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text: Eastern Michigan University

text: University of Michigan

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text: 1936 Republican National Convention

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text: Ypsilanti

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text: William Howard Taft

text: Michigan Republican Party

text: Warren G. Harding

text: U.S. President

text: Bath School disaster

text: Herbert Hoover

text: Howard C. Lawrence

text: no passing lane

text: Mackinac Bridge

text: University of Michigan Football Stadium

text: C. C. Little

text: George W. Rightmire

text: Star Spangled Banner

text: The Yellow and Blue

text: Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg

text: U.S. Senate

text: Woodbridge N. Ferris

text: Herbert Hoover

text: Franklin D. Roosevelt

text: Alf Landon

text: Presbyterian

text: Freemasons

text: Elks

text: Rotary

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text: Michigan Historical Marker

text: Profile

categories: Republican Party state governors of the United States,People from Ionia, Michigan,Governors of Michigan,1871 births,1936 deaths,American Presbyterians,People from Cadillac, Michigan,United States Army officers,People from Manistee, Michigan,Mayors of places in Michigan,Eastern Michigan University alumni,American military personnel of the Spanish–American War,University of Michigan alumni,Eastern Michigan Eagles football coaches,Michigan lawyers,Eastern Michigan Eagles football players

paragraph: Fred W. Green

paragraph: Fred Warren Green (October 19, 1871November 30, 1936) was the 31st Governor of Michigan from 1927 to 1931, and he was the mayor of Ionia, Michigan, from 1913 to 1916. Active in athletics during his time as a student at Michigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University), and at the University of Michigan, Green earned a varsity letter playing for the Michigan State Normal football team in 1895 and is credited as the team's head coach during the 1896 season in which they were declared champions of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Green served as a delegate to the 1932 and 1936 Republican National Conventions.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Education and athletics.

paragraph: Green was born in Manistee, Michigan, and grew up in Cadillac, son of Holden Nathaniel Green and his wife Adaline Green (née Clark). His education was attained in Ypsilanti at Michigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University), where he graduated in 1893, and at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he earned a law degree in 1898. When Michigan State Normal joined the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1892, Green was selected as the school's first representative to the athletic conference. From 1893 to 1895, Green worked as a reporter in Ypsilanti. During this time, he continued his involvement in Michigan State Normal athletics, serving as "Manager of Foot Ball" for the Normal Athletic Association during the first term of 1893–94 academic year and as "Director of Sports" during the second term. In 1895, Green earned a varsity letter as a member of the Michigan State Normal football team. The following year, in 1896, he coached the football team to a 4–1 record. Michigan Normal was named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association champions that season with a record of 2–0 in the conference. The team's sole loss came against the University of Michigan football team, the only team that scored against the Normalites that season. While a student at Michigan, Green was the "Class Athletic Manager" during the 1897–98 academic year.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Military service and legal work.

paragraph: Green served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War. He was a first lieutenant in the 31st Michigan Volunteer Infantry and later was promoted to battalion adjutant. After the war, he returned to Ypsilanti as the city attorney, as well as attorney for the Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company, a business he later owned in a partnership. His furniture company in Ionia was "one of the largest industries of its kind in the country".

paragraph: Section::::Politics.

paragraph: In 1904, he moved the business to Ionia, Michigan. He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan in 1912, where U.S. President William Howard Taft was renominated. Green served as Mayor of Ionia from 1913 to 1916 and was instrumental in the establishing the Ionia Free Fair in 1915, which, at one time, was the world's largest free admission event of its kind. From 1915 to 1919, he was treasurer of the Michigan Republican Party. In 1920, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention that nominated Warren G. Harding for U.S. President.

paragraph: On November 2, 1926, Green was elected Governor of Michigan. He was re-elected to a second two-year term in 1928. On May 18, 1927, the afternoon of the Bath School disaster, Green assisted in the relief work, carting bricks away from the scene. In 1928, he served as a delegate to the RNC which nominated Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover for president. Howard C. Lawrence was Green's secretary and business partner. During his administration, Green expanded a fish planting program and took part in the acquisition of seven state parks. He initiated a comprehensive budget system, authorized a new code of criminal practices, secured appropriations for a state hospital building program, and improved workmen's compensation.

paragraph: The Green administration was notably important in modernizing Michigan's highways. He is touted as the "inventor of the no passing lane", which was adopted as an important safety improvement throughout the country. He was also an early proponent of the Mackinac Bridge.

paragraph: On October 22, 1927, Governor Green participated in the dedication of the new University of Michigan Football Stadium: "Michigan Governor Fred W. Green and his Ohio counterpart Vince Donahey, and Presidents C. C. Little of Michigan and George W. Rightmire of Ohio, led the massed bands of the two universities onto the field from the east tunnel. The bands paraded to the flag pole where the national ensign was raised and the vast throng stood bareheaded during the playing of the 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'The Yellow and Blue.'"

paragraph: In 1927, he appointed Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg, who was editor of the "Grand Rapids Herald", to the U.S. Senate to replace as the late Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris. He chose Vandenberg only when pressured to do so by the state Republican organization.

paragraph: In 1928, Green's campaign created the slogan "Keep Michigan Green" as a part of a fire prevention program.

paragraph: Section::::Retirement and death.

paragraph: After leaving office, Green returned to his favorite pastime of hunting and fishing. In 1932, Green served as a delegate to the RNC which nominated Herbert Hoover for re-election, who was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1936, he again served as a delegate to the RNC which nominated Alf Landon for U.S. President, who was also unsuccessful at unseating Roosevelt. He was a Presbyterian and a member of the Freemasons, Elks and Rotary.

paragraph: Fred Green died in Munising Hospital in Munising, Michigan, on November 30, 1936, ten days after suffering a heart attack while on a deer hunting trip. He is entombed in a mausoleum at the Highland Park Cemetery in Ionia, Michigan.

paragraph: His accumulated papers, two linear feet and five volumes, are at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michigan Historical Marker

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile at the "National Governors Association"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Green, E to F

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photos of Fred Warren Green, Wexford County Historical Society

description: American politician, Governor of Michigan

wikidata_label: Fred Warren Green

wikipedia_title: Fred W. Green


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Major League Baseball
catcher
Seattle Mariners
Montreal Expos
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Wilmington Blue Rocks
1992 Major League Baseball Draft
Seattle Mariners
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Sandy Alomar, Jr.
Matt Wagner
Trey Moore
Jeff Fassero
Alex Pacheco
Seattle Mariners
Camden Riversharks
first base
third base
outfield
George Mason University
Pennsville Memorial High School
Pennsville Township
New Jersey
Camden Riversharks
Wilmington Blue Rocks
Kansas City Royals

categories: Montreal Expos players,Sportspeople from Wilmington, Delaware,George Mason Patriots baseball players,Riverside Pilots players,People from Pennsville Township, New Jersey,Chicago White Sox players,New York Yankees players,St. Louis Cardinals players,Memphis Redbirds players,Columbus Clippers players,Camden Riversharks players,Major League Baseball catchers,Seattle Mariners players,1971 births,Living people,Baseball players from Delaware,Tacoma Rainiers players,Jacksonville Suns players,Baltimore Orioles players,Bellingham Mariners players,Everett AquaSox players

paragraph: Chris Widger

paragraph: Christopher Jon Widger (born May 21, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher. He played in MLB from 1995-2006 with the Seattle Mariners, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. He is the currently the Bench Coach of the Minor League team Wilmington Blue Rocks.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: A third round pick in the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft, Widger played for the Seattle Mariners (-, ), Montréal Expos (-2000), New York Yankees (), St. Louis Cardinals (), Chicago White Sox (-), and Baltimore Orioles (2006). On July 23, 2006, he was placed on waivers by the White Sox, who had acquired Sandy Alomar, Jr. to replace him as their backup catcher. On August 4, 2006, Widger was signed by the Orioles to a contract for the rest of the 2006 season.

paragraph: Widger played 10 years in MLB. He established himself as an everyday player during his tenure with the Expos, who acquired him, along with Matt Wagner and Trey Moore in a trade that saw Jeff Fassero and Alex Pacheco go to the Seattle Mariners. After playing the 2004 season with the independent Camden Riversharks, Widger made it back to the MLB with the Chicago White Sox as a backup where he won a World Series in 2005. He played catcher, but also played at first base, third base, and once in the outfield. He is a graduate of George Mason University and Pennsville Memorial High School in Pennsville Township, New Jersey.

paragraph: He served as the Camden Riversharks pitching coach from 2012–2014, before being named the team's manager on December 5, 2014. In 2016, he became the Bench Coach for the Wilmington Blue Rocks, the Advanced-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Chris Widger

wikipedia_title: Chris Widger


text: Bratčice

text: Čáslav

text: Pardubice

text: Czech

text: Austrian Empire

text: Prague

text: František Josef Gerstner

text: Sankt Petersburg

text: Imperial Russia

text: Prague

text: Pardubice

text: Olomouc

text: Dresden

text: Choceň

text: University of Pardubice

text: InterCity

text: České dráhy

text: Detailed biography (in Czech)

categories: 1845 deaths,1815 births,Railway accident deaths in the Czech Republic,Czech railway mechanical engineers,Civil engineers,Czech mechanical engineers,Czech engineers

paragraph: Jan Perner

paragraph: Jan Perner (7 September 1815 in Bratčice near Čáslav – 10 September 1845 in Pardubice) was a Czech railway engineer. During 1842–1845 Perner was responsible for construction of several railways in the Austrian Empire.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Perner was born to a water-mill owner and his wife. During 1830–33 he studied at an engineering school in Prague led by František Josef Gerstner. When Gerstner looked for engineers for construction of railways in Sankt Petersburg area of Imperial Russia, Perner joined the project (1836). Due to problems in communication with Gerstner he left in the same year. In 1837 Perner began work at the state railway company and was gradually promoted to take responsibility for construction works. In 1842 he started to design and oversee construction of important railways Prague – Pardubice – Olomouc and Prague – Dresden.

paragraph: The railway from Prague to Pardubice (over 100 km) was finished in 1845. On 9 September 1845, while Perner was returning from an inspection trip he looked out of the window of a moving train (near Choceň). His head hit a pole, and he was severely injured and died the next day. He has the dubious fame of being the first person to die in a railway accident in Bohemia. Today one of the faculties of University of Pardubice is named after him: "Jan Perner Transport Faculty" ("Dopravní fakulta Jana Pernera") . An InterCity class train of railway operator České dráhy bears the name "Jan Perner".

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Detailed biography (in Czech)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography on website of his birth village (in Czech)

description: Czech railway engineer

wikidata_label: Jan Perner

wikipedia_title: Jan Perner


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text: Rookie of the Year

text: All-Star

text: Philadelphia Phillies

text: Gary Matthews

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text: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

text: John Bale

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text: slugging percentage

text: All-Star Game

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text: Brian Stokes

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text: Cincinnati Reds

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text: Hit for the cycle

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paragraph: Gary Matthews Jr.

paragraph: Gary Nathaniel Matthews Jr. (born August 25, 1974) is a former outfielder who played Major League Baseball. Matthews is the son of the 1973 Rookie of the Year, 1979 All-Star, and former Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Gary Matthews.

paragraph: Matthews Jr. was a switch hitter.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

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

paragraph: Matthews began his career with the San Diego Padres in 1999 and has also played for the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He was traded by the Mets to the Orioles for John Bale on April 3, 2002. Up until 2006, Matthews was not a big figure in baseball, getting only 2,167 at bats over his first seven years (1999–2005). During that time, he hit 59 home runs, stole 54 bases, batted .249 and had a .397 slugging percentage.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2006 season.

paragraph: Matthews got off to a fine start in the 2006 season, and as a result he was chosen to play in the 2006 All-Star Game. He and his father were the 14th father-son combination to appear in an All-Star Game, as his father took part in the 1979 game.

paragraph: Matthews is known for his jumping skills and flair for the dramatic in the field, often taking away what would be home runs in the process. His home run-stealing catch against Mike Lamb on July 1, 2006 was so outstanding, Lamb himself applauded after the play. Team radio announcer Eric Nadel said it was the best catch he's ever seen a Rangers outfielder make in his 26 years with the ballclub. It was later called the #1 defensive play ever performed by "The Best Damn Sports Show Period".

paragraph: On September 13 of the same year, Matthews hit for a natural cycle in a game against the Detroit Tigers, with a single for his first hit, a double for his second, a triple for his third, and a home run for his fourth.

paragraph: After his fine performance in 2006, with 19 HRs, 79 RBIs, and 194 hits (including 44 doubles), and respected defensive work in the outfield, he was signed by the Angels to a 5-year contract worth $50 million. Many baseball writers such as ESPN's Rob Neyer have called it one of the worst contracts of all time, citing that Matthews' prior performance was never good enough to deserve it and that his subsequent drop-off should have been predictable to the Angels.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Human growth hormone controversy.

paragraph: On February 27, 2007, the "Times Union", an Albany, New York newspaper, reported an investigation regarding a steroid ring that involved more than two dozen doctors, pharmacists and business owners who have been, or will be, arrested in Alabama, Texas, Florida and New York. The investigation uncovered evidence that testosterone and other performance-enhancing drugs were purchased by current and former MLB players, NFL players, college athletes, high school coaches, a former Mr. Olympia champion and another leading contender in the bodybuilding competition. One of the baseball players named was Gary Matthews Jr. The evidence listed led to Matthews being named in the Mitchell Report. As a result of being naming in the report, he was given the derogatory nickname Gary Matthews Juicer.

paragraph: In coordination with the team's wish that Matthews make a statement on the matter, he denied using HGH. The Angels had reportedly threatened to void Matthew's five-year, $50 million contract if he did not give a response to the allegations. If he in fact took human growth hormone (HGH) prior to its addition to Major League Baseball's "banned substances list" in 2005, then he would be "grandfathered in", therefore resulting in no punishment but a stern warning, if anything, never to use HGH or any other substance banned by MLB in an attempt to further enhance his playing abilities.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2008 season.

paragraph: Matthews had 8 home runs and batted .242 for the 2008 season.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2009 season.

paragraph: On July 10, 2009 he got his 1,000th hit against Joba Chamberlain of the New York Yankees in the second inning. Matthews was the last hitter of the Angels 2009 season, striking out against Mariano Rivera to end game six of the 2009 American League Championship Series.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2009–2010 offseason and trade to Mets.

paragraph: After the end of the season, Matthews went public with his desire to be traded to another team in spite of having two years left on his contract. "I don't expect to be back; it's time to move on", Matthews said. "I'm ready to play for an organization that wants me to play every day. This organization has other plans, and that's OK." The "OC Register's" Sam Miller doubted Matthews could find a job with another team, comparing him to other aging player with similar attributes. While calling Matthews' contract the sixth biggest franchise-killer, SI.com said the trade outlook for Matthew was not good. "The Angels are reportedly shopping Matthews, but it's hard to imagine any takers unless L.A. eats most or all of his remaining salary."

paragraph: On January 22, 2010, Matthews was traded to the New York Mets for relief pitcher Brian Stokes. The Angels picked up $21.5 of the $23.5 million left on Matthews' contract. The trade was met with widespread surprise. Buster Olney, writing for espn.com, wrote the Mets were "seeing something in him that other teams are not seeing." Quoting an anonymous talent evaluator for a Major League team, "Matthews is a player to be avoided. Slow bat. Declining range. And above all else, a player who wants to be a regular and will be an unhappy distraction in your clubhouse when he's not in the lineup every day", while another executive called the move 'baffling.' Fangraphs' Matthew Carruth called the trade "close to a wash" while Rob Neyer of ESPN.com said "One might argue that the Mets just gave up something for less than nothing." With regular center fielder Carlos Beltrán out after having undergone surgery, Matthews was the starting center fielder for the Mets on opening day.

paragraph: On June 4, Matthews was designated for assignment after batting .190 in 58 ABs. On June 15 Matthews was released by the Mets. He signed a minor-league contract by the Cincinnati Reds on June 23. He was assigned to Triple-A Louisville, where he hit .313/.359/.490. However, he was not promoted to the majors, and on July 24, he opted out of his contract with the Reds and became a free agent.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hit for the cycle

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 American League All Star

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of second-generation Major League Baseball players

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report

alias:
Gary Nathaniel Matthews Jr.
Little Sarge
Sarge Jr.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Gary Matthews Jr.

wikipedia_title: Gary Matthews Jr.


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text: Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford

text: Mary Du Caurroy Tribe

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text: RRC

text: FLS

text: aviator

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text: Balliol College, Oxford

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text: Middlesex Regiment

text: First World War

text: Shaanxi

text: China

text: zoological specimens

text: British Museum

text: Arthur de Carle Sowerby

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text: Père David's deer

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text: Nancy Mitford

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text: pacifism

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text: John Beckett

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text: British Union of Fascists

text: National Socialist League

text: Francis Beckett

text: Barry Domvile

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text: British Union of Fascists

text: Neil Francis Hawkins

text: January Club

text: Robert Gordon-Canning

text: Action

text: Oswald Mosley

text: Sir John Anderson

text: Adolf Hitler

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text: Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwel

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text: Second World War

text: Evangelical Christian

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text: Francis Beckett

text: Martin Pugh

categories: People educated at Eton College,Middlesex Regiment officers,British Union of Fascists politicians,British pacifists,English evangelicals,1953 deaths,English conspiracy theorists,Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford,English ornithologists,Russell family,British fascists,Dukes of Bedford,British Holocaust deniers,1888 births,Deaths by firearm in England

paragraph: Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford

paragraph: Hastings William Sackville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford (21 December 1888 – 9 October 1953) was a British peer. He was born at Cairnsmore House, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire the son of Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford and his wife Mary Du Caurroy Tribe, DBE, RRC, FLS, the aviator and ornithologist. He was noted for both his career as a naturalist and for his involvement in far-right politics.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Educated at Eton College, Russell graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, but never fought in the First World War owing to ill health.

paragraph: Section::::Naturalism.

paragraph: A keen naturalist, Russell arranged a 1906 expedition to Shaanxi, China to collect zoological specimens for the British Museum, during which Arthur de Carle Sowerby discovered a new species of jerboa. He was also closely involved in his father's ultimately successful efforts to preserve the Père David's deer, a Chinese species that was close to extinction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

paragraph: He was also an ornithologist, specialising in parrots and budgerigars, to whom he would feed chocolates, although his eldest son was often reduced to eating them; his other pets included a spider to whom, according to Nancy Mitford's "The English Aristocracy", he would regularly feed roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.

paragraph: While known as the Marquess of Tavistock, he wrote "Parrots and Parrot-like Birds". He was a founder member and first President of the Foreign Bird League. He was successful in breeding many species, including the Tahiti Blue Lorikeet and Ultramarine Lorikeet. Both of these are recognised as the world's first breedings in captivity. The Marquess disposed of his birds upon succeeding to the Dukedom in 1939.

paragraph: Section::::Politics.

paragraph: Section::::Politics.:Pre-war activity.

paragraph: Russell was active in politics for much of his life. In his youth he flirted with socialism and even communism but soon abandoned these in favour of Social Credit, establishing his own National Credit Association to promote the ideology. He addressed the membership of the New Party about Social Credit but the scheme was not taken up by the group. He was also a leading figure in the Economic Reform Club. He admired the growing fascist movements in Europe and, despite his devotion to pacifism, wrote in the "New English Weekly" in support of the Anschluss in 1938.

paragraph: Russell was a founder of the British People's Party (BPP) in 1939 and used his money to bankroll the group from then on. The driving force behind the BPP was John Beckett, a former Labour Member of Parliament who had also been a member of the British Union of Fascists and the National Socialist League. According to his son Francis Beckett, John Beckett had little real devotion to the unassuming and uncharismatic Russell but was attracted to the BPP as much by the Marquess' money as any real conviction, Beckett himself being virtually penniless at the time.

paragraph: Section::::Politics.:During the war.

paragraph: Russell was friendly with Barry Domvile, the founder of the Link and had been close to that semi-clandestine group since its establishment in 1937. In the early months of the Second World War he attended several meetings of leading figures on the far right that Domvile had organised, although he was largely unenthusiastic about this initiative.

paragraph: Russell chaired the British Council for Christian Settlement in Europe, established immediately after the declaration of war and featuring an eclectic melange of fascists, fascist sympathisers and committed pacifists. He was a committed pacifist across the board, rejecting war entirely, in contrast to Beckett and several other leading members of the group who were opposed specifically to war with Nazi Germany rather than to war as a concept. During the early days of the war, Russell was also courted by the British Union of Fascists (BUF), who had changed their name to the British Union, and held meetings with Neil Francis Hawkins, the group's Director-General. He had earlier been a sometime member of the January Club, a BUF-linked discussion group. He had grown close to BUF member Robert Gordon-Canning, and under his influence even came to write for the BUF's newspaper "Action". Nonetheless, in private BUF leader Oswald Mosley dismissed Russell as "woolly-headed".

paragraph: At the start of 1940 he corresponded with the Home Secretary Sir John Anderson after obtaining a document from the German legation in Dublin that Russell claimed contained Adolf Hitler's draft proposals for peace. Following the obtaining of this document by Russell, on 13 March 1940 Domvile organised a meeting for both men, Mosley and Imperial Fascist League (IFL) veteran Bertie Mills to discuss their next course of action. At this meeting Mosley proposed the creation of a "Peace Government" to be led by David Lloyd George, although nothing more came of this initiative as the government soon launched a crackdown on far-right activity.

paragraph: A number of leading figures were interned under Defence Regulation 18B although Russell was not among their number. Russell's nobility helped to ensure that he avoided arrest along with other far-right leaning noblemen such as the Lord Lymington, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Westminster, the Earl of Mar, Lord Brocket, Lord Queenborough and others. His personal links to Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax also helped to ensure his freedom. He wrote a series of letter to Halifax in the early days of the war expressing his admiration for Hitler and urging him to use his influence to bring the war to a swift conclusion. Russell was, however, placed on the "Suspect List" by MI5 as some within that group suspected that, in the event of a successful Nazi invasion of the UK, Russell might have ended up as Governor of the territory or even Prime Minister of a puppet government.

paragraph: Beckett however was among those held, and Russell attempted to intervene on his behalf, assisting Beckett's common-law wife Anne Cutmore in a letter-writing campaign to secure his release. When Beckett was released Cutmore again asked Russell, by then Duke of Bedford, for help as they were penniless and he agreed to allow them to live in a cottage in the village of Chenies, at the time entirely owned by the Duchy. He would continue to underwrite the Becketts until his death in 1953, even purchasing a large house in Rickmansworth for the family's use in 1949.

paragraph: Section::::Politics.:Post-war.

paragraph: Russell re-established the BPP in 1945, the group having been in abeyance during the latter years of wartime. Party activity was fairly limited and frequently restricted to irregular party functions hosted at the Becketts' house in Rickmansworth. Increasingly associated with the anti-Semitism espoused by leading BPP figures, Russell stated that the figure of six million Jewish deaths in the Holocaust was "grossly exaggerated" and argued that a figure of 300,000 concentration camp deaths, drawn from all those interned rather than just Jews, was more likely. He also denied that any concentration camp had a gas chamber, claiming they were just showers. He also funded the publication of "Failure at Nuremberg", a pamphlet authored by the "BPP Research Department" (effectively Beckett, A.K. Chesterton and former IFL member Harold Lockwood) which denounced the Nuremberg trials of leading Nazis as a series of show trials that started from the basis of presumed guilt on the part of the defendants. Unusually he also contributed articles on Social Credit and pacifism to anarchist Guy Aldred's journal, "The Word", between 1940 and his death.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: In November 1914, he married Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwel; the couple had three children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (1917–2002), who supplied a detailed and hostile portrait of him in the 1959 memoir "A Silver-Plated Spoon";

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Daphne Crommelin Russell (2 September 1920-1 June 1991);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lord Hugh Hastings Russell (1923–2005), a conscientious objector in the Second World War, married Rosemary Markby and had issue.

paragraph: Russell was a committed Evangelical Christian and vegetarian. An austere man who detested alcohol, tobacco and gambling, he was even sued by his wife in the 1930s for "restoration of conjugal rights" after the pair became estranged. The case was dismissed after much press coverage with his wife's description of him as "the most cold, mean and conceited person" she had ever known being widely reported. Following his death the sentiments were largely echoed by his eldest son - who shared none of his father's political views and had a difficult relationship with him - who stated "my father was the loneliest man I ever knew, incapable of giving or receiving love, utterly self-centred and opinionated. He loved birds, animals, peace, monetary reform, the park and religion. He also had a wife and three children".

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Death.

paragraph: Russell died in 1953, aged 64, as a result of a gunshot wound in the grounds of his Endsleigh estate in Devon. The coroner recorded his death as accidentally inflicted, but his elder son suggested it may have been deliberately self-inflicted.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Francis Beckett, "The Rebel Who Lost His Cause — The Tragedy of John Beckett MP", London: Allison and Busby, 1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stephen Dorril, "Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley & British Fascism", London: Penguin Books, 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- Richard Griffiths, "Fellow Travellers on the Right", Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983

paragraph: BULLET::::- Martin Pugh, "'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!': Fascists and Fascism in Britain between the Wars", London: Pimlico, 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- Richard Thurlow, "Fascism in Britain: From Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts to the National Front", London: IB Tauris, 1998

description: British ornithologist

wikidata_label: Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford

wikipedia_title: Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford


text: Portuguese

text: Italian

text: Latin

text: Portuguese

text: chess

text: Odemira

text: pharmacist

text: profession

text: Rome

text: Italy

text: rules of the game

text: strategy

text: chess problem

text: openings

text: blindfold chess

text: Xerxes

text: Spanish

text: Sanskrit

text: Arabic

text: Lasker

text: al-Suli

text: Shatranj

text: Philidor Defence

text: Damiano Defence

text: Giuoco Piano

text: Petrov's Defence

text: Queen's Gambit Accepted

text: Bibliothèque nationale de France

categories: 15th-century Portuguese people,Portuguese chess players,People from Odemira,1544 deaths,16th century in chess,16th-century Portuguese people,Chess writers,1480 births

paragraph: Pedro Damiano

paragraph: Pedro Damiano (in Portuguese, Pedro Damião; "Damiano" is the Italian form, much like the Latin "Damianus") was a Portuguese chess player who lived from 1480 to 1544. A native of Odemira, he was a pharmacist by profession. He wrote "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti," published in Rome, Italy, in 1512; it went through eight editions in the sixteenth century. Damiano describes the rules of the game, offers advice on strategy, presents a selection of chess problems (see diagram), and analyzes a few openings. It is the oldest book that definitely states that the square on the right of the row closest to each player must be white. He also offers advice regarding blindfold chess principally focused on the need to master notation based on numbering the squares 1-64 .

paragraph: In this book Damiano suggested chess was invented by Xerxes which would be the reason why it was known in Portuguese as "Xadrez" and in Spanish as "Ajedrez". In fact, these words come from Sanskrit "caturaṅga" via Arabic "šaṭranj".

paragraph: The well known chess aphorism "If you see a good move, try to find a better one", sometimes misattributed to Lasker and other writers, can be found in Damiano's book; similar sentiments were expressed by al-Suli regarding Shatranj, the Arabic precursor to chess.

paragraph: Section::::Chess openings.

paragraph: In his opening analysis, Damiano suggested that after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 the reply 2...Nc6 is best and 2...d6 (now called the Philidor Defence) is not as good. He rightly condemned 2...f6 as clearly inferior, noting that White can play 3.Nxe5 with advantage, however the opening later came to be known as the Damiano Defence. He stated that 1.e4 and 1.d4 are the only good first moves and that 1.e4 is better. He examined the Giuoco Piano, Petrov's Defence, and the Queen's Gambit Accepted.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" at "Gallica", the digital archives of the Bibliothèque nationale de France

description: Portuguese chess player

wikidata_label: Pedro Damiano

wikipedia_title: Pedro Damiano


text: MP

text: Sir William Cavendish

text: Bess of Hardwick

text: George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury

text: Clare College, Cambridge

text: M.P.

text: Liverpool

text: Newport (Cornwall)

text: High Sheriff of Derbyshire

text: Justice of the Peace

text: Arbella Stuart

text: Bermudas

text: Devonshire Parish

text: colonising Virginia

text: Henry

text: Wiltshire

text: St Peter's Church, Edensor

text: church monument

text: Keighley

text: Yorkshire

text: William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard

text: Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos

text: Warwickshire

text: Wortley

text: Yorkshire

categories: Earls of Devonshire (1618),People from Derbyshire,English MPs 1586–1587,Lord-Lieutenants of Derbyshire,16th-century English nobility,1552 births,Cavendish family,English MPs 1589,High Sheriffs of Derbyshire,17th-century English nobility,Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall,1626 deaths,People of the Tudor period

paragraph: William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire MP (27 December 1552 – 3 March 1626) was an English nobleman, politician, and courtier.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: William Cavendish was the second son of Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick. He was educated with the children of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, whom his mother married after his father's death. She made him a rich allowance in his youth. He then entered Clare College, Cambridge.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: He was M.P. for Liverpool in 1586 and Newport (Cornwall) in 1588. He was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire, where the estates of his family lay, for 1595 and Justice of the Peace in 1603. He was created Baron Cavendish of Hardwick in 1605, thanks to the representations of his niece, Arbella Stuart.

paragraph: He participated in the colonisation of the Bermudas, and Devonshire Parish was called after him; he also was a supporter of colonising Virginia.

paragraph: His mother's death in 1608, and his elder brother Henry's death in 1616, gave him a vast fortune. He was in attendance on James I in a progress in Wiltshire in 1618, and on 2 August was created Earl of Devonshire, while the court was staying at the Bishop of Salisbury's palace; he was reported to have paid £10,000 for the title.

paragraph: Section::::Death and legacy.

paragraph: He died on 3 March 1626, and was buried at St Peter's Church, Edensor. The 1st Earl of Devonshire and his brother Henry (died 1616) are commemorated through the Cavendish Memorial inside the church, a magnificent early-17th-century church monument.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: His first wife was Anne Kighley or Keighley, daughter of Henry Kighley of Keighley, Yorkshire, circa 21 March 1580. They had three sons and three daughters, including:

paragraph: BULLET::::- William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire (c. 1590–1628)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frances Cavendish (c. 1593–1613), married William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gilbert, who has been credited with the authorship of "Horae Subsecivae" (see Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos), died young

paragraph: BULLET::::- James, died in infancy

paragraph: Cavendish's second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Boughton of Couston, Warwickshire, widow of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorkshire, by whom he had a son, John, made a knight of the Bath when Prince Charles was created Prince of Wales in 1618. Sir John died on 18 January 1618.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of Parliament CAVENDISH, William II (1551–1626) of Chatsworth and Hardwick, Derbys

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attribution

description: English politician and Earl


text:
English
hereditary peer
NHS nurse
Gloucestershire
"née" Tyrwhitt
15th Baroness Berners
Stonar School
the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
State Registered Nurse
National Health Service
The Hon
Captain
officer
Derbyshire Yeomanry
styled
The Hon
HoL Committee of Privileges
barony
abeyance
title
Conservative
House of Lords
health
heir apparent
title
The Hon
USAF
pilot
Colonel
Bath, Somerset
Ashwellthorpe
John Radcliffe Hospital
Baron Berners

wikipedia_title: Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

categories: Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers,British nurses,Bourchier family,People educated at Stonar School,1929 births,People from Gloucestershire,Hereditary women peers,Living people

paragraph: Pamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners

paragraph: Pamela Vivien Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners (born 30 September 1929) is an English hereditary peeress and former member of the House of Lords, who served as an NHS nurse.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Born in Gloucestershire, she was the elder daughter of Vera Ruby "née" Tyrwhitt (15th Baroness Berners) by her husband, Harold Williams . She was educated at Stonar School and the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford where she qualified as a State Registered Nurse (SRN) in 1951, thereafter working in the National Health Service.

paragraph: The Hon Pamela Williams married, in 1952, Captain Michael Kirkham, an officer in the Derbyshire Yeomanry.

paragraph: Upon her mother's death in 1992, the ancient Berners barony by writ of summons fell into abeyance between her and her younger sister, Rosemary "née" Williams (now styled The Hon Mrs Pollock: her husband is Kelvin Pollock ). As is customary in such uncontested cases, the HoL Committee of Privileges terminated the barony's abeyance in favour of the elder daughter, thus Lady Berners succeeded her mother in the family title in 1995. She joined the Conservative benches in the House of Lords, speaking about health and nursing matters, where she sat until 1999.

paragraph: The heir apparent to the title is her elder son, The Hon Rupert Kirkham (born 1953), who married on 12 February 1994, Lisa Lipsey, whose father was the decorated USAF pilot, Colonel Edward Lipsey (died 2002). The Hon Rupert and Mrs Kirkham live in Bath, Somerset with their son, Edward (born 1994).

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ashwellthorpe

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Radcliffe Hospital

paragraph: BULLET::::- Baron Berners

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- www.burkespeerage.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Who's Who" 2015

paragraph: BULLET::::- www.debretts.com

description: Nurse and parliamentarian

wikidata_label: Pamela Vivien Kirkham

wikipedia_title: Pamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners


text:
Sacramento
2011 Giro d'Italia

wikipedia_title:
Sacramento, California
2011 Giro d'Italia

categories: 1988 births,American male cyclists,Living people,Giro d'Italia cyclists

paragraph: Chris Barton (cyclist)

paragraph: Chris Barton (born June 7, 1988 in Sacramento) is an American cyclist riding for KHS-Maxxis-JLVelo. He rode in the 2011 Giro d'Italia.

paragraph: Section::::Palmarès.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015

description: American bicycle racer

wikidata_label: Chris Barton

wikipedia_title: Chris Barton (cyclist)


text:
Copenhagen
Council of the Realm
Norway
Christian II
Reformation
Frederick I
Malmöhus
Copenhagen

wikipedia_title: Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein

categories: Danish nobility,1569 deaths,16th-century Danish politicians

paragraph: Mogens Gyldenstierne

paragraph: Mogens Henrikssen Gyldenstjerne of Restrup og Iversnæs (1485 or 1481 – 9 October 1569 in Copenhagen) was a Danish nobleman and member of the Council of the Realm, who belonged to the illustrious Gyldenstierne family. He led the defense of Norway against the deposed King Christian II when the latter attempted to retake Norway.

paragraph: Mogens Gyldenstjerne was a supporter of the Reformation and King Frederick I's foremost supporter in Norway. Gyldenstjerne later became fiefholder at Malmöhus and was steward of Copenhagen 1558–1566.

paragraph: Section::::Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Breve til og fra Mogens Gyldenstjerne og Anne Sparre. Selskabet for udgivelse af kilder til dansk historie. København 1929-1941.

description: Danish politician

wikidata_label: Mogens Gyldenstierne

wikipedia_title: Mogens Gyldenstierne


text: United States Representative

text: Massachusetts

text: Cornish, New Hampshire

text: Kimball Union Academy

text: Dartmouth College

text: University of the City of New York

text: Worcester, Massachusetts

text: Boston

text: Newton

text: Newton

text: Republican

text: impeachment

categories: Massachusetts city council members,Members of the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention,Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts,Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives,1848 births,Politicians from Newton, Massachusetts,Massachusetts Republicans,Politicians from Worcester, Massachusetts,Politicians from Boston,People from Cornish, New Hampshire,Dartmouth College alumni,1929 deaths

paragraph: Samuel L. Powers

paragraph: Samuel Leland Powers (October 26, 1848 – November 30, 1929) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Powers was born in Cornish, New Hampshire on October 26, 1848. He attended Kimball Union Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1874. Powers studied law at the University of the City of New York Law School, and also in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was admitted to the bar in Worcester County in November, 1875 and at that time commenced practice in Boston, and moved to Newton.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: Powers was a member of the Newton City Council, also serving as its president. Powers was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904. He served as one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Charles Swayne, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

paragraph: He then resumed the practice of law in Boston, became a trustee of Dartmouth College 1905-1915, was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education in 1915-1919, served in the State militia for ten years. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.

paragraph: In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention. In May 1917, Powers was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the Massachusetts Thirteenth Congressional District.

paragraph: Powers was a member of the University, Exchange, Newton and Atlantic Conference Clubs, among others and was the president of the Boston Art Club. and was a trustee of the board of public control for the operation of the Boston Elevated Railway 1918-1928, serving as chairman 1923-1928.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Powers died in Newton on November 30, 1929. His interment was in Newton Cemetery in Newton Center.

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Samuel L. Powers

wikipedia_title: Samuel L. Powers


text:
Tczew
Polish
heavy metal
blackened death metal
Behemoth
Azarath
Witchmaster
Artrosis
Christ Agony
Paiste
Pearl
Evans Drumheads
Vic Firth
Satanica
The Apostasy
Sweden Rock Festival
NAMM 2008

categories: Polish heavy metal drummers,1978 births,People from Tczew,Behemoth (band) members,Male drummers,Black metal musicians,21st-century drummers,Death metal musicians,Living people

paragraph: Zbigniew Robert Promiński

paragraph: Zbigniew Robert Promiński (born 30 December 1978 in Tczew), stage name Inferno, is a Polish heavy metal musician, best known as the drummer for blackened death metal band Behemoth. He has also contributed to bands such as Azarath, Witchmaster, Damnation, Deus Mortem, Artrosis, Christ Agony, and Devilyn. Also, his endorsements include Paiste cymbals, Czarcie Kopyto pedals, Pearl drums, Evans Drumheads, and Vic Firth drumsticks.

paragraph: Inferno joined Behemoth in 1997. He left the group briefly in 1999 during the release of "Satanica", but returned in early 2000. "Slaying The Prophets ov Isa" and "Pazuzu" from "The Apostasy" he has reached a tempo of 270bpm in the studio. "Shemhamforash" reached 275bpm in studio. Slaves Shall Serve was 270 bpm, but at Sweden Rock Festival in 2005, he played it at around 290bpm.

paragraph: At NAMM 2008, Spaun Drums unveiled a 8x14 signature Inferno snare drum. The 18 ply Maple/Birch snare drum features a gun-metal finish with custom graphics and diecast hoops.

description: Polish musician

wikidata_label: Zbigniew Promiński

wikipedia_title: Zbigniew Robert Promiński


text: pulp magazine

text: science fiction

text: fantasy

text: horror

text: John Clute

text: Philadelphia

text: University of Pennsylvania

text: neuropsychiatrist

text: U.S. Army Medical Corps

text: Pineville

text: Huey Long

text: New York City

text: Hugo Gernsback

text: Amazing Stories

text: Science Wonder Stories

text: Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

text: H.P. Lovecraft

text: Arkham House

text: right-wing

text: Everett F. Bleiler

text: feminists

text: African-Americans

text: James Branch Cabell

text: Freudian psychology

text: Science Wonder Stories

text: Maurice Maeterlinck

text: Patrick H. Adkins

text: Science Wonder Stories

text: Science Wonder Stories

text: David Lasser

text: Wonder Stories

text: Amazing Stories

text: Fantastic

text: Amazing Stories

text: Simon & Schuster

text: Gregor Duncan

text: John Baltadonis

text: The Homunculus

text: Prime Press

text: The Lady Decides

text: Prime Press

text: Amazing Stories

text: Amazing Stories

text: Amazing Stories Quarterly

text: Amazing Stories

text: Amazing Stories

text: Amazing Stories Quarterly

text: Amazing Stories Quarterly

text: Weird Tales

text: Amazing Stories

text: Weird Tales

text: Air Wonder Stories

text: Science Wonder Stories

text: Amazing Stories

text: Science Wonder Stories

text: Weird Tales

text: Weird Tales

text: Amazing Stories

text: Weird Tales

text: Amazing Stories

text: Amazing Stories

text: Amazing Stories

text: Amazing Stories

text: Amazing Stories

text: Weird Tales

text: Oriental Stories

text: Amazing Stories

text: Amazing Stories

text: Wonder Stories

text: Marvel Tales

text: Wonder Stories

text: Marvel Tales

text: Wonder Stories

text: Weird Tales

text: Marvel Science Stories

text: Weird Tales

text: Weird Tales

text: Ramble House

text: The Arkham Sampler

text: The Folsom Flint and Other Curious Tales

text: Arkham House

text: Ramble House

text: Arkham House

text: Ramble House

text: Arkham House

text: Ramble House

text: Tales from Underwood

text: Arkham House

text: Tales from Underwood

text: Arkham House

text: Arkham House

text: Ramble House

text: Arkham House

text: Lin Carter

text: Kensington Publishing Corp.

text: Ken Slater

text: Steve Eisner

text: University of Detroit

text: August Derleth

text: Fritz Leiber

text: Titus Groan

text: Darrell Schweitzer

text: Borgo Press

text: John Clute

text: Hugo Gernsback

text: fable

text: fandom

text: Régis Messac

text: Homosexuality in speculative fiction

text: Sex and sexuality in speculative fiction

text: David H. Keller as Pulp Author

text: David H. Keller Papers

text: David H. Keller short stories, MSS 389

text: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

text: Brigham Young University

categories: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni,American army personnel of World War II,American science fiction writers,20th-century American male writers,American military personnel of World War I,20th-century American novelists,1966 deaths,American psychiatrists,1880 births,American male novelists,American fantasy writers,American horror writers

paragraph: David H. Keller

paragraph: David Henry Keller (December 23, 1880 – July 13, 1966) was an American writer who worked for pulp magazines in the mid-twentieth century, in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. He was the first psychiatrist to write for the genre, and was most often published as David H. Keller, MD, but also known by the pseudonyms Monk Smith, Matthew Smith, Amy Worth, Henry Cecil, Cecilia Henry, and Jacobus Hubelaire.

paragraph: John Clute has written, "It is clear enough that Keller's conceptual inventiveness, and his cultural gloom, are worth more attention than they have received; it is also clear that he fatally scanted the actual craft of writing, and that therefore he is likely never to be fully appreciated."

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Keller was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1903. He served as a neuropsychiatrist in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World Wars I and II, and was the Assistant Superintendent of the Louisiana State Mental Hospital at Pineville until Huey Long's reforms removed him from his position in 1928.

paragraph: That same year, Keller would travel to New York City to meet with Hugo Gernsback, publisher of "Amazing Stories", who had bought his first professionally published science fiction story, "The Revolt of the Pedestrians". Gernsback was impressed by Keller's quality of writing, unique insight, and ability to address sophisticated themes beyond the commonplace technological predictions or lurid alien encounters typically found in early pulp stories. He encouraged Keller's writing and would later call these distinctive short stories "Keller yarns".

paragraph: In 1929, Gernsback founded the magazine "Science Wonder Stories" and not only published Keller's work in the first issue, but listed him as an Associate Science Editor. It was this issue of "Science Wonder Stories" that introduced the term "science fiction" to the world. This began an intense writing period for Keller, but he was unable to support his family solely on a writer's income and set up a small private psychiatric practice out of his home in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania.

paragraph: Keller became an early scholar of H.P. Lovecraft, publishing occasional works on Lovecraft from 1948 to 1965. Most notably he was the first to suggest, in 1948, the influential but erroneous idea that Lovecraft could have inherited syphilis from his parents. Lovecraft publisher Arkham House published many books in the fantasy and horror field including a small but steady number throughout the 1950s. Robert Weinberg has written that: "However, intense competition from the SF (science fiction) small presses as well as slow sales of certain titles put August Derleth in a precarious bind. Only a generous loan from Dr David H. Keller prevented Arkham from going bankrupt during a period of cash flow problems."

paragraph: Robert Weinberg writes of Keller's book career: "Dr David H. Keller had been one of the most popular science fiction authors of the 1920s and 1930s. Thus it was not surprising that several small presses, composed mainly of fans who had begun reading science fiction during that time, chose a Keller book as their first publication. Unfortunately, Dr Keller was no longer a name that could sell books and the Avalon Publishing Company, New Era Publishers and NFFF all ceased publications after producing one book by Dr Keller.

paragraph: Section::::Style.

paragraph: Keller's work often expressed strong right-wing views (Everett F. Bleiler claims he was "an ultra-conservative ideologically"), especially hostility to feminists and African-Americans. Keller's 1928 story "The Menace" revolves about a series of black plots to take over the United States; it has been described by Bleiler as "racially bigotted". Keller has further been criticized for "his corrosive attitude toward both science and civilization," "anti-feminist, racist tendencies" and occasional "sexual sadism."

paragraph: John Clute writes that Keller was "deeply involved in the last capacity in World War One and its consequences, his work focusing on shell shock; he was one of relatively few American sf writers to have anything like the direct experience of War That Will End War that marked so many British authors, a fact that may help explain his abiding cultural pessimism, often expressed in stories where a thin, almost literal veneer of civilization is peeled off to reveal the excrescence within."

paragraph: Keller wrote a number of horror and fantasy stories, which some critics regard as superior to his SF work. Most notable is his 1932 horror tale "The Thing In The Cellar". Keller also created a series of fantasy stories called the "Tales of Cornwall" sequence, about the Hubelaire family; these were influenced by James Branch Cabell. Keller also wrote some fantasy work inspired by his interest in Freudian psychology, including "The Golden Bough" (1934) and "The Eternal Conflict" (1939 in French;1949 English).

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.:Novels.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Conquerors", "Science Wonder Stories" Dec 29 and Jan 30, 1929.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Human Termites" (Clute writes that it "begins as a relatively calm-minded development of the speculative element in "La Vie des termites" ... by Maurice Maeterlinck ... but soon leaves behind the commonplace supposition of a termite Hive Mind, moving into an almost delirious account in which both termites and humans are seen to be governed by totalitarian central intelligences. The novel's exorbitance caused considerable stir in 1929 Fandom, but in retrospect can be understood as comprising – at least in part – a Dystopian extrapolation of the horrors of mass combat in World War One; the introduction to the 1979 book edition, by Patrick H. Adkins...is illuminating."), "Science Wonder Stories" Sep, Oct, Nov, 1929

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Evening Star", "Science Wonder Stories" April, May 1930

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Time Projector" (w/ David Lasser) "Wonder Stories" Aug, Sep, 1931

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Metal Doom", "Amazing Stories" May, June, July, 1932; "Fantastic" Nov 1967, Jan 1968

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Life Everlasting", "Amazing Stories" July, Aug

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Devil and the Doctor". Simon & Schuster. 1940. Cover art by Gregor Duncan. Reprint: Arno Press (Supernatural and Occult Fiction), 1976, .

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Abyss". Published in "Solitary Hunters and The Abyss". New Era Publishers, cover art by John Baltadonis. 1948.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Homunculus". Prime Press. 1949

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Lady Decides". Prime Press. 1950

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.:Short Fiction.

paragraph: (1928) - "The Revolt of the Pedestrians" - "Amazing Stories" Feb

paragraph: (1928) - "White Collars" - "Amazing Stories" April

paragraph: (1928) - "The Menace" - "Amazing Stories Quarterly" Summer

paragraph: (1928) - "A Biological Experiment" - "Amazing Stories" June

paragraph: (1928) - "The Psychophonic Nurse" - "Amazing Stories" Nov

paragraph: (1928) - "Stenographer's Hands" - "Amazing Stories Quarterly" Fall

paragraph: (1928) - "The Dogs of Salem" - "Weird Tales" September

paragraph: (1929) - "The Yeast Men" - "Amazing Stories Quarterly" Summer

paragraph: (1929) - "The Jelly Fish" - "Weird Tales" Jan

paragraph: (1929) - "The Worm" - "Amazing Stories" Mar

paragraph: (1929) - "The Damsel and Her Cat" - "Weird Tales" Apr

paragraph: (1929) - "The Bloodless War" - "Air Wonder Stories" Jul

paragraph: (1929) - "The Boneless Horror" - "Science Wonder Stories" Jul

paragraph: (1929) - "The Flying Fool" - "Amazing Stories" Jul

paragraph: (1929) - "The Feminine Metamorphosis" - (as Amy Worth) "Science Wonder Stories" Aug

paragraph: (1929) - "The Battle of the Toads" - "Weird Tales" Oct

paragraph: (1929) - "The Tailed Man of Cornwall" - "Weird Tales" Nov

paragraph: (1929) - "Dragon's Blood" - "Fanews"

paragraph: (1930) - "Air Lines" - "Amazing Stories" Jan

paragraph: (1930) - "Creation Unforgivable" - "Weird Tales" April

paragraph: (1930) - "The Ivy War" - "Amazing Stories" May

paragraph: (1931) - "The Cerebral Library" - "Amazing Stories" May

paragraph: o(1931) - "Free as Air" - "Amazing Stories" June

paragraph: (1931) - "The Rat Racket" - "Amazing Stories" Nov

paragraph: (1932) - "The Pent House" - "Amazing Stories" Feb

paragraph: (1932) - "The Thing in the Cellar" - "Weird Tales" March

paragraph: (1932) - "The Hidden Monster" - "Oriental Stories" Summer

paragraph: (1932) - "No More Tomorrows" - "Amazing Stories" Dec

paragraph: (1933) - "A Piece of Linoleum" - (as Amy Worth) "10 Story Book" Dec

paragraph: (1934) - "The Lost Language" - "Amazing Stories" Jan

paragraph: (1934) - "The Dead Woman" - "Fantasy Magazine" April

paragraph: (1934) - "The Literary Corkscrew" - "Wonder Stories" March

paragraph: (1934) - "Binding Deluxe" - "Marvel Tales" May

paragraph: (1934) - "The Doorbell" - "Wonder Stories" June

paragraph: (1934) - "The Golden Bough" - "Marvel Tales" Win

paragraph: (1935) - "The Living Machine" - "Wonder Stories" May

paragraph: (1938) - "Dust in the House" - "Weird Tales" July

paragraph: (1938) - "The Thirty and One" - "Marvel Science Stories" Nov

paragraph: (1939) - "The Moon Artist" - "Cosmic Tales" Summer

paragraph: (1941) - "The Goddess of Zion" - "Weird Tales" Jan

paragraph: (1941) - "The Red Death" - "Cosmic Stories" July

paragraph: (1942) - "The Bridle" - "Weird Tales" Sept

paragraph: (1947) - "Heredity" - "The Vortex #2"

paragraph: (1947) - "The Face in the Mirror" in "Life Everlasting and Other Tales of Science, Fantasy and Horror" (The Avalon Company). Reprinted in: "Life Everlasting and Other Tales of Science, Fantasy and Horror" (1974), in Hyperion Press's "Classics of Science Fiction" series, . Also reprinted in: "Keller Memento" (2010) by Ramble House, .

paragraph: (1948) - "Helen of "Troy Loki""

paragraph: (1948) - "The Perfumed Garden" - "The Gorgon v2 #4"

paragraph: (1949) - "The Door" - "The Arkham Sampler" Summer

paragraph: (1951) - "Chasm of Monsters" - Also published in "The Folsom Flint and Other Curious Tales" (1969) by Arkham House, and "Keller Memento" (November, 2010) by Ramble House, .

paragraph: (1952) - "The Folsom Flint" - Also published in "The Folsom Flint and Other Curious Tales" (1969) by Arkham House, and in "Keller Memento" (2010) by Ramble House, .

paragraph: (1952) - "Fingers in the Sky" - Also published in "The Folsom Flint and Other Curious Tales" (1969) by Arkham House, and in "Keller Memento" (2010) by Ramble House, .

paragraph: (1952) - "The God Wheel" - "Tales from Underwood", Arkham House and Pellegrini & Cudahy.

paragraph: (1952) - "The Opium Eater" - "Tales from Underwood", Arkham House and Pellegrini & Cudahy.

paragraph: (1953) - "The Golden Key" - "Destiny" Spring. Also published in "The Folsom Flint and Other Curious Tales" (1969) by Arkham House, and in "Keller Memento" (2010) by Ramble House, .

paragraph: (1953) - "The Question" - "Fantastic Worlds" Fall

paragraph: (1969) - "The Landslide" - "The Folsom Flint and Other Curious Tales", Arkham House.

paragraph: (1980) - "The House Without Mirrors" - "Weird Tales #1", (Dec 1980), ed. Lin Carter, publ. Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp., .

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.:Early Works.

paragraph: 1895 "Aunt Martha" (as Monk Smith) in "Bath Weekly"

paragraph: 1897 "A Phenomenon of the Stars" - "The Mirror" Feb

paragraph: 1899 "Judge Not" - in "The Red and Blue" (University of Pennsylvania) Nov

paragraph: 1900 "The Silent One" - in "The Red and Blue" Nov

paragraph: 1901 "A University Story" - (as Henry Cecil), in "Presbyterian Journal" (University of Pennsylvania) Dec

paragraph: 1902 "The Birth of a Soul" - (as Henry Cecil), in "The White Owl" Jan

paragraph: 1902 "A Three Linked Tail" - (as Matthew Smith), in "The White Owl" March

paragraph: 1902 "The Winning Bride" - (as Henry Cecil), in "The White Owl" March

paragraph: 1902 "The Great American Pie House" - (as Cecilia Henry), in "The White Owl" April

paragraph: 1902 "Mother Newhouse" - (as Henry Cecil), in "The White Owl" May

paragraph: 1902 "The Greatness of Duval" - in "Ursinus Weekly" Oct

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.:Poetry.

paragraph: 1899 "The Night" - "The Red and Blue" (University of Pennsylvania) Nov

paragraph: 1902 "Undo Everlasting" - "The White Owl" March

paragraph: 1902 "L'Envoi" - "The White Owl" March

paragraph: 1902 "A Melody" - "The White Owl" March

paragraph: 1902 "A Mother's Song" - "The White Owl" May

paragraph: 1948 "Modern Science" - in: "Kotan" September, 1948, Vol. 1, No. 1. editor Gordon Mack.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.:Nonfiction.

paragraph: (1928) The Sexual Education Series, Roman Publishing Company, New York:

paragraph: 1. Sex and Family Through the Ages

paragraph: 2. The Sexual Education of a Young Man

paragraph: 3. The Sexual Education of the Young Woman

paragraph: 4. Love, Courtship, Marriage

paragraph: 5. Companionate Marriage, Birth Control, Divorce, and Modern Home Life

paragraph: 6. Mother and Baby

paragraph: 7. Sexual Diseases and Abnormalities of Adult Life

paragraph: 8. The Sexual Life of Men and Women After Forty

paragraph: 9. Diseases and Problems of Old Age

paragraph: 10. Sex and Society

paragraph: (1933) "Types of Science Fiction" in "Science Fiction Digest", March 1933, ed. Maurice Z. Ingher.

paragraph: (1940) "The Psychology of Fear" in "The Thing in the Cellar", publ. The Bizarre Series #2.

paragraph: (1941) "The Med-Lee: News Digest of the 9th Medical Battalion" :12 Nov, 19 Nov, 26 Nov, 10 Dec

paragraph: (1947) "Dr. David H. Keller on His Half a Century of Writing" in "The Last Magician: Nine Stories from Weird Tales" (Apr 1978), P.D.A. Enterprises (The David H. Keller Memorial Library #1).

paragraph: (1948) "What Price Beauty?" in "The Fanscient", #3 Spring 1948, ed. Donald B. Day. The Portland Science Fiction Society.

paragraph: (1948) "Author, Author: David H. Keller, M.D." in "The Fanscient", #5 Fall 1948, ed. Donald B. Day. The Portland Science Fiction Society.

paragraph: (1949) "Book Reviewing" in "The Fanscient", #7 Spring 1949, ed. Donald B. Day. The Portland Science Fiction Society.

paragraph: (1949) "Stories and Life" in "The Fanscient", #9 Fall 1949, ed. Donald B. Day. The Portland Science Fiction Society.

paragraph: (1950) "Longevity" in "Operation Fantast", #5 June 1950, ed. Ken Slater.

paragraph: (1958) "Shadows over Lovecraft" in "Howard Phillips Lovecraft Memorial Symposium", Steve Eisner. University of Detroit. Published in "Fresco", Spring 1958, v. 8, no. 3, a quarterly magazine published by the University of Detroit. Other contributors included August Derleth and Fritz Leiber.

paragraph: (1985) ""Titus Groan": An Appreciation" in "Exploring Fantasy Worlds: Essays on Fantastic Literature", ed. Darrell Schweitzer. Borgo Press. ("I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy and Criticism of Literature" #3), . This is probably the same review that appeared in "Operation Fantast", #4, March 1950.

paragraph: Section::::Critical response.

paragraph: John Clute describes Keller's early work: "The stories of Keller's early prime – with their heavily foregrounded concepts and Inventions and with their endemic indifference to plausible narrative follow-through – made him an ideal writer for Hugo Gernsback, who published most of his output during these years, as well as his first book, "The Thought Projector" (1929 chap), in the "Science Fiction Series" of pamphlets."

paragraph: Examining a particularly famous story, Clute writes, "'The Revolt of the Pedestrians' may be the most remarkable of these, though certainly one of the strangest. It is one of the relatively few sf tales before around 1970 to treat the hypertrophy of automobile culture in the twentieth century as Dystopian; after centuries, 'automobilists' have become almost organically tied to their Pollution-emitting cars, have lost the use of their legs, and have made pedestrianism a fatal offense. After the leader of a band of pedestrians turns off all electricity, legless automobilists die helplessly in their millions; the description of the death of twenty million New Yorkers attempting to flee Manhattan is extremely vivid. In the end, two elite pedestrians meet and prepare to breed, far from any despicable City."

paragraph: Bleiler described Keller as "a very poor technician" when it came to writing fiction. However, he also argued that Keller "occasionally wrote fable-like stories, detached from daily realities and surrogate science fiction realities, that were excellent". Bleiler also described "The Revolt of the Pedestrians" as "a powerful story, horrible at times, but imaginative and rigorous in logic". Despite being ignored in the US outside science-fiction and fantasy fandom, several French writers, including Régis Messac, praised Keller as a "major author".

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Homosexuality in speculative fiction

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sex and sexuality in speculative fiction

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- David H. Keller as Pulp Author

paragraph: BULLET::::- David H. Keller Papers at Syracuse University

paragraph: BULLET::::- David H. Keller short stories, MSS 389 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University

description: American writer

wikidata_label: David H. Keller

wikipedia_title: David H. Keller


text:
Chicago
American
harpsichord
Paris
Fulbright Foundation
Huguette Dreyfus
Kenneth Gilbert
Bach
Nyman
Petite Symphonie Concertante
Frank Martin
Harpsichord Concerto
Anne Sofie von Otter
lutenist
Jakob Lindberg
English
Italian
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra
Bach
Goldberg Variations
Delos Productions
toccata
Pleyel
harpsichord
Frank Martin
Petite symphonie concertante
Armin Jordan
Bernard de Bury
George Frideric Handel
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Grammy Award
Mel Powell
Henry Cowell
Ned Rorem
Robert Muczynski
Harold Meltzer
Gmunden
Moscow Conservatory
Gnessin State Musical College
Chicago Tribune

categories: French conductors (music),21st-century American conductors (music),American male conductors (music),Living people,1963 births,French harpsichordists,American harpsichordists,Fulbright Scholars,American performers of early music,French male conductors (music)

paragraph: Jory Vinikour

paragraph: Jory Vinikour (born May 12, 1963 in Chicago) is an American born harpsichordist. He has been living in Paris since 1990, where he studied on a scholarship from the Fulbright Foundation with Huguette Dreyfus and Kenneth Gilbert.

paragraph: Vinikour has appeared as soloist throughout Europe and the United States, as well as in Asia and South America. Important solo appearances include Carnegie (Weill) Recital Hall, Music Before 1800 (New York), Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival, and many others.

paragraph: His concerto repertoire ranges from Bach to Nyman, and he regularly performs modern harpsichord concertos, such as the Petite Symphonie Concertante by Frank Martin, and the Harpsichord Concerto by the same composer.

paragraph: He has accompanied Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter in recitals and, with lutenist Jakob Lindberg, they have recorded a programme of English and Italian music of the 17th century entitled "Music for a While".

paragraph: In recent seasons, Vinikour has appeared as conductor with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Korean Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, musicAeterna (Perm, Russia), Juilliard415, and the Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, always leading from the harpsichord.

paragraph: Section::::Recordings.

paragraph: He has recorded Bach's "Goldberg Variations" in 2002, Delos Productions and seven harpsichord toccatas (BWV 910-916) in 1999. He performs (on a restored Pleyel harpsichord) in a recording of Frank Martin's Petite symphonie concertante with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Armin Jordan. He recorded of the four harpsichord suites of Bernard de Bury in 2006. His recording of the 1720 Suites of George Frideric Handel was released 2008.

paragraph: In 2012, Jory Vinikour's recording of the Complete Harpsichord Works of Jean-Philippe Rameau was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Classical Instrumental Solo recording, a unique achievement for a harpsichord recording. Vinikour's recording of contemporary American compositions for harpsichord, Toccatas, featuring works by Mel Powell, Henry Cowell, Ned Rorem, Robert Muczynski, Harold Meltzer and others has been nominated in the same category in December, 2014.

paragraph: Vinikour has taught harpsichord master-classes at the Austrian Baroque Academy (Gmunden), the Moscow Conservatory, the Gnessin State Musical College, the European Academy in Montepulciano, and the Rocky Ridge Music Center(Colorado).

paragraph: John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune has named Vinikour three times on his ten-best classical recording list : in 1999 (Bach's Toccatas), in 2002 (Goldberg Variations) and in 2012 (Rameau's Complete Harpsichord Works).

paragraph: Section::::Merits and awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1987 – Paris Harpsichord Competition – Prize for contemporary music

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993 – First International Harpsichord Competition of Warsaw – 1st prize

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994 – Prague Spring Competition – 1st prize, and overall prize of Festival

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.joryvinikour.com/ – personal website

description: American musician

wikidata_label: Jory Vinikour

wikipedia_title: Jory Vinikour


text:
Herálec
Prague
Realist
Trauttmannsdorff
Archbishop Schwarzenberg
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Max Haushofer
Bavarian Alps
Rügen
Malá Strana
tuberculosis
Josef Mánes
National Gallery, Prague
"Švadlenka"
Adolf Kosárek

categories: 1859 deaths,19th-century Czech painters,19th-century deaths from tuberculosis,Landscape painters,1830 births

paragraph: Adolf Kosárek

paragraph: Adolf Kosárek (6 January 1830, Herálec – 29 October 1859, Prague) was a Czech landscape painter in the Realist style.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: His parents were employed as servants by the Trauttmannsdorff family. From an early age, he displayed an interest in art, but his father wanted him to enter the civil service. After completing his primary education, he worked as a clerk until his drawings were noticed by Archbishop Schwarzenberg, who arranged for him to take the entrance exams at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague.

paragraph: He was accepted and studied there with the landscape painter, Max Haushofer. Later, he took a study trip to the Bavarian Alps, financed with money from the sales of his paintings. In 1856, he paid a working visit to Rügen, on the Baltic.

paragraph: Eventually, he settled in the district of Prague known as Malá Strana and opened a studio. He also married his landlady's daughter, Františka; a seamstress. Shortly after the birth of their first child, he died of tuberculosis, aged only twenty-nine. A painting by Josef Mánes ("Švadlenka") shows Františka when she learned of his illness, while sewing her wedding dress.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eva Reitharová: "Adolf Kosárek", Mala Galerie #32, Odeon, 1984

paragraph: BULLET::::- Naděžda Blažíčková-Horová et al., "Adolf Kosárek, 1830–1859", (exhibition catalog) National Gallery, Prague, 1990

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Švadlenka" @ Wikimedia Commons

paragraph: BULLET::::- Adolf Kosárek @ abART

description: Czech natural painter and painter

wikidata_label: Adolf Kosárek

wikipedia_title: Adolf Kosárek


text:
American football
defensive end
Washington Redskins
National Football League
college football
Florida
Cleveland Browns
2017 NFL Draft
Crescent City High School
Crescent City, Florida
University of Florida
2017 NFL Draft
Cleveland Browns
2017 NFL Draft
Washington Redskins
Gainesville, Florida
Florida Gators bio
Cleveland Browns bio

categories: Cleveland Browns players,Living people,Players of American football from Florida,American football defensive ends,American football defensive tackles,1994 births,People from Crescent City, Florida,Florida Gators football players

paragraph: Caleb Brantley

paragraph: Caleb Brantley (born September 2, 1994) is an American football defensive end for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida, and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Brantley attended Crescent City High School in Crescent City, Florida. As a senior, he had 94 tackles and five sacks. He committed to the University of Florida to play college football.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: After redshirting his first year at the University of Florida in 2013, Brantley played in all 12 games in 2014 and had 21 tackles. As a sophomore in 2015, he appeared in 13 games with 10 starts and recorded 28 tackles and three sacks. As a junior in 2016, he had 31 tackles and 2.5 sacks. After the season, Brantley decided to forego his senior year and enter the 2017 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Cleveland Browns.

paragraph: Brantley was projected as an early second round pick. Due to criminal charges, he dropped to the sixth round, where he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns 185th overall in the 2017 NFL Draft. Brantley signed a four-year contract with the Browns on May 18, 2017, a deal reportedly worth $2.58 million.

paragraph: On September 1, 2018, Brantley was waived by the Browns.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Redskins.

paragraph: On September 3, 2018, Brantley was signed by the Washington Redskins.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: On April 13, 2017, Brantley allegedly attacked a woman in Gainesville, Florida by knocking her unconscious with a closed fist while the two were engaged in a dispute. On May 17, 2017, the battery charges were dismissed.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Florida Gators bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cleveland Browns bio

description: American football defensive end

wikidata_label: Caleb Brantley

wikipedia_title: Caleb Brantley


text:
American football
center
United States Military Academy
All-American
Army football
University of Oregon
College of the Holy Cross
Brooklyn Dodgers
National Football League
College Football Hall of Fame

categories: Army Black Knights football players,Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) coaches,Oregon Ducks football coaches,United States Army officers,1970 deaths,People from Alexandria, Minnesota,Army Black Knights football coaches,American football centers,All-American college football players,College Football Hall of Fame inductees,1893 births,Holy Cross Crusaders football coaches,Players of American football from Minnesota

paragraph: John McEwan

paragraph: John James "Cap" McEwan (February 18, 1893 – August 9, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He played from 1913 to 1916 as a center at the United States Military Academy, where he was a three-time All-American and captain of the Army football squad for three seasons. McEwan served as the head football coach at West Point (1923–1925), the University of Oregon (1926–1929), and the College of the Holy Cross (1930–1932), compiling a career college football record of 59–23–6. He also coached at the professional level for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1933 to 1934, tallying a mark of 9–11–1. McEwan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1962.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.

paragraph: From 1923 to 1925 McEwan led Army to an 18–5–3 record. All three of his seasons there were winning seasons. From 1926 to 1929 he took over as the head football coach at Oregon. His record there stands at 20–13–2, with his 1928 team completing a 9–2 campaign.

description: American football player and coach

wikidata_label: John McEwan

wikipedia_title: John McEwan


text:
electronic music
Hameln
Germany
Hameln
audio equipment
clarinet
turntablism
hip hop
breakbeat
electronic music
IDM
ambient
electronic music
n5MD
ambient
breakbeat
hip hop
four-on-the-floor
IDM
robotic
Icol Diston
Autechre
Boards of Canada
Atol Scrap
Din
Tides
City Centre Offices
AER (Valid)
Vertical Form
Lilies
City Centre Offices
Ve Palor
n5MD
In-between
Hior Chronik
Kaziwa
Time Released Sound
Porya Hatami
Hior Chronik
Porya Hatami
Icol Diston
Din
I.O.
Din
PInt
AMX
Din
Occer / Silicad
City Centre Offices
Yeer / Disper
Awkward Silence Recordings
Christian Kleine
Cycliph
Din
Minth / Neel
City Centre Offices
Aarlenpeers
Touchin' Bass
Icol Diston
Din
Arovane on Last.fm
Hybrid Magazine

categories: Ambient musicians,German electronic musicians,Intelligent dance musicians,1965 births

paragraph: Arovane

paragraph: Arovane is the recording name of German electronic music artist Uwe Zahn (born 1965 in Hameln, Germany). He also releases under the moniker Nedjev.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Zahn was born in Hameln in 1965. He first began experimenting with rudimentary audio equipment and keyboards when he was 15. Over the years he continued experimenting and developing his sound, even learning to play the clarinet at one point. In the late 80s he began dealing with synthesizers and turntablism as well as deconstruction of hip hop beats. In 1989 Zahn began creating music with a collective of electronic musicians in Munich. This collective, known as S.A.M., was dedicated to creating live, free, electronic improvisational music and operated in Germany.

paragraph: In 1991 Zahn built his own studio in Berlin. The works around this time could be compared to a breakbeat influenced sound.

paragraph: Throughout the 90s, Zahn lived in Berlin and continued creating electronic music. After working for a radio station, he caught the attention of electronic music label Din. The late 90s saw the release of his first two albums, "Atol Scrap" for Din Records and "Tides" for CCO Records, which gained him a degree of notoriety and acclaim mainly in Germany and then throughout the world in the IDM, ambient, and electronic music scene. There were also a number of compilation appearances and collaborations released during this time.

paragraph: In 2004, Zahn's album "Lilies" was released. Significantly, the last track on that album is titled "Good Bye Forever" – after Lilies, there was a nine-year hiatus for Zahn's musical output which ended in 2013 with the release of "Ve Palor" on the n5MD label.

paragraph: Section::::The Arovane Sound.

paragraph: Arovane's sound can be characterized as ethereal, melodic, organic, warm and ambient yet technically involved with structured, often heavy, breakbeat and hip hop influenced beats. It is richly layered with synths and textured distortions and focuses more on generating a melancholy nostalgic feeling than four-on-the-floor dance beats. The tempos are midrange and Arovane has been labelled as IDM, having his album "Tides" listed in Pitchfork's 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time.

paragraph: Although the melodic richness remains intact, the resulting sound from the Arovane and Phonem collaboration "Aer (Valid)" is perhaps more robotic and cold than what could be considered typical Arovane and harkens back to some facets of Arovane's early works, such as "Icol Diston".

paragraph: Arovane can possibly be compared to a blend between the robotic glitch sound of early Autechre and the expansive open synth-laden fields of Boards of Canada. Zahn and his music are often referred to as being melodically advanced.

paragraph: Tracks throughout "Tides" contain the gentle washing sounds of waves and tides and summer nights seamlessly comingling and modulating with arpeggieted-type synths and instruments backed with smooth distant organic and synthetic drums and basslines.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Atol Scrap" (Din, 2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tides" (City Centre Offices, 2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "AER (Valid)" (Vertical Form, 2001. A collaboration with Phonem)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lilies" (City Centre Offices, Indigo, 2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ve Palor" (n5MD, 2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- In-between (A Strangely Isolated Place, 2015, A collaboration with Hior Chronik)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kaziwa (Time Released Sound, 2016, A collaboration with Porya Hatami)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Into My Own (A Strangely Isolated Place, 2017, A collaboration with Hior Chronik)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Organisim (Karlrecords, 2017, A collaboration with Porya Hatami)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Singles & EPs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Icol Diston" (Din, 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I.O." (Din, 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "PInt" (FWD:, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "AMX" (Din, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Occer / Silicad" (City Centre Offices, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Yeer / Disper" (Awkward Silence Recordings, 2000) Split EP with Christian Kleine.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cycliph" (Din, 2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Minth / Neel" (City Centre Offices, 2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Aarlenpeers" (Touchin' Bass, 2015)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Compilations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Icol Diston" (Din, 2002. A collection of early releases)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arovane on Last.fm

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hybrid Magazine - interview for Arovane productions.

description: German musician

wikidata_label: Arovane

wikipedia_title: Arovane


text: New York City

text: caporegime

text: Bonanno crime family

text: Sixth Family

text: Cattolica Eraclea

text: province of Agrigento

text: Sicily

text: Montreal Mafia

text: Vito Rizzuto

text: Montreal

text: pompadour

text: the Bronx

text: the Rizzutos

text: Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera

text: Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato

text: Philip "Lucky" Giaccone

text: Gambino crime family

text: Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

text: Joseph Massino

text: Salvatore Vitale

text: Salvatore Vitale

text: heroin

text: Rizzuto crime family

text: Gene Gotti

text: John Carneglia

text: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

text: extradition

text: the Bronx

text: Sammy Gravano

text: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

text: persona non grata

text: made man

text: Anthony Graziano

text: substance abuser

text: Salvatore Vitale

text: Patrick DeFilippo

text: marijuana

text: SUV

categories: People murdered by the Bonanno crime family,People acquitted of racketeering,Murdered Canadian mobsters,1999 deaths,Bonanno crime family,Italian emigrants to the United States,People extradited from Canada to the United States,Murdered American mobsters of Sicilian descent,Murdered Mafiosi,Organized crime in Montreal,1934 births,People from Cattolica Eraclea,Canadian mobsters of Sicilian descent,People murdered in New York (state),American expatriates in Canada,Deaths by firearm in New York (state),American mobsters of Sicilian descent

paragraph: Gerlando Sciascia

paragraph: Gerlando "George from Canada" Sciascia (; February 15, 1934 – March 18, 1999), was a New York City mobster, and a caporegime of the Bonanno crime family, who was also the Sixth Family's representative from New York, and was a major narcotics trafficker in Canada, and the United States.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Sciascia was born in Cattolica Eraclea in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, the same area as Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto. In 1955, Sciascia immigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, later moving to the United States, to New York City three years later in 1958.

paragraph: Sciascia was a stylish dresser with thick gray hair worn in a pompadour style. He had a wife, daughter, son, and grandson. His business headquarters was a small jewelry store in the Bronx. Gregarious and charming, Sciascia epitomized traditional Cosa Nostra values. However, Sciascia was very willing to give his opinion on anything, for he really had no superiors.

paragraph: By the mid 1970s, Sciascia was established in New York with the Sicilian, or "zip" faction, of the Bonanno family. However, due to his Sicilian upbringing, Sciascia also had close ties to the Bonanno crew in Montreal, which included Rizzuto. At this time, the Bonanno leadership considered the Rizzutos and the Bonanno crew in Canada to be under their firm direction and control.

paragraph: Section::::Three capos murder.

paragraph: On May 5, 1981, Sciascia participated in the murders of dissident Bonanno capos Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera, Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato, and Philip "Lucky" Giaccone at a Gambino crime family social club in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Rizzuto came from Montreal with two Sicilian hitmen to join Joseph Massino, Salvatore Vitale, and Sciascia. Sciascia escorted the three rebellious capos into the club. Once the men were inside, Sciascia signalled the attack by slowly running his fingers through his hair. At that point, the men burst from a closet and started shooting. During the massacre, Salvatore Vitale observed Sciascia shooting Indelicato in the head. When the three capos were dead, Sciascia and his Sicilians quickly left the building, leaving the cleanup to Vitale and the others.

paragraph: Section::::Narcotics indictment.

paragraph: In 1983, Sciascia was indicted for attempting to transport 46 kilograms of heroin from Canada to the United States. To avoid prosecution, Sciascia fled to Montreal. In the 1980s, while living in Montreal, Sciascia served as the liaison between the Rizzuto crime family and the Bonanno family in New York, managing drug trafficking between the two countries. On the New York side, he worked closely with Gambino mobsters Gene Gotti and John Carneglia. In 1986, Sciascia was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) based on the US trafficking charges.

paragraph: In 1988, after two years in Canadian custody fighting the extradition order, Sciascia was deported back to the United States. Wealthy from his heroin trafficking days, Sciascia moved back to New York and established a small construction company in the Bronx. On February 9, 1990, Sciascia was acquitted on the narcotics trafficking charges in New York. Government witness Sammy Gravano later claimed that the Bonanno family paid a juror $10,000 to block Sciascia's conviction.

paragraph: In July 1991, Sciascia applied to the Canadian government for readmission to Canada, basing his application on his son Joseph's residence in Montreal. In 1997, after a long legal battle, Citizenship and Immigration Canada deemed Sciascia "persona non grata" and denied him readmission to Canada.

paragraph: Section::::Friction between criminal partners.

paragraph: In the 1990s, relations between Massino and Sciascia had started to sour. Scascia was becoming more independent of Massino and more aligned with Vito Rizzuto. Growing richer and stronger, Rizzuto became less willing to defer all decisions to the Bonannos.

paragraph: On April 30, 1992, Scascia's top lieutenant in Canada, Joseph LoPresti, was found shot to death in a Montreal lot. LoPresti, a Bonanno made man, was murdered without any prior notification or approval from the New York Bonanno leadership. Sciascia defended the killing to Salvatore Vitale as justified because LoPresti had become addicted to drugs.

paragraph: On a later occasion, when Rizzuto refused to send a hit team to New York to kill Bonanno target Robert Perino, Sciascia infuriated Massino by again supporting Rizzuto. When Bonanno capo Anthony Graziano, a Massino loyalist, appeared high on drugs in a meeting, Sciascia started telling other Bonanno family members that Graziano was a substance abuser. When new family boss Joseph Massino heard about Sciascia's complaints, he felt Sciascia was attacking him also. Feeling that Sciascia was challenging his authority, Massino, in a jealous rage, decided to have him killed.

paragraph: Section::::Assassination.

paragraph: In early 1999, at a wedding anniversary party, Massino gave the following message to Salvatore Vitale: "George has got to go". The plan was for fellow capo Patrick DeFilippo to invite Sciascia to a meeting to resolve an ongoing disagreement with Graziano over a marijuana racket. It was crucial that the murder not be linked to the Bonanno family in any way to avoid a potential conflict with the Rizzuto family in Montreal.

paragraph: On March 18, 1999, Sciascia received a note at his jewelry store telling him to meet DeFilippo at a Manhattan dinner. At the dinner, DeFilippo told Sciascia that they were driving to a different location and the three men entered mobster John Spirito's SUV. As Spirito drove the vehicle, DeFilippo shot Sciascia four times with a silenced gun. The gunmen then drove to a deserted Bronx street, where they left the body on the road. A passerby saw the dumping and immediately called the police.

paragraph: Section::::Aftermath.

paragraph: Vacationing in Mexico, Massino immediately met with each of the Bonanno capos to tell them he did not know what happened to Sciascia and theorized it was a bad drug deal. However, in private, Massino reportedly remarked "It served him right for telling me how to run the family."

paragraph: On July 30, 2004, Massino was convicted of seven murders, including the Sciascia murder. With prosecutors intent on asking for the death penalty, Massino quickly offered to become a government witness. On June 23, 2005, Massino confessed to ordering Sciascia's murder along with other murders and several other crimes. He was sentenced to life in prison.

paragraph: On January 11, 2006, DeFilippo was indicted on several federal racketeering charges,including the Sciascia murder. However, on May 9, 2006, the jury exonerated him of the murder charge.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Family ties trip up would-be immigrant - Canada says applicant is member of American Cosa Nostra By Estanislao Oziewicz / The Globe and Mail

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sifakis, Carl. "The Mafia Encyclopedia". New York: Da Capo Press, 2005.

description: American mobster

wikidata_label: Gerlando Sciascia

wikipedia_title: Gerlando Sciascia


text:
bardic name
Welsh-language
Bryn-crug
Tywyn
Merionethshire
Gwynedd
Wales
Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir)
St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn
Ystradmeurig
Wrexham
Jesus College, Oxford
Oswestry
grammar school
Carmarthen
Dolgellau
Welsh Biography Online

categories: People from Gwynedd,Welsh-language poets,19th-century Welsh poets,19th-century Welsh writers,Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford,1827 deaths,18th-century Welsh writers,1751 births,People from Tywyn,18th-century male writers,18th-century Welsh poets,Welsh-language writers,People from Merionethshire

paragraph: David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr)

paragraph: David Richards (22 January 1751 – 12 May 1827), better-known by his bardic name Dafydd Ionawr, was a Welsh-language poet, born at Glanyrafon near Bryn-crug in the parish of Tywyn in Merionethshire (now Gwynedd), north-west Wales.

paragraph: He took an interest in poetry as a result of his acquaintance with Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), who was curate of St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, and was later sent to a school at Ystradmeurig to obtain a better education than was available locally. After a period as a junior schoolmaster in Wrexham, he spent one term at Jesus College, Oxford, before going to teach at Oswestry grammar school. He then taught at the grammar school in Carmarthen before being appointed head of a free school in his native area. From 1800 to 1807, he taught in Dolgellau, where he remained until his death.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cywydd y Drindod" (1793)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Y Mil-Blynyddau" (1799)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gwaith Prydyddawl" (1803)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Joseph, Llywodraethwr yr Aipht" (1809)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Barddoniaeth Gristianogawl" (1815)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cywydd y Dilyw" (1821)

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Welsh Biography Online

description: Welsh poet

wikidata_label: David Richards

wikipedia_title: David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr)