text:
Ukrainian
football
defender
Ukrainian SSR
Briukhovychi
Soviet Top League
FC Dynamo Kyiv
1971
Profile at ukr-football.org.ua

categories: FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk players,Soviet footballers,FC CSKA Kyiv players,1948 births,FC Metalist Kharkiv players,Association football defenders,SKA Lviv players,People from Lviv,Ukrainian footballers,2017 deaths,FC Dynamo Kyiv players,FC Karpaty Lviv players,FC Polissya Zhytomyr players

paragraph: Roman Zhuravskyi

paragraph: Roman Zhuravskyi (; 3 June 1948 – 19 February 2017) was a Ukrainian professional football player who played as defender.

paragraph: Section::::Playing and coaching career.

paragraph: Zhuravskyi made his professional career in the different football teams of the Ukrainian SSR.

paragraph: After his retirement he lived in Briukhovychi.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Zhuravskyi died on 19 February 2017 at the age of 68.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Soviet Top League (1) with FC Dynamo Kyiv: 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- Master of Sport of the USSR (1971)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile at ukr-football.org.ua (Ukr)

description: Ukrainian association football player

wikidata_label: Roman Zhuravskyi

wikipedia_title: Roman Zhuravskyi


text: Navajo

text: ceramicist

text: pottery

text: Museum of Northern Arizona

text: Flagstaff, Arizona

text: Heard Museum

text: Santa Fe, New Mexico

text: Navajo Nation Museum

text: Window Rock, Arizona

text: Smithsonian American Art Museum

text: Washington, D.C

categories: Native American women artists,Navajo artists,21st-century American women artists,1937 births,American women ceramists,American ceramists,Living people

paragraph: Louise Goodman (artist)

paragraph: Louise Rose Goodman (born December 25, 1937) is a Navajo folk artist and ceramicist.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: A member of the Biih Bitoodnii (Deer Spring) clan, Goodman learned pottery making from her sister-in-law, Lorena Bartlett. Her range of work includes standard jars and bowls produced in a wide variety of shapes including a significant amount of animal forms such as chickens, rams, dogs, squirrels, bears, lions, elephants, and other domestic and wild creatures. Goodman turned to creating animal figures, already common among contemporary Navajo potters, when she noticed a decline in demand for her more functional clay pots. One of the most innovative styles of pottery Goodman developed is a modified coil pot, in which the coils are obliterated only on the interior surface.

paragraph: Goodman's work has been exhibited at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bear, 1990, fired clay with piñon pitch, 22 1/4 x 10 5/8 x 10 7/8 in, Smithsonian American Art Museum.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Coiled Pot, about 1986, fired clay with piñon pitch, 14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (37.8 x 28.3 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum.

wikidata_label: Louise Goodman

wikipedia_title: Louise Goodman (artist)


text:
A.S.C.
cinematographer
cinematographer
documentaries
Jack Arnold
With These Hands
Sidney Lumet
John G. Avildsen
Frank Perry
Michael Crichton
Gene Wilder
Mel Brooks
Young Frankenstein
black-and-white
With These Hands
Fail Safe
Last Summer
Goodbye, Columbus
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Doc
Two People
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Young Frankenstein
The Ultimate Warrior
Two-Minute Warning
The Car
The World's Greatest Lover
Coma
Sunday Lovers
Neighbors
My Favorite Year
To Be or Not to Be
Head Office
Malone

categories: American cinematographers,Artists from New York City,1921 births

paragraph: Gerald Hirschfeld

paragraph: Gerald Hirschfeld, A.S.C. (25 April 1921 – 13 February 2017) was an American cinematographer.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Hirschfeld started his career in 1949 as a cinematographer for documentaries like Jack Arnold's "With These Hands". During his life he has worked with directors like Sidney Lumet, John G. Avildsen, Frank Perry, Michael Crichton and Gene Wilder.

paragraph: His most famous work is for Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein": he shot the picture entirely in black-and-white, a rarity in the 1970s.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "With These Hands" (1950)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fail Safe" (1964)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Last Summer" (1969)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Goodbye, Columbus" (1969)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Diary of a Mad Housewife" (1970)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Doc" (1971)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Two People" (1973)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (1973)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Young Frankenstein" (1974)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Ultimate Warrior" (1975)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Two-Minute Warning" (1976)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Car" (1977)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The World's Greatest Lover" (1977)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Coma" (1978)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sunday Lovers" (1980)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Neighbors" (1981)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "My Favorite Year" (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "To Be or Not to Be" (1983)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Head Office" (1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Malone" (1986)

description: American cinematographer

wikidata_label: Gerald Hirschfeld

wikipedia_title: Gerald Hirschfeld


text:
diver
swimmer
numismatic
1904 Summer Olympics
plunge for distance
William Dickey
"American Journal of Numismatics"
New York Sun
American Numismatic Association
"The Numismatist"
Numismatic Hall of Fame
Biography of Edgar Adams
Newman Numismatic Portal

categories: American male divers,1868 births,Olympic divers of the United States,Divers at the 1904 Summer Olympics,Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics,Olympic swimmers of the United States,Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving,American numismatists,1940 deaths,American male freestyle swimmers,People from Bayville, New York,Academic journal editors

paragraph: Edgar Adams

paragraph: Edgar Holmes Adams (April 7, 1868 – May 5, 1940) was an American competition diver and swimmer, numismatic scholar, author, coin collector and dealer.

paragraph: Section::::Swimming.

paragraph: He represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, where he won a silver medal in the men's plunge for distance event, finishing behind compatriot William Dickey. Competing in the swimming events at the 1904 Summer Olympics, he finished fourth in the 220-yard freestyle, 880-yard freestyle, and the 4×50-yard freestyle relay. He also competed in the one-mile freestyle but did not finish the race.

paragraph: Section::::Numismatics.

paragraph: Adams was a prolific numismatic author who coauthored, with William H. Woodin "United States Pattern, Trial, and Experimental Pieces", but is probably best known for the reference volume "Private Gold Coinages of California, 1849-1855: Its History and Its Issues", originally published serially (1911-1912) in the "American Journal of Numismatics".

paragraph: He wrote a numismatics column for the New York Sun. From 1912 to 1915 he served as editor of the American Numismatic Association journal "The Numismatist".

paragraph: He was inducted into the Numismatic Hall of Fame in 1969.

paragraph: Section::::Publications by Adams.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Adams' Official Premium List of United States Private and Territorial Gold Coins Indicated by Prices Brought at Public Coin Sales". New York: Willett Press, 1909.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The State Assay Office of California. 1850. (Private Gold Coinage I)". New York: American Numismatic Society, 1911.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Private Gold Coinage of California, 1849-55, Its History and Its Issues". New York, Edgar H. Adams, 1913.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "United States Pattern, Trial and Experimental Pieces: Being a List of the Pattern, Trial and Experimental Pieces Which Have Been Issued By the United States Mint from 1792 Up to the Present Time". New York, American Numismatic Society, 1913.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "United States Store Cards". New York: E.H. Adams and W. Raymond, 1920.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography of Edgar Adams from Encyclopedic Dictionary of Numismatic Biographies

paragraph: BULLET::::- Newman Numismatic Portal

description: American diver, swimmer, Olympic silver medalist

wikidata_label: Edgar Adams

wikipedia_title: Edgar Adams


text:
Italian
Giotto
Florence
Lives of the Artists
Giorgio Vasari
Franco Sacchetti
Filippo Villani
Giottino

categories: 1301 births,Italian male painters,1350 deaths,14th-century Italian painters,Florentine painters

paragraph: Stefano Fiorentino

paragraph: Stefano Fiorentino (1301–1350) was an Italian painter of the time of Giotto.

paragraph: Born in Florence, he is mentioned in numerous literary sources, most notably the "Lives of the Artists" by Giorgio Vasari; other writers in whose works he appears include Franco Sacchetti and Filippo Villani. No painting of his is known with any certainty to survive. Some of the frescoes in the Cistercian abbey of Chiaravalle, near Milan, were attributed to Stefano and his studio in 2010.

paragraph: He died in Florence in 1350. His more famous son was nicknamed "Giottino" in admiring reference to his Giottesque realism.

paragraph: Section::::Notes.

alias:
Da Ponte Vecchio
Stefano da Ponte Vecchio

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Stefano Fiorentino

wikipedia_title: Stefano Fiorentino


text: British

text: peer

text: George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds

text: Charlotte

text: Helston

text: summoned to the House of Lords

text: barony of Osborne

text: Royal Licence

text: Sir Felton Hervey-Bathurst, 1st Baronet

text: Caton

text: Maryland

text: dukedom of Leeds

text: the 2nd Lord Godolphin

text: Darcy de Knayth

text: Conyers

text: Portuguese

text: countship of Mértola

text: Sackville Lane-Fox

categories: Dukes of Leeds,UK MPs 1820–1826,1859 deaths,Osborne family,1798 births,Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall,Counts of Mértola,UK MPs 1826–1830

paragraph: Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds

paragraph: Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (21 May 1798 – 4 May 1859), styled Earl of Danby from birth until 1799 and Marquess of Carmarthen from 1799 until 1838, was a British peer and politician.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Osborne was the son of George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds, and his wife, Charlotte, a daughter of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: As Marquess of Carmarthen, he held the parliamentary seat of Helston from 1820 to 1830 and on 2 July 1838, was summoned to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Osborne. A few weeks later, he inherited his father's dukedom; hend added the name of D'Arcy to his surname by Royal Licence in 1849.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: On 24 April 1828, the duke married Louisa Catharine Hervey-Bathurst (the widow of Sir Felton Hervey-Bathurst, 1st Baronet, and third daughter and co-heiress of Richard Caton of Maryland). The couple had no children and, on his death in 1859, his titles passed to other members of his family: the dukedom of Leeds to his cousin, the 2nd Lord Godolphin and the baronies of Darcy de Knayth and Conyers and the Portuguese countship of Mértola to his nephew, Sackville Lane-Fox.

paragraph: The 7th Duke of Leeds and his Duchess are buried in the Osborne family chapel at All Hallows Church, Harthill, South Yorkshire.

description: British politician


text: New York City

text: New York

text: bronc rider

text: All-Around

text: Pendleton Round-Up

text: Pendleton, Oregon

text: Yakima Canutt

text: Flathead County, Montana

text: diamond

text: pawn

text: Cheyenne Frontier Days

text: Portal to Texas History

categories: Saddle bronc riders,Sportspeople from New York City,1899 births,All-Around,American female equestrians,1988 deaths

paragraph: Kitty Canutt

paragraph: Kitty Canutt, stage name Kitty Wilks (born Katherine Derre at New York City, New York) (July 15, 1899 – June 3, 1988), was a professional bronc rider, and the All-Around Champion Cowgirl at the 1916 Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon, for her bucking horse and relay race events. It was at this rodeo that she met Yakima Canutt (Enos Edward Canutt), a winner of the title of All-Around Cowboy at the Pendleton Roundup in 1917, 1919, 1920 and 1923. They were married at Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana on July 20, 1917, and were residents of Los Angeles in 1920. They divorced ~1920. She married Robert C. Long in 1923.

paragraph: She was known as the "Diamond Girl" or "Diamond Kitty" because she had a diamond set in her front tooth. She would occasionally remove and pawn the diamond when she needed contest entry money.

paragraph: In 1919, Kitty won the Ladies' Relay Race at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photograph of Kitty Canutt with Ruth Roach, hosted by the Portal to Texas History

description: Bronc rider

wikidata_label: Kitty Canutt

wikipedia_title: Kitty Canutt


text: tribute band

text: The Iron Maidens

text: Iron Maiden

text: Chicago

text: Bruce Chickinson

text: Melanie Sisneros

text: Raven Mad

text: New Eden

text: Sara Marsh

text: Bandit

text: Linda McDonald

text: Josephine Draven

text: Phantom Blue

text: The Iron Maidens

text: autistic

text: rock

text: R&B

text: Aja Kim

text: AC/DC

text: Whole Lotta Rosies

text: Metallica

categories: American heavy metal singers,American female singers,American female heavy metal singers,Place of birth missing (living people),Living people

paragraph: Jenny Warren

paragraph: Jenny Warren is an American female singer, best known as the co-founder of the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Jenny Warren first had an Iron Maiden tribute band called Wrathchild. The idea came when she discovered the website of a Chicago-based tribute band called Revelations. Wrathchild started with Warren (using the stage name "Bruce Chickinson") as the only female member, but when bassist Melanie Sisneros (formerly of Raven Mad and New Eden) joined in 2000, Warren decided to give the band a new direction within the next year.

paragraph: On June 2001, Warren and Sisneros were joined by guitarist Sara Marsh (formerly of Bandit), drummer Linda McDonald and guitarist Josephine Draven (both formerly of Phantom Blue) to form The Iron Maidens ("World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden"). The band found some success while touring across the U.S.

paragraph: In 2003, the Maidens started work on their , but production was halted when Warren left the band. The need to raise an autistic child contributed to her departure, which the band did not make official until early 2004. Later that year, rock/R&B singer/songwriter Aja Kim was announced as Warren's successor by the Maidens.

paragraph: Shortly after leaving the Maidens, Warren regrouped Wrathchild with Sisneros (who left the Maidens in late 2002) for a one-off performance at MetalJam, a fund-raising event to promote autism awareness and raise funds for charities to find a cure for autism. She also played bass for the all-female AC/DC tribute band Whole Lotta Rosies for a short period of time.

paragraph: Warren’s original abstract acrylic painting “dive in,” was selected for inclusion in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Orange County’s 4TH Annual Art Walk, a juried event, hosted by Room & Board, at South Coast Plaza Village in Southern California in 2013.

paragraph: Recently she sang for NEIGHBORHOOD X:Orange County's Hottest Thrash Pop Band and currently she is the lead vocalist in Surface Tension based in the LA/OC area, working on their debut album.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and education.

paragraph: She began studying art and music as a child and has experience as a performance artist 'flying' five stories above crowds while in a flight harness designed by Peter Foy (Flybyfoy.com). In her youth, she also performed as a lead vocalist on stage in cities across the U.S. and appeared at the world-famous Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, House of Blues, The Galaxy Theatre and more. She has opened for Danzig, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, The B52s, and more. She has a BA in Theatre Arts and an MBA in Marketing from Florida Tech. At Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton she studied drawing, oil painting, acrylic painting, graphic design and large-scale theatrical set painting, as well as design for lighting and make-up. Additionally she studied film/video production, editing, and photography.

paragraph: Section::::Media.

paragraph: Featured or mentioned in, Guitar World, The Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, OC Weekly, Orange County Register, San Diego City Beat, A “mention” in Playboy, Chicago Local Live Magazine, Portland Tribune, Tacoma Weekly, Salt Lake City Weekly, Las Vegas City Life, Blender, The National Enquirer, FHM, Maxim, ABC’s Livin’ Large TV Show, 54321 on Fox Sports West Network in Tempe, Fine Art America, and MTV Music Awards collector’s edition coffee table book. She has a bit part in the feature film, Unbeatable Harold, playing the role of Dylan McDermott's lead guitarist.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Warren was married to Bill Warren, formerly the front-man of the Metallica tribute band Creeping Death and front-man/bassist of original industrial metal band Uprooted. They have two children.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview with Jen "Bruce Chickinson" Warren

description: American singer

wikidata_label: Jenny Warren

wikipedia_title: Jenny Warren


text: de Montfalcon

text: soldier

text: diplomat

text: Styled

text: French Ambassador

text: Belgium Austriacum

text: Great Britain

text: Brussels

text: Count

text: London

text: governments

text: Charles James Fox

text: William Pitt the Younger

text: France

text: ancien régime

text: Knight of Malta

text: the Order of Saint-Louis

text: Gabrielle Pauline d'Adhémar

categories: Ambassadors of France to Great Britain,Knights of Malta,Ambassadors of France to Belgium,People from Nîmes,Knights of the Order of Saint Louis,18th-century French military personnel,French generals,1790 deaths,Counts of France,1736 births,French Freemasons

paragraph: Jean-Balthazar d'Adhémar

paragraph: Jean-Balthazar d'Adhémar or Azémar de Montfalcon (Nîmes 1736 – Meulan 1790) was a French soldier and diplomat.

paragraph: Styled "Comte d'Adhémar" after 1767, he was French Ambassador to Belgium Austriacum from 1778 to 1783 and to Great Britain from 1783 to 1787. Upon arriving at Brussels he joined the .

paragraph: During the Count's mission to London, he liaised with the governments of Charles James Fox and then William Pitt the Younger, but was unsuccessful in securing an entente with France's ancien régime.

paragraph: D'Adhémar was a Knight of Malta and of the Order of Saint-Louis. He was married to Gabrielle Pauline d'Adhémar.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Laure Cottignon, "L’ambassade à Londres du comte d’Adhémar", Paris, 1996.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paul Vaucher, "Recueil des instructions aux ambassadeurs et ministres de France depuis le traité de Westphalie jusqu’à la Révolution française", t. III (Angleterre), Paris, CNRS, 1965, 583 p.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Ambassadors of France to Great Britain

alias: Azémar Azemar

description: French soldier and diplomat

wikidata_label: Jean-Balthazar d'Adhémar

wikipedia_title: Jean-Balthazar d'Adhémar


text:
Gaul
Julian
praetorian prefect of the Orient
Chalcedon tribunal
Sallustius the Philosopher
Jovian
Valentinian

paragraph: Salutius

paragraph: Saturninius Secundus Salutius was a career Roman official who was a native of Gaul. He was a quaestor when he became a member of Julian's staff, while the latter was Caesar in Gaul. Salutius was well versed in Greek philosophy and rhetoric and won the respect of Julian. It was probably through his counsel that Julian developed the skills of administration he displayed in Gaul. In 359, Constantius removed him from Gaul.

paragraph: When Julian became sole emperor, he raised Salutius to praetorian prefect of the Orient late in 361. One of Salutius' early tasks was to oversee the Chalcedon tribunal. He has sometimes been identified with "Sallustius the Philosopher", author of the pagan theological pamphlet "On the Gods and the World".

paragraph: Salutius accompanied his emperor on the Persian campaign, during which Julian was killed. As a sign of their great respect for him, the military command first nominated him to become their emperor, but Salutius refused the honor, pleading illness and old age, and the purple then fell to Jovian. After the return from Persia, Salutius continued in the office of praetorian prefect during the reign of Valentinian until he was replaced by Nebridius.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Athanassiadi, Polymnia, "Julian: An Intellectual Biography", Routledge, London, 1992.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bowersock, Glen Warren, "Julian the Apostate", London, 1978.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rolfe, John C., translator, "Ammianus Marcellinus", HUP, Cambridge Mass., 1956.

description: politician

wikidata_label: Salutius

wikipedia_title: Salutius


text:
Louis d'Évreux
Margaret of Artois
House of Capet
Duchess of Brabant
John III, Duke of Brabant
Marie of Brabant
Henry III, Duke of Brabant
Charles d'Évreux
Philip III of Navarre
Joan II of Navarre
Jeanne d'Évreux
Queen of France
Charles IV of France
John III, Duke of Brabant
Joanna, Duchess of Brabant
Margaret of Brabant
Saint-Quentin
Louis II of Flanders
Turnhout
Tervuren
Reginald III of Guelders
Duchess of Brabant

categories: Duchesses of Limburg,1335 deaths,14th-century French people,1303 births,House of Évreux,Duchesses of Brabant

paragraph: Marie of Évreux

paragraph: Marie d'Évreux (1303 – October 31, 1335) was the eldest child of Louis d'Évreux and his wife Margaret of Artois. She was a member of the House of Capet.

paragraph: She was Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to John III, Duke of Brabant. Her paternal grandmother being Marie of Brabant, she was a great-granddaughter of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and so, her husband's second cousin.

paragraph: Marie was the eldest of five children born to her parents. Marie's younger siblings included: Charles d'Évreux; Lord of Étampes, Philip III of Navarre; husband of Joan II of Navarre, and Jeanne d'Évreux; Queen of France by her marriage to Charles IV of France.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage.

paragraph: In 1311, Marie married John III, Duke of Brabant as his father's gesture of rapprochement with France.

paragraph: They had six children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322–1406)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Margaret of Brabant (February 9, 1323 – 1368), married at Saint-Quentin on June 6, 1347 Louis II of Flanders

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marie of Brabant (1325 – March 1, 1399), Lady of Turnhout, married at Tervuren on July 1, 1347 Reginald III of Guelders

paragraph: BULLET::::- John (1327–1335/36)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Henri (d. October 29, 1349)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Godfrey (d. aft. February 3, 1352)

paragraph: Marie's daughter Joanna was the first woman to be Duchess of Brabant in her own right.

paragraph: Marie died October 31, 1335, aged thirty-one or thirty-two.

description: eldest child of Louis d'Évreux and his wife Margaret of Artois. She was Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to John III, Duke of Brabant

wikidata_label: Marie d'Évreux

wikipedia_title: Marie of Évreux


text:
American football
fullback
Green Bay Packers
2009 NFL Draft
Super Bowl XLV
Pittsburgh Steelers
college football
LSU
Tennessee Titans
Denver Broncos
Edgard, Louisiana
2009 NFL Draft
Tennessee Titans
Ahmard Hall
Tennessee Titans
Dillon Gordon
Philadelphia Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs
Tennessee Titans bio
Green Bay Packers bio
LSU Tigers bio

categories: American football fullbacks,Green Bay Packers players,LSU Tigers football players,1986 births,People from Edgard, Louisiana,Players of American football from Louisiana,Tennessee Titans players,Denver Broncos players,Living people

paragraph: Quinn Johnson

paragraph: Quinn Marcus Johnson (born September 30, 1986) is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Johnson was a part of the Packers' Super Bowl XLV championship team as they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at LSU.

paragraph: He has also played for the Tennessee Titans and Denver Broncos.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Johnson attended West Saint John High School in Edgard, Louisiana, where he was a member of the Rams 2003 2A State Championship team.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Green Bay Packers.

paragraph: Johnson was selected in the 5th round (145th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Packers.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Tennessee Titans.

paragraph: On September 3, 2011, Johnson was traded to the Tennessee Titans. He was released on October 7, 2011 to make room on the roster for fullback Ahmard Hall who was returning to the team from a four-game suspension.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Denver Broncos.

paragraph: On October 10, 2011, the Denver Broncos received Johnson off of waivers from the Tennessee Titans. Johnson was then waived by the Broncos and the Tennessee Titans claimed him off of waivers. On December 3, 2013, Johnson re-signed with the Titans.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Johnson is cousins with Dillon Gordon who was an offensive guard for the Philadelphia Eagles and now the Kansas City Chiefs.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tennessee Titans bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Green Bay Packers bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- LSU Tigers bio

description: Player of American football

wikidata_label: Quinn Johnson

wikipedia_title: Quinn Johnson


text:
American football
wide receiver
St. Louis Rams
2009 NFL Draft
college football
North Carolina
Boiling Springs High School
South Carolina
touchdown
redshirting
Tar Heels football team
walked on
men's basketball team at North Carolina
2005 national championship
Roy Williams
North Carolina in 2008
bench press
power clean
Eddie Royal
NFL combine
New York Jets
New York Jets
Miami Dolphins
Saskatchewan Roughriders
North Carolina Tar Heels profile
CBSsports profile

categories: Canadian football wide receivers,St. Louis Rams players,Players of American football from South Carolina,North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players,American football wide receivers,1986 births,Living people,People from Boiling Springs, South Carolina,North Carolina Tar Heels football players,Saskatchewan Roughriders players,Miami Dolphins players,New York Jets players,American players of Canadian football

paragraph: Brooks Foster

paragraph: Brooks Foster (born April 9, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina.

paragraph: Section::::High school.

paragraph: Foster attended Boiling Springs High School in South Carolina. He caught 56 passes for 759 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior and caught 35 passes for 500 yards and scored eight touchdowns as a junior.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: While redshirting on the Tar Heels football team during his freshman year in 2004-05, Foster walked on to the men's basketball team at North Carolina. As such, he was a member of the 2005 national championship team that gave Coach Roy Williams his first ring.

paragraph: As a senior at North Carolina in 2008, Brooks caught 30 passes for 334 yards and two touchdowns, playing in 13 games. In 2007 Brooks played in 11 games, with no starts. He was second on team with 417 receiving yards on 29 catches and two touchdowns. In 2006 he played in 12 games with no starts can caught 38 passes for 486 yards and two touchdowns. In 2005, he played in five games but did not record a catch and the previous season, 2004, he redshirted.

paragraph: Foster holds the school wide receiver record in the bench press (405 lb) and power clean (353 lb).

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Foster broke Eddie Royal's record for most bench press reps ever for a wide receiver at the NFL combine.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:St. Louis Rams.

paragraph: On April 26, 2009, Foster was drafted in the fifth round by the St. Louis Rams. Unfortunately, his rookie season would be cut short after injuring his ankle against the New York Jets during a preseason contest on August 14, 2009. Foster's injury required surgery and subsequently the then rookie was placed on the Injured Reserved list. In spite of the fact that Foster was striving to hang on with the Rams, Foster was waived by St. Louis on August 22, 2010.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Jets.

paragraph: On August 24, 2010, the New York Jets claimed Foster off waivers. Foster was later waived by New York on September 4, 2010.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Miami Dolphins.

paragraph: On September 30, 2010, the Miami Dolphins signed Foster to the team's practice squad. He was later waived on August 16, 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Saskatchewan Roughriders.

paragraph: Foster was signed to the Saskatchewan Roughriders practice roster in July 2012. He played his first game for the Roughriders on Sept 1st, 2012 in the Labour Day Classic against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was released by the Roughriders on April 29, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- North Carolina Tar Heels profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- CBSsports profile

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Brooks Foster

wikipedia_title: Brooks Foster


text:
England
Amsterdam
Jan Griffier
Herman Saftleven
Carel Breydel
Jan van Gool
Philips Wouwerman
Van de Velde
Ruisdael
Robert Griffier
Artnet

categories: 18th-century Dutch painters,18th-century deaths,1670s births,Dutch male painters

paragraph: Robert Griffier

paragraph: Robert Griffier (c. 1675 in England – after 1727 in Amsterdam), was an 18th-century landscape painter from London who was active in Amsterdam.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: According to Houbraken, Griffier was born in England in 1688 as the son of Jan Griffier, and learned painting from his father.

paragraph: He did not accompany his family when they moved to the Netherlands and so wasn't on board when they had their shipwreck in 1695, but was in Ireland. Before 1700 he moved to the Netherlands and after his father returned to England, he stayed in Amsterdam, painting Italianate landscapes in the manner of Herman Saftleven.

paragraph: According to the RKD Houbraken, Griffier was born on 7 October 1688, but this is the birthdate of his brother Jan (John), who may have shared his studio.

paragraph: Some of his works are co-signed by Carel Breydel. From these his birth year is deduced as c. 1675. He became an Amsterdam citizen in October 1716.

paragraph: He went to London after his father's death in 1718. Jan van Gool wrote that he met Robert in London in 1727. Van Gool claimed he was a follower of Philips Wouwerman and Van de Velde who could paint "Rhine landscapes" and had on occasion painted figures in Ruisdael paintings.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Griffier on Artnet

alias:
Young Greffier
Young Griffier
Robbert Griffioen
Robert Griffer
Rob. Griffier
R. Griffier
Robbert Griffier
Robert Griffiers
R. Greffier
de jonge Griffier
Robert Greffier

description: English painter in Amsterdam

wikidata_label: Robert Griffier

wikipedia_title: Robert Griffier


text: Dutch Golden Age

text: Company of Painter-Stainers

text: Amsterdam

text: Roelant Roghman

text: Leiden

text: Rhineland

text: Jan Looten

text: etcher

text: Francis Barlow

text: mezzotint

text: Peter Lely

text: Hendrik ter Brugghen

text: Godfrey Kneller

text: topographical evidence

text: Horace Walpole

text: George Vertue

text: Robert Griffier

text: Jan Griffier the Younger

text: The Art Fund

categories: 1718 deaths,1640s births,Dutch male painters,Dutch Golden Age painters,Artists from Amsterdam

paragraph: Jan Griffier

paragraph: Jan Griffier (ca 1652–1718) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who was active in England, where he was admitted to the London Company of Painter-Stainers in 1677.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Griffier was born in Amsterdam and learned to paint landscapes and to engrave from Roelant Roghman. His birthdate is uncertain. According to Houbraken he was born in 1656, and according to English accounts he may have been older by up to 10 years, but in 1700 he was registered in Leiden in the "Album studiosorum" of the university art academy there as being 48 years old and living on the "Stadstimmerwerf".

paragraph: He produced views of Rhineland landscapes as well as of the English countryside, and returned to the Netherlands for a decade after "ca" 1695, but was engaged for at least two decades in England where he worked for the Dutch painter Jan Looten (1618-ca.1681). Griffier's work as a draughtsman reflects his training by Roghman; as an etcher, he is remembered for a series of plates of birds after Francis Barlow.

paragraph: His mezzotints reproduce portraits after Sir Peter Lely, Hendrik ter Brugghen, and Sir Godfrey Kneller. His city views, invaluable topographical evidence, suggest that his travels in England were extensive. According to Houbraken he undertook a voyage by boat with his family to the Netherlands in 1695 that ended in shipwreck. All the paintings he had with him at that time were lost. He bought a houseboat in Rotterdam, which he then proceeded to use to move his family with him on his travels, continuing to make a living by painting landscapes. Eventually he undertook another channel crossing with this boat, but sent his family by a more seaworthy ship, since he was afraid of another shipwreck. This trip was successful and he died in London.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Apart from the biographical sketch that Houbraken wrote in 1718, much of what is known of him in England has been transmitted by Horace Walpole, working from George Vertue's notebooks.

paragraph: Griffier's sons Robert Griffier and Jan Griffier the Younger continued the family landscape tradition.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich: Jan Griffier, the Elder

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Art Fund Purchases of Griffier paintings for UK museums

alias: J. Griffier surnommé le Gentilhomme d'Utrecht

alias: nommé le Chevalier d'Utreck Jean Griffier

alias: Johann Griffier.  Im Gusto von Gerh. Dow

alias: ou Le Gentilhomme D'Utrecht Jean Griffier

description: painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands

wikidata_label: Jan Griffier I

wikipedia_title: Jan Griffier


text: United States Army

text: Medal of Honor

text: World War II

text: Bethel

text: Haywood County, North Carolina

text: Prescott, Arizona

text: sergeant

text: 18th Infantry Regiment

text: 1st Infantry Division

text: Haaren

text: Germany

text: German

text: William D. Halyburton, Jr.

text: Purple Heart

text: Order of Glory, third class

text: Presidential Unit Citation

text: Good Conduct Medal

text: European theatre ribbon

text: technical sergeant

text: Canton, North Carolina

text: Champion International Paper

text: Enka, North Carolina

text: Canton

categories: American army personnel of World War II,1922 births,People from Haywood County, North Carolina,1996 deaths,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,Military personnel from North Carolina,United States Army soldiers

paragraph: Max Thompson (Medal of Honor)

paragraph: Max Thompson (July 21, 1922 – November 30, 1996) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.

paragraph: Born in the community of Bethel in Haywood County, North Carolina, Thompson joined the Army from Prescott, Arizona on 18 November 1942. By October 18, 1944, he was serving in Europe as a sergeant in Company K, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. During a battle on that day, near Haaren, Germany, he single-handedly attacked the German forces on several occasions. For his actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor eight months later, on June 18, 1945. He was one of two people from Haywood County, North Carolina, to receive the medal in World War II, the other being William D. Halyburton, Jr..

paragraph: In addition to the Medal of Honor, Thompson also received the Purple Heart and, from the Soviet Union, the Order of Glory, third class, a Presidential Unit Citation with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Good Conduct Medal, and the European theatre ribbon (with five battle stars and the Invasion arrow). He reached the rank of technical sergeant before leaving the Army.

paragraph: Max Thompson was just a modest, soft-spoken young man, who preferred showing his discharge papers rather than his Medal of Honor or any of his other awards. On his return home, he would willingly talk about Fort Bragg and other places in the US, but would close up when anyone would mention the battles in Europe where he fought and won all those deserved honours. He was quiet, unassuming and a mild-mannered fellow who preferred the peace and quiet of fishing. When he enlisted, he was 5'8 1/2" tall and was blonde haired and blue eyed. Max always made good grades in school, and played basketball. He graduated in 1940 and his favorite subject was mathematics. Food preferences? Bread and milk! His mother said that he always took that above anything else she would cook. Before Max enlisted, he was employed at Champion Paper and Fibre Company.

paragraph: During heavy fighting one day, he and a buddy were in a foxhole, covered with a raincoat, trying to light a cigarette, when a shell hit somewhere nearby. The shell blew in the sides of the foxhole, and the concussion punctured both of Max's eardrums. A piece of shrapnel went through his helmet, and had he been standing up, instead of bending over lighting his smoke, the same shrapnel would have killed him.

paragraph: After his military service, Thompson worked in Canton, North Carolina, for Champion International Paper's inspection department. He died at age 74 on November 30, 1996, and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Enka, North Carolina. A road in near Canton was renamed in his honor.

paragraph: Section::::Medal of Honor citation.

paragraph: Sergeant Thompson's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

paragraph: On 18 October 1944, Company K, 18th Infantry, occupying a position on a hill near Haaren, Germany, was attacked by an enemy infantry battalion supported by tanks. The assault was preceded by an artillery concentration, lasting an hour, which inflicted heavy casualties on the company. While engaged in moving wounded men to cover, Sgt. Thompson observed that the enemy had overrun the positions of the 3d Platoon. He immediately attempted to stem the enemy's advance single-handedly. He manned an abandoned machinegun and fired on the enemy until a direct hit from a hostile tank destroyed the gun. Shaken and dazed, Sgt. Thompson picked up an automatic rifle and although alone against the enemy force which was pouring into the gap in our lines, he fired burst after burst, halting the leading elements of the attack and dispersing those following. Throwing aside his automatic rifle, which had jammed, he took up a rocket gun, fired on a light tank, setting it on fire. By evening the enemy had been driven from the greater part of the captured position but still held 3 pillboxes. Sgt. Thompson's squad was assigned the task of dislodging the enemy from these emplacements. Darkness having fallen and finding that fire of his squad was ineffective from a distance, Sgt. Thompson crawled forward alone to within 20 yards of 1 of the pillboxes and fired grenades into it. The Germans holding the emplacement concentrated their fire upon him. Though wounded, he held his position fearlessly, continued his grenade fire, and finally forced the enemy to abandon the blockhouse. Sgt. Thompson's courageous leadership inspired his men and materially contributed to the clearing of the enemy from his last remaining hold on this important hill position.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II

wikidata_label: Max Thompson

wikipedia_title: Max Thompson (Medal of Honor)


text:
basketball player
center
power forward
pick and roll
hookshot
three point
Zagreb
water polo
Dubrovnik
KK Split
EuroBasket 1997
KK Cibona
Croatian Cup
Croatian championships
Efes Pilsen
forward-center
Dynamo
Greek
Panathinaikos
A1 Ethniki
Croatia
2008 Summer Olympics
EuroBasket 1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
Croatian Cup
KK Split
Dino Rađa
KK Cibona
Slaven Rimac
Zoran Planinić
Josip Sesar
Dino Rađa
Chucky Atkins
A1 Liga
EuroLeague
Efes Pilsen
Moscow
Panathinaikos BC
Official Adriatic League profile
Official stats in current season
Eurobasket profile
Basketpedya profile
draftexpress.com statistics

categories: BC Dynamo Moscow players,Panathinaikos B.C. players,ABA League players,Power forwards (basketball),KK Split players,Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics,1975 births,KK Cibona players,Croatian men's basketball players,Olympic basketball players of Croatia,Anadolu Efes S.K. players,Living people

paragraph: Nikola Prkačin

paragraph: Nikola "Nikša" Prkačin (born 15 November 1975) is a Croatian former professional basketball player.

paragraph: His natural position is center, though he is also able to play as power forward. Prkačin is known for his pick and roll play, precise hookshot and half-distance shot. Although shorter in height comparing to most European centers, Prkačin compensates it with his immense strength and body balance. It is also a great rarity to see Prkačin try for a three point field goal.

paragraph: Prkačin resides in Zagreb, Croatia, with his wife and three children. In free time he enjoys fishing and playing water polo.

paragraph: Section::::Playing history.

paragraph: Prkačin started his career in his hometown Dubrovnik, playing for the local team Pomorac. Aged 18, he moved to KK Split where he played for the next five seasons. At that time Prkačin was a constant member of Croatian U-22 national team. His debut for the senior national selection came on EuroBasket 1997. At the start of season 1998–99 he moves to Croatian champions KK Cibona, where he will reside for the next five seasons. Prkačin had a successful domestic career, winning Croatian Cup five times and bringing four Croatian championships to Cibona's trophy cabinet.

paragraph: After spending a decade building his career in domestic league, Prkačin finally came to signing a contract with a foreign club. This time it was Turkish first division side Efes Pilsen. Prkačin established himself well, playing on a regular basis as a club's powerful forward-center. After the end of his four-year spell at Turkey he moved two times in the following two seasons, playing for Russian side Dynamo and Greek champions Panathinaikos. After winning the A1 Ethniki title he moved back to Croatia, signing a €400,000 annual contract with Cibona, ending in 2010. He is a regular first team player, also bearing a captain role for his team.

paragraph: Prkačin has recently stated that he is leaving a possibility of returning to his hometown club Pomorac when his career is close to an end.

paragraph: Section::::Croatian national team.

paragraph: Besides being a club captain, Prkačin is currently bearing the role of Croatia's captain since the 2008 Summer Olympics. His first national team appearance came in EuroBasket 1997. Since then Prkačin has been part of every competition's selection for Croatia. After that he has participated in five more European championships (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007) and the already mentioned Summer Olympics.

paragraph: Section::::Honours through career.

paragraph: Prkačin has been playing basketball professionally since the 1993 when he signed for the Croatian Cup winners KK Split. He established himself as a successor to Split's famous center Dino Rađa and with years gaining significant experience and knowledge, which after few seasons, have turned him into a key player for Split. With them he won two Krešimir Ćosić cups before moving to KK Cibona at the start of season 1998–99. Playing alongside the players like Slaven Rimac, Zoran Planinić, Josip Sesar, Dino Rađa and Chucky Atkins, he won four A1 Liga titles and four Krešimir Ćosić cups, making a total of four league titles and six cup titles in domestic league. Less mentionable is the EuroLeague Opening Tournament title won in 2001. In 2003–04 season he won the Turkish league title with Efes Pilsen and the next year the championship title was reclaimed. A cup double came in 2006–07 season, after which he moved to Moscow where he did not accomplish anything significant. Moving to Panathinaikos BC at the same season, he was a part of Panathinaikos's great season in which they brought home double by winning both the league and the national cup titles. All in all, in 16 years of an impressing career Prkačin has won as much as seven league titles, nine cup titles and one super cup title.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Adriatic League profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official stats in current season

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eurobasket profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Basketpedya profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- draftexpress.com statistics

description: Croatian basketball player

wikidata_label: Nikola Prkačin

wikipedia_title: Nikola Prkačin


text: Douarnenez

text: French

text: Dumont d'Urville

text: Astrolabe

text: French Navy

text: Dictionnaire Infernal

text: Collin de Plancy

categories: 1818 births,19th-century French painters,1866 deaths

paragraph: Louis Le Breton

paragraph: Louis Le Breton (1818 in Douarnenez – 1866) was a French painter who specialised in marine paintings.

paragraph: Le Breton studied medicine and took part in Dumont d'Urville's second voyage aboard the "Astrolabe". After the official illustrator of the expedition died, Le Breton replaced him.

paragraph: From 1847 he devoted himself mainly to depicting marine subjects for the French Navy.

paragraph: Section::::Occult.

paragraph: Louis Le Breton executed 69 illustrations of occult demons, working from engravings by M. Jarrault, for the 1863 edition of "Dictionnaire Infernal" by Collin de Plancy.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- European and American voyages of scientific exploration

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Adorning the world: art of the Marquesas Islands, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Louis Le Breton (no. 27)

description: French painter

wikidata_label: Louis Le Breton

wikipedia_title: Louis Le Breton


text: Scottish

text: metallurgy

text: Larbert

text: Stirlingshire

text: Prussian

text: Silesia

text: Upper Silesia

text: Friedrich von Reden

text: blast furnace

text: coke

text: Gleiwitz (Gliwice)

text: Königshütte (Chorzów)

text: pig iron

text: Klodnitz (Kłodnica) Canal

text: Laasan

text: Baildon Steelworks

text: Katowice

text: "Silesian gentry and aristocracy"

categories: People from Katowice,People from Gliwice,Metallurgists,1846 deaths,Scottish engineers,1772 births,People from Larbert

paragraph: John Baildon

paragraph: John Baildon (11 December 1772 – 7 August 1846) was a Scottish pioneer in metallurgy in continental Europe.

paragraph: Baildon was born in Larbert, Stirlingshire. In 1793, he came to Prussian Silesia (in modern-day Upper Silesia, Poland) on the invitation of Friedrich von Reden. During the remainder of his life in Silesia, Baildon was involved in numerous pioneering industrial undertakings, including construction of the first blast furnaces fired by coke in continental Europe (in Gleiwitz (Gliwice) and Königshütte (Chorzów), the first pig iron produced on 21 September 1796), the Klodnitz (Kłodnica) Canal, and the first iron bridge in continental Europe (over the Strzegomka river in Laasan, Lower Silesia, erected in Spring 1796).

paragraph: John married Helene Antonie Galli, daughter of an Italian merchant, in Gleiwitz in 1804 and had 7 children (5 sons, 2 daughters). He died in Gleiwitz and is buried there (at the "Hutniczy" cemetery).

paragraph: A major steel works (Baildon Steelworks, Katowice, established in 1823, liquidated in 2001) was named after him.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Szymonowicz, Jarosław "A Scotsman in Silesia" Warsaw Voice, 28 March 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2007.

paragraph: BULLET::::- About Family Baildon-Briestwell on the website "Silesian gentry and aristocracy", (English).

description: engineer

wikidata_label: John Baildon

wikipedia_title: John Baildon


text:
Chorzów
Chorzów
blues
rock
Dżem
Polish
Czesław Niemen
Chorzów
Chorzów
Kombi
Rysiek Skibiński
Leszek Winder
Józef Skrzek
Nocna Zmiana Bluesa
heroin
cardiac insufficiency
Destined for Blues

categories: People from Chorzów,Polish lyricists,1956 births,20th-century Polish singers,1994 deaths,Polish blues singers,Polish rock singers,Polish male singers

paragraph: Ryszard Riedel

paragraph: Ryszard Henryk Riedel (7 September 1956, in Chorzów – 30 July 1994, in Chorzów) – was the original lead singer of blues-rock band Dżem (Polish for 'Jam'). He is often regarded as one of the most popular and well known Polish vocalist, along with an occasional collaborator Czesław Niemen. Riedel's legacy is remembered by an annual festival, bearing his name, held in his home town of Chorzów, which was moved from Tychy in 2009.He has become one of the most powerful vocalist of Polish music just after Czesław Niemen. Today the remembering of his history turned to the festival in Tychy in Poland.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Ryszard Henryk Riedel was born on 7 September 1956 in Chorzów. He was the second child of Krystyna and Jan Riedel—his sister Małgorzata is one year older.

paragraph: He finished his education after the 7th grade of primary school. He was a self-taught vocalist and he had never attended a singing course. His wide musical influences included bands like Free (Paul Rodgers was Riedel`s favourite vocalist), and later, Bad Company, Cream, The Allman Brothers Band, and The Doors. At the beginning of his career he was asked to join Kombi, but he turned down the offer. In December 1973, at the age of 17, he joined Dżem. During the band's initial years he was instrumental in keeping it together. His lyrics contained many autobiographical pieces, because he used his life as the inspiration for many, if not all, of his songs.

paragraph: Throughout his career he collaborated with many Polish artists: Rysiek Skibiński, Leszek Winder, Józef Skrzek, and bands Nocna Zmiana Bluesa, to name a few.

paragraph: In the later years of his singing career he became a heavy drug user (mainly heroin), which led to numerous arguments within the band, and subsequently resulted in Ryszard living his life as an outsider: he skipped rehearsals many times, and even managed not to show up for his concerts. This lifestyle was the inspiration for the 1993 song "Autsajder" (Outsider), in which he states that he will never change: "Ja już nigdy się nie zmienię"

paragraph: Despite his deteriorating health condition, the band continued to collaborate with him until he was forced to attend another failed drug detoxification (detox) campaign in 1994.

paragraph: His last Concert with the band "Dżem" was on 16 March 1994 in Kraków.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Riedel's direct cause of death was cardiac insufficiency due to a long time opiate drug abuse—especially kompot 'compote', which, in Poland, is a name used to describe heroin in a liquified form.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Rysiek (diminutive of Ryszard) Riedel is celebrated as one of the best all-time singers in Polish musical history. On 29 July 1995, one year after his death, a concert named "List Do R" ("Letter to R"), taking inspiration from one of Rysiek's most beloved songs "List Do M" ("Letter to M"), was held in Katowice's concert hall Spodek, where many famous Polish vocalists performed—one of them was Polish singer Czesław Niemen. Since 1999, a concert called "FESTIWAL IM. RYŚKA RIEDLA" is held annually in Riedel's home town. Many Polish top bands, like "Cree"—with lead vocalist Sebastian Riedel (Rysiek Riedel's son)—and Rysiek Riedel's band Dżem, with their new lead singer Maciej Balcar (since 2001, before 2001 the lead singer was Jacek Dewódzki), perform to honor Rysiek's singing legacy and memory.

paragraph: In 2005, Riedel's life story was turned into a film, "Destined for Blues" ("Skazany na blues'a"). In the movie, Riedel is portrayed by award-winning Polish actor Tomasz Kot. English musician, Frere, quoted as saying "Ryszard was as great a blues vocalist as ever lived - how sad that he is hardly known outside of Poland"

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1983 Krzak'i; Krzak

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1985 Dżem; Dżem (later editions named as "Dzień, w którym pękło niebo"- the Day the Sky Broke)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1985 Cegła (The Brick); Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1985 Blues forever; LP of Leszek Winder

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986 Absolutely Live; Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1987 Zemsta nietoperzy (The Revenge of the Bats); Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988 Lunatycy - czyli tzw. przeboje całkiem Live (The Lunatics or so-called quite light hits); Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988 Ryszard Skibiński – Ostatni koncert (Ryszard Skibiński- the last concert); LP of Ryszard Skibiński

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988 Live; LP with Józef Skrzek

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989 Urodziny (Birthday {refers to the anniversary of forming the band}); Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989 Najemnik (Soldier of Fortune); Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990 Dżem Session 1; Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991 Detox; Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992 The Singles; Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992 Dzień, w którym pękło niebo (The Day the Sky Broke);Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992 Wehikuł czasu - Spodek '92 (The Time Machine - Spodek [famous Polish concert hall] '92 ); Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993 14 urodziny (14'th Birthday); Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993 Autsajder (The Outsider); Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994 Akustycznie (Acoustically); Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004 Złoty Paw (Golden Peacock); Dżem

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005 Paczka+2 (Pack+2); Krzak

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 Live; CD with the band "Kasa Chorych" (Healthcare Fund)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 Skibiński Winder Super Session

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 Pamięci Skiby Jarocin 1983 (in memory of Skiba, Jarocin 1983 (Polish former big music festival); Krzak

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010 30 urodziny (30'th Birthday); Dżem

alias:
Richard Riedel
Rysiek Riedel

description: Polish singer, songwriter

wikidata_label: Ryszard Riedel

wikipedia_title: Ryszard Riedel


text: John II

text: Manuel I

text: Castile

text: knight

text: Order of Christ

text: Rome

text: Tristão da Cunha

text: Pope Leo X

text: Prince John

text: chapel

text: monastery

text: Espinheiro

text: Évora

text: pantheon

text: Alentejo

text: nobility

text: Jorge Manrique

text: Pater Noster

text: fidalgo

text: Afonso V

text: Manuel I

text: satire

text: epigram

text: redondilha

text: verse

text: metre

text: rhyming

text: Juan de Mena

text: Jorge Manrique

text: Boscán

text: Garcilaso

text: Eleanor

categories: 16th-century male writers,1536 deaths,1470 births,15th-century Portuguese poets,Portuguese Renaissance writers,16th-century Portuguese poets,Portuguese male poets,15th-century Portuguese writers,16th-century Portuguese writers

paragraph: Garcia de Resende

paragraph: Garcia de Resende (14703 February 1536) was a Portuguese poet and editor. He served John II as a page and private secretary. After John's death, he continued to enjoy the same favour with Manuel I, whom he accompanied to Castile in 1498, and from whom he obtained a knighthood in the Order of Christ.

paragraph: In 1514, Resende went to Rome with Tristão da Cunha, as secretary and treasurer of the embassy sent by the king to offer tribute to Pope Leo X. In 1516 he was given the rank of a nobleman of the royal household, and became "escrivão de fazenda" to Prince John, afterwards King John III, from whom he received further pensions in 1525.

paragraph: Resende built a chapel in the monastery of Espinheiro near Évora, the pantheon of the Alentejo nobility, where he was buried.

paragraph: Section::::Poetry.

paragraph: He began to cultivate the making of verses in the palace of John II, and he reported that how one night when the king was in bed he caused him Resende to repeat some "trovas" (troubador songs) of Jorge Manrique, saying it was as needful for a man to know them as to know the "Pater Noster". Under these conditions, Resende grew as a poet, and moreover distinguished himself by his skill in drawing and music; while he collected into an album the best court verse of the time. This was the "Cancioneiro Geral" (General Songbook), probably starting in 1483, though not printed until 1516, which includes the compositions of some three hundred "fidalgos" of the reigns of kings Afonso V, John II, and Manuel I.

paragraph: The main subjects of its pieces are love, satire and epigram; and most of them are written in the national "redondilha" verse, but the metre is irregular and the rhyming careless. The Spanish language is largely employed, because the literary progenitors of the whole collection were Juan de Mena, Jorge Manrique, Boscán and Garcilaso. As a rule the compositions were improvised at palace entertainments, at which the poets present divided into two bands, attacking and defending a given theme throughout successive evenings. At other times these poetical soirées took the form of a mock trial at law, in which Eleanor, the queen of John II, acted as judge. Resende was mocked by other rhymesters about his corpulence, but he repaid all their gibes with interest.

paragraph: The linguist Edgar Prestage gives an assessment of the "Cancioneiro Geral" in the "Encyclopædia Britannica" Eleventh Edition.

description: Portuguese writer, poet, editor, musician and architect

wikidata_label: Garcia de Resende

wikipedia_title: Garcia de Resende


text: United States President

text: John F. Kennedy

text: First Lady

text: Jacqueline Kennedy

text: Caroline

text: John Jr.

text: his father's assassination

text: hyaline membrane disease

text: Jackie Kennedy

text: Arbella

text: Hyannis Port, Massachusetts

text: Otis Air Force Base Hospital

text: Osterville, Massachusetts

text: Motor Torpedo Boat "PT-109"

text: Air Force One

text: emergency caesarean section

text: Otis Air Force Base Hospital

text: Bourne, Massachusetts

text: infant respiratory distress syndrome

text: Joseph Patrick Kennedy

text: Patrick Joseph Kennedy

text: Boston Children's Hospital

text: blood chemistry

text: hyperbaric oxygen therapy

text: hyperbaric chamber

text: New York Times

text: Robert F. Kennedy

text: Otis Air Force Base Hospital

text: White House Press Secretary

text: Pierre Salinger

text: Richard Cushing

text: Lee Radziwill

text: Archbishop of Boston

text: assassinated 104 days later

text: Holyhood Cemetery

text: Brookline, Massachusetts

text: Arlington National Cemetery

text: neonatology

text: Neonatology

text: medical ventilator

text: blood gas test

text: dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine

text: Clint Hill

text: Pierre Salinger

text: Preterm birth

categories: American people of Irish descent,American people of English descent,1963 births,Bouvier family,American people of French descent,Burials at Arlington National Cemetery,1963 deaths,Kennedy family,Children of Presidents of the United States,American people of Scottish descent

paragraph: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy

paragraph: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (August 7, 1963 – August 9, 1963) was the infant child of United States President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. He was the younger brother of Caroline and John Jr.; another daughter was stillborn. Born prematurely, Kennedy lived just over 39 hours before desperate attempts to save him failed, putting the First Family and nation into mourning. Three months later, his death was eclipsed by his father's assassination, but the Kennedy infant's death brought hyaline membrane disease (HMD) into the public consciousness and inspired further research.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Background.

paragraph: In August 1963, the 34-year-old Jackie Kennedy was in her third year as First Lady and in the third trimester of her fifth pregnancy. She had suffered a miscarriage in 1955, followed the next year by a stillborn baby girl they planned to name Arabella (after the "Arbella" ship). Two healthy children had followed, Caroline in 1957 and John Jr. in 1960. As John had also been premature, she asked her obstetrician, John W. Walsh, to accompany her when she and her children spent the summer in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Nearby Otis Air Force Base Hospital had also prepared a suite for her in case it was necessary.

paragraph: On the morning of Wednesday, August 7, Jackie Kennedy took Caroline and John Jr for a pony ride in Osterville, Massachusetts. While the children were riding, Kennedy felt labor pains. Walsh was summoned, and they were taken by helicopter to the Otis Air Force Base.

paragraph: President Kennedy was at the White House at the time. August 7 was the 20th anniversary of the day the Navy had rescued him in World War II after he had spent five days marooned on an island in the Pacific. Kennedy had been in command of Motor Torpedo Boat "PT-109" when it was rammed by a Japanese destroyer, killing two of his crew. His heroics had helped launch his political career. "PT-109" and August 7 were never far from his mind; he kept a scale model of the boat on a shelf in the Oval Office and each day used a metal tie clasp shaped like a torpedo boat, with "PT 109" stamped across its bow.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Birth and treatment.

paragraph: While his father was aboard Air Force One, Kennedy was delivered by emergency caesarean section at 12:52 p.m. on August 7, 1963, at the Otis Air Force Base Hospital in Bourne, Massachusetts, five and 1/2 weeks prematurely. The caesarean section was performed by Dr. Walsh, who had also delivered John Jr. in 1960. His birth weight was . He was the first baby to be born to a sitting U.S. president and First Lady since the 19th century.

paragraph: Shortly after birth, Kennedy developed symptoms of hyaline membrane disease (HMD), now called infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS). It was detected by breathing difficulties within minutes. The president arrived, saw his son in distress, and sent for a chaplain. The infant was quickly baptized with the name of Patrick after his grandfather Joseph Patrick Kennedy (1888–1969) and great-grandfather Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858–1929), and Bouvier for his mother's maiden name.

paragraph: The president was allowed to wheel the baby in an incubator to the First Lady's bedside. James E. Drorbaught, the pediatric specialist at Boston Children's Hospital, was flown by helicopter from Boston to consult on his case; he recommended transfer to Boston. Five hours after birth the infant, accompanied by Dr. Drorbaught, was rushed by ambulance to Boston Children's Hospital, away in under 90 minutes. The transfer to the hospital in Boston was initially reported as a "precautionary measure," the White House said. His condition was accurately reported as HMD, but it was also reported it would take at least four days to assess his condition, and that he was being given medication to assist his condition.

paragraph: At the time, all that could be done for a baby with hyaline membrane disease was to keep the patient's blood chemistry as close to normal as possible. Led by Dr. Drorbaught, who stayed awake the entire time, the hospital tried everything possible to save his life. Kennedy was given hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), in which he was placed in a hyperbaric chamber filled with 100 percent oxygen and pressurized to greater than 1 atmosphere. At the time, it was revolutionary; the "New York Times" described it as "one of the newest interests of medical researchers".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Death and funeral.

paragraph: Kennedy died at 4:04 a.m. on August 9—"despite a desperate medical effort to save him"—having lived 39 hours and 12 minutes. At the time of the infant's death, the president was outside the room with the hyperbaric chamber with his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The First Lady, then 34, remained at Otis Air Force Base Hospital recovering from the caesarean section. She was told of her son's death by Dr. Walsh. (He would console her again after her husband's assassination; he was aboard Air Force One with her as she returned from Dallas with the president's body). She was given a sedative and slept until the president flew from Boston. Very little was said about the family's reaction; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger stated of the First Lady's condition, "Given the circumstances, her condition is satisfactory." The president, who had reportedly only slept four hours since the birth, was photographed arriving at Otis Air Force Base looking "grave and appearing tired".

paragraph: A small funeral mass was held on August 10, 1963, in the private chapel of Cardinal Richard Cushing in Boston. The president's mother was in Paris and told not to return for the funeral, though the First Lady's sister, Lee Radziwill had already flown in from Greece before Kennedy died. Cardinal Cushing, the Archbishop of Boston, performed the funeral mass, as he would for John F. Kennedy, assassinated 104 days later. Siblings Caroline, then 5 years old, and John Jr., 2 1/2, did not attend.

paragraph: The child was initially buried at Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts, the president's hometown. His body and that of a stillborn sister, whom Jacqueline Kennedy called Arabella, were re-interred on December 5, 1963, alongside their father at Arlington National Cemetery, and later again moved to their permanent graves in Section 45, Grid U-35.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Kennedy's death made 1963 a "pivotal year" for neonatology, still a relatively new field at the time, according to an examination of the field's history in the journal "Neonatology". The increased public awareness of HMD led to a corresponding increase in research of the disease, spurring development of new medical ventilators, blood gas tests, and newborn intensive care practices in both the United States and Europe. The first trials of a potential treatment for HMD, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, were published within a few years, although it was not considered a clinical success. According to Dr. Suhas M. Nafday, director of Newborn Services at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, the child's death "energized the neonatal researchers into action to look for an effective management of respiratory distress syndrome." In a review of advances in clinical medicine, researcher Thor Hansen observed that the "medical profession did not have the tools to help" Kennedy, "the newborn son of arguably the most powerful man in the world," but that fifty years later, treatment of his condition would be considered routine and survival expected.

paragraph: The First Lady and the President were deeply affected by the death of the child. Secret Service agent Clint Hill recalled the couple having "a distinctly closer relationship" that was visible following Kennedy's death. Press secretary Pierre Salinger believed that while the President and First Lady had been brought closer by the White House, even more so were they by the passing of their last child.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Preterm birth

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- President John F. Kennedy on the Death of His Infant Son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy Shapell Manuscript Foundation

description: son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier

wikidata_label: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy

wikipedia_title: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy


text:
Osaka
haikai
Nishiyama Sōin
Danrin school
comic linked verse
demimonde
haikai no renga
chōnin
Tokugawa period
The Life of Oharu
Kenji Mizoguchi
"Encyclopædia Britannica"
Shudo
The Great Mirror of Male Love

categories: 17th-century novelists,17th-century Japanese poets,Writers from Osaka,1693 deaths,1642 births,Japanese writers of the Edo period,Japanese novelists

paragraph: Ihara Saikaku

paragraph: Born as Hirayama Tōgo (平山藤五), the son of a wealthy merchant in Osaka, he first studied haikai poetry under Matsunaga Teitoku and later studied under Nishiyama Sōin of the Danrin school of poetry, which emphasized comic linked verse. Scholars have described numerous extraordinary feats of solo haikai composition at one sitting; most famously, over the course of a single day and night in 1677, Saikaku is reported to have composed at least 16,000 haikai stanzas, with some sources placing the number at over 23,500 stanzas.

paragraph: Later in life he began writing racy accounts of the financial and amorous affairs of the merchant class and the demimonde. These stories catered to the whims of the newly prominent merchant class, whose tastes of entertainment leaned toward the arts and pleasure districts.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Ihara Saikaku was born in 1642 into a well-off merchant family in Osaka. From the age of fifteen he composed haikai no renga (linked verse). In 1662 at the age of twenty he became a haikai master. Under the pen name Ihara Kakuei, he began to establish himself as a popular haikai poet. By 1670 he had developed his own distinctive style, using colloquial language to depict contemporary chōnin life. During this time he owned and ran a medium-sized business in Osaka.

paragraph: In 1673 he changed his pen name to Saikaku. However, the death of his dearly beloved wife in 1675 had an extremely profound impact on him. A few days after her death, in an act of grief and true love, Saikaku started to compose a thousand-verse haikai poem over twelve hours. When this work was published it was called "Haikai Single Day Thousand Verse" ("Haikai Dokugin Ichinichi"). It was the first time that Saikaku had attempted to compose such a lengthy piece of literature. The overall experience and success that Saikaku received from composing such a mammoth exercise has been credited with sparking the writer's interest in writing novels.

paragraph: Shortly after his wife's death, the grief-stricken Saikaku decided to become a lay monk and began to travel all across Japan, thus leaving behind his three children (one of whom was blind) to be cared for by his extended family and his business by his employees. He started his travels after the death of his blind daughter.

paragraph: In 1677 Saikaku returned to Osaka and had learnt of the success his thousand-verse haikai poem had received. From then on he pursued a career as a professional writer. Initially Saikaku continued to produce haikai poetry, but by 1682 he had published "The Life of an Amorous Man", the first of his many works of prose fiction.

paragraph: As Saikaku’s popularity and readership began to increase and expand across Japan, so did the amount of literature he published. When he died in 1693, at the age of fifty-one, Saikaku was one of the most popular writers of the entire Tokugawa period. At the time his work was never considered "high" literature because it had been aimed towards and popularised by the "chōnin". Nevertheless, Saikaku's work is now celebrated for its significance in the development of Japanese fiction.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Amorous or erotic stories.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (made into the 1952 movie "The Life of Oharu" by Kenji Mizoguchi)

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mathers, E. Powys, "Comrade Loves of the Samurai" (not a translation of "The Great Mirror of Male Love", which was first published in its entirety in English translation in 1990, but of Ihara stories dealing with the titular matter, translated into English via French)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Morris, Ivan, "The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings" (translation and introduction)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Schalow, Paul Gordon, "The Great Mirror of Male Love" (translation and introduction)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stubbs, David C. and Takatsuka, Masanori, "This Scheming World" (translation and introduction)

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Encyclopædia Britannica"

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shudo

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Great Mirror of Male Love

description: Japanese writer

enwikiquote_title: Ihara Saikaku

wikidata_label: Ihara Saikaku

wikipedia_title: Ihara Saikaku


text:
Democratic
U.S. House of Representatives
Pennsylvania
Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania
Villanova College
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Democratic National Conventions
1892
1896
Sixtieth
The Political Graveyard

categories: 1920 deaths,Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania,People from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania,University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni,Pennsylvania lawyers,Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives,Pennsylvania Democrats,1852 births

paragraph: John Thomas Lenahan

paragraph: John Thomas Lenahan (November 15, 1852 – April 28, 1920) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: John T. Lenahan was born in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Villanova College in 1870. He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1892 and 1896.

paragraph: Lenahan was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1908. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Wilkes-Barre. Interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Political Graveyard

description: American politician

wikidata_label: John Thomas Lenahan

wikipedia_title: John Thomas Lenahan


text: Belfast

text: Northern Ireland

text: Vaudeville

text: music hall

text: gramophone

text: transistor radio

text: Stumpf fiddle

text: Shruti box

text: Paul Pilot

text: Ben Castle

text: Gareth Williams

text: Dan Donnelly

text: Adventures in Gramophone

text: Songs from the Deep Forest

text: Choice Music Prize

text: I Never Thought This Day Would Come

text: Little Revolutions

text: The Silent World of Hector Mann

text: Mother Courage and Her Children

text: Under the Dark Cloth

text: Oh Pioneer

text: Look Out Machines!

text: Lisburn

text: Coleraine

text: Downpatrick

text: Holywood

text: Down High School

text: Downpatrick

text: Sullivan Upper School

text: Holywood

text: Brian Houston

text: Bob Dylan

text: Van Morrison

text: Bruce Springsteen

text: Johnny Cash

text: Elvis

text: Lucky Me

text: My Villain Heart

text: Adventures in Gramophone

text: Choice Music Prize

text: V2 Records

text: Songs from the Deep Forest

text: Later... with Jools Holland

text: Amy Winehouse

text: John Legend

text: Meteor Music Awards

text: Ulster Orchestra

text: Waterfront Hall

text: Julie Feeney

text: Foy Vance

text: Greenbelt festival

text: BBC Electric Proms

text: Kinks

text: Ray Davies

text: Crowded House

text: Royal Albert Hall

text: I Never Thought This Day Would Come

text: Universal

text: Sesame Tree

text: Oxegen

text: Royal National Theatre

text: Bertolt Brecht

text: Mother Courage and Her Children

text: Deborah Warner

text: Fiona Shaw

text: Fan-funded music

text: Last Night of the Proms

text: Hillsborough Castle

text: Ruby Murray

text: Alfred Stieglitz

text: Edward Steichen

text: Paul Strand

text: Metropolitan Museum of Art

text: Under the Dark Cloth

text: Oh Pioneer

text: AWAL

text: iTunes

text: Camp Bestival

text: Clannad

text: The Late Late Show

text: Terry Wogan

text: BBC Radio 3

text: Michael Longley

text: Bathroom Floor

text: Garçon Pamplemousse

text: Adventures in Gramophone

text: Songs from the Deep Forest

text: I Never Thought This Day Would Come

text: Mother Courage and Her Children

text: The Silent World of Hector Mann

text: Under the Dark Cloth

text: Oh Pioneer

text: Look Out Machines!

text: Little Revolutions

text: Little Revolutions Two

text: Lucky Me

text: My Villain Heart

text: Your Vandal

text: Huckleberry Finn

text: Orchestral Manoeuvres In Belfast

text: Freewheel

text: Portrait

text: Neil Hannon

text: Romeo Stodart

text: Moya Brennan

text: New Irish Hymns

text: Margaret Becker

text: Máire Brennan

text: Joanne Hogg

text: Acoustic 07

text: Mother Courage and her Children

text: Royal National Theatre

categories: People educated at Sullivan Upper School,Singer-songwriters from Northern Ireland,Musicians from Northern Ireland,People from Lisburn,Songwriters from Northern Ireland,Living people

paragraph: Duke Special

paragraph: Duke Special (born Peter Wilson; 4 January 1971) is a songwriter and performer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A piano-based songwriter with a romantic style and a warm, distinctly accented voice, he has distinctive long dreadlocks, eyeliner and outfits he describes as "hobo chic". His live performances have a theatrical style inspired by Vaudeville and music hall, and often incorporate 78s played on an old-fashioned gramophone, or sound effects from a transistor radio. He is most often accompanied by percussionist "Temperance Society" Chip Bailey, who plays cheese graters and egg whisks, a Stumpf fiddle and a Shruti box, as well as the more typical drums and cymbals. Other musicians who perform with Wilson from time to time include Paul Pilot (guitar), Réa Curran (trumpet, backing vocals, accordion), Ben Castle (clarinet, saxophone), Ben Hales (bass guitar), Gareth Williams, "Professor" Ger Eaton (keyboards), Dan Donnelly (mandoline, backing vocals) and Serge Archibald III (saxophone, "ethereal background sounds", vibes).

paragraph: His albums include "Adventures in Gramophone" (2005), "Songs from the Deep Forest" (2006), both of which were nominated for the Choice Music Prize, "I Never Thought This Day Would Come" (2008), "Little Revolutions" (2009), "The Silent World of Hector Mann" (2010), "Mother Courage and Her Children" (2010), "Under the Dark Cloth" (2011), "Oh Pioneer" (2012), and "Look Out Machines!" (2015).

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Wilson was born in Lisburn and grew up in Coleraine, Downpatrick and Holywood with his mother, father and three sisters. Wilson's grandmother, Mary Groves, taught his mother and her brothers and sisters to play the piano. This tradition of playing the piano was passed on to Wilson's three sisters and eventually to him also. He attended Down High School, Downpatrick and later Sullivan Upper School in Holywood.

paragraph: After leaving school and a brief stint with a community arts project in Swindon, England he returned home and played piano for Brian Houston (a Belfast songwriter influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash and Elvis) under whom Wilson apprenticed, picking up a hunger for performing and a knack of winning over an audience in the process. Several band mutations on the musical journey followed and saw Wilson front other acts composed of Belfast musicians but he was yet to hit his stride.

paragraph: He currently resides in Belfast.

paragraph: Peter Wilson has 3 children called Ben Dornan Wilson, Shay David Wilson and Oscar Peter Wilson.

paragraph: Section::::Solo work.

paragraph: In 2002, he went solo, adopting the name Duke Special, and began building up a following as a live performer. He released three EPs on Medieval Haircut Records, the first two of which, "Lucky Me" and "My Villain Heart", were collected as an album, "Adventures in Gramophone", released by Hag Records in 2005. The album was nominated for the 2006 Choice Music Prize. In 2006, he signed to V2 Records and released a second album, "Songs from the Deep Forest". He featured on Later... with Jools Holland alongside Amy Winehouse and John Legend the following November and the album was nominated for the 2007 Choice Music Prize. Duke Special was nominated for three 2007 Meteor Music Awards, for best Irish male, best newcomer, and best album for "Songs from the Deep Forest". In 2007, he headlined a concert with the Ulster Orchestra at Belfast's Waterfront Hall, "Orchestral Manoevres". The concert was supported by Julie Feeney and Foy Vance, who sang on "This Could Be My Last Day". 2007 also saw him perform at Greenbelt festival, Glastonbury, Guilfest, Summer Sundae, Haldern Festival and the Electric Picnic. Additionally in 2007, he performed as part of the BBC Electric Proms, supporting former Kinks lead singer Ray Davies, and he supported Crowded House during ten tour dates, culminating with a concert at Royal Albert Hall in December.

paragraph: Duke Special's third album, "I Never Thought This Day Would Come", was released in Ireland in October 2008 on Universal, who had acquired V2 in 2007. In August 2008, he appeared in the Northern Ireland children's television show "Sesame Tree" with his band, having also written the theme music for the show. Later in 2008, he won the Meteor Music Award for Best Irish Male.

paragraph: In 2009, he played on the O2 stage at Oxegen and between September and December 2009 appeared on stage at the Royal National Theatre in London as part of a new production of Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children, for which he wrote music for a number of songs. The production was directed by Deborah Warner and starred Fiona Shaw in the title role. In January 2010, he launched a campaign on Pledge Music (see Fan-funded music) whereby fans pledged for items to help fund the promotion and touring of his triple CD, "The Stage, A Book & The Silver Screen" (comprising "Mother Courage and Her Children", "The Silent World of Hector Mann" and "Huckleberry Finn").

paragraph: On 11 September 2010, Duke Special played at the Last Night of the Proms for the BBC at Hillsborough Castle. In January 2011, he presented a documentary on the life and songs of Belfast's Ruby Murray and released "Duke Special Sings the Songs of Ruby Murray". In March 2011, he performed songs based on the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and Paul Strand at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. These songs were subsequently released in November 2011 as the album "Under the Dark Cloth" performed alongside The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conducted by David Brophy, with leader Joanne Quigley and arranged for orchestra by Michael Keeney.

paragraph: In July 2012, Duke Special released "Oh Pioneer" on his own label, Adventures in Gramophone, with the help of digital distributor AWAL. It was featured on iTunes, reaching No. 3 on the Singer / Songwriter chart in Ireland and No. 7 in the UK. He appeared at Camp Bestival, performing live sets in both and also debuting as a 78rpm record DJ, as a guest of the Shellac Collective.

paragraph: In 2013, he collaborated with Celtic supergroup Clannad, appearing on the album "Nádúr" and performing on Irish television chat show "The Late Late Show" and on Terry Wogan's BBC Radio 3 show. On Friday 6 December 2013, he finished a year-long residency of six concerts at Belfast's Empire Hall with 'A Victorian Christmas', performing Christmas songs solo with featured guests.

paragraph: In July 2017, his official website announced an upcoming album named "Hallow", based on the poetry of Michael Longley, with songs from the album to be featured in an October tour of venues in Ireland.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Early work.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Time Is Right EP" as Booley House (1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lemonade" as Booley House (Contraflow, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bathroom Floor" as Booley (Medieval Haircut/ICC, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Garçon Pamplemousse" as Benzine Headset (Medieval Haircut, 2001)

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Adventures in Gramophone" (Hag, 2005) (collects the EPs "Lucky Me" and "My Villain Heart")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Songs from the Deep Forest" (Izumi - Vinyl / V2 - CD, 2006 / V2 Special Edition CD, 2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I Never Thought This Day Would Come" (Universal, 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mother Courage and Her Children" (Reel to Reel Recordings, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Silent World of Hector Mann" (Reel to Reel Recordings, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Under the Dark Cloth" (2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Oh Pioneer" (Adventures in Gramophone, 2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Look Out Machines!" (2015)

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Little Revolutions" (Reel to Reel Recordings, 2009):)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Little Revolutions Two" (Reel to Reel Recordings, 2011)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:EPs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lucky Me" (Medieval Haircut Records, 2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "My Villain Heart" (Medieval Haircut Records, 2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Your Vandal" (Hag Records, 2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Huckleberry Finn" (Reel to Reel Recordings, 2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Duke Special Sings the Songs of Ruby Murray" (Charity three-Track EP, 2011)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Live albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Orchestral Manoeuvres In Belfast" (V2, 2008)

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Freewheel" (Hag / Izumi Records, 2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Portrait" (V2, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)" (V2, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Wake Up Scarlett" (V2, 2006) (iTunes download only)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Freewheel" (V2, 2007) IRE No. 15

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)" (V2, 2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Our Love Goes Deeper Than This" (V2, 2007) (featuring Neil Hannon and Romeo Stodart, download only)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "No Cover Up" (V2, 2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sweet Sweet Kisses" (Universal Music, 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "1969" (Visual Independent Productions, 2013)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Other contributions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "One" (Myrrh, 2000) - "Peace Has Broken Out" - "duet with Moya Brennan"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "New Irish Hymns" (Kingsway, 2001) / "In Christ Alone" (USA title - Worship Together, 2002) - backing vocals under real name Peter Wilson - "Margaret Becker, Máire Brennan, Joanne Hogg"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Acoustic 07" (V2, 2007) - "This Could Be My Last Day"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ceol '09" - "Tochailt Uaighe go Róluath" (a version of "Digging an Early Grave" in the Irish language)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Theatre production of Mother Courage and her Children 2009 at the Royal National Theatre

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Punch of a Friend - The Art of Duke Special

description: musician

wikidata_label: Duke Special

wikipedia_title: Duke Special


text: Zimbabwe

text: Mukanya

text: Robert Mugabe

text: Chimurenga music

text: Rhodesia

text: Zimbabwe

text: exile

text: Zimbabwe

text: Marondera

text: Mashonaland East

text: Southern Rhodesia

text: Rhodesia

text: Northern Rhodesia

text: Zambia

text: Mbare

text: ngoma

text: mbira

text: Oliver Mtukudzi

text: James Chimombe

text: Otis Redding

text: Elvis Presley

text: Shona music

text: Joshua Dube

text: Jonah Sithole

text: mbira

text: Rhodesia

text: Chimurenga

text: Shona

text: Bob Marley

text: Afropop Worldwide

text: Shed Studios

text: Eugene, Oregon

text: Bhundu Boys

text: Stella Chiweshe

text: World Music Network

text: Afropop

text: Chimurenga

text: Music of Zimbabwe

text: Chimurenga music

text: Posts on Mapfumo at Afropop Worldwide

text: "The Lion In Winter"

text: The Walrus

categories: Zimbabwean musicians,Prisoners and detainees of Rhodesia,People from Marondera,Musicians from Oregon,Real World Records artists,1945 births,Living people

paragraph: Thomas Mapfumo

paragraph: Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born July 3, 1945) is a musician nicknamed "The Lion of Zimbabwe" and "Mukanya" (the praise name of his clan in the Shona language) for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music, including his sharp criticism of the government of President Robert Mugabe. He both created and made popular Chimurenga music, and his slow-moving style and distinctive voice is instantly recognisable to Zimbabweans.

paragraph: Mapfumo was imprisoned without charges under the white-dominated regime of Rhodesia, and he was hounded by the Mugabe government of Zimbabwe that succeeded it. He lived in exile in the United States for two decades, and in April 2018, returned to Zimbabwe for the first time since 2005 to perform a concert.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Mapfumo was born in 1945 in Marondera, Mashonaland East, a town southeast of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, though at the time the capital was called Salisbury and the country was a colony of Great Britain called Southern Rhodesia (becoming Rhodesia in ordinary usage after Northern Rhodesia gained independence as Zambia). He lived a traditional, rural Shona lifestyle until the age of ten, when his family moved to the Harare township of Mbare. It was during these early years that he was exposed to the traditional music of the Shona, the influence of which would drive his later music to incorporate and/or reflect the sounds of the ngoma drum and the mbira, a metal-pronged instrument with spiritual importance.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: He joined his first band, the Zutu Brothers ("Encyclopædia Britannica" says it was the Cyclones), as a singer at the age of 16. From then he was always in one band or another, such as The Wagon Wheels with legendary Afro jazz musician Oliver Mtukudzi and legendary guitarist James Chimombe sometimes doing odd jobs on the side as well, including chicken farming. Hence the name of his 1972 band, the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band.

paragraph: He played mostly covers of American rock and soul tunes, such as Otis Redding or Elvis Presley, until he was in the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band. There he introduced the innovation of adapting traditional Shona music to modern rock instrumentation.

paragraph: He worked with guitarist Joshua Dube (Leopard Man's "Africa Music Guide" says Jonah Sithole) to transcribe the sounds of the chief instrument of traditional Shona music, the mbira to the electric guitar. He also started singing primarily in the Shona language, rather than in English.

paragraph: Section::::Political undertones.

paragraph: Just the fact that he was drawing on the native musical tradition and singing in his native language was a political statement. Rhodesia was ruled by a minority of white individuals who derogated the native black population and culture. But more than that, his lyrics became overtly political, supporting the revolution that was developing in the rural areas, what Mapfumo calls "the communal lands". He called his new style of music Chimurenga. In Shona it means "a little flame", and was the name of a previous revolutionary movement in the late 19th century. His songs openly called for the violent overthrow of the government, with lyrics like "Mothers, send your sons to war."

paragraph: Section::::Political overtones.

paragraph: Mapfumo's music caught the attention of the Rhodesian government with his song "Hokoyo!", meaning "Watch out!" The government banned the record from the state-controlled radio and threw him into a prison camp without charges in 1979. They were unable stop his records from being played in discos or on radio stations they did not control, including the Voice of Mozambique. Large demonstrations in protest of his arrest and an inability to find charges against him forced the government to release him after three months.

paragraph: Free elections were held in 1980, and a new government was installed. Mapfumo performed at a celebratory concert that also featured Bob Marley. In later years, he would come to criticize the same government he, in some ways, helped bring to power.

paragraph: The PRI-syndicated radio program Afropop Worldwide ran a feature on Thomas Mapfumo in late 1988/early 1989. Host Georges Collinet describes Mapfumo as living in the low-density suburbs with his wife, who worked at a law office in downtown Harare, and his two children—a boy and a girl. And he drove a blue Ford with fake leopard-skin seat covers.

paragraph: Most of his songs were still political, dealing with poverty and other social issues. Mapfumo comments on the fact that he doesn't sing many love songs: "All you need if you wanna get into the bedroom... You've got a wife. You do it. You don't have to sing a song about it." Collinet also observes that Mapfumo can't sing anything he wants: "Clearly he can't sing 'Down with President Mugabe' – but he wouldn't want to. He supports the present government." However, that would soon change.

paragraph: Recorded at Shed Studios Harare, by engineer Benny Miller, Mapfumo released the album Corruption in 1989. It criticised Mugabe and his government, with which Mapfumo was becoming more and more disillusioned. Mugabe wasn't happy with Mapfumo, either, and Mapfumo became the target of government harassment. Mapfumo was accused of being involved with a stolen-car ring. Things got uncomfortable enough that Mapfumo moved to Eugene, Oregon in the late 1990s. After Mugabe's overthrow in 2017 he returned to Zimbabwe to a massive show named 'Homecoming Bira' at Glamis Arena in Harare on April 28, 2018. The homecoming show proved that Mafumo was out of political danger and he returned for more shows in many parts of Zimbabwe between December 2018 and March 2019. He returned to his United States base after the four-month visit to Zimbabwe.

paragraph: Thomas Mapfumo tours internationally, and still sings and speaks out about the problems of Zimbabwe. His Chimurenga style of music influenced other Zimbabwean musicians, including the Bhundu Boys and Stella Chiweshe.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Shumba" (1990, Earthworks)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Thomas Mapfumo and the Acid Band.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hokoyo!" (1978, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gwindingwi Rine Shumba" (1981, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mabasa" (1983, Chimurenga Music, Gramma Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ndangariro" (1983, Afro Soul)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chimurenga For Justice" (1985, Rough Trade)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mr Music (Africa)" (1985, Afro Soul)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Zimbabwe Mozambique" (1988, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chamunorwa" (1989, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Varombo Kuvarombo" (1989, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Corruption" (1989, Mango)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chimurenga Masterpiece" (1990, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hondo" (1991, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chimurenga International" (1993, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Roots Chimurenga" (1996, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sweet Chimurenga" (1996, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Afro Chimurenga" (1996, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chimurenga '98" (1998, Anonymous Web Productions)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Live at El Rey" (1999, Anonymous Web Productions)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chimurenga Explosion" (2000, Anonymous Web Productions)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chimurenga Rebel (2002, Anonymous Web Productions)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rise Up" (2006, Real World Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Exile (2010, Sheer Sound)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Danger Zone (2015, Chimurenga Music Company)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Live @ The Sanctuary for Independent Media" (2016, Chimurenga Music)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Compilation appearances.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Rough Guide to the Music of Zimbabwe" (1996, World Music Network)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Afropop

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chimurenga

paragraph: BULLET::::- Music of Zimbabwe

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chimurenga music

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::-

paragraph: BULLET::::- Podcast featuring Thomas Mapfumo originally broadcast on WCKR 89.9 FM-NY

paragraph: BULLET::::- Posts on Mapfumo at Afropop Worldwide

paragraph: BULLET::::- Banning Eyre interview of Thomas Mapfumo at Afropop Worldwide

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mapfumo, Thomas." Encyclopædia Britannica. Entry written by Elizabeth Laskey. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service, 30 July 2003.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Banning Eyre, "The Lion In Winter", "The Walrus", April 2005.

description: Zimbabwean musician

wikidata_label: Thomas Mapfumo

wikipedia_title: Thomas Mapfumo