text:
Providence, Rhode Island
B.F.A.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Fort Thunder
Ben Jones
Art in America
Powr Mastrs
Picturebox
Charles Burns
Kramers Ergot
Mothers News
pulp
PictureBox
"Beginnings"
Interview
Proust Questionnaire
PowerPoint

categories: 1979 births,American graphic novelists,American male novelists,Massachusetts College of Art and Design alumni,Artists from Rhode Island,Living people

paragraph: Christopher Forgues

paragraph: Christopher "Chris" Forgues, (also known professionally as C.F. and Kites), is an artist and musician, best known for his graphic novel serial "Powr Mastrs". He is based in Providence, Rhode Island.

paragraph: Section::::About.

paragraph: He holds a B.F.A. from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. C.F. was influenced in the 2000s by the Fort Thunder art collective in Providence, Rhode Island and did some worked with them. C.F. collaborated with Ben Jones on a zine project called "Paper Radio". Art in America magazine named Forgues one of the, "most important cartoonists of their generation" for his work with Paper Radio.

paragraph: His graphic novel series, "Powr Mastrs", is published by Picturebox. His story "Mosfet Warlock and the Mechlin Men" was included in The Best American Comics 2009, edited by Charles Burns. His work has also been published in Kramers Ergot, and has been shown at galleries in New York and Los Angeles. Forgues has a monthly comic strip, Monorail High, in Mothers News, a monthly newspaper published in Providence, Rhode Island.

paragraph: His comics and graphic novels make heavy use of surrealism and absurdity, while often paying homage to older comic genres such as pulp. He has been praised by The Comics Reporter for his skills at "overlooked nuances of comics storytelling, in particular pacing".

paragraph: As a musician, Forgues has toured the United States several times, also appearing in Europe and Canada. Forgues employs homemade electronics, effects pedals, and altered acoustic instruments.

paragraph: Section::::Selected work.

paragraph: Section::::Selected work.:Music.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kites: Royal Paint With The Metallic Gardener From The United States Of America Helped Into An Open Field By Women And Children (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kites: Peace Trials (Load Records, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kites: Hallucination Guillotine/Final Worship (Load Records, 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daily Life: Necessary and Pathetic (Load Records, 2010)

paragraph: Section::::Selected work.:Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Powr Mastrs Vol. 3 (PictureBox, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sediment (PictureBox, 2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mere (PictureBox, 2013)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- PictureBox, "Beginnings"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview, Proust Questionnaire, PowerPoint

alias: C.F. Kites CF

description: American graphic novelist, artist, musician

wikidata_label: Christopher Forgues

wikipedia_title: Christopher Forgues


text:
bishop of Namur
Auxiliary Bishop
Tubize
philosophy
theology
Catholic University of Louvain
psychology
Titular Bishop
Pope John Paul II

categories: 1943 births,People from Tubize,Bishops of Namur,Roman Catholic bishops in Belgium,Université catholique de Louvain alumni,Living people

paragraph: Rémy Vancottem

paragraph: Rémy Victor Vancottem (born 25 July 1943) is the bishop of Namur, since his installation on 20 June 2010. He had previously served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussels.

paragraph: Vancottem was born at Tubize, Walloon Brabant. He first studied to be a teacher, then supplemented those studies with those of philosophy and theology at the Seminary of Malines. He attended the Catholic University of Louvain, where he earned a degree in psychology. He was ordained a priest 27 June 1969 for the Archdiocese of Malines-Brussels.

paragraph: In September 1974 he became board member of the Major Seminary in Brussels, team leader for continuing education of clergy in Brussels and Walloon Brabant, and founder and co-responsible group ANIME (Association for the training of lay apostolate in Brussels and Walloon Brabant). He was appointed Titular Bishop of "Unizibira" by Pope John Paul II on 15 February 1982 and was consecrated on 21 March, he became auxiliary of Malines-Brussels office of Vicar General for the Walloon Brabant.

paragraph: On 31 May 2010 he was appointed as the bishop of Namur to fill the vacancy left by Archbishop Leonard who has been appointed primate of Belgium and archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. He was installed on 20 June 2010.

description: Roman Catholic bishop

wikidata_label: Rémy Victor Vancottem

wikipedia_title: Rémy Vancottem


text: mountain man

text: frontiersman

text: Osage

text: Ute

text: Pacolet

text: Zenon Trudeau

text: fur trapper

text: Protestant

text: Osage

text: Ute

text: Osage language

text: John Allan Mathews

text: John Joseph Mathews

text: John Joseph Mathews

text: western frontier

text: Uncle Dick Wooton

text: Joe Walker

text: Alexis Godey

text: George Nidever

text: Zenas Leonard

text: Antoine Leroux

text: Lucien Maxwell

text: William Thomas Hamilton

text: Kit Carson

text: John C. Frémont

text: fourth expedition

text: Blackfeet

text: Apache

text: Comanche

text: Modoc

text: Yellowstone

text: Santa Fe Trail

text: Yosemite Valley

text: transcontinental railroad

text: Sangre de Cristo range

text: San Juan Mountains

text: bronze

text: B. R. Pettit

text: Williams, Arizona

text: Bill Williams River

text: Bill Williams Mountain

text: Slim Pickens

text: Disney

categories: 1787 births,People of the American Old West,1849 deaths,Explorers of North America,American fur traders,Mountain men,Explorers of the United States,American folklore

paragraph: Old Bill Williams

paragraph: William Sherley "Old Bill" Williams (January 3, 1787 - March 14, 1849) was a noted mountain man and frontiersman. He served as an interpreter for the government, and led several expeditions in the West. Fluent in several languages, he lived with the Osage, where he married the daughter of a chief, and with the Ute.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

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

paragraph: Williams was born on January 3, 1787 on Horse Creek, a branch of the Pacolet, under Skyuka Mountain in Polk County, North Carolina. He liked to explore and learned to trap animals for their furs, and found he had a gift for languages. Williams was the son of Joseph Williams who was invited to settle in what is now Missouri by Spanish lieutenant governor of Upper Louisiana, Zenon Trudeau in about 1795.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Career.

paragraph: Williams was a master fur trapper and trail guide, becoming fluent in several Native American languages among the tribes he knew the best. He served as a sergeant and scout with the Mississippi Mounted Rangers during the War of 1812 and, as he encountered local tribes, learned their languages and customs. His ability to communicate in the different languages made him valuable to the government and the military for tribal negotiations.

paragraph: After military service, Williams became a Protestant preacher, and worked with some of the Native American tribes, moving west from Mississippi to frontier areas. During his early years, he lived with the Osage Indians in Missouri, and later with the Ute Indians. While residing with the Osages he worked with the Harmony Mission to the Osages. He translated the bible into the Osage language and was the interpreter for the 1825 treaty between the Osage and the United States.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Marriage and family.

paragraph: He married "A-Ci'n-Ga," a full-blood Osage woman. They became the parents of two daughters. He assimilated into the Osage as a fur trapper and never returned to European-American life, however he did send his half-Osage daughters to it. Williams was named "Lone Elk" by numerous Native American tribes.

paragraph: William had two children with A-Ci'n-Ga, whose name means "Wind Blossom." The first-born was Mary Ann, who was born in 1814. The second, Sarah, was probably born around 1816.

paragraph: After his wife A-Ci'n-Ga died, he sent his daughters to attend school in Kentucky. His daughter Mary Williams married John Allan Mathews of Kentucky who operated multiple trading ventures with the Osage. After her death Mathews married Williams' younger daughter Sarah. Sarah Williams (Mathews) was the grandmother of historian John Joseph Mathews.

paragraph: John Joseph Mathews, Williams' great-grandson, became a noted author of the Osage, served on the Tribal Council, and helped found the Tribal Museum in 1938.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Later career.

paragraph: By 1822 he was working as an independent trapper, and also guided travelers through the far western frontier of the time. He was a respected figure among the mountain men and worked with many, including Uncle Dick Wooton, Joe Walker, Alexis Godey, George Nidever, Zenas Leonard, Antoine Leroux, Lucien Maxwell, William Thomas Hamilton, Dick Owens, Kit Carson, and, infamously, with John C. Frémont on his fourth expedition. As an Indian fighter, he had noted encounters with Blackfeet, Apache, Comanche, and Modoc Indians.

paragraph: Williams traveled through a wide territory, including Texas, California, the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone, the Santa Fe Trail, Arizona, and the Colorado and Little Colorado River regions. Williams was with Joseph Walker's historic expedition which found, but did not enter, the Yosemite Valley.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Later career.:Frémont's Fourth Expedition controversy.

paragraph: In November 1848 Frémont sought Williams to lead a transcontinental railroad survey into Sangre de Cristo range after other mountain men had rejected Frémont's proposition. Once the team entered the mountains, Williams changed his mind due to the heavy early snowfall. He warned the party against continuing and insisted on a southern route. Frémont continued, and the expedition was defeated within the San Juan Mountains, where 10 expedition members died of starvation and exposure.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Later career.:Death.

paragraph: Williams died shortly afterward at age 62 in March 1849 when ambushed and killed by Ute warriors. He was returning to Taos from helping to retrace the expedition trail to try to find survivors.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy and honors.

paragraph: "Old Bill" is portrayed in an 8-foot-tall bronze sculpture by B. R. Pettit, erected in 1980 in Bill Williams Monument Park in Williams, Arizona. In addition to the park and town, several places and organizations in Arizona were named after him: Bill Williams River and Bill Williams Mountain, the Bill Williams Mountain Men of Williams, Arizona chapter of the Pioneer Club, and the Chautauqua Program: "Rendezvous With Old Bill Williams". He was portrayed by Slim Pickens in a Disney series entitled "The Saga of Andy Burnett".

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://mojavedesert.net/people/williams.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://oldbillwilliams.com/

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.allthingswilliam.com/willynilly/oldbill.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-explorerlist-w.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.mountainmanbronzes.com/Bill-Williams,-Mountain-Man-of-the-Santa-Fe-Trail.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.williamsnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=6783&TM=68304.59

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.williamsnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=63&SubSectionID=200&ArticleID=7661

description: American frontiersman

wikidata_label: William S. Williams

wikipedia_title: Old Bill Williams


text:
Montreal
Quebec
film score
Mel Brooks
Academy Awards
Showtime
Picture Windows
Moonlighting
Addams Family Values
Sister Act
Georgia Rule
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program
Seattle Film Institute
Leaders in Learning
Variety magazine

categories: 1955 births,Canadian film score composers,Male film score composers,Musicians from Montreal,Living people

paragraph: Hummie Mann

paragraph: Hummie Mann (born October 29, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec) is an American film score composer. His credits include the Mel Brooks films "" and "". Mann was awarded an Emmy for arranging Billy Crystal's opening number for the 1992 Academy Awards and another Emmy in 1996 for an episode of Showtime's miniseries "Picture Windows" called "Language of the Heart". He was nominated for two more for arrangements on the series "Moonlighting".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: In addition to composing for television and film, Mann has orchestrated several film scores including "Addams Family Values", "Sister Act", "Georgia Rule" and "Thomas and the Magic Railroad".

paragraph: In 1997, Mann established the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program in Seattle, Washington to instruct students in film scoring, music technology, songwriting for film, and video game audio. This program merged with the Seattle Film Institute in 2011 and became accredited to confer a Masters of Music degree in Film Composition. In 2010 Mann was cited as one of the top 10 "Leaders in Learning" by Variety magazine.

description: American composer

wikidata_label: Hummie Mann

wikipedia_title: Hummie Mann


text:
courtesy name
Ming dynasty
Kaifeng
Henan
ancestry
Beijing
Zuo Guangdou
Grand Secretary
Ministry of War
Nanjing
Yangzhou
Qing dynasty
Southern Ming dynasty
posthumous name
Qianlong Emperor
imperial examination
jinshi
Xi'an
Ministry of Revenue
Lu Xiangsheng
Zhang Guowei
Anqing
Hefei
Wuhu City
Henan
Jiangxi
Huguang
Caoyun system
Grand Secretary
Ministry of War
Nanjing
Li Zicheng
Beijing
Chongzhen Emperor
Wu Sangui
Qing dynasty
Shanhai Pass
Viceroy
Ma Shiying
Zhu Yousong
Southern Ming dynasty
Zuo Liangyu
Wuhan
Ruan Dacheng
Huang Degong
Xuyi
Tianchang
Dodo
Liu Zeqing
Huai'an
Liu Zhaoji
Dorgon
Shi Dewei
Jiangnan
maltose
Yangzhou massacre
Quan Zuwang
cursive
semi-cursive
Anti-Qing sentiment
"Shi Kefa"
Encyclopedia of China

categories: People executed by the Qing dynasty,1645 deaths,1601 births,Ming dynasty calligraphers,Ming dynasty generals,Politicians from Kaifeng,History of Jiangsu,Ming dynasty politicians,Generals from Henan,Artists from Henan,Executed Ming dynasty people

paragraph: Shi Kefa

paragraph: Shi Kefa (4 February 1601 – 20 May 1645), courtesy names Xianzhi and Daolin, was a government official and calligrapher who lived in the late Ming dynasty. He was born in Xiangfu (祥符; present-day Kaifeng, Henan) and claimed ancestry from Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture (順天府大興縣; in present-day Beijing). He was mentored by Zuo Guangdou (左光斗). He served as Grand Secretary in the Ministry of War in Nanjing during the early part of his career. He is best remembered for his defence of Yangzhou from the Qing dynasty, and was killed when Yangzhou fell to Qing forces in April 1645. After his death, the Southern Ming dynasty granted him the posthumous name "Zhongjing" (忠靖; means "loyal and peaceful"). Nearly a century later, the Qianlong Emperor of Qing granted Shi Kefa another posthumous name, "Zhongzheng" (忠正; means "loyal and upright".) His descendants collected his works and compiled them into a book titled "Lord Shi Zhongzheng's Collections" (史忠正公集).

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

paragraph: Shi Kefa took the imperial examination and obtained a "jinshi" (進士) degree in 1628. He was appointed as an official in Xi'an, before subsequently serving as a "yuanwailang" (員外郎) and "langzhong" (郎中) in the Ministry of Revenue. In 1635 he followed the general Lu Xiangsheng (盧象昇) to suppress peasant revolts throughout the land. Two years later, he was promoted to "yushi" (御史) on the recommendation of the minister Zhang Guowei (張國維), and was also appointed as "xunfu" (巡撫; a type of regional governor) of Anqing, Luzhou (present-day Hefei), Taiping (near present-day Wuhu City), Chizhou (池州), and various counties in Henan, Jiangxi and Huguang provinces. In 1641, he was put in charge of the Caoyun system. In the seventh month of 1643, he was appointed as Grand Secretary of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

paragraph: Section::::Serving the Southern Ming dynasty.

paragraph: In the third lunar month of 1644, rebel forces led by Li Zicheng captured the Ming capital Beijing and the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide. The following month, Wu Sangui defected to the Qing dynasty and opened Shanhai Pass, allowing the Qing armies to seize control of Beijing from Li Zicheng's rebel forces and overrun most of northern China.

paragraph: When news of the Chongzhen Emperor's death reached Nanjing, there was much debate on who would be the new Ming emperor. Even though Shi Kefa was effectively the leader of the Ming loyalists in Nanjing, he was unable to make a decision on the issue. In the fifth lunar month, Fengyang's Viceroy, Ma Shiying (馬士英), and others supported the prince Zhu Yousong to take the throne, and Zhu became the Hongguang Emperor of the Southern Ming dynasty. For his effort, Ma Shiying won the appreciation of Hongguang and replaced Shi Kefa as the effective head of government.

paragraph: In the face of Li Zicheng's rebel forces and the Qing armies, Shi Kefa advocated the policy of allying with Qing to eliminate the rebels first, then drive the Qing forces back north. However, the officials in the Southern Ming imperial court were disunited as they were more interested in pursuing their personal interests. The Southern Ming dynasty gradually weakened under the pressure of internal political struggle and the resignation of several officials.

paragraph: After losing his influence in the imperial court, Shi Kefa requested to be dispatched north to supervise defenses on the northern border. Due to internal conflict among the Ming generals along the border, Shi Kefa was unable to establish a strong defense.

paragraph: In the fourth lunar month of 1645, Zuo Liangyu (左良玉) led an army from Wuhan to attack Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng (阮大鋮). Ma Shiying ordered Shi Kefa to set up defenses at the northern border to resist Zuo Liangyu from the east. Zuo Liangyu was eventually defeated by Huang Degong (黃得功) while his army surrendered. Xuyi also surrendered to Qing and Sizhou (present-day Tianchang) fell to Qing. Shi Kefa moved back to Yangzhou and continued resisting the Qing invaders there.

paragraph: Section::::Defence of Yangzhou.

paragraph: In the fifth lunar month of 1645, Qing forces led by the Manchu prince Dodo besieged Yangzhou. Shi Kefa sent a messenger to request reinforcements. His subordinate Liu Zeqing (劉澤清) escaped north to Huai'an, while only Liu Zhaoji (劉肇基) came to Shi Kefa's aid.

paragraph: The Qing regent Dorgon wrote to Shi Kefa, asking for his surrender, but Shi declined. Shi Kefa's response, titled "Reply to Dorgon's letter" (復多爾袞書), was noted for its neither servile nor overbearing tone, and was circulated among later generations.

paragraph: Subsequently, Shi Kefa entrusted his subordinate Shi Dewei (史德威), whom he had adopted as a godson, with his funeral arrangements, saying that he wished to be buried at Plum Blossom Ridge (梅花嶺) after his death.

paragraph: On the 24th day, Qing armies bombarded Yangzhou with cannon fire and the city fell that night. Shi Kefa attempted suicide by slitting his throat but failed. He then ordered Shi Dewei to kill him but Shi Dewei tearfully refused and did not dare to look up at his godfather. Shi Kefa then shouted "I'm Military Inspector Shi. Quickly kill me!" and was captured as a prisoner-of-war. Dodo tried to persuade Shi Kefa to surrender and serve him, saying, "Previously we sent you a letter politely asking for your surrender, but you refused. Now that you've fulfilled your loyalty and righteousness, you should take on a new important responsibility – help me conquer Jiangnan." Shi Kefa replied, "I fall together with the city. My decision will not change. Even if I'm torn to pieces, my feelings will be as sweet as maltose. But do not harm the thousands of lives in Yangzhou!" Shi Kefa was then executed.

paragraph: Dodo was infuriated by the heavy casualties sustained by his army in conquering Yangzhou so he ordered that the entire city be put to the sword (the event is known as the Yangzhou massacre). Twelve days after Shi Kefa's death, his remains could not be found. A year later in 1646, Shi Dewei buried Shi Kefa's headdress and garments at Plum Blossom Ridge outside the Tianning Gate of Yangzhou. The Qing writer Quan Zuwang (全祖望) later wrote the "Tale of Plum Blossom Ridge" (梅花嶺記) to describe the event.

paragraph: The Shi Kefa Memorial, a shrine devoted to the memory of Shi Kefa, is located in present-day Yangzhou.

paragraph: Section::::Calligraphy.

paragraph: Shi Kefa was said to have been an individual of great energy and integrity, qualities reflected in his calligraphy, frequently in cursive and semi-cursive style. Shi Kefa's calligraphy is of the late Ming period style among other Ming literati, with a preference for long compositions in a flourishing manner.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anti-Qing sentiment

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wang, Sizhi, "Shi Kefa". "Encyclopedia of China", 1st ed.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Voices from the Ming-Qing Cataclysm: China in Tigers' Jaws" Struve, Lynn A. Publisher：Yale University Press, 1998.

wikipedia_title: Shi Kefa


text: Liberal

text: Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick

text: Lord Charles Brudenell-Bruce

text: St George's, Hanover Square

text: King George III

text: Queen Charlotte

text: Eton College

text: Christ Church, Oxford

text: James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan

text: British House of Commons

text: Marlborough

text: House of Lords

text: writ of acceleration

text: Queen Victoria

text: Privy Counsellor

text: Lord Palmerston

text: Lord Russell

text: Master of the Horse

text: Deputy Lieutenant

text: Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire

text: Knight of the Garter

text: William Ewart Gladstone

text: George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke

text: Savernake

text: Ernest Brudenell-Bruce

text: Pall Mall, London

categories: Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire,Earls of Cardigan,Knights of the Garter,Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford,Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom,1878 deaths,UK MPs 1826–1830,Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies,Brudenell-Bruce family,Lord-Lieutenants of Wiltshire,1804 births

paragraph: George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury

paragraph: George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury (20 November 1804 – 6 January 1878), styled Lord Bruce between 1814 and 1821 and Earl Bruce between 1821 and 1856, was a British peer, Liberal politician and courtier.

paragraph: Section::::Background and education.

paragraph: Born in Lower Grosvenor Street, London, Bruce was the oldest son of Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury, and his first wife the Hon. Henrietta Hill, oldest daughter of Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick. He was the brother of Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury, and the half-brother of Lord Charles Brudenell-Bruce. He was baptised at St George's, Hanover Square, with King George III and Queen Charlotte as his godparents. He was educated at Eton College & Christ Church, Oxford. In 1856, he succeeded to his father's titles and, in 1868, to those of his distant cousin James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Bruce entered the British House of Commons in 1826, representing Marlborough as Member of Parliament (MP) until 1829. In 1838, he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's subsidiary title Baron Bruce. He was appointed Yeomanry Aide to Queen Victoria in 1857 and was invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1859. Ailesbury held political office under Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell as Master of the Horse between 1859 and 1866. Having previously been a Deputy Lieutenant, he became Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 1863. On 25 May 1864, he was invested as a Knight of the Garter. He was once again Master of the Horse, this time under William Ewart Gladstone, between 1868 and 1874.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: On 11 May 1837, Lord Ailesbury married Lady Mary Herbert, third daughter of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, in the same church where he was baptised. Brudenell-Bruce died in 1878, aged 73, at Lockeridge House, Savernake, Wiltshire, and was buried there. Because he had no issue, his titles were inherited by his younger brother, Ernest Brudenell-Bruce. The Marchioness of Ailesbury died at 78 Pall Mall, London, in January 1892, aged 78.

description: British peer, politician and courtier


text:
American
baritone
Roaring Twenties
Depression
musical theater
vaudeville
operetta
"Autumn in New York"
Thumbs Up!
Vernon Duke
Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee
Face the Music
Moss Hart
Irving Berlin
Rio Rita
Harry Tierney
Joseph McCarthy
The Whirl of New York
Gustave Kerker
Hugh Morton
Edgar Smith
South Berwick, Maine
Arthur Hammerstein
Frank Tinney's
J.J. Shubert
The Passing Show of 1921
Eddie Cantor
Make It Snappy
Fred Allen
Vogues of 1924
Joe E. Brown
Captain Jinks
The Midnight Rounders of 1921
Springtime of Youth
China Rose
Castles in the Air
Vivienne Segal
Flo Ziegfeld
William Fox
Cameo Kirby
Norma Terris
Happy Days
Married In Hollywood
Norma Terris
Women Everywhere
Fifi D'Orsay
Under Suspicion
Moss Hart
Irving Berlin
Oscar Hammerstein II
Clinton, Connecticut
Universal Pictures
RKO
Vitaphone
nephritis
Married in Hollywood
Women Everywhere
Under Suspicion
Cameo Kirby
The New York Post
The New York Times

categories: People from South Berwick, Maine,RKO Pictures contract players,American baritones,20th Century Fox contract players,American male musical theatre actors,Male actors from Maine,1891 births,American male film actors,20th-century American singers,20th-century American male actors,1940 deaths

paragraph: J. Harold Murray

paragraph: J. Harold Murray (born Harry Rulten, February 17, 1891 –t December 11, 1940) was an American baritone singer and actor. For more than a decade, during the Roaring Twenties and the Depression Thirties, he contributed to the development of musical theater by bridging vaudeville, operetta and the modern American musical. The most popular American songs he introduced on Broadway included "Autumn in New York" (1934, "Thumbs Up!", words and music by Vernon Duke); "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" and "Soft Lights and Sweet Music" (1932, "Face the Music", Moss Hart and Irving Berlin); "Rio Rita", "The Kinkajou" and "The Rangers Song" (1927, "Rio Rita", Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy); and "Mandalay" (1921, "The Whirl of New York", (Gustave Kerker, Hugh Morton and Edgar Smith).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born on February 17, 1891 in South Berwick, Maine, "Hal" Murray served in the Merchant Marine during World War I. After the war and a short apprenticeship in vaudeville, he made his debut on the musical theatre stage as J. Harold Murray in out-of-town productions of Arthur Hammerstein's "Always You" and Frank Tinney's "Sometime", both in 1920.

paragraph: He debuted on Broadway at the age of 30 in J.J. Shubert's, "The Passing Show of 1921". During the rest of the decade, he starred in 10 musicals, and separately co-starred with Eddie Cantor ("Make It Snappy", 1922), Fred Allen ("Vogues of 1924") and Joe E. Brown ("Captain Jinks", 1925). Other shows were: "The Midnight Rounders of 1921", "The Whirl of New York" (1921), "Springtime of Youth" (1922), "Caroline" (1923), "China Rose" (1925) with Olga Steck, and "Castles in the Air" (1926) with Vivienne Segal. In February 1927, he starred in "Rio Rita," a Flo Ziegfeld production. It was so successful after it opened the Ziegfeld Theatre that the musical "Show Boat," which had been scheduled to open in April, was delayed until the end of the year.

paragraph: In Hollywood from 1929–30 in the pre-Code years, Murray appeared in the William Fox Studio musicals: "Cameo Kirby" with Norma Terris; "Happy Days"; "Married In Hollywood" with Norma Terris; "Women Everywhere" (1930) with Fifi D'Orsay; and "Under Suspicion".

paragraph: Returning to New York City, Murray starred in the Moss Hart-Irving Berlin musical "Face the Music," Oscar Hammerstein II's "East Wind,", "Thumbs Up," and "Venus in Silk". The latter was a Laurence Schwab operetta that closed out-of-town (Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.) before reaching Broadway.

paragraph: Murray retired from the Broadway stage in 1935. He sang on a Hartford, Connecticut radio show weekly for three years. He also was active in business, and summer stock ("The Only Girl," 1938; "Knickerbocker Holiday," 1939, at The Player's Theatre, Clinton, Connecticut). He performed in several musical film shorts for Universal Pictures ("Nite in a Night Club," 1934; "The Singing Bandit," 1937; "Somewhere in Paris," 1938; "Wild and Bully" 1939), RKO ("Phony Boy," 1937; "Under a Gypsy Moon" 1938) and Vitaphone ("Who Was That Girl," 1934; "The Flame Song," 1934).

paragraph: Murray developed nephritis in the spring of 1940. He died of the disease on December 11 at the age of 49.

paragraph: Modern theater musicals emerged from vaudeville and operettas, and J. Harold Murray played an important role in their early development. His acting and strong baritone performances of songs, such as "Rio Rita", "The Ranger’s Song", "Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee", "Soft Lights and Sweet Music", and "New York in Autumn" were notable then. His introducing them on the Broadway stage contributed to their withstanding the test of time into the 21st century.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Married in Hollywood" (1929)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Women Everywhere" (1930)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Under Suspicion" (1930)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cameo Kirby" (1930)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bloom, K (1985). "American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion", Facts on File Publications, Vol. 1.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bordman, G (1978). "American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle", Oxford University Press.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ewen, D (1966). "American Popular Songs: From the Revolutionary War to the Present", Random House.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Green, S (1976). "Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre", Dodd, Mead & Company.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Norton, R (2002). "A Chronology of American Musical Theatre", Oxford University Press, Vol. 2, 1912-1952.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The New York Post", Feb. 9, 1939 "The Brewers' Big Horses Can't Run Over An Actor Who Sings Between Barrels".

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The New York Times", Dec. 13, 1940, "J. Harold Murray, Ex-Star of Stage"..."Succumbs at 49", pg 23.

description: American actor

wikidata_label: J. Harold Murray

wikipedia_title: J. Harold Murray


text: Master of the Horse

text: Governor of Scilly

text: London

text: Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds

text: Amelia, Baroness Darcy de Knayth

text: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness

text: Francis Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin

text: Baron Darcy de Knayth

text: Baron Conyers

text: George Canning

text: Master of the Horse

text: Lord Goderich

text: Duke of Wellington

text: Privy Council

text: Knight of the Garter

text: Lady Charlotte Townshend

text: Sackville Lane-Fox

text: London

categories: Lord-Lieutenants of the North Riding of Yorkshire,Dukes of Leeds,Osborne family,Knights of the Garter,Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom,Counts of Mértola,1775 births,1838 deaths

paragraph: George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds

paragraph: George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds, (21 July 1775 – 10 July 1838), styled Earl of Danby until 1789 and Marquess of Carmarthen from 1789 to 1799, was a British peer and politician. He served as Master of the Horse between 1827 and 1830. He also was Governor of Scilly.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Leeds was born in London, the eldest son of Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds, and his first wife, Amelia, Baroness Darcy de Knayth, daughter of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness. Francis Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin, was his younger brother. His parents divorced in 1779. In January 1784, aged eight, he succeeded as 13th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 10th Baron Conyers on the early death of his mother. In 1799 he also succeeded his father in the dukedom of Leeds.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: Leeds was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1802, a post he held until his death. In May 1827 he entered George Canning's government as Master of the Horse. He continued in this office under Lord Goderich between August 1827 and January 1828 and under the Duke of Wellington between January 1828 and November 1830. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1827 and made a Knight of the Garter the same month.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Leeds married Lady Charlotte Townshend, daughter of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, on 17 August 1797. They had three children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Francis Godolphin Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (1798–1859)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Charlotte Mary Anne Georgiana Osborne (c. 1806–1836), married Sackville Lane-Fox and had issue.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lord Conyers George Thomas William Osborne (1812–1831), died young.

paragraph: The Duke of Leeds died in London in July 1838, aged 62, and was buried in the Osborne family chapel at All Hallows Church, Harthill, South Yorkshire. He was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest and only surviving son, Francis. The Duchess of Leeds died in July 1856, aged 80.

description: British noble

wikidata_label: George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds

wikipedia_title: George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds


text:
Dutch
The Hague
Euro Formula 3000
Scuderia Fama
Draco Junior Team
Fabrizio Del Monte
Formula One
Minardi
Jordan Grand Prix
MF1 Racing
Grand Prix of Houston
Rocketsports
Grand Prix of Monterrey
Milwaukee Mile
Grand Prix of Montreal
Mario Domínguez
American Le Mans Series
VICI Racing
Porsche 911 GT3
Dutch Supercar Challenge
Volkswagen Passat

categories: American Le Mans Series drivers,Dutch people of Italian descent,Dutch racing drivers,Auto GP drivers,Sportspeople from The Hague,Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers,Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 drivers,1983 births,Champ Car drivers,FIA GT1 World Championship drivers,Living people

paragraph: Nicky Pastorelli

paragraph: Nicky Pastorelli (born 11 April 1983) is a Dutch professional racing driver.

paragraph: Section::::Motorsports career.

paragraph: Section::::Motorsports career.:Euro Formula 3000.

paragraph: Born in The Hague, Pastorelli participated in Euro Formula 3000 for Scuderia Fama in 2003. He finished on the podium twice and placed 5th in the season championship.

paragraph: For 2004, Pastorelli signed with the defending champion Draco Junior Team. Pastorelli won the championship by one point over Fabrizio Del Monte with 2 wins among 6 podium finishes in the 10 series races.

paragraph: Section::::Motorsports career.:Formula One testing.

paragraph: This result gained him a Formula One test at Minardi, and in 2005 Pastorelli was appointed official Jordan Grand Prix test driver, and was the first driver in the Young Driver Development Program of MF1 Racing. However, none of these tests resulted in a Formula One race drive for Pastorelli.

paragraph: Section::::Motorsports career.:Champ Car.

paragraph: Pastorelli made his debut at Grand Prix of Houston in the second race of the season, in Rocketsports' only entry. He qualified 16th of the 17 cars, and retired after 29 laps with a mechanical failure. His first finish, in 15th, came in the next race at Grand Prix of Monterrey, and in his first and only oval start at the Milwaukee Mile he finished 10th. His best Champ Car finish came in his final race in the series at the Grand Prix of Montreal. He was replaced for the final three races of the season by veteran Mario Domínguez.

paragraph: Section::::Motorsports career.:American Le Mans Series.

paragraph: In 2008 and 2009, Pastorelli has competed in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series for VICI Racing in a Porsche 911 GT3. In 2008, he also finished 3rd in the GT class of the Dutch Supercar Challenge in a Volkswagen Passat.

paragraph: Section::::Motorsports career.:Career summary.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2001

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009

paragraph: Section::::Motorsports career results.

paragraph: Section::::Motorsports career results.:Complete GT1 World Championship results.

paragraph: * Season still in progress.

description: Dutch racing driver

wikidata_label: Nicky Pastorelli

wikipedia_title: Nicky Pastorelli


text:
basketball
basketball
National Basketball Association
Temple University
Portland Trail Blazers
1994 NBA Draft
point guard
shooting guard
small forward
Philadelphia
Simon Gratz High School
Public League
Temple University
Eddie Jones
Atlantic 10
Atlantic 10 Conference
1994 NBA Draft
Portland Trail Blazers
Detroit Pistons
Philadelphia 76ers
Los Angeles Lakers
2000–01 NBA season
NBA Sixth Man of the Year
Bobby Jones
Eric Snow
Allen Iverson
starter
triple double
2000-01 season
Sacramento Kings
Atlanta Hawks
Memphis Grizzlies
Kwame Brown
Javaris Crittenton
Marc Gasol
2008
2010
Pau Gasol
Fran Dunphy
Jason McKie
NFL
Allen Iverson
Aaron McKie
Aaron McKie
Aaron McKie Released

categories: African-American basketball coaches,African-American basketball players,American men's basketball coaches,Sportspeople from Philadelphia,Detroit Pistons players,Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania,Small forwards,Basketball players from Pennsylvania,Temple Owls men's basketball coaches,1972 births,Los Angeles Lakers players,Philadelphia 76ers assistant coaches,Living people,American men's basketball players,Shooting guards,Portland Trail Blazers draft picks,Portland Trail Blazers players,Philadelphia 76ers players,Point guards

paragraph: Aaron McKie

paragraph: Aaron Fitzgerald McKie (born October 2, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the head coach for his alma mater Temple University. Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers 17th overall in the 1994 NBA Draft, McKie spent time as a point guard, shooting guard or small forward throughout his professional playing career from 1994 to 2007.

paragraph: Section::::High school basketball career.

paragraph: McKie attended Philadelphia's Simon Gratz High School, where he was a letterman in basketball. As a senior, he was an All-Scholastic choice and an All-Southern Pennsylvania choice, and helped lead his team to the Public League championship and a 26 wins-4 loss record, averaging 18.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 7.2 assists per game. He graduated from Gratz in 1990.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: After redshirting his freshman year, McKie finished his three-year career at Temple University tied for sixth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,650 points, averaging 17.9 points per game while starting all 92 games. He teamed up with eventual All-Star Eddie Jones at Temple, and was named first-team All-Atlantic 10 and he was named to the A-10 all-tournament team as a senior. As a junior, he was the 1993 Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year, after averaging 20.6 points per game.

paragraph: Section::::NBA career.

paragraph: McKie was selected in the first round (17th overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. He has since played for the Detroit Pistons, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers. In the 2000–01 NBA season, McKie was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year, becoming the first Sixers player since Bobby Jones in 1983 to win that honor. McKie played an important role in the NBA Finals-bound team, serving as backup to Eric Snow and Allen Iverson and occasionally played as a starter. He notched consecutive triple doubles during the 2000-01 season, December 30, 2000 vs. the Sacramento Kings (19 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists) and January 3, 2001 vs. the Atlanta Hawks (11 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists).

paragraph: On August 12, 2005, he was waived by the 76ers as part of the one-time "Amnesty provision" of the new labor agreement, allowing the 76ers to waive a player to avoid the luxury tax on his salary. McKie signed with the Lakers on August 22, 2005 and played 14 regular-season games for them.

paragraph: In October 2007, McKie rejoined the 76ers as an assistant coach.

paragraph: On February 1, 2008, McKie, who was a Sixers assistant coach at the time, was traded by the Lakers to the Memphis Grizzlies, along with Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, rights to Marc Gasol, and the 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks, for Pau Gasol. The Lakers' acquisition of Pau Gasol was only approved by the league office when the Lakers called McKie to inform him that they wanted to sign him and throw him in for salary-cap reasons.

paragraph: He was released from the Grizzlies on May 9, 2008.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.

paragraph: After being released by the Grizzlies, McKie rejoined the Philadelphia coaching staff as an assistant in September 2008. He remained in that position until 2013. He left the Sixers staff to join the Temple Men's basketball staff under Fran Dunphy. Temple University announced that he would replace Fran Dunphy as the head coach of the men's basketball team starting with the 2019 season.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: He is a third cousin of Jason McKie of the NFL. Allen Iverson once said in an interview that Aaron McKie was his most influential teammate.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aaron McKie at NBA.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aaron McKie Lakerfreak.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aaron McKie Released

description: American basketball player-coach

wikidata_label: Aaron McKie

wikipedia_title: Aaron McKie


text:
Olympic
fighter pilot
Spanish Civil War
World War II
gold medal
modern pentathlon
1936 Summer Olympics
Berlin
Spanish Civil War
Legion Condor
Jagdgruppe 88
JG 26
Jagdgeschwader 26
Major
JG 77
World War II
German Cross
JG 5
Daimler-Benz
German Cross

categories: Luftwaffe pilots,Olympic modern pentathletes of Germany,Modern pentathletes at the 1936 Summer Olympics,People from the Province of Saxony,1908 births,German male modern pentathletes,Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon,Spanish Civil War flying aces,Condor Legion personnel,Olympic gold medalists for Germany,Recipients of the Spanish Cross,German World War II flying aces,Recipients of the Gold German Cross,People from Zeitz,1978 deaths

paragraph: Gotthard Handrick

paragraph: Gotthard Handrick (25 October 1908 – 30 May 1978) was a German Olympic athlete and German fighter pilot during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Handrick won the gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. As a fighter pilot, he fought in the Spanish Civil War and claimed 5 aerial victories while flying for the Legion Condor (including a I-15 on 9 September 1937 and an I-16 on 18 May 1938).

paragraph: In July 1937 Handrick was appointed to command "Jagdgruppe 88" (18 July 1937 – 10 September 1938) and assumed command of I./JG 26 (1 May 1939 – 23 June 1940) after his return from Spain in 1938. On 24 June 1940 command of Jagdgeschwader 26 was handed over to Major Handrick, who passed command of I./JG 26 to Hpt. Kurt Fischer. In June 1941 Handrick was posted to command JG 77. While serving on the Eastern Front he claimed a MiG-3 on 29 September and a Pe-2 on 22 October 1941.

paragraph: During World War II he was a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 17 October 1943. In May 1942 Oberstlt. Handrick transferred to command JG 5 in Norway and Northern Russia. From June 1943 to June 1944 he was "Jagdfliegerführer Ostmark", then as an "Oberst". become commanding officer of "8. Jagddivision" in Austria until the end of the war. After the war he worked in Hamburg as a representative of Daimler-Benz.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- German Cross in Gold (17 October 1943)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::References.:Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Caldwell, Donald L. (1991). "JG 26 Top Guns of the Luftwaffe". Ivy Books. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mandell, Richard D. (1987). "The Nazi Olympics". University of Illinois Press. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Toliver, Raymond F. and Constable, Trevor J. (1998). "Das waren die Deutschen Jagdflieger-Asse 1939-1945" (in German). Motorbuch Verlag. .

description: German flying ace

wikidata_label: Gotthard Handrick

wikipedia_title: Gotthard Handrick


text: saint

text: Russian Orthodox Church

text: Sergius of Valaam

text: Valaam Monastery

text: Christianity

text: Karelia

text: Karelian

text: Greek

text: Russian Orthodox Church

text: June 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

categories: Russian saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church,Wonderworkers,Burials at Valaam Monastery, Karelia

paragraph: Herman of Valaam

paragraph: Herman of Valaam - a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. Herman of Valaam together with Sergius of Valaam are considered to be the founders of the Valaam Monastery. The exact time of the monastery establishment is unknown and referred to the period from 10th to 15th century.

paragraph: The saint preached Christianity to the tribes of Karelia in the North of the present Russia and led other missionary activities.

paragraph: Herman of Valaam, by different sources was of Karelian or Greek origin.

paragraph: The memory of saints Herman of Valaam and Sergius of Valaam is commemorated by the Russian Orthodox Church on July, 11th, see June 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saints Sergius and Herman of Valaam / Ortodoksi.net

wikidata_label: Herman of Valaam

wikipedia_title: Herman of Valaam


text: Norwegian

text: meteorologist

text: Norway

text: Bergen

text: Tor Bergeron

text: Bergen School of Meteorology

text: Europe

text: England

text: Met Office

text: World War II

text: D-Day

text: Dwight Eisenhower

text: D-Day

text: English channel

text: Allied

text: World Meteorological Organization

text: Symons Gold Medal

text: Royal Meteorological Society

text: Bergen School of Meteorology

text: Surface weather analysis

text: Donald Norton Yates

categories: 1974 deaths,1898 births,Norwegian meteorologists,Norwegian military personnel of World War II

paragraph: Sverre Petterssen

paragraph: Sverre Petterssen (19 February 1898 – 31 December 1974) was a Norwegian meteorologist, prominent in the field of weather analysis and forecasting.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born in Norway into a humble family, he paid for his higher education by working at the telegraph office, and a nursery provided by the armed forces that he joined as a recruit. He studied in Bergen where he met Tor Bergeron during a lecture, and was so impressed by his analysis of a 1922 storm that he joined the Bergen School of Meteorology in 1923.

paragraph: In the late 1920s he worked at the Geophysical Institute in Tromsø, northern Norway.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: After school, he remained a weather officer in the Norwegian Air Force until 1939. He went to the US in 1935, lecturing on Norwegian meteorological theories to the US Navy and Caltech. In 1939, he was hired by MIT as head of the meteorology department, and wrote two important books there: "Weather analysis and forecasting" (1940) and "Introduction to Meteorology" (1941).

paragraph: With the invasion of Norway, Petterssen returned to Europe and offered his services in England to the Met Office, on loan from the Norwegian Air Force. During World War II, he served as a weather forecaster for bombing raids and special operations.

paragraph: He is most remembered for his work in what has been called the most significant weather forecast in history, the D-Day Forecast, where he contributed significantly to the postponement of D-day by one day. Three groups of meteorologists gave advice to General Dwight Eisenhower, and D-Day was originally planned for 5 June 1944. But he got big trouble with academically untrained competitors, especially from the United States, who believed that the weather was repeated – and had found a weather recurring pattern in the 20s that they felt was positive. And General Dwight D. Eisenhower was relying on his men.

paragraph: "Pettersen, which was not always as diplomatic, made it clear that this was nonsense and quasi science but Eisenhower was convinced, and the invasion would take place on 5 June. But at the morning meeting on 4 June Pettersen presented a weather map showing a storm on 5 June. To strong protests from the American quasi-meteorologist, D-Day was postponed.

paragraph: The German war fleet was laid in Port: They thought it could not get any invasion because of the storm.

paragraph: But the Norwegian meteorologist knew his meteorology: His analysis showed a 36-hour gap between two storms the morning of 6 June – just enough to make the giant attack with more than 100,000 soldiers, planes, paratroopers and boats."The forecast provided by Sverre Petterssen caused Eisenhower to decide at 0430 on 4 June to postpone D-day to 6 June. Initially it was proposed to postpone the operation to 19 June.

paragraph: On 19 June the worst storm to date in the century struck the English channel. If D-Day had been launched on 5 June as originally planned, the Allied casualties would probably have been much higher, and even higher if launched on 19 June.

paragraph: Section::::Aftermath.

paragraph: In retrospect, Americans claimed – including in movies – it was their meteorologists heroes who saved the situation, and only in 1974, shortly before his death, Sverre Pettersen came with his version – documenting a violent quarrel.

paragraph: The American Meteorological historian James Fleming also honored Pettersen in a report 30 years later – in 2004.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1965 Awarded the prestigious International Meteorological Organization Prize from the World Meteorological Organization.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1969 Symons Gold Medal of the Royal Meteorological Society

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bergen School of Meteorology

paragraph: BULLET::::- Surface weather analysis

paragraph: BULLET::::- Donald Norton Yates

description: Norwegian meteorlogist

wikidata_label: Sverre Petterssen

wikipedia_title: Sverre Petterssen


text: Christian

text: monk

text: hermit

text: Lower Egypt

text: Al Minufiyah Governorate

text: Egypt

text: saltpeter

text: compounded

text: Nitrian Desert

text: Anthony the Great

text: monasticism

text: Scetic Desert

text: Nile

text: Valens

text: Saint Macarius of Alexandria

text: Nicene Creed

text: Lucius of Alexandria

text: Valens

text: Lucius of Alexandria

text: Paremhat

text: Nitrian Desert

text: Saint Pishoy

text: Saint John the Dwarf

text: Pope Michael V of Alexandria

text: Nitrian Desert

text: Mesori

text: monastery

text: Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great

text: Scetes

text: Egypt

text: Pneumatic

text: Gennadius

text: Gregory of Nyssa

text: Petrus Possinus

text: Simeon the Logothete

text: Simeon Metaphrastes

text: St. Augustine

text: Adam

text: semi-Pelagian

text: Eastern Orthodox

text: Oriental Orthodox

text: Roman Catholic Church

text: Methodist Church

text: entire sanctification

text: Coptic Orthodox Church

text: Nitrian Desert

text: Pisa

text: portrait

text: Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great

text: Hermit

text: Saints Maximos and Domadious

categories: 300 births,Saints from Roman Egypt,4th-century Romans,4th-century Christian mystics,Egyptian Christian monks,Ascetics,4th-century Christian saints,391 deaths,Egyptian hermits

paragraph: Macarius of Egypt

paragraph: Macarius of Egypt (, "Osios Makarios o Egyptios"; ; 300–391) was a Coptic Christian monk and hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder, Macarius the Great and The Lamp of the Desert.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: St. Macarius was born in Lower Egypt. A late tradition places his birthplace in the village of Shabsheer (Shanshour), in Al Minufiyah Governorate, Egypt around 300 A.D. At some point before his pursuit of asceticism, Macarius made his living smuggling saltpeter in the vicinity of Nitria, a vocation which taught him how to survive in and travel across the wastes in that area.

paragraph: St. Macarius is known for his wisdom. His friends and close kin used to call him "Paidarion Geron" (,which when compounded as "Paidiogeron" led to , "Pidar Yougiron") which meant the “old young man”, i.e. “the young man with the elders’ wisdom."

paragraph: At the wish of his parents Macarius entered into marriage, but was soon widowed. Shortly after, his parents died as well. Macarius subsequently distributed all his money among the poor and needy. He found a teacher in an experienced Elder, who lived in the desert not far from the village. The Elder accepted the youth, guided him in the spiritual science of watchfulness, fasting and prayer, and taught him the handicraft of weaving baskets. Seeing his virtues, the people of his village brought him to the bishop of Ashmoun who ordained him priest.

paragraph: A while later, a pregnant woman accused him of having defiled her. Macarius did not attempt to defend himself, and accepted the accusation in silence. However, when the woman's delivery drew near, her labor became exceedingly difficult. She did not manage to give birth until she confessed Macarius's innocence. A multitude of people then came asking for his forgiveness, but he fled to the Nitrian Desert to escape all mundane glory.

paragraph: While at the desert, he visited Anthony the Great and learned from him the laws and rules of monasticism. When he returned to the Scetic Desert at the age of forty, he presided over its monastic community for the rest of his life. Ten years after going into the desert, he became a priest.

paragraph: For a brief period of time, Macarius was banished to an island in the Nile by the Emperor Valens, along with Saint Macarius of Alexandria, during a dispute over the doctrine of the Nicene Creed. Both men were victims of religious persecution by the followers of then Bishop Lucius of Alexandria. During their time on the island, the daughter of a pagan priest had become ill. The people of the island believed that she was possessed by an evil spirit. Both saints prayed over the daughter, which in turn had saved her. The pagan people of the island were so impressed and grateful that they stopped their worship of the pagan gods and built a church. When word of this got back to the Emperor Valens and Bishop Lucius of Alexandria, they quickly allowed both men to return home. At their return on 13 Paremhat, they were met by a multitude of monks of the Nitrian Desert, numbered fifty thousand, among whom were Saint Pishoy and Saint John the Dwarf.

paragraph: Section::::Death and relics.

paragraph: Macarius died in the year 391. After his death, the natives of his village of Shabsheer stole the body and built a great church for him in their village. Pope Michael V of Alexandria brought the relics of Saint Macarius back to the Nitrian Desert on 19 Mesori. Today, the body of Saint Macarius is found in his monastery, the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great in Scetes, Egypt.

paragraph: Section::::Attributed writings: the 50 Spiritual Homilies and Letters.

paragraph: Fifty "Spiritual Homilies" were ascribed to Macarius a few generations after his death, and these texts had a widespread and considerable influence on Eastern monasticism and Protestant pietism. This was particularly in the context of the debate concerning the 'extraordinary giftings' of the Holy Spirit in the post-apostolic age, since the Macarian Homilies could serve as evidence in favour of a post-apostolic attestation of 'miraculous' Pneumatic giftings to include healings, visions, exorcisms, etc. The Macarian Homilies have thus influenced Pietist groups ranging from the Spiritual Franciscans (West) to Eastern Orthodox monastic practice to John Wesley to modern charismatic Christianity.

paragraph: However, modern patristic scholars have established that it is not likely that Macarius the Egyptian was their author. The identity of the author of these fifty "Spiritual Homilies" has not been definitively established, although it is evident from statements in them that the author was from Upper Mesopotamia, where the Roman Empire bordered the Persian Empire, and that they were not written later than 534.

paragraph: In addition to the homilies, a number of letters have been ascribed to Macarius. Gennadius ("De viris illustribus" 10) recognizes only one genuine letter of Macarius, which is addressed to younger monks. The first letter, called "Ad filios Dei," may indeed be the genuine letter by Macarius the Egyptian that is mentioned by Gennadius ("Vir. Ill."10), but the other letters are probably not by Macarius. The second letter, the so-called "Great Letter" used the "De instituto christiana" of Gregory of Nyssa, which was written c. 390; the style and content of the "Great Letter" suggest that its author is the same anonymous Mesopotamian who wrote the fifty "Spiritual Homilies."

paragraph: The seven so-called "Opuscula ascetica" edited under his name by Petrus Possinus (Paris, 1683) are merely later compilations from the homilies, made by Simeon the Logothete, who is probably identical with Simeon Metaphrastes (d. 950). The teachings of Macarius are characterized by a strong Pneumatic emphasis that closely intertwines the salvific work of Jesus Christ (as the 'Spirit of Christ') with the supernatural workings of the Holy Spirit. This 'Pneumatic' thrust in the Spiritual Homilies is often termed 'mystical' and as such is a spiritual mode of thought which has endeared him to Christian mystics of all ages, although, on the other hand, in his anthropology and soteriology he frequently approximates the standpoint of St. Augustine. Certain passages of his homilies assert the entire depravity of man, while others postulate free will, even after the fall of Adam, and presuppose a tendency toward virtue, or, in semi-Pelagian fashion, ascribe to man the power to attain a degree of readiness to receive salvation.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy and monastery.

paragraph: Macarius is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.

paragraph: In the Methodist Churches, Macarius is regarded highly for writing on the topic of entire sanctification.

paragraph: Macarius of Egypt founded a monastery that bears his name, the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, which has been continuously inhabited by monks since its foundation in the fourth century. St. Macarius’ face used to be enlightened with grace in an amazing way to the extent that many fathers testified that his face used to glow in the dark; and thus appeared his name as “the glowing lantern.” This description was transferred to his monastery, and thus it was called “the glowing lantern of the wilderness” or “the glowing monastery,” which meant the place of high wisdom and constant prayer. Today it belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church.

paragraph: The entirety of the Nitrian Desert is sometimes called "the Desert of Macarius", for he was the pioneer monk in the region. The ruins of numerous monasteries in this region almost confirm the local tradition that the cloisters of Macarius were equal in number to the days of the year.

paragraph: Section::::Saint Macarius Depicted on the Camposanto Fresco in Pisa.

paragraph: Saint Macarius the Great, one of the Egyptian desert recluses and a disciple of Saint Anthony the Great, is depicted on the right edge of the fresco in Pisa. A group of leisurely aristocrats and their animals occupy the central part of the fresco. These rich young men and women riding horses, surrounded by their decorative hunting dogs have gone on a pleasant journey. Suddenly, their path, somewhere deep in the woods, is barred by three open sarcophagi with bodies in different degrees of decomposition. Everybody in the scene, including the men, women and even the animals are horrified by this terrible and palpable presence of Death. The unsupportable stench hits their noses. The abhorring scene of cruel Truth dismays them. Only Saint Macarius the Great, made wise and powerful by his faith, stands above them all. The mystic Saint teaches the youngsters a lesson about life and death by The Florentine sculptor Benvenuto Cellini was inspired by this depiction of Saint Macarius in his painted portrait.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hermit

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saints Maximos and Domadious

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Maloney, GA, SJ (trans.), 1992, "Pseudo-Macarius. The Fifty Spiritual Homilies and the Great Letter", CWS, New York: Paulist Press [English translation]

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mason, AJ (trans.), 1921, "Fifty Spiritual Homilies of St Macarius the Egyptian", London: SPCK [English translation]

paragraph: BULLET::::- Plested, Marcus, 2004. "The Macarian Legacy: The Place of Macarius-Symeon in the Eastern Christian Tradition". Oxford: OUP

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Spiritual Homilies 1-5, 6-11, 12-22

paragraph: BULLET::::- Macarius the Great Select Resources, Bilingual Anthology

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge", 1914: "Macarius the Egyptian"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wesley Center Online

paragraph: BULLET::::- Volume 38, Wesleyan Theological Journal, Academic Article on Macarius of Egypt, pp. 103 – 123

paragraph: BULLET::::- Greek Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Graeca with Analytical Indexes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Great Macarius work in Greek and English

description: Egyptian Christian monk and hermit

enwikiquote_title: Macarius of Egypt

wikidata_label: Macarius of Egypt

wikipedia_title: Macarius of Egypt


text:
French
mathematician
Parseval's theorem
unitarity
Fourier transform
Rosières-aux-Salines
France
French revolution
Napoleon
French Academy of Sciences
differential equation
Lacroix
Parseval's identity
Parseval's theorem

categories: 1755 births,1836 deaths,18th-century French mathematicians

paragraph: Marc-Antoine Parseval

paragraph: Marc-Antoine Parseval des Chênes (27 April 1755 – 16 August 1836) was a French mathematician, most famous for what is now known as Parseval's theorem, which presaged the unitarity of the Fourier transform.

paragraph: He was born in Rosières-aux-Salines, in France, into an aristocratic French family, and married Ursule Guerillot in 1795, but divorced her soon thereafter. A monarchist opposed to the French revolution, imprisoned in 1792, Parseval later fled the country for publishing poetry critical of the government of Napoleon.

paragraph: Later, he was nominated to the French Academy of Sciences five times, from 1796 to 1828, but was never elected. His only mathematical publications were, apparently, five papers, published in 1806 as "Mémoires présentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants, et lus dans ses assemblées. Sciences mathématiques et physiques. (Savants étrangers.)" This combined the following earlier monographs:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. "Mémoire sur la résolution des équations aux différences partielles linéaires du second ordre," (5 May 1798).

paragraph: BULLET::::2. "Mémoire sur les séries et sur l'intégration complète d'une équation aux différences partielles linéaires du second ordre, à coefficients constants," (5 April 1799).

paragraph: BULLET::::3. "Intégration générale et complète des équations de la propagation du son, l'air étant considéré avec ses trois dimensions," (5 July 1801).

paragraph: BULLET::::4. "Intégration générale et complète de deux équations importantes dans la mécanique des fluides," (16 August 1803).

paragraph: BULLET::::5. "Méthode générale pour sommer, par le moyen des intégrales définies, la suite donnée par le théorème de M. Lagrange, au moyen de laquelle il trouve une valeur qui satisfait à une équation algébrique ou transcendante," (7 May 1804).

paragraph: It was in the second, 1799, memoir in which he stated, but did not prove (claiming it to be self-evident), the theorem that now bears his name. He further expanded upon it in his 1801 memoir, and used it to solve various differential equations. The theorem was first printed in 1800 as a part (p. 377) of "Traité des différences et des séries" by Lacroix.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Parseval's identity

paragraph: BULLET::::- Parseval's theorem

description: French mathematician

wikidata_label: Marc-Antoine Parseval

wikipedia_title: Marc-Antoine Parseval


text:
saint
Catholic Church
Vernon
France
knight
First Crusade
patron saint
swimmers
boaters
drowning
Muslim
angel
whirlpool
Holy water
signing the cross
hermit

categories: 12th-century Christian saints,Medieval French saints,Year of birth unknown,1131 deaths,French hermits

paragraph: Adjutor

paragraph: Adjutor (died April 30, 1131) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. He was born in Vernon, France, where he was made a knight in the First Crusade. He is credited to be the patron saint of swimmers, boaters, and drowning victims, and the patron saint of Vernon, France. The stories given for his patronage of boaters vary. Some state that he was captured by Muslims in The Crusade, who tried to force him to abandon his faith, and when refusing, he escaped persecution by swimming. He swam back to France and entered the Abbey of Trion. There he became a recluse until his death of April 30.

paragraph: Additional legends state that it was angels who freed Adjutor from his captors, and his association with the seas came when he calmed a whirlpool by throwing Holy water, and the chains of his captivity into it, and signing the cross. In his later life he became a hermit.

description: Catholic Saint

wikidata_label: Adjutor

wikipedia_title: Adjutor


text:
Franco-Flemish
Renaissance
Habsburg
Spain
Low Countries
mass
Antwerp
Soignies
Madrid
Philip II
Pierre de Manchicourt
University of Alcalá
University of Leuven
Mechelen
Tournai
Christopher Plantin
capilla flamenca
Clemens non Papa
Palestrina
Francisco Guerrero
Cristóbal de Morales
benefice
parody
polyphonic
Josquin
Cipriano de Rore
Thomas Crecquillon
Lassus
motet
mass
motet
Passion
Lamentations
Corpus mensurabilis musicae
Kyrie
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
(subscription access)
Gustave Reese
CMM

categories: 16th-century Franco-Flemish composers,Belgian classical composers,1547 births,Renaissance composers,Flemish composers,People from Antwerp,Belgian male classical composers,1586 deaths

paragraph: George de La Hèle

paragraph: George de La Hèle (also Georges, Helle, Hele) (1547 – August 27, 1586) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, mainly active in the Habsburg chapels of Spain and the Low Countries. Among his surviving music is a book of eight masses, some for as many as eight voices. While he was a prolific composer during his time in Spain, much of his music was destroyed in 1734 in the burning of the chapel library in Madrid.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: La Hèle was born in Antwerp, and received his musical training both there and possibly at Soignies. He spent his teenage years as a choirboy in Madrid, in the chapel of Philip II, then led by Pierre de Manchicourt, another northern composer who spent much of his career in Spain; Manchicourt probably identified the young La Hèle himself on one of his talent-scouting trips to his own homeland. After singing as a choirboy for several years, in the late 1560s La Hèle went to study at the University of Alcalá, and in 1570 returned north, enrolling at the University of Leuven. While his course of study has not been documented, it is presumed he studied not music but theology. He seems not to have achieved the priesthood, but rose high enough in the Church hierarchy to be eligible for benefices.

paragraph: In the 1570s La Hèle stayed in the Low Countries, working successively as choirmaster at the cathedrals in Mechelen and Tournai, both centers of music-making. These were also productive years: he wrote the eight masses which Antwerp printer Christopher Plantin published in 1578 as "Octo missae", La Hèle's most famous (and principal surviving) publication.

paragraph: In 1580 La Hèle became "maestro di capilla" of Philip's royal chapel, and by the next year he had gone to Madrid to take the post, as maestro of the "capilla flamenca" to distinguish from the "capilla real". His career there was also successful, with acclaimed performances; he also added considerably to the chapel's repertory, bringing in music by northern composers such as Clemens non Papa, Italians such as Palestrina, and music by native Spaniards such as Francisco Guerrero and Cristóbal de Morales.

paragraph: Shortly before his death, he married, thereby giving up his considerable benefices. The marriage may have occurred during his final illness, and he mentioned only his wife, Madelena Guabaelaraoen, in his will. He died in Madrid; the cause is not recorded, but he was only 38 or 39.

paragraph: Section::::Music and influence.

paragraph: La Hèle's masses, his most considerable surviving compositions, all use the parody technique, and each announce the polyphonic model on which they are based in the table of contents of the book. The models include works by Josquin, Cipriano de Rore, Thomas Crecquillon, and Lassus. All of the sources are motets; unlike many composers of parody masses, he avoided secular songs as sources.

paragraph: La Hèle was evidently highly regarded, certainly by Philip II, and the publication of his masses was an unusually opulent one – but Plantin's business sense was sufficient to require La Hèle himself to buy forty copies of his own book to help with the cost of printing (although at a discount: 16 florins instead of the usual price of 18). The work sold better than expected, and as a result many copies of this particular publication survive. Most of La Hèle's other music existed in manuscript copies kept in the library of the Palacio Real, but when the entire complex was destroyed by fire on Christmas Eve, 1734, it was all lost. Some of the lost music is known from an inventory of 1585, and includes motets, Passion settings, mass sections, and Lamentations.

paragraph: His entire surviving output – ten compositions – has been published in series 56 of "Corpus mensurabilis musicae" (two volumes).

paragraph: Section::::Recordings.

paragraph: Missa Praeter rerum seriem, 1578: Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei in 2017 album "Vecchi Requiem Rubens's funeral and the Antwerp Baroque" by Graindelavoix under the direction of Björn Schmelzer.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lavern J. Wagner: "La Hèle, George", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed June 26, 2007), (subscription access)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gustave Reese, "Music in the Renaissance". New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954.

paragraph: BULLET::::- CMM Corpus mensurabilis musicae volume descriptions and contents

description: Franco-Flemish composer

wikidata_label: George de La Hèle

wikipedia_title: George de La Hèle


text:
Bishop of Naumburg
Archbishop of Magdeburg
prince-archbishop
Saxon
Seeburg
Wettin
Thimo the Brave
University of Paris
Halberstadt
Hohenstaufen
Frederick Barbarossa
Pope Alexander III
Welf
Henry the Lion
Pforta
Zeitz
Conrad III of Germany
Pope Eugene III
Anastasius IV
Ascanian
Albert the Bear
Germanise
Brandenburg
Jüterbog
Flemish
Fläming
Cistercian
Zinna
Antipope Victor IV
Palestine
Turkish
Antipope Paschal III
Pope Alexander III
princes
Italian
Venice
the peace treaty
Seitenstetten Abbey
Austria
Bishopric of Passau
Köthen
cathedral
magdeburg town law

categories: Burials at Magdeburg Cathedral,Archbishops of Magdeburg,1192 deaths,Year of birth uncertain

paragraph: Wichmann von Seeburg

paragraph: Wichmann von Seeburg ( – 25 August 1192) was Bishop of Naumburg from 1150 until 1154 and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1154 until his death. He became the first Magdeburg prince-archbishop in 1180

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Wichmann was the second son of the Saxon count Gero of Seeburg (d. 1122) and his wife Matilda, a daughter of the Wettin count Thimo the Brave. He studied theology at the University of Paris before becoming a canon in Halberstadt. Throughout his long ecclesiastical career, he was a loyal supporter of the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick Barbarossa against Pope Alexander III and an implacable military leader against the emperor's foes in the northeast, especially the Welf duke Henry the Lion.

paragraph: Wichmann was elected Bishop of Naumburg-Zeitz in 1149 and ordained the next year. He made large donations to the monasteries of Pforta and Zeitz. A regular guest at the court of King Conrad III of Germany, he was quickly appointed to the Archdiocese of Magdeburg by Conrad's nephew, the newly crowned King Frederick Barbarossa in 1152. Wichmann initially had to overcome the resistance by Pope Eugene III and his successor Anastasius IV; nevertheless, he immediately endeavoured to extend his diocese and its economy, and actively promoted trade within the cities. In 1157, he allied with the Ascanian margrave Albert the Bear to re-conquer and Germanise the cities of Brandenburg and Jüterbog, whose vicinity he conquered and colonised with Flemish settlers (cf. Fläming). In 1170 he granted large estates to the newly established Cistercian monastery of Zinna.

paragraph: He attended the 1160 Council of Pavia, supporting the election of Antipope Victor IV. In 1164, he undertook a pilgrimage to Palestine and fell for a time into Turkish hands. After supporting the election of Antipope Paschal III, he tried to adopt the position of a mediator with Pope Alexander III.

paragraph: In 1166, Wichmann joined the German princes in war with Duke Henry the Lion, but he succeeded only in seeing his lands devastated. In 1175, he supplied auxiliaries to the emperor for his Italian campaign. He was in Venice negotiating the peace treaty in 1177. In 1178, he was back in Saxony for the war against Henry the Lion. He strongly worked for Henry's deposition and ban in 1180 and greatly profited from its actualisation, becoming the principal secular authority in Saxony after. He remained deeply predisposed against the Welfs, however.

paragraph: In 1180 and 1185, he gave parts of his extensive possessions to Seitenstetten Abbey in Austria and to the Bishopric of Passau. He died on 25 August 1192 in the proximity of Köthen and was buried in his own cathedral. The city and diocese of Magdeburg had fully bloomed under his oversight. Wichmann is also credited with the first codification of magdeburg town law in 1188.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: br

description: Archbishop of Magdeburg

wikidata_label: Wichmann von Seeburg

wikipedia_title: Wichmann von Seeburg


text:
Dutch
horse rider
1924 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
Zelhem

categories: Dutch male equestrians,Olympic medalists in equestrian,Equestrians at the 1924 Summer Olympics,Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands,Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics,1889 births,Event riders,Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands,1929 deaths,People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies

paragraph: Antonius Colenbrander

paragraph: Antonius Theodorus Colenbrander (3 May 1889 – 24 September 1929) was a Dutch horse rider. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the three-days event and at the 1928 Summer Olympics in jumping and won a gold medal with the Dutch team in 1924. He died after a bad fall from his horse at a jumping competition in Zelhem.

description: equestrian

wikidata_label: Antonius Colenbrander

wikipedia_title: Antonius Colenbrander


text:
Theobald II of Bar
prince-bishop of Liège
Henri VII of Luxembourg
Bouchard d'Avesnes
bishop of Metz
bishop of Orléans
Gérard de Rhéninghe
Adolph of Waldeck
Guillaume d'Arras
Rome
Philip IV of France
Henri VII of Luxembourg
King of the Romans
Holy Roman Emperor
Robert I of Naples
Jacques de Longuyon
Theobald II of Bar

paragraph: Theobald (bishop of Liège)

paragraph: Theobald of Bar (Thibaut of Bar, Thiébaut de Bar) was the third surviving son of Theobald II of Bar and Jeanne de Toucy. He was prince-bishop of Liège from 1302 until his death in 1312, while serving in the retinue of Henri VII of Luxembourg.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: In 1296, on the death of Bouchard d'Avesnes, bishop of Metz, he was one of the candidates in competition with , bishop of Orléans. In the end Gérard de Rhéninghe was chosen.

paragraph: Adolph of Waldeck, prince-bishop of Liège, died at the end of 1302. Of three candidate, Guillaume d'Arras was elected. He, however, turned down the position, claiming his background was too humble, and designated Theobald. Theobald's election gained papal approval 13 March 1303; Theobald was then in fact in Rome.

paragraph: He allied himself with Philip IV of France, in 1304. Two years later his relative Henri VII of Luxembourg became King of the Romans; Theobald was a close adviser. When Henry went to Rome in 1312 to be consecrated as Holy Roman Emperor, Theobald accompanied him. There he was attacked and mortally wounded by Robert I of Naples.

paragraph: Section::::In literature.

paragraph: He was commemorated in a contemporary poem, "Voeux de l'épervier", recorded in the "Chroniques de Metz". He is identified as the dedicatee of the "" by Jacques de Longuyon in an explicit in one source of this widely copied poem (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale fr.12565).

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: He was a son of Theobald II of Bar, and of Jeanne de Toucy.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Georges Poull, "La Maison souveraine et ducale de Bar". Nancy: Presses universitaires de Nancy, 1994.

description: Roman Catholic bishop

wikidata_label: Theobald, Bishop of Liège

wikipedia_title: Theobald (bishop of Liège)


text: N.S.

text: N.S.

text: Russia

text: Decembrist revolt

text: Kudryoshky

text: Gorbatov

text: uyezd

text: Nizhny Novgorod Governorate

text: guberniya

text: muslin

text: Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin

text: Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin

text: Semenovsky regiment

text: Poltava

text: infantry

text: podporuchik

text: Decembrists

text: Sergey Muravyov-Apostol

text: Kiev

text: Kamenka

text: Polish

text: Sergey Muravyov-Apostol

text: Chernigov

text: Saint Petersburg

text: quartering

text: hanging

text: Peter and Paul Fortress

text: Goloday Island

text: Biography of Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin

categories: People from Bogorodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast,1801 births,Russian nobility,People from Nizhny Novgorod Governorate,1826 deaths,Executed Russian people,People executed by the Russian Empire by hanging,Decembrists

paragraph: Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin

paragraph: Mikhail Pavlovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (, June 4 N.S. 1801 – July 25 N.S. 1826) was a Russian officer, one of the organizers of the Decembrist revolt. He was the youngest of the five hanged Decembrists.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin was born in the village Kudryoshky () of Gorbatov uyezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate ("guberniya") on June 4, 1801 (according to other sources 1803). His father was the Mayor () of the town of Gorbatov, owner of 640 serfs and a muslin factory.

paragraph: Despite his obscure position as a provincial mayor, Bestuzhev-Ryumin belonged to a branch of an ancient noble family (mentioned in chronicles since the 14th century), which included, among others, Count Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1693-1766) and Mikhail's nephew, historian Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin.

paragraph: Mikhail started his military career in 1818 at the "Horse-guard regiment", then at the Semenovsky regiment. After the uprising of the Semenovsky regiment he was transferred to the Poltava infantry regiment. In 1824, he became a podporuchik.

paragraph: In 1823, he joined the Southern Society of Decembrists and became one of the main assistants to Sergey Muravyov-Apostol on Vasilkovskaya Uprava of the South society. He was a participant in conferences of the Southern society in Kiev and Kamenka, and negotiated with secret Polish society. He was the author of the Decembrists' Proclamation that was read to the troops and local peasants. He also was known to dress in the clothes of lower classes and agitate people to revolt against the monarchy. Bestuzhev-Ryumin was the most extreme republican among the Decembrists; he insisted on the need to execute the Emperor and his entire family. At least four other members of the Bestuzhev family were involved in the Decembrist conspiracy.

paragraph: On December 27, 1825 Mikhail was an assistant to Sergey Muravyov-Apostol, who headed the uprising of the Chernigov regiment. Mikhail was caught on January 3, 1826, and transferred to Saint Petersburg on January 20. He was one of the five sentenced to quartering, but later this sentence was replaced with hanging. He was executed in a Peter and Paul Fortress on July 25, 1826 and interred with the rest of the five in a secret grave on Goloday Island in Saint Petersburg.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography of Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin - in Russian

paragraph: BULLET::::- Another biography of Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin - in Russian

description: Russian noble

wikidata_label: Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin

wikipedia_title: Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin


text: Dominica

text: Wide Sargasso Sea

text: prequel

text: Charlotte Brontë

text: Jane Eyre

text: Order of the British Empire

text: Roseau

text: Dominica

text: Creole

text: Perse School for Girls

text: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

text: demimondaine

text: First World War

text: mixed-race

text: Eliot Bliss

text: Devon

text: Ford Madox Ford

text: West Indies

text: Stella Bowen

text: Voyage in the Dark

text: stream of consciousness

text: Bude

text: Cheriton Fitzpaine

text: Wide Sargasso Sea

text: Jane Eyre

text: WH Smith Literary Award

text: Diana Athill

text: André Deutsch

text: Francis Wyndham

text: Cheriton Fitzpaine

text: Exeter

text: CBE

text: 1978 New Year Honours

text: English Heritage

text: Chelsea

text: Paultons Square

text: blue plaque

text: The Left Bank and Other Stories

text: "After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie"

text: Voyage in the Dark

text: Good Morning, Midnight

text: Wide Sargasso Sea

text: Tigers Are Better-Looking

text: Bernard Malamud

text: David Plante

text: William Sansom

text: Sleep It Off Lady

text: University of Tulsa

text: Lykiard, Alexis

text: Literary Encyclopedia biography

text: "Jean Rhys Archive"

text: Biography of Jean Rhys

text: Lennox Honychurch

categories: 1890 births,1979 deaths,Modernist women writers,People educated at the Perse School for Girls,20th-century British novelists,20th-century British women writers,Dominica women,Dominica women writers,People from Roseau,People educated at The Perse School,Dominica novelists,Modernist writers,Commanders of the Order of the British Empire,Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,Dominica people of British descent,Caribbean women writers,British women short story writers,British women novelists

paragraph: Jean Rhys

paragraph: Jean Rhys, (; born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams (24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979), was a mid-20th-century novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she was mainly resident in England, where she was sent for her education. She is best known for her novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1966), written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre". In 1978 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her writing.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Rhys was born in Roseau, the capital of Dominica, an island in the British West Indies. Her father, William Rees Williams, was a Welsh doctor and her mother, Minna Williams, née Lockhart, was a third-generation Dominican Creole of Scots ancestry. ("Creole" was broadly used in those times to refer to any person born on the island, whether they were of European or African descent, or both.) She had a brother. Her mother's family had an estate, a former plantation, on the island.

paragraph: Rhys was educated in Dominica until the age of 16, when she was sent to England to live with an aunt, as her relations with her mother were difficult. She attended the Perse School for Girls in Cambridge, where she was mocked as an outsider and for her accent. She attended two terms at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London by 1909. Her instructors despaired of her ever learning to speak "proper English" and advised her father to take her away. Unable to train as an actress and refusing to return to the Caribbean as her parents wished, Williams worked with varied success as a chorus girl, adopting the names Vivienne, Emma or Ella Gray. She toured Britain's small towns and returned to rooming or boarding houses in rundown neighborhoods of London.

paragraph: After her father died in 1910, Rhys appeared to have experimented with living as a demimondaine. She became the mistress of a wealthy stockbroker, Lancelot Grey Hugh ("Lancey") Smith. Though he was a bachelor, Smith did not offer to marry Rhys, and their affair soon ended. However, he continued to be an occasional source of financial help. Distraught by events, including a near-fatal abortion (not Smith's child), Rhys began writing and produced an early version of her novel "Voyage in the Dark". In 1913 she worked for a time in London as a nude model.

paragraph: During the First World War, Rhys served as a volunteer worker in a soldiers' canteen. In 1918 she worked in a pension office.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and family.

paragraph: In 1919 Rhys married Willem Johan Marie (Jean) Lenglet, a French-Dutch journalist, spy, and songwriter. He was the first of her three husbands. She and Lenglet wandered through Europe. They had two children, a son who died young and a daughter. They divorced in 1933, and her daughter lived mostly with her father.

paragraph: The next year Rhys married Leslie Tilden-Smith, an English editor. In 1930 they went briefly to Dominica, the first time Rhys had returned since she had left for school. She found her family estate deteriorating and island conditions less agreeable. Her brother Oscar was living in England, and she took care of some financial affairs for him, making a settlement with an island mixed-race woman and Oscar's illegitimate children by her.

paragraph: In 1937 Rhys began a friendship with novelist Eliot Bliss (who had taken her first name in honor of two authors she admired). The two women shared Caribbean backgrounds. The correspondence between them survives.

paragraph: In 1939 Rhys and Tilden-Smith moved to Devon, where they lived for several years. He died in 1945. In 1947 Rhys married Max Hamer, a solicitor who was a cousin of Tilden-Smith. He was convicted of fraud and imprisoned after their marriage. He died in 1966.

paragraph: Section::::Writing career.

paragraph: In 1924 Rhys came under the influence of the English writer Ford Madox Ford. After she met Ford in Paris, Rhys wrote short stories under his patronage. Ford recognised that her experience as an exile gave Rhys a unique viewpoint, and he praised her "singular instinct for form". "Coming from the West Indies, he declared, 'with a terrifying insight and... passion for stating the case of the underdog, she has let her pen loose on the Left Banks of the Old World'." It was Ford who suggested that she change her name to Jean Rhys (from Ella Williams). At the time her husband was in jail for what Rhys described as currency irregularities.

paragraph: Rhys moved in with Ford and his long-time partner, Stella Bowen. An affair with Ford ensued, which she portrayed in fictionalised form in her novel "Quartet".

paragraph: With "Voyage in the Dark" (1934) Rhys continued to portray a mistreated, rootless woman. Here her protagonist is a young chorus girl who grew up in the West Indies and feels alienated in England. In "Good Morning, Midnight" published in 1939, Rhys uses modified stream of consciousness to voice the experiences of an ageing woman.

paragraph: In the 1940s Rhys largely withdrew from public life. From 1955 to 1960 she lived in Bude in Cornwall, where she was unhappy, calling it "Bude the Obscure", before moving to Cheriton Fitzpaine in Devon.

paragraph: After a long absence from the public eye she published "Wide Sargasso Sea" in 1966, having spent years drafting and perfecting it. She intended it as the account of the woman whom Rochester married and kept in his attic in "Jane Eyre". Begun well before she settled in Bude, the book won the prestigious WH Smith Literary Award in 1967. She returned to themes of dominance and dependence, especially in marriage, depicting the mutually painful relationship between a privileged English man and a Creole woman from Dominica made powerless on being duped and coerced by him and others. Both the man and woman enter into marriage under mistaken assumptions about the other. Her female lead marries Mr Rochester and deteriorates in England as the "madwoman in the attic". Rhys portrays this woman from quite a different perspective from that drawn in "Jane Eyre". Diana Athill of the publishing house André Deutsch gambled on publishing "Wide Sargasso Sea"; she and the writer Francis Wyndham helped to revive interest in Rhys's work.

paragraph: Section::::Later years.

paragraph: From 1960, and for the rest of her life, Rhys lived in Cheriton Fitzpaine, a small village in Devon that she once described as "a dull spot which even drink can't enliven much." She

paragraph: characteristically remained unimpressed by her belated ascent to literary fame, commenting, "It has come too late." In an interview shortly before her death she questioned whether any novelist, not least herself, could ever be happy for any length of time: "If I could choose I would rather be happy than write... if I could live my life all over again, and choose...".

paragraph: Jean Rhys died in Exeter on 14 May 1979, at the age of 88, before completing her autobiography, which she had begun dictating only months earlier. In 1979 the incomplete text was published posthumously under the title "Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography".

paragraph: Section::::Legacy and honours.

paragraph: Jean Rhys was appointed a CBE in the 1978 New Year Honours. In 2012 English Heritage marked her Chelsea flat at Paulton House in Paultons Square with a blue plaque.

paragraph: Section::::Selected bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Left Bank and Other Stories", 1927

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Postures", novel, 1928 (published in the US as "Quartet," 1929)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie", novel, 1931

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Voyage in the Dark", novel, 1934

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Good Morning, Midnight", novel, 1939

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Wide Sargasso Sea", novel, 1966

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tigers Are Better-Looking: With a Selection from 'The Left Bank' ", stories, 1968

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Penguin Modern Stories 1", 1969 (with Bernard Malamud, David Plante and William Sansom)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "My Day: Three Pieces", stories, 1975

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sleep It Off Lady", stories, 1976

paragraph: BULLET::::- "", 1979

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jean Rhys Letters 1931–1966", 1984

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Early Novels", 1984

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Complete Novels", 1985

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tales of the Wide Caribbean", stories, 1985

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Collected Short Stories", 1987

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Let Them Call It Jazz", stories,1995

paragraph: Section::::Selected bibliography.:Archives.

paragraph: Rhys's collected papers and ephemera are housed in the University of Tulsa's McFarlin Library.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Angier, Carol, "Jean Rhys. Life and Work", Little, Brown and Co., 1990.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cheryl M. L. Dash, "Jean Rhys", in Bruce King, ed., "West Indian Literature", Macmillan, 1979, pp. 196–209.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joseph, Margaret Paul, "Caliban in Exile: The Outsider in Caribbean Fiction", Greenwood Press, 1992.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lykiard, Alexis, "Jean Rhys Revisited", Stride Publications, 2000.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lykiard, Alexis, "Jean Rhys Afterwords", Shoestring Press, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Erika J. Waters and Blair Waters, "The Story of Jean Rhys" Cool Dead Women, Podcast Series, www.cooldeadwomen.com. 11/22/2018.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Literary Encyclopedia biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jean Rhys bio, with particular reference to her time in Dominica

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jean Rhys Archive", University of Tulsa McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections and University Archives

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography of Jean Rhys by Dominican historian Lennox Honychurch

paragraph: BULLET::::- London Fictions article on 'After Leaving Mr Mackenzie' by literary historian Susie Thomas

description: novelist from Dominica

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paragraph: Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster

paragraph: Major Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of Ulster (born 24 October 1974) is a former British Army officer. He is the only son of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester.

paragraph: As heir apparent to the dukedom of Gloucester, he is accorded the courtesy title Earl of Ulster, but is commonly known as Alex Ulster.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Alexander Windsor was born in 24 October 1974 at St Mary's Hospital, London, the eldest child and only son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. At the time of his birth he was ninth in the line of succession to the British throne and is currently 28th .

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paragraph: Educated at Eton College, before going up to King's College London to read War Studies, he graduated in 1996 as BA (London), before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

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paragraph: Since leaving military service, Lord Ulster has worked as a director of Transnational Crisis Project and in non-governmental organisation roles.

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paragraph: Lord Ulster married Claire Alexandra Booth (born 29 December 1977), a physician, on 22 June 2002 at the Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace. Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Dr Booth went to King's College, London to study medicine, graduating with an MBBS degree in 2001. She subsequently graduated from University College, London with an MSc in 2007 and PhD degree in 2012. She is the elder child of Robert Booth, FCMI, and Barbara (née Hitchin). The Countess of Ulster qualified as a paediatric specialist registrar, after which she became a consultant paediatrician.

paragraph: Lord and Lady Ulster have two children:

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paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Cosima Rose Alexandra Windsor (born 20 May 2010) who is currently 30th in line to the British throne.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

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paragraph: BULLET::::- – Iraq Medal

paragraph: BULLET::::- – Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal

paragraph: BULLET::::- – Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal

paragraph: BULLET::::- – Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

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