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paragraph: Victor McLaglen

paragraph: Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British-American film actor. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made seven films with John Ford and John Wayne. McLaglen won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1935 for his role in "The Informer".

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: McLaglen claimed to have been born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, although his birth certificate records Stepney in the East End of London as his true birthplace. His father, Andrew Charles Albert McClaglen, was later a bishop of the Free Protestant Episcopal Church of England. The McLaglen family is of South African origin, the name being a phonetic rendering of McLachlan into Dutch. A.C.A. McLaglen was born

paragraph: One of ten siblings, he had eight brothers and a sister. Four of his brothers also became actors: Arthur (1888–1972), an actor and sculptor, and Clifford (1892–1978), Cyril (1899–1987) and Kenneth ("circa" 1901-1979).

paragraph: Other siblings included Frederick (born "circa" 1882), Sydney (born "circa" 1884), Lewis (born "circa" 1889) and a sister, Lily (born "circa" 1893). Another brother, Leopold McLaglen (1884-1951), who appeared in one film, gained notoriety prior to World War I as a showman and self-proclaimed world jujutsu champion, who authored a book on the subject.

paragraph: He moved with his family to South Africa for a time, where his father was Bishop of Claremont,

paragraph: Section::::Army service and boxing career.

paragraph: McLaglen left home at 14 to join the British Army with the intention of fighting in the Second Boer War. However, much to his chagrin, he was stationed at Windsor Castle in the Life Guards and was later forced to leave the army when his true age was discovered.

paragraph: Four years later, he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he became a local celebrity, earning a living as a wrestler and heavyweight boxer, with several notable wins in the ring. He also briefly served as a constable in the Winnipeg Police Force in 1907.

paragraph: One of his most famous fights was against heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in a six-round exhibition bout at the Vancouver Athletic Club on 10 March 1909. This was Johnson's first bout since winning the heavyweight title from Tommy Burns. Between bouts, McLaglen toured with a circus, which offered $25 to anyone who could go three rounds with him.

paragraph: He returned to Britain in 1913 and during the First World War served as a captain (acting) with the 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Later, he claimed to have served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers. He served for a time as military Assistant Provost Marshal for the city of Baghdad. He continued boxing, and was named heavyweight champion of the British Army in 1918.

paragraph: After the war, he continued boxing, including a defeat at the hands of British champion Frank Goddard. His final fight was a loss by knockout to Arthur Townley in October 1920. He finished his professional career with a record of 16 wins, 8 losses, and 1 draw.

paragraph: Section::::Acting career.

paragraph: Section::::Acting career.:Britain.

paragraph: McLaglen was visiting a sporting club when spotted by a film producer who was looking for a boxer to play the lead in a film, "The Call of the Road" (1920). Although McLaglen had never acted before he auditioned and got the part.

paragraph: He was in the adventure films: "Corinthian Jack" (1921), and "The Prey of the Dragon" (1921). He followed it with "The Sport of Kings" (1921). Donald Crisp cast him in "The Glorious Adventure" (1922) and he was in "A Romance of Old Baghdad" (1922), "Little Brother of God" (1922), "A Sailor Tramp" (1922), "The Crimson Circle" (1922), "The Romany" (1922), and "Heartstrings" (1922).

paragraph: McLaglen played leads in "M'Lord of the White Road" (1923), "In the Blood" (1923), "The Boatswain's Mate" (1923), "Women and Diamonds" (1924), and "The Gay Corinthian" (1924). He was in "The Passionate Adventure" (1924), co written by Alfred Hitchcock, and "The Beloved Brute" (1924), "The Hunted Woman" (1925), and "Percy" (1925).

paragraph: Section::::Acting career.:Hollywood.

paragraph: McLaglen's career took a surprise turn in 1925 when he moved to Hollywood. He became a popular character actor, with a particular knack for playing drunks. He also usually played Irishmen, leading many film fans to mistakenly assume he was Irish rather than English. McLaglen played one of the titular "Unholy Three" (1925) in Lon Chaney Sr.'s original silent version of the macabre crime drama.

paragraph: McLaglen had a support part in "Winds of Chance" (1925), directed by Frank Lloyd, then made "The Fighting Heart" (1925) at Fox, directed by John Ford. Ford would have a major impact on McLaglen's career. McLaglen was in "The Isle of Retribution" (1925), "Men of Steel" (1926), and "Beau Geste" (1926), playing Hank in the latter.

paragraph: Section::::Acting career.:"What Price Glory?" and Stardom.

paragraph: McLaglen was the top-billed leading man in director Raoul Walsh's First World War classic "What Price Glory?" (1926) with Edmund Lowe and Dolores del Rio. The film was a huge success, making over $2 million, and Fox signed McLaglen to a long term contract.

paragraph: Fox put McLaglen in "The Loves of Carmen" (1927) with del Rio, directed by Walsh. He was top billed in "Mother Machree" (1928), directed by Ford. He was top billed in "A Girl in Every Port" (1928), co-starring Robert Armstrong and Louise Brooks. He starred in "Hangman's House" (1928) for Ford, a romantic drama set in Ireland, and "The River Pirate" (1928), and "Captain Lash" (1929). McLaglen then made two films for Ford: "Strong Boy" (1929) and "The Black Watch" (1929).

paragraph: Section::::Acting career.:Talking Movies.

paragraph: McLaglen was one of many Fox stars who had cameos in the musical "Happy Days" (1929). He was reunited with Edmund Lowe and Raoul Walsh in a sequel to "What Price Glory?", "The Cock-Eyed World" (1929), which was another huge success at the box office.

paragraph: McLaglen made a musical with Walsh, "Hot for Paris" (1930), then made "On the Level" (1930). "A Devil with Women" (1931) was a buddy comedy with Humphrey Bogart. He was borrowed by Paramount for "Dishonored" (1931), starring Marlene Dietrich and directed by Joseph von Sternberg. He was in "Not Exactly Gentlemen" (1931) and hada cameo in the short film "The Stolen Jools" (1931). McLaglen, Lowe and Walsh reunited for a second sequel to "What Price Glory?", "Women of All Nations" (1931). He was in "Annabelle's Affairs" (1931), "Wicked" (1931), "The Gay Caballero" (1932), and "Devil's Lottery" (1923). McLaglen and Lowe went to Paramount for "Guilty as Hell" (1932).

paragraph: Back at Fox he was in "Rackety Rax" (1932) then made a fourth "What Price Glory?" film with Lowe, "Hot Pepper" (1933). McLaglen starred in "Laughing at Life" (1933) and returned to Britain to make "Dick Turpin" (1933).

paragraph: McLaglen starred opposite Boris Karloff's crazed religious fanatic in John Ford's "The Lost Patrol" (1934) at RKO, a picture about desperate soldiers gradually losing their minds fighting Arabs in the desert of what is now Iraq.

paragraph: At Paramount, McLaglen and Lowe were in "No More Women" (1934) (a non-"What Price Glory?" film), then McLaglen made "Wharf Angel" (1934). He was one of many stars in "Murder at the Vanities" (1934). At Columbia, McLaglen starred in "The Captain Hates the Sea" (1934) with John Gilbert. He and Lowe reunited at Fox for "Under Pressure" (1935) (directed by Walsh) and "The Great Hotel Murder" (1935).

paragraph: Section::::Acting career.:"The Informer".

paragraph: Another highlight of his career was winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Ford's "The Informer" (1935), shot at RKO, based on a novel of the same name by Liam O'Flaherty. Frank Tashlin's 1938 cartoon "Have You Got Any Castles?" features a caricature of McLaglen emerging from the novel and literally informing someone about some shady characters.

paragraph: Back at Fox - now 20th Century Fox - McLaglen made "Professional Soldier" (1935) with Freddie Bartholomew. At Paramount he was teamed with Mae West in "Klondike Annie" (1936), then he went back to Fox for "Under Two Flags" (1936) with Rosalind Russell and Ronald Colman.

paragraph: McLaglen starred in "Magnificent Brute" (1937) for Universal, "Sea Devils" (1937) for RKO and "Nancy Steele Is Missing!" (1937) for Fox. He stayed at Fox to support Robert Taylor in "This Is My Affair" (1937) and, notably, Shirley Temple in "Wee Willie Winkie" (1937) directed by John Ford at Fox. He had a cameo in "Ali Baba Goes to Town" (1937). He and Brian Donlevy made a comedy "Battle of Broadway" (1938) at Fox, then he went to Universal for "The Devil's Party" (1938).

paragraph: Section::::Acting career.:"Gunga Din".

paragraph: McLaglen returned to Britain for "We're Going to Be Rich" (1938) with Gracie Fields. Back in Hollywood he did some films for RKO: "Pacific Liner" (1939) and "Gunga Din" (1939). The latter, with Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., was an adventure epic loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's poem that served as the template decades later for "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984).

paragraph: He supported Nelson Eddy in "Let Freedom Ring" (1939) at MGM and was in "Ex-Champ" (1939). He supported Brian Aherne in "Captain Fury" (1939) and starred in "Full Confession" (1939) for John Farrow at RKO, the latter film being a semi-remake of "The Informer".

paragraph: At Universal McLaglen teamed with Basil Rathbone in "Rio" (1939) and Jackie Cooper in "The Big Guy" (1939). He was top billed in Edward Small's South Seas adventure, "South of Pago Pago" (1940). He remained top billed for "Diamond Frontier" (1940), and "Broadway Limited" (1941).

paragraph: McLaglen and Lowe reprised their roles from "What Price Glory?" in the radio program "Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt", broadcast on the Blue Network (28 September 1941 – 25 January 1942, and on NBC 13 February 1942 – 3 April 1942).

paragraph: McLaglen and Lowe then played basically the same roles but under different names in "Call Out the Marines" (1942) at RKO. He starred in "Powder Town" (1942) and went to Fox to support Gene Tierney in "China Girl" (1942). He was one of many stars in "Forever and a Day" (1943) and had a support role in "Tampico" (1943), and "Roger Touhy, Gangster" (1944). McLaglen was a villain in Bob Hope's "The Princess and the Pirate" (1944) and he could be seen in "Rough, Tough and Ready".

paragraph: Section::::Acting career.:Supporting Actor.

paragraph: McLaglen began to be exclusively a support actor, with parts in "Love, Honor and Goodbye" (1945), "Whistle Stop" (1946), "Calendar Girl" (1947), "The Michigan Kid" (1947), and "The Foxes of Harrow" (1947).

paragraph: McLaglen was back with John Ford for "Fort Apache" (1948) with John Wayne. It was very much a support part, as a cavalry sergeant, but so well received that McLaglen basically reprised it in the other two films in the Ford-Wayne "cavalry trilogy": "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949) and "Rio Grande" (1950).

paragraph: McLaglen was later nominated for another Oscar, this time for a Best Supporting Actor for his role opposite John Wayne in "The Quiet Man" (1952). He continued to be in demand as a support actor in action films: "Fair Wind to Java" (1953) and "Prince Valiant" (1954). He went to Britain for "Trouble in the Glen" (1954), an unsuccessful attempt to do for Scotland what "The Quiet Man" did for Ireland. Back in Hollywood he was in "Many Rivers to Cross" (1955) at MGM.

paragraph: Section::::Acting career.:Later career.

paragraph: McLaglen had a rare late career lead role in "City of Shadows" (1955) at Republic and he was second billed in "Bengazi" (1955). However he went back to supports with "Lady Godiva of Coventry" (1955). He had a cameo in "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956) then had another lead in "The Abductors" (1957), directed by his son, Andrew.

paragraph: Toward the end of his career, McLaglen made several guest appearances on television, particularly in Western series such as "Have Gun, Will Travel" and "Rawhide". The episodes in which McLaglen guest-starred were both directed by his son, Andrew V. McLaglen, who later became a film director who frequently directed John Wayne.

paragraph: He went to Italy for "Gli Italiani sono matti" and had a good part in "Sea Fury" (1958), shot in England with Stanley Baker.

paragraph: Section::::Activism.

paragraph: In 1933, he founded the California Light Horse Regiment, which included a "riding parade club, a polo-playing group and a precision motorcycle contingent". He described it in a press interview as promoting "Americanism". He said it was organized to fight communists and others "opposed to the American ideal", both inside and outside the country. McLaglen was attacked by some on the left as fascist, which he denied. He said he was a "patriot of the good old-fashioned American kind".

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: In 1935, McLaglen spent a reported $40,000 to build his own stadium near Riverside Drive and Hyperion Avenue, near Griffith Park and the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. The stadium was used for football and many other activities. The Los Angeles River flood of 1938 seriously damaged the stadium, and it fell into disuse thereafter. In 1941, he was selected as the grand marshal of the Clovis Rodeo parade in Clovis, California.

paragraph: Victor McLaglen was married three times. He first married Enid Lamont in 1919. The couple had two sons, Andrew (born 1920), Walter (born c. 1921), and one daughter, Sheila. Andrew McLaglen was a television and film director who worked on several film projects with John Wayne. Andrew's children, Mary and Josh McLaglen, are both film producers and directors. Sheila's daughter, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, is a television director. Enid Lamont McLaglen died in 1942 as a result of a horse-riding accident.

paragraph: His second marriage was to Suzanne M. Brueggeman. That marriage lasted from 1943 until 1948. His third and final marriage was to Margaret Pumphrey, a Seattle socialite he married in 1948. They remained married until his death of a heart attack in 1959.

paragraph: He had by that time become a naturalized U.S. citizen. His cremated remains are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale in the Garden of Memory, Columbarium of Eternal Light.

paragraph: On 8 February 1960, McLaglen received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1735 Vine Street, for his contributions to the motion picture industry.

paragraph: McLaglen spoke five languages, including Arabic.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of actors with Academy Award nominations

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of bare-knuckle boxers

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- McLaglen's Record at Cyber Boxing Zone

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photographs of Victor McLaglen

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wikidata_label: Victor McLaglen

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paragraph: Oskar Engelhard von Löwis of Menar

paragraph: Oskar Engelhard von Löwis of Menar (5 April 1838–6 August 1899) was a Baltic German ornithologist.

paragraph: Section::::Life and work.

paragraph: He was born in present-day Valmiera District, Latvia (then part of the Russian Empire). He studied physics and economy in Tartu and worked as a public official in different capacities. An avid hunter and ornithologist, he was a member of the Riga Association of Natural Scientists "(Der Naturforscherverein zu Riga)", predecessor of the Natural History Museum of Latvia from 1878. He contributed to several publications on the bird-life in Latvia, and wrote three books on the subject. Among these is the first book about birds in the Latvian language.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Die Reptilien Kur-, Liv- und Estlands: ein Handbüchlein für alle Naturfreunde in Stadt und Land." Riga: N. Kymmel's Buchhandlung, 1884

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ievērojamākie Baltijas putni." Rīga: Ernsts Plates, 1893 (in Latvian)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Unsere Baltischen Singvögel." Reval: Franz Kluge, 1895

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Diebe und Käuber in der Baltischen Vogelwelt." Riga: Deubner, 1898

wikidata_label: Oscar von Loewis

wikipedia_title: Oskar Engelhard von Löwis of Menar


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paragraph: Benjamin Clapp

paragraph: Benjamin Clapp (born October 13, 1977) is an American musician from Boise, Idaho. He has performed, composed, and recorded music with numerous artists, most notably Erik Sanko (The Lounge Lizards) and Skeleton Key, Tom Marshall (Phish) and Amfibian, Anthony Krizan (Spin Doctors), Jim Breuer, Kronos Quartet, Jesse Blaze Snider and Baptized By Fire, Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Billy Martin (Medeski Martin and Wood), David Peel (The Lower East Side), and White Trash.

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

paragraph: At the age of eleven, Clapp began studying trombone in Idaho public schools. He studied privately under bass trombonist Mark Sellman for a number of years, and was awarded the Louis Armstrong Award in 1995, as well as performance awards at Boise State University and the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival. Meanwhile he was self-learning to play drums; influenced early on by drummers Stewart Copeland, Lars Ulrich, and Dale Crover.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: In 1993, Clapp joined Boise punk band, Haggis, following ex-Septic Death drummer Paul Birnbaum's departure from the band. The band went on to tour the West Coast, and release a number of singles and compilation tracks internationally, including the vinyl only 1995 release "Step Into It", on German record label, Bilharziose. Through the next several years, Clapp was involved with a number of independent music projects in Boise, and went on to collaborate again with members of Haggis - this time with inclusion of Birnbaum. Clapp was a founding member of the Adversives and the Mosquitones, and performed on all of their recorded releases and national tours.

paragraph: Clapp formed independent record label Spudtown Records in 1995, and released the vinyl only compilation "12 Songs You Won't Like By 12 Bands You've Never Heard of From Boise, Idaho". The label continued working with regional bands to release their EPs and albums under the moniker STMC (Spudtown Music Collective) until Clapp relocated to the East Coast.

paragraph: In early 2001, Clapp moved to New York City, and within months was hired on as drummer for a Warsaw Poland Brothers US tour, performing for the first time with the band in New Orleans with no audition or rehearsal. Later the same year he moved to New Jersey and became active in the music scene fostered by legendary promoter/performer Jack Monahan, at the Brighton Bar. He was invited to join the Do Dads, who would then go on to 3 Asbury Park Music Award nominations.

paragraph: By recommendation from rock photographer Mark Weiss to Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, Clapp was introduced to Snider's eldest son Jesse Blaze Snider in 2004, and they went on to perform together as Blazed, and from 2006 to 2008 as Baptized By Fire. Clapp also joined Erik Sanko's band Skeleton Key in 2004 as their "junk percussionist", and became further recognized for his use of non-traditional percussion: "...the real dirty work's done by brutish showman Benjamin Clapp. He chucks broken cymbals up into the air and slugs them on their way down. He has the worlds most dangerous tambourine: A rectangular frame, I'm guessing 36" x 24", with CIRCULAR SAW BLADES strung on it." Skeleton Key continued to tour the United States and Canada with Clapp in the band, and recorded songs which would eventually go on to limited release as "The Lyons Quintette" EP.

paragraph: Among a number of studio projects and touring artists that hire Clapp to perform on stage and in the studio, Phish lyricist Tom Marshall and his band Amfibian feature Clapp's trombone playing on their studio albums "From the Ether" and "Skip the Goodbyes". Clapp's trombone playing is also a fixture in the current line-up for Elektra Records recording artists: White Trash, and is heard on their 2009 release "3-D Monkeys In Space".

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994 - "Bitter" (with Haggis) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994 - "Encyclopedia of Post Punk Hits" (with Haggis) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 - "20 Bands Trash 20 Songs to Find The Way to Sesame Street" v/a compilation (with Haggis) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 - "Toiletbowl Epiphonies" (with The Mosquitones) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 - "Wade Free Wherever" v/a compilation (with Haggis) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 - "Step Into It" (with Haggis) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 - "Drunk and Disorderly" (with Haggis) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 - "12 Songs You Won't Like by 12 Bands You've Never Heard Of" v/a compilation (with Haggis) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 - "12 Songs You Won't Like by 12 Bands You've Never Heard Of" v/a compilation (with the Adversives) credit: vocals, guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1996 - "The Search For Roger Ferris" (with Adversives) credit: vocals, guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1996 - "The Dread/The Adversives Split 10"" (with the Adversives) credit: vocals, guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1996 - "Wood Panel Pacer Wagon With Mags" v/a compilation (with Haggis) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 - "Liverache: Tales From the Liver's Edge" v/a compilation (with Haggis) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 - "Cause/The Adversives Split 7"" (with the Adversives) credit: vocals, guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 - "Making Human Junk" v/a compilation (with the Adversives) credit: vocals, guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 - "Mosquitones" (with Mosquitones) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1998 - "Coolidge 50" v/a compilation (with Haggis) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999 - "Smile Upon The Children" (with Diseased Media Society) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999 - "Dance of the Dishwasher" (with Los Mosquitones) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999 - "Shotgun Response - Alliance In Defiance/The Adversives" (with the Adversives) credit: vocals, guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000 - "Adversives" (with the Adversives) credit: vocals, guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2001 - "I Can't Sleep and I'm Never Awake" (with The Unit Breed) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2001 - "Boise, Idaho" v/a compilation (with Mosquitones) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004 - "Live 1997-2003" (with Warsaw Poland Brothers) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004 - "From the Ether" (with Amfibian) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004 - "Highland at Euclid" (with Mosquitones) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004 - "Live at the Metro" (with Skeleton Key) credit: trombone, junk percussion

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005 - "Mermaid Parade" (with the DoDads) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005 - "Now The Party Starts" (with Blazed) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005 - "The Lyons Quintette" EP (with Skeleton Key) credit: trombone, junk percussion

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 - "Butterbrain" (with Butterbrain) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 - "Best of Ska and Rocksteady" (with Warsaw Poland Brothers) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 - "Juggernaut" EP (with Baptized By Fire) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007 - "Flesheaters" v/a compilation (with Baptized By Fire) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007 - "Eclectric" (with Sunny Daze) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007 - "Skip The Goodbyes" (with Amfibian) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007 - "First To Fight" (with Warsaw Poland Brothers) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 - "Code Red" (with J-Henry) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009 - "Jayder" (with Jayder) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009 - "3D Monkeys In Space" (with White Trash) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009 - "Tales From Dirty Jersey" (with Barry and the Penetrators) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009 - "The Long Evening" (with Keith Monacchio) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010 - "Tropism" (with Jesse Urmey) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010 - "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick (Vol. 1)" (with Steve Honoshowsky) credit: drums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012 - "Gravity is the Enemy" (with Skeleton Key) credit: trombone, junk percussion

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012 - "Full Fathom 5" (with Tony Todesco & Full Fathom 5) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 - "Suburban Purgatory" (with White Trash) credit: trombone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 - "Together at Last" (with The Shady Street Show Band and Hot Blood) credit: trombone

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ben Clapp's official website

description: American musician

wikidata_label: Benjamin Clapp

wikipedia_title: Benjamin Clapp


text:
Hieromartyr
Sinope
Trajan
Saint John Chrysostom
translation
relics
Constantinople
translation of his holy relics
Pontus
September 22
wonderworker

categories: Saints from Roman Anatolia,Wonderworkers,2nd-century bishops,117 deaths,2nd-century Christian martyrs,Year of birth unknown,People from Sinop, Turkey

paragraph: Phocas, Bishop of Sinope

paragraph: Hieromartyr Phocas was born in the city of Sinope. During his adult years he became Bishop of Sinope. At the time of a persecution against Christians under the emperor Trajan (98–117), the governor demanded that the saint renounce Christ. After fierce torture they enclosed St Phocas in a hot bath, where he died a martyr’s death in the year 117.

paragraph: A homily in his honour was composed by Saint John Chrysostom on the occasion of the translation of his relics to Constantinople. The translation of his holy relics from Pontus to Constantinople about the year 404 A.D. is celebrated on July 23. His primary feast is on September 22, and he is called a wonderworker.

paragraph: The Hieromartyr Phocas is especially venerated as a defender against fires, and also as a helper of the drowning.

description: Bishop of Sinope

wikidata_label: Phocas, Bishop of Sinope

wikipedia_title: Phocas, Bishop of Sinope


text:
Russia
football
Soviet Top League
PFC CSKA Moscow
Soviet Top League
Russian Premier League
Soviet Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95
PFC CSKA Moscow
UEFA Cup 2004–05
FC Rubin Kazan
UEFA Cup 2006–07
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007

categories: Soviet footballers,FC Rubin Kazan players,FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players,1972 births,FC Arsenal Tula players,Association football defenders,Russian Premier League players,Sportspeople from Moscow,Russian footballers,FC Moscow players,PFC CSKA Moscow players,FC Ural Yekaterinburg players,Living people,Soviet Top League players

paragraph: Mikhail Sinyov

paragraph: Mikhail Yuryevich Sinyov (; born 21 June 1972) is a former Russian professional footballer.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.

paragraph: He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for PFC CSKA Moscow.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Soviet Top League winner: 1991.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Russian Premier League bronze: 2003.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.

paragraph: Section::::European club competitions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 with PFC CSKA Moscow: 2 games.

paragraph: BULLET::::- UEFA Cup 2004–05 qualification with FC Rubin Kazan: 2 games.

paragraph: BULLET::::- UEFA Cup 2006–07 qualification with FC Rubin Kazan: 1 game.

paragraph: BULLET::::- UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 with FC Rubin Kazan: 4 games.

description: Russian footballer

wikidata_label: Mikhail Sinyov

wikipedia_title: Mikhail Sinyov


text:
St. Hermes
Colonnade Statue in St Peter's Square

categories: Ante-Nicene Christian female saints,2nd-century Romans,Saints from Roman Greece,2nd-century Christian martyrs,Year of birth unknown,120 deaths

paragraph: Theodora (Roman martyr)

paragraph: Theodora was a Roman martyr. The little we know about her life is attributed to the "Acta" of Pope St. Alexander. She was the sister of St. Hermes, who she had given aid and care to during his difficult time in prison. She was martyred some time after her brother, in 120. The siblings were later buried side by side on the Salarian road outside of Rome.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Colonnade Statue in St Peter's Square

description: Greek saint

wikidata_label: Theodora

wikipedia_title: Theodora (Roman martyr)


text:
Split
Queen of Bosnia
Croatian
Nelipić noble family
Dalmatian Zagora
Ivan II Nelipić
Ivan I Nelipac
Ivan III Nelipac
Ban of Croatia
Velebit
Cetina
Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić
Hrvatinić noble family
dowry
Ban
Croatia
Bosnia
Roman Catholic
Bosnian Church
Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia
Jajce
Kujava
Bosnian Church
Stephen Ostojić
Balša Hercegović

categories: Bosnian queens,14th-century births,Kotromanić dynasty,15th-century deaths,14th-century Croatian people,Medieval Croatian nobility,Murdered royalty

paragraph: Jelena Nelipić

paragraph: Jelena Nelipić was Duchess of Split by her first marriage and Queen of Bosnia by her second marriage. By birth, she was a member of the Croatian Nelipić noble family, having estates in Dalmatian Zagora.

paragraph: Jelena was the daughter of Prince Ivan II Nelipić and his wife Margareta. Her father was son of Ivan I Nelipac, and her mother Margareta was descended from the noble family Merini of Split. Her brother Ivan III Nelipac was Ban of Croatia who ruled from mountain Velebit to Cetina river.

paragraph: Section::::First marriage and widowhood.

paragraph: In 1401, Jelena married Prince Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, a most prominent member of the Croatian Hrvatinić noble family, and the strongest of the three main large feudalists of medieval Bosnia, bringing with her a significant dowry. Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić was Ban of Croatia, Grand Duke of Bosnia and Duke of Split. Two years later, she became Duchess of Split when her husband was created Duke of Split. Jelena was Roman Catholic, but her husband was a member of the Bosnian Church.

paragraph: In 1416, Jelena's husband died. Being a wealthy widow left in charge with her late husband's territories, Jelena immediately became subject of marriage proposals.

paragraph: Section::::Second marriage.

paragraph: Duchess Jelena married King Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia, thus becoming Queen of Bosnia. Her dowry included her first husband's possessions, such as the royal town of Jajce, and this dowry is the reason why Stephen Ostoja, who had divorced his second wife Kujava in 1415, married her. Her second husband was also a member of the Bosnian Church.

paragraph: Section::::Second widowhood.

paragraph: Jelena's second marriage lasted much shorter than her first one. She became a widow again in 1418, after only two years of marriage. Her husband's successor was Stephen Ostojić, his son by his second wife Kujava. As dowager queen, Jelena had neither influence nor power. Kujava, the new king's mother and the second wife of Jelena's second husband, became powerful once again. Jelena's second widowhood was marked by conflicts with Kujava. The conflicts were ended in the summer of 1419, when Queen Jelena was imprisoned by her stepson. Three years later, Queen Jelena died in prison under mysterious circumstances.

paragraph: Section::::Issue.

paragraph: It's possible that Balša Hercegović was Jelena's son from her first marriage, but it's not clear yet. Other than him, who could have been her child, Jelena had no other known children by either of her husbands.

description: Queen consort of Bosnia

wikidata_label: Jelena Nelipčić

wikipedia_title: Jelena Nelipić


text: Anglicized

text: abbot

text: Tywyn

text: Bardsey

text: Gwynedd

text: Bardsey

text: Einion Frenin

text: Llŷn

text: awdl

text: Tywyn

text: Llanilltud Fawr

text: Gwen Teirbron

text: Budic II

text: Brittany

text: Ithel Hael

text: Baglan

text: Flewyn

text: Gredifael

text: Tanwg

text: Twrog

text: Tegai

text: Trillo

text: Tecwyn

text: Llechid

text: Maël

text: Ilar

text: Ceredigion

text: Cynllo

text: Franks

text: Llangadfan

text: Powys

text: "clas"

text: Tywyn

text: cantref

text: Meirionnydd

text: River Dysynni

text: Encyclopaedia of Wales

categories: Welsh Roman Catholic saints,Year of birth unknown,Medieval Welsh saints,Medieval Breton saints,Roman Catholic monks,Companions of Cadfan,Year of death missing

paragraph: Saint Cadfan

paragraph: Saint Cadfan (), sometimes Anglicized as Gideon, was the 6th century founder-abbot of Tywyn (whose church is dedicated to him) and Bardsey, both in Gwynedd, Wales. He was said to have received the island of Bardsey from Saint Einion Frenin, king of Llŷn, around 516 and to have served as its abbot until 542.

paragraph: Section::::Life and legacy.

paragraph: Most of the information we have about Cadfan is from the awdl by Llywelyn the Bard in the 12th century. According to this he sailed from Brittany to Tywyn with 12 other saints, although some suggest that they came instead from Llanilltud Fawr.

paragraph: A Breton nobleman, he was said to be the son of Eneas Ledewig (Aeneas of Brittany) and Gwen Teirbron (Gwen Three Breasts), daughter of Budic II of Brittany. He journeyed to Britain accompanied by the children of Ithel Hael o Lydaw (of Brittany): Baglan, Flewyn, Gredifael, Tanwg, Twrog, Tegai, Trillo, Tecwyn and Llechid. Other reputed followers include Maël and Ilar. Wade-Evans thought "Kentinlau", who accompanied Cadfan to Ceredigion, should be identified with Cynllo. They may have fled the Franks.

paragraph: At Llangadfan in northern Powys he founded a church before moving on to Bardsey. He also established a "clas" at Tywyn (traditionally the first such "clas" in Wales) which became a wealthy site, served by an abbot and clerics from 1147 to 1291, mother church of the cantref of Meirionnydd south of the River Dysynni.

paragraph: His feast day is 1 November.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography from the Dictionary of Welsh Biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, University of Wales Press, 2008,

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2533

alias:
Cadfan
Gideon
Saint Gideon
Cafan
Saint Cafan

description: Breton and Welsh saint

wikidata_label: Saint Cadfan

wikipedia_title: Saint Cadfan


text:
Union Army
American Civil War
Medal of Honor
Siege of Vicksburg
Ulysses S. Grant
Vicksburg, Mississippi
forlorn hope
List of Medal of Honor recipients
Findagrave
A Forlorn Hope
Vicksburg Medal of Honor Recipients
Carlos W. Colby Papers
the Newberry Library

categories: People of New Hampshire in the American Civil War,1837 births,1922 deaths,People of Illinois in the American Civil War,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,Union Army soldiers,American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor

paragraph: Carlos W. Colby

paragraph: Carlos W. Colby (1837 – 1922) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War, serving in Company G of the 97th Illinois Volunteer Regiment. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863.

paragraph: Colby joined the Army in August 1862 and was mustered out in August 1865.

paragraph: Section::::Union assault.

paragraph: On May 22, 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant ordered an assault on the Confederate heights at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The plan called for a storming party of volunteers to build a bridge across a moat and plant scaling ladders against the enemy embankment in advance of the main attack.

paragraph: The volunteers knew the odds were against survival and the mission was called, in nineteenth century vernacular, a "forlorn hope". Only single men were accepted as volunteers and even then, twice as many men as needed came forward and were turned away. The assault began in the early morning following a naval bombardment.

paragraph: The Union soldiers came under enemy fire immediately and were pinned down in the ditch they were to cross. Despite repeated attacks by the main Union body, the men of the forlorn hope were unable to retreat until nightfall. Of the 150 men in the storming party, nearly half were killed. Seventy-nine of the survivors were awarded the Medal of Honor.

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

paragraph: “For gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party on 22 May 1863.”

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients

paragraph: BULLET::::- Davis, Cameron, Confluence (BookSurge, 2009)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Findagrave

paragraph: BULLET::::- A Forlorn Hope

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vicksburg Medal of Honor Recipients

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carlos W. Colby Papers at the Newberry Library

description: Recipient of the Medal of Honor

wikidata_label: Carlos W. Colby

wikipedia_title: Carlos W. Colby


text: system administration

text: Diffie–Hellman problem

text: cryptography

text: Penn State

text: University of Waterloo, Ontario

text: sabbatical

text: Unix

text: Steve Wozniak

text: ethernet

text: ARPANET

text: daemon

text: eudaemonia

categories: Pennsylvania State University alumni,20th-century American scientists,Missing people,1940 births,People lost at sea,20th-century women scientists,Women computer scientists,American computer scientists,American women academics,University of Waterloo alumni,2010s missing person cases,Women in engineering

paragraph: Evi Nemeth

paragraph: Evi Nemeth (born June 7, 1940 – missing-at-sea June or July, 2013) was an engineer, author, and teacher known for her expertise in computer system administration and networks. She was the lead author of the "bibles" of system administration: "UNIX System Administration Handbook" (1989, 1995, 2000), "Linux Administration Handbook" (2002, 2006), and "UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook" (2010). Evi Nemeth was known in technology circles as the matriarch of system administration.

paragraph: Nemeth was best known in mathematical circles for originally identifying inadequacies in the "Diffie–Hellman problem", the basis for a large portion of modern network cryptography.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Nemeth received her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Penn State in 1961 and her PhD in mathematics from the University of Waterloo, Ontario in 1971. She taught at Florida Atlantic University and the State University of New York at Utica (SUNY Tech) before joining the computer science department at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) in 1980. She served as manager of the college's computing facility from 1982 to 1986. She also was a visiting Associate Professor at Dartmouth College in 1990, and at UC San Diego in 1998, while on sabbatical from CU-Boulder.

paragraph: While at CU-Boulder, Nemeth was well known for her undergraduate systems administration activity, in which students over the years had the opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge and skills in Unix system administration. Together with Steve Wozniak, Nemeth established the Woz scholarship program at CU-Boulder which funded inquisitive undergraduates for many years. Nemeth also had a special talent for inspiring and teaching young people. She mentored numerous middle- and high-school students, who worked with her to support computing in the college and came to be known as "the munchkins". She also mentored talented young undergraduates, taking them to national meetings where they installed networks and broadcast the meetings' sessions on the Internet on the multicast backbone. She coached the university's student programming teams in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

paragraph: From 1998 to 2006, Nemeth worked with Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) at the University of California, San Diego, on various Internet measurement and visualization projects.

paragraph: Outside the United States, Nemeth helped bring Internet technology to the developing world through her involvement with programs of the Internet Society and the United Nations Development Programme.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: After her retirement, Nemeth sailed her 40-foot sailboat "Wonderland" around various parts of the world, including a circuit of the Atlantic; the Panama Canal; and across the Pacific to New Zealand. She, along with the other crew aboard the vintage yacht "Niña", disappeared en route between New Zealand and Australia, on June 4, 2013. On July 5, 2013, New Zealand authorities officially ended the search for the "Niña", however relatives of the crew of "Niña" have continued to search.

paragraph: Section::::Selected publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nemeth, E., Hein, T., Snyder, G., and Whaley, B., "Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook", Prentice Hall, 2010.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mullin, R., Nemeth, E. and Weidenhofer, N., "Will Public Key Crypto Systems Live up to Their Expectations? HEP Implementation of the Discrete Log Codebreaker", Proc. of the 1984 Intl Conf on Parallel Processing, Aug. 21–24, 1984, pp. 193–196. Selected for the best paper award for this conference.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1984—Best Paper Award, International Parallel Processing Conference, Chicago, August, 1984

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995—USENIX/LISA Lifetime Achievement Award

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999—Top 25 Women on the Web Award

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007—Distinguished Engineering Honoree at CU-Boulder

paragraph: BULLET::::- 5th Annual Telluride Tech Fest Honoree

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018—NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award

paragraph: Section::::Quotes.

paragraph: "Early ethernet developers... objected to a roundoff error that exceeded the ARPANET's entire bandwidth, but marketing won out."

paragraph: "Many people equate the word ‘daemon’ with the word ‘demon’, implying some kind of Satanic connection between Unix and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. ‘Daemon’ is actually a much older form of ‘demon’; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a ‘personal daemon’ was similar to the modern concept of a ‘guardian angel’ – ‘eudaemonia’ is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, Unix systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons." (p. 403, "USAH")

description: American engineer

wikidata_label: Evi Nemeth

wikipedia_title: Evi Nemeth


text:
Union Army
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
France
United States
New Orleans
Louisiana
Union
captured New Orleans
2nd Louisiana Regiment Infantry
Port Hudson
Siege of Port Hudson
Arlington National Cemetery
List of Medal of Honor recipients

categories: 1897 deaths,1832 births,People of Louisiana in the American Civil War,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,Union Army soldiers,French-born Medal of Honor recipients,Burials at Arlington National Cemetery,French emigrants to the United States

paragraph: Jean J. Beaufort

paragraph: Jean Joseph Beaufort, (1832 - September 15, 1897) known also as John Joseph Beaufort, was a corporal in the Union Army who was awarded a Medal of Honor for heroic actions during the American Civil War.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Beaufort was born in 1832 in France. He later immigrated to the United States.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Beaufort was living in New Orleans, Louisiana when the Civil War broke out. After the Union captured New Orleans, Beaufort volunteered for service in the Union army, joining the 2nd Louisiana Regiment Infantry at around May 20, 1863.

paragraph: When the 2nd Louisiana Infantry approached Port Hudson, Beaufort volunteered to take a party of eight people behind enemy lines to destroy a signal station; he succeeded, giving the Union a key advantage in the impending Siege of Port Hudson.

paragraph: Thirty four years later, Beaufort was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the assault on the signal station. He died some two months later on September 15, 1897, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients

description: Union Army Medal of Honor recipient

wikidata_label: Jean J. Beaufort

wikipedia_title: Jean J. Beaufort


text:
Paisley
Sir David Brewster
John Mossman
abolition of the slave trade
repeal of the corn laws
temperance
Edinburgh Cyclopædia
Church of Scotland
disruption of 1843

categories: Ministers of the Church of Scotland,1859 deaths,1788 births

paragraph: Patrick Brewster

paragraph: Patrick Brewster (20 December 1788 - 26 March 1859), was a Scottish minister largely based in Paisley.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Brewster was born on 20 December 1788, the youngest of the four sons of Mr. James Brewster, and younger brother of Sir David Brewster. In accordance with the wishes of his father, who had destined all his sons to the ministry of the Scottish church, Patrick devoted himself to theology, and received license as a probationer from the presbytery of Fordoun on 26 March 1817.

paragraph: In August following he was presented by the Marquis of Abercorn to the second charge of the Abbey Church of Paisley, to which he was ordained on 10 April 1818. He continued to occupy this preferment for nearly forty-one years, and died at his residence at Craigie Linn, near Paisley, on 26 March 1859.

paragraph: Brewster was a favourite of the working classes, and received a public funeral (4 April 1859). In 1863 a monument to his memory was erected by public subscription in Paisley cemetery. The statue placed on the monument is by John Mossman. The monument is in a prominent location, facing the entrance, placed at a split in the paths on the main avenue.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: As a preacher Brewster enjoyed an almost unrivalled local fame. His political views were extreme; he was a 'moral-force chartist,' and took an active share in the plans for carrying out the chartist programme. His whole life was one continuous succession of exciting disputes upon public questions, or with the heritors, the parish authorities, or the presbytery. This polemical spirit may be traced in the volume of his sermons entitled "The Seven Chartist and Military Discourses libelled by the Marquis of Abercorn and other Heritors of the Abbey Parish. To which are added four other Discourses formerly published, with one or two more as a Specimen of the Author's mode of treating other Scripture Topics. With an Appendix", Paisley, &c., 1843. Brewster advocated the abolition of the slave trade, the repeal of the corn laws, temperance, and a national system of education. He published three single "Sermons", and a vindication, in two parts, of the rights of the poor of Scotland 'against the misrepresentations of the editor of the "Glasgow Post and Reformer."' He was also a contributor to the "Edinburgh Cyclopædia", and furnished a 'Description of a Fossil Tree found in a Quarry at Nitshill' to the ninth volume of the "Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh." He incurred some odium for not, like his brothers, leaving the established Church of Scotland at the time of the disruption of 1843, when he was one of 'the Forty.'

description: British minister

wikidata_label: Patrick Brewster

wikipedia_title: Patrick Brewster


text:
London
Henry George Bohn
Richmal Mangnall
Richmal Mangnall
Dean & Son
Beauty and the Beast
Alfred Henry Forrester
Notting Hill

categories: British women writers,British children's writers,1798 births,Writers from London,1875 deaths

paragraph: Julia Corner

paragraph: Julia Corner (1798–1875), also known as Miss Corner, was a British children's educational writer who created "Miss Corner's Historical Library".

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Corner was born in London in 1798. Her father, John Corner, was an engraver. She initially wrote novels which she continued after she became associated with a series of history books. In 1840 she published "The History of Spain and Portugal" and the "History of France". The former was criticised by the "Church of England Quarterly Review" as an "apologist for the Jesuits" although "Miss Julia Corner"'s good intentions and the low price of her books was appreciated. These history books eventually covered many countries and built up into what was known as "Miss Corner's Historical Library".

paragraph: Corner wrote simple stories for children and books for their instruction as well as history books about the ancient Britons, Saxons, and Normans. She was published by low cost publishers like Henry George Bohn for whom she created books about India and China in the 1850s. Her books about countries, "Miss Corner's Historical Library", would be illustrated and they would include anecdotes, tables of historical events, maps, different aspects of history and questions were raised that related to the text in the style of Richmal Mangnall. Corner had published an educational book based around questions about Europe which she saw as a sequel to Richmal Mangnall's "Questions for the Use of Young People".

paragraph: Corner also created revised editions of other writer's books including Anne Rodwell's "A Child's First Step to the History of England". Her usually conservative books also included plays for children in Dean & Son's series, "Little Plays for Little People" which she advocated for their educational value.

paragraph: In 1854, she wrote a play for children based around the Beauty and the Beast fairy story which was illustrated by Alfred Henry Forrester working under his nom de plume of Alfred Crowquill.

paragraph: Corner died in Notting Hill on 16 August 1875. She was unmarried and had no children and left her name associated with nearly 250 different works.

alias:
Miss Corner
Miss Julia Corner

description: British children's educational writer

wikidata_label: Julia Corner

wikipedia_title: Julia Corner


text: Valladolid

text: Ávila

text: Ferdinand de la Cerda

text: Blanche of France

text: Alfonso X of Castile

text: Fernando

text: Sancho IV of Castile

text: Ferdinand IV of Castile

text: Alfonso XI of Castile

text: Violant of Aragon

text: Xàtiva

text: Castile

text: León

text: Sancho IV

text: Alfonso III of Aragon

text: Treaty of Torrellas

text: James II of Aragon

text: Ferdinand IV of Castile

text: Charles IV of France

text: Languedoc-Roussillon

text: John I of Brienne

text: Alfonso de la Cerda

text: Charles de la Cerda

text: Count of Angoulême

text: Constable of France

text: Luis de la Cerda

text: "Infante" Philip of Castile y Molina

text: Sancho IV of Castile and Leon

text: Maria de Molina

text: Santa Clara Allariz

text: Juan Alfonso de la Cerda

text: Denis of Portugal

categories: 1333 deaths,13th-century Castilians,House de la Cerda,1270 births

paragraph: Alfonso de la Cerda

paragraph: Alfonso de la Cerda, (Valladolid 1270 - Ávila 1333), called ""the disinherited,"" was the elder son of Ferdinand de la Cerda and his wife Blanche of France, and was a grandson of Alfonso X of Castile. Alfonso and his brother Fernando were candidates for the Castilian-Leonese crown during the reigns of Sancho IV of Castile, Ferdinand IV of Castile and Alfonso XI of Castile. In 1331, Alfonso renounced his rights and swore allegiance to Alfonso XI of Castile.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: When Ferdinand de la Cerda died in 1275, Alfonso's grandmother, Violant of Aragon, took him and his newborn brother Fernando to Aragon. They were kept there 13 years in the fortress of Xàtiva.

paragraph: Alfonso's grandfather, King Alfonso X of Castile, established a division of his realm. Sancho was to inherit Castile and Alfonso was to inherit León, according to historian Joaquín Cuevas Aller. After Alfonso X's death in 1284, the Leonese throne was usurped by Sancho, who would reign as Sancho IV. In September 1288, King Alfonso III of Aragon released Alfonso de la Cerda and proclaimed him king of Castile and Leon. Despite this support from the King of Aragon, Alfonso was unable to regain the throne. In 1304, as part of the Treaty of Torrellas, James II of Aragon and Ferdinand IV of Castile Alfonso agreed to resign all claims on the throne of León. In return, he was appointed Lord of Alba, Bejar and Gibraleón, and other manors, possessions and revenues, distributed throughout the Castilian-Leonese territory, in order that Alfonso de la Cerda could not form a large independent dominion.

paragraph: Later, Charles IV of France gave Alfonso de la Cerda the title of Baron de Lunel, a municipality located in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: On the death of Alfonso de la Cerda, his body was buried in the Monastery of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas de Burgos.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and offspring.

paragraph: In 1290, Alfonso married Matilde of Brienne, daughter of John I of Brienne. They had seven children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alfonso de la Cerda (France, 1289 - Gentilly, France, 15 April 1327), named "of Spain", Archdeacon of Paris to 1322, Baron de Lunel, 1324, Lord of Tafalla and Caparroso July 1325. Married Isabelle d'Antoing, Viscountess Ghent, the daughter of Hugh IV, Lord of Antoing, and Mary, Viscountess Ghent. He was the father of

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles de la Cerda, Count of Angoulême and Constable of France.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Henry de La Cerda (France, 1290 - after 1326), Archdeacon of Paris after his brother Alfonso.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Luis de la Cerda (France, 1291 - La Motte du Rhône, 5 July 1348), Count of Clermont and Talmont, Admiral of France, chief prince of the Canary Islands 15 November 1344. In 1306, he married Leonor de Guzmán, daughter of Alonso Perez de Guzman and Maria Alfonso Coronel. Remarried in 1346 to Guiot d'Uzes daughter of Robert I, Vicomte d'Uzes and Guiot de Posquières.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Margarita de la Cerda (1293 - after 1328), Lady of Lemos and Sarri. Married to the "Infante" Philip of Castile y Molina, son of King Sancho IV of Castile and Leon and Queen Maria de Molina. She was buried alongside her husband Prince Philip at the Monastery of Santa Clara Allariz in Galicia.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Juan Alfonso de la Cerda (France, 1295 - 7 August 1347), Lord of Gibraleón, Huelva, Real de Manzanares and Deza. Married Maria Alfonso de Portugal (illegitimate daughter of King Denis of Portugal).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Maria de la Cerda (Spain, 1305 - before 1355), Lady of Villafranca de Valcárcel. Married Alfonso Melendez de Guzman. She was buried in the monastery of San Francisco de Villafranca, near Valcárcel.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Inés de la Cerda (Spain, 1307 - 24 October 1339), Lady of Bembibre. Married Fernán Rodríguez de Villalobos, Lord of Villalobos. She was buried in the monastery of San Francisco de Villafranca, near Valcárcel.

paragraph: He also had a natural child by an unknown mother:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fernando Alfonso de la Cerda b. 1286 - 1340c. married to Elvira de Ayala.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Europaische Stammtafeln", Vol.3.

description: Spanish noble

wikidata_label: Alfonso de la Cerda

wikipedia_title: Alfonso de la Cerda


text:
Belgian
landscape
Namen
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
Schaarbeek
Hippolyte Boulenger
Isidore Verheyden
Dictionary of Belgian painters
List of works

categories: 19th-century Belgian painters,Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts faculty,People from Namur (city),1822 births,Belgian landscape painters,1895 deaths

paragraph: Joseph Quinaux

paragraph: Joseph Quinaux (29 March 1822 – 24 May 1895) was a Belgian painter, known especially for his landscapes.

paragraph: Quinaux was born in Namen. He was a lecturer and teacher of painting at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 1876 until his death in Schaarbeek in 1895, conducting the landscape class. Among his pupils were Hippolyte Boulenger and Isidore Verheyden. The Rue Quinaux in Schaarbeek was named after him.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dictionary of Belgian painters

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of works

alias: Quinaux Quineau

description: painter

wikidata_label: Joseph Quinaux

wikipedia_title: Joseph Quinaux


text:
English
House of Commons
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
Dukes of Westminster
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet
Eton College
guardianship
Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet
Grand Tour
Eaton Hall
Cheshire
1715 general election
Member of Parliament
Chester
mayor
Jacobite
1722
coronation
George II
1727 general election
Thomas
Newmarket
Eccleston, Cheshire
Sir Edward Wyndham
Orchard Wyndham
Somerset
Sir George Warburton, 3rd Baronet
Arley
Thomas

categories: People educated at Eton College,British MPs 1727–1734,British MPs 1722–1727,Baronets in the Baronetage of England,Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies,1732 deaths,British MPs 1715–1722,1689 births

paragraph: Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet

paragraph: Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (1689 – July 1732) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1732. He was the brother of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet, an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Richard Grosvenor was the eldest surviving son of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet. His two older brothers, Thomas and Roger, pre-deceased their father. At the time of his father's death in 1700 he was still being educated at Eton College, and was under the guardianship of Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet, and Thomas and Francis Cholmondeley. After leaving Eton, he went on the Grand Tour, visiting Switzerland, Bavaria, Italy and the Netherlands. In 1707 he returned to the family home at Eaton Hall, Cheshire.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: At the 1715 general election, Grosvenor was returned as Member of Parliament for Chester. Also in 1715, he was mayor of the city. In September 1715 he attended a meeting of the Jacobite Cheshire Club, when it decided not to take part in the rebellion. He was elected MP for Chester again in 1722. In 1727 he participated in the coronation of George II. At the 1727 general election, Grosvenor and his brother Thomas, won both of the parliamentary seats for Chester. During the time that Grosvenor was baronet, the estates in London were being developed. Also during this time there is evidence of the first association of the Grosvenor family with horse racing, when Grosvenor's horses ran at Chester and Newmarket in 1720.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Grosvenor died in July 1732 and was buried at Eccleston, Cheshire. In 1708 he had married Jane, the daughter of Sir Edward Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset. The couple had one daughter, Catherine, who died in 1718. During the following year, Jane Grosvenor died and Grosvenor then married Diana, the only daughter of Sir George Warburton, 3rd Baronet Arley. Again, they had no children.

paragraph: Grosvenor was therefore succeeded by his younger brother, Thomas, who in turn died later the same year.

paragraph: Section::::Styles of address.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1689–1700: Mr Richard Grosvenor

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1700–1732: Sir Richard Grosvenor Bt

description: British politician

wikidata_label: Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet

wikipedia_title: Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet


text:
Communist Albania
Enver Hoxha
Durrës
Artistic Lyceum "Jordan Misja"
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Tirana
Albanian Ministry of Culture
Higher Institute of Arts of Tirana
Ramiz Alia
Havzi Nela
hanging
Enver Osmani
Dibra
Edi Rama
Socialist Party of Albania
Prime Minister of Albania
Art of Albania
List of Albanians
List of sculptors

categories: 1998 deaths,Albanian expatriates in the Soviet Union,1932 births,Albanian sculptors,20th-century sculptors,Date of birth missing,Date of death missing,20th-century Albanian sculptors,Art educators,20th-century Albanian educators

paragraph: Kristaq Rama

paragraph: Kristaq Rama (1932 April 1998) was an Albanian sculptor, art educator and a member of the Politburo in Communist Albania under Enver Hoxha's rule.

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

paragraph: He was born in Durrës.

paragraph: Rama graduated from the Artistic Lyceum "Jordan Misja", in the Department of Fine Arts in 1951, and three years later left Albania to study in Leningrad, Soviet Union.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: After graduation, he returned to Albania, where he worked in Tirana, primarily as superintendent of fine arts at the Albanian Ministry of Culture, and at the same time taught as an external lecturer at the Higher Institute of Arts of Tirana.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: As a sculptor, Rama created several busts of warriors, people portraits, female sculptures, as well as other decorations.

paragraph: Section::::Implication with communist dictatorship crimes.

paragraph: In August 1988, Rama signed along with Ramiz Alia and others documents for the death penalty of poet Havzi Nela by hanging. Other documents show that Rama signed for the death penalty for Enver Osmani, a 29-year-old from Dibra.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: He is the father of Edi Rama, president of the Socialist Party of Albania and Prime Minister of Albania, also several times former mayor of Tirana city.

paragraph: Rama died, age 65–66, in Tirana in 1998.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Art of Albania

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Albanians

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of sculptors

description: Albanian sculptor

wikidata_label: Kristaq Rama

wikipedia_title: Kristaq Rama


text: Saxony

text: Bavaria-Landshut

text: Meissen

text: Frederick II of Saxony

text: Margaret

text: Ernest

text: Landshut

text: Louis IX of Bavaria-Landshut

text: Burghausen Castle

text: Burghausen

text: Rochlitz Castle

text: Rochlitz

text: Rochlitz

text: Meissen

text: George, Duke of Bavaria

text: Margaret

categories: 1436 births,Saxon princesses,1501 deaths,House of Wettin

paragraph: Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria

paragraph: Amalia of Saxony (4 April 1436 – 19 November 1501) was a princess of Saxony and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Amalia was born in Meissen. She was the oldest of the children of the elector Frederick II of Saxony (1412–1464) from his marriage to Margaret (1416/7–1486), daughter of the Duke Ernest of Austria.

paragraph: Amalia married on 21 March 1452 in Landshut Duke Louis IX of Bavaria-Landshut (1417–1479). Like the wedding of the son later, this marriage was celebrated with splendour. 22,000 guests were invited. In 1463, Amalia received Burghausen Castle from her husband as a residence. He also prescribed a comprehensive and rigorous Court discipline. Amalia is one of the founders of the Holy Spirit Church in Burghausen.

paragraph: After the death of her husband, Amalia left Bavaria. From the compensation for her Wittum, she received 800 Rhenish florins per year from her son. Amalia acquired from her brothers and Rochlitz Castle and district, where she lived with a large entourage. Here, she rebuilt the chapel in the castle and built St. Peter's Church in the town of Rochlitz. Her most precious collection of relics was kept in the chapel. Amalia in the residence time is also the new building of St. Peter's Church in Rochlitz. Amalia essentially rebuilt the castle as a palace. The city experienced a boom during her time in office.

paragraph: The Duchess died in Rochlitz in 1501 and was buried in the Cathedral of Meissen.

paragraph: Section::::Issue.

paragraph: From her marriage to Louis, Amalia had the following children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elisabeth (1452–1457)

paragraph: BULLET::::- George, Duke of Bavaria (15 August 1455 – 1 December 1503), Duke of Bavaria-Landshut

paragraph: BULLET::::- Margaret (7 November 1456 – 25 February 1501)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anna (1462–1462)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Martina Schattkowsky: Widow in the early Modern Age: princely and aristocratic widows between external and self-determination, p. 69 ff

paragraph: BULLET::::- August Kluckhohn: Louis the Rich, Duke of Bavaria: History of Germany in the 15th Century, p 314 ff

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.vilsbiburg.info/wappen4/historisch/pfarrkirche/wappen/wappen.htm

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1450.htm

description: Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut

wikidata_label: Amalia of Saxony

wikipedia_title: Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria


text:
Berlin
electronic music
PlayStation
Music 2000
Harold Faltermeyer
Arthur Barrow
Red Oaks
Süper Tiger EM-Studio Plüs
Retro Blah
ACE
Threaded,
Pipetris
Knight Rider - The Fan Game
Harold Faltermeyer
Arthur Barrow
http://www.alphaboymusic.bandcamp.com
http://www.my80stv.com

categories: German electronic musicians,Living people

paragraph: Alpha Boy

paragraph: Alpha Boy is the alias of Norman Ritter from Berlin, Germany, a musician known for German electronic music.

paragraph: He began his music career in 1999 under the name Xibalba. Using a PlayStation and the composing software Music 2000. Inspired by his mentors like Harold Faltermeyer, , Marco Castagna and Arthur Barrow he found at long last his way in 2004 to the original sound and spirit of the 1980s. Since 2008, Alpha Boy produced professional scores and soundtracks for different movies (Unsere Ex-Frau, Η Κούκλα!), TV shows (Red Oaks, Süper Tiger EM-Studio Plüs, Retro Blah) and videogames (ACE, Threaded, Pipetris, Knight Rider - The Fan Game). More than 50 music releases (album, EP and single) in the past years are the result of the workup of his musical influence from his childhood.

paragraph: Section::::Quotes about Alpha Boy's music.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "That's really 80's! Cool stuff!" Harold Faltermeyer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "You really have the 80's sounds perfectly!" Arthur Barrow

paragraph: Section::::Music download.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.alphaboymusic.bandcamp.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://rufdersterne.bandcamp.com/

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/alpha_boy

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://alphaboymusic.tumblr.com/

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.my80stv.com (collaboration)

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://soundcloud.com/alphaboy80s

paragraph: Section::::External links.:Press links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://time.com/3054279/50-best-websites-2014/

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://soundcloud.com/beyond-synth/beyondsynth-17-alpha-boy

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.localsuicide.com/lsd-faze-time-alpha-boy/

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.synthetix.fm/2015/07/alpha-boy-takes-us-to-hollywood.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://retro-futurist.com/en/artist-interviews/276-alpha-boy-interview

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://ghgumman.blogg.se/2015/january/interview-with-alpha-boy.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://neonized.net/blog/general/electro-perlas/

description: musician

wikidata_label: Alpha Boy

wikipedia_title: Alpha Boy


text:
Göktürk family
Merv
Turkmenistan
Ummayad
Turks
Nasr ibn Sayyar
Marwan II
Abbasids
Al-'Awasim
Byzantine Empire
Turkey
Gülek Pass
Turkmen
Mersin Province
Gülnar
Büyükeceli

categories: Women in war in the Middle East,769 deaths,Women in medieval warfare,Gülnar District,Turkish women,731 births

paragraph: Gülnar Hatun

paragraph: Gülnar Hatun (aka Büyük Ece, 731-769) was a semi legendary Turkish female hero. (Hatun is actually a title meaning "lady".) Her life story requires further research.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: She was born in 731 to Yahşi and his wife Duru. According to unsourced claims the family descended from a branch of Göktürk family. Her family was in the Dörtkuyu village close to Merv, what is now in Turkmenistan. Merv was under Ummayad rule and the Turks in Merv were fighting against forced proselytising . Both Gülnar's and her fiancé Yirbağı's fathers were killed by Ummayad general Nasr ibn Sayyar during the reign of Caliph Marwan II. Although Ummayads were replaced by the Abbasids in 750, during the early years of the Abbasid rule Abbasid policy was not much different than that of the Ummayad. After Yırbağı was also killed, Gülnar with a large partisan group escaped to Al-'Awasim, a buffer region between the Abbasid and the Byzantine Empires, what is now in south Turkey. In al Awasim, Gülnar began fighting against Abbasids and in 769 she too was killed during a clash around Gülek Pass (Cicilian Gates of the antiquity).

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: In 1950 the Turkmen town Hanaypazar in Mersin Province was renamed Gülnar. Now Gülnar is a district center. According to one view the town (now neighborhood of Gülnar) Büyükeceli was also named after Gülnar Hatun (also known as Büyük Ece).

wikidata_label: Gülnar Hatun

wikipedia_title: Gülnar Hatun


text:
American football
defensive end
Buffalo Bills
National Football League
college football
Clemson
2016 NFL Draft
Shaquille O'Neal
D. W. Daniel High School
Central, South Carolina
Rivals.com
Clemson University
college football
Hargrave Military Academy
William Perry
Ricky Sapp
Dexter Lawrence
Buffalo Bills
2016 NFL Draft
$
signing bonus
New England Patriots
Trent Murphy
Chicago Bears
Jacksonville Jaguars
Leonard Fournette
Miami Dolphins
Ryan Tannehill
Pro Football Focus
Detroit Lions
Buffalo Bills bio
Clemson Tigers bio

categories: Players of American football from South Carolina,Living people,American football defensive ends,Clemson Tigers football players,1994 births,Buffalo Bills players,All-American college football players

paragraph: Shaq Lawson

paragraph: Shaquille Lawson (born June 17, 1994) is an American football defensive end for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson and was drafted by the Bills in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Lawson, named after basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, attended D. W. Daniel High School in Central, South Carolina. He had 99 tackles and nine sacks as a senior and 100 tackles and 13 sacks as a junior. Lawson was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and committed to Clemson University to play college football. After high school, Lawson attended Hargrave Military Academy for a year.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: In his first year at Clemson in 2013, Lawson played in all 13 games and had 35 tackles and four sacks. The four sacks tied William Perry and Ricky Sapp for most by a first-year freshman in Clemson history at the time. This record was broken in the 2016 season by Dexter Lawrence. He again played in all 13 games as a sophomore in 2014 and made one start. For the season he had 44 tackles and 3.5 sacks. Lawson became a starter his junior year in 2015.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: The Buffalo Bills selected Lawson in the first round (19th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Buffalo Bills.:2016-17.

paragraph: On May 17, 2016, Lawson underwent shoulder surgery after tweaking it during offseason drills and was ruled out 4 to 6 months.

paragraph: On June 6, 2016, the Buffalo Bills signed Lawson to a four-year, $10.27 million contract that includes $9.82 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $5.67 million.

paragraph: On August 30, 2016, Lawson was placed on the Reserve/PUP list. He was activated to the active roster on October 21, 2016. Lawson recorded his first NFL sack against the New England Patriots in Week 8.

paragraph: In 2017, Lawson started 10 out of 11 games played, recording 33 tackles and four sacks. He suffered an ankle injury in Week 13 and was placed on injured reserve on December 5, 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Buffalo Bills.:2018.

paragraph: Lawson started the 2018 season as the backup to free-agent signing Trent Murphy, but still retained significant playing time as the Bills rotated their defensive personnel throughout games. Lawson started several games after Murphy struggled with injuries. He recorded 7 tackles in a week 9 loss to the Chicago Bears. Against the Jacksonville Jaguars in week 12, Lawson was involved in a fistfight with Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette as part of a brawl that broke out between the two teams in the third quarter. Lawson and Fournette were both ejected from the game for the scuffle, but while Lawson only received a $33,425 fine, Fournette was suspended for one game. Lawson later stated he was defending himself and his teammates and that Fournette initiated the fight.

paragraph: Against the Miami Dolphins in week 17, Lawson collected two sacks on Ryan Tannehill in addition to a forced fumble, making this his first career multi-sack game. He finished the 2018 season with much-improved stats, recording 30 combined tackles, four sacks, two fumbles forced, and six passes defended on the year. He was also named by "Pro Football Focus" to their team of the week after a strong performance against the Detroit Lions in week 15.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Buffalo Bills.:2019.

paragraph: On May 1, 2019, the Bills declined the fifth-year option on Lawson's contract, making him a free agent in 2020.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Lawson's father was killed in a car accident during his junior year of high school. Lawson then chose to attend Clemson University to remain close to his family.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buffalo Bills bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Clemson Tigers bio

description: American Football Player

wikidata_label: Shaq Lawson

wikipedia_title: Shaq Lawson


text:
courtesy name
Uncle
Daoist philosopher
Three Kingdoms
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
guqin
Qin
qin
Confucianism
Cao Wei
Sima Zhao
Zhong Hui
Guqin
List of Chinese authors
Ji Kang in contemporary art
The Poetry of Ruan Ji and Xi Kang
Xi Kang

categories: People from Huaibei,Ancient music composers,Cao Wei musicians,3rd-century Chinese poets,Chinese male composers,3rd-century philosophers,223 births,Guqin players,Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove,Musicians from Anhui,Cao Wei essayists,Writers from Anhui,262 deaths,Chinese non-fiction writers

paragraph: Ji Kang

paragraph: Ji Kang (, 223–262), sometimes referred to as Xi Kang, courtesy name Shuye (, "Uncle Evening"), was a Chinese writer, poet, Daoist philosopher, musician and alchemist of the Three Kingdoms period. He was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove who engaged in separating themselves from the dangerous political situation of third-century China in favour of devoting themselves to a life of art and leisure.

paragraph: Ji Kang is noted as an author and famous for having been a composer and guqin-player. He was described as a handsome and tall man (approximately 1.88 metres).

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: As a thinker, Ji Kang wrote on longevity, music theory, politics and ethics. Among his works were "Yangsheng Lun" (飬生論, Essay on Nourishing Life), "Shengwu Aile Lun" (聲無哀樂論, Discourse on [the nature of ] sounds [as] not having sorrow or joy, i. e. On the Absence of Sentiments in Music), "Qin Fu" (琴賦, A Composition on the Qin), and "Shisi Lun" (釋私論, Discourse on Individuality). As a musician, Ji Kang composed a number of solo pieces for the qin.

paragraph: Ji Kang was highly critical of Confucianism and challenged many social conventions of his time. As such, he was considered scandalous and seditious. He married Cao Cao's granddaughter (or great-granddaughter according to some). Ji Kang assumed a post under the Cao Wei state, but was not particularly interested in government work. When the regent Sima Zhao came to power, he intended to grant Ji Kang a position as a civil official. However, Ji Kang was uncooperative and behaved insolently towards Zhong Hui, whom Sima Zhao sent to convey his offer. Later, one of Ji Kang's friends was imprisoned after being framed. Ji Kang defended him and testified in his case, and was also sent to jail as a result. Following Zhong Hui's advice, Sima Zhao sentenced Ji Kang to death. 3,000 scholars signed a petition to release him, but the appeal was denied. Before his execution, Ji Kang asked for his zither and played his swan song, which music is presumed to be forever lost.

paragraph: Ji Kang wrote "Guangling San", a composition for the Guqin which tells the story of the assassination of the king of Han. It was said to be inspired by a spirit visitation, and was met with widespread acclaim.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Chinese authors

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ji Kang in contemporary art

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Owen, Stephen [translator], Swartz, Wendy [translator], Tian, Xiaofei [editor], Warner, Ding Xiang [editor] (2017). The Poetry of Ruan Ji and Xi Kang . " De Gruyter Mouton".

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Xi Kang Xi Kang and Qin music.

description: Chinese writer

wikidata_label: Ji Kang

wikipedia_title: Ji Kang


text:
Chertsey
England
The Darkness
Justin Hawkins
Stone Gods
hard rock
glam metal
Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
Def Leppard
Whitesnake
AC/DC
Queen
Mötley Crüe
Thin Lizzy
Lowestoft
Kirkley High School
GCSE
Camden, London
Natalie Imbruglia
The Darkness
Justin Hawkins
Ed Graham
Frankie Poullain
Richie Edwards
Ivor Novello Award
Stone Gods
Silver Spoons & Broken Bones
Roy Thomas Baker
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back
Wymondham
Gibson Les Paul
David Lynch
Gibson Les Paul Custom
Jimmy Page
Angus Young
Gibson SG
Vox AC30

categories: 1976 births,English rock guitarists,People educated at Kirkley Community High School,People from Chertsey,Lead guitarists,People from Lowestoft,Rhythm guitarists,Living people,The Darkness (band) members

paragraph: Dan Hawkins (musician)

paragraph: Daniel Francis Hawkins (born 12 December 1976 in Chertsey, England) is an English rock guitarist, best known as a guitarist and backing singer of the UK band, The Darkness. The band fronted by his older brother Justin Hawkins, achieved notable mainstream success between 2002 and 2006. He also plays lead guitar for Stone Gods. He is influenced by hard rock and glam metal genre such as Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, AC/DC, Queen, Mötley Crüe and Thin Lizzy.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: After moving to Lowestoft, Hawkins attended Kirkley High School and achieved good grades in his GCSEs before leaving his hometown behind for the bright lights and cosmopolitan lifestyle of Camden, London. From a young age, he aspired to be a musician, beginning on drums, moving on to bass and finally mastering the guitar. Back in his early days in his professional career, he worked as a session guitarist for various artists including Natalie Imbruglia. Previous bands include Vital Signs and Empire before The Darkness consisting of Justin Hawkins, Ed Graham, Frankie Poullain and later, Richie Edwards, became a mainstream success. With The Darkness he has won Brits, MTV and Kerrang awards and the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for songwriting in 2004. The Darkness split in 2006.

paragraph: In 2006, after The Darkness disbanded, Dan regrouped with bandmates Richie and Ed to begin the band that would, after the recruitment of bassist Toby Macfarlaine, become Stone Gods. He played lead guitar in the band and saw their debut album "Silver Spoons & Broken Bones", which was well received by critics. Stone Gods went on hiatus in 2011, preceding the reunion of The Darkness.

paragraph: Hawkins was involved with the production process during the recording of both The Darkness's albums, learning the skills alongside famed producer, Roy Thomas Baker. He co-produced B-sides for "One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back". His first credited project was Stone Gods' album "Silver Spoons & Broken Bones" with the record producer, Nick Brine. Hawkins also built and owns a luxury, commercial residential recording studio 'Leeders Farm' in Wymondham, Norfolk where The Darkness albums were recorded, which is run by Brine and his partner Katy Dann. Bands such as The Dandies, Arctic Monkeys, Seasick Steve, The Rifles, Teenage fanclub, Wild Beasts, and more recently ex Thunder guitarist Luke Morley's new band The Union have all recorded there.

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paragraph: Hawkins' guitar of choice is the Gibson Les Paul and his main instrument, both live and in the studio, is his well used 2000 Honeyburst Standard (nicknamed 'Dune' after the David Lynch film) which he played extensively in The Darkness and in Stone Gods. Over the years he has owned and played several Les Paul Standards and currently tours with 6-8 of them including a second 2000 Honeyburst (nicknamed 'Terry'), a Wine Red 1997 Standard (known as UB40 which is used for the songs 'Givin' Up' and 'Friday Night'), a late 1970s Sunburst B-stock formerly owned by the guitarist from the band Sputnik), a 2003 Goldtop (belonging to his guitar tech, but borrowed for tours), a late 1990s Standard re-finished in white, and a 2013 Honeyburst Flametop.

paragraph: During 2003-2006 he used a Gretsch Elliot Easton solid body for the song "Black Shuck" but this was sold to fund the recording of the second Stone Gods album. Another guitar that has not been seen during this reunion is a 2000 Standard in black (nicknamed 'Black Shuck') that was previously also used live. He also owns a Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty which was originally handbuilt for Jimmy Page, but Page decided it was too heavy and rejected the instrument; Page is one of Hawkins's biggest influences. It is fitted with a Fishman Powerblend pickup and is used for the song 'Love is only a feeling'. It is also known that when Dan was waiting for the arrival of a different humbucker to put into the instrument his then-guitar tech said that he had a Kent Armstrong prototype humbucker that was taken out of one of Angus Young's Gibson SG's. He fitted Angus's old humbucker to the guitar and liked the sound so much that he left it in.

paragraph: Among a variety of amplifiers, his primary choices are Marshall amps, particularly the 1959 SLP and Handwired Re-Issue models (as is exemplified in videos of The Darkness live at The Astoria, London in 2003). For his 'dirtier' sounds in Stone Gods, he played a Marshall JCM 800 Re-Issue head through Marshall 1960AX/BX cabinets, combined with a Diezel Herbert head. He has also been seen recently using both a Vox AC30 combo and a Wizard Modern Classic head to compliment his several Marshall stacks. Effects wise, a vintage Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer pedal is his mainstay for overdrive, but recent photos of his 2012/2013 touring rig show additional pedals from Electro Harmonix, MXR, Strymon and Devi Ever among others.

paragraph: A large amount of Hawkins' distinct tone comes from his use of heavy gauge strings. He uses Ernie Ball Beefy Slinkys (typically; 11, 15, 22p, 30w, 42w, 54w) and Jim Dunlop Maxi Grip 0.73mm picks.

description: British musician

wikidata_label: Dan Hawkins

wikipedia_title: Dan Hawkins (musician)