text:
dramatist
farce
paso
Spanish literature
Seville
Cervantes
Segovia
Toledo
Valencia
Córdoba
Timoneda
Boccaccio
Giancarli
Raineri
Cecchi
Siena
Lope de Vega

categories: Spanish male dramatists and playwrights,1565 deaths,Spanish Golden Age,People from Seville,1510s births

paragraph: Lope de Rueda

paragraph: Lope de Rueda (c.1510–1565) was a Spanish dramatist and author, regarded by some as the best of his era. A very versatile writer, he also wrote comedies, farces, and pasos. He was the precursor to what is considered the golden age of Spanish literature.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was born early in the sixteenth century in Seville, where, according to Cervantes, he worked as a metal-beater. His name first occurs in 1554 as acting at Benavente, and between 1558 and 1561 he was manager of a strolling company which visited Segovia, Seville, Toledo, Madrid, Valencia and Córdoba. In Córdoba, de Rueda fell ill, and on 21 March 1565 made a will which he was too exhausted to sign; he probably died shortly afterwards, and is said by Cervantes to have been buried in Córdoba cathedral. He was twice married; first to actress, singer and dancer, Mariana, who had spent six years as a performer in service to the frail and inferm Don Gaston, Duke de Medinaceli, an avowed friar and cleric, whose estate was the subject of a lawsuit filed by Lope de Rueda on his wife's behalf laying claim to six years of back wages. de Rueda's second marriage was to Rafaela Angela, a Valenciana and woman of property, who bore him a daughter.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: His works were issued posthumously in 1567 by Timoneda, who toned down certain passages in the texts. de Rueda's more ambitious plays are mostly adapted from the Italian; in "Eufemia" he draws on Boccaccio, in "Med ora" he utilizes Giancarli's "Zingara", in "Arinelina" he combines Raineri's "Attilia" with Cecchi's "Servigiale", and in "Los Engañados" he uses "Glingannati", a comedy produced by the Intronati, a literary society at Siena. These follow the original so closely that they give no idea of de Rueda's talent; but in his "pasos" or prose interludes he displays an abundance of riotous humour, great knowledge of low life, and a most happy gift of dialogue.

paragraph: His predecessors mostly wrote for courtly audiences or for the study; de Rueda with his strollers created a taste for the drama which he was able to gratify, and he is admitted both by Cervantes and Lope de Vega to be the true founder of the national theatre.

paragraph: His works have been reprinted by the marqués de Fuensanta del Valle in the "Colección de libros raros curiosos", vols. xxiii. and xxiv.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Modern adaptation.

paragraph: Nineteen of the 26 pasos were translated into English between 1980 and 1990 by Joan Bucks Hansen, and staged by Steve Hansen and the St. George Street Players of St. Augustine,FL where they were performed nightly for five years in the city's restored Spanish Quarter; and they presented seven of the translations in 1984 at the Ninth Siglo de Oro Festival at Chamizal.

description: Spanish dramatist and author

wikidata_label: Lope de Rueda

wikipedia_title: Lope de Rueda


text: VC

text: Victoria Cross

text: Commonwealth

text: Lance-Corporal

text: 93rd Regiment of Foot

text: The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

text: British Army

text: Indian Mutiny

text: Lucknow

text: India

text: Secundra Bagh

text: Douglas, County Cork

text: Cork

text: The Register of the Victoria Cross

text: Ireland's VCs

text: Monuments to Courage

text: Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross

categories: Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,1831 births,19th-century Irish people,People from County Cork,Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross,Irish soldiers in the British Army,1890 deaths,Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers

paragraph: John Dunlay

paragraph: John Dunlay VC (1831 – 17 October 1890), also known as John Dunley or John Dunlea was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: He was approximately 26 years old, and a Lance-Corporal in the 93rd Regiment of Foot (later The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed on 16 November 1857 at Lucknow, India, took place for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: Secundra Bagh is a villa and country estate on the outskirts of Lucknow, India.

paragraph: Dunlea was born in Douglas, County Cork and died in the South Infirmary, Cork on 17 October 1890.

paragraph: Section::::References.

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

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

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

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

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal in County Cork

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: John Dunlay

wikipedia_title: John Dunlay


text: VC

text: Scottish

text: Victoria Cross

text: British

text: Commonwealth

text: Crimean War

text: Queen Victoria

text: Windsor Castle

text: colour-sergeant

text: 93rd Regiment of Foot

text: British Army

text: Indian Mutiny

text: Lucknow

text: India

text: Stirling Castle

text: Clan Munro

text: Monuments to Courage

text: The Register of the Victoria Cross

text: Scotland's Forgotten Valour

text: History of Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,1826 births,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,People from Ross and Cromarty,British Army personnel of the Crimean War,1871 deaths,Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers

paragraph: James Munro (VC)

paragraph: James Munro VC (11 October 1826 – 5 February 1871) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: He was 20 when he joined up, and by 1854 he was a sergeant serving in the Crimean War. Eighteen months later, his regiment went to India and in 1857 Munro was promoted to colour sergeant.

paragraph: James Munro received his medal from Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in 1860, two years after he was discharged due to illness caused by his wounds.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Munro was about 30 years old, and a colour-sergeant in the 93rd Regiment of Foot (Sutherland Highlanders), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 16 November 1857 at the Lucknow, India for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum, Stirling Castle, Scotland.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: Clan Munro

paragraph: Section::::References.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: James Munro

wikipedia_title: James Munro (VC)


text: VC

text: Victoria Cross

text: First World War

text: Commonwealth

text: sergeant

text: British Army

text: Hamelincourt

text: Croix de guerre

text: Médaille militaire

text: Monuments to Courage

text: The Register of the Victoria Cross

categories: People from Leeds,1895 births,British Army personnel of World War I,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,West Yorkshire Regiment soldiers,British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross,Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France),1967 deaths

paragraph: Albert Mountain

paragraph: Albert Mountain VC (19 April 1897 – 7 January 1967) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Mountain won his VC while serving as a sergeant in the 15/17th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), British Army. The citation for his VC reads:

paragraph: On 26 March 1918 at Hamelincourt, France, when the situation was critical, Sergeant Mountain with a party of 10 men attacked an advance enemy patrol of about 200 strong with a Lewis gun, killing half of them. The sergeant then rallied his men in the face of overwhelming numbers of the main body of the enemy, to cover the retirement of the rest of the company – this party of one NCO and four men held at bay 600 of the enemy for half an hour. Sergeant Mountain later took command of the flank post of the battalion, holding on for 27 hours until finally surrounded.

paragraph: He was also awarded the Croix de guerre and Médaille militaire (France). His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire Museum, York, England.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- VCs of the First World War - Spring Offensive 1918 (Gerald Gliddon, 1997)

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Albert Mountain

wikipedia_title: Albert Mountain


text:
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
private
23rd Regiment of Foot
Royal Welch Fusiliers
British Army
Indian Mutiny
Secundra Bagh
Lucknow
India
Thomas Bernard Hackett
23rd Regiment of Foot
tuberculosis
Hastings Cemetery
East Sussex
blue plaque
St Leonards-on-Sea
East Sussex
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum
Caernarfon Castle
Gwynedd
Wales
Location of grave and VC medal

categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,People from the City of Winchester,Royal Welch Fusiliers soldiers,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,1840 births,19th-century deaths from tuberculosis,British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross,1887 deaths

paragraph: George Monger

paragraph: George Monger (3 March 1840 – 9 August 1887) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Monger was 17 years old, and a private in the 23rd Regiment of Foot (later The Royal Welch Fusiliers), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 18 November 1857 at Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, India for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: Private Monger volunteered to accompany an officer, Thomas Bernard Hackett, whom he assisted in rescuing a corporal of the 23rd Regiment of Foot, who was lying wounded and exposed to very heavy fire. His citation reads:

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: He died in 1887 at the age of 47 from tuberculosis. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery, East Sussex, in section H, grave E-18 common. The headstone was erected by local residents. A blue plaque is displayed on his former house in Tower Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum at Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(East Sussex)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: George Monger

wikipedia_title: George Monger


text: VC

text: English

text: Victoria Cross

text: British

text: Commonwealth

text: private

text: British Army

text: sergeant

text: Lord Ashcroft VC Gallery

text: Imperial War Museum

text: Monuments to Courage

text: The Register of the Victoria Cross

text: VCs of the First World War - The Somme

text: The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966

text: Location of grave and VC medal

categories: People from Harefield,British Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross,Middlesex Regiment soldiers,1895 births,British Army personnel of World War I,1978 deaths,Recipients of the Bronze Medal of Military Valor

paragraph: Robert Edward Ryder

paragraph: Robert Edward Ryder VC (17 December 1895 – 1 December 1978) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Ryder was 20 years old, and a private in the 12th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: He later achieved the rank of sergeant.

paragraph: Section::::The Medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Lord Ashcroft VC Gallery in the Imperial War Museum in London, England.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sources

paragraph: BULLET::::- VCs of the First World War - The Somme (Gerald Gliddon, 1994)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966 "(detailed history of the original "Die Hards")"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Middlesex)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Robert Edward Ryder

wikipedia_title: Robert Edward Ryder


text:
Lieutenant-Colonel
VC
CBE
Scottish
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
sergeant-major
The Gordon Highlanders
British Army
Second Boer War
Battle of Elandslaagte
quartermaster
lieutenant
captain
major
lieutenant-colonel
Portobello, Edinburgh
Royal British Legion
National War Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh Castle
Monuments to Courage
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Scotland's Forgotten Valour
Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War
Location of grave and VC medal
angloboerwar.com profile

categories: British Army personnel of the Second Boer War,British recipients of the Victoria Cross,Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross,People from Dumfries,1949 deaths,British Army personnel of World War I,Gordon Highlanders officers,Gordon Highlanders soldiers,Commanders of the Order of the British Empire,1865 births

paragraph: William Robertson (VC)

paragraph: Lieutenant-Colonel William Robertson VC CBE (27 February 1865 – 6 December 1949) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Robertson was 34 years old, and a sergeant-major in the 2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following action took place at the Battle of Elandslaagte for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: Robertson was later commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders as a quartermaster with the rank of lieutenant. He was promoted captain in 1910, major in 1915, and lieutenant-colonel in 1917. In 1911 he is listed as "William Robertson VC", recruiting officer, living at 21 Lee Crescent in Portobello, Edinburgh.

paragraph: He retired in 1920. After his retirement he became honorary treasurer of the Royal British Legion Scotland.

paragraph: He died at home on 6 December 1949. He is buried in Portobello Cemetery with his family. The grave lies against the eastern boundary wall.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: He was married to Sarah Ferris (d.1950). Their children included William J Robertson (1892-1964) and Marion Robertson (1895-1971).

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland.

paragraph: Section::::Freemasonry.

paragraph: He was a Scottish Freemason having been Initiated in Lodge Union, No.332, (Glasgow) on 20 March, Passed on 10 April and Raised on 1 May 1895. At a regular meeting of the Lodge on 20 March 1900 it was announced, to much applause, that Robertson had been awarded the VC.

paragraph: Section::::References.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Lothian, Scotland)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- angloboerwar.com profile

wikidata_label: William Robertson

wikipedia_title: William Robertson (VC)


text: VC

text: Victoria Cross

text: Commonwealth

text: Addiscombe Military Seminary

text: Bengal Horse Artillery

text: Bengal Army

text: Indian Mutiny

text: siege of Delhi

text: India

text: major general

text: Royal Artillery Museum

text: Locksbrook Cemetery

text: Bath

text: Location of grave

categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,British military personnel of the First Anglo-Sikh War,1825 births,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,Royal Artillery officers,British Army generals,British East India Company Army officers,People from Riga,1887 deaths

paragraph: George Renny

paragraph: Major General George Alexander Renny VC (12 May 1825 – 5 January 1887) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Renny was educated at Addiscombe Military Seminary. In 1849 he had married Flora Hastings Macwhirter, the daughter of Dr John Macwhirter, late President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

paragraph: Renny was 32 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Bengal Horse Artillery, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny on 16 September 1857 at siege of Delhi, India when the following deed led to the award of the Victoria Cross:

paragraph: The storming of Delhi took place between 14–16 September 1857 the aim of the British being to dislodge the mutineers and retake the city. When the Delhi Field Force renewed its advance on 16 September, its progress was steady and sustained. Siege guns had been brought into the city and began battering a breach in the repaired walls of the arsenal allowing the 61st Regiment and the Baluchi Battalion to storm the building.

paragraph: Within the arsenal were no less than 171 guns and howitzers and a large quantity of ammunition. Realising the enormity of their loss, the mutineers mounted a serious counter-attack, covered by musketry fire from the roofs of nearby buildings. They set fire to the thatched roof of a shed containing explosives. With musket balls cracking around him and in imminent danger of being blown apart, Second Lieutenant Edward Thackery of the Bengal Engineers extinguished the blaze. Simultaneously, Lieutenant George Renny of the Bengal Horse Artillery climbed the arsenal's wall and flung several shells with lighted fuses into the midst of the attackers. The carnage caused by the explosion of these put an end to the attack. Both Thackery and Renny were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions.

paragraph: [ London Gazette, 12 April 1859 ], Delhi, Indian Mutiny, 16 September 1857, Captain George Alexander Renny, Bengal Horse Artillery.

paragraph: Lieutenant-Colonel Farquhar, Commanding the 1st Belooch Regiment, reports that he was in command of the troops stationed in the Delhi magazine, after its capture on 16 September 1857. Early in the forenoon of that day, a vigorous attack was made on the post by the enemy, and was kept up with great force for some time, without the slightest chance of success.

paragraph: Under cover of a heavy cross fire from the high houses on the right flank of the magazine, and from Selinghur and the Palace, the enemy advanced to the high wall of the magazine, and endeavoured to set fire to a thatched roof. The roof was partially set fire to, which was extinguished at the spot by a Sepoy of the Belooch battalion, a soldier of the 61st Regiment having in vain attempted to do so.

paragraph: The roof having been again set on fire, Captain Renny with great gallantry mounted to the top of the wall of the magazine, and flung several shells with lighted fuzes over into the midst of the enemy, which had an almost immediate effect, as the attack at once became feeble at that point, and soon after ceased there.

paragraph: George Renny was invested with his Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on 9 November 1860.

paragraph: He later achieved the rank of major general. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum.

paragraph: Major General Renny is buried in Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, England. In early 2007 his grave was cleaned and refurbished by T Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop) Royal Artillery, successor unit of the Bengal Horse Artillery.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave "(Avon)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- - shows grave before cleaning

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: George Alexander Renny

wikipedia_title: George Renny


text: African-American

text: Gary, Indiana

text: Carl Stokes

text: Cleveland

text: Michigan City, Indiana

text: Indiana University

text: Valparaiso University School of Law

text: East Chicago, Indiana

text: Lake County, Indiana

text: in 1967

text: civil rights

text: Martin Luther King

text: Robert F. Kennedy

text: Jesse Jackson

text: Lyndon B. Johnson

text: King assassination

text: civil unrest

text: 1984 U.S. presidential election

text: Jackson's campaign

text: Democratic National Committee

text: Institute of Politics Fellow

text: Harvard University

text: Kennedy School of Government

text: Roosevelt University

text: Cambridge University

text: England

text: Indiana University-Northwest

text: Richard Hatcher Collection

categories: 20th-century African-American people,African-American people in Indiana politics,1933 births,Indiana Democrats,20th-century American politicians,Mayors of Gary, Indiana,African-American mayors,People from Michigan City, Indiana,Living people

paragraph: Richard G. Hatcher

paragraph: Richard Gordon Hatcher (born July 10, 1933) is an American politician. On January 1, 1968, he became the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana. He and Carl Stokes (who was elected mayor of Cleveland on the same day) became, on November 7, 1967, the first two black elected mayors of cities of more than 100,000 people.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Hatcher was born in Michigan City, Indiana. He received a B.S. degree in business and government from Indiana University and a bachelor of law with honors in criminal law in 1956 and a J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law in 1959. After moving to Gary, Indiana, Hatcher began practicing law in East Chicago, Indiana. In 1961, he began serving as a deputy prosecutor for Lake County, Indiana, until he was elected to Gary's City Council in 1963. He was the first and only freshman elected president of the City Council in Gary's history.

paragraph: Elected in 1967, Hatcher was inaugurated mayor of Gary in 1968 and served until 1987. During his tenure as mayor, he became internationally known as a fervent and prolific civil rights spokesman. Hatcher was known for developing innovative approaches to urban problems and for being a national and international spokesman for civil rights, minorities, the poor and America's cities. He often delivered speeches alongside Martin Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, and other historic proponents of the civil rights movement. On April 5, 1968, he addressed President Lyndon B. Johnson, along with a collection of politicians and civil rights leaders, on the topic of the King assassination the night before and pending civil unrest.

paragraph: In the 1984 U.S. presidential election, Mayor Hatcher served as the chairman for Jackson's campaign. He served as the Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1981 to 1985. In 1988, Hatcher started his own consulting firm, R. Gordon Hatcher & Associates. From 1988 to 1989, he worked as an Institute of Politics Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He also began teaching political science at Roosevelt University in 1989 and later became a senior research professor at Valparaiso University, in 1991. In the summer of 1996, Hatcher taught a law course at Cambridge University in England. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at Indiana University-Northwest.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Richard Hatcher Collection

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dave's Den contains a complete political history of Gary, Indiana

alias:
Richard Gordon Hatcher
Richard Hatcher

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Richard G. Hatcher

wikipedia_title: Richard G. Hatcher


text:
seneschal
Duchy of Gascony
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Lake Geneva
County of Savoy
Henry III of England
Peter II of Savoy
Eleanor of Provence
Edward I of England
Benauges
Bordeaux
Pierrefite
Dordogne
Langon
Cadillac
Ninth Crusade
Syria
seneschal
Castillon
Amiens
Treaty of Amiens
Philip III of France
Agenais
Quercy
fouage
Bordeaux wine
Paris
Fuenterrabia
Alfonso X of Castile
Vienne
Philip I of Savoy
Robert II of Burgundy
Mâcon
Margaret of Provence
Louis IX of France
County of Bigorre
Countess Petronilla
Joanna I of Navarre
Philip the Fair
Exchequer
Eleanor of Castile
Pierre
Levant
Acre
Fall of Tripoli
Pope Nicholas IV
Holy Land
Tuscany
Lombardy
Nicholas Tiepolo
Doge
Lorenzo Tiepolo
Roux of Sully
fall of Acre
Otho de Grandison
Labarge, Margaret Wade

categories: Christians of the Ninth Crusade,1301 deaths,Year of birth unknown,People from Savoy,House of Grailly

paragraph: Jean I de Grailly

paragraph: Jean I de Grailly (died c. 1301) was the seneschal of the Duchy of Gascony from 1266 to 1268, of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from about 1272 until about 1276, and of Gascony again from 1278 until 1286 or 1287.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Jean was born on the shores of Lake Geneva in the County of Savoy. He probably travelled to England during the reign of Henry III of England in the entourage of Peter II of Savoy, who was uncle to Queen Eleanor of Provence. In 1262 he was already a knight in the household of Prince Edward, the king's heir and future King Edward I of England. In 1263 he had attained the status of a counsellor of the young prince. In 1266 he was rewarded for his services with the castle and viscounty of Benauges. He acquired the saltworks in Bordeaux and the right of toll at Pierrefite on the Dordogne as sources of income. He also received the lordship of Langon and was made seneschal of Prince Edward's fief of Gascony. In 1280 he founded the town of Cadillac to provide a port for Benauges.

paragraph: Section::::Ninth Crusade.

paragraph: In 1270 he accompanied Edward on the Ninth Crusade to Syria. He stayed behind in the Crusader kingdom as seneschal and only returned to Gascony sometime before or during 1276. He maintained an interest in the fate of Jerusalem for the remainder of his life, however. In October 1277 he was in England to warn now-king Edward of the conspiracy of the viscount of Castillon. In 1278 he was re-appointed to his old Gascon post.

paragraph: Section::::Europe.

paragraph: In 1279, Jean travelled to Amiens and to England to negotiate the Treaty of Amiens, which ended the state of war between Edward of England and Philip III of France and returned the Agenais to English control. Only two weeks after the treaty, Jean de Grailly encouraged an inquiry to determine whether or not he Quercy was English territory. He was already appointed to the commission to oversee the return of the Agenais and his seneschal's duties were extended to the new region. Edward also ordered Jean not to pay the "fouage", a tax demanded by the French king. He was granted royal letters to demonstrate the king's intention to pay the tax in a few years, after better harvests. In 1285 he even negotiated a treaty fixing the tariff on Bordeaux wine.

paragraph: Jean also had to negotiate with the French court in Paris concerning the dating clauses of Gascon charters. The mutually acceptable formula resulting was: "actum fuit regnantibus Philippo regis Francie, Edwardo rege Anglie, duce Aquitanie". Jean travelled extensively, not only to Paris, but also to Fuenterrabia to negotiate with Alfonso X of Castile. On 2 January 1281 he was in Vienne to witness an accord between Philip I of Savoy and Robert II of Burgundy. Later that year he was dispatched to Mâcon to advise Margaret of Provence, the widow of Louis IX of France. Edward employed him extensively as his deputy in continental Europe.

paragraph: Between 1280 and 1285 Grailly took part in the tortuous negotiations concerning the inheritance of the County of Bigorre after the death of the five-times married Countess Petronilla. Eventually it was determined that the proper heiress was Joanna I of Navarre. The question of homage and featly, however, was put off, as the Joanna and her husband, Philip the Fair, were both monarch and thus swore homage to none. Nonetheless the question of whether Bigorre was a feudatory of the Duke of Aquitaine or the King of France was to be an issue between the two monarch throughout the fourteenth century.

paragraph: Jean de Grailly eventually fell short of funds for his activities, since his expenses need approval from the Exchequer before he could receive his salary. He took to exploitation and illegal exactions from the peasants, whose complaints eventually reached the ears of Edward I. He was removed from office sometime between June 1286 and Spring 1287, when the king and Queen Eleanor of Castile, present in Gascony, set up an inquiry into his actions. The commission found him to have misappropriated monies in several municipalities. He was ordered to repay them, but these payments could be made from outstanding funds owed him. He himself returned to Savoy and left his Gascon lands to his son Pierre.

paragraph: Section::::Last campaigns in the Levant.

paragraph: Jean went back to the Levant in the end of the 1280s. In 1289, he led a French regiment from Acre to the besieged city of Tripoli, until the Fall of Tripoli in April 1289. Following the fall of Tripoli, Jean was sent to Europe by king Henry of Cyprus to warn European monarchs about the critical situation in the Levant. Jean met with Pope Nicholas IV who shared his worries and wrote a letter to European potentates to do something about the Holy Land. Most however were too preoccupied by the Sicilian question to organize a Crusades, as was Edward I too entangled in troubles at home. Only a small army of peasant and unemployed townfolks from Tuscany and Lombardy could be raised. They were transported in 20 Venetians galleys. They were led by Nicholas Tiepolo, the son of the Doge Lorenzo Tiepolo, who was assisted by the returning Jean and Roux of Sully.

paragraph: Jean was present as the Commander of the French king's troops at the fall of Acre. Wounded, he was rescued during one point of siege by his fellow Savoyard Otho de Grandison, once a faithful servant of Edward's as well, and escaped on ship to Cyprus. He returned afterwards to Savoy, where he died. His descendants continued to play a crucial role in Gascony over the next century.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Labarge, Margaret Wade. "Gascony, England's First Colony 1204–1453". London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Runciman, Steven, "History of the Crusades III"

description: Savoy crusader

wikidata_label: Jean I de Grailly

wikipedia_title: Jean I de Grailly


text: Lady

text: Uganda

text: Namirembe

text: Kampala

text: Guy's Hospital

text: London

text: Albert Ruskin Cook

text: Namirembe

text: Ganda

text: Baganda

text: yaws

text: syphilis

text: STD

text: MBE

text: Belgian Red Cross

text: Queen Elisabeth Medal

text: World War I

text: OBE

text: Namirembe

text: Mengo Hospital

text: Wellcome Library

categories: Anglican missionaries in Uganda,British emigrants to Uganda,British women medical doctors,Officers of the Order of the British Empire,English Anglican missionaries,1863 births,1938 deaths,Christian medical missionaries,Health in Uganda

paragraph: Katharine Cook

paragraph: Lady Katharine Cook ( Timpson; 1863 – 17 May 1938) was a British medical missionary who worked in Uganda. She co-founded the Church Missionary Society Hospital at Mengo, which opened in May 1897, and served as its matron until 1911. In 1918, she began training midwives via the Maternity Training School in Namirembe, which she founded. She later became consulting physician to the Government European Hospital in Kampala.

paragraph: Section::::Missionary work.

paragraph: Katharine Timpson went to Uganda as a medical missionary, following work at Guy's Hospital in London. She was accepted by the Christian Missionary Service in 1896, despite opposition from older missionaries who felt that she should not do medical work. She conducted rounds on foot and by bicycle.

paragraph: Timpson and Albert Ruskin Cook founded the Church Missionary Society Hospital at Mengo, which opened in May 1897. Timpson was matron of the hospital from its founding to 1911. She married Cook in 1900. They had three children, who were sent back to Britain to be educated.

paragraph: In 1918, Cook began training midwives via the Maternity Training School (MTS) in Namirembe, which she founded. Initially, she focused on training the daughters of chiefs to encourage other women to train. The Cooks also authored a manual of midwifery in Ganda, the local language, "Amagezi Agokuzalisa", published by Sheldon Press, London.

paragraph: Cook established 29 rural maternity centres in addition to the MTS and also began training nurses in 1928, opening the Nurses Training College in 1931. The midwives and nurses were expected to defer to Europeans; Cook received requests that her students be scolded or even struck off when they were not deferential. Cook defended some students against these claims of insubordination, including one of their "brightest", who she said had not had the opportunity to tell her side of the story and whose reprimand had not been justified. However, Cook was suspicious of her students and treated them like "morally suspect, impractical girls", censoring their mail and was explicitly concerned that they might form romantic attachments that might potentially end their careers.

paragraph: The training that Cook provided had a strong moralising component; Cook considered Ugandan mothers to be harsh or ignorant in their treatment of their infants and believed that the local Baganda people had a lack of moral conscience that was causing high levels of infant mortality. Historian Carol Summers has suggested that this patronising and negative view was in part the result of the Cook's confusing yaws with syphilis and thus thinking that there was an STD epidemic of huge proportions.

paragraph: Cook eventually became consulting physician to the Government European Hospital in Kampala.

paragraph: Section::::Honours and legacy.

paragraph: The work that Cook and her husband conducted was widely publicised in East Africa and in Britain. In 1918, Cook was awarded the MBE, the Belgian Red Cross and the Queen Elisabeth Medal for nursing services during World War I. In 1932, she retired and was awarded an OBE.

paragraph: Cook died on 17 May 1938 in Namirembe. In 1963, the new nurses' home at Mengo Hospital was named after her. The archives of Cook and her husband are kept at Wellcome Library with the reference PPCOO.

alias:
Katharine Timpson Cook
Katharine Timpson
Katherine Timpson

description: medical missionary

wikidata_label: Katharine Cook

wikipedia_title: Katharine Cook


text: Auvergnat

text: troubadour

text: fl.

text: Clermont

text: minstrel

text: Narbonne

text: Viscountess Ermengard

text: vida

text: jongleur

text: Raimbaut d'Aurenga

text: Alfonso VIII of Castile

text: Alfonso II of Aragon

text: Raymond V of Toulouse

text: Peire d'Alvernhe

text: Order of Grandmont

text: courtly love

text: Roman de Flamenca

text: Guiraut de Bornelh

text: "The Authorship of Flamenca."

text: "The Authorship of Flamenca."

text: "Courtly Love and Courtliness."

text: Speculum

text: Complete works

categories: French male poets,Troubadours,Year of death unknown,People from Clermont-Ferrand,1140s births

paragraph: Peire Rogier

paragraph: Peire Rogier (born c. 1145) was a twelfth-century Auvergnat troubadour (fl. 1160 – 1180) and cathedral canon from Clermont. He left his cathedral to become a travelling minstrel before settling down for a time in Narbonne at the court of the Viscountess Ermengard. His life and career are known because his late thirteenth-century "vida" survives, as well as some of his works. The reliability of his "vida", upon which all the details of his goings and comings are known, however, is not complete. According to it, he left the religious life to become a jongleur.

paragraph: He fell in love with his hostess and patron and wrote many songs in her honour, giving Ermengard the nickname "Tort-n'avetz" ("You are wrong"), but for what reasons is unknown. Eventually the people of the Narbonnaise believed that he was in a sexual relationship with the viscountess and so she asked him to leave. He moved on to the court of Raimbaut d'Aurenga, where he also remained for a long time. From Raimbaut's court he moved on to sojourn at that of Alfonso VIII of Castile, then that of Alfonso II of Aragon, and finally that of Raymond V of Toulouse, where he arrived circa 1170. According to his "vida", he became much esteemed as a troubadour through his travels, but there is no evidence otherwise for any movements in Spain, except perhaps the assembly of troubadours at the court of Aragon mentioned in a work of Peire d'Alvernhe (which need not have taken place). He entered the Order of Grandmont before his death.

paragraph: Peire Rogier's style of courtly love poetry is of the extremely reverent variety, in which the man submits completely to his lady and she is a paragon of virtue and courtliness (though the word "cortezia" is absent from his surviving works). She can by mere words convert a boorish man into a courtly one. Love need not be physical to be enjoyed and suffering on behalf of one's lady is considered pleasure. From one of his works:

paragraph: He has been alleged as the author of the "Roman de Flamenca", but as this was written around 1234–1235, he would have done so while about ninety years of age, which is hardly likely. However, the author of the "Flamenca" probably imitated the dialogue of Peire Rogier's poems. As the originator of internal dialogue in the troubadour lyric, Peire Rogier was also imitated by Guiraut de Bornelh.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cheyette, Fredric L. "Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours". Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pietsch, K. "The Authorship of Flamenca." "Modern Language Notes", Vol. 10, No. 7. (Nov., 1895), pp 201–202.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Henckels, Théodore. "The Authorship of Flamenca." "Modern Language Notes", Vol. 10, No. 5. (May, 1895), pp 158–159.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pattison, Walter T. "The Troubadours of Peire D'Alvernhe's Satire in Spain." "PMLA", Vol. 50, No. 1. (Mar., 1935), pp 14–24.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Denomy, Alexander J. "Courtly Love and Courtliness." "Speculum", Vol. 28, No. 1. (Jan., 1953), pp 44–63.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mott, Lewis F. "The Love Theories of Chrétien de Troies." "PMLA", Vol. 8, Appendix. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, 1893. (1893), pp xxvii–xxxi.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Complete works at trobar.org

description: French troubadour

wikidata_label: Peire Rogier

wikipedia_title: Peire Rogier


text: Bellême

text: Tours

text: musicologist

text: Notre Dame de Paris

text: Paris Opera

text: Reign of Terror

text: François Lays

text: Commission des sciences et des arts

text: French campaign in Egypt and Syria

text: Philæ

text: François-Joseph Fétis

text: Description de l'Égypte

text: Panckoucke

text: Savonnières

text: L'Harmattan

text: Guillaume-André Villoteau

categories: Writers from Normandy,19th-century French musicologists,1759 births,Arabic music,Commission des Sciences et des Arts members,Ethnomusicologists

paragraph: Guillaume André Villoteau

paragraph: Guillaume André Villoteau (19 Septembrer 1759 in Bellême – 27 April 1839 in Tours) was a French musicologist.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: An ambulant musician, engaged in the dragons, Villoteau then integrated the mastery of Notre Dame de Paris on the eve of the French Revolution. He left the orders and entered the Paris Opera during the Reign of Terror where he became conductor of the choir.

paragraph: The singer François Lays having refused to leave, he took his place in the Commission des sciences et des arts which accompanied the army of the East during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria by Bonaparte.

paragraph: Villoteau was particularly interested in Arabic music. He started from scratch and could not rely on any music score: his interlocutors benefited only from an oral transmission.

paragraph: He had the opportunity to carry out his musical research until Philæ, and collected a valuable collection of instruments bought by his friend François-Joseph Fétis and donated to the Museum of Music of Brussels. His contributions to music form 505 pages in the Imperial edition in folio of the "Description de l'Égypte" and 1015 pages in the Panckoucke edition. It will be a real treatise on Egyptian music, past and present.

paragraph: On his return to France, he retired in 1809 to his property of the Mazerais, a commune of Savonnières, where he became mayor from 1813 to 1815. He then moved to Tours where he set up the first mutual school in the city.

paragraph: Section::::Selected publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Recherches sur l'analogie de la musique avec les arts", v. I y v. II, Paris: Imperial edition, 1807

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dissertation sur les diverses espèces d'instruments de musique que l'on remarque parmi les sculptures qui décorent les antiques monuments de l'Égypte". In "Description de l'Égypte", Paris: Prunelle, Imperial edition, 1809, p. 181.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Description historique, technique et littéraire des instruments de musique des Orientaux", Paris: Imperial edition, 1813

paragraph: BULLET::::- "De l'état actuel de l'art musical en Egypte. Relation historique et descriptive des recherches et observations faites sur la musique en ce pays". In "Description de l'Égypte", Paris: Panckoucke, 1827.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Musique de l'antique Egypte", Brussels: Degreef-Laduron, 1830.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fétis (Jean-François), "Villoteau", in "Dictionnaire universelle des musiciens", Bruxelles, 1844, vol. 8, p. 459–464.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mayaud (Isabelle), "Guillaume-André Villoteau (1759–1839) et l'Égypte : l'expérience d'une vie", in "Voyages et voyageurs, circulation des hommes et des idées à l'époque révolutionnaire", actes du 130e congrès des sociétés savantes, La Rochelle, April 2005, p. 121132.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Grinevald (Paul-Marie), "Villoteau, ethno-musicien de Bonaparte et de l’Égypte", Touraine Généalogie, Bulletin n° 92, 4th trimester 2012, p. 398.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Grinevald (Paul-Marie), "Guillaume-André Villoteau (1759-1839): Ethnomusicographe de l'Égypte", Paris, L'Harmattan, 2014. 302 p. (series: L'Univers musical).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guillaume-André Villoteau (1759-1839) et l'Égypte

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guillaume-André Villoteau (in English)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Villoteau, Guillaume André (1759 - 1839), writer on music on Oxford Index

paragraph: BULLET::::- Villoteau, l’ethno-musicien bonapartiste de la musique égyptienne on "Influences" (26 April 2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- " Guillaume-André Villoteau (1759-1839) : ethnomusicographe de l'Égypte" on Stanford University Libraries

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guillaume-André Villoteau / François-Joseph Fétis (biography) on Library of Congress

description: French musicologist and ethnomusicologist

wikidata_label: Guillaume André Villoteau

wikipedia_title: Guillaume André Villoteau


text: Australian rules football

text: Sydney Swans

text: Gold Coast Football Club

text: Australian Football League

text: 2012 AFL Grand Final

text: 2014 All-Australian team

text: 2016 season

text: Macedonian Australian

text: Eastern Ranges

text: Sydney Swans

text: 2002 AFL draft

text: Wizard Home Loans Cup

text: anterior cruciate ligament

text: knee reconstruction

text: hamstring

text: Hawthorn

text: MCG

text: 2006 AFL Grand Final

text: Skilton Medal

text: Brett Kirk

text: knee

text: 2012 AFL Grand Final

text: Gold Coast Football Club

categories: Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia),1984 births,All-Australians (AFL),Sydney Swans players,Eastern Ranges players,Living people,Australian people of Macedonian descent

paragraph: Nick Malceski

paragraph: Nick Malceski (born 15 August 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A running defender, he was part of the Sydney line-up that won the 2012 AFL Grand Final, and in total played 176 games for the club between 2005 and 2014. He was named in the 2014 All-Australian team, but at the end of that season joined the Gold Coast, where he played two seasons (consisting of 34 games) before retiring at the end of the 2016 season.

paragraph: Section::::AFL career.

paragraph: Section::::AFL career.:Recruitment.

paragraph: Malceski is a Macedonian Australian. He was recruited from the Eastern Ranges by the Sydney Swans in the 2002 AFL draft with the 64th overall pick.

paragraph: In his first year at the club, the talented midfielder played in the Wizard Home Loans Cup and then followed up with a full season for the Swans Reserves, where he impressed coaching staff with his magnificent disposal skills on both sides of his body and excellent decision-making abilities in both attack and defence. After a successful first season with the Swans Reserves, Malceski and coaching staff had high hopes for him making his debut for the seniors in the 2004 premiership season. Unfortunately, Malceski ruptured his left anterior cruciate ligament during a trial game, requiring him to have a knee reconstruction, thus ruining any hopes of him making a seniors debut in 2004.

paragraph: Section::::AFL career.:Sydney (2005–2014).

paragraph: In 2005, Malceski surprised everyone by fully recovering from his knee injury both physically and mentally, and was rewarded with a seniors debut. He scored his first career goal with his first kick. Malceski went on to play another four matches for the seniors in the 2005 premiership season.

paragraph: In 2006, Malceski got the call up to play for the seniors in round 3, along with a new guernsey, number 9. He played well and held his spot in the team, scoring five goals and averaged 14 possessions a game. However, Malceski pulled up with a hamstring injury during the first quarter of the Swans' round 9 clash against Hawthorn at the MCG. Scans later revealed he would miss the next 3 or 4 weeks.

paragraph: In the Round 4, 2006 match against Melbourne, he had the opportunity to level the scores in the dying moments but missed from 25 metres out and the Demons hung on. This was an inapt way to cap off his game which was considered to have shown a lot of promise – with several long kicks and attacking flair shown. The match marked his arrival as a promising young player.

paragraph: Malceski's form earned him selection in the 2006 AFL Grand Final where he garnered 10 possessions and kicked an important goal, however his side ultimately lost in his first Grand Final appearance to the West Coast Eagles.

paragraph: In 2007, Malceski continued to impress with exquisite disposal skills and cemented his place in the Sydney Swans team with several stand-out performances early in the season. His speed and accuracy off half-back has made him an important cog in the Swans team. In Round 5, 2007 against the Melbourne Demons, Malceski was awarded best on ground with 28 disposals and 1 goal. A great season performance in 2007 resulted Malceski to be runner-up in the clubs prestigious Skilton Medal, only second to Sydney midfielder Brett Kirk.

paragraph: After his break-out year in 2007, Malceski and Swans coaching staff had high hopes for an even more successful 2008. However, their hopes were delivered a cruel blow when Malceski suffered what appeared to be a serious knee injury to his right knee after he twisted it when changing direction during the 3rd quarter of the Swans Round 1, NAB Cup clash with Hawthorn in Tasmania. It was expected that the knee injury would rule Malceski out for the remainder of the season, however, a synthetic ligament was installed into the knee and he returned to the side in a game against Essendon mid-way through the season.

paragraph: In 2010, after two years of disappointing form and recovery from his serious knee injury, Malceski returned to his best form. Returning to the half-back line, his run and precision kicking were great assets for the Swans as they pushed towards the finals. He capped of his wonderful year by placing 7th in the Bob Skilton Medal and being named in the initial 40 man All-Australian squad.

paragraph: In the 2011 pre-season, Malceski re-tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. It was announced he would be having LARS surgery again and he would be out for 10–12 weeks.

paragraph: Malceski was part of the Sydney Swans team which won the 2012 AFL Grand Final, where he kicked his side's first and last goals of the match through miraculous snap shots. Malceski's year was typified by his run and delivery off the half-back line while he has also sharpened his defensive skills dramatically to ensure he is not a weak link. He helped the Swans' defensive units become the stingiest and one of the toughest to score against in season 2012.

paragraph: Section::::AFL career.:Gold Coast (2015–2016).

paragraph: On 6 October 2014, Malceski signed a three-year deal with the Gold Coast Football Club, parting ways with Sydney after ten seasons. At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he announced his retirement from the AFL due to ongoing knee injuries.

paragraph: Section::::Statistics.

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paragraph: ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007

paragraph: ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008

paragraph: ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009

paragraph: ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010

paragraph: ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011

paragraph: ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012

paragraph: ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013

paragraph: ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014

paragraph: ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015

paragraph: ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2016

paragraph: ! colspan=3| Career

paragraph: ! 210

paragraph: ! 75

paragraph: ! 61

paragraph: ! 2742

paragraph: ! 1176

paragraph: ! 3918

paragraph: ! 932

paragraph: ! 529

paragraph: ! 0.4

paragraph: ! 0.3

paragraph: ! 13.1

paragraph: ! 5.6

paragraph: ! 18.7

paragraph: ! 4.4

paragraph: ! 2.5

description: Australian rules footballer

wikidata_label: Nick Malceski

wikipedia_title: Nick Malceski


text: Australia

text: bushranger

text: Binalong, New South Wales

text: Ben Hall's

text: Forbes, New South Wales

text: John Dunn

text: Hamilton, Ontario

text: Port Phillip

text: Bondi Junction, New South Wales

text: Kilmore, Victoria

text: Kiandra

text: Frank Gardiner

text: "stuck up"

text: powder flask

text: Tranter

text: Streets of Forbes

text: ABC

text: BBC

text: 20th Century Fox

text: Ben Hall

text: John Orcsik

text: The Legend of Ben Hall

text: Frank Gardiner–Ben Hall gang

text: Biography of Gilbert

text: John Gilbert

categories: Bushrangers,1842 births,Australian people of Canadian descent,Deaths by firearm in New South Wales,People shot dead by law enforcement officers in Australia,People from Hamilton, Ontario

paragraph: John Gilbert (bushranger)

paragraph: Johnny Gilbert was an Australian bushranger shot dead by the police at the age of 23 near Binalong, New South Wales on 13 May 1865.

paragraph: Gilbert was a member of Ben Hall's gang. Hall and Gilbert were both shot by police within a week of each other. Hall was shot dead on 5 May 1865 near Forbes, New South Wales . After Hall was killed his gang split up and Gilbert and John Dunn travelled to Binalong where Dunn had relatives.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1842. His mother Eleanor (née Wilson) died shortly after his birth. His father William subsequently married Eliza Cord, a girl only slightly older than his eldest surviving daughter, Eleanor. In 1852 John accompanied his family to the Victorian goldfields. Nine members of the Gilbert family arrived in Port Phillip on board the "Revenue" in October 1852. They included William and Eliza, Eleanor (Ellen), Frank, James, Charles, Thomas Charbonnelle and Nicholas Wiseman.

paragraph: A contemporary of Hall and Gardiner, Johnny Gilbert, alias Roberts, was one of the gang charged with the robbery of the gold escort at Eugowra Rocks, but had not been captured. His uncle, John Davis, was found shot in April 1854 Gilbert (then known as Roberts) was arrested and charged with murder. He was acquitted but later jailed for horse stealing.

paragraph: Some suggest Gilbert accompanied his uncle, John Davis, to the Victorian goldfields. However, there is no mention of Davis on the passenger list for the "Revenue", though there is a ten-year-old John Gilbert. Roy Mendham, in his book, "The Dictionary of Australian Bushrangers", asserts that Gilbert was responsible for the murder of his uncle. In 1854, Davis was found shot dead, and a Joseph Roberts, an alias of John Gilbert, was tried for Davis's murder but acquitted. Roberts was later tried for horsestealing. Roberts however was said to be about seventeen, Davis's murder occurred at the Waverley Arms at Bondi Junction, New South Wales. It would seem that Roberts, although possibly an alias for a John Gilbert, is not the same John Gilbert. The Gilbert family history does not include the names Roberts or Davis in Australia, although Wilson was used as an alias by Charles, his older brother who fled first to New Zealand's gold fields then to California to avoid arrest.

paragraph: When he was only twelve, Gilbert worked as a stablehand at Kilmore, Victoria for his sister Eleanor and her new husband, John Stafford, for a time before moving on to the Kiandra goldfields in New South Wales.

paragraph: John was usually described as quite a smart man who could read and write, and a very jolly fellow who was always laughing. It was because of his happy disposition, that John was nicknamed "Happy Jack". He was also of thin slight build, and an excellent horseman.

paragraph: Section::::Gang activities.

paragraph: At eighteen he fell under the influence of the bushranger who used the alias Frank Gardiner.

paragraph: In 1862, John Gilbert was first named as an accomplice of Gardiner when they and two others held up a storekeeper. Just over a month later, John Gilbert was involved in another robbery, this time with Gardiner, and Ben Hall. From then on John Gilbert was identified as being involved in several hold-ups between Lambing Flat (Young) and Lachlan.

paragraph: Frank Gardiner enlisted the assistance of John Gilbert, Ben Hall, John O'Meally, Dan Charters, Henry Manns, Alexander Fordyce and Johnny Bow, to rob the Forbes gold escort at a place called Eugowra Rocks.

paragraph: On 15 November 1864 the gang robbed the Gundagai Mail near Jugiong and Gilbert shot Sergeant Parry dead.

paragraph: Section::::Gilbert's capture and death, based on the report from Constable Hales.

paragraph: Senior Constable Charles Hales of the Binalong police station received information at 8:00 on 12 May 1865 that the two bushrangers had "stuck up" the Woolshed near Murrumburah. He suspected they would be in the area of Binalong due to John Dunn's relatives living in the area. He thought they might visit John Kelly, Dunn's grandfather.

paragraph: Senior Constable Hale immediately gathered constables John Bright and Michael King and headed out to watch Kelly's house. They watched most of the night, but saw no one enter, so returned to the police station about half a mile away.

paragraph: The next morning at 8:00 , John Kelly (under the influence of alcohol) informed Senior Constable Hales that Gilbert and Dunn were at his hut. Hales gathered Constables John Bright, Michael King and Henry Hall and headed to Kelly's place. Two parties were formed, Bright and Hall went to the back of the hut and were stationed in the creek. Hales and King were stationed at the front of the hut.

paragraph: The troopers watched for about an hour in the rain. At some stage Kelly's son, Thomas, approached the stockyard. Hales called him over to ask if there were strangers in the house, to which he said "No." Hales and King approached the house and the dogs started barking. John Kelly and his wife came to the door of the hut, and seeing Trooper Hales, Kelly called out "Look out, the hut is surrounded by bloody troopers." As Hales entered the hut two shots were fired, Hales looked through the slabs of the bedroom wall to see the shadows of two men. Hales immediately fired and ran to the front room of the hut. He then called out "Men, surround the hut—the bushrangers are inside". Hales warned Kelly if he did not immediately turn out, they would burn the hut.

paragraph: Hales heard firing in the paddock at the end of the hut. He ran out to the area and saw the bushrangers firing at Constables King and Hall. The bushrangers kept up the fire as they got through a bush fence that led to the creek and took up position behind a large tree. Gilbert used his revolving rifle on Hales and Bright but it misfired. Meanwhile, King and Hall took up positions. Dunn and Gilbert started firing their revolvers at Hall and King, and ran down to the creek. Hales and Bright immediately fired at the bushrangers, at which time Gilbert dropped.

paragraph: Hales ordered his men to follow and to chase Dunn. King was left to guard Gilbert's body as King was wounded in the foot. The three constables chased Dunn for about a mile and a half, they were exhausted and had to give up the pursuit. Dunn escaped, but was caught later and was hanged on 19 March 1866.

paragraph: The 3 constables returned to Gilbert's body. Constable Henry Hall was put in charge of the body. They searched the body and found money, jewellery, powder flask, guns, and bullets. The guns included a Tranter revolving rifle and a government issue revolver.

paragraph: Gilbert's body was taken back to the Binalong police station and deposited at the court house. John Kelly and his son were apprehended and brought before Magistrate Campbell of Yass. They were remanded for 8 days and released on bail.

paragraph: An inquest was held on 14 May 1865 and it was generally agreed that Constable John Bright fired the fatal shot. It was also agreed that Gilbert had died instantly. The verdict of the jury at the inquest was "justifiable homicide." The jury also found "that Senior Constable Hales and Constables Bright, King and Hall were deserving of great praise for the gallant and courageous manner in which they acted." Gilbert's body was buried in the police paddock behind the station.

paragraph: The Government reward for the dead bushranger was divided up as follows: the informer received £500; Hales, £150; Bright, £130; King, £120; and Hall £100.

paragraph: At the time of his death he had become Australia's worst criminal, being involved in more than 630 hold-ups.

paragraph: Section::::Folklore.

paragraph: As a member of Ben Hall's gang, Gilbert is mentioned in a number of songs about Hall's life and exploits. For example, in the chorus of a song called ""The Morning of the Fray"", also called""Eugowra Rocks"", the chorus runs:

paragraph: In the song ""Ben Hall"", the fifth verse references Gilbert and Dunn:

paragraph: There is a similar song about ""Frank Gardiner"", where the third verse gives a slightly different version of Gilbert's death to the history books:

paragraph: Gilbert is also mentioned in ""The Streets of Forbes"", another song about Ben Hall.

paragraph: Gilbert is also the subject of a poem by Banjo Patterson, titled ""How Gilbert Died"". While it is great poetry, it is somewhat romanticized and cavalier of the facts of his death.

paragraph: Section::::Film and Television.

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Gilbert appeared in the 1977 ABC-BBC-20th Century Fox television series Ben Hall, and was portrayed by Australian actor John Orcsik.

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Gilbert is a major character in the 2016 feature film "The Legend of Ben Hall" and is portrayed by Australian actor Jamie Coffa.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: Frank Gardiner–Ben Hall gang

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography of Gilbert

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wild Colonial Boys - Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall, and John Gilbert

paragraph: BULLET::::- Death of John Gilbert - bush ranger: Grandpa Pencil's Australian Colonial Intelligence

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Gilbert

paragraph: BULLET::::- Waverley Library - Items of Historical Interest - "Murder at Waverley Arms"

description: Australian bushranger

wikidata_label: John Gilbert

wikipedia_title: John Gilbert (bushranger)


text: English

text: clergyman

text: Anglican

text: mountaineering

text: Derby

text: England

text: Derby School

text: Clare College, Cambridge

text: MA

text: Church of England

text: Ridley Hall, Cambridge

text: Derby County F.C.

text: curate

text: Reading, Berkshire

text: Alps

text: Japan

text: Church of England

text: Church Missionary Society

text: Kumamoto

text: Kobe

text: Anglican Church in Japan

text: SPG

text: St. Andrew's Cathedral

text: Christ Church, Yokohama

text: Japanese Alps

text: Edward Bramwell Clarke

text: Emperor Hirohito

text: Order of the Sacred Treasures

text: Kamikōchi

text: Mount Ena

text: First World War

text: London

text: Alpine Club of Great Britain

text: Japan Society of London

text: Royal Geographical Society

text: Back Award

text: Cambridge University

text: Gilchrist Educational Trust

text: Sir Francis Fox

text: Anglo-Japanese relations

text: Anglican Church in Japan

text: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

text: The Collected Works of Walter Weston

text: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

categories: 20th-century English Anglican priests,Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge,Association footballers not categorized by position,Anglican missionaries in Japan,People from Derby,English mountain climbers,19th-century English Anglican priests,People educated at Derby School,Derby County F.C. players,English Anglican missionaries,1940 deaths,Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society,1860 births,British expatriates in Japan

paragraph: Walter Weston

paragraph: Walter Weston (25 December 1860 – 27 March 1940), was an English clergyman and Anglican missionary who helped popularize recreational mountaineering in Japan at the turn of the 20th Century.

paragraph: Section::::Background and early life.

paragraph: Weston was born at 22 Parker Street, Derby, England, the sixth son of John Weston, an elastic manufacturer, and his wife, Emma Britland. He was educated at Derby School between 1876 and 1880, where he held the school record for running the mile distance (viz., four minutes, 47 seconds). He then went up to Clare College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1883 and MA in 1887. He studied for the Church of England's priesthood at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He played six times for Derby County F.C. in their inaugural season, 1884–85.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: Ordained a deacon in 1885, priest in 1886, Weston was appointed curate of St John's, Reading, Berkshire, in 1885. He was already a mountaineer, and in 1886 and 1887 spent periods climbing in the Alps.

paragraph: Section::::Weston in Japan.

paragraph: Weston went to Japan as a missionary of the Church of England's Church Missionary Society in 1888, working first at Kumamoto, then serving as chaplain in Kobe from 1889 to 1895. Alternating between postings to parishes in England, Weston spent a total of fifteen years in various ministries of the Anglican Church in Japan between 1888 and 1915 including service as a SPG sponsored missionary at St. Andrew's Cathedral and Christ Church, Yokohama.

paragraph: He began mountain climbing while expressing a strong interest in Japanese landscapes, traditions, customs and culture. He published "Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps" (1896). As a writer and lecturer he continued to introduce Japan to an overseas audience. He gave universal currency to the term Japanese Alps, though it was first used before he came to Japan. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Japanese Alpine Club in 1906, and became its first honorary member.

paragraph: Section::::Weston in Japan.:Legacy in Japan.

paragraph: Weston and Edward Bramwell Clarke are the westerners identified with the emergence of mountain climbing as a new sport in Japan. By the end of Weston's life, some British climbers referred to him as ‘the father of mountaineering in Japan’. In 1937, Emperor Hirohito conferred on him the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasures (fourth class) and the Japanese Alpine Club erected a bronze tablet in his honour at Kamikōchi in the Japanese Alps.

paragraph: The Weston Park of Mount Ena was made in October 2001. Each year on 11 May, the Weston festival at the park opens the climbing season in the Japanese Northern Alps.

paragraph: Section::::Later career.

paragraph: After returning to England during the First World War, Weston settled in London and became an active member of the Alpine Club of Great Britain, the Japan Society of London (serving on its council), and the Royal Geographical Society, which in 1917 awarded him its Back Award and a Fellowship for his work in Japan.

paragraph: He was a lecturer for Cambridge University and the Gilchrist Educational Trust and established himself as a writer.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: On 3 April 1902, prior to the start of Weston's second extended stay in Japan, he married Frances Emily, second daughter of Sir Francis Fox, a prominent civil engineer. Frances accompanied Weston on many of his expeditions in the Japanese Alps.

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: Weston's published books include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps" (1896)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (1918)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Wayfarer in Unfamiliar Japan" (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Japan" (1926)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anglo-Japanese relations

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anglican Church in Japan

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Weston, Walter (1860–1940), mountaineer and missionary" by Peter H. Hansen in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In Memoriam: Walter Weston" by T. A. Rumbold and H. S. Bullock in "The Alpine Journal", vol. 52 (1940), pages 271–275

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Collected Works of Walter Weston

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

description: English missionary and mountain climber

wikidata_label: Walter Weston

wikipedia_title: Walter Weston


text: Solkan

text: classical guitar

text: Slovenia

text: Lucijan Marija Škerjanc

text: Klasična Kitara - Šola 1

text: Klasična Kitara - Šola 2

text: Državna založba Slovenije

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categories: 20th-century classical musicians,1915 births,1999 deaths,Slovenian classical guitarists,People from the City Municipality of Nova Gorica,20th-century guitarists,Hochschule für Musik und Theater München alumni

paragraph: Stanko Prek

paragraph: Stanko Prek (1915, Solkan near Nova Gorica – 1999, Ljubljana) was a classical guitarist and composer from Slovenia.

paragraph: He studied first in Ljubljana and then the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, where he received his degree in classical guitar in 1941. In 1944 he finished composition studies with Lucijan Marija Škerjanc.

paragraph: Stanko Prek was the first guitar professor at the Muzička akademija - Zagreb, Croatia (1), but also taught in Maribor and Ljubljana.

paragraph: He made numerous publications, including compositions, arrangements and music theory books.

paragraph: Section::::Principal works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony in C sharp minor (1951)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nocturne for symphony orchestra (1944)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youth Suite for strings (1959)

paragraph: BULLET::::- String Quartet in G major (1966)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nocturne for guitar (1950)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Three Hundred Folk Tunes, an anthology of folk songs (1964)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pozdrav iz daljine (Greeting from Afar) for male choir (1954)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pomladna pesem (Spring Song) for youth choir (1957)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Serenade for voice and guitar (or piano) (1946)

paragraph: Section::::Classical guitar method.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Klasična Kitara - Šola 1 (Državna založba Slovenije)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Klasična Kitara - Šola 2 (Državna založba Slovenije)

paragraph: BULLET::::- further publications are published by Državna založba Slovenije

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stanko Prek (see p. 198, 199)

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of the Guitar in Former Yugoslavia (by Prof. Uroš Dojčinović)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Articles and Documents

paragraph: BULLET::::- Articles: 1 (see page 12; ref), 2 (see page 19; ref), 3 (see page 6; ref)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Programs: 1 (ref), 2 (ref)

description: Slovenian musician

wikidata_label: Stanko Prek

wikipedia_title: Stanko Prek


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King
Essex
Sigeheard of Essex
Mercia
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categories: East Saxon monarchs,758 deaths,8th-century English monarchs,Year of birth unknown

paragraph: Swithred of Essex

paragraph: Swithred of Essex (also known as Swaefred) was King of Essex (746–758). He was the second son of Sebbi, and the grandson of King Sigeheard of Essex. Like his predecessors, he was not an independent ruler, but a dependent of the Kingdom of Mercia.

paragraph: There is also reported a Swithred who may have been the archbishop Feologild, fl.832.

description: King of Essex

wikidata_label: Swithred of Essex

wikipedia_title: Swithred of Essex


text:
Swedish
ice hockey
defenceman
HC Spartak Moscow
Kontinental Hockey League
Malmö
Malmö Redhawks
SHL
HockeyAllsvenskan
Los Angeles Kings
2005 NHL Entry Draft
Philadelphia Flyers
Ned Lukacevic
Denis Gauthier
2010 NHL Entry Draft
Nashville Predators
Modo Hockey
2011–12
Leksands IF
2013–14
SHL
hat trick
Örebro HK
Jan Huokko
1998–99 season
Salming Trophy
2013–14 season
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
2014–15
SKA Saint Petersburg

categories: Modo Hockey players,Manchester Monarchs (AHL) players,Leksands IF players,Reading Royals players,1986 births,Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden,Philadelphia Phantoms players,Malmö Redhawks players,SKA Saint Petersburg players,Los Angeles Kings draft picks,Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics,HC Sibir Novosibirsk players,Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players,Living people,Sportspeople from Malmö

paragraph: Patrik Hersley

paragraph: Patrik Hersley (born June 23, 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: Being a native of Malmö and beginning his career in Malmö Redhawks, at the time regularly oscillating between Elitserien (SHL) and HockeyAllsvenskan, Hersley was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the fifth round as the 139th player in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Hersley was traded from the Kings to the Philadelphia Flyers, along with Ned Lukacevic, in exchange for Denis Gauthier and a second round choice in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft on July 1, 2008. On September 23, 2009, Hersley was traded by the Flyers to the Nashville Predators for future considerations.

paragraph: After two years in the North American ice hockey scene and another two back with the Redhawks in Malmö, as well as a brief stint with Modo Hockey, Hersley was signed to a two-year extension contract during the 2011–12 season with Leksands IF on March 13, 2012.

paragraph: While having his true breakthrough season in 2013–14, Hersley scored his 22nd goal of the season on February 8, 2014, setting a new record for the number of goals by a defenceman in an SHL regular season. He also scored a hat trick while playing against Örebro HK. The previous record was set by Jan Huokko, also for Leksands IF, in the 1998–99 season with 21 goals. Hersley added another two goals to finish the regular season with 24 goals. He was awarded the Salming Trophy, as the best defenceman in the SHL, for the 2013–14 season.

paragraph: After the season, Hersley signed a one-year contract with Russian club, HC Sibir Novosibirsk in the KHL for the 2014–15 season.

paragraph: After three successful seasons with SKA Saint Petersburg, Hersley left as a free agent to continue in the KHL with HC Spartak Moscow, agreeing to a one-year contract on 19 June 2019.

description: Swedish ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Patrik Hersley

wikipedia_title: Patrik Hersley


text: East India Company

text: poet

text: literary journals

text: Hindu College

text: Bengali

text: Michael Madhusudan Dutta

text: David Thomas Richardson

text: Bengal Army

text: Lord Nelson

text: James Silk Buckingham

text: ensign

text: James Augustus St. John

text: William Hazlitt

text: William Roscoe

text: John Bowring

text: Thomas Pringle

text: John Murray

text: John Murray publishing house

text: Henry Colburn

text: Lord William Bentinck

text: Governor-General of Bengal

text: Thomas Babington Macaulay

text: Shibnath Shastri

text: Clapham

text: Freemason

text: Calcutta

text: Sonnets and Other Poems

text: volume I

text: volume II

text: The Anglo-Indian Passage

text: Literary Recreations

text: Samuel Austin Allibone

text: Trials and Triumphs

text: Lord Bacon's Essays, annotated

text: Catherine Eliza Richardson

categories: British East India Company civil servants,Presidency University, Kolkata faculty,19th-century British poets,1801 births,1865 deaths,Poets in British India

paragraph: David Lester Richardson

paragraph: David Lester Richardson (1801 – 17 November 1865) was an officer of the East India Company, who throughout his life followed literary pursuits as a poet and periodical writer, and as editor and proprietor of literary journals. A skilled linguist, he was in later life an educator, serving as professor of English at Hindu College, where he inspired the Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: David Lester Richardson was born in London and baptised at St. Marylebone on 15 February 1801, son of Sarah Lester and Lt Col David Thomas Richardson (1780–1808) of the Bengal Army. He appears to have been born out of wedlock; David Thomas Richardson married Violet Oliver (c1780–1808) in August 1801. He, Violet and their three surviving children died when their ship, the "Lord Nelson" was lost in a storm around 21 or 22 November 1808 en route from Madras to England.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: David Lester Richardson entered into the service of the East India Company in 1819, and from that time began to submit poems to James Silk Buckingham's "Calcutta Journal" under initials which were to become well known in British India circles; D.L.R. His work included English language translations of Indian poems. He appears to have been wealthy; an uncle, Colonel Sherwood, is reported to have commented in connection with Richardson's aspiration to visit England, "You are the richest ensign in India. If you go home, you will return a beggar."

paragraph: In 1822, he published a slim volume of poems under his full name - a work he was later ashamed of, presumably for its callow elements. He was granted medical leave to visit England in 1824; this first return trip to the mother-country lasted until 1829. In London he pursued his literary muse, publishing "Sonnets and Other Poems" in 1825, apparently to warm reviews. It was reprinted a number of times and a third edition was published in 1827 within the Jones Diamond Edition series on British Poets; Richardson was the only living poet to have his work included in the series.

paragraph: In 1827, he founded the "London Weekly Review", a literary journal which he edited with James Augustus St. John, and on which he expended a considerable amount of his patrimony. Contributors include William Hazlitt, William Roscoe, John Bowring and Thomas Pringle; the enterprise appears to have been successful, at least enough to encourage an offer from John Murray, scion of the John Murray publishing house to purchase a half-share in the business. The offer was rejected; but a downturn in publishing and hence in advertising revenue for literary journals, and a need on Richard's part to return to his employers in India led him to enter into an agreement under which Henry Colburn would assume control of the journal in return for Richardson receiving a share in the profits of sales of the "London Weekly Review". Colburn ingeniously renamed the publication as the "Court Journal", and Richardson's anticipated rewards evaporated.

paragraph: Richardson's compulsion to return to India arose out of a statutory five-year limit on absence-from-post for officers of the East India company; he was by late 1828 at risk of overstaying. In October 1828 he applied to the company's Board of Control to return to India, and was instructed to embark in November; however his passage was delayed until December, causing him to arrive in India in 1829 later than agreed; for this he was suspended by the company for the next eighteen months, until the Board of Directors could rule on his future. Secure that they would find in his favour, Richardson once again threw himself into literary pursuits and in 1830 re-joined the company, being made a member of the Arsenal Committee in Calcutta, and shortly after promoted to captaincy.

paragraph: His company status secure, Richardson immediately applied for and was granted a transfer to the invalid list. His time from 1829 to 1835 was for the most part spend editing journals, including seven volumes of the "Bengal Annual", six volumes of the "Calcutta Literary Gazette" and twelve volumes of the "Calcutta Magazine". In the same period he brought out two books of his poetry, "Ocean, Sketches and Other Poems" (1833) and "Literary Leaves" (1835), both regarded in 1839 as his principal works.

paragraph: In the early part of 1835 he was appointed aide-de camp to Lord William Bentinck, the Governor-General of Bengal, but on Bentinck retiring from the post later in the year, Richardson was elected Professor of Literature at the Hindu College, apparently at the urging of Thomas Babington Macaulay; and at much the same time was commissioned by Macaulay and the Education Board to write a text-book - "Selections from the British Poets..." - to support his teaching, for which he was promised a subscription of 2,000 copies from the Board. In 1839 he was promoted to be principal of the Hindu College. In 1845 he became principal of Krishnagarh College (though not its collegiate school), and in 1848 principal of the Hindu Metropolitan College.

paragraph: Macaulay would no doubt have been delighted that Shibnath Shastri wrote:

paragraph: Richardson retired from Indian service in 1861, and returned to England where he became proprietor and editor of "The Court Circular", and editor of "Allen's Indian Mail". He died on 17 November 1865 at Clapham.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Richardson married Marian Scott (c1801–1865), daughter of a Col Scott, in Danapur on 8 Jan 1821. They had four daughters and three sons:

paragraph: BULLET::::- David Charles Thomas Richardson (1822–?), born in Danapur

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lester Williams Richardson (1827–1835), born in St Pancras, died in Greenwich, Kent

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jessy Hay Richardson (1831–1834), born and died in Singapore

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isabella Caroline Richardson (1833–1903), born in Calcutta, married Rev John Reuben Hill (1838–1924) in Kanpur in 1872, died in Canterbury, Kent

paragraph: BULLET::::- Violet Richardson (1837–1857), born in India, died in Chinsurah

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marion Annie Richardson (1838–1914), born in Calcutta, married Adam Johnson (1838–1914) a Captain in HEICo Merchant fleet in Freemantle in 1859, died in South Australia.

paragraph: BULLET::::- William Scott Richardson (1840–1894), born in Bengal, Captain in the 25th Kings Own Borderers, died in San Francisco.

paragraph: After 1850 Richardson had three sons with Mary Elizabeth Selina Hobart de Joux (1823–1899), the widow of Thomas John Bell (1819–1847).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Henry James Richardson (1851–1918), born in Middlesex, died in Chicago.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles Gordon Richardson (1860–?), born in Middlesex, a metallurgical chemist who lived and worked in Canada and Chile.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arthur Styan Richardson (1862–1909), born in Lambeth, a wax figure sculptor, married Frances Mae Stewart (1872–1949) Essex, Ontario in 1892, died in Ontario.

paragraph: After Richardson's death in 1865 Mary Elizabeth married again to William Hubble (1820–?).

paragraph: Section::::Masonic life.

paragraph: Richardson was an active Freemason, belonging to Lodge of Industry and Perseverance No. 126 in Calcutta. He is remembered for authoring one of the most beloved poems in Masonic culture, The Final Toast, noted for the well-known lines 'Happy to meet, Sorry to part, Happy to meet again', is generally given at the conclusion of Masonic dinners and immediately before the Tyler's Toast.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Works of Richardson, apart from his contributions to and editorial of literary journals, include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Miscellaneous Poems", Calcutta (1822)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sonnets and Other Poems" London (1825)

paragraph: BULLET::::- reprinted as "Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems, partly written in India" as part of the Jones's Diamond Poets series, London (1827)

paragraph: BULLET::::- reprinted under the same title as part of the Jones's Cabinet of the British Poets series, London (1837)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ocean, Sketches and Other Poems", Calcutta (1833)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Literary Leaves", Calcutta (1835)

paragraph: BULLET::::- volume I

paragraph: BULLET::::- volume II

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Selections from the British Poets, from the time of Chaucer to the Present Day, with Biographical and Critical Notices", Calcutta (1840)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Anglo-Indian Passage", London (1845)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Literary Chit-chat, with Miscellaneous Poems", Calcutta (1848)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Literary Recreations", London (Calcutta printed, 1852)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Flowers and Flower Gardens, with an Appendix … respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower Garden", Calcutta (1855)

paragraph: According to Samuel Austin Allibone in "A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors" (1859–71), he also published:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Trials and Triumphs"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lord Bacon's Essays, annotated"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "History of the Black Hole of Calcutta" (1856)

paragraph: These may be mistaken; a "Trials and Triumphs" was published in 1834 by Daniel Richardson. A "Lord Bacon's Essays, annotated" unconnected with Richardson was published in 1856. A number of bibliographies do note Richardson, D. L. "History of the Fall of the Old Fort of Calcutta and the Calamity of the Black Hole", (1856).

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catherine Eliza Richardson, David Lester Richardson's aunt by her marriage to his father's brother, G. G. Richardson, whose verse was published in the "London Weekly Review" and who was encouraged by David Lester Richardson to publish a collection of her poems.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sources

description: Indian academic

wikidata_label: David Lester Richardson

wikipedia_title: David Lester Richardson


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text: Cambro-Norman

text: Irish

text: William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke

text: Lord Marshal of England

text: King Richard I

text: Pembrokeshire

text: Wales

text: Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

text: Aoife of Leinster

text: Diarmait Mac Murchada

text: King of Leinster

text: Waterford

text: Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke

text: suo jure

text: Raymond Fitzgerald

text: Kells

text: Milford Haven

text: South Channel

text: Pembroke Castle

text: ward

text: Henry II

text: Richard I

text: Tower of London

text: Justiciar of England

text: Ranulf de Glanville

text: Stoke d'Abernon

text: Surrey

text: Lord Marshal of England

text: Henry II

text: Henry III

text: jure uxoris

text: Striguil

text: Leinster

text: Pembroke Castle

text: Chepstow Castle

text: Haverford

text: motte

text: New Ross

text: British Museum

text: Kilkenny Castle

text: William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

text: Justiciar

text: Eleanor Plantagenet

text: Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

text: Kilkenny Castle

text: Maud Marshal

text: Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk

text: William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey

text: John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey

text: Alice le Brun de Lusignan

text: Walter de Dunstanville

text: Henry VIII

text: Catherine of Aragon

text: Anne Boleyn

text: Jane Seymour

text: Catherine Howard

text: Catherine Parr

text: Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke

text: William I of Scotland

text: Maud de Lanvaley

text: Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke

text: Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln

text: John de Lacy, 1st Earl of Lincoln

text: Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke

text: Bohun

text: Isabel Marshal

text: Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford

text: Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall

text: Robert I of Scotland

text: Anne Boleyn

text: Jane Seymour

text: Catherine Howard

text: Catherine Parr

text: William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby

text: Catherine Parr

text: Joan Marshal

text: Swanscombe

text: Jane Seymour

text: Catherine Parr

text: Eva Marshal

text: William de Braose (died 1230)

text: Anne Boleyn

text: Jane Seymour

text: Catherine Howard

text: Catherine Parr

text: Pembrokeshire

text: Tintern Abbey

text: Monmouthshire

text: cenotaph

text: St. Mary's Church, New Ross

text: Paul Meyer

text: Song of Dermot

text: Ferns

text: Albin O'Molloy

text: earls of Pembroke

text: nobility

text: Europe

text: monarchs

text: Scotland

text: Robert I

text: England

text: Great Britain

text: United Kingdom

text: Henry IV

text: Anne of Cleves

text: queen consorts

text: Henry VIII

categories: 1172 births,12th-century Welsh people,1220 deaths,12th-century English people,Earls of Pembroke (1138),People from County Wexford,12th-century Irish people,13th-century Irish women,13th-century Irish people,12th-century English women,12th-century Irish women,English countesses,Daughters of British earls

paragraph: Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke

paragraph: Isabel de Clare, suo jure 4th Countess of Pembroke and Striguil (1172–1220), was a Cambro-Norman-Irish noblewoman and one of the wealthiest heiresses in Wales and Ireland. She was the wife of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who served four successive kings as Lord Marshal of England. Her marriage had been arranged by King Richard I.

paragraph: Section::::Family inheritance.

paragraph: Isabel was born in 1172 in Pembrokeshire, Wales, the eldest child of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (113020 April 1176), known to history as "Strongbow", and Aoife of Leinster, who was the daughter of Diarmait Mac Murchada, the deposed King of Leinster and Mór ingen Muirchertaig. The latter was a daughter of Muirchertach Ua Tuathail and Cacht ingen Loigsig. The marriage of Strongbow and Aoife took place in August 1170, the day after the capture of Waterford by the Cambro-Norman forces led by Strongbow.

paragraph: Isabel's paternal grandparents were Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and his wife Lady Isabel de Beaumont. She had a younger brother Gilbert de Striguil who, being a minor, was not formally invested with either the earldom of Pembroke or of Striguil. It is unlikely that his father could have passed on the title to Pembroke as he himself did not possess it. When Gilbert died in 1185, Isabel became Countess of Pembroke in her own right ("suo jure") until her death in 1220. In this way, she could be said to be the first successor to the earldom of Pembroke since her grandfather Gilbert, the first earl. By this reckoning, Isabel ought to be called the second countess, not the fourth countess of Pembroke. In any event, the title Earl was re-created for her husband. She also had an illegitimate half-sister Basile de Clare, who married three times. Basile's husbands were: Robert de Quincy; Raymond Fitzgerald, Constable of Leinster: Geoffrey FitzRobert, Baron of Kells.

paragraph: Isabel was described as having been "the good, the fair, the wise, the courteous lady of high degree". She allegedly spoke French, Irish and Latin. After her brother Gilbert's death, Isabel became one of the wealthiest heiresses in the kingdom, owning besides the titles of Pembroke and Striguil, much land in Wales and Ireland. She inherited the numerous castles on the inlet of Milford Haven, guarding the South Channel, including Pembroke Castle. She was a legal ward of King Henry II, who carefully watched over her inheritance.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage.

paragraph: The new King Richard I arranged her marriage in August 1189 to William Marshal, regarded by many as the greatest knight and soldier in the realm. Henry II had promised Marshal he would be given Isabel as his bride, and his son and successor Richard upheld the promise one month after his accession to the throne. At the time of her marriage, Isabel was residing in the Tower of London in the protective custody of the Justiciar of England, Ranulf de Glanville. Following the wedding, which was celebrated in London "with due pomp and ceremony", they spent their honeymoon at Stoke d'Abernon in Surrey which belonged to Enguerrand d'Abernon.

paragraph: Marriage to Isabel elevated William Marshal from the status as a landless knight into one of the richest men in the kingdom. He would serve as Lord Marshal of England, four kings in all: Henry II, Richard I, John, and Henry III. Although Marshal did not become the jure uxoris 1st Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Striguil until 1199, he nevertheless assumed overlordship of Leinster in Ireland, Pembroke Castle, Chepstow Castle, as well as Isabel's other castles in Wales such as the keep of Haverford, Tenby, Lewhaden, Narberth, Stackpole.

paragraph: Shortly after their marriage, Marshal and Isabel arrived in Ireland, at Old Ross, a settlement located in the territory which belonged to her grandfather, Dermot MacMurrough. A motte was hastily constructed, a medieval borough quickly grew around it, and afterwards the Marshals founded the port town by the river which subsequently became known as New Ross. The Chronicles of Ross, which are housed in the British Museum, described Isabel and Marshal's arrival in Ireland and records that "Isabella set about building a lovely city on the banks of the Barrow".

paragraph: In 1192, Isabel and her husband assumed the task of managing their vast lands; starting with the rebuilding of Kilkenny Castle and the town, both of which had been damaged by the O'Brien clan in 1173. Later they commissioned the construction of several abbeys in the vicinity.

paragraph: The marriage was happy, despite the vast difference in age between them. William Marshal and Isabel produced a total of five sons and five daughters.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage.:Issue.

paragraph: BULLET::::- William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (11906 April 1231). Chief Justiciar of Ireland. He married firstly, Alice de Bethune, and secondly, Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of King John.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (11911 April 1234 Kilkenny Castle, Ireland), married Gervase le Dinant. He died childless.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Maud Marshal (119227 March 1248). She married firstly, Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, by whom she had issue; she married secondly, William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey, by whom she had issue, including John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey who married Alice le Brun de Lusignan; she married thirdly, Walter de Dunstanville. Five queen consorts of Henry VIII: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr were her descendants.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke (119427 June 1241). He married firstly, Marjorie of Scotland, daughter of King William I of Scotland; and secondly, Maud de Lanvaley. He died childless.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke (119624 November 1245). He married Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln, widow of John de Lacy, 1st Earl of Lincoln, as her second husband. The marriage was childless.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke (119822 December 1245). He married Maud de Bohun. He died childless.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isabel Marshal (9 October 120017 January 1240). She married firstly, Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford; and secondly, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall. She had issue by both marriages. King Robert I of Scotland and Queen consorts Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr were descendants.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sibyl Marshal (1201before 1238), married William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, by whom she had issue. Queen consort Catherine Parr was a descendant.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joan Marshal (1202–1234), married Warin de Munchensi, Lord of Swanscombe, by whom she had issue. Both queen consorts Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr were descendants.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eva Marshal (1203–1246), married William de Braose (died 1230). Queen consorts Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr were her descendants.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Isabel died in Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1220 at the age of forty-eight. Her husband had died the year before. She was buried at Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire. However, a cenotaph was discovered inside St. Mary's Church, New Ross, Ireland, whose slab bears the partial inscription "ISABEL: LAEGN" and her engraved likeness.

paragraph: It was suggested in 1892 by Paul Meyer that Isabel might have encouraged the composition of the "Song of Dermot", which narrates the exploits of her father and maternal grandfather. However, the "Song of Dermot" as now known was composed a few years after her death (though based on earlier writings).

paragraph: Although her daughters had many children, Isabel's five sons, curiously, died childless. This is supposedly attributed to a curse placed upon William Marshal by the Irish Bishop of Ferns, Albin O'Molloy. The title of marshal subsequently passed to Hugh de Bigod, husband of Isabel's eldest daughter Maud, while the title of Earl of Pembroke went to William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, the husband of Joan de Munchensi, daughter of Joan Marshal. He was the first of the de Valence line of the earls of Pembroke.

paragraph: Within a few generations their descendants included much of the nobility of Europe, including all the monarchs of Scotland since Robert I (1274-1329) and all those of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom since Henry IV (1367-1413); and, apart from Anne of Cleves, all the queen consorts of Henry VIII.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- ThePeerage.com

alias: Isabella di Clare, IV contessa di Pembroke


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Danish
sailor
dragon
Ole Berntsen
Ulla Barding-Poulsen
Yutta Barding

categories: 1941 births,Hellerup Sejlklub sailors,Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Dragon,Danish male sailors (sport),Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics,Olympic medalists in sailing,Olympic gold medalists for Denmark,Living people,Olympic sailors of Denmark

paragraph: Ole Poulsen

paragraph: Ole Poulsen (born 16 December 1941) is a retired Danish sailor. Competing in the dragon class he won gold medals at the 1964 Olympics and 1965 World Championships, both times with Ole Berntsen.

paragraph: His mother Ulla Barding-Poulsen and grandmother Yutta Barding were Olympic fencers.

description: sailor

wikidata_label: Ole Poulsen

wikipedia_title: Ole Poulsen