subscription access)

description: Italian composer

wikidata_label: Giovanni Picchi

wikipedia_title: Giovanni Picchi


text:
Austrian
Italian
Bologna
Burnacini
Court
Melk Abbey
Jakob Prandtauer
baroque
Leopoldsberg
Klosterneuburg
Passau
Theater am Kärntnertor
Hotel Sacher
fresco
Palais Niederösterreich

categories: Austrian male painters,18th-century Italian architects,Architects from Emilia-Romagna,Italian male painters,18th-century Austrian painters,17th-century Italian painters,Austrian people of Italian descent,1735 deaths,Italian engineers,17th-century Italian architects,18th-century Italian painters,17th-century Austrian painters,Austrian engineers,Austrian architects,1675 births,People from Bologna

paragraph: Antonio Beduzzi

paragraph: Antonio Maria Nicolao Beduzzi (1675–1735) was an Austrian-Italian theater engineer, painter, and architect who flourished in Vienna at the turn of the 17th century.

paragraph: He was born in Bologna in 1675. He succeeded Burnacini as the theatre architect at the Court in Vienna in 1708. Among his better known designs are:

paragraph: BULLET::::- The interior of Melk Abbey for Jakob Prandtauer's baroque reconstruction

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Leopold's Church on Leopoldsberg above Klosterneuburg, near Vienna

paragraph: BULLET::::- The cathedral museum of Passau

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vienna's "Theater am Kärntnertor" (the site now occupied by Hotel Sacher)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The frescos of the "Landhaussaal" in the Viennese Palais Niederösterreich

paragraph: Beduzzi died in Vienna in 1735.

alias:
Antoni Beduzzi
Antonio Maria Nicolao Beducius
Antonio Maria Nicolao Beducci
Antonio Maria Nicolao Beduzzi

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Antonio Beduzzi

wikipedia_title: Antonio Beduzzi


text:
VC
Irish
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
Bengal Artillery
Bengal Army
Indian Mutiny
Relief of Lucknow
Royal Artillery Museum
Woolwich
North Shields
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Ireland's VCs
Monuments to Courage
Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross
Location of grave and VC medal

categories: People from North Shields,British military personnel of the First Anglo-Sikh War,1889 deaths,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,19th-century Irish people,1820s births,Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross,Irish soldiers in the British East India Company Army,People from County Mayo

paragraph: Edward Jennings (VC)

paragraph: Edward Jennings VC (ca. 1820 – 10 May 1889) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: He was approximately 37 years old, and a Rough-Rider in the Bengal Artillery, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place at the Relief of Lucknow for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: For most of his life Edward Jennings was employed by the local council as a road sweeper and must have fallen on hard times as he sold his Victoria Cross to a private collector. His Victoria Cross is now displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, England.

paragraph: Edward Jennings VC died on 10 May 1889 and was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave, one of 190,000 bodies interred in Preston Cemetery, North Shields, North East England. In 1997 an appeal was launched to raise the necessary £2000 to place a headstone on Edward Jennings grave. A memorial service at graveside took place on 10 September 1997 to dedicate the new headstone.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Listed in order of publication year

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Register of the Victoria Cross" (1981, 1988 and 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ireland's VCs" (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monuments to Courage" (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross" (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Tyne & Wear)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Edward Jennings

wikipedia_title: Edward Jennings (VC)


text:
Chicago
blues
Muddy Waters
Eric Clapton
Maxwell Street
Little Walter
Jimmy Rogers
Johnny Young
Big Walter Horton
Johnny Young
Johnny Littlejohn
Sam Lay
Checkerboard Lounge
Muddy Waters
Pinetop Perkins
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
The Legendary Blues Band
Ronnie Earl
Broadcasters
Eric Clapton
Royal Albert Hall
From the Cradle
White House
Carnegie Hall
Radio City Music Hall
the Smithsonian
Newport Jazz Festival
Grammy Award
The New York Times
Chicago Blues Festival
Official website

categories: 1943 births,American blues harmonica players,Singers from Illinois,Harmonica blues musicians,Chicago blues musicians,American blues singer-songwriters,Blues musicians from Illinois,Living people

paragraph: Jerry Portnoy

paragraph: Jerry Portnoy (born November 25, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American harmonica blues musician, who has toured with Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Portnoy grew up in Chicago. He first heard the blues played outside his father's carpet store in the Maxwell Street market in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Maxwell Street was a mecca for blues musicians, who would play on the street for tips. Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Johnny Young, Big Walter Horton and many others all played on Maxwell Street.

paragraph: Portnoy began to perform professionally in 1970, touring the Midwest with the band of Johnny Young (guitar/mandolin). Two years later, he left Johnny Young, but continued to perform around the Midwest in the bands of guitarist Johnny Littlejohn and, later, drummer Sam Lay. For a time, he was also a member of the house band at the Checkerboard Lounge. He joined the Muddy Waters Blues Band in May 1974 and appeared on the albums "I'm Ready", "Muddy 'Mississippi' Waters Live", and "King Bee". He remained until June 1980 when he and other members of Waters' band (pianist Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and bassist Calvin "Fuzz" Jones) formed The Legendary Blues Band, where he remained until 1986.

paragraph: "Life of Ease" was released in 1981 and "Red Hot and Blue" two years later. After a brief hiatus from touring and the music business, he returned to music in 1987 when Ronnie Earl asked him to help start a band which became the Broadcasters. He formed his own band, called the Streamliners, in 1989. They released the CD "Poison Kisses" in 1991 (later re-issued as "Home Run Hitter" with three extra tracks). That same year Eric Clapton invited Portnoy to join an all-star blues band for the six blues shows at London's Royal Albert Hall as part of Clapton's 24-night stand. In 1993, he joined Clapton's band and remained with it through 1996. During this time, the band recorded Clapton's blues album "From the Cradle".

paragraph: Portnoy has performed in twenty-eight foreign countries on six continents, including performances at the White House, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, the Smithsonian, the Newport Jazz Festival and other major jazz and blues festivals worldwide. He was a Grammy Award nominee in 1996 for his work with the Muddy Waters Tribute Band on their recording "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Dead and Gone", and released an instructional package, "Jerry Portnoy's Blues Harmonica Masterclass", in 1997. In 2001, he released his second solo album, "Down in the Mood Room".

paragraph: Known for his dark, amplified tone, he has long been a favorite of both critics and peers. "The New York Times" (1987) said, "Mr. Portnoy crests like an alto saxophone." "Down Beat Magazine" (2002) said, "Portnoy has few equals as a harmonica player, blues or otherwise." Rick Estrin, a leading professional player as well, was quoted in "Blues Revue" (2002) as saying, "He can get so much sound out of that harp—such a beautiful, just enormous, fat, rich tone." In 2004 Portnoy appeared on the album "Me And Mr. Johnson" with Eric Clapton

paragraph: He currently has available an online harmonica playing tutorial.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chicago Blues Festival

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

description: American blues musician

wikidata_label: Jerry Portnoy

wikipedia_title: Jerry Portnoy


text:
Kentford
Suffolk
English
saxophonist
session musician
Pink Floyd
Money
Us and Them
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Wearing the Inside Out
Bloodstone
Pink Floyd
guitarist
David Gilmour
Joker's Wild
The Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
The Division Bell
the Who
brass
tour
Big Men Cry
Banco de Gaia
David Gilmour in Concert
Europe
United States
Canada
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Wearing the Inside Out
Then I Close My Eyes
Royal Albert Hall
London
Shipyard
Gdańsk, Poland
Remember That Night
Live in Gdańsk
Live 8
Money
South Africa
Violent Femmes
J. J. Jackson's Dilemma
J. J. Jackson
...and proud of it!
Quiver
Mike Vernon
Rory Gallagher
Pete Wingfield
Let's Make Up and Be Friendly
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Jimmy Dawkins
Mick Grabham
Procol Harum
Lightnin' Slim
The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
Kazimierz Lux
Andy Roberts
Wish You Were Here
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part V)
First of the Big Bands
Paice Ashton Lord
Bloodstone
Mad Dog
John Entwistle
The Who
Les Humphries Singers
Jimmy Witherspoon
Duster Bennett
Jinx
Rory Gallagher
Paice Ashton Lord
The Division Bell
Wearing the Inside Out
Pulse
Big Men Cry
Banco de Gaia
Deborah Bonham

categories: English rock saxophonists,1942 births,Living people,British male saxophonists,21st-century saxophonists,21st-century male musicians

paragraph: Dick Parry

paragraph: Richard Parry (born 22 December 1942 in Kentford, Suffolk, England) is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums by modern bands and artists, and is probably best known for his solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the Inside Out". He also played on the Bloodstone album "Riddle of the Sphinx".

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Parry started his career as a friend of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. He was part of a mid-1960s band also including Gilmour called Joker's Wild. From there, Gilmour persuaded him to play on Pink Floyd studio albums, including "The Dark Side of the Moon", "Wish You Were Here", and "The Division Bell", as well as on every Pink Floyd live performance between 1973 and 1977, and the 1994 world tour. He also toured as part of the Who's brass section on their 1979–1980 tours.

paragraph: He played saxophone on "Celestine" for the 1997 album "Big Men Cry" by Banco de Gaia.

paragraph: Parry appeared on Gilmour's live dates in 2001 and 2002, one performance of which was released as "David Gilmour in Concert". He also played on the 2006 "On An Island" tour in Europe, the United States, and Canada, performing saxophone on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Wearing the Inside Out", and "Then I Close My Eyes". Shows from the Royal Albert Hall in London, and from the Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland were released as the DVDs "Remember That Night" and "Live in Gdańsk", respectively.

paragraph: He appeared at the Pink Floyd reunion at Live 8, where he played his saxophone part on "Money". In 2009, he toured Europe and South Africa with the Violent Femmes.

paragraph: Section::::Selected discography as saxophonist.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1970: "J. J. Jackson's Dilemma" - J. J. Jackson

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1970: "...and proud of it!" - J.J. Jackson

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1971: "Quiver" - Quiver

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1971: "Bring it back home" - Mike Vernon with Rory Gallagher and Pete Wingfield

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1972: "Let's Make Up and Be Friendly" - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1972: "Transatlantic" - Jimmy Dawkins

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1972: "Mick the Lad" - Mick Grabham (Procol Harum)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1972: "London Gumbo" - Lightnin' Slim

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1973: "The Dark Side of the Moon" - Pink Floyd

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1973: "I'm the Worst Partner I Know" - Kazimierz Lux

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1973: "Urban Cowboy" - Andy Roberts (on the track "Elaine")

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975: "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd (on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part V)")

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1974: "First of the Big Bands" - Paice Ashton Lord

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1974: "Riddle of the Sphinx" - Bloodstone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975: "Mad Dog" - John Entwistle (The Who)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975: "Live 1971-1975" - Les Humphries Singers

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975: "Love is a Five Letter Word" - Jimmy Witherspoon

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975: "Fingertips" - Duster Bennett

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1982: "Jinx" - Rory Gallagher

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993: "BBC Radio One live in concert" - Paice Ashton Lord

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994: "The Division Bell" - Pink Floyd ("Wearing the Inside Out")

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995: "Pulse" - Pink Floyd

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1998: "Big Men Cry" - Banco de Gaia (on the track "Celestine")

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002: "David Gilmour In Concert" - David Gilmour - DVD

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Duchess" - Deborah Bonham

description: British musician

wikidata_label: Dick Parry

wikipedia_title: Dick Parry


text:
courtesy name
Taoist
Eastern Han dynasty
Three Kingdoms
Ge Hong
Eastern Wu
Ge Hong
Baopuzi
Ge Chaofu
Lingbao
Daoism
Zuo Ci
Baopuzi
Shenxian zhuan
Aleister Crowley
Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

paragraph: Ge Xuan

paragraph: Ge Xuan (164–244), courtesy name Xiaoxian, was a Chinese Taoist who lived in the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220) and Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of China. He was the ancestor of Ge Hong and a resident of Danyang Commandery in the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. Ge Xuan's paternal grandnephew, Ge Hong, gave him the title "Ge Xuan Gong", which translates into "Immortal Lord" or "Transcendent Duke". Ge Hong wrote at length about his great uncle, and claimed that some alchemical texts from the "Baopuzi" originally came from him. Ge Xuan is also portrayed by his descendant Ge Chaofu as having been the first recipient of the Lingbao scriptures. He is remembered as a mythological member of the Chinese Ge family and a prominent figure in the development of early Chinese Daoism.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Ge Xuan was a legendary figure who was associated with various Taoist traditions. He belonged to a family of great official status and was considered intelligent since birth. During his early childhood, Ge Xuan was depicted as an inquisitive learner as he read several books such as the Confucian classics (and commentaries) plus numerous other philosophical and historical records. Due to his keen fascination for the philosophies of Laozi and Zhuangzi, he attained a great deal of spiritual wisdom about how the Dao worked in daily life. Consequently, at age sixteen, Ge Xuan obtained great fame on the North banks of the Yangtze River.

paragraph: Ge Xuan's parents died while he was an adolescent. In effect, this initiated his obsession with the study of the Dao (the ways in which life works). Ge Xuan's pursuits led him to live in utter isolation in areas such as mountains and forests. This secluded environment allowed Ge Xuan to strictly discipline himself mentally, spiritually, and physically. The Dao requires intense discipline for its followers because the focal purpose is to achieve longevity or even better, immortality. Ge Xuan visited places like Lingyue Mountain, Chicheng Mountain, and Luofu Mountain. Furthermore, he also visited extraordinary individuals, ate ganoderma lucidum (a type of mushroom), setose thistle and relentlessly tried to engross himself in self-refinement.

paragraph: Upon encountering the Immortal Zuo Ci, Ge Xuan obtained various mythological scriptures such as the Immortals' Book of Liquefied Gold of the Nine Elixirs. When he received this scripture, Ge Xuan incessantly practiced the art of fasting and abided the commandments that were laid down by the Ultimate. This subservience enabled him to meander through mountains and seas, thereby constructing many selves and altering forms. The spiritual capability of "Ling" also assisted Ge Xuan to implement exorcisms and restore the ill (Campany (2002), p. 64). This marked the start of his professional career, in which he tried ailing the sick by offering magical potions that ultimately resulted in immorality. This pleased the Gods, which allowed the Perfect Man of the Ultimate (Zuo Chi) to descend to the Tiantai Mountain and pass on more scriptures; namely the Numinous Treasure (36 volumes).

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Ge Xuan's grandnephew Ge Hong, a renowned alchemist who wrote the "Baopuzi", also wrote a thorough biography about Ge Xuan in the "Shenxian zhuan" (Biographies of Divine Immortals). In this biography, Ge Hong states that Ge Xuan was summoned to the court of the Eastern Wu ruler, Sun Quan. However, a flotilla of boats capsized causing numerous deaths. Many presumed that Ge Xuan was one of the casualties but Ge Xuan miraculously returned a few days later, apologizing for not being present. Ge Xuan excused himself by claiming he had been detained by the Water-Deity, Wu Zixu. Ge Xuan was able to stay submerged by holding his breath for a lengthy period of time due to a mastery of "embryonic breathing" and his legendary faculty to manipulate the wind, rain, and rivers (Bokenkamp (2008), p. 444–445).

paragraph: Many Mahayana Buddhists deem Ge Xuan to be one of the Taoism founders, along with Zhang Daoling. Ge Hong stated that Ge Xuan was a member of the lineage of alchemical texts, including Tai Qing Jing (Scripture of Great Clarity), Jiudan Jing (Scripture of Elixirs of the Nine (Tripods), and Jinyejing (Scripture of the Golden Elixir), which he transmitted to Ge Hong. Although, Ge Xuan did not concoct any elixirs himself. According to Ge Chaofu, Ge Hong's grandnephew (who was the forefather of the Lingbao school of Daoism), Ge Xuan was also the person who received the Lingbao scriptures directly from the deities. Ge Xuan's descendants gave him the title "The Transcendent Duke of the Left of the Great Ultimate" (Taiji Zuo Xian Gong) because of his beliefs (Bokenkamp (2008), p. 444). (Campany (2002), p. 152). Ge Xuan remained an imperative figure in Taoism until the Middle Ages, receiving many posthumous titles bestowed upon him from the emperor (Bokenkamp (2008), p. 445).

paragraph: Section::::Retirement.

paragraph: Ge Xuan became a distinctive "Master of Esoterica" (excelled at breathing exercises). These exercises were dependent on a particular diet that avoided consuming grains and alcohol. There are numerable unearthly tales in the hagiographical life of Ge Xuan. The most common legends include his supernatural gifts. For example, Ge Xuan could replace his body. Often during his hosted parties, he would talk with some of his guests and welcome or send others off at the same time (Campany (2002), p. 154). Ge Xuan also had the gift of telekinesis. He could point at an object and cause it to move, disappear and even cause unseen objects to appear. At one particular party, the drinking cups arrived and filled themselves with liquor (Campany (2002), p. 155). Additionally, Ge Xuan had the talent to hover three or four feet above ground and saunter in the air (Campany (2002), p. 156).

paragraph: In later life, one of Ge Xuan's responsibilities was to regale the Emperor. When he grew tired of this, Ge Xuan informed his disciple Zhang Gong that he was arranging to leave the mortal world at noon on August eleventh. Ge Xuan primed himself for transcendence by dressing up in his finest clothing and laid down on his bed. After some time, Zhang Gong saw that his master still had color in his face, but was no longer breathing. Over the next three days and nights, Zhang Gong proceeded with the vital after death rituals. However, at midnight on the third night, a mighty wind blew through Ge Xuan's room and snuffed out the candles. When the candles were relit, Ge Xuan's human body had disappeared leaving only his clothes with the waistband still tied around them. The next day, it was discovered that the mighty wind had only blown through Ge Xuan's room and not through any of the neighboring houses.

paragraph: Section::::Literary contributions.

paragraph: One of Ge Xuan's literary contributions was "The Classic of Purity," in which he quoted, "The Inner Spirit of people loves purity, but the mind of people is often rebellious". (This book was published in a poetic paraphrase by Aleister Crowley, the infamous British magician, who claimed to be the reincarnation of "Ko Yuen" as he interpreted it, following Legge.) The reason why people do not possess the competence to achieve this, is because their minds are not clear and their desires are unrestrained 6  . Ge Xuan claimed that desires are what bind individuals to become selfish and dishonest. Furthermore, he also quoted, that our minds create illusions which make us suffer throughout life. Ge Xuan stated that if we want to gain control of ourselves, we must first control our wandering mind. Ge Xuan was recognized as the true Supreme Immortal when his scripts were passed onto his great-nephew Ge Hong. Although Ge Hong began composing the Ling-Pao Ching ("Classic of the Sacred Jewel") about 379 CE, he claimed that they had been first revealed to his own ancestor, Ge Xuan (Robinet (1997), p. 80). Ge Xuan wrote a book in which his notions are uncovered. Furthermore, in Daoism, Ge Xuan is called "the Perfect Sovereign and Protector" in Correspondence with the eternal Dao (Bokenkamp (2008), p. 444). In addition, common individuals address him as the "Immortal Elder Ge of the Supreme Ultimate." Ge Hong alleged the Ling-Pao Ching ("Classic of the Sacred Jewel") at about 379 CE. Ge Xuan's scripts were given the recognition because of his nephew's success in writing.

paragraph: The Immortal Lord Ge Xuan received texts from Zuo Yuanfang, who himself received them from a divine man that came to him while he was devoting himself to the practices of the purification of thought (Jingsi) on Mount Tianzhu. Then Ge Xuan passed "The Book of The Nine Elixirs" on to his great-nephew Ge Hong. The Lingbao account for Ge Xuan endured in which an anonymous preface written during the Six Dynasties' period to the Heshang Gong annotated version of the Dao De Jing, the "Preface and Secret Instructions" are attributed to him. According to the Biography of Transcendent Duke Ge of the Great Ultimate, composed by Zhu Chuo in 1377 stated that almost all revealed literature in early Taoism might be retraced to Ge Xuan 5 . However, Ge Xuan was thought to become immortal after his body had vanished.

paragraph: Section::::Overall significance.

paragraph: Ge Xuan's significance can be directly attributed to the Lingbao school which was founded by Ge Chaofu, the grand nephew of Ge Hong. While this school contained dissolved teachings which were handed down to Ge Hong and in turn to Ge Chaofu, both of these figures are important in the history of Daoism today. Ge Xuan's life was dedicated to reading and following the various scriptures handed to him from various spirits after his parents passed when he was the age of sixteen. Ge Xuan is known for many other feats, as he was an accomplished Alchemist. He had many gifts such as mind control, the power to levitate, heal the sick, and also the ability to exorcize evil spirits. Ge Xuan would occasionally use these gifts to entertain at various social events. Throughout history he received many names and titles, often denoting his beliefs or skill set. Ge Xuan finally achieved immortality in true style, disappearing in the night with a gust of wind leaving only two things, his clothes as he was wearing them and enough legend to last many centuries.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bokenkamp, Stephen. "Ge Xuan." in Fabrizio Pregadio, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Taoism" (London: Routledge, 2008), 444–445.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Campany, Robert Ford. "To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth: A Translation and Study of Ge Hong's Traditions of Divine Transcendents." (California: University of California Press, 2002), 152.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Campany, Robert Ford. "Two Religious Thinkers of the Early Eastern Jin: Gan Bao and Ge Hong in Multiple Texts." Asia Major (third series), 2005.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Doniger, Wendy . Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions: An A-Z Guide to the World's Religions. : Merriam-Webster, 1999.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Encyclopædia Britannica. (2008). Ko Hsüan. In Encyclopædia Britannica Online [Online]. Available: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/320681/Ko-Hsuan  [2008, Oct. 27].

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hsuan, Ko. "The Classic of Purity." The Classic of Purity. Retrieved 23 Oct. 2008http://www.theosophical.ca/ClassicPurity.htm .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kohn, Livia. "Daoism Handbook." BRILL, 2000.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kohn, Livia. "The Taoist Experience: An Anthology".SUNY Press, 1993.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kohn, Livia. The Daoist Monastic Manual. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Qingjing Jing of Ge Xuan. Toronto: Chroniker Press, 2011.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robinet, Isabelle. "Taoism: The Growth of a Religion". Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1997.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sheng, Jiang. "Ge Xuan (Immortal Elder Ge)." Taoist Culture and Information Centre. Retrieved 25 Oct. 2008. http://eng.taoism.org.hk/general-daoism/eminent-philosophers-accomplished-daoists/pg1-4-9.htm .

description: Chinese Taoist

wikidata_label: Ge Xuan

wikipedia_title: Ge Xuan


text: British peer

text: Dover Street

text: Montagu Bertie, 5th Earl of Abingdon

text: Thomas Gage

text: Eton College

text: Trinity College, Cambridge

text: Master of Arts

text: Doctorate of Civil Law

text: University of Oxford

text: Oxfordshire Yeomanry

text: Member of Parliament

text: Oxfordshire

text: Abingdon

text: British House of Commons

text: Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire

text: Dorchester

text: George Granville Harcourt

text: Nuneham Courtenay

text: Wytham

text: Berkshire

text: Oxfordshire

text: Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon

text: Robert Bickersteth

text: Mark McDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim

text: Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet

text: Henry Courtenay, Lord Courtenay

text: Mayfair, London

text: Montagu

text: Thame

text: North Weston

text: Beckley

text: Horton-cum-Studley

categories: UK MPs 1832–1835,Deputy Lieutenants of Oxfordshire,UK MPs 1837–1841,Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies,People from Mayfair,Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers,People educated at Eton College,19th-century English people,English people of Irish descent,UK MPs 1852–1857,English people of Dutch descent,Schuyler family,UK MPs 1835–1837,UK MPs 1830–1831,People from Berkshire (before 1974),UK MPs 1841–1847,Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge,Lord-Lieutenants of Berkshire,UK MPs 1847–1852,1884 deaths,Bertie family,1808 births,Earls of Abingdon

paragraph: Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon

paragraph: Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon (19 June 1808 – 8 February 1884) was a British peer and politician. He was styled Lord Norreys from birth until acceding in 1854.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Born at Dover Street, he was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 5th Earl of Abingdon and his first wife Emily Gage, fifth daughter of General Hon. Thomas Gage. Bertie was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1829. On 11 June 1834, he received a Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of Oxford.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Norreys was commissioned a lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry on 9 July 1827. He was promoted to captain on 26 December 1830 and to major on 14 April 1847. He resigned his commission by May 1855.

paragraph: In 1830, he became Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxfordshire and held the seat for almost a year. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the county on 26 March 1831. In 1832, the representation for the constituency was increased to three members and Bertie was re-elected that year to complement his successors. He was then elected MP for Abingdon in 1852 and on succeeding to his father's title and leaving the British House of Commons two years later, he became Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.

paragraph: In 1876, he sold the manor of Dorchester to Sir John Christopher Willoughby, 5th Baronet.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: On 7 January 1835, he married Elizabeth Harcourt, the only daughter of his fellow MP, George Granville Harcourt at Nuneham Courtenay. They lived at Wytham Abbey in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and had nine children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon (1836–1928)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Elizabeth Emily Bertie (1838 – 4 May 1923)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Lavinia Louisa Bertie (1843 – 5 July 1928), married Robert Bickersteth on 16 January 1883, without issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Francis Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame (1844–1919)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hon. Alberic Edward Bertie (14 November 1846 – 20 March 1928), married Lady Caroline McDonnell, daughter of Mark McDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim, on 27 April 1881 and had issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Frances Evelyn Bertie (1848 – 29 August 1929), a nun

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lt-Col. Hon. George Aubrey Vere Bertie (2 May 1850 – 8 November 1926), married Harriet Farquhar, daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet, on 13 October 1885 and had issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lt. Hon. Charles Claude Bertie (31 August 1851 – 4 September 1920), married Adelaide Burroughs, without issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Col. Hon. Reginald Henry Bertie (26 May 1856 – 15 June 1950), married Lady Amy Courtenay, daughter of Henry Courtenay, Lord Courtenay, without issue

paragraph: Lord Abingdon died in Mayfair, London in 1884 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Montagu. He left part of his Oxfordshire estates (the manors of Thame, North Weston, Beckley and Horton-cum-Studley) to his second son Francis.

description: British peer and politician

wikidata_label: Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon

wikipedia_title: Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon


text: Stirling

text: weaver

text: Condorrat

text: Radical War

text: James Wilson

text: Andrew Hardie

text: British Army

text: Rifle Brigade

text: Argentina

text: Spain

text: Carron Ironworks

text: Stirling

text: universal suffrage

categories: People from North Lanarkshire,Executed revolutionaries,1820 deaths,19th-century Scottish people,British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars,1820 crimes,Scottish activists,1790 births,Scottish people executed for treason against the United Kingdom,Scottish soldiers,Rifle Brigade soldiers

paragraph: John Baird (revolutionary)

paragraph: John Baird (born 1 September 1790, died in Stirling, 8 September 1820) was a Scottish revolutionary. A weaver by trade, he was brought up in the village of Condorrat. He is best remembered as a radical commander in the "Radical War" of 1820, and along with James Wilson and Andrew Hardie is the best remembered radical combatant in the "Radical War".

paragraph: Baird had a military career in the British Army, serving in the 2nd Battalion of the 95th Regiment of Foot (known as the Rifle Brigade) seeing military action in both Argentina and Spain. His military experience meant that he was suitable to become commander of the Radicals in their doomed march to the Carron Ironworks.

paragraph: He was sentenced to death and was executed in Stirling on 8 September 1820 along with Hardie. He is remembered as a martyr to the fight for universal suffrage by many figures in Scotland, particularly the 1820 Society.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Greater details of Baird's involvement in the Radical War and his military career

paragraph: BULLET::::- Account of the executions of Baird & Hardie

description: Scottish revolutionary, born 1790

wikidata_label: John Baird

wikipedia_title: John Baird (revolutionary)


text:
British
Whig
Conservative Party
Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt
MP
Lichfield
Oxfordshire
Father of the House of Commons
2nd Earl of Lucan
Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon
Frances Waldegrave
7th Earl Waldegrave
1st Baron Carlingford
John Braham

categories: UK MPs 1832–1835,UK MPs 1820–1826,UK MPs 1812–1818,UK MPs 1835–1837,1861 deaths,UK MPs 1818–1820,1785 births,Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies,UK MPs 1806–1807,UK MPs 1826–1830,Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies,UK MPs 1830–1831,UK MPs 1807–1812,UK MPs 1831–1832

paragraph: George Harcourt

paragraph: George Granville Harcourt ("né" Venables-Harcourt and Vernon-Harcourt, 6 August 1785 – 19 December 1861) was a British Whig and then Conservative Party politician.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Harcourt was the eldest son of clergyman Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: Harcourt was elected as MP for Lichfield in 1806 and which he represented until he was elected for Oxfordshire in 1831. By 1850 he had become the longest-serving member, and so became the Father of the House of Commons for the last 11 years of his life.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: On 27 March 1815, he married Lady Elizabeth Bingham (the eldest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Lucan) and they had one child, Elizabeth Lavinia (d. 1858, married Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon). Harcourt's wife died in 1838 and he then married Frances Waldegrave (the widow of the 7th Earl Waldegrave and future wife of the 1st Baron Carlingford), a daughter of the noted tenor, John Braham.

description: British politician

wikidata_label: George Harcourt

wikipedia_title: George Harcourt


text: University of Cambridge

text: Lowestoft

text: emperor penguin

text: Terra Nova expedition

text: BBC

text: Emperor Penguin

text: Apsley Cherry-Garrard

text: The Worst Journey in the World

text: Edward Adrian Wilson

text: ICES Journal of Marine Science

text: House of Lords

text: North Sea

text: otoliths

text: Ray Beverton

text: Sidney Holt

text: Lowestoft

text: World War 2

text: Hundredweight

text: Hundredweight

text: BBC

text: Radio Times

text: Radio Times

text: Radio Times

text: Radio Times

text: Terra Nova expedition

categories: English women writers,1884 births,British marine biologists,Women marine biologists,British women scientists

paragraph: Dorothy Thursby-Pelham

paragraph: Dorothy Elizabeth Thursby-Pelham (1884–1972) was a scientist at the Zoological Laboratory, University of Cambridge and subsequently at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom) - Directorate of Fisheries laboratory in Lowestoft (now known as the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) who has been called ‘England’s first female sea-going fisheries scientist’ and was an active member of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).

paragraph: She is best known as the illustrator of several well-known images of emperor penguin embryos based on eggs collected during the Terra Nova expedition between 1910 and 1913, but was also an active fisheries scientist who collected extensive datasets on plaice ("Pleuronectes platessa") in the North Sea, and who gave several memorable interviews to the BBC on national radio in the 1930s and 1950s.

paragraph: Section::::University of Cambridge and the Terra Nova Expedition.

paragraph: Thursby-Pelham worked as an assistant to Dr Richard Assheton (1863-1915), Lecturer in Animal Embryology at the University of Cambridge. It was during this time that she produced a series of intricate and beautiful pencil drawings of the embryos of the Emperor Penguin eggs famously collected on Scott’s last expedition (1910-1913) to the Antarctic. This expedition, commemorated in Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s 1922 book The Worst Journey in the World (which contained Ewart’s report on the Emperor Penguin as an Appendix), aimed to be the first to reach the South Pole, collecting as much scientific data as possible along the way. In particular, it was hoped that evidence would be found about the embryos of Emperor Penguins (thought to be the most ‘primitive’ of the bird species) to support the theory that there was an evolutionary link between birds and reptiles. In 1911, Edward Adrian Wilson, the expedition’s chief scientist, and two colleagues embarked on a gruelling five week journey to the nearest penguin breeding colony, pulling heavy sledges in total darkness through temperatures of -40°C. They collected five fresh eggs, three of which survived the return journey. Back in Britain, the pickled embryos were sliced and mounted onto slides, with Richard Assheton being assigned the special task of analysing them. It was at this time that Dorothy Thursby-Pelham made her pencil drawings.

paragraph: Section::::Fisheries research.

paragraph: Thursby-Pelham, England's first female seagoing scientist., was also the first woman to play a visible role in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, contributing papers, attending meetings and serving as assistant editor of the ICES Journal of Marine Science. In a photograph taken outside the House of Lords in April 1929, Dorothy Thursby-Pelham is one of only 3 women scientists among 64 men on the ICES Council.

paragraph: Thursby-Pelham made extensive surveys of the plaice population in the southern North Sea during the 1930s's.. She used annual rings on the otoliths to construct age distributions in stock density by quarter years for a period of about ten years. She was also engaged in tagging and transplantation of plaice from one North Sea sandbank to another. The importance of Thursby-Pelham's work lies in the subsequent use by Ray Beverton and Sidney Holt. Datasets collected by Dorothy Thursby-Pelham were acknowledged by the authors as being instrumental for the writing of the ground-breaking book "On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations" in 1957.

paragraph: In 1936 Thursby-Pelham published an account of "The Decline in the Lowestoft Plaice Fisheries" as a result of overfishing. This situation continued up until the beginning of World War 2, when a cessation of fishing pressure helped to alleviate the situation

paragraph: Thursby-Pelham established government fisheries data-collection programmes that continue in England today. Daily returns of the quantity (Hundredweight) of fish landed at each port, and the average value (£) per Hundredweight. were instigated, together with recording the number of hours fishing by each vessel. In recent years, these historical datasets, together with more recent information have been digitized and used to demonstrate major changes in plaice and sole distribution over the 20th Century, associated with long-term climate change in the North Sea and patterns of fishing pressure.

paragraph: Section::::Appearances on the BBC.

paragraph: Thursby-Pelham gave several memorable interviews to the BBC in the 1930s and 1950s. Each of these appearances was documented in the Radio Times.

paragraph: Radio Times: Issue 677, 22 September 1936 - Pages 35 and 36. Fish Alive and Dead. "This week and next, Miss Thursby-Pelham, who does research work at the Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft, is to talk about fish both in the sea, and on the fishmonger's slab. She goes to sea for a week at a time in a trawler belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and its whole purpose is to find out, by taking samples of fish, their food, and the water in which they swim, how fish live. Today she is to tell listeners the life story of two of the commonest fish - the cod and the plaice. Cod in the more northern seas ; millions of eggs, many of them devoured, many never fertilized, the tiny fry hatched out in winter in a world of enemies, seeking in jellyfish nurses to protect them. Plaice hatched out on sandy shallow shores, relying on their colour to protect them, growing very slowly, taking several years to reach edible size. Miss Thursby-Pelham's talk will pass on to fish for the table. Fish to buy; cooking hints; recipes. And she gives the valuable advice not to be afraid to buy fish when it is cheap. It is cheap when there is a glut of it, and gluts of fish are only obtainable when they are in prime condition".

paragraph: Radio Times: Issue 678, 25 September 1936 - Page 33. Fish Alive and Dead. "Most of us know that herrings are sold as fresh herrings, bloaters, kippers, and so on. But probably few knew that when small the plebeian herring is an aristocrat, for little herrings, with little sprats and little mackerel, make up the whitebait of Mayfair. Today Miss Thursby-Pelham is to tell their life-story. The reason why herrings are in season throughout the year is that they spawn at different times. Various families collect and go on honeymoon trips. When they are in these shoals the fishermen catch them. If they were dear, they would be prized more; they are the freshest that you can buy... and Miss Thursby-Pelham will tell listeners why British housewives should buy them".

paragraph: Thursby-Pelham appeared on the BBC "Light Programme" in 1952. Specifically she is cited in the Radio Times as appearing on "Woman’s Hour" (14:00, Friday 17 October 1952) Fish Need not be Tasteless. "Dorothy Thursby-Pelham , who used to go to sea with the fishing fleet, explains how to cook fish so as to keep its flavour".

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

paragraph: BULLET::::- Terra Nova expedition

description: British scientist and scientific illustrator

wikidata_label: Dorothy Thursby-Pelham

wikipedia_title: Dorothy Thursby-Pelham


text: Parliament Cirencester

categories: UK MPs 1832–1835,UK MPs 1820–1826,UK MPs 1835–1837,1765 births,1847 deaths,UK MPs 1818–1820,UK MPs 1837–1841,UK MPs 1806–1807,UK MPs 1826–1830,Members of Parliament for Cirencester,UK MPs 1830–1831,UK MPs 1807–1812

paragraph: Joseph Cripps

paragraph: Joseph Cripps (1765–1847) was the member of Parliament for the constituency of Cirencester for the parliaments of 1806 to 1812 and 1818 to 1841.

description: United Kingdom Member of Parliament

wikidata_label: Joseph Cripps

wikipedia_title: Joseph Cripps


text:
Barranquilla
Bogotá
Santo Domingo
porro
Rafael Hernández
René Touzet
La Guacherna
Alci Acosta
Ministry of Culture
House of Representatives
cerebral ischemia
Family tree

categories: Colombian composers,People from Barranquilla,Cumbia musicians,1919 births,2011 deaths,Colombian female singers

paragraph: Esther Forero

paragraph: Esther Forero Celis (10 December 1919 – 3 June 2011), better known as Estercita Forero or "La Novia de Barranquilla" ("Barranquilla's Darling"), was a Colombian singer and composer.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Esther Forero began to sing at age 4 at family gatherings and theaters of her hometown, Barranquilla. At the age of 14, she made her debut in a radio station named "La Voz de Barranquilla" (The Voice of Barranquilla.) Four years later she toured throughout the Colombian territory. In Bogotá (Colombian capital) she performed at and in other theaters, and radio stations.

paragraph: Section::::International success.

paragraph: In 1942, Forero made her first tour abroad. In Panama, she performed with success on "Radio Estrella de Panamá" (Panamanian radio station), with the accompaniment of pianist and composer, Avelino Muñoz. In 1945, she went to Venezuela where she first popularized the music of the Caribbean coast. She traveled to Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), where she wrote her first song entitled "Santo Domingo", and the porro (a Colombian cumbia rhythm that developed into its own subgenre) "Pegadita de los hombres", which became a hit and sold 80,000 copies for three consecutive years. Around 1950, she recorded a very successful album in Puerto Rico with composer Rafael Hernández, which contributed to Colombian music finding an opening among other popular expressions of the Caribbean.

paragraph: In Cuba, she performed with Pancho Portuondo's orchestra, followed in 1952 by a trip to New York where her songs were widely known by several fans, and she started recording with pianist and composer René Touzet.

paragraph: Section::::Return to Colombia.

paragraph: Esther had two children, a son, Marcos Gonzalez, and a daughter named Esther Nouel. Her older son, Marcos, died at a young age, apparently having been stabbed to death; this was a loss that would always be in her mind as Marcos's son would also pass away in similar circumstances. Forero had a relationship with Bonairean sound engineer Gustavo Nouel (1907-?) with whom she had one daughter (Esther Nouel) when she was 25 or 26 years old. Her daughter was matriculated into a school for girls and stayed mostly there as her Mother immersed herself into her musical endeavors possibly favoring that over her personal family life. Esther and her daughter had a personal fallout lasting several decades but, were reconciled in Esther's latter years before her passing.

paragraph: Esther Forero returned to Colombia in 1959, after 10 years of spreading the country's Caribbean music abroad. She began recording her music with orchestras such as those of Pacho Galán, Nuncira Machado, Aníbal Velásquez (es), and Clímaco Sarmiento, with singers including Gabriel Romero (es), Joe Arroyo, and Alfredo Gutiérrez

paragraph: At Esthercita's initiative, in 1974, a lost tradition of Barranquilla's Carnival was rescued – that of performing nightly parades with Cumbiambas (a folkloric rhythm and dance from Colombia) and tamboras(a percussion instrument that originated in the Dominican Republic made of recycled barrels and is played using 2 headed drums.) This night festival became known as La Guacherna.

paragraph: In 1975, she recorded "Érase una vez en La Arenosa" ("Once upon a time in the sandy city") – "Arenosa" (sandy) being an endearing term for Barranquilla – under the baton of maestro Pedro "Pete" Vicentini and accompanied by singer Alci Acosta. This recording tells the city's story in song and became an integral part of its culture.

paragraph: Section::::Recognitions.

paragraph: Throughout her life Forero, received honors from many Latin American communities. She received innumerable tributes, medals, parchments, plaques, and trophies, in recognition of work done as an ambassador of Colombian music to the world. As a result, the Society of Authors and Composers of Colombia awarded her with the Order of "Santa Cecilia."

paragraph: In 1998, the Ministry of Culture granted her the title Emérito 1998, "For her unquestionable contribution to Colombian music before the world, for her dedicated work, and for having been a spokesperson for the most positive values of our culture in the world." Subsequently, the House of Representatives granted her the Order "Policarpa Salavarrieta", with the rank of Commander.

paragraph: Section::::Songs.

paragraph: Esthercita Forero sang to her land in an endearing and nostalgic way. Her songs are part of the Barranquillan collective imagination and have deeply penetrated the identity of its inhabitants, who recognize and revere them as popular anthems. She was the author of well-known and accepted songs such as "Mi vieja Barranquilla" (My Old Barranquilla) (1974), "Luna Barranquillera" (Barranquillan Moon) (1963), "La Guacherna" (1976), "Volvió Juanita" (Juanita Returned) (1978), "Palito 'e matarratón" (1964), "Tambores de Carnaval" (Carnival Drums) (1978), "Nadie ha de saber" (No one should know) (2002), and "El hombre del palo" (The Wooden Man).

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Esther Forero died on Friday, 3 June 2011 at age 91 at La Asunción Clinic in Barranquilla, after complications in several organs. She arrived at the clinic on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 with a shoulder dislocation, which later led to convulsions and cerebral ischemia.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Family tree at SoloGenealogia

description: Colombian singer (1919-2011)

wikidata_label: Esther Forero

wikipedia_title: Esther Forero


text: Theodor Leschetizky

text: Beethoven

text: World War I

text: Whitney Point, New York

text: New York

text: Broome County

text: Leschetizky as I Knew Him

categories: Classical musicians from New York (state),American women writers,1959 deaths,20th-century classical pianists,American women pianists,1875 births,Pupils of Theodor Leschetizky,Piano pedagogues,20th-century women musicians,People from Broome County, New York,20th-century American pianists,Women classical pianists,American classical pianists

paragraph: Ethel Newcomb

paragraph: Ethel Newcomb (1875–1959) was an American pianist. A pupil of Theodor Leschetizky, she became a successful soloist and ensemble performer across Europe and the United States during the early 1900s. Respected for her interpretations of the work of Beethoven, she was reportedly sought out as a mentor herself by students from across the globe after she opened her own music studio in New York prior to World War I.

paragraph: In 1921, she recounted her experiences with her mentor via her book, "Leschetizky as I Knew Him".

paragraph: Section::::Formative years.

paragraph: Born on October 30, 1875 in Whitney Point, New York, Ethel Newcomb was a daughter of New York natives Willis Oscar Newcomb (1845–1917) and Mary L. (Seymour) Newcomb (1851–1946). She grew up in Whitney Point, a community in Broome County, with her parents and siblings: Marie Louise (1877–1947), Clive Seymour (1879–1921), Elizabeth Tyler, and Marjorie (1889–1983).

paragraph: Her first music teacher was reportedly her aunt, a gifted pianist in her own right who inspired Ethel Newcomb to begin piano lessons as a young child.

paragraph: A resident of Vienna, Austria during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Ethel Newcomb studied with Theodor Leschetizky from 1895 to 1903. In 1903, she made her debut with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

paragraph: The following year (1904), she performed with the Queens Hall Orchestra in London during which she interpreted concerti of Schumann, Chopin, and Saint-Saëns. The orchestra was led by Richard Strauss.

paragraph: From 1904 to 1908, she worked for Leschetizky as his assistant, an experience which proved a fertile ground for background research for her 1921 book, "Leschetizky as I Knew Him".

paragraph: The May 15, 1907 edition of the weekly journal, "Musical Courier", provided the following insights into her artistry:

paragraph: Excellent criticisms of Ethel Newcomb have appeared in various of the important European papers. Miss Newcomb, for some eight years, has been in Vienna, one of the few under-teachers of Theodore Leschetizky, and throughout that time has remained one of the brightest stars in the master's galaxy of disciples. She has been highly successful in her teaching and in her public appearances as pianist. Her debut was made some eight years ago under the care of her teacher, when she played the A minor Schumann concerto with orchestra. Since then she frequently has been heard at Leschetizky's classes, and, in 1904, with the co-operation of Dr. Richard Strauss, scored distinguished success in a London concert. In March of this year she concertized successfully in Bösendorfer Hall, Vienna, and is to spend the coming summer with her parents at Whitney Point, N. Y., where she will accept a few pupils...

paragraph: In 1909, she performed for the wedding of Mark Twain’s daughter, Clara Clemens, who wed Russian conductor and pianist Ossip Gabrilowitsch. The second oldest daughter of Twain, Clemens had relocated to Vienna with her family in 1896. While there, she studied piano and voice. Gabrilowitsch, a student of Anton Rubinstein, had, like Ethel Newcomb, studied with Leschetizky during the late 1890s. Her performance was documented in Albert Bigelow Paine's "Mark Twain: A Biography":

paragraph: October 6th was a perfect wedding-day. It was one of those quiet, lovely fall days when the whole world seems at peace. Claude, the butler, with his usual skill in such matters, had decorated the great living-room with gay autumn foliage and flowers, brought in mainly from the woods and fields. They blended perfectly with the warm tones of the walls and furnishings, and I do not remember ever having seen a more beautiful room. Only relatives and a few of the nearest friends were invited to the ceremony... A fellow-student of the bride and groom when they had been pupils of Leschetizky, in Vienna — Miss Ethel Newcomb — was at the piano and played softly the Wedding March from "Taunhauser." Jean Clemens was the only bridesmaid, and she was stately and classically beautiful, with a proud dignity in her office. Jervis Langdon, the bride's cousin and childhood playmate, acted as best man, and Clemens, of course, gave the bride away. By request he wore his scarlet Oxford gown over his snowy flannels, and was splendid beyond words... It was all so soon over, the feasting ended, and the principals whirling away into the future

paragraph: Newcomb evidently then remained in touch with the couple for many years. The February 12, 1921 edition of "The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer" reported that she performed under Gabrilowitsch's baton with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

paragraph: During her residency in Austria, Ethel Newcomb also performed various concerti with the Vienna Philharmonic; the majority of her performing career, however, was spent concertizing in the United States.

paragraph: Section::::Teaching career and arts advocacy.

paragraph: Sometime prior to the outbreak of World War I, Ethel Newcomb returned home to the United States, where she opened her own music studio in New York and continued to perform in recitals and concerts.

paragraph: On April 7, 1917, she reportedly wed Eric Schuler.

paragraph: In 1918, "The Ogden Standard" reported via its May 28 edition that “Miss Ethel Newcomb, the pianist, has offered her services free to Red Cross chapters in the larger cities for piano recitals, the object being to fill the treasuries of these organizations. Her concert tours in Europe have included the principal centers, where she has enjoyed unusual recognition.”

paragraph: In 1919, she joined forces with a group of musicians and actors to lobby the U.S. Congress for the creation of a National Conservatory. According to the July 12 edition of "The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer" that year there was "a plan on foot to endow a National Conservatory with government aid and encouragement, and the representative members of both branches of the art are solidly behind this move:

paragraph: Ethel Newcomb, perhaps the most famous of our native pianistes, whose chief glory has been won abroad but whose distinction permeates every music club in the United States, and is one of the most active of the musicians, and Otis Skinner and John Drew are quite as deeply interested on behalf of the actors. Miss Newcomb has, however, won chief honors because she has given her time and services to the propaganda.

paragraph: The same edition of this publication went on to add:

paragraph: The interests of musical and dramatic artists are to be combined in the serious attempt to make a reality of the hope of a National Conservatory in the United States next season. Ethel Newcomb, one of the most noted musical artists this country has produced, a concert pianiste of international renown, has spoken the most effective words in its favor. At the present time a bill is before the House providing for such an institution to foster musical and dramatic art among the younger generation, and to foster these arts in the most effective manner.

paragraph: Section::::Death and interment.

paragraph: Ethel Newcomb died at the Dauley Convalescent Home in Whitney Point, New York at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 3, 1959. Following services arranged by the Nichols Funeral Home, she was laid to rest at the same cemetery where her parents had been interred – Riverside Cemetery in Whitney Point, New York. Eighty-three years old at the time of her passing, she was survived by her sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth (Newcomb) Clinton and Mrs. Marjorie (Newcomb) Finch.

paragraph: Section::::External resources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brée, Malwine and Seymour Bernstein. "The Leschetizky Method: A Guide to Fine and Correct Piano Playing". Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1997.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Newcomb, Ethel. "Leschetizky as I Knew Him". New York, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1921.

paragraph: BULLET::::- von Hänsel-Hohenhausen, Markus. "There can be no life without art, and no art without life - Theodor Leschetizky", in: M. v. H.-H.: "On the Wonder of the Countenance in its Photographic Portrait". Charleston, South Carolina, 2013, .

wikidata_label: Ethel Newcomb

wikipedia_title: Ethel Newcomb


text:
basketball
1948 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics

categories: Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics,Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics,Chilean men's basketball players,Possibly living people,Olympic basketball players of Chile,People from Iquique,1921 births

paragraph: Eduardo Cordero

paragraph: Eduardo Cordero (born 12 September 1921) was a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.

description: Chilean basketball player

wikidata_label: Eduardo Cordero

wikipedia_title: Eduardo Cordero


categories: Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics,Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics,Chilean men's basketball players,2003 deaths,Olympic basketball players of Chile,People from Iquique,1924 births

paragraph: Juan José Gallo

paragraph: Juan José Gallo (18 October 1924 – 10 June 2003) was a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.

description: Chilean basketball player

wikidata_label: Juan José Gallo

wikipedia_title: Juan José Gallo


text:
MBE
Bletchley Park
World War II
Women's Royal Naval Service
Newmanry
Heath Robinson
Colossus computer
Air Ministry
Thomas Flowers

categories: 2013 deaths,Women's Royal Naval Service ratings,Members of the Order of the British Empire,Women in technology,British cryptographers,Civil servants in the Air Ministry,1919 births,Bletchley Park people,Royal Navy personnel of World War II,Bletchley Park women

paragraph: Dorothy Du Boisson

paragraph: Dorothy Du Boisson, MBE (26 November 1919 – 1 February 2013) was a code breaker stationed at Bletchley Park during World War II.

paragraph: Section::::Bletchley Park.

paragraph: Du Boisson joined the Women's Royal Naval Service (known as WRNS) during WWII and was stationed at the Newmanry sector of Bletchley Park, England. With others she operated code-breaking machines, such as the Tunny machine Heath Robinson. She was one of only four operators working with the Tunny but, to work efficiently, she had to learn how to operate the Heath Robinson as well. After the Colossus computer was developed, she operated it under the direction of a cryptographer.

paragraph: When more Wrens were posted, Du Boisson came off the machines and went into the Ops Rooms as a registrar. She was responsible for logging the tapes in and out and distributing them to the machines. Since she was one of only two people working in the Ops room, Du Boisson had a tremendous amount of work to do. She recorded the date and identity of each tape used on the Colossus and Tunny. She knew exactly where each tape was and the machine time spent on it. Moreover, she was also responsible for unwinding tapes into buckets and joining them into a loop. This was an essential step for operation, since the tape might not stand up to the speed of the machine. After many experiments, Du Boisson found a unique way to strengthen it by using a special glue, a warm clamp, and French chalk. After the war, the machines were smashed into fragments on the orders of Churchill. Later, Du Boisson worked as a typist in the Air Ministry.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: To perform the data analysis well, "Du Boisson and other operators in Wrens needed to first get the data from a partially electronic machine named Heath Robinson. If it could perform its analysis successfully, the resulting data would be run through the Tunny machine."

paragraph: Most of the workers were between 20 and 22 years of age. They attended training sessions to get more familiar with the machines, how they operate and the maintenance procedures. The working shifts could last up to 70 hours per week because many machines kept running all the time and there were few people who knew how to operate them. It was necessary for those people to work three eight-hour shifts every day for several weeks. Moreover, due to this stressful workload, many errors in the operations started to appear. Due to limitations in the machines, when a mistake was found, in many cases, it was necessary to redo the work all over again.

paragraph: Section::::Living and working conditions.

paragraph: Workers had to perform a series of strict jobs within a tight schedule. Due to restrictions on outside policies, workers had to spend most the time locked in rooms without proper ventilation and luminosity. Moreover, many employees even lived there, usually in attics that were not actually prepared. "The attic was cold and very damp," and they had to "put newspapers in the bed to keep warm." The poor conditions of the buildings and the machinery with lots of electrical cables also were not a good combination, since it was common to have fires. Also, the food was not good and the water that was sometimes contaminated. "We suffered from exhaust and malnutrition".

paragraph: Section::::Results.

paragraph: Employees at Bletchley Park did not know what they were doing and how their work was going to be used. They were expected to simply follow orders given by their superiors and were prohibited from asking questions or making comments about their work.

paragraph: Like other members of Wrens, Du Boisson knew little of Bletchley's successes on the codebreaking. They got some information about what they had been doing once a month. They were also responsible for collecting information for the war. "Every German officer had a card and each time his name appeared in the message, all the details were noted. Once, we were told, a senior German officer has sent a coded message asking for the luggage of his mistress to be forwarded. Our people were delighted to read it since his regiment had not been heard of for several months."

paragraph: Section::::Contribution.

paragraph: The engineer who designed and constructed the prototype Colossus, Thomas Flowers, said "Bletchley Park changed the course of history and the praise that the cryptanalysts have received is well merited, but nothing has ever been said about the many people who worked like slaves for over a year to create Colossus and get it into service by D-day". Indeed, without the hard work of Du Boisson and other Wren girls, Colossus would not have been able to function well. The fact that the first fully satisfactory Colossus was put into service before D-day was no coincidence. They worked flat out for four months and met the deadline. The decoding at Bletchley Park did ensure that the Germans could not get there at the time that the American troops were landing. Eisenhower stated that without the information Bletchley had applied, the war would have gone on for at least two years longer than it did.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Du Boisson suffered an infection and died in hospital on 1 February 2013.

description: British codebreaker

wikidata_label: Dorothy Du Boisson

wikipedia_title: Dorothy Du Boisson


text:
Slade School of Fine Art
Alphonse Legros
Hubert von Herkomer
List of Orientalist artists
Orientalism

categories: 20th-century British painters,Orientalist painters,1864 births,Hawaii artists,British male painters,19th-century British painters,1941 deaths

paragraph: Arthur Trevor Haddon

paragraph: Arthur Trevor Haddon (1864–1941), also known as Trevor Haddon, was a British painter and illustrator.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Arthur Trevor Haddon was born on 22 August 1864 in London. He won a scholarship to the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art and enrolled in 1883. There, he studied under Alphonse Legros. He also studied with Hubert von Herkomer from 1888 to 1890.

paragraph: Although he lived primarily in London and Cambridge, Haddon traveled to Rome, Madrid, Venice, California, South America, Hawaii, and Asia. He died in Cambridge on December 13, 1941 at age 77.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: Haddon was both a painter and illustrator.

paragraph: Section::::Work.:Illustrations in publications.

paragraph: Haddon illustrated the following works:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Browne, Edith A., "Peeps at Many Lands: Spain, with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Trevor Haddon and Edgar T. A. Wigram", London: Adam & Charles Black, 1910

paragraph: BULLET::::- Calvert, Albert Frederick, "Granada Present and Bygone", (illustrations by Trevor Haddon), J. M. Dent, London, 1908

paragraph: BULLET::::- Calvert, Albert Frederick, "Southern Spain: Painted By Trevor Haddon", A. & C. Black, Ltd., London, 1908

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gould, Baring, " A Book of the Rhine from Cleve to Mainz. With eight Illustrations in Colour by Trevor Haddon", London, Methuen 1906

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nye, G.H.F, "Our Island Home" (8 illustrations by Trevor Haddon), Bemrose & Sons, Limited, London, c. 1898

paragraph: BULLET::::- Okey, Thomas, " The Old Venetian Palaces and Old Venetian Folk. With Fifty Coloured and Other Illustrations by Trevor Haddon", London. J. M. Dent & Co. 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thirlmere, Rowland, "Letters from Catalonia and other parts of Spain" (illustrations by Trevor Haddon), Hutchinson & Co., London, 1905

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Orientalist artists

paragraph: BULLET::::- Orientalism

description: British painter

wikidata_label: Arthur Trevor Haddon

wikipedia_title: Arthur Trevor Haddon


text: British

text: House of Neville

text: Lord Rupert Nevill

text: Marquessate

text: 5th Marquess of Abergavenny

text: Harrow School

text: Lord Rupert Nevill

text: The Most Honourable

text: genealogics.org

categories: 1955 births,Deputy Lieutenants of East Sussex,Marquesses of Abergavenny,People educated at Harrow School,British landowners,British farmers,Neville family,Living people

paragraph: Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny

paragraph: Christopher George Charles Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny, (born 23 April 1955) is a British and current head of the House of Neville. He is the only surviving son of the late Lord Rupert Nevill and his wife Lady Camilla Anne Evelyn Wallop. Lord Abergavenny succeeded to the Marquessate on the death of his uncle, the late 5th Marquess of Abergavenny.

paragraph: Section::::Education.

paragraph: He was educated at Harrow School.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: He is the son of the late Lord Rupert Nevill (second son of Major Guy Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny and Isabel Nellie Larnach) and Lady Camilla Anne Evelyn Wallop (daughter of Gerard Vernon Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth and Mary Lawrence Post).

paragraph: He married Venetia V. Maynard, daughter of Fredrick Gerald Maynard in 1985. They had twins, George Rupert Gerard and Sophie Alice Augusta, born 27 June 1990; however, George died later the same year, on 15 September 1990.

paragraph: Section::::Title and styles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 23 April 1955 – 23 April 2000: "Mister" Christopher George Charles Nevill

paragraph: BULLET::::- 23 April 2000 – present: "The Most Honourable" The Marquess of Abergavenny

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile: Christopher George Charles Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny

paragraph: BULLET::::- genealogics.org

description: British peer


text: Wroclaw

text: Poland

text: Wroclaw University of Technology

text: Nicolaus Copernicus University

text: Torun

text: Archiglass

text: London

text: EXPO

text: EXPO 2000

text: Hanover

text: Germany

text: EXPO 2005

text: Aichi

text: Japan

text: EXPO 2008

text: Saragossa

text: Spain

text: University of Silesia

text: Katowice

text: University of Technology

text: Warsaw

text: European Parliament

text: Strasbourg

text: France

text: Paris

text: Holsten Brewery

text: Hamburg

text: Queen Mary 2

text: Bialystok

categories: Polish architects,1959 births,Glass artists,People from Wrocław,Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń alumni

paragraph: Tomasz Urbanowicz

paragraph: Tomasz Urbanowicz (born 1959 in Wroclaw, Poland) is an architect and a designer of artistic architectural glass. He finished studies at the architecture department of the Wroclaw University of Technology (1978–85). He took glass-window studies at the Fine Arts Academy of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland (1982–85) and worked as an assistant in the Painting and Sculpture Establishment at the Architecture Department of Wroclaw Institute. In 1987, together with his wife, architect Beata Urbanowicz, he established his own studio, Archiglass.

paragraph: His glassworks were featured in 'Colours of Architecture' by Andrew Moor (London, 2006) and in 'Contemporary Kiln-formed Glass' by Keith Cummings (2009).

paragraph: Urbanowicz creates glass compositions mostly for prestigious public utility buildings and company premises, but also to private residences. Urbanowicz's artworks took part in World Fairs EXPO three times representing Poland; at EXPO 2000 in Hanover, Germany; EXPO 2005 in Aichi, Japan, where his glass composition ‘the Soul of the Grand Piano’ was the main artefact in the Polish Pavilion, and at EXPO 2008 in Saragossa, Spain, where his composition ‘Catching the Wind into Sails’ was part of the national presentation.

paragraph: His glass creations can be found all around Poland, like at the University of Silesia in Katowice, at the University of Technology in Wroclaw and in the Highest Court building in Warsaw, but also in many places around the world: the glass sphere ‘The United Earth’ is a central artistic element on European Parliament building agora in Strasbourg, France; the glass rainbow ‘Larc en ciel’ decorates G. Brassens College in Paris, France; green glass castings can be found in the lobby of the Holsten Brewery in Hamburg, Germany; and the composition ‘Blue Sunset in the Ocean’ cruises around the world on the world's biggest liner Queen Mary 2.

paragraph: One of the most recent Tomasz Urbanowicz's creations is large artistic glass installation in foyer of the newly build Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic building in Bialystok, Poland.

paragraph: '850 °C. The glass of Tomasz Urbanowicz' is an independent, low-budget documentary produced by World in a Coconut Shell studio that premiered on February 21, 2013 in the New Horizons Cinema in Wroclaw, one of the biggest auteur movie theatres in Europe. The extraordinary soundtrack has been composed by young local artists. The film is trying to grasp Tomasz Urbanowicz's vision of the essence of not only his own creativity, but creativity and art in general.

description: Polish architect and a designer of artistic architectural glass

wikidata_label: Tomasz Urbanowicz

wikipedia_title: Tomasz Urbanowicz


text: American

text: professional baseball

text: catcher

text: outfielder

text: Atlanta Braves

text: Major League Baseball

text: Seattle Mariners

text: 2014 Major League Baseball draft

text: Rancho Bernardo High School

text: San Diego County, California

text: Under Armour All-America Baseball Game

text: Wrigley Field

text: MaxPreps

text: University of Oregon

text: home runs

text: 2014 Major League Baseball draft

text: Seattle Mariners

text: AZL Mariners

text: Clinton LumberKings

text: strikeout

text: Everett AquaSox

text: Atlanta Braves

text: Rob Whalen

text: Max Povse

text: Florida Fire Frogs

text: Mississippi Braves

categories: Minor league baseball players,Peoria Javelinas players,Major League Baseball catchers,Arizona League Mariners players,Florida Fire Frogs players,Mississippi Braves players,Baseball players from California,Atlanta Braves players,1995 births,Everett AquaSox players,Clinton LumberKings players,Sportspeople from Escondido, California,Living people

paragraph: Alex Jackson (baseball)

paragraph: Alex J. Jackson (born December 25, 1995) is an American professional baseball catcher and outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.

paragraph: Section::::Baseball career.

paragraph: Jackson attended Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego County, California. In 2012 and 2013, he played in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field. As a junior, Jackson was ranked by MaxPreps as the best high school prospect for the 2014 class and was their Junior of the Year. Jackson verbally committed to the University of Oregon in March 2013. As a senior, he tied John Drennen for most career home runs in the San Diego section with 47. After the season, he won the Baseball America High School Player of the Year Award.

paragraph: Section::::Baseball career.:Seattle Mariners.

paragraph: Jackson was highly touted as the best hitter in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. The Seattle Mariners selected him in the first round, with the sixth overall pick. He signed with the Mariners on June 23.

paragraph: After signing, Jackson spent his first professional season with the AZL Mariners, slashing .280/.344/.476 with two home runs, 16 RBIs, and six doubles in 23 games. He began the 2015 season with the Clinton LumberKings, where he struggled, batting .157 with no home runs and 35 strikeouts in 28 games. The Mariners returned Jackson to extended spring training in May, and reassigned him to the Everett AquaSox when their season began in June. He spent the remainder of 2015 with Everett, batting .239 with eight home runs and 25 RBIs in 48 games. Jackson spent 2016 with Clinton where he batted .243 with 11 home runs and 55 RBIs in 92 games.

paragraph: Section::::Baseball career.:Atlanta Braves.

paragraph: On November 28, 2016, the Mariners traded Jackson and Tyler Pike to the Atlanta Braves for Rob Whalen and Max Povse. Jackson began the 2017 season with the Florida Fire Frogs, and later that season, was promoted to the Mississippi Braves. He hit .267/.328/.480 with 19 home runs and 65 RBIs in 96 games between the two clubs.

paragraph: The Braves added Jackson to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. They promoted him to the major leagues on April 7, 2019, and he made his major league debut that afternoon.

description: baseball player

wikidata_label: Alex Jackson

wikipedia_title: Alex Jackson (baseball)


text: Italian

text: Florence

text: Taddeo Gaddi

text: Giotto

text: Cennino Cennini

text: Giorgio Vasari

text: Santa Croce

text: Florence

text: National Gallery of Art

text: Cistercian

text: Coronation of the Virgin

text: Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints

text: Galleria nazionale di Parma

text: Madonna of Humility with Angels

text: Palazzo Blu

text: Crucifixion

text: polyptych

text: Prato Cathedral

text: National Gallery of Art, Biography

text: Agnolo Gaddi

text: "Italian Paintings: Florentine School"

categories: Italian male painters,Trecento painters,Gothic painters,14th-century Italian painters,1350 births,1396 deaths,Florentine painters

paragraph: Agnolo Gaddi

paragraph: Agnolo Gaddi (c.1350–1396) was an Italian painter. He was born and died in Florence, and was the son of the painter Taddeo Gaddi.

paragraph: Taddeo Gaddi was himself the major pupil of the Florentine master Giotto. Agnolo was an influential and prolific artist who was the last major Florentine painter stylistically descended from Giotto. Among his pupils was the author of an art treatise, Cennino Cennini.

paragraph: Section::::Paintings.

paragraph: Giorgio Vasari included a biography of Agnolo Gaddi in his "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects". Gaddi's work includes frescoes in the choir of Santa Croce in Florence as well as:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Madonna Enthroned with Saints and Angels" (1380/1390), tempera on panel, National Gallery of Art. Triptych, possibly commissioned for a Cistercian monastery.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Coronation of the Virgin" (c.1370), tempera on panel. This painting is probably the central panel of an altarpiece, possibly from the church of San Giovanni de' Fieri near Pisa.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints (c. 1375) tempera on panel at Galleria nazionale di Parma

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Madonna of Humility with Angels" (mid 1390s), tempera on panel

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Madonna and Child with Angels and Saints", tempera on panel (Palazzo Blu collection)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Crucifixion" (no date), tempera on wood. Part of a polyptych.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Histories of the Virgin and the Cintola" in Prato Cathedral

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- National Gallery of Art, Biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- Agnolo Gaddi

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Italian Paintings: Florentine School", a collection catalog containing information about Gaddi and his works (see pages: 46-49).

alias:
Agnolo di Taddeo Gaddi
Angelo di Taddeo Gaddi
Agnolo de Taddeo Gaddi
Agnolo Di Taddeo Gaddi
Angelo Gaddi
Gaddi

description: Italian early renaissance painter

wikidata_label: Agnolo Gaddi

wikipedia_title: Agnolo Gaddi