text:
German
Bishop of Danzig
World War II
Diocese of Culm
West Germany
Zoppot
Free City of Danzig
Volkstag
Konitz
Neustadt
Danzig
Abitur
Theology
Philosophy
Seminary
Diocese of Kulm
Pelplin
Canon law
Sacra Rota Romana
Apostolic Administration
Oliva
Albert Forster
Edward O'Rourke
Roman Catholic Diocese of Danzig
Albert Forster
Diocese of Culm
Konstantyn Dominik
Pius XII
Albert Forster
Chełmno
Invasion of Poland
Vatican
Gestapo
Reichskanzlei
Wehrmacht High Command
Reichssicherheitshauptamt
Gauleitung
Soviet Union
Red Army
August Hlond
Wronki Prison
Dukla
Bishop of Katowice
Stanisław Adamski
Concordat of 1925
Gestapo
West Germany
Stefan Wyszynski
new Polish government
expelled population of Danzig
Second Vatican Council
Edmund Nowicki
coadjutor bishop
Düsseldorf
Splett in 1960

categories: 1898 births,People from West Prussia,People from Sopot,1964 deaths,People from the Free City of Danzig,Participants in the Second Vatican Council,German people of World War II,German Roman Catholic bishops

paragraph: Carl Maria Splett

paragraph: Carl Maria Splett (17 January 1898 – 5 March 1964) was a German Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of Danzig (Gdańsk); his role during World War II, especially as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Culm, is controversial. After World War II he was put on trial and imprisoned in Poland for his alleged collaboration with Nazi regime, and later deported to West Germany.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Splett was born in Zoppot (Sopot) to the teacher and later vice-president of the Free City of Danzig's Parliament (Volkstag), Franz Splett. He visited school in Konitz (Chojnice), Neustadt (Wejherowo) and Danzig (Gdańsk), where he passed his Abitur in 1917. Splett studied Theology and Philosophy at the Seminary of the Diocese of Kulm in Pelplin, where he also learned Polish. He was ordained on 10 July 1921 and after graduating at Pelplin, he was sent to Rome for further studies, especially in Canon law, and practiced at the Sacra Rota Romana.

paragraph: Splett returned to Danzig in 1924 and became a vicar at several congregations within the then Apostolic Administration of Danzig (elevated to diocese in 1925), he further promoted to cathedral capitular of Oliva in 1935. According to Czesław Madajczyk Splett held close relations to Nazi Albert Forster, and pursued plans to replace Polish clergy with German ones. Bolesław Kumor claims he provided Forster with housing when the Nazi official first arrived in the city, and Forster in return supported Splett politically; as a result Splett enjoyed full support of Nazi party. Forster praised Splett's work for Nazis saying "This is my man, I can fully rely on his work"

paragraph: Splett succeeded Edward O'Rourke as the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Danzig in 1938. While the Nazis, who ruled the Free State of Danzig since 1933, tried to install their own candidate, Paul Schütz, as successor of Bishop O'Rourke, Splett was appointed as bishop by the pope. Splett also refused to appoint Schütz as vicar general as demanded by the local Nazis. Zofia Waszkiewicz claims he was supported by Nazi Forster who became his protector.

paragraph: Splett himself on 20 April 1939 ordered churches to ring bells celebrating Hitler's 50th birthday as well as ordering prayers on his behalf

paragraph: Section::::World War II.

paragraph: Splett held the position as Bishop of Danzig also after the German annexation of the Free City during World War II. On 4 September, Splett issued a letter to churches where he praised German invasion of Poland, Nazi annexation of the city, and recommended his flock to pray for God's blessing for Adolf Hitler. Immediately after the invasion, The Nazi gauleiter Albert Forster demanded from Vatican appointment of Splett as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Culm. The Polish bishop Wojciech Okoniewski was forced to flee in face of Nazi invasion and his auxiliary Konstantyn Dominik was interned by Nazis. The Vatican had its doubts, but Pope Pius XII on 6 December 1939 agreed to the Nazi demands. His appointment was protested by Polish Government in Exile as violation of concordat signed with Rome Splett had close relations to Nazi Albert Forster, who praised Splett's work for Germany. Splett replaced Polish clergy with German one fait, introducing 200 German priests into Chełmno diocese where he took office from December 1939. After the Invasion of Poland seven out of twelve Polish and four German Priests of his diocese were murdered. Under his reign Polish priesthood was oppressed and prayers and masses under his direction praised Hitler. He also issued a ban against use of Polish language in churches. When he banned confessions in Polish in May 1940 Vatican intervened and ordered that the ban be lifted. Not only did Splett defend his ban, he argued it was to "protect" people making the confessions. After this argument he tried to claim that confessions in Polish are used for "nationalistic means". Eventually Vatican accepted his explanation. Besides banning Polish language, Splett ordered removal of Polish signs and names in graveyards from monuments and graves and in all churches under his jurisdiction. When a family asked him to save three imprisoned Polish priests in Stuthoff camp he told them that "Polish priests are no apostles but traitors"

paragraph: Bohdan Pietka states that Splett through his obedient and servile attitude towards Nazis not only led to destruction of Polish religious life in the city but also by his indifferent attitude contributed to brutal extermination of Polish clergy and plunder of Polish churches

paragraph: According to Samerski several parishes were dis-seized and after Splett initially refused to prohibit the usage of Polish in his diocese another six Priests were arrested by the Gestapo, which forced him to ban the usage of Polish in his Diocese in April/May 1940.

paragraph: According to Dieter Schenk on 5 September 1939 Splett protested against the arrest of Catholic priests and in February 1940 Splett sent a list of Catholic priests who were victims of persecution after the German invasion of Poland to the Reichskanzlei, the German Red Cross, the Wehrmacht High Command, the Reichssicherheitshauptamt and the Gauleitung. Peter Raina points out that the priests Splett sought to protect were mostly of German ethnicity and not Polish ones. Schenk stresses that Splett did not collaborate but bowed to the murderous pressure of the Nazis while Peter Raina disputes that he was under any pressure or danger, and states that Spletts actions were done in full awareness.

paragraph: On 10.08.1940 the Nazi Gauleiter Albert Forster praised Splett stating that he "continues to fulfill all my wishes and orders"

paragraph: In October 1942 Splett wrote to Field Marshal Goering a letter in which he declared himself a "German bishop" and stated his willingness and dedication to spread of "German culture" to all churches in his diocese In the letter he listed efforts made by him to pursue Germanization of Polish territories and boasted that by doing this he "fulfilled to no end his duty as German bishop"

paragraph: Section::::Post World War II.

paragraph: Section::::Post World War II.:Trial in Poland.

paragraph: He remained in Gdansk after the Soviet Union occupied the city in March 1945 and was arrested by the Red Army on 25 March 1945, but soon released. He continued administering to the remaining Catholic inhabitants, who had not escaped, as well as the newly arriving Polish settlers. In the beginning of August 1945 Polish Cardinal August Hlond requested Splett to resign from his position, which Splett refused to do. On 9 August Splett was arrested by Polish officials and put on trial for collaboration and oppression of the Polish People. The trial involved 36 people out of which 22 were priests and 4 nuns

paragraph: Stefan Samerski reports that throughout custody Hlond pretended Pope Pius XII had disbanded Splett, which was not the case. Hlond criticised Splett refusal to resign in time as Catholic Church in Poland was in conflict with communist authorities; Splett's decision gave ammunition against the Church. He was sentenced to eight years in prison on 1 February 1946 and imprisoned at Wronki Prison. After his release from prison, Splett was kept under domiciliary arrest at Stary Borek in Southern Poland and at the monastery of Dukla.

paragraph: Robert Żurek, Deputy director of the Polish Center of Historical Research in Berlin, regards this as a show trial and part of the anti-catholic policy of the Polish government after World War II. Its aim was to portray the papal policy as anti-Polish as the Vatican had entrusted a Polish diocese to a "German chauvinist". Żurek stresses that in a statement of 16 January 1946 even the Polish Bishop of Katowice, Stanisław Adamski, emphasized Splett's merits regarding the pastoral care in occupied Poland. Adamski pointed out, that Splett acted under massive pressure of the Gestapo and that the Nazis attempted to let the bishop appear as initiator of their anti-Polish policy. Despite the pressure of Polish authorities all Catholic priests interrogated as witnesses made exculpatory testimonies.

paragraph: Polish officials were however not actually interested in the background of Splett's actions. The real intention of the trial was to justify the termination of the Concordat of 1925 by the Polish authorities and to segregate the Polish Catholic Church and the Vatican.

paragraph: Historian Peter Raina states that the trial was fair and Splett was allowed to defend himself freely and without any difficulties nor obstructions and extensively. For Raina it was not a show trial, and the guilt of Splett was evident, he would get the same verdict if place under trial at Nuremberg. Jan Zaryn writes that although the attack on Splett were often insulting, they were not without merit due to his servile attitude toward Gestapo Professor Jerzy Serczyk writes that due Splett's anti-Polish actions during the war there was hardly any disapproval in Polish society towards sentencing Splett

paragraph: Section::::Post World War II.:Later life in West Germany.

paragraph: In 1956, after protests from West Germany and by the Polish Primate Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, the new Polish government allowed his emigration to West Germany. He remained official Bishop of Danzig until his death in 1964 and was active in the pastoral care for the expelled population of Danzig.

paragraph: Upon his return he sought contact and worked with the "Bund der Danziger", an organization of Germans formerly living in Gdansk that demanded annexation of the Polish city as well as "evacuation of Poles from our homeland". A publication Splett was engaged with in West Germany, was "Unser Danzig" ("Our Gdansk"), in which Splett published in 1958 that the German right to Polish territories is supported by the pope himself According to German historian Dieter Schenk, both 'Bund der Danziger and "Unser Danzig" served as shelter for many former Nazi activists and officials post war.

paragraph: He played also an active role in the improvement of the German-Polish relations throughout the Second Vatican Council.

paragraph: The administrative position of the bishop of Gdańsk was held by lesser church officials. He was succeed by Edmund Nowicki, his coadjutor bishop since 1956.

paragraph: Splett died in Düsseldorf.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Splett in 1960

description: German bishop

wikidata_label: Carl Maria Splett

wikipedia_title: Carl Maria Splett


text: ice hockey

text: Boston Pride

text: National Women's Hockey League

text: 2010 Olympic Winter Games

text: 2014 Winter Olympics

text: 2018 Winter Olympics

text: United States Hockey Hall of Fame

text: Warroad, Minnesota

text: Roseau County

text: Roger Christian

text: Dave Christian

text: T. J. Oshie

text: Warroad Warriors

text: Whitecaps

text: Boston Blades

text: 2013 Clarkson Cup

text: Boston Pride

text: National Women's Hockey League

text: 2016 NWHL All-Star Game

text: 2017 All-Star Game

categories: Isobel Cup champions,Clarkson Cup champions,1987 births,Boston Pride players,People from Warroad, Minnesota,Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics,Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics,Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award winners,Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics,Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics,Olympic ice hockey players of the United States,Boston Blades players,Minnesota Whitecaps players,Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics,American women's ice hockey players,Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics,Living people,National Women's Hockey League (2015–) players,Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey players,Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey,Ice hockey people from Minnesota

paragraph: Gigi Marvin

paragraph: Gisele Marie "Gigi" Marvin (born March 7, 1987) is an American ice hockey player for the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League. As a member of the United States national women's ice hockey team, Marvin won a silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and the 2014 Winter Olympics, and a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Her grandfather is Cal Marvin, the coach of the 1958 United States Men's National Ice Hockey Team and the manager of the 1965 United States Men's National Ice Hockey Team, is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. She hails from Warroad, Minnesota, in Roseau County, the same small northern Minnesota town as 1960 gold medalists Bill and Roger Christian and 1980 gold medalist Dave Christian and 2018 Stanley Cup champion T. J. Oshie.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:High school.

paragraph: Marvin attended Warroad High School and was named the 2005 recipient of the Let's Play Hockey Ms. Hockey Award. During her freshman, junior, and senior seasons, she was an All-state honoree. As a senior, she helped the Warroad Warriors to an 18–5–1 record. Statistically, her greatest year was as a senior, when she accumulated 112 points, including 55 goals. She finished her high school career ranking fifth in Minnesota state career scoring (196 goals and 229 assists for 425 points).

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Minnesota Golden Gophers.

paragraph: BULLET::::- While playing for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program, Marvin was twice in the top 10 for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (2008 and 2009). She finished her Minnesota career sixth on the school's all-time scoring list with 195 points (87 goals and 108 assists).

paragraph: BULLET::::- As a freshman, she appeared in 41 games and scored 16 goals and 30 assists for 46 points. She tied for fourth in the WCHA in overall scoring and second in assists. She had seven power-play goals, three game-winning goals, and one short-handed goal. In addition, she was named the WCHA Rookie of the Week five times. On October 7, 2005, she earned her first career goal on her first career shot in a 3–0 win over Connecticut. In the 2006 WCHA playoffs, Marvin made several contributions. She notched three goals and two assists in the WCHA first round against Minnesota State. On March 11, Marvin set up Jenelle Philipczyk for the game-winning goal in the 2–1 win over Minnesota Duluth. She would assist on Allie Sanchez' power-play goal in the WCHA Championship game against Wisconsin. For her efforts, she was named to the WCHA All-Tournament Team. She led WCHA Rookies in scoring and was named WCHA Rookie of the Year. For her efforts, she was named to the All-WHCA Rookie Team and was an All-WCHA third team selection.

paragraph: In her sophomore year (2006–07), Marvin led the team with 38 points (18 goals, 20 assists) in 35 games. For her efforts, she earned All-WCHA First Team honors. During her junior year Marvin led the team with 23 goals, 31 assists and 54 points and earned an All-WCHA First Team honoree. She was an RBK All-America Second Team selection and was named to the WCHA All-Tournament Team. As a senior (2008–09), she helped the Gophers advance to the NCAA Women's Frozen Four. She earned All-WCHA Second Team honors and was named WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:USA Hockey.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marvin is a three-time participant in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championships. She won gold in 2008 and 2009, while winning the silver in 2007. Prior to the IIHF championships, she was a participant on the United States Women's Select Team for the Four Nations Cup. (The team finished first in 2008 and second in both 2006 and 2007.) In addition, Marvin was a four-time USA Hockey Women's National Festival participant (2006–09).

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Minnesota Whitecaps.

paragraph: After the 2010 Winter Games, Marvin joined the Whitecaps for their 2010–11 season. On October 8, against former WCHA rival, St. Cloud State, Marvin scored a goal.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Boston Blades.

paragraph: For the 2012–13 season, Marvin joined the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League and helped the squad claim the 2013 Clarkson Cup.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Boston Pride.

paragraph: On September 25, 2015, it was announced that Marvin had signed a contract to play for the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League. Participating in the 2016 NWHL All-Star Game, Marvin would compete in the Isobel Cup finals. She would score the second goal in Cup history, during the second period of Game 1 against the Buffalo Beauts. She would end her season by winning the 2016 NWHL Defensive Player of the Year Award. Marvin was selected for the 2017 All-Star Game in February 2017 via a fan vote.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- USA Hockey:

paragraph: Three-time member of the U.S. Women's National Team for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championship (gold-2008-09, silver-2007) ... Three-time member of the U.S. Women's Select Team for the Four Nations Cup (1st-2008, 2nd-2006-07). Led the team with four assists in 2008 ... Three-time member of the U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team for the Under-22 Series with Canada. Led the team with four points (1–3) in 2008 ... Four-time USA Hockey Women's National Festival participant (2006–09) ... Four-time USA Hockey Player Development Camp attendee (2002–05).

paragraph: BULLET::::- College:

paragraph: She played four seasons at the University of Minnesota of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, where she was twice in the top 10 for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (2008–09) ... Finished her career sixth on the school's all-time scoring list with 195 points (87–108). As a Senior (2008–09): Helped the Gophers advance to the NCAA Women's Frozen Four ... Earned All-WCHA Second Team honors ... Named WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year. As a Junior (2007–08): Led the team with 23 goals, 31 assists and 54 points ... All-WCHA First Team honoree ... RBK All-America Second Team selection ... Named to the WCHA All-Tournament Team. As a Sophomore (2006–07): Led the team with 38 points (18–20) in 35 games ... Earned All-WCHA First Team honors. As a Freshman (2005–06): Second on the team with 46 points (30–16) ... WCHA Rookie of the Year ... All-WCHA Third Team selection ... Led the WCHA in rookie scoring ... Finished fourth in the WCHA in points and second in assists ... Named to the WCHA All-Tournament Team.

paragraph: BULLET::::- First-Team All-WCHA, 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- First-Team All-WCHA, 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- Second Team All-Americans, 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- Third-Team All-WCHA, 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- Top Ten Finalist, Patty Kazmaier Award, 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- Top Ten Finalist, Patty Kazmaier Award, 2009

paragraph: BULLET::::- WCHA Rookie of the Year, 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- WCHA All-Rookie Team, 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008–09 WCHA Pre-season Most Valuable Player

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008–09 WCHA Student Athlete of the Year

paragraph: BULLET::::- NWHL:

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016 NWHL Defensive Player of the Year Award

paragraph: Section::::Career statistics.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The following are career stats from the University of Minnesota

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PPG = Power Play Goals; SHG = Short handed Goals"

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

paragraph: BULLET::::- Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008–09 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009–10 United States national women's ice hockey team

description: ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Gisele Marvin

wikipedia_title: Gigi Marvin


text:
World Cup
alpine ski racer
northwestern
Italy
Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Aosta Valley
heart failure
Gressoney-La-Trinité
coma
Lake Placid
New York
1979
Olympic
downhill
Whiteface Mountain
Burlington, Vermont
Cortina d'Ampezzo
neurosurgeon
Oslo
Ingemar Stenmark
Phil Mahre
1979
Novara
Innsbruck
Austria
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Piero Gros
Gustav Thöni
piste
Gressoney Saint Jean
SL
GS
Leonardo David
Sport Vintage

categories: 1960 births,Italian male alpine skiers,People with disorders of consciousness,1985 deaths,Sportspeople from Aosta Valley,Skiing deaths

paragraph: Leonardo David

paragraph: Leonardo David (27 September 1960 – 26 February 1985) was a World Cup alpine ski racer from northwestern Italy.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Aosta Valley, he died of heart failure in Gressoney-La-Trinité after nearly six years in a coma, caused by injuries he sustained in a fall near Lake Placid, New York, on 3 March 1979.

paragraph: David fell a few yards before the finish of the pre-Olympic downhill at Whiteface Mountain. He slid mostly on his back and his skis remained on. After coming to a stop, David arose and skied over to his coach, bent down to remove his skis, and collapsed. He was airlifted by military helicopter to Burlington, Vermont, where surgeons removed a blood clot in his brain.

paragraph: He had fallen two weeks earlier, in the downhill race of the Italian national championships at Cortina d'Ampezzo, and a friend reported David had complained of ongoing headaches since. He had been examined by a neurosurgeon, but was allowed to join the Italian team for the conclusion of the World Cup season in North America and Japan.

paragraph: Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and finished in 11th place in the overall standings with 85 points.

paragraph: After nearly three months in a coma in Burlington, David was flown to Italy on a special U.S. military transport in late May, and hospitalized in Novara. In late July, David was flown to Innsbruck, Austria, for intensified treatment and was thought to be emerging from the coma in September. More than three years later, he was taken to Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in the Soviet Union for a last-ditch effort to revive him in December 1982. He died at home in February 1985 of an apparent heart attack. In 1990, three physicians were indicted on manslaughter charges in Italy on the grounds that David should not have been allowed to compete after his fall at Cortina d'Ampezzo.

paragraph: David's parents run a small ski shop at Gressoney and it is kept as a small museum in memory of their beloved son. Visitors can see his skis, Italian ski team posters on the shop roof showing him, Piero Gros, and Gustav Thöni among others, all his trophies on a shelf and lots of pictures. At the front wall of the church in Gressoney is a memorial plaque to David, and a racing piste is named for him on Gressoney Saint Jean.

paragraph: Section::::World Cup results.

paragraph: Section::::World Cup results.:Race podiums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1 win (1 SL)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4 podiums (1 GS, 3 SL), 10 top tens (5 GS, 5 SL)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leonardo David World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sport Vintage – Leonardo David – ""

description: Italian alpine skier

wikidata_label: Leonardo David

wikipedia_title: Leonardo David


text:
Athens
Greek
rally
American College of Greece
BEng
Mechanical Engineering
M.A.
Finance
University of Westminster
Toyota Yaris
Ford Puma
World Rally Championship
Ford Fiesta
Acropolis Rally
Fiesta Sporting Trophy
Group N
Subaru Impreza
2009 Acropolis Rally
Škoda Fabia S2000
PWRC
2009 Rally Catalunya
Status
Athanassoulas Rally Team
Profile at eWRC-results.com

categories: World Rally Championship drivers,1976 births,Living people,Greek rally drivers

paragraph: Lambros Athanassoulas

paragraph: Lambros Athanassoulas (born November 10, 1976 in Athens) is a Greek rally driver.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Athanassoulas graduated from the American College of Greece and got a BEng in Mechanical Engineering and an M.A. in Finance from the University of Westminster. He started racing in 2001, after winning a competition by Greek magazine 4 Wheels and Toyota Hellas. This earnt him the chance to drive a Toyota Yaris rally car. In 2005 he won the A5 class of the Greek Rally Championship driving a Ford Puma Kit Car. This led to him becoming an official driver for Ford Motor Hellas. This included making his World Rally Championship debut in a Ford Fiesta S1600 at the 2005 Acropolis Rally. In 2006 Athanassoulas competed in the Fiesta Sporting Trophy, as part of the WRC. In 2007 and 2008 he competed at his home event of the WRC in a Group N Subaru Impreza. For the 2009 Acropolis Rally, Athanassoulas competed in a Škoda Fabia S2000, winning the PWRC class and finishing eighth overall. He followed this by winning his class on the 2009 Rally Catalunya on the debut of the new Ford Fiesta R2. He was named Greek Athlete of the Year at the end of 2009 by "Status" magazine.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Athanassoulas Rally Team

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile at eWRC-results.com

description: Greek rally driver

wikidata_label: Lambros Athanassoulas

wikipedia_title: Lambros Athanassoulas


text:
Los Corrales de Buelna
Cantabria
rally
Intercontinental Rally Challenge
Rally Catalunya
Peugeot Sport
Peugeot 206
S1600
Ypres Rally
Peugeot 207 S2000
Nicolas Vouilloz
Abarth
Kronos Racing
Rally Príncipe de Asturias
Subaru

categories: 1972 births,Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers,Cantabrian rally drivers,European Rally Championship drivers,Living people

paragraph: Enrique García Ojeda

paragraph: Enrique García Ojeda (born January 21, 1972 in Los Corrales de Buelna, Cantabria) is a Spanish rally driver, who won the 2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC).

paragraph: A regular competitor in Spanish rallies, including Rally Catalunya, Ojeda entered rounds of the first season of the IRC in 2006 as a Peugeot Sport España driver, in a Peugeot 206 S1600, with a best finish of seventh on the Ypres Rally. In 2007, Peugeot Sport España began running the Peugeot 207 S2000, which Ojeda drove to five podium finishes in the seven rounds he started, scoring points on all seven. Despite not winning an event, he was able to beat teammate Nicolas Vouilloz and the Abarth drivers to the title.

paragraph: Kronos Racing and Peugeot Bel-Lux took over the running of the 207 S2000s in 2008, meaning Ojeda and Peugeot Sport España only entered two rounds, finishing fourth on Rally Príncipe de Asturias. He was able to win the Spanish Tarmac Championship. He began driving for Subaru in 2009.

description: Spanish racecar driver

wikidata_label: Enrique García Ojeda

wikipedia_title: Enrique García Ojeda


text: Russia

text: Aristide Maillol

text: France

text: socialist realism

text: Academy of Arts of the USSR

text: Kārlis Zāle

text: peasant

text: Red Army

text: Oktyabrskiy Big Concert Hall

text: bronze

text: Biographical essay

categories: 20th-century Russian sculptors,1878 births,Russian male sculptors,20th-century sculptors,19th-century Russian sculptors,1960 deaths

paragraph: Aleksandr Matveyev (sculptor)

paragraph: Alexander Matveev (1878–1960) was one of the leading Russian sculptors of his generation, working in a simple, vigorous, modern classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France.

paragraph: As an artist of international reputation, he was made a leader of the Soviet sculptor's union until the 1950s when the younger practitioners of socialist realism finally replaced him. He was also a teacher for many years at the Academy of Arts of the USSR and the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture where he had studied as a young man. One of his students was the Latvian Kārlis Zāle.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- One of his works, a group made up of three nude figures (apart from the Red Army hat on one of them a worker, a peasant and a Red Army soldier, entitled "October 1927" was placed in front of the Oktyabrskiy Big Concert Hall in 1968. It is cast from bronze in 1968 from the original, created in 1927.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biographical essay

alias:
Alexander Terentevich Matveev
Aleksandr Terent'yevich Matveyev
Aleksandr Matveyev
Aleksandr Terent'evič Matveev

description: Russian sculptor

wikidata_label: Alexander Matveyev

wikipedia_title: Aleksandr Matveyev (sculptor)


text: English

text: Stephen de Segrave

text: King Henry III

text: Baron Segrave

text: John

text: Cublington

text: Buckinghamshire

text: Dallington

text: Slapton, Northamptonshire

text: John de Segrave, 2nd Baron Segrave

text: Stowe

text: Northamptonshire

text: Lord Marshal of England

text: Gilbert de Segrave

text: Archdeacon of Essex

categories: Barons Segrave,1295 deaths,13th-century births

paragraph: Nicholas de Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave

paragraph: Nicholas de Segrave (or Seagrave), 1st Baron Segrave (c. 1238 – 1295) was an English baronial leader. Nicholas was grandson of Stephen de Segrave.

paragraph: Segrave was one of the most prominent baronial leaders during the reign of King Henry III. In 1295 he was summoned to Parliament as Baron Segrave (some sources claim that he was summoned already in 1283). He died by 12 November of the same year and was succeeded in the barony by his son John.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and issue.

paragraph: Nicholas married Maud de Lucy, daughter of Geoffrey de Lucy, Knt., of Newington in Kent, Cublington, Buckinghamshire, Dallington and Slapton, Northamptonshire, etc., by his wife, Nichole. Nicholas and Maud had the following issue:

paragraph: BULLET::::- John de Segrave, 2nd Baron Segrave, died 1325, married Christian de Plescy.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicholas de Segrave, Knt., was a soldier and administrator, and lord of Stowe in Northamptonshire. From 1308 to 1316 he was Lord Marshal of England. He died in 1321.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Henry de Segrave, Knt.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Geoffrey de Segrave, Knt.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Simon de Segrave

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gilbert de Segrave, Bishop of London

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stephen de Segrave Archdeacon of Essex.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eleanor de Segrave, married Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Helen M. Jewell, "Nicholas of Seagrave, first Lord Seagrave", Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

wikidata_label: Nicholas de Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave

wikipedia_title: Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave

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text: peerage

text: Witham Friary

text: Somerset

text: Sir William de Stourton

text: Speaker of the House of Commons

text: High Sheriff of Wiltshire

text: Somerset and Dorset

text: Gloucestershire

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text: Normandy

text: Lieutenant of Calais

text: Stourton

text: County

text: Wiltshire

text: John Wadham

text: Edge, Branscombe

text: Merryfield, Ilton

text: Wadham, Knowstone

text: South Molton

text: MP

text: Sir Philip Courtenay

text: Justice of the Common Pleas

text: Nicholas Wadham

text: Wadham College, Oxford

text: William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton

text: Littlecote, Wiltshire

text: John Seymour

text: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset

text: Sir John Seymour

text: Jane Seymour

text: Henry VIII

text: Edward VI of England

text: Reginald Stourton

text: High Sheriff of Wiltshire

text: History of Parliament

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paragraph: John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton

paragraph: John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton (19 May 1400 – 25 November 1462) of Stourton, Wiltshire, was an English soldier and politician, elevated to the peerage in 1448.

paragraph: Section::::Origins.

paragraph: He was born 19 May 1400 at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir William de Stourton (abt. 1373 – 18 September 1413), Speaker of the House of Commons, by his wife Elizabeth Moigne, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Moigne of Ower Moigne, Dorset.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Stourton served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1426, 1433 and 1437, Somerset and Dorset in 1428 and of Gloucestershire in 1439. He was returned to Parliament as knight of the shire for Wiltshire in Dec 1421, 1425 and 1432 and for Dorset in 1423. He was knighted c. 1430.

paragraph: He was also Treasurer of the Household from 1445 to 1453 and fought for five years in the wars in France and Normandy, acting as Lieutenant of Calais from 1450 to 1451. In 1448 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Stourton, of Stourton in the County of Wiltshire.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and children.

paragraph: Stourton married Margery Wadham, a daughter of Sir John Wadham (c. 1344 – 1412) of Edge, Branscombe, Devon, of Merryfield, Ilton, Somerset, and of Wadham, Knowstone near South Molton, Devon.

paragraph: Sir John Wadham was MP for Exeter in 1399 and for Devon, as a knight of the shire with Sir Philip Courtenay, in 1401. He was a Justice of the Common Pleas from 1389 to 1398, and ancestor to Nicholas Wadham co-founder of Wadham College, Oxford. Sir John and Margery Stourton had children as follows:

paragraph: BULLET::::- William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton (1432 – c. 1477), married Margaret Chidiock (bef. 1428 – 12 March 1502/03), daughter of Sir John Chidiock and Catherine Lumley.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Margaret Stourton (b. 1433), married Sir George Darell of Littlecote, Wiltshire. Their daughter, Elizabeth would marry Sir John Seymour, Warden of Savernake Forest, grandfather of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Elizabeth Seymour, Marchioness of Winchester, and Sir John Seymour, and Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI of England.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sir Reginald Stourton of Stourton (b. 1434), High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1455–1456 and 1462–1463.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicholas Stourton

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Stourton

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joan Stourton (b. 1446), married Richard De La Warr.

paragraph: Section::::Death and succession.

paragraph: He died in November 1462 and was succeeded in the barony by his son William. He was outlived by his wife.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of Parliament biography: STOURTON, John II (1400-62) of Stourton, Wilts

alias:
John Stourton
John (III) Stourton
John Stourton II

description: English politician and soldier

wikidata_label: John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton

wikipedia_title: John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton


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paragraph: Micah Owings

paragraph: Micah Burton Owings (born September 28, 1982) is an American former professional baseball player. During his career, Owings was used as a pitcher and an occasional pinch-hitter; he has also played outfielder in the minor leagues. While playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007, he was honored with a Silver Slugger Award in 2007 as the top-hitting pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres.

paragraph: Owings played college baseball with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets before transferring to Tulane, where he played in the College World Series. He was drafted in the third round of the 2005 MLB Draft by Arizona, making his major league debut with the Diamondbacks in 2007. He played two seasons in Arizona before he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds. He spent two seasons with the Reds, followed by a return to Arizona for a one-year stint. Owings joined the San Diego Padres in 2012, signed a minor league contract with Washington in 2013, was later released and then signed with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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

paragraph: Owings holds Georgia's high school home run record with 69, fourth in the nation only to Drew Henson, Jeff Clement, and James Peterson. As a sophomore, he hit .630 with 21 homers; as a senior he hit .448 with 25 home runs while going 12–1 on the mound with a 1.03 ERA, 121 strikeouts, and 3 walks in 75 innings. Owings played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Forsyth Central High School in Cumming and transferred to Gainesville High School as a junior.

paragraph: Owings played college baseball at Georgia Tech in and before transferring to Tulane University in New Orleans. In the 2005 season, Owings was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Conference USA Tournament. Tulane held a number one national ranking for most of the season and reached the College World Series.

paragraph: He was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round (50th overall) in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign with them. He was selected again in 2004 in the 19th round (576th overall) by the Chicago Cubs and again chose not to sign. In , he was selected in the third round by the Arizona Diamondbacks (83rd overall).

paragraph: After signing with Arizona, he was assigned to the Single-A Lancaster JetHawks. He pitched in 16 games out of the bullpen, going 1–1 with a 2.45 ERA. In , he played in Double-A and Triple-A for the Tennessee Smokies and the Tucson Sidewinders, respectively. He made 12 starts for the Smokies and went 6–2 with a 2.88 ERA. His stats in Triple-A were impressive, in which he went 10–0 with a respectable 3.75 ERA in 15 starts.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Arizona Diamondbacks (2007–2008).

paragraph: Owings was a long shot to make the Diamondbacks' Opening Day roster in 2007, but was ultimately named the fifth starter over Enrique González, Dana Eveland, Dustin Nippert, and Yusmeiro Petit. Owings made his major league debut on April 6, 2007, against the Washington Nationals. He pitched five shutout innings, allowing only one hit, and striking out six. Originally brought up to fill a starter spot while Randy Johnson recovered from back surgery, management was very impressed by his performances. On July 26, Owings hit his first Major League home run against Byung-hyun Kim of the Florida Marlins.

paragraph: Owings was having an uneventful season in the major leagues in 2007 until he faced the Atlanta Braves on August 18, 2007. He pitched 7.0 innings, allowing three hits and three earned runs, striking out seven. His batting performance made it a career night. Owings went 4 for 5, including two home runs, scoring four times with six RBI. He is the first pitcher with four hits, four runs and six RBI in the same game. The last pitcher in the Major Leagues to record four hits and four runs was Danny Jackson in . Owings' 11 total bases are the most by a pitcher in the last 50 seasons. The last Arizona player to have four hits, two homers, four runs and six RBI was Shea Hillenbrand in . He was the first Diamondbacks pitcher to have 2 home runs in one game. The Diamondbacks would later win, 12–6.

paragraph: Following two particularly poor outings in early September 2007, Owings pitched his first Major League shutout on September 18, 2007, allowing only two hits against the San Francisco Giants.

paragraph: Later in 2007, on September 27, Owings made an emergency start in place of Brandon Webb and pitched 6 innings of shutout ball, while going 4-for-4 at the plate with three doubles and three RBI. He became the first pitcher since Whitey Ford to have two 4-hit games in one season. He won a Silver Slugger Award that season after hitting .333 with four homers and 15 RBI in 60 at-bats. His batting average of .333 ranked fourth best for pitchers since , the beginning of the designated hitter era (in the American League).

paragraph: On December 5, 2007, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported that the Diamondbacks were considering playing Owings at first base during the days that he was not pitching, in an effort to get his potent bat into the lineup on a more regular basis.

paragraph: On April 30, , Owings had a pinch-hit 2-run home run against the Houston Astros. It was the first pinch homer by a pitcher in the majors in more than four years. Brooks Kieschnick of the Milwaukee Brewers had last done it against Matt Mantei of the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 22, .

paragraph: On June 4, 2008, manager Bob Melvin inserted Owings 8th in the batting order at Milwaukee. The Diamondbacks lost 10–1 to Milwaukee.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Cincinnati Reds (2009–2010).

paragraph: On August 11, 2008, the Cincinnati Reds traded left fielder Adam Dunn to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dallas Buck and two players to be named, who were later revealed as Wilkin Castillo on August 14 and Owings on September 12.

paragraph: Owings batted .259 with the Reds in 2009 with three homers and 10 RBI in 54 at-bats.

paragraph: On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, the Reds optioned Owings to the Triple-A Louisville Bats. On Tuesday, August 17, 2010, the Reds designated Owings for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Yasmani Grandal, the Reds' 2010 first round draft pick, whom they signed to a Major League contract. Reds GM Walt Jocketty stated that Owings had requested a trade "to another club that would have a better future for him". On August 26, 2010, the Reds announced that Owings had cleared waivers and had accepted an outright assignment to the Triple-A Louisville Bats.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Arizona Diamondbacks (2011).

paragraph: Owings signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2011, and he would try out at first base, along with his normal starting pitcher role. Micah Owings was recalled from the Triple-A Reno Aces May 21, 2011 to take the roster spot opened by the release of Russell Branyan.

paragraph: In 2011, Owings had an 8–0 record. The eighth victory came on an outing on September 27 where Owings gave up 5 runs in the 10th, but the Diamondbacks rallied for 6 in the bottom half of the frame. On December 12, 2011, Owings was non-tendered by the Diamondbacks, making him a free agent.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:San Diego Padres (2012).

paragraph: Owings signed a one-year $1 million contract with the San Diego Padres for the 2012 season. He started the season as a relief pitcher, but he was on the disabled list since April 26 with a right forearm strain. After not expecting to pitch again that season, Owings planned to play first base, left field, and designated hitter in Triple-A in Tucson. He did not want to give up pitching, and intended to become a "position player/pitcher". At the time, he had a career batting average of .283 with 14 doubles, two triples, nine homers and 35 RBI in 203 at-bats. He also had a .313 on-base percentage and a .507 slugging percentage. However, those plans were put on hold after he underwent season-ending surgery on his right elbow.

paragraph: On October 23, Owings was released by the Padres. He would've been a non-tender candidate, being in his third year of arbitration eligibility.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Washington Nationals (2013).

paragraph: On February 6, 2013, Owings signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals that included an invitation to Major League spring training. The Nationals announcement listed him as a first baseman, although he ended up being used exclusively as an outfielder and DH. In 213 plate appearances with Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs, Owings hit eight home runs and posted a .785 OPS. The Nationals, however, released him on July 1.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Milwaukee Brewers (2013).

paragraph: On July 13, the Milwaukee Brewers signed Owings to a minor-league contract in which he was expected to play both the outfield and pitch. He elected free agency on November 4, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Miami Marlins (2014).

paragraph: On April 8, Owings signed a minor league deal with the Miami Marlins. He became a free agent after the 2014 season.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:York Revolution (2016).

paragraph: On April 21, 2016, Owings signed with the York Revolution of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He was listed on the team's official roster as a pitcher.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Seattle Mariners (2016).

paragraph: On October 24, 2016, Owings signed with the Seattle Mariners, with an invite to spring training. He elected free agency on November 6, 2017. He spent the remainder of 2017 working in the front office for the Mariners, scouting and player development.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Coaching Career.

paragraph: Currently Owings works for the Cincinnati Reds as a Bench Coach for the Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Micah Owings scouting report from Dugout Central

paragraph: BULLET::::- Micah Owings personal homepage

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Micah Owings

wikipedia_title: Micah Owings


text:
Northern Irish
flautist
composer
arranger
London
UK
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MBE
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Miss Saigon
The Lion King (musical)
The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical)
The Beautiful Game (musical)
Wicked (musical)
Lord of the Rings (musical)
Oliver!
Love Never Dies (musical)
Samara
Novosibirsk
Yekaterinburg
Kazan
Tolyatti
Moscow
Theodore Presser
Live from Lincoln Center
NFA
Flute choir
Pearl Flutes
Wm. S. Haynes Co.
Boston
Massachusetts

categories: Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,1980 births,Living people,Classical flautists from Northern Ireland

paragraph: Gareth McLearnon

paragraph: Gareth McLearnon (born 17 January 1980) is a Northern Irish flautist, composer and arranger based in London, UK.

paragraph: Section::::Early Life and Music Education.

paragraph: McLearnon began playing the flute aged 11 in his native Belfast, initially studying under William Dunwoody MBE while making his way through the ranks of the 39th Old Boys Flute Band, before going on to study with the Ulster Orchestra’s principal flute Colin Fleming. McLearnon’s first professional orchestral engagement was in 1998, sitting beside his teacher as deputy second flute with the Ulster Orchestra.

paragraph: McLearnon moved to London in 1999 to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where his principal teachers were Samuel Coles and Ian Clarke. Whilst still a student there McLearnon recorded with the flute-player, Sir James Galway and Harpist Marisa Robles for the charity CD commissioned by John Lubbock Songs for Alexander.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: McLearnon is a recipient of the 2003 Ian Fleming Charitable Trust Music Education Award from the Musicians Benevolent Fund, and a Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award, both of which went towards funding his postgraduate study with Samuel Coles (Principal Flute of The Philharmonia Orchestra) and with Michael Cox (Principal Flute of the BBC Symphony Orchestra).

paragraph: Section::::Performing.

paragraph: Following postgraduate study, McLearnon gained a place for the 2005 season of Southbank Sinfonia – performing around 90 concerts including fully staged opera, World Premieres, solo performances and a solo concerto.

paragraph: McLearnon has been a freelance performer since 2006 and released his first album Sounds of Home in 2008 with pianist Michael McHale.

paragraph: McLearnon has been principal flute of The Heritage Orchestra since 2009 - playing concerts all over the UK and Europe including an arena tour with Tim Minchin in 2011 including at the O2 Arena; Antony & The Johnsons shows in London and Paris; Sparks and Ben Folds performances at the Barbican Centre; BBC Proms performances with Jamie Cullum in 2010 and with Pete Tong in 2015, and several shows with Goldie at the Royal Festival Hall in 2014 and 2015.

paragraph: McLearnon has worked with the Concordia Foundation since 2003.

paragraph: He has been an International Artist Ambassador with Concordia since 2008, performing concerts, including solo concertos, giving masterclasses, coupled with humanitarian work

paragraph: all over the World, including tours to Shanghai, Monaco, Nairobi and Siena.

paragraph: As a soloist, McLearnon has premiered two flute concertos by James Penny and Owen Bourne – the latter entitled “Dine” being composed especially for him. Other notable concerto performances with orchestra include Mozart’s D major Flute Concerto with the Orchestra of the Shanghai Opera House in the Shanghai Concert Hall in 2011, and Vivaldi’s Flute Concerto “La Notte” with Moscow Soloists, conducted by Yuri Bashmet in Yaroslavl in 2014.

paragraph: McLearnon is also regularly engaged to deputise in London's West End Theatres. He has played in this capacity in a wide variety of shows since 2002 including Miss Saigon, The Lion King (musical), The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical), The Beautiful Game (musical), Wicked (musical), Lord of the Rings (musical), Oliver! and Love Never Dies (musical).

paragraph: Section::::Educational Work.

paragraph: McLearnon began his educational work in 2005 with the Children’s flute-playing charity Flutewise. He has since given masterclasses and flute days in the UK and around the world. Since June 2013, he has given series of masterclasses and performances in Samara, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Tolyatti and Moscow, and was a flute tutor for Yuri Bashmet’s Gifted Young Russians Academies.

paragraph: Section::::Composing and Arranging.

paragraph: McLearnon is an active composer and arranger of music, and came to the attention of his publisher Theodore Presser Company following Sir James Galway playing one of Gareth's arrangements on Live from Lincoln Center on US Network TV in December 2004. Theodore Presser subsequently decided to publish a collection of his Irish Flute and Piano arrangements entitled "Round Ireland with a Flute" which was released in August 2008 at the Kansas City NFA Convention.

paragraph: McLearnon has also written widely for Flute choir and his notable original compositions include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- “The Flutewise Theme" for Graded Flute Ensemble (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fabulously Fugal, Fantasically Fleeting, Favourably Fruitful Fluting Fanfare" for Massed Flute Ensemble (2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Single Yellow Line" for Graded Flute Ensemble (2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lamasery Jigsaw" for Flute Ensemble (2015)

paragraph: Section::::Work within the Flute Industry.

paragraph: McLearnon began his involvement with the flute industry in 1999 while still a student at the Guildhall, when he began working part-time at the specialist flute shop Top Wind, in London. In October 2005, following the end of the Southbank Sinfonia concert season, he took up a position as Flute Specialist & Pearl Flutes Artist for the Japanese company Pearl Flutes in Europe – a position which he held until August 2014. After leaving the position at Pearl, McLearnon accepted a similar role as European Artist-in-Residence for the Wm. S. Haynes Co. of Boston, Massachusetts. McLearnon is a Haynes Artist, and plays on a custom made 14K Gold Haynes Flute.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.facebook.com/garethmclearnonflute

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.garethmclearnon.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.flutewise.com

description: British musician

wikidata_label: Gareth McLearnon

wikipedia_title: Gareth McLearnon


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paragraph: Verner Lehtimäki

paragraph: Verner Lehtimäki (8 June 1890 - 5 April 1938), was a Finnish Socialist, soldier, pilot, aerospace engineer and revolutionary.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Lehtimäki was born as a peasant's son in Vahto, a small rural municipality in the province of Southwest Finland. He had two brothers who were also enthusiastic socialists. Lehtimäki's younger brother Hjalmar (1896–1934) was a Red Guard leader in the Finnish Civil War. The elder brother, Konrad Lehtimäki (1886–1937), was an author, journalist and a member of Finnish Parliament.

paragraph: Verner Lehtimäki went to the sea at early age and later emigrated to the United States. He worked first in a New Mexico ranch and in the 1910s on a Mississippi riverboat. In 1916 Lehtimäki moved to Russia where he had a job in a local Vauxhall dealer in Saint Petersburg. After the February Revolution in 1917 Lehtimäki lost his job and started smuggling guns for Finnish revolutionaries. Later the same year Lehtimäki returned Finland, which was then an autonomous part of Russia.

paragraph: Section::::Finnish and Russian Civil Wars.

paragraph: In the 1918 Finnish Civil War, Lehtimäki fought in the Battle of Vilppula as a commander of a cavalry unit. After the war, Lehtimäki fled to the Soviet Russia and joined the Allied North Russia Intervention as a leader of British organized Murmansk Legion which was composed of former Finnish Red Guards. He was promoted as Colonel by the Royal British Navy. In 1920 he became a pilot in Soviet Russia. Lehtimäki served in the Baltic Fleet as a seaplane pilot and took part on the suppression of the Kronstadt Revolt in March 1921. He was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner. Lehtimäki later graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy in Moscow and served as an engineer in the Soviet Naval Air Force in Saint Petersburg.

paragraph: Section::::Years in China, United States and Soviet Union.

paragraph: In 1923 Lehtimäki moved to China with his brother Hjalmar. Lehtimäki worked in a customs office in Shanghai, but he was most likely spying for the Soviets. His wife, a Swiss opera singer Lilly Leemann, was performing with the Shanghai Municipal Orchestra. A year later Lehtimäki brothers left to United States where Verner studied aviation and worked for several aviation companies in San Francisco, Chicago and New York. He was also trading airplanes to Soviet Union where Lehtimäki returned 1932. There he worked in Leningrad as an engineer in the aircraft manufacturing. Lehtimäki took the Soviet citizenship in 1936. His brother Hjalmar died of stomach cancer in Moscow 1934.

paragraph: Verner Lehtimäki was arrested during the Stalin's Great Purge in January 1938. He was accused of connections with Finnish socialist Oskari Tokoi who had turned counter-revolutionary. Lehtimäki was executed on 5 April 1938. He was rehabilitated after Stalin's death in 1957.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Harjula, Mirko: "Suomalaiset Venäjän sisällissodassa 1917–1922", Finnish Literature Society, Helsinki 2006. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lehtimäki, Kimmo: "Verner Lehtimäki – Punapäällikkö", Revontuli Publishing, Jyväskylä 2005. .

description: Finnish soldier

wikidata_label: Verner Lehtimäki

wikipedia_title: Verner Lehtimäki


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categories: Chicago White Sox players,Winston-Salem Dash players,Bristol White Sox players,Kannapolis Intimidators players,People from Genoa, Ohio,Akron Zips baseball players,Major League Baseball pitchers,Baseball players from Ohio,1989 births,Birmingham Barons players,Arizona League White Sox players,Glendale Desert Dogs players,Oakland Athletics players,Living people,Nashville Sounds players

paragraph: Chris Bassitt

paragraph: Christopher M. Bassitt (born February 22, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the Chicago White Sox in 2014. Prior to playing professionally, he starred for his basketball and baseball teams at Genoa Area High School and the University of Akron.

paragraph: Section::::Amateur career.

paragraph: Bassitt attended Genoa Area High School in Genoa, Ohio, where he played school's baseball and basketball teams. In his senior year, Bassitt was named to the All-Suburban Lakes League first team in both sports. He had a 1.56 earned run average (ERA) with 65 strikeouts in 56 innings pitched for the baseball team in 2007, his senior year.

paragraph: Bassitt was recruited out of high school to play basketball collegiately. He chose to enroll at the University of Akron, where he played college baseball for the Akron Zips baseball team, competing in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Bassitt took a redshirt in his first year at Akron. In 2009, as a redshirt freshman, Bassitt served as the Zips' closer. He pitched to a 1–2 win–loss record, a 3.52 ERA, and seven saves. In his sophomore year, he pitched in only one game, as he focused on academics. In 2011, his junior year, Bassitt pitched to a 1.42 ERA and limited opposing batters to a .183 batting average against. He was named to the All-MAC second team.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minor Leagues.

paragraph: The Chicago White Sox selected Bassitt in the 16th round of the 2011 MLB draft, with the 501st overall selection. Bassitt signed with the White Sox, and was assigned to the Bristol White Sox of the Rookie-level Appalachian League to begin his professional career. In 2013, he began the season with the Winston-Salem Dash of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, where he was named an all-star. He was promoted to the Birmingham Barons of the Class AA Southern League, and recorded two wins in the Southern League playoffs. After working as a relief pitcher for most of his career, the White Sox used Bassitt as a starting pitcher in 2013. He had pitched to an 11–4 win–loss record, a 3.08 ERA, and 138 strikeouts in 26 games started with Birmingham. After the season, the White Sox assigned him to the Arizona Fall League (AFL), where he pitched in relief for the Glendale Desert Dogs. In the AFL, he had a 0.90 ERA in ten innings pitched.

paragraph: Bassitt broke his right hand prior to the 2014 season. He made three rehabilitative appearances with the Arizona White Sox of the Rookie-level Arizona League, before returning to Birmingham on July 29. He had a 3–1 record and a 1.56 ERA with 36 strikeouts in innings for Birmingham.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Chicago White Sox.

paragraph: On August 30, 2014, Bassitt made his major league debut in a start against the Detroit Tigers. He had a 3.94 ERA in six appearances with the White Sox. After the regular season, the White Sox assigned Bassitt to Glendale of the AFL, where he had a 0.69 ERA in 13 innings, striking out 22 batters while walking only three.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Oakland Athletics.

paragraph: After the 2014 season, the White Sox traded Bassitt, Josh Phegley, Marcus Semien, and Rangel Ravelo to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Jeff Samardzija and Michael Ynoa. Bassitt began the 2015 season with the Nashville Sounds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, and was promoted to the major leagues on April 23. In 18 games (13 starts), Bassitt finished 1-8 with a 3.56 ERA.

paragraph: Bassitt's 2016 season became short-lived after 5 starts with a 0-2 record and a 6.11 ERA. On May 5, 2016, it was announced that Bassitt would undergo Tommy John surgery, putting him aside for the rest of 2016. He missed more than half of the 2017 season while recovering from surgery. He was recalled on June 9, 2018 to the A's rotation, his first start in 2 years. He was sent down and back up to the Majors in the following 2 weeks. On March 26, 2019, Bassitt was placed on the disabled list with a leg injury.

paragraph: Section::::Scouting Report.

paragraph: Bassitt throws 4 pitches, a four seam and two seam fastball that range between 92-99 MPH, a slider at 85-89MPH and a curveball at 69-75 MPH. Bassitt throws with great deception, as most of his pitches have either a lot of rise or a lot of break.

paragraph: Section::::Personal.

paragraph: Bassitt is from Curtice, Ohio. He also played basketball in high school.

alias:
Chris M. Bassitt
Christopher M. Bassitt
Christopher Bassitt

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Chris Bassitt

wikipedia_title: Chris Bassitt


text:
Middle chronology
Yamhad
Halab
Yarim-Lim II
Alalakh
Yarim-Lim
Yarim-Lim II
Ammitakum
votive status
Hadad
Charchemish
Irkabtum
Yarim-Lim III
Hammurabi III
Hittites

categories: Amorite kings,People from Aleppo,Kings of Yamhad,17th-century BC rulers

paragraph: Niqmi-Epuh

paragraph: Niqmi-Epuh, also given as Niqmepa (reigned - Middle chronology ) was the king of Yamhad (Halab) succeeding his father Yarim-Lim II

paragraph: Section::::Reign.

paragraph: Little of Aleppo has been excavated by archaeologists, knowledge about Niqmi-Epuh comes from tablets discovered at Alalakh. His existence is confirmed by a number of tablets with his seal on their envelope

paragraph: Yarim-Lim king of Alalakh, uncle of Yarim-Lim II and vassal of Yamhad died during Niqmi-Epuh's reign and was succeeded by his son Ammitakum, who started to assert Alalakh's semi-independence.

paragraph: The tablets mention Niqmi-Epuh's votive status which he dedicated to Hadad and placed it in that deity's Temple. Tablet AlT*11 informs of his return from Nishin, a place not known before, but certainly inside the territory of Yamhad because the tablet seems to refer to travel and not a military campaign.

paragraph: Niqmi-Epuh's most celebrated deed was his conquest of the town Arazik, near Charchemish, the fall of this city was important to the extent of being suitable for dating several legal cases.

paragraph: Section::::Reign.:Niqmi-Epuh Seal.

paragraph: The seal of Niqmi-Epuh includes his name written in cuneiform inscription. The king is depicted wearing a crown, facing two goddesses, one in Syrian dress, while and the other is wearing Babylonian dress.

paragraph: Section::::Death and succession.

paragraph: Niqmi-Epuh died ca. 1675 BC. He seems to have a number of sons, including Irkabtum who succeeded him immediately, prince Abba-El, and possibly Yarim-Lim III. Hammurabi III the last king before the Hittites conquest might have been his son too.

wikidata_label: Niqmi-Epuh

wikipedia_title: Niqmi-Epuh


text:
Serbia
pop
Belgrade
Prijepolje
BK University
Sunčane Skale
Damir Čičić on YouTube

categories: Living people,Serbian male singers,Singers from Belgrade,1994 births,People from Prijepolje

paragraph: Damir Čičić

paragraph: Damir Čičić () is a Serbian pop singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He lives and works in the Serbian capital of Belgrade.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Damir Čičić was born on the 6 July 1994 in Prijepolje, Serbia. He finished secondary music school 'Artimedia' and the Academy of music production BK University. His first public performance was at the Bum Fest in 2008 with the song "Čija si", which won him first place. His second performance was at Sunčane Skale with the song "Boje Ljubavi", which won him 6th place.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Damir had dreamed of opening his own recording studio since he was a young man, and now he owns it.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Singles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Boje Ljubavi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Progresne su oci

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ljubavi nema

paragraph: BULLET::::- Naivna

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Damir Čičić on YouTube

description: Serbian singer

wikidata_label: Damir Čičić

wikipedia_title: Damir Čičić


text: Sikh Empire

text: Dogra

text: Gulab Singh

text: Ranjit Singh

text: Himalaya Mountains

text: Ladakh

text: Tibet

text: Baltistan

text: Vizier

text: Napoleon

text: Hindu

text: Rajput

text: Kahlur

text: Himachal Pradesh

text: Jammu

text: Doda

text: Gulab Singh

text: Jammu

text: Reasi

text: Bhimgarh fort

text: Reasi

text: Paddar

text: Chamba

text: sapphire

text: mines

text: Himalayas

text: Zanskar Gorge

text: Suru River

text: Drass

text: Ladakh

text: Gulab Singh

text: Botis

text: Kargil

text: Leh

text: Dogra

text: Baltistan

text: Skardu

text: Botis

text: Lahore

text: Tibet

text: Hindu Dogras

text: Ladakh

text: Indus River

text: Kailas Range

text: Pangong Lake

text: Lake Manasarovar

text: Gartok

text: Taklakot

text: Nepal

text: Lhasa

text: Mansarovar

text: Mount Kailash

text: Chinese

text: Napoleon

text: Frederick Drew

categories: History of Himachal Pradesh,History of Kashmir,People from Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh,18th-century Indian people,Hindu warriors,Military personnel from Himachal Pradesh

paragraph: Zorawar Singh Kahluria

paragraph: Zorawar Singh Kahluria (1786-1841) was a general of the Sikh Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was subordinate to the Dogra ruler Gulab Singh, who was a vassal of the Sikh emperor Ranjit Singh. In reference to his legacy of conquests in the Himalaya Mountains including Ladakh, Tibet, Baltistan and Iskardu as General and Vizier. He has been referred to by historians as the "Conqueror of Ladakh" and the "Napoleon of India".

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

paragraph: He was born in September 1784 in a Hindu Rajput family in the Ansar village of Kahlur (Bilaspur) state, in present-day Himachal Pradesh. His family migrated to the Jammu region where, on coming of age, Zorawar took up service under Raja Jaswant Singh of Marmathi (modern Doda district). Zorawar Singh was employed by the ambitious Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu and was placed under the commandant of the Reasi fort (Bhimgarh fort). While delivering a routine message to the Gulab Singh, Zorawar told him of the financial waste occurring in the fort administration and boldly presented his own scheme to effect savings. Gulab Singh was impressed by Zorawar's sincerity and appointed him commandant of Reasi.

paragraph: Zorawar Singh fulfilled his task and his grateful ruler made him commissariat officer of all forts north of Jammu. He was later made governor of Kishtwar and was given the title of "Wazir" (minister).

paragraph: Even though it was a newly conquered region Zorawar had no trouble in keeping the peace; many of the local Rajputs were recruited into his army. In 1835 the nearby region of Paddar was taken from Chamba (now in Himachal Pradesh) in the course of a battle. Paddar later became known for its sapphire mines. But this was a mere sideshow to General Zorawar Singh's more famous expeditions, on which he had already embarked in the previous year.

paragraph: Section::::The Ladakh campaigns.

paragraph: To the east of Kishtwar and Kashmir are the snow-clad mountains of the upper Himalayas — the rivers of Zanskar Gorge, Suru River, and Drass rise from these snows, and flow across the plateau of Ladakh into the Indus River. Several petty principalities in this region were tributary to the Gyalpo (King) of Ladakh. In 1834 one of these, the Raja of Timbus, sought Zorawar's help against the Gyalpo. Meanwhile, the Rajput general had been burning to distinguish himself by expanding the territory of Raja Gulab Singh — also at that time, according to the Gulabnama, Kishtwar went through a drought that caused a loss of revenue and forced Zorawar to extract money through war.

paragraph: The Rajputs of Jammu and Himachal have traditionally excelled in mountain fighting; therefore Zorawar had no trouble in crossing the mountain ranges and entering Ladakh through the source of the Suru River where his 5000 men defeated an army of local Botis. After moving to Kargil and subduing the landlords along the way Zorawar received the submission of the Ladakhis — however Tsepal Namgyal, the Gyalpo (ruler), sent his general Banko Kahlon by a roundabout route to cut off Zorawar's communications. The astute general doubled back to Kartse, where he sheltered his troops through the winter. In the spring of 1835 he defeated the large Ladakhi army of Banko Kahlon and marched his victorious troops towards Leh. The Gyalpo now agreed to pay 50,000 rupees as war-indemnity and 20,000 rupees as an annual tribute.

paragraph: Alarmed at the gains of the Dogras, the governor of Kashmir, Mehan Singh, incited the Ladakhi chieftains to rebel but Zorawar quickly marched back to the Himalayan valleys and subdued the rebels, now forcing the Raja of Zanskar to also pay a separate tribute to Jammu. But in 1836 Mehan Singh, who was in correspondence with the Lahore durbar, this time instigated the Gyalpo to revolt — Zorawar force-marched his army in ten days to surprise the Ladakhis and forced them to submit. He now built a fort outside Leh and placed there a garrison of 300 men under Dalel Singh — the Gyalpo was deposed to an estate and a Ladakhi general, Ngorub Stanzin, was made King. But the latter did not prove to be loyal hence the Gyalpo was restored to his throne in 1838.

paragraph: Section::::Baltistan campaign.

paragraph: To the nor west of Ladakh, and to the north of Kashmir, lies the region of Baltistan. Muhammad Shah, the son of the ruler of Skardu, Raja Ahmad Shah, fled to Leh and sought the aid of the Gyalpo and Zorawar against his father. But some of the Ladakhi nobles allowed Ahmad Shah to imprison his son and sought his aid in a general rebellion against the Dogras. After defeating the Ladakhi rebels Zorawar invaded Baltistan in the winter of 1839/40 (Petech, Kingdom of ladakh, p. 144, Datta, Ladakh, p. 122 etc. etc.), adding a large contingent of Ladakhis to his army.

paragraph: The advance brigade of 5,000 under Nidhan Singh lost its way in the cold and snow and was surrounded by the enemy; many soldiers perished from the cold. Then Mehta Basti Ram, a prominent Rajput from Kishtwar, established contact with the main force. On their arrival the Botis of Skardu were defeated and forced to flee. They were chased to the fort of Skardu which was invested by Zorawar for a few days. One night the Dogras scaled the steep mountain behind the fort and after some fighting captured the small fort on its crest. From this position the next day they began firing down at the main fort and forced the Raja to surrender. Zorawar built a fort on the banks of the Indus where he placed a contingent of his soldiers.

paragraph: After placing Muhammad Shah on the throne for an annual tribute of 7000 rupees, a Dogra contingent under Wazir Lakhpat advanced westwards, conquered the fort of Astor and took its Darad Raja prisoner. However this Raja was tributary to Mehan Singh, the governor of Kashmir, who was alarmed at the Dogra conquests since they only expanded the kingdom of Gulab Singh while not bringing any benefit to the Lahore durbar. His complaint at Lahore was forwarded to Raja Gulab Singh at Jammu and he ordered the Darad Raja to be released.

paragraph: Section::::Tibet expedition.

paragraph: Zorawar Singh turned his energies eastward, towards Tibet. In May, 1841, Zorawar Singh with 6000 most of whom were Hindu Dogras, marched into Ladakh, the troops then invaded Tibet.

paragraph: One column under the Ladakhi prince, Nono Sungnam, followed the course of the Indus River to its source. Another column of 300 men, under Ghulam Khan, marched along the mountains leading up to the Kailas Range and thus south of the Indus. Zorawar himself led 3,000 men along the plateau region where the vast and picturesque Pangong Lake is located. Sweeping all resistance before them, the three columns passed the Lake Manasarovar and converged at Gartok, defeating the small Tibetan force stationed there. The enemy commander fled to Taklakot but Zorawar stormed that fort on 6 September 1841. Envoys from Tibet now came to him as did agents of the Maharaja of Nepal, whose kingdom was only fifteen miles from Taklakot.

paragraph: The fall of Taklakot finds mention in the report of the Chinese Imperial Resident, Meng Pao, at Lhasa: ""On my arrival at Taklakot a force of only about 1,000 local troops could be mustered, which was divided and stationed as guards at different posts. A guard post was quickly established at a strategic pass near Taklakot to stop the invaders, but these local troops were not brave enough to fight off the Shen-Pa (Dogras) and fled at the approach of the invaders. The distance between Central Tibet and Taklakot is several thousand li…because of the cowardice of the local troops; our forces had to withdraw to the foot of the Tsa Mountain near the Mayum Pass. Reinforcements are essential in order to withstand these violent and unruly invaders"".

paragraph: Zorawar and his men now went on pilgrimage to Mansarovar and Mount Kailash. He had extended his communication and supply line over 450 miles of inhospitable terrain by building small forts and pickets along the way. The fort Chi-T’ang was built near Taklakot, where Mehta Basti Ram was put in command of 500 men, with 8 or 9 cannon. With the onset of winter all the passes were blocked and roads snowed in. The supplies for the Dogra army over such a long distance failed despite Zorawar's meticulous preparations.

paragraph: As the intense cold, coupled with the rain, snow and lightning continued for weeks upon weeks, many of the soldiers lost their fingers and toes to frostbite. Others starved to death, while some burnt the wooden stock of their muskets to warm themselves. The Tibetans and their Chinese allies regrouped and advanced to give battle, bypassing the Dogra fort of Chi-T’ang. Zorawar and his men met them at the Battle of To-yo on 12 December 1841—-in the early exchange of fire the Rajput general was wounded in his right shoulder but he grabbed a sword in his left hand. The Tibetan horsemen then charged the Dogra position and one of them thrust his lance in Zorawar Singh's chest.

paragraph: Section::::The Treaty of Chushul.

paragraph: "As on this auspicious day, the 3nd of Assuj, samvat 1899 (16th/17th September 1842) we, the officers of the Lhasa (Governrnent), Kalon of Sokan and Bakshi Shajpuh, commander of the forces, and two officers on behalf of the most resplendent Sri Khalsa ji Sahib, the asylum of the world, King Sher Singh ji, and Sri Maharaja Sahib Raja-i-Rajagan Raja Sahib Bahadur Raja Gulab Singh, i.e.. the Muktar-ud-Daula Diwan Hari Chand and the asylum of vizirs, Vizir Ratnun. in a meeting called together for the promotion of peace and unity, and by professions and vows of friendship, unity and sincerity of heart and by taking oaths like those of Kunjak Sahib, have arranged and agreed that relations of peace, friendship and unity between Sri Khalsaji and Sri Maharaja Sahib Bahadur Raja Gulab Singh ji, and the Emperor of China and the Lama Guru of Lhasa will hence forward remain firmly established forever; and we declare in the presence of the Kunjak Sahib that on no account whatsoever will there be any deviation, difference of departure (from this agreement). We shall neither at present nor in the future have anything to do or interfere at all with the boundaries of Ladakh and its surroundings as fixed from ancient times and will allow the annual export of wool, shawls and tea by way of ladakh according to the old established customs.

paragraph: Should any of the Opponents of Sri Sarkar Khalsa ji and Sri Raja Sahib Bahadur at any time enter our territories, we shall not pay any heed to his words or allow him to remain in our country. We shall offer no hindrance to traders of Ladakh who visit our territories. We shall not even to the extent of a hair's breadth act in contravention of the terms that we have agreed to above regarding firm friendship, unity, the fixed boundaries of Ladakh and the keeping open of the route for wool, shawls and tea. We call Kunjak Sahib, Kairi, Lassi, Zhon Mahan, and Khushal Chon as witnesses to this treaty."

paragraph: Section::::Estimate.

paragraph: Zorawar Singh's great military endeavors were balanced by a life of modesty and restraint. He was so honest that he would transfer to his master any gifts or tribute that came to him. This honest general did not leave behind either vast properties or deep coffers for his descendants -— only a legacy of military achievement that caused the historians to term him as the "Napoleon of India".

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "General Zorawar Singh", "RajputIndia.com" (9 October 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frederick Drew, "The Jummoo & Kashmir territories"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alexander Cunningham, "Ladak"

paragraph: BULLET::::- A. H. Francke, "Antiquities of Indian Tibet"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fisher, Rose, and Huttenback, "The Himalayan Battle-ground"

description: Military person

wikidata_label: General Zorawar Singh

wikipedia_title: Zorawar Singh Kahluria


text: photojournalist

text: rise of the Nazis in Germany

text: defeat of the Republicans in Spain

text: Mexico's indigenous people

text: Museo de Arte Moderno

text: Salón de la Plástica Mexicana

text: Charlottenburg

text: First World War

text: Prussia

text: photoengraver

text: International Workers' Day

text: Munich

text: Czechoslovakia

text: Federico Garcia Lorca

text: Spanish Civil War

text: Francisco Franco

text: Robert Capa

text: David Seymour

text: Barcelona

text: Morocco

text: Casablanca

text: Veracruz

text: Puebla

text: Rolleiflex

text: Cuernavaca

text: Mexico City

text: Oaxaca

text: Juan Rulfo

text: Musée de l'Homme

text: BBC

text: Westdeutscher Rundfunk

text: Raíces

text: Los pequeños gigantes

text: Nacho López

text: Héctor García Cobo

text: National Library in Madrid

text: José Luis Cuevas Museum

text: Salón de la Plástica Mexicana

text: Festival Internacional Cervantino

text: Manuel Álvarez Bravo

text: Henri Cartier-Bresson

text: Hugo Brehme

categories: People from Berlin,2005 deaths,German emigrants to Mexico,1906 births,Mexican photojournalists

paragraph: Walter Reuter

paragraph: Walter Reuter (b. January 4, 1906 - March 20, 2005) was a Mexican photojournalist of German origin. Reuter arrived to Mexico in 1942, after fleeing the rise of the Nazis in Germany, and the defeat of the Republicans in Spain. Having started his career in Europe, he introduced modern photojournalism techniques into Mexico and is best known for his work documenting twenty ethnicities of Mexico's indigenous people. In 1986, the Museo de Arte Moderno held a retrospective of his work and he was a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. Since his death, a collection of his work has been published and exhibited.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Walter Reuter was born in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. His father drove trolleys and his mother inspected the cars. He lived with his parents in Berlin except from 1914 to 1918, during the First World War, when he was sent to live with relatives in Prussia .

paragraph: When Reuter was growing up, Berlin was a major cultural center. He did not want to be a photographer, but rather an actor and dancer. He did some performing as a young man, such as in a chorus directed by Georg Gotsch in 1923. To earn money, he worked as a photoengraver, an activity he taught himself, first at Sahm& Co. printing house in 1920 than at Artes Gráficas Büxenstein in 1925.

paragraph: He was also politically active and in 1924, left home due to political disputes with his father, spending time in Nuremberg to study acting. In 1928 he met Siliava Sulamith, his first wife, an acting student and legal secretary to a known leftist lawyer.

paragraph: In 1929, he was working at a printing house when Berlin authorities forbade demonstrations for International Workers' Day. Workers went out onto the streets anyway and the following clashes left thirty dead. Reuter wanted the publisher to print something to protest the event, passing a petition, but his efforts got him fired and blacklisted from further work. He went to Munich but could not get work, surviving by playing the guitar and accordion. He returned to Berlin in 1931 and bought a 6x9 Contessa Nettel camera and constructed his own enlarger, with the idea of selling the photographs for money. He worked with his wife's lawyer and leftist organizations to photograph life for Berlin's poor against the rising Nazi party. He sold his first negatives to a magazine called Arbeiter Illustierte Zeitung. This led to work with other publications, working in Germany and Czechoslovakia .

paragraph: In 1933, Hitler came to power in Germany, and fearing arrest, Reuter fled Germany accompanied by his wife and another women named Margarethe Zembal, arriving to Spain. He made a living photographing wealthy families and tourists along the country's southern coast and connected with intellectuals such as Federico Garcia Lorca . When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, he sent his wife and young son to France, while he joined the Republican forces against Francisco Franco. In addition to fighting he also covered the war as a correspondent for several wire services and publications. In this endeavor, he worked with Robert Capa and David Seymour, with the group called the Brigada Internacional de la Fotografía. Reuter principally photographed the war's effect behind the lines, especially on children.

paragraph: With the defeat of the Republicans, Reuter fled to France through Barcelona. However, he was captured and placed in a concentration camp in 1939. He managed to escape and flee with his family to Morocco. There French authorities recaptured him in 1941 and sent him as prison labor on the Trans-Saharan railway. Reuter escaped again and rejoined his family in Casablanca. There he, his wife and his young son, Jas, escaped on a Portuguese boat that happened to be going to Mexico.

paragraph: Reuter arrived in Mexico in 1942, stating that when he arrived in Veracruz he felt great relief. The family lived for a year in Puebla, where he worked as a photographer using borrowed equipment. In Mexico his first camera was a Rolleiflex, bought at a pawn shop.

paragraph: After Puebla, the family moved to Mexico City where they made contact with other Spanish and German refugees.

paragraph: Reuter married his second wife Ana Maria in 1959, with whom he had three children. In total he had five children, Jas, Almuth, Marina, Claudia and Hely.

paragraph: Reuter died in Cuernavaca at age 99 from kidney failure.

paragraph: Section::::Career in Mexico.

paragraph: Reuter introduced modern photojournalism to Mexico. After arriving in Mexico City, he created a photographic series called Mexico's Rooftops which he sold to a magazine called Nosotros. He then went on to collaborate with publications such as Hoy, Siempre!, Mañana, Cinemagazine, Voz, Foto-Film and Memoranda.

paragraph: He has photographed Mexico's leading artists (especially in dance) and intellectuals. However, he is best known for his documentation of Mexico's indigenous peoples in various regions, taking over 35,000 photographs of twenty different ethnicities. Working with state agencies, he first created “The timeless world of the Indians”, traveling through Veracruz and in 1946 in Oaxaca with Juan Rulfo and the Papaloapan project in 1950.

paragraph: Reuter also produced a number of full-length films. The first was Historia de un río, which led to opportunities to make documentaries for Musée de l'Homme, the BBC and Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Tierra de chicle (1953) won the Espiga de Plata in Rome. He also created a number of dramatic films such as Raíces (1955), El brazo fuerte (1958) and Los pequeños gigantes (1958).

paragraph: He also taught at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, with Nacho López and Héctor García Cobo as students.

paragraph: Reuter created an estimated 97,000 negatives during his lifetime. He lost possession of his entire archive twice in his life, once when he fled Germany and again when he fled Spain. Work of his done in Spain can be found at the National Library in Madrid and the Komintern archives in Moscow. His work in Mexico has been partly categorized by his daughter Hely, working with the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes.

paragraph: Although not an artist in the classic sense, in 1986, the Museo de Arte Moderno held a retrospective of his work, focusing on images of the indigenous and ballet scenes. The José Luis Cuevas Museum held another exhibition of his work in 1996, for the photographer's 90th birthday. Reuter was also a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana.

paragraph: His daughter, Hely Reuter published an eleven volume set of his works called La obra de Walter Reuter: viajero por la libertad, 1906-2005 in 2013, which was exhibited at the 2013 Festival Internacional Cervantino. In 2012 his work was exhibited other photographers such as Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Hugo Brehme at the Museo de Arte Moderno.

paragraph: In 2005, an annual award for photojournalism in Mexico called the Premio Alemán de Periodismo Walter Reuter was established.

description: German photographer and photojournalist

wikidata_label: Walter Reuter

wikipedia_title: Walter Reuter


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Edward II of England
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David I of Scotland
Edward the Black Prince
Lord Warden of the Marches
Edward I of England
Edward II of England
Edward III of England
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk
John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray
Baron Darcy de Knayth
Umfraville

categories: 1369 deaths,English chroniclers,14th-century historians

paragraph: Thomas Grey (chronicler)

paragraph: Sir Thomas Grey or Gray (d. before 22 October 1369) of Heaton Castle in the parish of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, was the son of Sir Thomas Grey, an eminent soldier in the Anglo-Scottish wars in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, and his wife, Agnes de Bayles. He was the author of the English chronicle, the "Scalacronica".

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Thomas Grey, author of the "Scalacronica", was the son of Sir Thomas Grey of Heaton (d. before 12 March 1344) and his wife Agnes de Bayles.

paragraph: Grey had four sisters, who according to Andy King married John de Eure, William de Felton, William Heron, and Gerard Salvayn.

paragraph: Grey's father served almost continuously during the Anglo-Scottish wars in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. In May 1297 Grey's father was left for dead on the field when William Wallace attacked Lanark, but recovered, and was active in various campaigns in the ensuing years. In May 1303 the elder Grey was captured by the Scots at Melrose Abbey, and after his release was at the siege of Stirling Castle the following spring, where he rescued Henry de Beaumont, with whom he was closely associated for much of his career. Later, at Bannockburn, Grey's father was taken prisoner by the Scots in a skirmish on 23 June 1314, the day before the main battle. He was constable of Norham Castle from 1319 to 1331, and appears to have died shortly before 12 March 1344.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Grey had already been knighted before his father's death, and according to King, likely served in Scotland alongside his father in the 1330s, and may have had his first experience of war in August 1332 as part of a private expedition into Scotland mounted by a group of noblemen and gentry known as the "Disinherited", which culminated in a battlefield victory at Dupplin Moor.

paragraph: In June 1338 Grey took out letters of protection to accompany William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury on a military expedition to Flanders, and in 1340 served on the Scottish Marches.

paragraph: In March 1344 "in consideration of his good service beyond the seas as well as within", Grey was made warden of the manor of Middlemast Middleton in Coquetdale, which had come into the King's hands by forfeiture, and was also the recipient of several other smaller grants. On 8 January 1345 he was appointed Constable of Norham Castle, and on 10 April of that year had livery of the family manor of Heaton. According to King, Grey also acquired a great deal of additional land, and left his estate much better than he found it, and was likely the builder of Heaton Castle.

paragraph: In 1345 Grey received letters of protection to accompany an expedition to Sluys, which ultimately came to nothing, and in October 1346 fought at the Battle of Neville's Cross, for which he and others received personal letters of thanks from King Edward III.

paragraph: In August 1355, during a sally from Norham Castle, Grey and one of his sons were captured at Nesbit by the Scots following the Battle of Nesbit Muir.

paragraph: Grey was taken prisoner in late 1355 and held captive at Edinburgh Castle, and before 25 November 1356 wrote to King Edward III pleading for help in paying his ransom. He had been released by 15 August 1357, and in October 1357 was given custody of John Gray, one of the hostages for the ransom of King David of Scotland. According to Archer, in August 1359 Grey is thought to have accompanied King Edward's eldest son and heir, Edward, the Black Prince, to France. Grey was made Warden of the East Marches in October 1367, and is thought to have died sometime before 22 October 1369.

paragraph: Section::::Writings.

paragraph: While in captivity at Edinburgh, Grey started to write the "Scalacronica", a chronicle in Anglo-Norman French in five parts, which relates both universal and English history from the earliest times. He was released in 1356 and continued to work on it back in England up until the year 1362. The chief historical value of the work is in the parts dealing with the reigns of King Edward I, King Edward II, and King Edward III which draw on the personal experience of both the author and his father as soldiers in the Anglo-Scottish and French wars during those reigns.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and issue.

paragraph: In about 1353 Grey married Margaret de Presson, the daughter and heiress of William de Presson of Presson, Northumberland. They had at least one son and three daughters:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ivetta Grey (born 1350 Wark-on-Tweed) of Heaton, who married William Clopton of Wickhambrook(d.1377), [Buckenham Castle records]

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sir Thomas Grey (1359 – 26 November 1400) of Heaton, who married Joan de Mowbray (d.1410), sister of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray (d. 17 June 1368) and Elizabeth de Segrave.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elizabeth Grey (d. 11 August 1412), who married Philip Darcy, 4th Lord Darcy of Knaith (d. 24 April 1399).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Agnes Grey (d. 25 October 1420), who married Sir Thomas Umfraville (d. 12 February 1391).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Remains of Heaton Castle, likely built by the chronicler, Sir Thomas Grey

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scalacronica, translated by Sir Herbert Maxwell

description: English chronicler

wikidata_label: Thomas Grey

wikipedia_title: Thomas Grey (chronicler)