text:
film writer
Irving Ravetch
New York Film Critics Circle Award
Writers Guild of America Award
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
adaptations
Martin Ritt
The Long, Hot Summer
Norma Rae
Murphy's Romance
Stanley & Iris
Portland, Oregon
University of California, Los Angeles
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
William Faulkner
The Hamlet
Martin Ritt
The Sound and the Fury
novel of the same name
Tony award
play
Horseman, Pass By
New York Film Critics Circle Award
Writers Guild of America Award
Academy Award
Revisionist Western
novel of the same name
House of Cards
mystery film
John Guillermin
The Reivers
A Case of Need
Michael Crichton
The Water Is Wide
labour union
Crystal Lee Jordan
Murphy's Romance
Max Schott
Sally Field
Union Street
Paul Newman
American Film Institute

categories: Screenwriters from Oregon,American women film producers,1917 births,American women screenwriters,American centenarians,Writers Guild of America Award winners,University of California, Los Angeles alumni,American film producers,Living people

paragraph: Harriet Frank Jr.

paragraph: Harriet Frank Jr. (born March 2, 1917) is an American film writer and producer. Working alongside her husband, Irving Ravetch, Frank received numerous awards during her lengthy career, including the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and the Writers Guild of America Award, and several nominations.

paragraph: Frank began her writing career after World War II, under Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's young writer's training program, where she first met her future husband. She married Ravetch in 1946 but worked independently for ten years, finally collaborating with him in 1957, a relationship that continued for the remainder of her career. During 33 years of collaboration, they created the screenplays for a variety of films, mainly adaptations of the works of American authors.

paragraph: Frank and Ravetch maintained a close working relationship with director Martin Ritt throughout their career, collaborating with him on eight occasions; after initially being suggested by Ravetch to direct "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958), Ritt would eventually draw the couple out of inactivity on three occasions, hiring them to write the screenplays for "Norma Rae" (1979), "Murphy's Romance" (1985) and "Stanley & Iris" (1990). The latter was both the last film directed by Ritt (who died later that year) and the last for which Frank and Ravetch wrote the screenplay.

paragraph: Frank is one of the "leading characters" in the 2017 memoir "The Mighty Franks: A Memoir", written by her nephew Michael Frank, an essayist and short-story writer; the book was critically acclaimed by many international publications.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

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

paragraph: Harriet Frank Jr. was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. While her mother, Harriet (Sr.), worked as a Hollywood story editor, Frank attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), at the same time as her future husband, Irving Ravetch. Having graduated at different times from UCLA, the two met in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer young writer's training program after World War II.

paragraph: The couple soon married in 1946, but worked independently for over ten years, with Frank writing for projects such as "A Really Important Person" (1947), "Whiplash" (1948) and "Run for Cover" (1955). The couple first collaborated on the script of an adaptation of William Faulkner's novel "The Hamlet" in 1957 (released as "The Long, Hot Summer"), although Frank later said, "...in the end, we created mostly new material, so it wasn't really a true adaptation".

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Collaborations and awards.

paragraph: Martin Ritt, having directed "The Long, Hot Summer" on suggestion by Ravetch, then directed the couple's next collaboration, "The Sound and the Fury" (1959), once again an adaptation of a William Faulkner novel. In 1960, Frank and Ravetch collaborated on two films, "Home from the Hill", an adaptation of the novel of the same name, and "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs", an adaptation of a Tony award-winning play.

paragraph: In 1963, Frank and Ravetch reunited with Martin Ritt to write the screenplay for "Hud", adapted from the novel "Horseman, Pass By". The film garnered critical acclaim, with the couple sharing a New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Screenplay" and a Writers Guild of America Award (WGA Award) for "Best Written American Drama". They were also nominated for an Academy Award in the category of "Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium".

paragraph: In 1967, Frank worked alongside her husband and Ritt on "Hombre", a Revisionist Western film based on the novel of the same name. The next year, Frank and Ravetch wrote the screenplay for "House of Cards", a mystery film directed by John Guillermin. For "House of Cards", Frank was credited, together with her husband, under the pen name of "James P. Bonner". In 1969, Frank and Ravetch returned to the works of William Faulkner, writing the screenplay for a film adaptation of his last novel "The Reivers".

paragraph: 1972 saw Frank and Ravetch write the screenplay for "The Cowboys", based on the novel of the same name, and "The Carey Treatment", based on the novel "A Case of Need" by Michael Crichton. For the latter, the couple were credited under "James P. Bonner", the last time they would adopt the pen name. Two years later, the couple reunited once again with Martin Ritt to write the screenplay for "Conrack", based on the autobiographical book "The Water Is Wide", with Frank also working as producer. The film was commercially and critically well-received, winning a BAFTA award. In the same year the couple wrote for an adaptation of the novel "The Bank Robber", released as "The Spikes Gang". Around this time, Frank also wrote two novels, "Single: a novel" (1977), and "Special Effects" (1979).

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Return to screenwriting.

paragraph: In 1979, following five years of inactivity, Frank and Ravetch returned to screen writing for "Norma Rae", with Martin Ritt directing. The film tells the story of a factory worker from the Southern United States who becomes involved in labour union activities. Unusually, for the couple, the film was based on a true story, that of Crystal Lee Jordan. It was arguably their best received film, winning numerous awards, including two Academy Awards.

paragraph: Six years passed before the couple returned to screenwriting, this time for the romantic comedy "Murphy's Romance" in 1985, based on a novel by Max Schott. Once again they worked with director Martin Ritt, their seventh project together, and with Sally Field, who played the titular lead role in "Norma Rae". Despite "Murphy's Romance" being well-received (it was nominated for two Academy Awards), it was another five years before Frank and Ravetch wrote another screenplay; hired by Martin Ritt, the couple wrote the screenplay for "Stanley & Iris", loosely based on the novel "Union Street".

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Legacy.

paragraph: Ten months after the release of "Stanley & Iris", on December 8, 1990, Martin Ritt died. Together, the trio of Frank, Ravetch and Ritt had collaborated on eight films and achieved considerable successes. As well as being the last film Ritt worked on, "Stanley & Iris" also marked the end of Frank and Ravetch's writing careers.

paragraph: In a career spanning 43 years and 21 film productions (despite lengthy periods of absence), Harriet Frank Jr. won 4 awards and received many more nominations, sharing them all with her husband. As well as with her husband and Martin Ritt, Frank collaborated extensively with other well-known actors, such as Paul Newman, writing for three of his film appearances ("The Long, Hot Summer", "Hud" and "Hombre").

paragraph: Many of their films not only received critical acclaim upon release, in the form of awards ("Norma Rae" and "Stanley & Iris"), but those such as "Hud" (1963) are considered classics of their genres. The legacy of Harriet Frank Jr. is today considered inseparable with that of her husband, Ravetch, and together they are considered one of the all-time great screenwriting teams.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- American Film Institute (AFI) (1997). "The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States". University of California Press. . Retrieved September 23, 2009.

alias:
James P. Bonner
Harriet Frank

description: American screenwriter

wikidata_label: Harriet Frank, Jr.

wikipedia_title: Harriet Frank Jr.


text:
Major League Baseball
pitcher
Washington Senators
Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Leeds, Alabama
Elmwood Cemetery
Ernie Walker
Dixie Walker
Harry Walker

categories: St. Paul Apostles players,Utica Utes players,Reading Pretzels players,People from Fayette County, Pennsylvania,Minor league baseball managers,Albany Senators players,Baseball players from Pennsylvania,1965 deaths,Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players,Baltimore Orioles (IL) players,Major League Baseball pitchers,St. Paul Saints (AA) players,Washington Senators (1901–60) players,1887 births

paragraph: Dixie Walker (pitcher)

paragraph: Ewart Gladstone "Dixie" Walker (June 1, 1887 – November 14, 1965), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to with the Washington Senators. He batted left and threw right-handed. Walker had a 25–31 record in 74 career games.

paragraph: He was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and died in Leeds, Alabama. He is buried in Birmingham's Elmwood Cemetery.

paragraph: Walker was the brother of Major Leaguer Ernie Walker, and the father of Major Leaguers Dixie Walker and Harry Walker.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Dixie Walker

wikipedia_title: Dixie Walker (pitcher)


text:
cricket
Derbyshire
Longsight
Manchester
Moss Side
Owens College
Dewsbury
Albert Lawton
Levenshulme
Upton-by-Chester
- Run Crazy Derbyshire A Cricket Record

categories: 1955 deaths,1875 births,Derbyshire cricket captains,English cricketers,People from Longsight

paragraph: Maynard Ashcroft

paragraph: Edward Maynard Ashcroft (27 September 1875 – 26 February 1955) was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Ashcroft was born at Longsight, Manchester, son of Henry N Ashcroft, a Manchester merchant and his wife Charlotte. They lived at 14 Birch Side Moss Side. Ashcroft studied medicine at Owens College, Manchester, and became RMO at Dewsbury Smallpox Hospital. He later became assistant MOH at Derby.

paragraph: Section::::Cricket career.

paragraph: Ashcroft made his cricket debut for Derbyshire in 1897 and remained with the team until 1906. Ashcroft captained Derbyshire for part of 1904 although Albert Lawton who was captain in the preceding and succeeding years also captained games. Ashcroft was a right hand batsman who played 170 innings in 101 first-class matches. His highest score was 162 and his average 29.17. He was a right arm off-break bowler who took 24 wickets with an average of 49.41. While he was captain, Derbyshire ended the season at 10th in the table. Wisden described him as "a free-scoring batsman" who "drove and cut specially well".

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Ashcroft was later Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for Levenshulme. He died at Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire aged 79.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- - Run Crazy Derbyshire A Cricket Record

description: English cricketer

wikidata_label: Maynard Ashcroft

wikipedia_title: Maynard Ashcroft


text:
Chinese
cross-country skier
2010 Winter Olympics
Vancouver
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009
Liberec
Czech Republic
Changchun

categories: Cross-country skiers at the 2011 Asian Winter Games,Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games,Olympic cross-country skiers of China,Living people,Asian Games bronze medalists for China,1992 births,Cross-country skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games,Asian Games medalists in cross-country skiing,Asian Games silver medalists for China,Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games,Chinese female cross-country skiers,Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics,Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics

paragraph: Li Xin (skier)

paragraph: Li Xin (; ; born July 31, 1992) is a Chinese cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. She finished 65th in the 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

paragraph: She finished second in the 5 km qualification event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. This allowed Li to qualify for the 10 km event the following day where she finished 55th though her best finish at those same championships was 38th in the 30 km event.

paragraph: Li's best World Cup finish was 24th in a 10 km event at Changchun in 2007.

description: Chinese cross-country skier

wikidata_label: Li Xin

wikipedia_title: Li Xin (skier)


text: Gripsholm Castle

text: Royal Dramatic Theatre

text: Royal Institute of Technology

text: Royal Academy of Arts

text: Statens fastighetsverk

text: Viollet-le-Duc

text: Helgo Zettervall

text: Renaissance architecture

text: early Vasa period

text: Dagens Nyheter

text: Verner von Heidenstam

text: Strängnäs Cathedral

text: Djursholm

text: Ferdinand Boberg

text: Martin Nyrop

text: Neo-Baroque architecture

text: Art Nouveau

text: Carl Westman

text: Thalia

categories: Swedish architects,Royal Institute of Technology alumni,1863 births

paragraph: Fredrik Lilljekvist

paragraph: Johan Fredrik Lilljekvist (Stockholm 8 October 1863 - Stockholm 18 December 1932) was a Swedish architect. He is best known for his controversial restoration of Gripsholm Castle and as the architect of the new building for the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.

paragraph: Section::::Life in summary.

paragraph: Lilljekvist was born in Klara parish in Stockholm, son of a photographer. He studied architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1884, and at the Royal Academy of Arts 1884-1887. He worked as an architect in Stockholm from 1888, and was appointed castle architect at Gripsholm in 1895. During the latter part of his life he was active as an urban planner; he was employed in the Överintendentämbetet, later the National Board of Public Building ("Byggnadsstyrelsen", now "Statens fastighetsverk"), where he served as a "byggnadsråd" (building councillor) and department head from 1918 until 1930.

paragraph: Section::::The restoration of Gripsholm.

paragraph: During his time at the Academy, Lilljekvist worked with the art historian Gustaf Upmark in documenting Gripsholm Castle. On his own initiative, he made a restoration plan for the Castle that was shown at the spring exhibition of the Academy in 1888. He continued to work on the plans the following years and when he was appointed head of the restoration work at Gripsholm, these plans were used in a modified form. His plans were influenced by the restoration ideology of Viollet-le-Duc, according to which a building should be restored to its original style and to the state in which its originators would have wanted to see it. The main representative of this school in Sweden was Helgo Zettervall. In this case the ideal was the Renaissance architecture of the early Vasa period (1523-1611). An opposing ideology that would eventually come to dominance in Sweden in the early 20th century was to restore buildings in a way that showed respect for its entire history. Lilljekvist's work was severely criticized in an article in the newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" by the writer Verner von Heidenstam, who suggested that a sign should be put at the Castle saying in mock-archaic Swedish, that "An̄o Domini 1893 gjordes detta gambla hus ændnu gamblare" ("An̄o Domini 1893 this old House was made even older"). Lilljekvist later worked on the less radical restoration of Strängnäs Cathedral together with Sigurd Curman, a representative of the new ideals.

paragraph: Section::::New buildings in the 1890s.

paragraph: Many of his new buildings during the 1890s and the years around the turn of the century were designed in a style influenced by renaissance or baroque architecture. He was one of the architects of the new affluent suburb of Djursholm, where he built a chapel and several private villas, including one for himself. For the General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1897), Lilljekvist collaborated with Ferdinand Boberg in the construction of the large "industry hall" with its cupola. The cupola was probably influenced by the one built by Martin Nyrop over the main hall of the Copenhagen Exhibition of 1888, but Boberg and Lilljekvist added four high minaret-like towers connected to the cupola by bridges.

paragraph: Section::::The Royal Dramatic Theatre.

paragraph: He became involved in the project for the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1901. He started with a classical design, which eventually developed a more Baroque character. In the end a he produced a design that took some of the volumes from Neo-Baroque architecture but with ornamental and sculptural forms borrowed from Swedish nature but influenced by continental Art Nouveau, which, by the time the building was completed in 1908, had already started to go out of fashion.

paragraph: The architect Carl Westman, whose ideal was more austere, criticized the building for its flamboyant decoration. In Westman's view the decoration of the building should be like the ornaments of a knight's armour rather than like the bands and flowers of his lady's dress. Lilljekvist replied that a dramatic theatre need not look grim, like a knight in armour. Thalia, as a woman, could be allowed her bands and flowers. Rather than dressing her in sackcloth and ashes, she "may meet us friendly and smiling, as long as the smile is chaste and the dress is white".

paragraph: Additional criticism was directed at the theatre building and its architect because of its huge and uncalculated expenses. Lilljekvist was not given any similarly large projects again. In the following years, he worked on several projects for Swedish embassy buildings abroad, and the last decade-and-a-half of his life was entirely dedicated to urban planning. From 1918 until 1930, he served as head of the urban planning bureau of the National Board of Public Building.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andersson, Henrik O. & Fredric Bedoire, "Lilljekvist, Johan Fredrik", "Svenskt biografiskt lexikon", 23 (1980), pp. 158–161.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Linn, Björn: "Arkitekturen", "Signums svenska konsthistoria. Konsten 1890-1915", Lund: Signum, 2001, pp. 27–155.

description: Swedish architect

wikidata_label: Fredrik Lilljekvist

wikipedia_title: Fredrik Lilljekvist


text:
Major League Baseball
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia Athletics

categories: Chicago White Sox players,Omaha Rourkes players,Davenport Prodigals players,Philadelphia Athletics players,People from Monticello, Iowa,Oakland Oaks (baseball) players,Peoria Distillers players,Baseball players from Iowa,1940 deaths,Major League Baseball pitchers,Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players,1890 births

paragraph: Roy Crabb

paragraph: James Roy Crabb (August 23, 1890 - March 30, 1940) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched part of one season, , in the majors. He made his major league debut in August for the Chicago White Sox, and ten days later his contract was sold to the Philadelphia Athletics, where he finished the season. Crabb worked as a painter for the nine years prior to his premature death at age 49 of lung cancer.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Roy Crabb

wikipedia_title: Roy Crabb


text:
JP
Sherford
Devon
Henry Pollexfen
Iberian Peninsula
St Stephen Walbrook
Wembury
Committee on Trade and Plantations
Privy Chamber
Plympton Erle
East India Company
Justice of the Peace
Devon
Board of Trade
Barbados
House of Commons
House of Lords
Charles Davenant
William Lowndes

categories: English MPs 1680–1681,English merchants,English MPs 1681,English MPs 1689–1690,1636 births,1715 deaths,English economists,Chief Justices of the Common Pleas

paragraph: John Pollexfen

paragraph: John Pollexfen (1636–1715), JP, was a British merchant and political economist.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was the second son of Andrew Pollexfen of Stancombe Dawney in Sherford, Devon, and the younger brother of Henry Pollexfen (1632-1691), who inherited the family estates, leading to strained relations between the brothers. John's early career as a merchant began with trading in wines from the Iberian Peninsula, leading to a summons to the Treasury on 28 March 1677 to report on Portuguese wines. In the same year he bought Walbrooke House, in the parish of St Stephen Walbrook, and in 1686 he purchased the manor of Wembury. In 1675 he served on the Committee on Trade and Plantations, followed by an appointment in 1678 to the Privy Chamber in 1678, which he held until 1685; he was again appointed in 1690, and remained until 1702. He was appointed to the Commission for Preventing the Export of Wool in 1689, resigning in 1692.

paragraph: He was returned to parliament for Plympton Erle in October 1679, and again for the parliaments of 1681, 1689 and 1690. He was active on various economic affairs committees, helping pass the Tobacco Act and renew the charter of the East India Company. He was made a Justice of the Peace for Devon in 1689 and an honorary trustee of the National Land Bank. His most significant appointment was as a member of the Board of Trade between 1696 until 23 April 1709. While there he participated in the recoinage debate, produced a report on the judicial system of Barbados and advocated a unified military command for the American colonies. In 1677 he served on a special commission of the East India Company, accusing the directors of monopolising the trade through jobbery and refusing to issue new stock, and also condemned the export of gold bullion, which he saw as suppressing domestic production and employment. As a result, he lobbied the House of Commons in 1689 to establish a new, national company, and presented written and oral testimony to the House of Lords in 1696 showing the harmful effects of importing Indian-manufactured goods and exporting bullion. In response the Lords and Commons opened up the trade lanes to India, establishing a well-regulated company to manage this.

paragraph: As a by-product of his public career Pollexfen published a series of political and economic essays. After Charles Davenant published his "An Essay on the East India Trade" in 1697, Pollexfen responded with his essay "England and East India Inconsistent in their Manufactures", and also published "A Discourse of Trade and Coyn" dated 15 July 1696, an extended version of which was republished to counter William Lowndes proposal of recoinage. In 1699 he published "A Vindication of some Assertions Relating to Coin and Trade", and a year later republished "of Trade". He died shortly before 15 February 1715, when he was buried at St Stephen Walbrook.

wikidata_label: John Pollexfen

wikipedia_title: John Pollexfen


text:
American football
quarterback
quarterback
Maryland Terrapins
University of Maryland
redshirt
Rutgers
Boston College
Emerald Bowl
Humanitarian Bowl
Simi Valley, California
glam metal
Ratt
Chaminade College Preparatory School
letterwinner
starting
pitcher
junior varsity
Valencia High School
pass
completions
touchdown
interceptions
California Interscholastic Federation
PrepStar
Rivals.com
Scout.com
scholarship offers
Boise State
Illinois
Louisville
Maryland
Oregon
Utah
UTEP
Josh Portis
Florida
Washington, D.C.
politics
2005 season
redshirt
2006
Sam Hollenbach
2007
interception
snap
Wake Forest
Rutgers
concussion
touchdown
field goals
Greg Schiano
Georgia Tech
Jason Goode
Darrius Heyward-Bey
Boston College
Florida State
NC State
bowl eligibility
pocket
option run
down
shutout
Emerald Bowl
Oregon State
Atlantic Coast Conference
2008
James Franklin
West Coast offense
some controversy
Ralph Friedgen
Delaware
Wake Forest
ESPN
North Carolina
hold onto the ball
Pontiac
ACC championship
Florida State
Boston College
Nevada
Humanitarian Bowl
two-point conversion
BCS Championship Game
Florida
Oklahoma
2009 season
Danny O'Brien
offensive line
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
completion percentage
National Football League
2010 NFL Draft
The Baltimore Sun
pocket
run the ball himself
40-yard dash
CBS Sports
Scout.com
James Franklin
Scott Burley
Remember the Titans
Napoleon Dynamite
bachelor's degree
government and politics
Washington, D.C.
liberal
Democrat
idealist
presidential election
conservative
John McCain
Dean Muhtadi
Capitol Hill
Steny Hoyer
House Majority Leader
Maryland's fifth district
presidential campaign
Barack Obama
soccer
spend a semester abroad
2010 World Cup
South Africa
Chris Turner
Twitter

categories: Players of American football from California,1987 births,American football quarterbacks,Georgia Force players,Maryland Terrapins football players,People from Simi Valley, California,Living people

paragraph: Chris Turner (American football)

paragraph: Christopher Evenson Turner (born September 8, 1987) is an American football quarterback. He played quarterback for the Maryland Terrapins at the University of Maryland from 2007 to 2009. Turner began his career at Maryland as a redshirt in 2005 and then served as a reserve quarterback before he earned the starting position.

paragraph: After a redshirt season in 2005, Turner saw no playing time as the third-string quarterback the following year. In 2007, he replaced the injured starter during the game against 10th-ranked Rutgers and led the Terrapins to an upset victory. After that, he remained as the team's leader for the remainder of the season, and against eighth-ranked Boston College, engineered another upset victory. Turner also helped Maryland secure an appearance in the Emerald Bowl. At the start of the 2008 season, he was relegated to backup status, but soon regained the starting position. That year, he led Maryland in wins over four of their five ranked opponents and to an appearance in the Humanitarian Bowl. He returned as the starter for the 2009 season, but suffered a knee injury and was replaced by Jamarr Robinson.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Turner was born in Simi Valley, California to parents John and Grace Turner. His father was the original drummer of the glam metal band Ratt. Chris Turner attended high school at the Chaminade College Preparatory School, where he was a three-year letterwinner and starting quarterback in football and pitcher in baseball. As a sophomore, he was on the junior varsity football team until midseason when the varsity quarterback suffered an injury against Valencia High School, a regional powerhouse. Turner described the incident as the last time that he was nervous during a game and said, "It got pretty ugly to be honest. Ever since then, I've always thought to myself, 'It can't get worse than that.'"

paragraph: At Chaminade, he led a pass-oriented offense and, during his senior year, accumulated 139 completions on 265 attempts, 2,047 yards, 16 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions. He was named to the All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) second team as a senior and the All-Mission League team as both a junior and senior. SuperPrep picked him as a Far West all-region selection and PrepStar as an all-region selection. Turner was assessed as a Rivals.com three-star and Scout.com two-star recruit. He received scholarship offers from Boise State, Illinois, Louisville, Maryland, Oregon, Utah, and UTEP. Maryland offered him after another Californian recruit, Josh Portis, chose Florida instead—although Portis later transferred to Maryland and served as a backup alongside Turner. Turner ultimately chose Maryland, which is located just outside Washington, D.C., partly due to his interest in politics.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Experience.

paragraph: Turner sat out his true freshman year during the 2005 season on redshirt status. In 2006, he served as the third-team quarterback behind starter Sam Hollenbach and reserve Jordan Steffy, but Turner saw no playing time during that season.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Experience.:2007 season.

paragraph: In 2007, as the second-string quarterback, he saw his first action against when he was substituted for injured starter Jordan Steffy. Turner executed a scoring drive and completed four of six passes, but also threw two interceptions. He sat out the next two games and then took one snap against Wake Forest. When the unranked Terps faced 10th-ranked Rutgers, Steffy suffered a concussion and Turner again filled in. He led drives for two touchdowns and two field goals in an upset of the Scarlet Knights, 34–24. About the then relatively unknown Turner, Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano said, "I wish I would have seen this guy before." Turner started for the remaining eight games of the season. In his career-first start, he passed for 255 yards in a win against Georgia Tech, 28–26. In the game, he threw a 78-yard touchdown pass, which was caught by tight end Jason Goode rather than his intended receiver, Darrius Heyward-Bey. After a three-game losing streak, Turner led another upset win over a top-ten team, this time against eighth-ranked Boston College, 42–35. In the 24–16 loss to Florida State, Turner had his worst performance of the season. Late in the second quarter, he was benched and replaced by Steffy for two possessions. Turner said, "I didn't know that my leash was that short in the first place, to be honest. I didn't think it would come to this. I guess I should have." After an uneven performance by Steffy, Turner played the entire second half and showed improvement. The following week Maryland played their regular season finale against NC State and both teams needed an additional win to attain bowl eligibility. Maryland led in the second quarter, 3–0, but was struggling offensively. Turner, a generally immobile pocket quarterback, invigorated the offense when he executed a 41-yard option run for a first down. He completed 19 of 24 passes for 206 yards and led a shutout of NC State, 37–0. With the sixth win, Maryland was invited to the Emerald Bowl, where they were beaten by Oregon State, 21–14. Turner finished the season as the third-most efficient passer in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Experience.:2008 season.

paragraph: In 2008, Maryland hired a new offensive coordinator, James Franklin, who installed a West Coast offense. That season started with some controversy when head coach Ralph Friedgen initially selected senior Jordan Steffy as the starting quarterback. Turner considered returning home with a transfer to a Californian school, but ultimately decided against it. When Steffy was injured again in the season-opener against Delaware, Turner was awarded the starting job for the rest of the season. After Maryland defeated 21st-ranked Wake Forest, 26–0, Turner was voted the ACC Player of the Week and ESPN named him an "On the Mark" quarterback. Against 16th-ranked North Carolina, Turner's split-second decision to hold onto the ball for a nine-yard run on fourth down and five put the team within range for the game-winning field goal, 17–15. For that, he was nominated for the week's Pontiac Game Changing Performance. The win improved Maryland's record to 7–3 and reasserted control over their ACC championship destiny, although they lost the next game against Florida State, 37–3, which ended the Terrapins' title hopes. The following week against Boston College, Turner set career highs with 33 completions, 57 attempts, and 360 passing yards, but the effort fell short and Maryland lost, 28–21. In the postseason, the Terrapins played Nevada in the Humanitarian Bowl where Turner threw for 198 yards, one interception, two touchdowns including a 59-yard long, and a two-point conversion. At the end of the season, Maryland had beaten four out of their five Top 25-ranked opponents, a feat that was surpassed only by the teams in the BCS Championship Game: Florida and Oklahoma.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Experience.:2009 season.

paragraph: Fifth-year senior Turner entered the 2009 season as the uncontested starter at quarterback for the first time in his career. He was backed-up by sophomore Jamarr Robinson and true freshmen C. J. Brown and Danny O'Brien. Turner's seniority was called critical for the performance of the team's relatively youthful offensive line. Head coach Friedgen said, "If I had to choose between a veteran offensive line and an inexperienced quarterback, or an inexperienced line with a veteran quarterback, I think I'd go with the veteran quarterback." Upon the conclusion of preseason camp, the coaching staff praised his progress, particularly his game-planning, for which he had been criticized in the past. Turner said, "Mentally, I am way further ahead than where I was last year." Physically, he dropped 16 pounds by adding muscle and losing body fat, and weighed 220 pounds before the start of the season. Offensive coordinator Franklin said, "You look at him, he was kind of mushy last year. You look at him now and he's muscular and shaped. He looks more athletic."

paragraph: Before the season, Turner was added to the watch list for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, an annual honor bestowed upon the nation's top senior quarterback. At that time, he ranked as the school's fourth all-time quarterback in terms of completion percentage, fifth in completions, seventh in total offensive yards, and he is tied for 11th in number of touchdown passes. In June 2009, Turner stated that he wanted to leave a "legacy" at Maryland in his final season. He also expressed a desire to pursue a professional playing career in the National Football League (NFL) if possible. The NFL Draft Scout assessed Turner as the 16th-ranked quarterback out of the 135 available for the 2010 NFL Draft and projected him as a potential seventh-round selection.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Playing style and personality.

paragraph: Prior to his senior year, Jeff Barker of "The Baltimore Sun" noted that Turner's strengths were "poise, smarts, [and] toughness," while he had room for improvement in arm strength and mobility. Barker said, "He's a bit streaky—he calls himself a 'rhythm' passer … But he doesn't quit when things go poorly. His coolness can be mistaken for apathy." Turner typically confines himself to the pocket, as his ability to run the ball himself is limited by his speed. He has made light of his own lack of quickness by saying that he runs a "flat 5.0"-second 40-yard dash. The CBS Sports-affiliated NFL Draft Scout records his actual time as ranging from a low of 4.89 to a high of 5.16 seconds, while Scout.com reports his 40-yard time as 4.8 seconds. Turner's supposedly one-dimensional nature, however, has occasionally allowed him to make unexpected plays with his feet. The most noteworthy of these were the momentum-changing 41-yard option run against NC State in 2007, and the fourth-down nine-yard scramble into field goal range against North Carolina in 2008.

paragraph: Pundits and coaches sometimes characterized Turner as a quarterback who did not excel during practices, but executed well on game-day. Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen said "He's pretty go-with-the-flow. And that's his greatest strength and maybe his greatest weakness. The bottom line is, he plays well in games." "The Baltimore Sun" wrote that he "seems to play his best when it counts—and his worst when it doesn't." Regarding the 2008 summer practices, offensive coordinator James Franklin said Turner ranked in the middle compared with Jordan Steffy and Josh Portis in terms of completion percentage, fewest interceptions, and "explosive" plays that gained 16 yards or more. Turner conceded that Steffy was a better game-planner during practices. Head coach Ralph Friedgen who had offered critical or subdued assessments of Turners' practice, said his intensity grew after losing the starting position to Steffy prior to the 2008 season. Turner said, "It lit a fire in me in the sense that I had to be ready."

paragraph: Among his Maryland teammates and coaches, Turner earned a reputation as an archetypal "laid-back" Californian and for remaining calm under pressure. After the 2007 win over Rutgers, offensive tackle Scott Burley described his roommate Turner as "real calm [in the huddle] . . . He would say, 'Guys, are you ready to score again? Are you ready to run the ball on these guys?' And we're like, 'Yeah, let's do that.'" Turner received the nicknames "Sunshine" and "Napoleon Dynamite", in reference to his similar appearance to the fictional characters in the films "Remember the Titans" and "Napoleon Dynamite", respectively.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Turner graduated from the University of Maryland in May 2009 with a bachelor's degree in government and politics. His strong interest in politics factored into his decision on where to attend college. He chose the University of Maryland partly based on its close proximity to Washington, D.C. Turner's political views are liberal; he is registered as a Democrat, and has described himself as an idealist.

paragraph: During the 2008 season, political discussions were common in the Maryland locker room because of the presidential election. Turner and fellow quarterback Jordan Steffy, a conservative and supporter of presidential candidate Senator John McCain, were the most frequent debaters, while defensive tackle Dean Muhtadi was described as the primary instigator. During the summer of 2009, Turner held an internship on Capitol Hill working for Democratic Representative Steny Hoyer, the House Majority Leader and Maryland's fifth district congressman. Turner had previously considered volunteering for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, which he said probably annoyed his conservative father, John Turner. Describing his experience during the internship, Turner said, "It's funny to compare how serious politics is and how serious football is. Depending on who you talk to, they're both pretty big deals . . . There's more to life than football."

paragraph: Incidentally, Turner's favorite sport is soccer, not football. He is also interested in foreign cultures and expressed regret at being unable to spend a semester abroad because of college football. Turner said that, dependent upon the outcome of his football career, he would like to attend the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He also got to meet his childhood idol David Beckham while at the 2010 South Africa world cup.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chris Turner on Twitter

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Chris Turner

wikipedia_title: Chris Turner (American football)


text: pitcher

text: manager

text: Major League Baseball

text: Chicago White Stockings

text: Chicago Pirates

text: Cincinnati Kelly's Killers

text: Milwaukee Brewers

text: St. Louis Browns

text: Cincinnati Reds

text: Roger Connor

text: Harry Stovey

text: Babe Ruth

text: Chris von der Ahe

text: manager

text: Detroit Tigers

text: umpired

text: American League

text: Cy Young

text: perfect game

text: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

categories: Chicago Pirates players,People from Lee, Massachusetts,Milwaukee Brewers (AA) players,St. Louis Browns players,1943 deaths,Cincinnati Kelly's Killers players,Chicago Maroons players,Chicago White Stockings players,Baseball players from Massachusetts,Hobart Statesmen baseball players,19th-century baseball players,Detroit Tigers managers,Major League Baseball pitchers,1868 births,Cincinnati Reds players

paragraph: Frank Dwyer

paragraph: John Francis Dwyer (March 25, 1868 – February 4, 1943) was an American right-handed pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball with the Chicago White Stockings (1888–1889), Chicago Pirates (1890), Cincinnati Kelly's Killers (1891), Milwaukee Brewers (1891), St. Louis Browns (1892) and Cincinnati Reds (1892–1899).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born on March 25, 1868.

paragraph: He led the National League in saves (2) in 1893 and home runs allowed (27) in 1894.

paragraph: In 12 seasons he had a 176–152 win-loss record, 365 games (318 started), 270 complete games, 12 shutouts, 6 saves, 2,810 innings pitched, 3,301 hits allowed, 1,782 runs allowed, 1,202 earned runs allowed, 109 home runs allowed, 764 walks allowed, 563 strikeouts, and a 3.85 ERA. On June 23, 1896, Dwyer gave up Roger Connor's 123rd homer, breaking Harry Stovey's previous record of 122. Connor's record of 138 would eventually be broken by Babe Ruth.

paragraph: Dwyer became a member of the Reds after making light of St. Louis owner Chris von der Ahe in the newspaper. Von der Ahe released him and fined him $100, though Dwyer said he could have been sold to another ball club for $1,500.

paragraph: He later served as the second manager of the Detroit Tigers, managing for one season in . Dwyer briefly umpired in the NL in 1899 and 1901, and in American League in 1904; during which he umpired Cy Young's perfect game.

paragraph: He died on February 4, 1943 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, at the age of 74.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Frank Dwyer

wikipedia_title: Frank Dwyer


text:
OP
French
Dominican
Catholic
Dead Sea Scrolls
Ecole Biblique
East Jerusalem
Khirbet Qumran
several caves
Qumran
Dead Sea
Palestine Archaeological Museum
Rockefeller Museum
Dominican
Revue Biblique
William F. Albright
Kathleen Kenyon
Benjamin Mazar
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
Gerald Lankester Harding
Wadi Murabba'at
'Ein Feshkha
Józef Milik
John Marco Allegro
John Strugnell
Kathleen Kenyon
Jean-Baptiste Humbert
Cambridge Ancient History
Schweich Lectures
British Academy
Qumran
Archelaus
Jewish War
Essenes
Josephus
The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception
Michael Baigent
Richard Leigh
anti-semitic
fascist

categories: Roman Catholic biblical scholars,1903 births,French archaeologists,Dead Sea Scrolls,Qumran,French biblical scholars,French Dominicans,Old Testament scholars,1971 deaths

paragraph: Roland de Vaux

paragraph: Father Roland Guérin de Vaux OP (17 December 1903 – 10 September 1971) was a French Dominican priest who led the Catholic team that initially worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He was the director of the Ecole Biblique, a French Catholic Theological School in East Jerusalem, and he was charged with overseeing research on the scrolls. His team excavated the ancient site of Khirbet Qumran (1951–1956) as well as several caves near Qumran northwest of the Dead Sea. The excavations were led by Ibrahim El-Assouli, caretaker of the Palestine Archaeological Museum, or what came to be known as the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: De Vaux was born in Paris in 1903, entered the priesthood in 1929 and became a Dominican later the same year. From 1934 till his death in 1971 he lived in Jerusalem, first studying at the École Biblique, then teaching various subjects including history and exegesis there. From 1938 to 1953 he was the editor of "Revue Biblique". He became interested in archaeological studies while living in Jerusalem, learning as he went from people such as William F. Albright, Kathleen Kenyon and Benjamin Mazar. In 1945 he became the director of the Ecole, a position he held until 1965. In 1956, although not an epigraphist, de Vaux became the editor in chief for the gradual production of the Dead Sea Scrolls, being responsible for the first five volumes of the "Discoveries in the Judaean Desert", the official publication for editions of the scrolls. He continued as editor until his death in 1971.

paragraph: Section::::Archaeology.

paragraph: He had worked on several excavations when Gerald Lankester Harding, the director of the Jordanian Antiquities Department, contacted him in 1947 to investigate a cave near the Dead Sea where some scrolls had been found. By that time he had been director of the Ecole Biblique for four years. The cave later became known in Qumran nomenclature as Cave 1, the first cave to yield texts which became known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.

paragraph: The first of five seasons of excavations at the nearby Qumran ruins commenced in December 1951. Besides excavating Qumran, de Vaux also did seasons at Wadi Murabba'at with Lankester Harding in 1952, and at 'Ein Feshkha, a few kilometres south of Qumran, in 1958, while returning regularly to Tell el-Far'ah (north) from 1946 to 1960.

paragraph: As de Vaux worked at Qumran and its vicinity more scrolls were found and these discoveries brought a small group of young scholars of Hebrew to work on them. These scholars, some of whom worked on their allotted scrolls for decades, included Józef Milik, John Marco Allegro and John Strugnell.

paragraph: From 1961 to 1963 he worked with Kathleen Kenyon in excavations in Jerusalem.

paragraph: De Vaux chose not to publish a definitive archaeological report for his work at Qumran despite worldwide interest, though he left behind him copious notes, which have been synthesized and published by Jean-Baptiste Humbert in 1994, in 2003 and in 2016.

paragraph: Section::::Writings.

paragraph: Beside contributing many articles for the "Revue Biblique" while he was editor and two chapters for the first volume of the Cambridge Ancient History ("Palestine during the neolithic and chalcolithic periods" and "Palestine in the Early Bronze Age"), de Vaux is famous for the following two works.

paragraph: Section::::Writings.:"Archaeology and the Dead Sea Scrolls".

paragraph: In 1959 he gave the Schweich Lectures at the British Academy, in which he presented his analysis of the archaeological site of Qumran. His conclusions included the following:

paragraph: 1) The site of Qumran, besides an early use during the Iron Age, was inhabited from around 135 BCE to some time after 73 CE. This represented three separate periods of occupation, Period I, to the earthquake of 31 BCE, Period II from the reign of Archelaus, 4 CE, to the destruction at the hands of the Romans at the start of the Jewish War in 68 CE, and Period III, Roman military occupation until some time before the end of the century.

paragraph: 2) The nearby caves which contained the scrolls were related to the settlement at Qumran, as they both featured similar artefacts.

paragraph: 3) The site was the home of a Jewish sect known as the Essenes and that the contents of the scrolls often reflect what is known of the Essenes from the ancient Jewish historian, Josephus.

paragraph: These lectures were published as "Archaeology and the Dead Sea Scrolls".

paragraph: Section::::Writings.:"Ancient Israel".

paragraph: In his two volume set, "Ancient Israel Volume 1: Social Institutions" (1958) and "Ancient Israel Volume 2: Religious Institutions" (1960), de Vaux wrote comprehensively about what archaeology seemed to reveal about Ancient Israel.

paragraph: Section::::Criticism.

paragraph: In their work "The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception", Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh heavily criticized de Vaux, describing him as "ruthless, narrow-minded, bigoted and fiercely vindictive," anti-semitic and a fascist sympathizer. "The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception" has, in turn, been denounced by scholars as consisting largely of a "pattern of errors and misinformed statements".. Two new books, devoted to the interpretation of the excavations of Fr. Roland de Vaux, were published by Jean-Baptiste Humbert in 2003 and 2016.

description: French archaeologist

wikidata_label: Roland de Vaux

wikipedia_title: Roland de Vaux


text:
French
poet
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Paris
World War I
diary
Works and documents (in French)

categories: French poets,French male poets,Burials at the Cimetière de Bagneux,1933 deaths,1867 births

paragraph: Jehan Rictus

paragraph: Jehan Rictus (September 21, 1867 – November 6, 1933) was a French poet, born Gabriel Randon in Boulogne-sur-Mer (in the 1900s, he legally changed his name to his mother's, Randon de Saint-Amand).

paragraph: After an unhappy childhood and poor beginnings in the life, Gabriel Randon, having taken the pseudonym of Jehan Rictus (which he wrote 'Jehan-Rictus' at the end of his life), found success in 1895 with poems in popular language which he interpreted in Parisian cabarets. These "Soliloques du Pauvre" (Soliloquies of the Poor) were published in 1897. A few other volumes of verse followed, until "Le Coeur populaire" in 1914. At the time of World War I, he stopped publishing. He also forsook his anarchism for nationalist opinions. He is also the author of an autobiographical novel, "Fil de fer", in regular French, and of a vast diary, the 5 first booklets of which have been published in 2005.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Soliloques du Pauvre" (1897)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Doléances" (1900)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Cantilènes du malheur" (1902)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Soliloques du Pauvre" (1903)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fil de Fer" (1906)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Coeur populaire" (1914)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Works and documents (in French)

description: French poet

wikidata_label: Jehan Rictus

wikipedia_title: Jehan Rictus


text: National Register of Historic Places

text: Starling W. Childs House

text: Frederick W. Rockwell House

text: Norfolk, Connecticut

text: Historic American Buildings Survey

text: Hillside (Norfolk, Connecticut)

text: Remington Arms

text: Norfolk, Connecticut

text: Dennis Hill State Park

text: Starling Childs Camp

text: Gould House

text: Hillside

text: Mead Camp

text: Moss Hill

text: Norfolk Country Club House

text: Rockwell House

text: John Shepard House

text: Robbins Stoeckel House

text: World War I Memorial

text: Low House (Norfolk, Connecticut)

text: Moseley House-Farm

text: Mulville House

text: Noble House (Norfolk, Connecticut)

text: Norfolk Downs Shelter

text: Sports Building

text: Tom Thumb House

categories: 1947 deaths,1872 births,20th-century American architects,Architects from New York (state),People from Norfolk, Connecticut

paragraph: Alfredo S. G. Taylor

paragraph: Alfredo S. G. Taylor (1872–1947) was an architect, of the New York firm Taylor & Levi.

paragraph: Many of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. At least two, the Starling W. Childs House and the Frederick W. Rockwell House, both in Norfolk, Connecticut, were documented in the U.S. Historic American Buildings Survey.

paragraph: Hillside (Norfolk, Connecticut), was designed by Taylor for an heiress of the Remington Arms business fortune, and was built in 1908. It is one of his more "spectacular" houses.

paragraph: Taylor was the designer of over thirty buildings in Norfolk, Connecticut, in a wide variety of styles, in the four decades before the Second World War. He designed a lavish summer pavilion in Norfolk's Dennis Hill State Park, of which only remnants survive.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Starling Childs Camp, Doolittle Lake, Norfolk, CT (Taylor, Alfredo S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gould House, Golf Dr., Norfolk, CT (Taylor, Alfredo S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hillside, Litchfield Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor, Alfredo S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mead Camp, Doolittle Lake, Norfolk, CT (Taylor, Alfredo S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Moss Hill, Litchfield Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor, Alfredo S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Norfolk Country Club House, Golf Dr., Norfolk, CT (Taylor, Alfredo S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rectory and Church of the Immaculate Conception, North St., Norfolk, CT (Taylor, Alfredo S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rockwell House, Laurel Way, W., Norfolk, CT (Taylor, Alfredo S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Shepard House, Shepard Park Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor, Alfredo S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robbins Stoeckel House, Litchfield Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor, Alfredo S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- World War I Memorial, Greenwoods Rd. West and North Sts., Norfolk, CT (Taylor,Alfredo,S. G.), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Low House (Norfolk, Connecticut), Highfield Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor & Levi), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Moseley House-Farm, Greenwoods Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor & Levi), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mulville House, Mountain Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor & Levi), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Noble House (Norfolk, Connecticut), Highfield Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor & Levi), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Norfolk Downs Shelter, Gold Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor & Levi), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sports Building, Windrow Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor & Levi), NRHP-listed

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tom Thumb House, Windrow Rd., Norfolk, CT (Taylor & Levi), NRHP-listed

description: American architect

wikidata_label: Alfredo S.G. Taylor

wikipedia_title: Alfredo S. G. Taylor


text:
Uruguay
footballer
left midfielder
La Equidad
Copa Libertadores
Vélez Sársfield
Argentina
Peñarol
Uruguay
Peñarol
Copa Libertadores 2011
Santos F.C.
Argentine Primera División
Racing Club
Avellaneda
Diego Simeone
Mariano González
Chilean Primera División
Universidad Católica
San Carlos
Primera División
Deportes Iquique
Unión La Calera
Stars League
Muaither SC
Copa Chile
2011
Copa Colombia
2017
Player profile
BDFA profile

categories: C.A. Rentistas players,Uruguayan expatriate footballers,Centro Atlético Fénix players,Uruguayan footballers,Qatar Stars League players,Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers,Sportspeople from Montevideo,Chilean Primera División players,Peñarol players,1990 births,Muaither SC players,Expatriate footballers in Chile,Living people

paragraph: Matías Mier

paragraph: Henry Matías Mier Codina (born 2 August 1990) is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a left midfielder for Colombian club La Equidad.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Peñarol.

paragraph: On 3 June 2011 he scored a crucial away goal in a Copa Libertadores semi final clash against Vélez Sársfield of Argentina, although Peñarol were defeated on the night 2-1 they progressed to the final on the away goals rule as the game was tied 2-2 on aggregate over the two legs after they had won the 1st leg 1-0 in Uruguay a week prior. He also helped his club Peñarol reach the final of the Copa Libertadores 2011 in where they lost 2-1 in a match between Santos F.C. from Brazil.

paragraph: On 18 July 2011, was reported that Mier would join to Argentine Primera División club Racing Club for the next season, because the coach of Avellaneda's side Diego Simeone are heavy interested in him, after of the high financial claims of Mariano González and his agent.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Universidad Católica.

paragraph: On 20 July 2011, Mier joined Chilean Primera División club Universidad Católica, signing a three-year contract with the club, that will keep him at San Carlos until 2014. On 22 July, was officially presented at his new club during a press conference. He made his Primera División debut against Deportes Iquique, and his first goal came on 13 August in a 4–0 win over Unión La Calera.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Muaither SC.

paragraph: On 12 June 2016, Mier joined Stars League club Muaither SC

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.:Club.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Universidad Católica

paragraph: BULLET::::- Copa Chile (1): 2011

paragraph: BULLET::::- Junior

paragraph: BULLET::::- Copa Colombia (1): 2017

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Player profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- BDFA profile

description: association football player

wikidata_label: Matías Mier

wikipedia_title: Matías Mier


text:
Philip II, Duke of Savoy
House of Savoy
Philibert II
Anne Lascaris
Menton
Tende
Nice
Margaret of Austria
Maximilian I
Piedmont
Provence
Genoa
Louis XII of France
Charles III
Louise of Savoy
Francis, Count of Angoulême
Grand Master of France
Maison du Roi
Emmanuel Philibert
nef
Marseille
Knights Hospitaller
Pedro of Navarre
defence and resupply
de Bourbon
écu
Pavia
Battle of Pavia
Anne Lascaris
Tende
Ventimiglia
Chateau Montfort
Madeleine
Constable of France
Anne de Montmorency
Antoine of Luxembourg
Honorat II of Savoy
Genealogy of the House of Savoie-Tende

paragraph: René of Savoy

paragraph: René of Savoy (1473 – 31 March 1525) was a French nobleman and soldier. He was count of Villars (1497) and of Tende (1501). Known as "the Great Bastard of Savoy", he was the illegitimate son of Philip II, Duke of Savoy and Libera Portoneri - this made him the originator of the Savoie-Villars (or Savoie-Tende) branch of the House of Savoy.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was legitimated in 1499, by his half-brother Philibert II. He was the second husband of Anne Lascaris - a daughter of the count of Tende, she was countess of Tende, marquise of Marro, lady of Prela, of Villeneuve and of Menton. René and Lascaris married on 28 January 1501 at Tende, during René's governorship of Nice. The count of Tende gave most of his lands with his daughter as her dowry and the marriage contract required that René take the name and coat of arms of the counts of Tende.

paragraph: In 1501 Philibert II remarried, to Margaret of Austria, who hated René and had her father Maximilian I revoke René's legitimation in 1502. An increasing influence on her husband, Margaret brought René to trial and in 1503 got Philibert to revoke his act legitimating René, thus losing him his fiefdoms in the Piedmont and leaving him only with those in Tende, held through his wife. On Anne's father's death in 1509, Anne Lascaris and René received homage from their vassals in the Tende and from the vassals of all their fiefdoms in Provence and Genoa. René took refuge in France and paid homage to Louis XII of France in 1510 in return for keeping Tende.

paragraph: Philibert died suddenly in 1504 and René faced opposition from the Holy Roman Emperor when he tried to succeed to Philibert's duchy of Savoy - his half brother Charles III became duke instead. As half-brother of Louise of Savoy, René was uncle to Francis, Count of Angoulême. When Francis acceded to the French throne as Francis I, René was made governor of Provence and grand sénéchal of Provence in 1515, then Grand Master of France (surintendant of the Maison du Roi) by letters patent of 31 October 1519, posts he held until his death. 1519 also saw René finally regain the duchy of Savoy. On 2 January 1562 Emmanuel Philibert declared by letters patent that Claude of Savoy was count of Tende and that his descendants could succeed to Savoy if the direct line died out.

paragraph: Around 1519-1520, René built a grand nef called the "Sainte Marie de Bonaventure", nicknamed ""La Grande Maîtresse"", which served as his flagship. This ship left Marseille on 24 August 1520 to protect the Knights Hospitaller against an attack by the Turks, returning there on 6 January 1521. During this expedition, admiral Christophe de Chanoy was killed at Beirut. In May 1522, the ship took part in the expedition to aid Genoa, commanded by René as admiral and by Pedro of Navarre as lieutenant general. The ship took part in the defence and resupply of Marseille during the city's siege by the constable de Bourbon in 1524. René rented the ship to his nephew France I for 1500 écus per month between 28 June 1524 and 30 April 1525.

paragraph: He died at Pavia on 31 March 1525, seven days after sustaining serious injuries during the Battle of Pavia. After René's death, Louise of Savoy put a value-estimate on the ship and it was bought by Francis I from the countess of Villars and Tende between July and August 1526.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages and issue.

paragraph: On 28 January 1501, he married Anne Lascaris, countess of Tende (1487–1554), daughter and heiress of Jean-Antoine Lascaris, Count of Tende and Ventimiglia, dame of Chateau Montfort in La Colle sur Loup, and of Isabelle d'Anglure, widow of Louis de Clermont-Lodève, with whom he had the following children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Claude of Savoy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Madeleine (c. 1510 - c. 1586), married the Constable of France, Anne de Montmorency (1492 † 1567);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marguerite (died 15 July 1591), married Antoine of Luxembourg, count de Brienne;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Honorat II of Savoy,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isabelle, in 1527 married René de Batarnay, count de Bouchage

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Genealogy of the House of Savoie-Tende

paragraph: br

description: French general

wikidata_label: René of Savoy

wikipedia_title: René of Savoy


text:
architectural painter
Academy
Library of St. Geneviève
Wouwerman
Etchings
Cochin
Tardieu

categories: 1687 births,French male painters,1761 deaths,18th-century French painters

paragraph: Jacques de Lajoue

paragraph: Jacques de Lajoue, a French architectural painter, was born in 1687. He became a member of the Academy in 1721, and is noticed for a 'Perspective' which he executed in 1732 at the Library of St. Geneviève. He also designed the title-page to the works of Wouwerman. Etchings have been made after him by Cochin, Tardieu, and others. He died in Paris in 1761.

alias:
Jacques De La Joue
Jacques de, the younger La Joue
Jacques II de Lajoue
Jacques de, II Lajoue
Jacques Delajoue
Jacques De Lajoue
Jacques de La Joue
Jacques II De Lajoue
Jacques de Lajoüe
Jacques de LaJoue
Jacques de Lajoue II
Jacques, II de Lajoue
Jacques de La Joue the Younger
La Joue
jacques de lajoue
Jacques de, the Younger La Joue
Lajou
Jacques De II Lajoue
Lajoue
Jouë

description: Architectural painter

wikidata_label: Jacques de Lajoue

wikipedia_title: Jacques de Lajoue


text: Bülach

text: Switzerland

text: ice hockey

text: goaltender

text: National League A

categories: Olympic ice hockey players of Switzerland,HC Ambrì-Piotta players,Lausanne HC players,HC Lugano players,HC Davos players,AIK IF players,EHC Bülach players,People from Bülach,Kloten Flyers players,Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics,Swiss ice hockey goaltenders,SC Herisau players,Living people,1973 births,EV Zug players

paragraph: Ronnie Rüeger

paragraph: Ronald Rüeger (born February 26, 1973 in Bülach, Switzerland) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the Swiss National League A (NLA). He also represented the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team on several occasions in the World Championships and Olympics in which he currently serves as a Goaltending Coach.

description: Swiss ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Ronnie Rüeger

wikipedia_title: Ronnie Rüeger


text: Seattle

text: Pioneer Square

text: Scotland

text: Massachusetts

text: Worcester

text: Butte, Montana

text: Minnesota

text: Minneapolis

text: moulder

text: Denver, Colorado

text: Victoria, British Columbia

text: Vancouver, British Columbia

text: Port Townsend, Washington

text: Victorian

text: Italianate

text: Aedicula

text: Romanesque

text: Seattle

text: Austin A. Bell Building

text: Pioneer Building

text: Great Seattle fire

text: civil suit

text: Panic of 1893

text: Pioneer Square neighborhood

text: Richardsonian Romanesque

text: Victorian architecture

text: Pioneer Building

text: Henry Yesler

text: American Institute of Architects

text: Victoria, British Columbia

text: Port Townsend, Washington

text: Vancouver, British Columbia

text: New Westminster, British Columbia

text: Nanaimo, British Columbia

text: Pioneer Building

text: Austin A. Bell Building

text: Hull Building

text: Goldstream Hotel, Langford - BC Archives

text: Bank of British Columbia, New Westminster - BC Archives

text: Pimbury Block, Nanaimo - BC Archives

text: H. Young & Co. Building (White House), Victoria - BC Archives

text: Craft & Norris Block, Victoria - BC Archives

text: Armory Hall, Seattle - University of Washington Digital Collections

text: 1st Korn Block, Seattle - University of Washington Digital Collections

categories: 1840 births,History of Seattle,19th-century American architects,1905 deaths

paragraph: Elmer H. Fisher

paragraph: Elmer H. Fisher (1840–1905) was an architect best known for his work during the rebuilding of the American city of Seattle after it was devastated by fire in 1889. Originally a carpenter by trade, he migrated eastward from Massachusetts to the Pacific Northwest, where he practiced architecture from 1886 to 1891. After his reputation was damaged by personal scandal in Seattle, he relocated to Los Angeles in 1893 where he only had modest success as an architect before returning to carpentry, passing away in 1905. His commercial building designs played a major role in reshaping Seattle architecture in the late 19th century and many still survive as part of the Pioneer Square Historic District.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Fisher claimed he was born in Scotland in 1840 and immigrated to Massachusetts at age 17 where he received an architectural apprenticeship in Worcester though this and his claims of living in Butte, Montana have yet to be substantiated by research. In the 1870s he moved west to Minnesota, where he first appeared in the 1874 Minneapolis City Directory as a cabinet maker, the following year as a sash maker for R.P. Russell & Co., and the year after as a moulder for Smith, Parker & Co. He continued his journey west, arriving in Denver, Colorado around 1880 where after first working as a foreman for a sash & door factory, began trading as an architect as well as a carpenter and builder with partner J.H. Corrin until his departure from that city in 1885.

paragraph: He arrived in the Pacific Northwest in early 1886 where he established an architectural office in Victoria, British Columbia. Business in the booming city was brisk and within a year he had multiple substantial business buildings and homes to his credit and began receiving commissions further afield in Vancouver, British Columbia and Port Townsend, Washington. His early commercial designs were of Victorian and Italianate influence and were typified by exposed brick, selective exterior plastering and Aedicular window surrounds. Romanesque elements began to make their way into his designs by 1888 and would play a major role in his later work. Around this time he received his first major commissions in Seattle including the first Korn Block (1888, Destroyed) and 1st Regiment Army Hall (1888, Demolished), giving him a foothold in the competitive architectural scene there. Seeing the great potential and growth happening in Seattle, Fisher left Victoria and established a permanent Seattle office where he began receiving large projects immediately including the Austin A. Bell Building, the Gilmore & Kirman Building and Henry Yesler's Pioneer Building.

paragraph: While the first few months of 1889 were some of Fisher's busiest, he and every other hopeful architect in the city would be given a clean slate when the Great Seattle fire of June 6, 1889 wiped out the majority of the business district. Many of Fisher's recent commissions were either outside of the burnt district or were only in the excavation stages at the time of the fire and despite common belief, many of his most famous buildings would have been built whether Seattle burned or not. Regardless, new commissions in the wake of the fire were numerous to the degree that several pre-fire commissions were halted or left un-built due to the glut of new construction. He is still considered the most prolific of the architects involved in rebuilding the city for designing almost half of the major downtown buildings between 1889 and 1891.

paragraph: Due to financial problems and a variety of legal claims laid against him, he left his career as an architect by 1891 to run a hotel that he had previously designed and built.

paragraph: In 1893, a former mistress brought a civil suit against Fisher. Although he was acquitted, the scandal ruined his reputation. He had the contents of his Seattle home and office auctioned off and permanently removed to Los Angeles where he formed a new partnership with Carroll H. Brown. In Los Angeles he struggled to re-establish the career success he had enjoyed in Seattle, which had less to do with his reputation and more as a result of the Panic of 1893 which halted building projects across the nation. After a major commission for the Van Nuys Building in downtown Los Angeles fell through, his partnership with Brown was dissolved and he all but retired from architecture. He returned to his first profession, carpentry, last appearing in the Los Angeles city Directory in 1902. He passed away in 1905 in relative obscurity.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: On June 6, 1889, a fire destroyed most of Seattle's business district. The buildings were primarily constructed of wood so the large-scale rebuilding campaign focused on new "fireproof" buildings constructed of brick, stone and iron. Fisher designed many of the new buildings and some can still be seen in what is now the Pioneer Square neighborhood.

paragraph: Fisher favored the Richardsonian Romanesque style which led to a unity of appearance in the district. He also tended to divide the facades of his buildings into a grid, a style influenced by Victorian architecture.

paragraph: His best-known work is the Pioneer Building in Seattle. Designed and first proposed in 1888, It was completed in 1892 for Henry Yesler and it served as a "prestige office address" throughout the decade. It won an award from the American Institute of Architects for "being the finest building West of Chicago".

paragraph: Section::::Projects.

paragraph: Section::::Projects.:Pre-Fire.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Spencer's Arcade (1886, Destroyed) - Government & Broad St, Victoria, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stelly Block [Clarence Hotel] (1886-7, Demolished) - Johnson & Blanshard St, Victoria, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Denny Building (1886-7, Destroyed) - Broad St, Victoria, British Columbia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reid Residence (1886, Demolished?) - Esquimalt Road, Victoria, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seavy Block (c.1886, Destroyed) - Water St, Port Townsend, Washington

paragraph: BULLET::::- Goldstream Hotel (1887, Destroyed) - Langford, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 Houses for A.J. Langley (1887) - 1133 & 1141 Fort St, Victoria, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- McCurdy Block (1887) - Water St & Taylor St, Port Townsend, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Byrnes Block (1887) - Vancouver, British Columbia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Willie Bakery (1887) - 537 Johnson St, Victoria, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bank of British Columbia (1887, Destroyed) - Columbia & Mary St, New Westminster, British Columbia

paragraph: BULLET::::- McLennan & McFeely Block (1887-8, Demolished) - 132 Cordova St, Vancouver, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pimbury Block (1887-8, Demolished) - Nanaimo, British Columbia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cameron Bldg (1888) - 581 Johnson St, Victoria, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Young Building (White House) [New Facade] (1888, Demolished) - 67 Government St, Victoria, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sheam & Lee Building (1888) - 539-45 Fisgard St, Victoria, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Craft & Norris Block (1888, Altered) - 95 Douglas St, Victoria, BC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Armory Hall (1888, Destroyed) - Union Ave near 4th St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bow Block (1888, Destroyed) - Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Korn Block (1888, Destroyed) - 119 Yesler Way, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- James & Hastings Building (1889) - 940 Water St, Port Townsend, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- N.D. Hill Building (1889) - 635 Water St, Port Townsend, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pioneer Building (1889–91) - 600 1st Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gilmore & Kirkman Building (1889–90, Destroyed) - 1225 1st Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Y.M.C.A. Building (1889, only 1 floor built, demolished) - 1st Ave Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scurry Terrace (1889, Demolished) - 3rd Ave & Cherry St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Howard Lewis Residence (1889, Demolished) 10th Ave & James Street, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Burke's 'New York Building' (1889–90, Demolished) 2nd Ave & Marion Street, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Burke Building No.2 [The Burke] (1889, Demolished) 3rd Ave & Marion St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Austin A. Bell Building (1889–90) - 2330 1st Ave, Seattle, Washington

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hastings Building (1889) - 899 Water St, Port Townsend, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sullivan Building (1889, Unbuilt) - NE corner Occidental Ave S & Main St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gatzert & McDonald Building (1889, Unbuilt) SE corner 1st Ave & Madison St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hull Building (1889) - 2405 1st Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: Section::::Projects.:Post-Fire.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scheuerman Block (1889–90) - 110 Cherry St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lowman & Hanford Building/Puget Sound Bank (1889, Demolished) 1st & Cherry, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Naher Terrace (1889, Demolished) - Yesler Way near 7th Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pease Building (1889, Demolished) - 1st Ave & Lenora St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- T. O'Brien Residence (1889, Demolished) - 9th Ave & King St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seattle Times Building (1889, Demolished) - 113 Columbia St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Methodist Protestant Church (1889–90, Demolished) - 3rd Ave & Pike St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Trinity Episcopal Church (1889–90, Demolished) - 8th Ave & Cherry St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Haller Block (1889–90, Destroyed) - 801 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Starr-Boyd Bldg (1889–90, Destroyed) - 621 1st Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Schwabacher Building (1889–90, altered) - 1st Ave S & Yesler Way, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rengstorff Building (1889–90, Destroyed) - 815 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- New England Hotel (1889–90, Altered) - 219 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Korn Block (1889–90) - 119 Yesler Way, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Feurer Building (1889–90, status unknown) - Yesler Way near 1st Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Douthitt Building (1889–90, Demolished) - 2nd Ave north of Columbia, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Washington Building (1889–90, Destroyed) - 700 Block 1st Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sullivan Building (1889–91, Destroyed) - 714 1st Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fisher Building (1889–90, Demolished) - 3rd Ave & Pike St, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bank of Commerce (1889–90) - 1st Ave & Yesler Way, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yesler Building [Mutual Life Building] (1889–90, 1 floor of original design built) - 605 1st Ave, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- E.H. Fisher Residence (1890–91, status unknown) - West of Yakima, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lottie Roth Block (1890–91) - W Holly St at G St, Bellingham, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- State Building (1890–91) - 300 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lebanon Building (1890–91, Destroyed) - 224 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA

paragraph: Section::::Projects.:Brown & Fisher, Los Angeles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Griffith Block (1894, Demolished) - Azusa Ave, Azusa, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 Houses for John Wallenslager (1894, possibly still standing) - W 17th & Toberman St, Los Angeles, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Geo S. Gregson Residence (1894-5, status unknown) - Harper Tract, Los Angeles, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 story building for J.W. Hinton (1894, status unknown) - Santee St, Los Angeles, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cottage for Emerson (1895, status unknown) - near Pico St, Los Angeles, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- D.A. Crichton Residence (1895, Demolished) - Flower St, near 15th, Los Angeles, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Van Nuys Building (1895, unbuilt) - 4th & Main St, Los Angeles, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Meek's Bakery Co. (1896, Demolished) - 6th & San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Goldstream Hotel, Langford - BC Archives

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bank of British Columbia, New Westminster - BC Archives

paragraph: BULLET::::- [http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/alaskawcanada/id/696/rec/3 Stelly Block [Clarence Hotel], Victoria - University of Washington Digital Collections]

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pimbury Block, Nanaimo - BC Archives

paragraph: BULLET::::- H. Young & Co. Building (White House), Victoria - BC Archives

paragraph: BULLET::::- Craft & Norris Block, Victoria - BC Archives

paragraph: BULLET::::- Armory Hall, Seattle - University of Washington Digital Collections

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1st Korn Block, Seattle - University of Washington Digital Collections

paragraph: BULLET::::- [http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/curtis/id/730/rec/1 Gilmore & Kirkman Building [Arlington Hotel], Seattle - University of Washington Digital Archives]

description: American architect

wikidata_label: Elmer H. Fisher

wikipedia_title: Elmer H. Fisher


text:
empress consort
Yongle Emperor
China's
Ming dynasty
Xu Da
Hongwu Emperor
Hongwu Emperor
Zhu Di, Prince of Yan
Hongwu Emperor's
Yongle Emperor
Buddhist
Guanyin
Xu Da
Yongle Emperor

categories: 15th-century Chinese writers,15th-century Chinese women,Ming dynasty empresses,14th-century Chinese women,1407 deaths,1362 births,Ming dynasty Buddhists,Ming Chengzu,Chinese women writers,15th-century Chinese women writers,14th-century Chinese people,Women encyclopedists

paragraph: Empress Xu (Ming dynasty)

paragraph: Empress Xu (徐皇后) (1362 – July 1407), formally Empress Renxiaowen (仁孝文皇后), was the empress consort to the Yongle Emperor and the third empress of China's Ming dynasty. She was well educated, compiling bibliographies of virtuous women, an activity connected with court politics.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Lady Xu was born in 1362, as the eldest daughter of Xu Da and Lady Xie (謝氏). She had four brothers—Xu Huizu (徐輝祖), Xu Tianfu (徐添福), Xu Yingxu (徐膺緒), and Xu Zengshou (徐增壽)—and two younger sisters, who were the wives of Zhu Gui, Prince Jian of Dai (thirteenth son of the Hongwu Emperor) and Zhu Ying, Prince Hui of An (twenty-second son of the Hongwu Emperor). On 17 February 1376, she married the Zhu Di, Prince of Yan, the Hongwu Emperor's fourth son. After Zhu Di ascended the throne as the Yongle Emperor on 17 July 1402, Consort Xu, as his primary wife, was created empress in December 1402.

paragraph: A devout Buddhist, Xu is the first person credited with transcribing a Buddhist sutra from a dream revelation. The work is entitled "Da Ming Ren xiao Huang hou meng kan Fo Shuo di yi xi yu da gong de jing (The sutra of great merit of the foremost rarity spoken by the Buddha which the Renxiao empress of the great Ming received in a dream)". In her introduction to the sutra, the empress wrote that one night after meditating and burning incense, Guanyin appeared to her as if in a dream, and took her to a holy realm where the sutra was revealed to her in order to save her from disaster. After reading the sutra three times, she was able to memorize it and recall it perfectly upon awakening and writing it down. The sutra conveys conventional Mahayana philosophies, and the mantras for chanting were typical of Tibetan Buddhist practices.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Father

paragraph: BULLET::::- Xu Da

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mother

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Xie (謝氏), second daughter of Xie Jianxing (謝再興)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Husband

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yongle Emperor

alias:
Xu Yihua
Zhangnü
Xu Huanghou
Empress Renxiaowen
Xu Shi(Empress of Chengzu)
Renxiaowen Huanghou

description: Ming dynasty empress

wikidata_label: Empress Xu

wikipedia_title: Empress Xu (Ming dynasty)


text:
American
jazz
bassist
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Time Out
Brubeck
drummer
Joe Morello
saxophonist
Paul Desmond
Lonnie Simmons
Kansas-city style
Brubeck
Count Basie
Charlie Parker
Billie Holiday
Carmen McRae
Buddy DeFranco
Cal Tjader
Kai Winding
Sonny Stitt
Gene Ammons
Lee Shaw
Dorothy Donegan
Monty Alexander
Gene Ammons
All Star Sessions
Dave Brubeck
Time Out
Brubeck and Rushing
Jackpot!
Buddy Collette
Man of Many Parts
Everybody's Buddy
Paul Desmond
Take Ten
Bossa Antigua
Glad To Be Unhappy
Easy Living
Kenny Drew
Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano
Sonny Stitt
Kaleidoscope
Stitt's Bits
Eugene Wright Interview

categories: Living people,21st-century double-bassists,African-American jazz musicians,American jazz double-bassists,Dave Brubeck Quartet members,Male double-bassists,1923 births,Male jazz musicians,21st-century male musicians

paragraph: Eugene Wright

paragraph: Eugene Joseph Wright (born May 29, 1923), nicknamed The Senator, is an American jazz bassist, best known for his work as a member of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, in particular on the group's most famous album, "Time Out" (1959), with pianist Brubeck, drummer Joe Morello and alto saxophonist Paul Desmond.

paragraph: Wright had played with the Lonnie Simmons group, and led his own band, the Dukes of Swing, but his big break came when he was recruited by Dave Brubeck. He had a very solid, Kansas-city style, theoretically at odds with, but in practice an important component of, Brubeck's cool, mannered jazz.

paragraph: In addition to Brubeck, Wright has played with many jazz stars, including Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Buddy DeFranco, Cal Tjader, Kai Winding, Karen Hernandez, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Dottie Dodgion, Lee Shaw, Dorothy Donegan, and Monty Alexander.

paragraph: "Basically Wright" is a book of his compositions for bass published by Hansen.

paragraph: With the death of his bandleader Dave Brubeck on December 5, 2012, Wright is the only living member of the classic quartet.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Solo:

paragraph: "The Wright Groove" (Philips New Zealand,1962)Bass Solos Over The Years - Written By Eugene Wright

paragraph: With Laurie Lewis, Lew Campbell & Don Branch

paragraph: With Gene Ammons

paragraph: BULLET::::- "All Star Sessions" (Prestige, 1950-55 [1956])

paragraph: With Dave Brubeck

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Time Out" (1959)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Brubeck and Rushing" (1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (1966)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jackpot!" (1966 [1968])

paragraph: With Buddy Collette

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Man of Many Parts" (Contemporary, 1956)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Everybody's Buddy" (Challenge, 1957)

paragraph: With Paul Desmond

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Take Ten" (RCA Victor, 1963)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bossa Antigua" (RCA Victor, 1964)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Glad To Be Unhappy" (RCA Victor, 1964)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Easy Living" (RCA Victor, 1963-65 [1966])

paragraph: With Kenny Drew

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano" (Norgran, 1953–54)

paragraph: With Sonny Stitt

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kaleidoscope" (Prestige, 1950-51 [1957])

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stitt's Bits" (Prestige, 1950 [1958])

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eugene Wright Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2014)

description: American jazz musician

wikidata_label: Eugene Wright

wikipedia_title: Eugene Wright


text:
FRSE
Beverley
Lichfield
Staffordshire
Lichfield
George Howard
Howard Vyse
anthropologist
Egyptologist
5th Dragoons
1st Dragoon Guards
Duke of York
Battle of Beaumont
Edinburgh Castle
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Ninian Imrie
Thomas Charles Hope
Yorkshire
Howard Vyse
comptroller
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Field Marshall George Howard

wikipedia_title: Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

wikipedia_title: Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

categories: 5th Royal Irish Lancers officers,3rd Dragoon Guards officers,UK MPs 1802–1806,1746 births,British Army generals,Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies,People from Lichfield,1st The Royal Dragoons officers,1825 deaths

paragraph: Richard Vyse

paragraph: General Richard Vyse or Vise FRSE (11 July 1746 – 30 May 1825) was a British general, and briefly a Member of Parliament for Beverley.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Vyse was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire the younger son of William Vyse (1710–1770), canon residentiary and treasurer of Lichfield, and younger brother of William Vyse (1741–1816), canon residentiary and chancellor of Lichfield. In 1780, he married Anne, the only surviving daughter and heiress of Field-marshal Sir George Howard and was the father of Major-General Howard Vyse, anthropologist and Egyptologist.

paragraph: Vyse was appointed cornet in the 5th Dragoons on 13 February 1763. He attained the brevet rank of colonel on 7 January 1781, received the command of the 1st Dragoon Guards on 28 May 1784, and during the revolutionary war served in Flanders in command of a brigade under the Duke of York. He distinguished himself on several occasions, particularly at the Battle of Beaumont on 26 April 1794, where at the head of two brigades of heavy cavalry, he materially contributed to the victory, and at the evacuation of Ostend, which he superintended on 1 July.

paragraph: Vyse was nominated major-general on 2 October 1794, and lieutenant-general on 1 January 1801. In 1799 he was appointed Commander of Forces in Scotland and based at Edinburgh Castle. During his time in Edinburgh, in 1804, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Ninian Imrie, John Clerk, and Thomas Charles Hope. In 1805 he left Scotland to become Commanding Officer of the Yorkshire district.

paragraph: He was returned to parliament in 1806 for Beverley, but in the following year made way for his son, Howard Vyse. He attained the rank of general on 1 January 1812, and died at Lichfield on 30 May 1825. He filled for some time the office of comptroller to Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: He married Anne Howard, daughter of Field Marshall George Howard.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archival documents

paragraph: BULLET::::- Smalbroke family of Birmingham MS 1098 includes Vyse family at Birmingham City Archives.* Vyse, Richard (1746-1825) MP General 131255 at National Register of Archives.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attribution

description: British Army general

wikidata_label: Richard Vyse

wikipedia_title: Richard Vyse