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Benedictine
Wulfrun
Wolverhampton
Edmund
Staffordshire
Abbots Bromley
Edgar
Gloucestershire
Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of York
Northumbria
Cnut
Ælfgifu of Northampton
Svein
Harold Harefoot
Morcar
Sigeferth
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ealdorman
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hold
River Ribble
River Mersey
pounds
Domesday Book
Tamworth
Tamworth
Burton on Trent
Saint Modwen
Viking Age
Benedict of Nursia
Rule of Saint Benedict
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Ælfric of Abingdon
Archbishop of Canterbury
John of Worcester
battle of Ringmere
cloister

paragraph: Wulfric Spot

paragraph: Wulfric (died "circa" 1004), called Wulfric Spot or Spott, was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman. His will is an important document from the reign of King Æthelred the Unready. Wulfric was a patron of the Burton Abbey, around which the modern town of Burton on Trent later grew up, and may have refounded the Benedictine monastery there.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: He was one of the three known children of the noblewoman Wulfrun, after whom Wolverhampton is named. Wulfric's family was linked with the Wulfsige the Black to whom King Edmund granted land in Staffordshire. As much of Wulfric the Black's estate was granted to Wolverhampton by Wulfrun, and other parts, including lands around modern Abbots Bromley passed to Wulfric, it is possible that Wulfric the Black was this Wulfric's maternal grandfather. The family was related to the Wulfgeat who is a witness to charters in the reign of King Edgar and received lands in Staffordshire and Gloucestershire from the king. Of Wulfric's father and his paternal kin nothing is known.

paragraph: Wulfric's brother was Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of York or Northumbria from 993 until he was killed in 1006. Ælfhelm was the father of King Cnut's first wife Ælfgifu of Northampton, mother of Svein and King Harold Harefoot. He also had two sons, Wulfheah and Ufegeat, who were blinded when he was killed. Their sister was Ælfthryth whose daughter Ealdgyth married Morcar, killed in 1015 along with his brother Sigeferth on the orders of King Æthelred. Ælfthryth appears to have died before Wulfric's will was written.

paragraph: Wulfric's byname, Spot, while it may have the same sense as in modern English, that is that it referred to some form of mark on his face, could also indicate a short, fat person. It is not found in contemporary sources, but first appeared in the 13th century.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: The Burton Abbey chronicle describes Wulfric as "consul ac comes Merciorum", that is consul and 'count' of the Mercians, perhaps suggesting that he was an ealdorman. More contemporary sources disagree and he is generally described as a "minister", that is a thegn, although his position may have been more like that of a hold in more Scandinavianised districts of England, somewhere between that of a thegn and an ealdorman.

paragraph: Little is known of Wulfric's life, but his will, approved while he was still living or shortly after his death by King Æthelred, shows him to have been exceptionally wealthy. He owned lands in ten counties of the English midlands, as well as further lands in the unshired lands between the River Ribble and the River Mersey. The lands which he had owned "between Ribble and Mersey" alone were assessed as having been worth 145 pounds in 1066 by the compilers of the "Domesday Book".

paragraph: Section::::Offspring and patronage.

paragraph: Wulfric appears to have had no sons, or none who survived him, as his will does not name any. His daughter, whose name is unknown, was left lands around Tamworth. Sawyer notes that Wulfric had special rights over these lands, "not to be subject to any service nor to any man born", rights which his daughter inherited. His god-daughter, his brother, nephews and niece were also beneficiaries of his will. King Æthelred, in line with custom, received lands, monies, weapons and horses. Large sums of money were given to the archbishops, bishops, abbots and abbesses of England. A monastery at Tamworth received land. The principal beneficiary of Wulfric's will, however, was the abbey of "Byrtun", modern Burton on Trent.

paragraph: There was said to have been a monastic foundation at Burton in earlier times, with which the 7th-century Saint Modwenna is associated. This appears, along with many others, to have disappeared in the Viking Age, and the monastery there was probably reestablished by Wulfric. The new abbey was dedicated to Saint Benedict of Nursia and followed the Rule of Saint Benedict. According to the cartulary of Burton, which may not be reliable, Wulfric left the abbey all of the lands he inherited from his father. As well as the substantial lands he left to Burton in his will, Wulfric, like many noble founders of monasteries, had written into it other clauses to ensure that the new abbey, which was to pray for his soul and for that of his mother, would be provided with powerful friends. He left additional lands to Ælfric of Abingdon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, with the understanding that Ælfric would be a friend and ally to the monks. Wulfric also sought to involve the king in his new foundation, giving over his proprietarial rights to Æthelred, who in turn agreed that he would be lord and protector of Burton Abbey.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Although some late sources places Wulfric's death as late as 1010, and John of Worcester's chronicle has been read as suggesting that he died at the battle of Ringmere in that year, he probably died between 1002, when his will was begun, and 1004, when King Æthelred issued his charter approving it. He was buried in the cloister of Burton alongside his wife. In later times Burton Abbey marked the occasion of his death on 22 October.

description: Anglo-Saxon ealdorman

wikidata_label: Wulfric Spot

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paragraph: Clayton James Cubitt

paragraph: Clayton James Cubitt (born March 2, 1972), also known as Siege, is an American photographer, filmmaker and writer living in Brooklyn. He is known for applying an "arrestingly controlled and sleek sense of style" to art, portrait, erotic and fashion photography. He has been described as "one of a new breed of photographers no longer content to draw a distinction between the worlds of fashion, art, and porn."

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Cubitt grew up in New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast. He was inspired to explore photography after seeing the photograph "Susie Smoking," shot by Nick Knight for a Yohji Yamamoto ad campaign. Cubitt also cites Helmut Newton's photograph "Green Room Murder" as an early inspiration. He moved north after high school, eventually settling in Brooklyn in early 2000.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Blogging for Nerve.com.

paragraph: From 2004 to 2008, Cubitt published a photography/confessional blog titled "The Daily Siege" at sex/culture online magazine Nerve. It was described by Eyemazing Journal as "one of the best sources of intelligent, open sexuality on the web.” In addition to erotic content, including images and podcasts, the blog featured Cubitt’s writing on a variety of topics, including politics and his creative process.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Fashion Photography.

paragraph: In 2005, Cubitt collaborated on a generative art fashion series with creative coder Tom Carden. To create the images, Cubitt used software that experimented with particles and attractors. The software was written by Carden using the alpha version of the Processing Programming Language, and the images were published in Metropop Magazine. Cubitt is also known for "Lagos Calling", an alternate-reality fashion story that reimagined the skinhead fashion movement as a product of late-1960s Lagos, Nigeria, rather than London. The images were presented as a set of resurfaced, damaged, faded anthropological portraits. The series was used as stylistic inspiration for the Gnarls Barkley music video for "Going On". Websites have mistakenly published the images as historical reference. Cubitt created a series called "Damaged Doll" that featured pornographic actress Justine Joli in a sexual, high-fashion context. Two of the images were included in "The Playground," a collectible boxed set of fashion artwork. Two different printers refused to print the pieces due to their explicit nature, so the book publishers printed them manually. However, Barney's New York refused to stock the boxed set due to the inclusion of the two pieces.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Hurricane Katrina Survivor Portraits.

paragraph: In 2005, Cubitt traveled to Pearlington, Mississippi, ground zero for Hurricane Katrina, after hearing that his mother's home there had been destroyed. Upon arriving, Cubitt began to document the area's devastation. He set up a photography studio in order to interview and photograph Katrina's survivors and volunteers in Pearlington's former school gymnasium, which was serving as a distribution point for aid in the town. Cubitt published their stories and images on a blog he created, titled "Operation Eden." For a time, the blog became a central hub for volunteers and people seeking to send relief, and citizens who were curious about what the mainstream media wasn't covering. The blog has been described as "a powerful piece of citizen journalism." It was featured on MSNBC, LIFE Magazine, and Rolling Stone. Cubitt returned to the area subsequently to photograph survivors in Mississippi and New Orleans. His Katrina portraits were used by ad agency Grey Worldwide, in conjunction with SAMHSA and the Ad Council, to create a series of PSAs urging Katrina survivors to reach out for help.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Celebrity Portraiture.

paragraph: Cubitt’s celebrity portrait subjects include David Byrne

paragraph: , Peter Murphy, Xeni Jardin, Levon Helm, Shaun Ross, Big Freedia, Justine Joli, and Molly Crabapple. Cubitt is credited for initially discovering underground South African rap-rave group Die Antwoord, and subsequently shot their portrait and album cover for the band's debut, $O$.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Video Art.

paragraph: In 2008–2009, Cubitt created a video series of Long Portraits, in which subjects were filmed sitting still for five minutes or more. The Long Portrait format became popular on Vimeo, inspiring many other photographers to create their own versions. In 2012, Cubitt created a video series entitled "Hysterical Literature". Shot clinically in black and white, each film shows a fully dressed woman reading a passage from a book of her choice while brought to orgasm by a vibrator controlled by an unseen assistant under the table. The first installment in the video series featured adult performer Stoya reading "Necrophilia Variations" by Supervert, and has received over twenty-three million views on YouTube as of May 2018. Subsequent videos feature "friends and industry comrades" like Margaret Cho, Toni Bentley and others reading passages from books including Bret Easton Ellis' "American Psycho" and Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass".

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Veterans for Bernie Sanders.

paragraph: In 2016, Cubitt became a vocal supporter of senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign. Cubitt photographed war veterans and interviewed them about what Sanders' candidacy means to them. The images were used by the official Bernie Sanders campaign.

paragraph: Section::::Exhibitions.

paragraph: Group Shows

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003 SENT: America's First Phonecam Art Show, Los Angeles, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 Anonymous, New York, NY

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 (Untitled) u = ____, New York, NY

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009 Talk Dirty to Me, New York, NY

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011 Fashioning Photography, Essex Junction, VT

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012 LEWD, New York, NY

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cubitt's site

paragraph: BULLET::::- Operation Eden

paragraph: BULLET::::- Clayton Cubitt Every Day, Cubitt's tumblelog

description: American photographer

wikidata_label: Clayton James Cubitt

wikipedia_title: Clayton James Cubitt


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categories: Professional wrestlers from Quebec,Canadian male professional wrestlers,1987 births,Masked wrestlers,All Elite Wrestling personnel,Living people

paragraph: Player Uno

paragraph: Nicolas Dansereau (born July 20, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Player Uno. He currently competes for various independent promotions across North America, including Alpha-1 Wrestling, Capital City Championship Combat (C*4), Inter Species Wrestling (ISW), and California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). He regularly teams with Stupefied/Player Dos/Stu Grayson as the Super Smash Bros. Together they are former one-time Chikara Campeones de Parejas, one-time PWG World Tag Team Champions and winners of PWG's "2012 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament".

paragraph: Player Uno became popular for basing his gimmick, moveset, and attire around video games, specifically games for the NES and SNES consoles. One of his former trademarks was his pants, which had an NES controller design on one side; if the "Pause" button was pressed, he would stop moving, and if his opponent hit him while he was "paused", Player Uno wouldn't react until getting "unpaused". He was also famous for wearing gear in the color schemes of characters such as Mario, Luigi, and Wario. In recent years, Player Uno has stopped using both distinctive traits. In 2015, Dansereau repackaged himself as Evil Uno.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Early career.

paragraph: Dansereau first began wrestling at the age of 14. At the time, he went under the name "El PoPo". On an episode of Colt Cabana's podcast, "The Art of Wrestling", he explained that the decision to change his name came, when El Generico wanted to be called Player 1. Uno changed it around and picked the name Uno. He originally planned to learn Spanish after choosing the name.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:International Wrestling Syndicate.

paragraph: Uno made his debut in the Canadian wrestling promotion International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS). Uno quickly found a tag team partner in Stupefied as the Super Smash Brothers. The team found success as they soon won the IWS Tag Team Championship. Uno also found success as a singles competitor as he also won the IWS Canadian Championship. He remained with the promotion until it folded on October 9, 2010.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Chikara (2007-2010).

paragraph: In 2007 the team started competing in Chikara. Uno and Stupefied, now competing as Player Dos and naming their team the "Super Smash Brothers", won the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas from Incoherence (Delirious and Hallowicked) at "Laying in the Gutters, Looking at the Stars" on September 21, 2008. The team only held the titles for a month before losing it to The Osirian Portal, the team of Amasis and Ophidian, at "Global Gauntlet: Night 2". In 2009 Uno went on a long losing streak, which included a loss against Player Dos for the Young Lions Cup, but the streak came to an end at the season finale, when he debuted his new finishing maneuver "The Joystick" and forced Tim Donst to tap out with it. On October 24, 2010 Uno wrestled to date his last Chikara match with Dos with Sara Del Rey and Daizee Haze, which Uno and Dos lost.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Ring of Honor (2009-2010, 2018).

paragraph: Uno, along with Player Dos, made his ROH debut on May 8, 2009 in Boston, MA, in a losing effort against Rhett Titus and Kenny King. On July 25 in Toronto, Ontario, at "Death Before Dishonor VII Night 2" they scored an upset victory over former ROH World Tag Team Champions Kevin Steen and El Generico. On the November 9 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet, Uno and Dos debuted on the show in a return match, where they were defeated by Steen and Generico.

paragraph: Uno last appeared for Ring of Honor on May 11, 2018 at the War of the Worlds event in Toronto, Canada when the Super Smash Brothers faced the Young Bucks in a losing effort.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Dragon Gate USA (2012).

paragraph: On January 28, 2012, the Super Smash Bros. made their debut for Dragon Gate USA, defeating The Scene (Caleb Konley and Scott Reed) in a tag team match. The following day, they picked up another win over the D.U.F. (Arik Cannon and Pinkie Sanchez), after which Uno asked for a shot at the Open the United Gate Championship. The Super Smash Bros.' win streak ended on November 2, when they were defeated by Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito in an Open the United Gate Championship number one contenders' match.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2011-2013).

paragraph: On September 10, 2011, Uno debuted in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) as a member of the Super Smash Bros. with Stupefied. In their debut match, they faced the RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma), a tag team with a similar video game-themed gimmick, in a losing effort. The Super Smash Bros. returned on December 10, 2011, this time losing a match against the American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards). The Super Smash Bros. picked up their first win in PWG on March 17, 2012, by defeating former two-time PWG World Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), and the RockNES Monsters in a three-way match. On April 21, the Super Smash Bros. defeated The Young Bucks in the opening round, Future Shock (Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly) in the semifinal, and 2 Husky Black Guys (El Generico and Willie Mack) in the final round to win the "2012 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament" and become number one contenders to the PWG World Tag Team Championship.

paragraph: On May 25, the Super Smash Bros. defeated The Young Bucks in a No Disqualification match to win the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship. The Super Smash Bros. made their first successful title defense on July 21 at "Threemendous III", PWG's nine-year anniversary event, where they defeated Future Shock and The Young Bucks in a three-way ladder match. On December 1 at "Mystery Vortex", the Super Smash Bros. made their second successful World Tag Team Championship defense against the RockNES Monsters. Later that same event, they were defeated by the Dojo Bros (Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong) in a non-title match. On January 12, 2013, the Super Smash Bros. lost the World Tag Team Championship to the Unbreakable F'n Machines (Brian Cage and Michael Elgin) in the opening round of the "2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament". During the match, Uno suffered a dislocated shoulder after performing a suicide dive to the outside of the ring.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:All Elite Wrestling (2019-present).

paragraph: Evil Uno and Stu Grayson made their surprise debut as The Dark Order at AEW Double or Nothing on May 25th, 2019, appearing at the conclusion of the match between Best Friends and Angélico & Jack Evans. After the match was over, the lights went out and when they came back on, Uno and Grayson were in the ring. The lights went out a second time and when they came back on, masked henchmen surrounded the ring. The Order then attacked all four men. After the attack, the lights went out again and they disappeared.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Dansereau works as a web specialist for the Canadian federal government.

paragraph: Section::::In other media.

paragraph: On December 24, 2012, Uno appeared on a new YouTube channel called, "TheNerdSlam". He, along with a group of friends, created the channel, which consists of two different webshows. One called "4-Play" where Uno plays various video games with friends. The other is a food show called "Stu's Kitchen", hosted by Stupefied.

paragraph: Uno is heavily involved in the charity "Fighting Back", which was set up in memory of professional wrestler Phrank Morin to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Uno and his partner Player Dos have been part of multiple wrestling events for the charity since its creation in 2011. On August 14, 2015, during a 24-hour gaming stream for the charity, Uno and Dos were given the nicknames "The Big Dog" and "The Wildcat" respectively by the video game streaming group, newLEGACYinc, who were running the Fighting Back stream that year. Uno and Dos debuted their new nicknames at the 2015 Fighting Back: Wrestling with Cancer event the next day, while teaming with Último Dragón in a Trios match against Pinkie Sanchez and EYFBO.

paragraph: Player Uno appears on posters in the video game "Guacamelee!"

paragraph: Section::::Championships and accomplishments.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alpha-1 Wrestling

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alpha-1 Wrestling Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Player Dos/Stupefied

paragraph: BULLET::::- Capital City Championship Combat

paragraph: BULLET::::- C4 Underground Championship (1 time)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chikara

paragraph: BULLET::::- Campeonatos de Parejas (1 time) – with Player Dos

paragraph: BULLET::::- Combat Revolution Wrestling

paragraph: BULLET::::- CRW Interim Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Stupefied

paragraph: BULLET::::- International Wrestling Syndicate

paragraph: BULLET::::- IWS Canadian Championship (1 time)

paragraph: BULLET::::- IWS World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Stupefied

paragraph: BULLET::::- Inter Species Wrestling

paragraph: BULLET::::- Inter Species Championship (1 time)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lucha Toronto

paragraph: BULLET::::- Royal Canadian Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Stupefied

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

paragraph: BULLET::::- PWG World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Stupefied

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (2012) – with Stupefied

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pro Wrestling Illustrated

paragraph: BULLET::::- PWI ranked him #283 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014

paragraph: BULLET::::- Smash Wrestling

paragraph: BULLET::::- F8tful Eight Tournament (2018) - with Stu Grayson

paragraph: BULLET::::- SoCal Uncensored

paragraph: BULLET::::- Match of the Year (2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tag Team of the Year (2012) – with Stupefied

paragraph: BULLET::::- Squared Circle Wrestling

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Stupefied

description: Canadian professional wrestler

wikidata_label: Player Uno

wikipedia_title: Player Uno


categories: Waseda University alumni,Sportspeople from Ibaraki Prefecture,Japanese baseball players,Living people,Japanese expatriate baseball players in the United States,Nippon Professional Baseball infielders,Yomiuri Giants players,Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners,Asian Games medalists in baseball,1971 births,Yokohama BayStars players,Asian Games gold medalists for Japan,Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games,Lancaster Barnstormers players,Baseball players at the 1994 Asian Games

paragraph: Toshihisa Nishi

description: baseball player

wikidata_label: Toshihisa Nishi

wikipedia_title: Toshihisa Nishi


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Austrian
ice hockey
Defenseman
EHC Biel
National League
2010–11
HC Lugano
National League A
Spokane Chiefs
Western Hockey League
GCK Lions
National League B
Team Austria
2014 Winter Olympics

categories: EHC Biel players,People from Dornbirn,Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics,Austrian ice hockey players,GCK Lions players,HC Lugano players,HCB Ticino Rockets players,Spokane Chiefs players,1990 births,Olympic ice hockey players of Austria,Memorial Cup winners,Living people

paragraph: Stefan Ulmer

paragraph: Stefan Ulmer (born December 1, 1990) is an Austrian professional ice hockey Defenseman currently playing for EHC Biel in the National League (NL).

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: He began his professional career during the 2010–11 season, playing with HC Lugano of the Swiss National League A. Ulmer played his junior hockey in the Swiss junior leagues before embarking on a three year stint (lasting from 2007–2010) with the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League. He also made three appearances with the GCK Lions in the second-tier Swiss league, the National League B, during the 2006–07 season.

paragraph: Section::::International play.

paragraph: Ulmer was named to Team Austria's official 2014 Winter Olympics roster on January 7, 2014.

description: Austrian ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Stefan Ulmer

wikipedia_title: Stefan Ulmer


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Paris
sailor
France
1900 Summer Olympics
Meulan
France
Jacques Baudrier
William Martin
Jules Valton
Félix Marcotte
.5 to 1 ton

categories: French male sailors (sport),Olympic sailors of France,1947 deaths,1872 births,Olympic silver medalists for France,Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – .5 to 1 ton,Sportspeople from Paris,Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics

paragraph: Jean Le Bret

paragraph: Gabriel Charles Jean Le Bret (26 October 1872, Paris – 23 December 1947 Paris) was a sailor from France, who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With Jacques Baudrier as helmsman and fellow crewmember William Martin, Jules Valton and Félix Marcotte Le Bret took the 2nd place in first race of the .5 to 1 ton and finished 3rd in the second race.

description: Olympic sailor

wikidata_label: Jean Le Bret

wikipedia_title: Jean Le Bret


text:
Courson-les-Carrières
sailor
France
1900 Summer Olympics
Meulan
France
Jacques Baudrier
William Martin
Félix Marcotte
Jean Le Bret
.5 to 1 ton

categories: French male sailors (sport),Olympic sailors of France,Olympic silver medalists for France,1867 births,Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – .5 to 1 ton,Olympic bronze medalists for France,Year of death missing,Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics

paragraph: Jules Valton

paragraph: Henri Jules Valton (11 May 1867, in Courson-les-Carrières – ?) was a sailor from France, who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With Jacques Baudrier as helmsman and fellow crewmember William Martin, Félix Marcotte and Jean Le Bret Valton took the 2nd place in first race of the .5 to 1 ton and finished 3rd in the second race.

description: Olympic sailor

wikidata_label: Jules Valton

wikipedia_title: Jules Valton


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Paris
sailor
France
1900 Summer Olympics
Meulan
France
Félix Marcotte
William Martin
Jules Valton
Jean Le Bret
0.5 to 1 ton
1 to 2 ton

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paragraph: Jacques Baudrier

paragraph: Jacques Baudrier (4 May 1872, Paris – unknown) was a sailor from France, who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With crew Félix Marcotte, William Martin, Jules Valton and Jean Le Bret. Baudrier, as helmsman, took the 2nd place in first race of the 0.5 to 1 ton and finished 3rd in the second race.

paragraph: Baudrier also took, as helmsman, the Bronze medal in the first race of the 1 to 2 ton and the 4th place in the second race of the 1 to 2 ton.

description: Olympic sailor

wikidata_label: Jacques Baudrier

wikipedia_title: Jacques Baudrier


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New York
Avon, Seine-et-Marne
sailor
France
1900 Summer Olympics
Meulan
France
Jacques Baudrier
William Martin
Jules Valton
Jean Le Bret
.5 to 1 ton

categories: French male sailors (sport),Olympic sailors of France,Olympic silver medalists for France,1953 deaths,Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – .5 to 1 ton,1865 births,Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics

paragraph: Félix Marcotte

paragraph: Félix Émile Marcotte (12 June 1865, New York – 26 July 1953 Avon, Seine-et-Marne) was a sailor from France, who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With Jacques Baudrier as helmsman and fellow crewmember William Martin, Jules Valton and Jean Le Bret Marcotte took the 2nd place in first race of the .5 to 1 ton and finished 3rd in the second race.

description: Olympic sailor

wikidata_label: Félix Marcotte

wikipedia_title: Félix Marcotte


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text: James R. MacDonald

text: Fabian Society

text: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

text: Joseph French Johnson

text: Henry Rogers Seager

text: Daniel G. Brinton

text: U.S. Industrial Commission

text: Association of Neighborhood Workers

text: New York Child Labor Committee

text: Florence Kelley

text: Josephine Clara Goldmark

text: 1903 Compulsory Education Act

text: Women's Trade Union League

text: Industrial Workers of the World

text: The Masses

text: The Dial

text: U.S. Industrial Relations Commission

text: Caroline Pratt

text: Caroline Pratt (educator)

text: American labor unions.

categories: American women writers,Writers from Philadelphia,American trade unionists,American librarianship and human rights,1940 deaths,1865 births,American librarians,Workers' rights activists

paragraph: Helen Marot

paragraph: Helen Marot (June 9, 1865 – June 3, 1940) was an American writer, librarian, and labor organizer. She is best remembered for her efforts to address child labor and improve the working conditions of women. She was from Philadelphia and became active in investigating working conditions among children and women. As a librarian, she worked at several important institutions and helped organize the Free Library of Economics and Political Science in 1897. Marot was a member of the Women's Trade Union League. She later organized the Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants Union in New York. In 1912, she was part of a commission that investigated the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. She was an active writer and her articles about the labor movement appeared in many periodicals of the day.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Marot was born on June 9, 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up in an affluent family and received a Quaker education. From 1895 to 1896, Marot was the literary editor of "Ladies' Home Journal" where she was responsible for answering literary queries to the magazine. During this time, she compiled a 288-page reader's guide containing over 5,000 books. Included were some 170 author summaries.

paragraph: Section::::Early library work.

paragraph: Marot left "Ladies' Home Journal" in April 1896 to organize the King Library of the Church of the Redeemer in Andalusia, Pennsylvania. In September 1896 she worked as a librarian in Wilmington, Delaware as a cataloger. She stayed at the library for three years. The head librarian at the time, Enos L. Doan, remarked on her work: "She brought to it taste and literary discrimination of a high order—qualities which, in addition to her thorough technical training, gave her unusual efficiency in the performance of her duties."

paragraph: Section::::The Free Library of Economics and Political Science.

paragraph: In 1897 Marot, along with Dr. George M. Gould and Innes Forbes, opened a private library specializing in works on social and economic topics. The Free Library of Economics and Political Science concentrated on issues relating to social and economic reform and was greatly influenced by The Fabian Society, a socialist organization. It was located on the second floor of a department store on Filbert Street in Philadelphia.

paragraph: The "Philadelphia Record" described the library in its pages on June 15, 1897:

paragraph: Philadelphia has been enriched with a library distinctively modern and progressive in spirit... The new library forms an important supplement to the municipal system, since the topics of the day and the problems of the industrial and sociological world cannot be thoroughly followed by an institution for the general circulation of books. With its proposed technical classification of magazine literature and an accessible collection of pamphlets and volumes, the Library of Economics should become a powerful factor for civic and social education in the community and Commonwealth.

paragraph: Marot explained the importance of the library in 1902: "It was founded on the idea that freely offered opportunities from education in economics and political science make directly for a more intelligent public opinion and a higher citizenship."

paragraph: The collection included foreign and domestic literature. It consisted of six hundred books, over two thousand pamphlets, and ninety-one periodicals. This literature, more particularly the periodicals, was not found elsewhere and thus met a most specific community need. The entire collection was donated by individuals and various organizations such as American Academy of Political and Social Science, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Church Social Union, Civic Club of Philadelphia, Direct Legislation League, "Englishwoman's Review", Fabian Society, Humboldt Publishing Company, Independent Labour Party, Indian Rights Association, Labor Exchange, and Land Nationalization League, among others.

paragraph: To keep up to date with current information, the library collected news clippings and government publications, reports of labor societies, and other similar works. Indeed, a considerable part of the collection consisted of government, state, and municipal reports received from the United States government, the different states, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and New South Wales. Although the collection was small, teachers, students, and library patrons found its classified and indexed pamphlets and magazine literature concerning present-day problems to be satisfactory.

paragraph: In addition, the patrons could purchase books and were permitted to check out books when they were unable to come to the reading room during library hours. The library was open daily from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. and on Sunday, until 10 p.m. The small library soon became "the center of liberal thought in Philadelphia"—a popular gathering place for Philadelphian reformers and socialists. In addition to the usual work of a special library, public and private lectures and classes were given to different associations. Besides being the chairwoman of the library committee, Marot was also on the lectures committee, which were all well attended, the rooms being, in fact, more than filled.

paragraph: The first lecture addressed the topic of "The Economics of Socialism." It was given free on October 30, 1897 by James R. MacDonald of the London Fabian Society and future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. At the second meeting, on February 8, 1898, Professor Joseph French Johnson, Dr. Henry Rogers Seager, Charles Richardson, and Professor William I. Hull discussed and lectured on "Education in Economics." On March 19, 1898 a lecture on "Economic Education, the Salvation of Society" was given by Dr. Daniel G. Brinton.

paragraph: Through her library, Helen Marot participated in educating Philadelphians to social changes and pursued the socialist cause for building a more just and humane society with perseverance, courage, and a combination of hardheaded realism and guileless romanticism.

paragraph: Section::::Labor and publishing work.

paragraph: In 1899 she published "A Handbook of Labor Literature" and also conducted and investigation for the U.S. Industrial Commission into working conditions in the custom tailoring trades in Philadelphia. In 1902 Marot investigated child labor in New York City for the Association of Neighborhood Workers and helped form the New York Child Labor Committee. With Florence Kelley and Josephine Clara Goldmark she drew up a report on child labor in the city that influential in the passage of the 1903 Compulsory Education Act by the state legislature.

paragraph: In 1906 Marot became executive secretary of the New York branch of the national Women's Trade Union League. Marot also was responsible for creating the Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants Union of New York. She was the organizer and leader of the first great strike of shirtwaist makers and dressmakers (1909–10) under the banner of the new International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

paragraph: In 1913, Marot resigned from her work with the trade union league. In 1914, she published "American Labor Unions" (1914), a work on the syndicalist Industrial Workers of the World. She then served on the editorial board of "The Masses" (1916–17), a radical journal. After, she then served on the staff of "The Dial" (1918–20). She was also a member of the U.S. Industrial Relations Commission (1914–16).

paragraph: Helen Marot lived with her life partner, progressive educational reformer Caroline Pratt, until her death in on June 3, 1940, in New York, New York.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Caroline Pratt (educator)

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Faderman, Lillian. (1999.) "To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America--a History." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marot, H. (1899.) A handbook of labor literature: Being a classified and annotated list of the more important books and pamphlets in the English language. Philadelphia Free Library of Economics and Political Science: PA. Digitized by University of Michigan Library.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marot, H. (1914.) American labor unions. Henry Holt: NY. Digitized.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marot, H. (1918.) Creative impulse in industry: A proposition for educators. E.P. Dutton: NY. Digitized.

description: American librarian and workers' rights activist

wikidata_label: Helen Marot

wikipedia_title: Helen Marot


text:
Ugandan
Eddy Kenzo
Bebe Cool
Goodlyfe Crew

paragraph: David Lutalo

paragraph: David Lutalo (born 12 September 1989), is a Ugandan musician who first gained success with his satirical song "Kapaapala". He is regarded as one of Uganda's most talented vocalists and has several solo songs to his name as well as several collaborations with Eddy Kenzo, Bebe Cool and Good Lyfe.

paragraph: Lutalo is known by Uganda's music audiences for his distinct, high toned, sharp voice which has made him a favorite among rural and urban Ugandans. He has been rated in some circles as the unofficial Ugandan musician of the year in 2014. He does urban Kadongo Kamu genre of music. In 2013, Lutalo joined hands with Radio and Weasle of Goodlyfe Crew and they produced Hellena song. In 2014, he collarorated with a young musician Maro, Mubbi bubi

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kapaapala

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gyetugenda

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yamba

paragraph: BULLET::::- Macumba

paragraph: BULLET::::- Manya

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kwasa

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eat zote

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Akantu

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nakusiima

paragraph: BULLET::::- Onsanula

description: Ugandan musician

wikidata_label: David Lutalo

wikipedia_title: David Lutalo


text:
Ramiro I of Aragon
Sancho Ramírez
curia regis
Monastery of San Victorián
Ermesinda
tenencias
Aibar
Sos
Benabarre
Ribagorza
Monzón
Javier
Reconquista
Moors
pilgrimage
Jerusalem
Seljuq dynasty
Lasieso
Jaca Cathedral
Uncastillo
Roda de Isábena
Aibar
Atarés
Fortún Garcés Cajal
Pedro de Atarés
Alfonso the Battler
Talesa Sánchez
Gaston IV
Viscount of Bearn
Count of Ribagorza

categories: 11th-century deaths,11th-century people from the Kingdom of Aragon,1040s births,House of Aragon

paragraph: Sancho Ramírez, Count of Ribagorza

paragraph: Sancho Ramírez (before 10431105/November 1110) was an illegitimate son of King Ramiro I of Aragon and Amuña, the firstborn and brother of his namesake who would inherit the throne and reign as Sancho Ramírez.

paragraph: Section::::Biographical sketch.

paragraph: Even though he could not inherit the throne because his father had legitimate issue, he was named count at an early age and was a prominent member of the "curia regis" first appearing in a charter dated 1049, suspected of being false, as a witness to a donation made by his father to the Monastery of San Victorián. In this charter, he confirms as "Sancius Ranimiri regis filius primogenitus" (Sancho, the firstborn son of King Ramiro) followed by his brother and namesake, Sancho, who confirms as "Sancius Ranimiri regis filius prolis Ermmisendis regine" (Sancho son of King Ramiro and Queen Ermesinda). Sancho was entrusted with the governance of several important and strategic "tenencias", including: Aibar (10611062); Sos (1062); Benabarre (10631093); Fantova (1063 probably until 1110); Ribagorza (10831093); Monzón (February 1090); Arrieso (January 1091), and Javier (September 1091 to December 1097); and, Aibar, again from September 1091 until March 1100.

paragraph: Sancho Ramírez probably participated in the Reconquista as can be inferred from his father's first will executed on 29 July 1059 when the king included him as one of his heirs if he returned from the "land of the Moors". In his second will dated 15 March 1061, his father left him Aibar and Javierrelatre "with all its villas". In 1092, when he was already in his fifties, he went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem which at that time was occupied by the Seljuq dynasty. He was a generous patron of several religious establishments such as a church in Lasieso, San Salvador de Javierrelatre, and Jaca Cathedral where he commissioned the construction of a chapel for his burial.

paragraph: In his will dated 1105, he left most of his properties to his son García, although he did not ignore his two daughters, Talesa and Beatriz, who inherited land and other properties with the condition that, upon their deaths, these would be given to his son García or to his legitimate children. Sancho Ramírez died between the date of the last will that he executed, 1105, and 24 November 1110 when his wife makes a donation to the Monastery of San Vicente de Roda for the soul of her parents and her husband Count Sancho, with her son García confirming the charter. As of 1111, García appears governing the estates inherited from his father.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and issue.

paragraph: He married Beatriz, whose patronymic is not recorded in any medieval document, and appears with her in an 1100 charter from the town of Uncastillo confirming the sale made by their deceased son Pedro to a certain "don Juan". In November 1110, the now-widowed Beatriz made a donation to the Monastery of San Vicente in Roda de Isábena of some salt mines that she received from her brother-in-law, King Sancho Ramírez. Four children were born of this marriage:

paragraph: BULLET::::- García Sánchez, Lord of Aibar, Atarés and Javierrelatre, married to Teresa Cajal, sister of Fortún Garcés Cajal. They were the parents of Pedro de Atarés who was a claimant to the throne of Aragon after the death of Alfonso the Battler;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pedro Sánchez (died before 1100);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Talesa Sánchez, the wife of Gaston IV, Viscount of Bearn;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Beatriz Sánchez.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Count of Ribagorza

description: Natural son of King Ramiro I of Kingdom of Aragón

wikidata_label: Sancho Ramírez

wikipedia_title: Sancho Ramírez, Count of Ribagorza


text:
Hebrew
German-Jewish
Zionist
Theodor Herzl
Bavaria
Germany
immigrated
Jerusalem
Central Zionist Archives
Israel
Israel Prize
Jewish Question
Theodore Herzl
List of Israel Prize recipients
Central Zionist Archives

categories: Jewish scholars,1903 births,Israeli academics,People from Jerusalem,1988 deaths,Israel Prize in Zionist historiography recipients

paragraph: Alex Bein

paragraph: Alex Bein (Hebrew: אלכסנדר ביין) (born 21 January 1903; died 20 June 1988) was a German-Jewish historian and Zionist historiographer best known for his biography of Theodor Herzl.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Alexander (Alex) Bein was born in Steinach an der Saale in Bavaria, southern Germany. He immigrated to Palestine in 1933. He was a resident of Jerusalem.He was director of the Central Zionist Archives and the first State Archivist of Israel. Bein died while on a visit to Stockholm.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and recognition.

paragraph: Bein was awarded the Israel Prize in 1987 for his contribution to Zionist historiography.

paragraph: Section::::Published works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alex Bein (1980) Die Judenfrage : Biogr. e. Weltproblems (2 volumes) Stuttgart : Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alex Bein, Harry Zohn (translatior) (1990) "The Jewish Question: Biography of a World Problem",

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alex Bein (1952) "The Return to the Soil: a History of Jewish Settlement in Israel" (Translated from the Hebrew by Israel Schen)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alex Bein (1949) "Israel's Charter of Freedom"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aleks Bain (1945) Toldot ha-hityashvut ha-Tsiyonit mi-teḳufat Hertsl ṿe-ʻad yamenu

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alex Bein (1939) "Der Zionismus und sein Werk"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alex Bein (1934) "Theodor Herzl; Biographie. mit 63 Bildern und einer Ahnentafel."

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alex Bein, Maurice Samuel (translatior), (1941) "Theodore Herzl: A Biography of the Founder of the Modern Zionism"

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Israel Prize recipients

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The personal papers of Alex Bein are kept at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem. The notation of the record group is P64

description: Israeli academic

wikidata_label: Alex Bein

wikipedia_title: Alex Bein


text:
American
blues
roots rock
singer-songwriter
guitarist
Austin, Texas
French
Charlie Sexton
Europe
United States
Garfield, Texas
liver cancer
Swiss-born
Central Texas
Crossroad
Calvin Russell
Myspace

categories: American male singer-songwriters,1948 births,20th-century American guitarists,American rock singers,American people of German descent,Songwriters from Texas,American people of Comanche descent,American blues singer-songwriters,American rock songwriters,Guitarists from Texas,Deaths from cancer in Texas,American blues guitarists,Musicians from Austin, Texas,2011 deaths,American male guitarists

paragraph: Calvin Russell (musician)

paragraph: Calvin Russell (born Calvert Russell Kosler, November 1, 1948 – April 3, 2011) was an American blues and roots rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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

paragraph: Russell was born in Austin, Texas, on November 1, 1948. At age 12, Russell began learning guitar and at 13 joined a band called The Cavemen. In 1989, he met Patrick Mathe of the French record label, New Rose Records, while at a party in Austin and gave him a demo tape intended for noted Austin guitarist and producer, Charlie Sexton. He would go on to sign with the label releasing his first solo album in 1990 entitled "A Crack In Time". In promotion of the album, Russell began touring extensively throughout Europe achieving a level of success he had yet to obtain back in the United States.

paragraph: Russell would go on to release over a dozen albums on various labels. Throughout his career, he battled with drug and alcohol addiction and was arrested in Texas for cocaine possession in 1995.

paragraph: Section::::Illness and death.

paragraph: On April 3, 2011, Russell died in Garfield, Texas, after a lengthy battle with liver cancer at the age of 62. He is survived by Swiss-born wife, Cynthia, who continues to live in Central Texas and son, Justin.

paragraph: Section::::Select discography.

paragraph: Section::::Select discography.:Solo releases.:Albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990: "A Crack In Time" (New Rose/SPV Recordings)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: "Sounds From The Fourth World" (New Rose/SPV Recordings)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992: "Soldier" (New Rose/SPV)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993: "Le Voyageur" - Live (New Rose/SPV)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995: "Dream Of The Dog" (SPV Recordings)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: "Calvin Russell" (Last Call/SPV Recordings/Columbia)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999: "Sam" (SPV Recordings/Columbia)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000: "Crossroad" - Live (Last Call)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2001: "Rebel Radio" (SPV Recordings/Freefalls Entertainment/Dixiefrog)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005: "In Spite Of It All" (SPV Recordings)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006: "Live at the Kremlin" (New Rose)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: "Unrepentant" (XIII BIS)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009: "Dawg Eat Dawg" (XIII BIS)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010: "Contrabendo" - Live (XIII BIS)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011: "The Last Call, In The Heat Of A Night.." - Live CD/DVD (XIII BIS)

paragraph: Section::::Select discography.:Solo releases.:Singles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1985: "Behind eight Ball/Baby I Love You" (MPPA)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: "You're My Baby/Baby I Love" (New Rose)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: "Crossroads/"Rockin' The Republicans" (New Rose)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992: "Soldier" (New Rose)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993: "This Is Your World" (New Rose)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: "Crossroads" (Columbia)

paragraph: Section::::Select discography.:Solo releases.:Compilations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: "The Story Of Calvin Russell - This Is My Life" (SPV Recordings/Columbia)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004: "A Man In Full - The Best of Calvin Russell" (Last Call)

paragraph: Section::::Select discography.:Collaborative releases.:Albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988: The Characters - "Act I" (Full Blast)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Calvin Russell on Myspace

description: American historian

wikidata_label: Calvin Russell

wikipedia_title: Calvin Russell (musician)


text:
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Elder of Samogitia
Aleksander
Hrehory
Yurii Chodkiewicz
Chodkiewicz family
Radziwiłłs
1528 census
Eastern Orthodox
Lutheranism
Eastern Orthodox
Jerome
Albert, Duke of Prussia
Jan Hieronimowicz
Friedrich Staphylus
Lutheranism
Sigismund I the Old
Sigismund II Augustus
Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of Lithuania
castellan
Trakai
voivode of Nowogródek
Lithuanian Council of Lords
Elder of Samogitia
Kęsgailos
Kretinga
Skuodas
Lyduvėnai
Šaukėnai
Bona Sforza
Barbara Radziwiłł
de facto
Sigismund II Augustus
Pope Paul IV
Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V
Graf
Livonian War
Cēsis
Vilkija
Ashmyany
Radun
Plateliai
Telšiai
Shkloŭ
Trakai
Vilnius
Elder of Samogitia
Bykhaw
Shkloŭ
Ivan Hieronimovich
Grand Marshal of Lithuania
Lithuanian Council of Lords
Czartoryski
voivode of Volhynia
Kiszka
Voivode of Podlaskie
Pac
voivode of Vitebsk
Minsk
Navahradak

categories: 1561 deaths,Polish Lutherans,Polish nobility,Chodkiewicz family,1510s births

paragraph: Hieronim Chodkiewicz

paragraph: Hieronim Chodkiewicz (; ca. 1515–1561) was a noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, who was Elder of Samogitia from 1545 until his death. He was son of Aleksander and brother of Hrehory and Yurii Chodkiewiczs. Due to the political success of Chodkiewicz and his brothers, the Chodkiewicz family became the second wealthiest family in the Grand Duchy after the Radziwiłłs according to a military census of 1567 – a significant increase from the 1528 census when their father Alexander was 11th on the list. Chodkiewicz distanced himself from his Eastern Orthodox roots—he possibly converted to Catholicism around 1530 and to Lutheranism around 1550.

paragraph: Section::::Religion.

paragraph: Traditional historiography usually states that Chodkiewicz was born around 1500. However, Lithuanian historian Genutė Kirkienė has noted that in such a case Chodkiewicz would have begun his political career in his mid-forties, when most nobles started in late twenties or early thirties. Kirkienė suggested that his father's marriage and birth of children should be moved from the 1500s to mid-1510s. Kirkienė also argued that Hieronim was born as Ivan and raised as Eastern Orthodox—he converted to Catholicism and was baptized Hieronim (after St. Jerome) around 1530. That would explain his later marriage to a Catholic and appointment to positions in Vilnius and Trakai generally reserved for Catholics. Chodkiewicz corresponded with known Protestant activist Albert, Duke of Prussia since the mid 1530s and send his son Jan Hieronimowicz to be educated there. He was also a sponsor of theologian Friedrich Staphylus, who visited him in Lithuania in spring 1549. The historiography usually provides 1553 as the year when Chodkiewicz fully converted to Lutheranism.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: The political rise of Chodkiewicz was related to the transfer of power from Grand Duke Sigismund I the Old to his son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1542, Sigismund the Old made a series of appointments to various political posts and Chodkiewicz became Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of Lithuania. In 1544, Sigismund Augustus was entrusted to rule the Grand Duchy and almost immediately made new appointments. Chodkiewicz became castellan of Trakai while his father was promoted to voivode of Nowogródek. Both of these positions guaranteed seats in the Lithuanian Council of Lords. Just a year later, in 1545, Hieronim Chodkiewicz was further promoted to Elder of Samogitia thus politically surpassing his father. The appointment to Samogitia most likely was due to his marriage to a Samogitian noblewoman. Chodkiewicz and his son held the position until 1579, replacing Kęsgailos as the most influential Samogitian family and acquiring many properties in Samogitia, including Kretinga, Skuodas, Lyduvėnai. Šaukėnai, obtained as his wife's dowry, became the primary residence of the Chodkiewicz family in Samogitia.

paragraph: Chodkiewicz supported Queen Bona Sforza when she vehemently opposed the marriage of Barbara Radziwiłł and Sigismund Augustus. That brought Chodkiewicz into disfavor of Sigismund and further rivalry with the Radziwiłłs, who swept all the top posts and almost became "de facto" rulers in Lithuania. In 1555, King Sigismund II Augustus sent him on a diplomatic mission to Pope Paul IV and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The latter granted him and his family the honorary title of Graf. Further career of Chodkiewicz was related to the Livonian War. In 1559, Hieronim Chodkiewicz was promoted to castellan of Vilnius and his brother Hrehory, noted for loyal military service, became castellan of Trakai. In 1560, Hieronim commanded the Lithuanian armies in Livonia, defeating the Muscovites at Cēsis (Wenden). Death of Chodkiewicz in 1561 was a blow to the family as it lost influential seats in the Council of Lords. Partially thanks to the successful military campaigns of Hrehory, the Chodkiewiczs restored their influence within three years.

paragraph: Section::::Titles and positions.

paragraph: Chodkiewicz held the following titles and positions:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Starost of Vilkija (1536 or 1550–1561), Ashmyany (1538–1541), Radun (1542–1545), Plateliai and Telšiai (1546–1554), Shkloŭ (1550–1554)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Royal Cup-bearer (1542–1544)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Castellan of Trakai (1544–1549) and Vilnius (1559–1561)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elder of Samogitia (1545–1561)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Graf of Bykhaw, Shkloŭ and Mysz (1555–1561)

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Sometime between 1536 and 1545, Chodkiewicz married widow Anna Szemetówna (), daughter of Jan Szemet (Lithuanian: "Jonas Šemeta"). He had one son, Ivan Hieronimovich, born in about 1537, who became Elder of Samogitia and Grand Marshal of Lithuania. Chodkiewicz had seven daughters. Five of them were married to members of the Lithuanian Council of Lords:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zofia married Mikołaj Aleksandrowicz Czartoryski, voivode of Volhynia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Barbara married Mikołaj Kiszka, Voivode of Podlaskie, in 1563

paragraph: BULLET::::- Krystyna married Stanisław Pac, voivode of Vitebsk, in 1564

paragraph: BULLET::::- Halszka married Szczęsny Hołowczyński, castellan of Minsk

paragraph: BULLET::::- Konstancja married Pawel Wołłowicz, castellan of Navahradak

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anna married Jan Leśniewski, deputy cup-bearer and royal secretary

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter, name unknown, married Mikołaj Wolski

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bibliography

description: Polish noble

wikidata_label: Hieronim Chodkiewicz

wikipedia_title: Hieronim Chodkiewicz


text:
Ipswich, Queensland
Queensland Heritage Register
Leicester
Liverpool
Plymouth
Sydney
South Brisbane
undertaker
hearse
Queensland Premier
Samuel Griffith
George Brockwell Gill
Marquis of Normanby
Ipswich General Cemetery
United Evangelical Church
Newtown

wikipedia_title:
Ipswich, Queensland
Queensland Heritage Register
Leicester
Liverpool
Plymouth
Sydney
South Brisbane, Queensland
Funeral director
Hearse
Premier of Queensland
Samuel Griffith
George Brockwell Gill
George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
Ipswich General Cemetery
United Evangelical Church
Newtown, Queensland (Ipswich)

categories: 1829 births,Mayors of Ipswich, Queensland,1893 deaths,19th-century Australian architects

paragraph: Samuel Shenton (architect)

paragraph: Samuel Shenton (8 July 1829 – 3 July 1893) was a building contractor, architect and politician in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. He was mayor of Ipswich. A number of the buildings he designed are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Samuel Shenton was born at Leicester, England on 8 July 1829, the son of a building contractor of that town. At thirteen years of age he was apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner, and subsequently

paragraph: acquired good practical experience in his trade at Liverpool. On the advice of his sister Elizabeth who had already immigrated to Australia, on 26 October 1850 he sailed on the "Tartar" from Plymouth arriving in Sydney on 8 February 1851. After a fortnight's stay in Sydney, he arrived in South Brisbane on 1 March 1851 and in Ipswich on the following day. He was accompanied by his mother and sister, and also by the Rev. Thomas Deacon and his niece, Eliza Thorpe. Shenton at once commenced business as a carpenter and contractor. In the early 1850s he also acted as an undertaker in Ipswich, organising burials. However, as he did not have a hearse, the coffins were carried to the cemetery in a firewood cart.

paragraph: His early works included:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dr. Challinor's house and shop in Brisbane Street (subsequently destroyed by fire)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mr. P. Cardew's residence at Rhossilli

paragraph: BULLET::::- the Ellenborough Street Wesleyan Church and parsonage

paragraph: BULLET::::- the Congregational Church in Brisbane-street

paragraph: BULLET::::- the Ipswich School of Arts

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mr. G. H. Wilson's residence

paragraph: BULLET::::- the Lands Office.

paragraph: He also fitted up the first church in which the Rev. Edward Griffith (father of the Queensland Premier Samuel Griffith) preached on his arrival in the Queensland colony and also the first Presbyterian Church for the late Rev. Dr. Nelson (father of the Queensland Colonial Treasurer).

paragraph: About 1879 ago he retired from the active work of contracting, and devoted his attention to the architectural part of the business, carrying on business as an architect for many years in the premises, in Brisbane Street, later occupied by his successor, George Brockwell Gill. Buildings designed by Samuel Shenton include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- the Queensland Times

paragraph: BULLET::::- Messrs. Hughes and Cameron's buildings

paragraph: BULLET::::- the Ipswich Hospital premises, including the doctor's residence and the Jubilee ward

paragraph: BULLET::::- the North Star Hotel

paragraph: BULLET::::- residences of J. C. Cribb, E. W. Hargreaves, C. C. Cameron, G. R. Wilson. J. W. Daisey, and R. Gill

paragraph: Section::::Politics.

paragraph: Shenton always took an active part in public matters, having been twice Mayor of Ipswich. He was first elected as an alderman in February, 1863, and served in the Council for three years; was again elected in 1869 for one year; and at the end of that time was again returned, this time at the head of the poll. He occupied the Mayoral chair in the years 1872 and 1873, and during that time had the honour of receiving the Marquis of Normanby and his lady on their first visit to Ipswich, when a public banquet and ball were given to commemorate their visit. In 1888, he was again requested to offer himself as an alderman for the East Ward, and was elected without opposition.

paragraph: He was also connected with most of the societies that tended to promote the welfare of the town and district. In 1854, he was one of the founders of the subscription library and reading rooms, which formed the nucleus of the School of Arts; took an active interest in the Ipswich and West Moreton Horticultural and Agricultural Society, and the Queensland Pastoral and Agricultural Society, being once or twice president of the latter. For many years in succession he was chairman of the trustees of the Ipswich General Cemetery, and was as a director, and in other ways, connected with several building societies.

paragraph: He was also a director of the Ipswich Gas Company for many years, and was one of the trustees for the Ipswich Girls' Grammar School. He was among the promoters of tihe Queensland Woollen Company, and held the office of director for several years from its foundation, and also took an active part in the establishment of the present Cotton Company.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: On 12 January 1953, Samuel Shenton married Eliza Thorpe, a niece of the Rev. Thomas Deacon at the United Evangelical Church in Brisbane. After residing in West Street for several years, he purchased a beautiful site known as Rose Hill, Newtown, where he lived the rest of his life.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: In March 1891, Shenton had a buggy accident, which crushed his side, and brought on lung disease, eventually developing into pulmonary phthisis. Although he was not able to take that active part in public matters which characterised his life up to the time of the accident, he was able to drive about in his buggy until a week before his death, when he had to take to his bed. Despite every care on the part of his wife and friends he passed peacefully away at his villa residence, Rose Hill, Newtown, at 4:20am on 3 July 1893.

paragraph: The funeral took place at 3 o'clock on 4 July 1893. It was attended by the members of the Ipswich Municipal Council.

description: Australian architect (1829-1893)

wikidata_label: Samuel Shenton

wikipedia_title: Samuel Shenton (architect)


text:
FRSE
Solicitor General for Scotland
Aberdeen
George Skene
FRSE
Marischal College
John Burnett
Bannatyne Club
Henry Jardine
Sir Walter Scott
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Alexander Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank
Solicitor General for Scotland
Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn
Edinburgh’s Second New Town
New Calton Burial Ground
Patric Park
James Skene
Colvin Smith
National Gallery of Scotland

categories: 1835 deaths,1784 births,Burials at the New Calton Cemetery,Solicitors General for Scotland,People from Aberdeen,People associated with Edinburgh,Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

paragraph: Andrew Skene

paragraph: Andrew Skene FRSE (1784–1835) was a Scottish advocate who rose to the highest level for his profession: Solicitor General for Scotland.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was born in Aberdeen on 28 February 1784 the son of Prof George Skene of Rubislaw FRSE MD (1741-1803), Professor of Natural Philosophy at Marischal College and Jane Moir of Stoneywood.

paragraph: In 1811 he was appointed Counsel for the City of Aberdeen in place of John Burnett Judge Admiral, for all legal matters in Scotland.

paragraph: In 1823 he was a co-founder of the Bannatyne Club along with his brother-in-law Sir Henry Jardine and Sir Walter Scott.

paragraph: In 1829 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Alexander Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank.

paragraph: He was elected Solicitor General for Scotland in 1834, replacing Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn.

paragraph: He lived at 74 Great King Street in Edinburgh’s Second New Town and died there on 2 April 1835, aged only 51. He is buried in New Calton Burial Ground on the east side of the city centre. The extremely fine marble monument was sculpted by Patric Park.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: There is sometimes confusion over the family of Andrew Skene and that of James Skene of Rubislaw.

paragraph: James Skene was the youngest surviving child of George Skene of Rubislaw (1736-1776), an Aberdeenshire landowner and erstwhile lawyer, and Jean Skene (née Moir of Stoneywood) (1741-1820). They had seven children:

paragraph: Margaret (born 1767), Helen (1768-1841), Catherine (1769-1838) who married Henry Jardine the, King’s Remembrancer, George (1770-1791), and James (1775-1864) who inherited his father’s estate at Rubislaw. Two daughters, Jean and Maria, did not survive infancy.

paragraph: As a widow, Jean Skene moved to Edinburgh c. 1783 with her five remaining children. They lived at various addresses including Riddell’s Court in the Old Town and George Street and South Castle Street in the New Town.,

paragraph: Andrew Skene never married.

paragraph: Section::::Artistic Recognition.

paragraph: He was painted by Colvin Smith in 1835 during his role as Solicitor General. The painting is held by the National Gallery of Scotland.

description: Solicitor General of Scotland

wikidata_label: Andrew Skene

wikipedia_title: Andrew Skene


text: University of Lisbon

text: Setúbal

text: Estremoz

text: Mundo Literário

text: Távola Redonda

text: Serra da Arrábida

text: Serra da Arrábida

text: Instituto Camões

categories: People from Setúbal,20th-century Portuguese poets,1952 deaths,20th-century deaths from tuberculosis,Portuguese male poets,1924 births

paragraph: Sebastião da Gama

paragraph: Sebastião Artur Cardoso da Gama, (10 April 1924—7 February 1952) was a Portuguese poet.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Sebastião da Gama got a degree in Roman Philosophy by the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lisbon.

paragraph: He was professor at the Veiga Beirão Commercial and Industrial School in Lisbon, later in suburban Setúbal at the Commercial Industrial School (now the Escola Secundária Sebastião da Gama) and in Estremoz at the local Commercial and Industrial School, the city where a primary school would be named after, the modern Basic School (Escola Básica Sebastião da Gama EB2,3 Estremoz).

paragraph: He published several reviews including "Mundo Literário" between 1946 and 1948, Árvore and Távola Redonda.

paragraph: His work was about Serra da Arrábida, where he lived and took a foreground poetic movement, and his personal tragedy which he later died of it, tuberculosis.

paragraph: He made a charter which was sent on August 1947 with other personalities to protect Serra da Arrábida and formed a movement to create LPN Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (Natural Protection League) in 1948, the first Portuguese ecologic association.

paragraph: In "Diário", edited posthumously in 1958, he was interested on his experiences as a teacher and a valuable reflection on teaching.

paragraph: He died at the age of 27 of renal tuberculosis which he suffered when he was a teenager.

paragraph: The parish administrations of São Lourenço and São Simão, now fully neighborhoods of Setúbal, was honored with his name in the Portuguese National Poetry Award. On June 1, 1999, Museu Sebastião da Gama was founded in his birthplace and preserves the memories of his work "Poeta da Arrábida". Seven of his poems were featured along with Cape Verdean poems in "Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama" which was released as part of the "Associação Música XXI" in June 2007.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Poetry.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Serra-Mãe". Lisboa: Portugália Editora, 1945

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Loas a Nossa Senhora da Arrábida". Com Miguel Caleiro. Lisboa: Imprensa Artística, 1946

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cabo da Boa Esperança" ("Cape of Good Hope"). Lisboa: Portugália Editora, 1947

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Campo Aberto" ("Shut Camp"). Lisboa: Portugália Editora, 1951

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Prose.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Região dos Três Castelos". Azeitão: Transportadora Setubalense, 1949.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Posthumous publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pelo Sonho é que Vamos", 1953

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Diário", 1958

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Itinerário Paralelo" ("Itinerary Parallel"), 1967.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "O Segredo é Amar" ("Secrets from the Sea"), 1969

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cartas I" ("Charters I"), 1994

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Martins, Engrácia da Glória Quintela Alves Sousa Varajão . Educação e Doutrinamento: O pensamento educacional de Sebastião da Gama (pdf)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Santos, Alexandre Francisco Ferreira dos Sebastião da Gama: milagre de vida em busca do eterno (pdf)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Instituto Camões

paragraph: BULLET::::- Editorial Presença - Sebastião da Gama - Biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/vercial/sgama.htm Projecto Vercial]

description: Portuguese poet

wikidata_label: Sebastião da Gama

wikipedia_title: Sebastião da Gama


text:
House of Laval
Seigneur
Viscomte
Caserte
Campania
Guy VIII de Laval
Isabelle de Beaumont-Gâtinais
Béatrix de Gavre
Falkemberg
Guy X de Laval
Béatrix de Bretagne
Arthur II, Duke of Brittany
Foulques de Laval
Retz
Pierre de Laval
Passy-sur-Marne
Isabeau
Péan de La Roche-Bernard
Bataille de La Roche-Derrien
Lohéac
Catherine de Laval
Gérard IV de Retz

categories: Viscounts of France,Vicomte de Rennes,1333 deaths,House of Laval,Medieval seigneurs

paragraph: Guy IX de Laval

paragraph: Guy IX de Laval (c. 1270 – 22 January 1333) was a member of the House of Laval. He was Seigneur de Laval and d'Acquigny, Viscomte de Rennes, Comte de Caserte in Campania and Baron de Vitré.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Guy IX was the son of Guy VIII de Laval and Isabelle de Beaumont-Gâtinais

paragraph: In 1297 he married Béatrix de Gavre, countess of Falkemberg, only daughter of Rasès de Gavre.

paragraph: Children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guy X de Laval, who married Béatrix de Bretagne, daughter of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, on 2 March 1315

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rasès de Laval, lord of Morhem in Flanders, died after 1348, without known offspring

paragraph: BULLET::::- Foulques de Laval, progenitor of the lords of Challouyau in Burgundy and Retz

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pierre de Laval, bishop of Rennes, died 1357

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jean de Laval, knight, lord of Passy-sur-Marne, who married Jeanne de Chemillé (died childless), and Aliénor Le Bigot de la Bérardière

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isabeau (died 1322), who married Péan de La Roche-Bernard (died 18 June 1347 - Bataille de La Roche-Derrien), Lord of Lohéac

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catherine de Laval, wife of Gérard IV de Retz

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jeanne de Laval, nun at Saint-Georges de Rennes.

wikidata_label: Guy IX de Laval

wikipedia_title: Guy IX de Laval


text:
Marshall Claxton
Florence
Society of Women Artists
Royal Academy of Arts
Royal Hibernian Academy
Royal Society of British Artists
Brothers Grimm
Walter Sickert
The Illustrated London News
London Society
Judy

categories: 19th-century British women artists,British inventors,19th-century scientists,British satirists,Artists from London,British women painters,Women illustrators,British illustrators,19th-century British women writers,19th-century British writers,Writers from London,1841 births,Women satirists,19th-century British painters,Women inventors

paragraph: Adelaide Claxton

paragraph: Adelaide Sophia Claxton (10 May 1841 – 29 August 1927) was an English painter, illustrator, and inventor. She was one of the first British women artists to make a major part of her living through the commercial press, selling satirical and comic illustrations to more than half a dozen periodicals.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Claxton was born in London, one of two gifted daughters of the British painter Marshall Claxton; both Adelaide and her sister Florence followed their father in becoming painters. However, she did not share her father's taste for large oil paintings. She studied art at Cary's School in the Bloomsbury area of London, where she began to focus on figure painting in watercolor.

paragraph: In 1850, she traveled with her family to Australia, where she remained for four years before returning to England by way of Calcutta, India.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Claxton's paintings combine scenes of domestic life with literary or fantasy elements like ghosts and dreams. She began exhibiting her work in the late 1850s at the Society of Women Artists, and between then and 1896 exhibited multiple times at the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Hibernian Academy, and Royal Society of British Artists, as well as the Society of Women Artists. One of her works, "A Midsummer Night's Dream at Hampton Court", was so popular that she ended by painting 5 copies of it; another, "Little Nell", she copied 13 times. "Wonderland", a painting showing a little girl reading tales from the Brothers Grimm by candlelight, is much reproduced. The English painter Walter Sickert based his oil painting "She Was the Belle of the Ball [After Adelaide Claxton]" on one of her works.

paragraph: Claxton earned her living in part through her paintings and in part by selling comic illustrations and satirical drawings of high society to popular magazines like "Bow Bells", "The Illustrated London News", "London Society", "Judy" (where she was one of the chief illustrators), and several others. She was one of the first British women artists to work regularly in the magazine market, where she was paid on the order of £2–7 per illustration. As early as 1859, the "Illustrated Times" featured her painting "The Standard-Bearer" on its cover. Claxton also authored two illustrated books, "A Shillingsworth of Sugar-Plums" (1867; puzzlingly advertised as containing "several hundreds of Num-nums and Nicy-nicies") and "Brainy Odds and Ends" (1904; a compendium of mottoes and the like).

paragraph: Claxton's work is in the collection of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, and other arts institutions.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life and inventions.

paragraph: In 1874, Claxton married George Gordon Turner, an event that effectually ended her career as an illustrator. The couple settled in Chiswick and had a son. Claxton turned her interest to invention, and in the 1890s several patents were registered under her married name of Adelaide Sophia Turner. One of these was for an "Armpit-Crutch for Bed-Rests and Chair-Backs". Another was for "Ear-caps for outstanding ears" (i.e., ears that stuck out).

alias:
Adelaide Turner
Mrs. G. G. Turner
Mrs. George G. Turner
Adelaide Sophia Claxton
Miss A. Claxton

description: British artist and inventor

wikidata_label: Adelaide Claxton

wikipedia_title: Adelaide Claxton


text: Joseph Kalichstein

text: Emanuel Ax

text: Stephen Hough

text: Los Angeles Pierce College

text: Bob Cole Conservatory of Music

text: San Francisco Conservatory of Music

text: Thornton School of Music

text: University of Southern California

text: Trevor Project

text: MTNA

text: List of classical pianists

text: Long Beach Polytechnic High School

text: Bob Cole Conservatory of Music

text: San Francisco Conservatory of Music

text: USC Thornton School of Music

categories: People from Long Beach, California,Musicians from Long Beach, California,1985 births

paragraph: Samuel Grodin

paragraph: Samuel Grodin (born 1985) is an American pianist, lecturer and teacher. Grodin's teachers have included Nina Scolnik, Julian Martin, Robert McDonald, Antoinette Perry, Marc Durand, Joseph Kalichstein, Sharon Mann, Craig Richey, and Lucinda Carver. Grodin has worked with Emanuel Ax, Blanca Uribe, Dominique Weber, and Stephen Hough in master classes. He teaches piano at Los Angeles Pierce College.

paragraph: Section::::Education.

paragraph: Grodin attended CSULB as a President's Scholar, receiving a full-ride scholarship to the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music.

paragraph: While a student at CSULB, Grodin studied with Craig Richey. In 2004, Grodin was the recipient of the Dramatic Allied Arts Guild Scholarship.

paragraph: Following Cole Conservatory, Grodin was accepted to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and was the recipient for the Harold W. Scheeline Piano Scholarship, where he completed a Master of Music in Piano Performance, studying under Dr. Sharon Mann. He also worked as a Graduate Assistant for the Piano Department.

paragraph: Grodin completed his doctoral degree (DMA) in Piano Performance at the Thornton School of Music at University of Southern California, studying under the acclaimed Dr. Lucinda Carver, the Vice Dean of Classical Music Performance at USC and guest conductor at the LA Phil.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003 Bellflower Symphony Concerto Competition - Winner

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition - Winner

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010 XIX Ibiza International Piano Competition - Special Prize Best performance of a contemporary work

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 Classics Alive Artists - Honorable Mention

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 Seattle International Piano Competition - Silver medalist

paragraph: Section::::Contributions.

paragraph: Section::::Contributions.:As a Judge.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jack Gard Music Competition - May 7, 2015, Grodin was one of three judges to choose winners of The Los Angeles Music and Art School’s (LAMusArt) annual Jack Gard Music Competition.

paragraph: Section::::Contributions.:As a Performer.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ensemble Parallele - in 2010, Grodin performed with Ensemble Parallele in San Francisco.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Trevor Project Benefit Concert - In April 30, 2011, Grodin and many of his SFCM colleagues performed in a concert to support the Trevor Project.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bob Cole Conservatory of Music - April 7, 2012, Grodin took part in the Multi-Piano Extravaganza

paragraph: Section::::Contributions.:As a Public Speaker.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016 MTNA Collegiate Symposium - Lecture, "The Value of Teaching Popular Music," January 16, 2016

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bob Cole Conservatory of Music - Alumni Lecture Recital, "Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata", March 16, 2016

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of classical pianists

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of people from Long Beach, California

paragraph: BULLET::::- Long Beach Polytechnic High School

paragraph: BULLET::::- San Francisco Conservatory of Music

paragraph: BULLET::::- USC Thornton School of Music

wikidata_label: Samuel Grodin

wikipedia_title: Samuel Grodin


text: Hawaiian Islands

text: Marquesas Islands

text: Russell, Massachusetts

text: rheumatism

text: Reuben Atwater Chapman

text: Honolulu

text: Benjamin

text: Mary Barker Parker

text: Nuku Hiva

text: Wailuku

text: Bartimea Puaʻaiki

text: Hoapili

text: Kalākua Kaheiheimālie

text: King Kamehameha III

text: Kalama

text: San Francisco, California

text: Richard Armstrong

text: Bridgeport, Connecticut

text: William Nevins Armstrong

text: Samuel Chapman Armstrong

text: American Civil War

text: Hampton Institute

text: Oakland, California

text: Williams College

categories: Presbyterian missionaries in Hawaii,People from San Francisco,1805 births,American emigrants to the Kingdom of Hawaii,1891 deaths,People from Hampden County, Massachusetts,Artists from Hawaii,Accidental deaths in California,Educators from Hawaii,Protestant missionaries in French Polynesia,People from Bridgeport, Connecticut,People from Wailuku, Hawaii,American Presbyterian missionaries,19th-century American educators

paragraph: Clarissa Chapman Armstrong

paragraph: Clarissa Chapman Armstrong (May 15, 1805 – July 20, 1891) was an American missionary in the Hawaiian Islands and Marquesas Islands, from 1832 until 1847. She was part of the Fifth Company of missionaries sent to Hawaii by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM).

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Clarissa Chapman was born and raised on a farm in Russell, Massachusetts. Her father was "crippled by rheumatism" and she remembered assisting him in farm work. She trained as a teacher. Her brother was Reuben Atwater Chapman, a judge in Massachusetts.

paragraph: Section::::Mission work.

paragraph: Clarissa Chapman Armstrong sailed for Hawaii on a whaling ship in 1831, with her new husband, a Presbyterian minister. They were part of the Fifth Company of missionaries sent to Hawaii by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). She was pregnant for the entire six-month journey. Her first child, Caroline, was born two months after the couple arrived, in Honolulu. The couple with Benjamin and Mary Barker Parker were assigned as missionaries to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands from 1833 to 1834. Their first son was born there. The failure of the Marquesan mission prompted them to return to Hawaii. They lived at Wailuku on Maui from 1835 to 1840, and then moved to Honolulu. Clarissa Chapman Armstrong taught literacy and Bible study classes for women. She did not always enjoy living among the native residents of Hawaii, writing that "Week after week passes and we see nothing but naked, filthy, wicked heathen with souls as dark as the tabernacles which they inhabit."

paragraph: Armstrong also made watercolor sketches of native Marquesan and Hawaiian people and places. Eric Kjellgren and Carol S. Ivory states: "During her time in the Marquesas, Clarissa Armstrong painted four small watercolor portraits. They show details of tattoo and personal adornment, and though somewhat naive in their rendering of the human body nevertheless capture the dignity, humanity, and individuality of their subjects." Subjects of her watercolor made in Hawaii included blind preacher Bartimea Puaʻaiki, Governor Hoapili of Maui and Queen Kalākua Kaheiheimālie.

paragraph: Richard Armstrong left mission work in 1847 to take secular employment as the Minister of Public Instruction under King Kamehameha III. Clarissa Armstrong no longer taught classes, but continued to hold Bible study meetings, now with other wives of Hawaiian chiefs and government officials, including Queen Kalama. The Armstrongs lived in "the Stone House", a property of the Kingdom of Hawaii, which Clarissa kept as her residence after Richard's death in 1860. She sold the Honolulu house in 1881, and moved to San Francisco, California, to join her daughter's work at a Christian mission in that city's Chinatown.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Clarissa Chapman married Richard Armstrong on September 5, 1831, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. They had ten children. Their oldest son, William Nevins Armstrong (1835–1905) was Attorney General of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1880 to 1882. Their youngest son, Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1839–1893) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War and afterwards the founder of the Hampton Institute. She became a widow when Richard died in a riding accident in 1860. She died on July 20, 1891, aged 86 years, from injuries sustained in a fall, in San Francisco. Her gravesite is in Oakland, California. Her papers are archived with Samuel Chapman Armstrong's at Williams College.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michael Colbruno, "Clarissa Chapman Armstrong (May 15, 1805 – July 20, 1891) One of first missionaries in Hawaii" "Lives of the Dead: Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland " (July 6, 2012).

description: American missionary

wikidata_label: Clarissa Chapman Armstrong

wikipedia_title: Clarissa Chapman Armstrong


text:
derailleur gears
bicycle touring
randonneuring
Pernes-les-Fontaines
Gascon
Arles
Tarascon
Lyon
penny-farthing
préfecture
Chaise-Dieu
Coventry
Cyclists' Touring Club
St-Étienne
col de la République
derailleur
Tour de France
Henri Desgrange
tires
rims
small wheel bicycles
Alex Moulton
St-Étienne
vegetarian
Esperanto
Seneca
tram
French bicycle industry

categories: Sportspeople from Vaucluse,People from Pernes-les-Fontaines,1853 births,Cycling journalists,French male cyclists,1930 deaths,Touring cyclists

paragraph: Paul de Vivie

paragraph: Paul de Vivie, who wrote as Vélocio (April 29, 1853– February 27, 1930), was publisher of "Le Cycliste", a developer and early champion of derailleur gears, and father of French bicycle touring and randonneuring.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: De Vivie was born at Pernes-les-Fontaines, France. His youth was unremarkable except for a love for the classics. His father was a prosperous Gascon with links to the nobility. He came from Saint-Germain-de-la-Sauvetat and worked as the head of post. His mother, Marthe Roman, came from Arles. Paul de Vivie lived at Tarascon, Meyzieu, and studied at Lachassagne, near Lyon until 1870.

paragraph: De Vivie went into the silk industry as an apprentice and then opened his own business in St-Étienne before he was 30. He married in St-Étienne in 1876. He lived at 6 rue Brossard.

paragraph: He bought his first bicycle, a penny-farthing when he was 28, in 1881. In that year he became the founding secretary of Les Cyclistes Stéphanois. The club held its first meeting at 1 rue des Arts, St-Étienne, on 23 October 1881. The address was the home of a member, A. Jourjon, and became the club's address when it was registered as a new organisation at the préfecture on 11 March 1882. Evidence that de Vivie was a reasonably prosperous man is shown in a club rule that allowed membership only to amateurs, a definition which excluded ordinary working men. Further evidence is the writer Jean-Pierre Baud's calculation that a bicycle cost 200 francs or 56 times the daily wage of an everyday worker.

paragraph: Club membership cost 17 francs the first year and 12 francs in subsequent year. Membership was open not only to those who pedalled but others who preferred machines "furnished by steam, electricity and any other propulsion."

paragraph: A friend challenged de Vivie to ride his new bicycle 100 km in six hours and he set out to the mountain resort of Chaise-Dieu. The peace, adventure and countryside changed his life - and persuaded him he needed a better bike. A year later he bought a Bayliss tricycle, followed by a tandem tricycle and others. His work in the silk industry required trips to England and it was there, in Coventry, then the centre of the world cycle industry, that he was inspired by British bicycles and joined the Cyclists' Touring Club. In 1887, he sold his business, opened the Agence Générale Vélocipédique in St-Étienne to import bikes from Coventry, and began a magazine, "Le Cycliste Forézien", renamed "Le Cycliste" the following year.

paragraph: Section::::Campaign for multiple gears.

paragraph: De Vivie imported machines from England. In 1889 he made a bike of his own, called La Gauloise. It had a diamond frame, chain and a single gear. De Vivie was riding the col de la République (10 km south east of St Etienne) in 1889 when one of his readers overtook him - smoking a pipe. De Vivie felt challenged but also trapped: if he lowered his gear, he would go slower on the flat. But on the gearing that he had, he could not climb hills fast enough either. British thinking favoured epicyclic and planetary gears, concealed in the rear hub. De Vivie created the derailleur. His first had two chain wheels; the chain had to be lifted by hand from one to the other. He then placed two chain wheels on the left side. The combination gave him four gears. In 1901 Velocio combined his invention with the four-speed proteon gear of the English Whippet, which used a split chain wheel. Pedalling backwards made the two halves of the chain wheel open. Pawls then secured them in one of four positions. De Vivie's development appeared in his Cheminot in 1906, the first derailleur. He overlooked taking out a patent and made barely any money from an invention which changed cycling.

paragraph: It has been said that de Vivie invented something which already existed, in Britain, and simply made the derailleur better known.

paragraph: Traditional cyclists did not appreciate his gears. The organiser of the Tour de France, Henri Desgrange, dismissed them in "L'Auto" as fit only for invalids and women. De Vivie campaigned for his invention and rode every morning up the col de la République for the joy of passing riders without them.

paragraph: The Touring Club de France organised a challenge in 1902 in which a female rider, Marthe Hesse, participated riding a Gauloise with a three-speed derailleur. Hesse was one among only four riders crossing the Tourmalet without setting foot to the ground. Desgrange, though, wrote:

paragraph: De Vivie's invention is in the museum of art and industry at St-Étienne. His friend, Albert Raimond, developed the idea and started the Cyclo gear company. Raimond, like Vivie, was fond of hilly rides.

paragraph: Section::::Advocacy for small wheels.

paragraph: De Vivie was also an early advocate of tires of up to 57mm (2.25 in) cross-section on rims as small as 500mm (20 in), preceding modern advocates of small wheel bicycles such as Alex Moulton. In 1911 he wrote:

paragraph: Velocio died at St-Étienne, France. His obituary in the Gazette of the Cyclists' Touring Club pictured him with an open-framed small-wheel bicycle.

paragraph: Section::::Writing.

paragraph: Vélocio wrote of his tours in a language that inspired a nation - France - in which holidays with pay were unknown:

paragraph: Or again:

paragraph: Section::::Death and memorial.

paragraph: De Vivie was a vegetarian, a speaker of Esperanto and a strict man who started every day of his later life by reading ancient Greek. On February 27, 1930, the last words he read were from Seneca to Lucius:

paragraph: Then he collected his bike and began pushing it across the road. He stepped back to avoid a car and was hit and killed by a tram. His memorial is at the top of the col de la République. Its inscription reads: "Paul de Vivie, alias Vélocio (Pernes 1853 - St-Étienne 1930). Apostle of cycle-touring and promoter of gears ["changements de vitesse"]. Monument erected by the town of Pernes-les-Fontaines on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Inaugurated 20 April 2003."

paragraph: He coined the French term "cyclo-tourisme", which continues in use. He is buried in the cemetery at Loyasse, near Lyon. His plaque reads: "To their venerable master, the cyclo-tourists of St-Étienne." A road is named after him in St-Étienne.

paragraph: The American writer Clifford Graves said in May 1965:

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- French bicycle industry

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List starting with Velocio's 1912 Le Chemineau derailleur.

description: French touring cyclist, activist and journalist

wikidata_label: Vélocio

wikipedia_title: Paul de Vivie


text: Clan Ross

text: Robert II of Scotland

text: Hugh, Earl of Ross

text: John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray

text: Marjorie Bruce

text: Robert I of Scotland

text: Isabella of Mar

text: Pope Innocent VI

text: Catholic Church

text: Elizabeth Mure

text: consanguinity

text: David Stewart, 1st Earl of Caithness

text: Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl

text: Elizabeth Stewart

text: William Douglas of Nithsdale

text: David II of Scotland

categories: 14th-century Scottish women,14th-century Scottish people,14th-century births,Scottish royal consorts,House of Stuart

paragraph: Euphemia de Ross

paragraph: Euphemia de Ross (died 1386), a member of Clan Ross, was Queen of Scots as the second wife of Robert II of Scotland.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Euphemia was a daughter of Hugh, Earl of Ross, and Margaret de Graham, Hugh's second wife and daughter of Sir John de Graham of Abercorn. She first married John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray but the marriage was childless. Her husband died in 1346 and she remained a widow for nine years.

paragraph: On 2 May 1355, Euphemia married Robert Stewart, sole son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and Marjorie Bruce. Marjorie was a daughter of Robert I of Scotland and his first wife Isabella of Mar. Over a decade earlier, her second husband Robert had been joint Regent of Scotland with her first husband.

paragraph: It appears that there was an obstacle of affinity to this second marriage, and a papal dispensation by Pope Innocent VI was required for it to be recognized by the Catholic Church. The affinity was due to her first husband, John Randolph, Earl of Moray, having been a second cousin of Robert Stewart. There also was a blood relationship, as the dispensation referenced their being related in the fourth degree of consanguinity, but this relationship has as yet not been identified. The children of Robert's first marriage to Elizabeth Mure were considered illegitimate by some due to reasons of consanguinity. Both sets of children from each marriage considered themselves rightful heirs to the throne, which constituted considerable future conflict.

paragraph: Euphemia and Robert were parents to four children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- David Stewart, 1st Earl of Caithness (d. bef. 1389)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (d. 1437)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elizabeth Stewart

paragraph: BULLET::::- Egidia Stewart, married 1387 Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale

paragraph: Robert II succeeded his childless maternal uncle David II of Scotland in 1371. Euphemia was then queen for about fifteen years, until her death in 1386.

alias:
Euphémie de Ross
Euphemia of Ross
Euphemie de Ross

description: Scottish royal consort

wikidata_label: Euphemia de Ross

wikipedia_title: Euphemia de Ross