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paragraph: Daniel R. Jenky

paragraph: Daniel Robert Jenky, CSC (born March 3, 1947) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

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

paragraph: Daniel Jenky was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended St. Laurence High School, under the direction of the Irish Christian Brothers. He entered the University of Notre Dame in 1965, and the novitiate of the Congregation of Holy Cross at Bennington, Vermont in 1966. In 1970, Jenky obtained bachelor's degree in history. He made his profession as member of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1973, the same year in which he earned his Master of Theology degree and received his diaconate.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Ordination and ministry.

paragraph: Jenky was ordained to the priesthood on April 6, 1974. He then taught social studies and religion at Bourgade Catholic High School in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1975, he returned to his "alma mater" of Notre Dame and was Rector of Dillon Hall, Director of Campus Ministry, and Rector of Sacred Heart Church (which would later become a basilica under his tenure), teaching courses as well. In 1985, he became Superior of the Holy Cross priests and brothers at Notre Dame.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend.

paragraph: On October 21, 1997, Jenky was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend and Titular Bishop of "Amantia" by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 16 from Bishop John M. D'Arcy, with Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan and Archbishop Charles Asa Schleck, CSC, serving as co-consecrators. Jenky was assigned as rector of St. Matthew’s Cathedral and pastor of the parish.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Bishop of Peoria.

paragraph: Pope John Paul II later appointed Jenky as the eighth Bishop of Peoria on February 12, 2002, and he was installed as such on April 10 of that same year at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria. Bishop Jenky has introduced the cause for the canonization of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a native of Peoria.

paragraph: In an April 2012 men's march homily, Jenky, to the applause of the attendees, included the Obama Administration’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on a list of things the Catholic Church has survived including the early persecution of Christians, barbarian invasions, "wave after wave of Jihads", the "Age of Revolution", Nazism, and Communism. He continued, "…the Church will survive the entrenched corruption and sheer incompetence of our Illinois state government, and even the calculated disdain of the President of the United States, his bureaucrats and HHS, and the majority in today’s Federal senate."

paragraph: More than 90 faculty members at the University of Notre Dame, where he served as Director of Campus Ministry and Rector of the Basilica of Notre Dame before he became Auxiliary Bishop, and where he sits on the 12-member University of Notre Dame Board of Fellows, signed a letter to the University President, the Rev. John I. Jenkins, CSC, and the Chairman of Notre Dame's Board of Trustees, asking that the Bishop renounce his remarks, which they described as insensitive and as too political in tone, or resign from the Board of Fellows, though they acknowledged his constitutional right to freedom of expression. The local chapters of the NAACP, the ACLU, and the Anti-Defamation League also demanded an apology, and there were calls to have the IRS investigate the Bishop because the Diocese, as a tax-exempt, non-profit private entity, is supposed to refrain from overly political comments. Rabbi Daniel Bogard of Peoria's Anshai Emeth Congregation said that Jenky was engaging in demagoguery and using the Holocaust "as a partisan political ploy that trivializes the memory of 13 million innocents killed."

paragraph: Diocesan officials, including a Vicar General, Monsignor James E. Kruse, and the Chancellor, Patricia Gibson, said that the analogy was meant to point out that the U.S. is starting to suffer an erosion of religious freedom and of the freedom of expression, particularly for Christians.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic Church hierarchy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic Church in the United States

paragraph: BULLET::::- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Catholic bishops of the United States

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notes

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Office of the Bishop on the Diocese of Peoria website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic-Hierarchy entry for Daniel Robert Jenky

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paragraph: Manfred Schmorde

paragraph: Manfred Schmorde (born 18 September 1946 in Großsteinberg, Saxony) is a German rower. He competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo and won medals at international rowing competitions.

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paragraph: Manfred Schneider

paragraph: Manfred Schneider (born 9 October 1941) is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won medals at various international rowing competitions.

description: East German rower

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paragraph: Graham Kennedy

paragraph: Graham Cyril Kennedy AO (15 February 1934 – 25 May 2005) was an Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer, as well as a personality and star of radio, theatre, television and film. He was often called "Gra Gra" (pronounced "gray-gray"). Honoured as an Officer of the Order of Australia, he was a six-time recipient of the Gold Logie, including the Logie Hall of Fame award, and won the Star of the Year Award in 1959. He is the most awarded star of Australian television. He was often referred to as "The King" or the "King of Australian television". He was best known for his collaborations with Australian entertainer Bert Newton and American-born television personality Don Lane.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Childhood.

paragraph: Kennedy was born in Camden Street, Balaclava to Cyril William Kennedy and Mary Austen Kennedy (née Scott). Kennedy's mother, who was 18 years old at the time of his birth, was employed at a local picture theatre. His father worked variously as an engineer and handyman, mowed lawns and washed cars. In 1939 he joined the RAAF as an air gunner. Kennedy's first home was a "small, crowded duplex" at 32 Nelson Street, Balaclava. A 20 cm diameter plaque was placed on the property by the City of Port Phillip, coincidentally in the week of Kennedy's death.

paragraph: When Kennedy was two years old, his parents moved to Carlisle Street, St Kilda, for two years. His parents divorced shortly before World War II and Kennedy was largely raised by his grandparents, "Pop" Kennedy (who had been an electrician at Melbourne's Tivoli, Royal and Bijou theatres) and "Grandma Scott", to whom he remained particularly close until her death. Kennedy later said that he had:

paragraph: often wished his mother and father had never married. 'I wasn't enamoured of either of them [...] they betrayed me [...] divorce is not too much fun for a little nine-year-old [...]

paragraph: After Kennedy's death, an article in "The Bulletin" by his friend and colleague John Mangos recorded that:

paragraph: ... he would sometimes talk about the violent arguments between his parents, how he gravitated to his grandmother's bosom, his two uncles ("one fought the Germans, the other fought the Japs") and how one of them took liberties with the boy. Graham never resented him, claiming he equated it with affection.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Education.

paragraph: Kennedy was educated firstly at Euston College (which no longer exists) on the corner of Chapel and Carlisle streets, secondly at Caulfield North Central School (now Caulfield Junior College) and finally at Melbourne High School, South Yarra.

paragraph: In 1977, Kennedy chaired a project to raise funds for improvements at Melbourne High which raised more than $100,000 in its first year.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:After school.

paragraph: During a school break in 1949, Kennedy worked in his uncle's hairdressing shop at 475 Collins Street, where he met clients who worked in the same building for the Radio Australia shortwave service of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. He was offered, and accepted, a job as a news runner from Collins Street to the ABC studios in Lonsdale Street. Shortly thereafter he joined radio station 3UZ, working in the station's record library.

paragraph: Section::::Radio career.

paragraph: Section::::Radio career.:3UZ and "Nicky".

paragraph: Melbourne's most popular commercial radio personality was arguably Clifford "Nicky" Nicholls Whitta. A radio performer since 1932, he presented a popular housewives' programme, as well as "Chatterbox Corner" with his wife Nancy Lee (Kathleen Lindgren).

paragraph: In an era when Australian radio announcers routinely adopted false British accents and a "hard sell" approach to advertisements, Whitta's authentic Australian voice and irreverent attitude towards his sponsors made him the idol of his audience. By the early 1950s a newspaper survey found that more than 70 per cent of Melbourne housewives tuned into his show.

paragraph: In his foreword to Nancy Lee's book "Being a Chum Was Fun" (1979) Kennedy wrote:

paragraph: About 40 years ago, when I was a snow haired six year old, I can remember being totally captivated by a grown man pretending to be a naughty little boy on 3AW's children session called "Chatterbox Corner". His name was Clifford Whitta, and he was to become the most important man in my life. Years later I was even more fascinated with this man when he conducted a breakfast program and let the boy who played his records actually talk on the air with him.

paragraph: Nicholls moved from 3KZ to 3UZ (where Kennedy was working), bringing with him his teenage panel operators Alf "Alfie Boy" Thesinger and Russell Archer. However, eighteen-year-olds, Thesinger and Archer were "called up" (conscripted) for National Service. Nancy Lee's book records:

paragraph: I asked Nicky, "Have you decided on anyone to help you in the session yet?" When I heard the chosen one was to be young Graham, I was surprised. "Oh, no, not Graham! [...] he's a nice boy, but he can't talk." Nick said, "Mum, leave him to me."

paragraph: Nicky became father-figure, personal friend and mentor to Kennedy, and the two built an extraordinary on-air rapport. Kennedy wrote:

paragraph: Being straight man to one of the greatest entertainers of our time was not all that easy. We were not always chums. He would spend weeks not talking to me (except on air) for something I had unknowingly said or done. Once he even suspended me from the programme for some trivial matter. [...] I worked with him until his sudden death in 1956. I never stopped being a fan. I did not realise then that I had been prepared for another career on another electrical medium: the most potent communication device of the century."

paragraph: Nicky died on 8 September 1956.

paragraph: Section::::Radio career.:Other radio.

paragraph: By May 1957, Kennedy was appearing on television, but also presented a 3AK morning radio programme with Bert Newton in 1961–1962, which later originated from a studio built at Kennedy's home in Olivers Hill, Frankston.

paragraph: In 1970 he worked at 3XY; from June to December 1975 he appeared on a 3LO drivetime program with Richard Combe; from September to November 1976 was on 3DB with Denis Scanlan; in 1977 he returned to DB to cover the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II live from London.

paragraph: Section::::Radio career.:RS Playhouse.

paragraph: Kennedy recorded eight thirty-minute radio comedies for the ABC under the title "Graham Kennedy's RS Playhouse". Written by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler (who together wrote the television programs "Kingswood Country" and "The Naked Vicar Show"), the shows were broadcast between 11 August and 23 September 1979.

paragraph: The episode titles were:

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paragraph: Sattler and his wife (actress Noeline Brown) were two of Kennedy's closest friends.

paragraph: Section::::Radio career.:2Day FM.

paragraph: In 1980 Kennedy became a ten percent shareholder in Sydney radio station 2Day FM and from 24 May 1981 presented a computer-edited, three-hour Sunday morning program of music and comedy.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.

paragraph: Kennedy's first television appearance was in March 1957, representing 3UZ on a GTV-9 Red Cross telethon. Viewing his performance on the monitors, GTV-9's general manager Colin Bednall and producer Norman Spencer ""... turned to one another without exchanging a word and shook hands.""

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:"In Melbourne Tonight".

paragraph: Bednall and Spencer defied both the GTV-9 boardroom and the first sponsor (Philips) by choosing Kennedy, who began on a salary of 30 pounds for five one-hour evening shows per week to be called "In Melbourne Tonight" (or "IMT") which began on 6 May 1957. Thus the 23-year-old Kennedy began a career of which he later said that he was ""terrified for forty years"". The show's theme song, "Gee, But You're Swell", was written by Abel Baer and Thomas Tobias in 1936.

paragraph: Kennedy was not GTV-9's first choice – they had planned to use either 3UZ personality John McMahon or 3DB's Dick Cranbourne. Despite later reports that the programme's name had been intended to be "The Late Show", and that rival station HSV-7 beat GTV-9 to the title by one week, contemporary press reports from several weeks before the show's debut list the title as "In Melbourne Tonight". The program became extremely popular, although Kennedy had his detractors. Kennedy was quoted as saying:

paragraph: Many women write to tell me that although their husbands may not like me, they do. It appears from the mail that the women have the say on what the household is watching. And we do remember that it is the women who do the buying of products that we advertise. Bearing that in mind we try and design our commercials for them.

paragraph: "IMT" was devised as a copy of the American 'Tonight Show' format, with the host presiding over sketches, introducing star artists and reading advertisements live. His colleague Bert Newton records in his autobiography:

paragraph: (Norman) Spencer was the mastermind of "IMT"; don't let anyone forget that. Nothing happened on "IMT" that Norm did not approve personally [...] Norman Spencer chose Graham Kennedy as compère; Norm kept his eye on the show from day to day; he pushed the buttons from the control room which put the TV shots into viewers' homes at night; he added the talent around Graham and he set up the organisation.

paragraph: Spencer wielded other influence too. According to Hugh Stuckey, a writer on the show, the producer placed Kennedy with a series of attractive young women to displace rumours of Kennedy's homosexuality.

paragraph: This was an era in which homosexuality was, well, horrifying. So every now and again Kennedy had to be seen about in case any viewers thought him the other persuasion. [...] It was cleverly manipulated – the station had the media at its disposal. It was all to give Graham a good old hetero image though he always seemed very unsexual.

paragraph: By July 1959 the program was still popular in Melbourne. Recurring comedy players Joff Ellen and Rosie Sturgess became regulars. Singer Toni Lamond joined the cast. Attempts were made at this time to launch Kennedy as a "national" personality. Special Friday night editions of IMT were produced under the title of "The Graham Kennedy Show" and recorded on videotape which had just come into use. After being transmitted live in Melbourne taped copies of the show would be shipped to Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney for transmission there on subsequent evenings. Producer Spencer observed there was critical and popular resistance to Kennedy in Sydney. Queensland too had shown suspicion to imports from down south trumpeted to Queenslanders as the best in Australia while Queensland itself had apparently been left out of this judgement.

paragraph: "The Graham Kennedy Show" began in February 1960 but was not popular in Sydney. The program was judged stilted compared to IMT itself; Kennedy seemed much more subdued than usual, was tense, and the comedy was not working. Critics in Sydney and Queensland disliked key components of the show. Judged as a flop, "The Graham Kennedy Show" in Sydney was dropped by ATN7 after 13 weeks. The program however was immediately picked up by TCN9 – its general manager Ken G. Hall saw potential in the program. After continued bad reviews its popularity increased in Sydney. By July 1960 it had reached its twenty-fifth episode and had the highest ratings in Australia.

paragraph: Later in 1960 Kennedy faced opposition when Sir Frank Packer bought GTV-9. Unlike the previous owner, Packer interfered directly with the station's activities. GTV-9 executive Colin Bednall reported that Packer hated Kennedy and forcefully articulated his desire to have him removed from the IMT.

paragraph: Packer had a phobia about homosexuals and he believed Kennedy to be one. He insisted he could pick one a mile off.

paragraph: Kennedy himself was aware that Packer "loathed" him:

paragraph: Sir Frank did suspect that I and others were of that persuasion. I mean if everyone in the television industry was fired because of that, there would be few around! [...] I've been accused of everything. I've been accused of being homosexual, bisexual, heterosexual and worst of all asexual, which means you don't do anything. That's cruel.

paragraph: Packer's arrival prompted the departure of IMT producer Norman Spencer. IMT continued its run. Other regular performers on IMT were Patti Newton and Philip Brady. In 1961 Kennedy described his presentation of the program.

paragraph: In the whole of the ten years I have been working on radio and television, I have been working to a majority of women. I think women prefer men to be well-mannered, so I always try to watch my manners. They like men to be well dressed, so I do my best to observe this. Others bring to my notice the fact that I sometimes make grammatical errors in my speech; so, because of this, I try to watch my grammar – but at the same time I bear in mind that it's more profitable for me to be entertaining than to be perfect in my use of English.

paragraph: By March 1961 the national show had been renamed "Graham Kennedy's Channel 9 Show" and was finding quiet acceptance nationally. Even at this time Kennedy admitted there were problems in the weekly national show.

paragraph: We clam up and get tense. But I think the national show will improve in the next few weeks. We want to include the best segments of "IMT" in the national show. "IMT" is a lot more spontaneous than the national show – we've run up to an hour overtime. We like to get the audience to participate and if we can find someone interesting in the studio audience we throw away our scripts and just adlib.

paragraph: Kennedy by this stage did not always host "IMT". Bert Newton hosted on Monday nights. Then a September 1961 reshuffle had Toni Lamond host Monday nights and Newton hosted only on Thursday nights. Kennedy took occasional nights off to be replaced by Fred Parslow, Jimmy Hannan, and Philip Brady. Despite resistance from network executives to the varied hosting line-up, the ratings remained strong.

paragraph: In January 1962 the national "Graham Kennedy's Channel 9 Show" was cancelled and replaced by "The Channel 9 Show" hosted by Bert Newton. Kennedy continued to fine-tune his "IMT" performances. Kennedy had a strong understanding of key technical elements of television and perfected his comic timing, and watched the lenses on the TV cameras, adjusting his performance depending on whether he was in a wide shot or a close up. Compilation highlight programs of "IMT" segments were screened in Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide in May 1963 under the title "The Best of Kennedy". "The Best of Kennedy" continued until December 1963. On "IMT", Noel Ferrier was appointed the new Friday night host. Also in 1963 writer Mike McColl-Jones joined. Kennedy had often disliked having writers on the program, was reluctant for them to be publicly acknowledged, and often ignored all their material. In the case of McColl-Jones, Kennedy seemed to like him and his comedy material, which was apparently the key requirement by which Kennedy would use a writer's material. McColl-Jones continued as a writer on the series for several years. Also in 1963 Ernie Carroll joined the writing team. Kennedy had apparently relaxed his attitude towards writers by this stage and seemed happy to use their material with few complaints.

paragraph: In 1964 Bert Newton abruptly disappeared from the program. It was not publicly acknowledged at the time but he had suffered a nervous breakdown. After a long absence he returned to appear on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening episodes. On 14 June 1965 "IMT" reached its 2,000th instalment and more people watched the show per capita than any other television program in the world.

paragraph: By this stage Fred Parslow was well established on the program's writing team and was a confidante of Kennedy's.

paragraph: When he was really down, depressed about things. A relationship had failed. He rang me in a terrible state and asked me to go down to his house in Frankston. Joan, my wife, said you better go. He sounded really desperate. There wasn't much he could do for such a long time. Of course, when he did start to get brave, he was too old for going around and picking up what he might enjoy. He was the first of our mega stars; there seem to be mega stars everywhere now. In those days, living in such a Sleepy Hollow like Melbourne, he found his life terribly, terribly difficult. And you can understand in those days. The times have changed. It's almost compulsory to be homosexual now.

paragraph: On 7 July 1965 Kennedy appeared on a then-innovative live split-screen link with Don Lane, the host of "Sydney Tonight", via the recently completed co-axial cable linking Melbourne and Sydney. Starting late September 1966, "IMT" itself was transmitted to Sydney via the coaxial cable. This coincided with a cameo in the film "They're a Weird Mob" in which Kennedy plays himself. Like the film's protagonist, Kennedy in the film finds Sydney to be a city somewhat unwelcoming towards migrants from anywhere. By early December 1966 ratings for Kennedy's show were strong in Sydney. There was an increase from one "IMT" episode a week in Sydney, to two, with a Monday night broadcast added that month.

paragraph: By 1968 there was a regular roster of "IMT" guest hosts, including Bert Newton, Tim Evans, Bobby Limb, Don Lane, Kevin Sanders, and Michael Preston. The announcement of Kennedy's intention to leave "IMT" was made in October 1969 and he left the show on the expiration of his contract 23 December 1969. His final episode features newsreader Sir Eric Pearce placing on his head a crown made by the Channel Nine prop department in the style of that worn by Henry IV, symbolising Kennedy's reign as King of Australian television.

paragraph: In 2007, the crown (which a private collector had recognised at a junk store in Bowral NSW, and purchased for $5) was auctioned for more than $17,000 to a producer of the Seven Network's "Sunrise" programme.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:Comedic style.

paragraph: Kennedy deliberately pushed the boundaries of acceptability in a socially conservative era. Inspired by stage comedians such as Roy Rene, his style was bawdy, irreverent, iconoclastic, often smutty, sometimes deliberately camp, and laden with innuendo and double-entendre. He regularly overstepped the boundaries of accepted "good taste", once telling a fan "There are no limits, love, there are no limits."

paragraph: Journalist Megan Gressor described Kennedy's style as having "... mongrel roots – a hybrid of vaudeville, slapstick and endless suggestiveness, plus a subliminal subversiveness all his own. It seems almost pantomimic to modern eyes, but Kennedy was a product of simpler times. And more complex. His was an act predicated upon repression; naughtiness loses its point in a world without taboos, where anything goes. It wouldn't work today, when people don't just say "fuck" on television, they do it."

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:Comedic style.:Advertisements.

paragraph: Drawing on his radio experience with Nicky (who had routinely "sent up" advertisers), Kennedy transformed the live commercials from what would have otherwise been dull pro-forma obligations into a unique comedic art form. On one famous occasion, a scheduled 20-second ad spot for an aspirin product was spun out into 33 minutes of improvised comedy.

paragraph: Newton has written:

paragraph: The blood would drain from the face of Pelaco shirt-wearing executives in television, advertising and business until they realised that instead of televisual suicide, this skinny little wiseguy was commercial gold. And then they liked his brand of humour a lot.

paragraph: A commercial I shared with Graham, Raoul Merton ('of comfort you're certain when you wear Raoul Merton') changed the footwear buying habits of men.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:Sam Chisholm.

paragraph: Gerald Stone recounts in his book "Compulsive Viewing" that a "cocky young salesman" visited the IMT set hoping for an extra plug for his employer's product. The young salesman was Sam Chisholm, who later became a senior executive for variously the Packer and Murdoch media empires. A May 2005 interview with Chisholm records:

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:Rover.

paragraph: Kennedy requested a "reject" dog from the Jack Davey Memorial Guide Dog Centre and was given a Labrador Retriever which he named "Rover".

paragraph: Rover was sometimes brought into the studio to assist with advertisements for Pal dog food. One night the dog showed no interest whatsoever in the product, which Kennedy then himself proceeded to eat with apparent relish, straight from the can – or so it seemed.

paragraph: Rover also achieved television immortality by relieving himself – live to air – upon one of the huge cameras. The studio audience collapsed in hysterics, but the duration and urgency of Rover's impressively hydraulic performance might have led some cynics to question just how impromptu the event really was.

paragraph: Biographer Blundell quotes Ernie Carroll:

paragraph: Pal dog food, with Rover [...] was time consuming [...] once we fed him all afternoon so that when he came out to do the commercial he didn't want to touch the Pal dog food. He was already full of it. [...] on another occasion they had him drink before the show, big drinks. So when he came out, he peed all over the camera and all around the set [...] Even those seemingly innocent dog manoeuvres were carefully planned.

paragraph: Kennedy was exasperated for decades by questions about ""whatever happened to Rover"". As late as 1989, on "Graham Kennedy's News Hour" (see below), he answered a viewer's question couched in exactly those words with the withering reply ""... he was a dog. What do you think happened?""

paragraph: In early June 2005, on the 3AW programme "Nightline" with Philip Brady and Bruce Mansfield, Patti (McGrath) Newton stated that her father had often looked after Rover when he appeared at GTV-9. It seems that Kennedy had become increasingly irritated with retrieving Rover from the pound and so, when Patti's father's dog died, Rover went on to a long and happy life at the McGrath (senior) household.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:"The Graham Kennedy Show".

paragraph: After specials on 15 November 1971 and 2 March 1972, Kennedy returned to regular television with "The Graham Kennedy Show" on 19 September 1972. This series lasted until late 1973. In 1974, when Kennedy claimed he wanted a rest, Nine allegedly paid him not to sign with another network. It was Frank Packer who paid Kennedy $50,000 to do nothing, as he was fearful he would work for someone else. Kennedy said in 1978:

paragraph: The Graham Kennedy Show resumed in March 1975, and was Kennedy's first series in colour.

paragraph: Memorable, and controversial, moments, included the "crow call" controversy where, on 3 March 1975, Kennedy imitated a crow call ("faaaaaark") highly reminiscent of the word "fuck". This led the Australian Broadcasting Control Board to request that Kennedy "show cause" why he should not be removed from the airwaves. Kennedy replied that he could not show cause, suggesting that the Board take action to limit his appearances, while hinting at legal action should they do so. Rather than removing him, the ABCB banned Kennedy from appearing live, forcing him to pre-record the show on videotape.

paragraph: Another notable moment was from 17 April 1975, when Kennedy attacked Senator Doug McClelland, the then Minister for the Media, over local content issues. His comments were edited, and a voiceover recorded by the general manager was inserted saying that Kennedy had made a "cowardly attack on a Labor Minister who was unable to defend himself."

paragraph: Following the McClelland incident, Kennedy parted company with the Nine Network, but later returned.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:"Power Without Glory".

paragraph: Kennedy appeared as Clive Parker in an episode of the 26-part ABC drama "Power Without Glory", which began on 21 June 1976.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:"Blankety Blanks".

paragraph: He returned to television in 1977 for what is now Network Ten to host a comedy game show, "Blankety Blanks". It dominated early evening television over two seasons, between 7 February 1977 and 15 September 1978. The show featured friends from his earlier days including Noeline Brown, Barry Creyton, Noel Ferrier, Ugly Dave Gray, Carol Raye and Stuart Wagstaff. It was only after the show became a ratings success and the network's most profitable program that it revealed Kennedy was paid an unprecedented $1 million per season.

paragraph: In 1979, "The King" became "King of Moomba" complete with his famous motorised desk, the second Melbourne-born recipient after Newton.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:"The Blainey View".

paragraph: In 1982 Kennedy provided the voice-over narration for a ten-episode ABC historical documentary "The Blainey View".

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:"Eleven AM".

paragraph: Kennedy appeared as the host of Channel Seven's morning news program "Eleven AM" in 1983 and again – for eight weeks – in 1984.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:"Graham Kennedy's News Show".

paragraph: Nearly 60, Kennedy accepted an offer from the Nine Network's managing director Sam Chisholm to present "Graham Kennedy's News Show" from Sydney, to air five nights a week at 10:30 pm against Clive Robertson's "Newsworld" on the Seven Network. Five trial programmes were recorded but never broadcast.

paragraph: Kennedy initially "pulled the plug" and withdrew from the show but returned (see Harry M. Miller, below). Kennedy's contract stipulated that his co-presenter would be sports commentator Ken Sutcliffe.

paragraph: Kennedy's writers, who worked from a production cottage at the corner of Scott Street and Artarmon Road included Jim Pike, Tim Evans, Larry Burns, and Ken Stirling. Blundell records:

paragraph: They worked in the back room shooting out gags over typewriters and word processors, united in their hatred of the 'Little Guy', as they also called him."

paragraph: The writers also referred to Kennedy as "the little buggle-eyed bastard". However, they admired his talent. Jim Pike said, ".. I hate him, but he is the best there is".

paragraph: Kennedy defied convention with remarks which were tasteless, and yet hilarious. Pointing out the irony of how a news show gets good ratings he said it would be helpful for his show's ratings if the Pope's aircraft were to fly into a mountain while it was full of orphans. He also remarked that Queen Elizabeth II "didn't have bad breasts ... for a woman of her age" and mocked 17 October 1989, San Francisco Loma Prieta earthquake with a re-creation on the set.

paragraph: After a slightly heavy woman was caught for streaking at a cricket match, Graham explained on air that they would run the footage but had to cover certain offending parts of her body with black. The clip he played was all black, except for a single spot that revealed her pubic hair.

paragraph: He also reprised the "Chum Song" from Melbourne radio days, saying that it originated in a 1920s children's newspaper column in Scotland. In Nancy Lee's book "Being a Chum Was Fun" she writes:

paragraph: The Chum Song, I believe, was written and recorded originally by Jack Hilton for a Scottish Newsboys Club.

paragraph: The lyrics of the chorus are:

paragraph: Sutcliffe would "corpse", with tears in his eyes, unable to continue; this became so frequent that Kennedy managed to coin a catchphrase, "I love it when he cries".

paragraph: Kennedy called Sutcliffe "Two Dogs" after delivering a joke ending with the tag "Why do you ask, Two Dogs Rooting?"

paragraph: Graham Kennedy's News Show was a rarity in that it was a live news show that had a studio audience. Five nights a week for most of the year, audiences lined up at 10:30 at night just to see Kennedy do his magic in the flesh. Often the funniest parts of the show were in the commercial breaks when Kennedy would come down and join the audience for a chat. He always made a point of telling them a particularly crude joke that was timed so they got the punchline just a second before the show was back on air.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:"Coast to Coast".

paragraph: On 13 February 1989 the show became "Coast to Coast", with Nine journalist John Mangos replacing Sutcliffe, and ran until 8 December 1989.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:Harry M. Miller.

paragraph: Kennedy engaged Harry M. Miller as his agent. According to biographer Blundell, Kennedy believed that Miller was to donate his commission of $2500 per week to the Wayside Chapel for Kennedy's appearance on "Graham Kennedy's News Show".

paragraph: Miller later sued Kennedy for ""wrongful termination and for a 20 per cent commission on his 1989 gross earnings."" During the court case Miller ""painted a picture of his client of twenty years as a late-night drunk in the habit of sending demanding faxes while under the influence."" Justice Brownie found against Miller, and ordered him to pay $75,699 and costs.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:"Graham Kennedy's Funniest Home Videos".

paragraph: Kennedy's last series was "Graham Kennedy's Funniest Home Video Show" which was broadcast between 29 March and 15 November 1990 on the Nine Network.

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:"35 Years of Television".

paragraph: Kennedy presented the introduction segment to the Nine Network special "35 Years of Television" in 1991. The segment covered the very early days of television variety, including his own "In Melbourne Tonight".

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:Last television appearance.

paragraph: Kennedy's last television appearance was in February 1994 in an interview for "Ray Martin Presents Graham Kennedy's Sixtieth". Believing that Martin had ambushed him by departing from a pre-agreed list of questions, Kennedy ensured that much of the interview was unusable for broadcast by peppering his responses with obscenities.

paragraph: In 2005 John Mangos wrote:

paragraph: He (Kennedy) later explained the experience in a piece for TV Week in an article called 'In his own words'.

paragraph: "Ray Martin and I had worked together before, and he well knows that if I have the questions in advance, he'll get a better interview. Everyone knows this – politicians in particular. Ray duly faxed the questions to me, but on the morning of the recording changed them. I was bewildered by this (I think a researcher let him down). I terminated the interview when I didn't know what he was talking about and went upstairs to lunch."

paragraph: It was a critical turning point in his career. He vowed never to do television again.

paragraph: Ray Martin denied any ill intent, saying "We faxed a series of general topics, but it was clear at the outset that much would depend on the general run of the interview [...] An ambush was not on the agenda [...] He had no complaints. There was never a suggestion that he was unhappy."

paragraph: Section::::Television career.:Logie awards.

paragraph: Graham Kennedy coined the name Logie Award in 1960, after the inventor of television, John Logie Baird.

paragraph: Kennedy received many Logies, including:

paragraph: BULLET::::- 5 Gold Logies for the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television (1960, 1967, 1969, 1974, and 1978).

paragraph: BULLET::::- He also won the "TV Week Awards' Star of the Year" award at the inaugural presentation in 1959, and this is sometimes counted as his first Gold Logie, which would give him 6 in total

paragraph: BULLET::::- a Special Logie Award – the "Star of the Decade" in 1967

paragraph: BULLET::::- a Hall of Fame Logie Award in 1998. He did not attend the ceremony; the award was accepted on his behalf by Bert Newton.

paragraph: Section::::Film career.

paragraph: Kennedy appeared in a number of films, ranging from brief cameos to leading roles. They include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "They're a Weird Mob" (1966) (cameo as himself)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Box" (1975) (supporting role as himself)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Don's Party" (1976)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Odd Angry Shot" (1979)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Club" (1980)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Silent Reach" (1982) (telemovie)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Return of Captain Invincible" (1982) (cameo)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stanley" (1984)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Killing Fields" (1984)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Travelling North" (1987)

paragraph: He also had a cameo in "On the Beach" (1959) which was not used.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Being a period of that era of the 1950s I think being gay must have been pretty harsh for Graham. I can imagine...everybody knew, nobody cared, but I think it was such a time when you didn't talk about issues that were personal, and I think that made him much more secretive and reclusive, and I think that was probably quite a tough thing for him... — Susan Gaye Anderson"

paragraph: Kennedy himself never publicly acknowledged that he was gay, but his homosexuality was considered an open secret within the Australian entertainment industry.

paragraph: In the 1960s Bob Dyer described him as "probably the loneliest young man in Australia."

paragraph: In 1973 Melbourne newspapers reported that Kennedy was engaged to 28-year-old Australian singer Lana Cantrell, who became a successful New York lawyer.

paragraph: Many years later, Kennedy wrote to a newspaper that a photographer, taking pictures of Miss Cantrell and him leaving a restaurant together asked if he could "hint at a romance". The following Sunday a poster proclaimed "GRAHAM AND LANA TO WED". His former housekeeper, Mrs Devona Fox, in the 2009 television documentary "The Real Graham Kennedy", produced by Bob Phillips, one of the producers from Kennedy's breakthrough Channel 9 program "In Melbourne Tonight", is quoted as saying:

paragraph: Graham always told me right early on that he would never get married. He told me that his life was devastated when his parents split up, and he said straight out, "Mrs Fox, I'll never get married", so I never expected anything more of him than what did happen. Even when Lana Cantrell came into the scene I was puzzled and I did say to him why all this, and of course we all know it was good publicity. Lana came to the house and I had to go up, and have it all cleaned, ready for her and her party to come one Sunday night. And then on the Monday night, this great big announcement was going to be made that he was supposed to be engaged to Lana Cantrell. Well, the ratings went through the roof...

paragraph: In his 2006 book "King and I: My Life with Graham Kennedy", published by celebrity agent Anthony Zammit, broadcaster Rob Astbury stated that Kennedy and he had been lovers. Kennedy is portrayed as homosexual in the 2007 biopic "The King".

paragraph: He was a Freemason.

paragraph: Section::::Retirement.

paragraph: In 1991 Kennedy retired to a rural property at Canyonleigh, near Bowral in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, near his friends Tony Sattler and Noeline Brown, where his main companions were two Clydesdale horses named Dave and Sarah, and Henry, a Golden Retriever.

paragraph: Section::::Ill-health.

paragraph: Kennedy's health declined during the 1990s. He was diabetic, and a heavy smoker and drinker. Throughout his illnesses, his friends Tony Sattler and Noeline Brown rallied to his aid.

paragraph: On 18 December 2001 his housekeeper found him unconscious and dehydrated. Sattler said "Between the diabetes and the booze, there's not much left of him", adding that the death of Kennedy's dog Henry was "the final trigger".

paragraph: On 14 June 2002 Kennedy was found unconscious at the foot of the stairs at his home, suffering a broken leg and skull with suspected brain damage.

paragraph: His Canyonleigh property was sold, and he moved into a townhouse and later a nursing home.

paragraph: Section::::Ill-health.:Benefactor.

paragraph: Despite a career of high earnings, press reports said that his financial situation was, while not disastrous, insufficient to fund his ongoing care. Having made millions for the Packer family interests, he believed that ""the Packers will always look after me"".

paragraph: According to Graeme Blundell's biography, Tony Sattler:

paragraph: [...]spent several days ringing Kerry Packer's office [...] Nursing was going to cost $3000 a week. 'We could cope for several years but not longer". [...] "After three days Di Stone, Mr Packer's personal assistant, called Sattler back: 'Mr Packer has considered his plight. Unfortunately, he is unable to assist.

paragraph: [...] Sattler received a phone call from [...] an 'unnamed businessman' — [...] ten minutes later there was a call from Graham's bank to tell Sattler that $150,000 had been deposited in the ailing comedian's account.

paragraph: On 27 May 2005, Noeline Brown confirmed that the benefactor was Sam Chisholm.

paragraph: However, Kennedy's will reportedly left a seven-figure sum to the Sydney City Mission.

paragraph: Section::::Decline.

paragraph: On 2 February 2004, "The Daily Telegraph" said:

paragraph: The king of Australian TV Graham Kennedy will celebrate his 70th birthday next weekend with a few close friends. The low-key affair is expected to be at the Kenilworth Nursing Home at Bowral where Kennedy has lived since taking a nasty tumble a few years ago. Physically he's not in terrific shape. He can't walk any more and gets around in a wheelchair as a result of the diabetes and the years of heavy smoking.

paragraph: Actor Graeme Blundell, who had worked with Kennedy on the movie "The Odd Angry Shot", published a biography of Kennedy, "King: The Life and Comedy of Graham Kennedy" (MacMillan, 2003). A newspaper report stated that Kennedy ""passed on his best wishes but declined to be involved 'for no particular reason [...] other than he believes he has a limited memory of many of the facts of his life'."" The book, which was completed before Kennedy's death, ends with ""Graham read them [chapters of an early draft] ... asked if he wished to read any more, 'No', Graham Kennedy said. 'I know how it ends."'"

paragraph: In 2001 Kennedy's friend and "Coast to Coast" colleague, John Mangos, was reported as saying:

paragraph: I can say to his beloved fans that they won't see Graham again. He won't appear publicly again; he is in his twilight. He has made a personal decision to disappear quietly into the sunset.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: On 25 May 2005, aged 71, Kennedy died at the Kenilworth Nursing Home, Bowral, from complications from pneumonia.

paragraph: John Mangos wrote in "The Bulletin":

paragraph: A week before his 69th birthday, he was bedridden and infirm. His wasted and frail, aching body could take no more. I paid a short and emotional visit. Still, the ashtray was by his bedside next to a radio tuned to ABC Radio National. I leaned over to kiss him on the forehead and he whispered, 'Don't get too close, it hurts'.

paragraph: He also wrote:

paragraph: I was often asked if he had cancer or AIDS. In fact at 67, he had diabetes, some rheumatism, the odd creaky joint, a healthy capacity to whinge and the usual symptoms connected with smoking and drinking. But by now the horses were gone and the dog had died. He was eating less and drinking more. One night, he fell down the stairs. He was discovered the next morning on the floor by his housekeeper. He was rushed to the local hospital where pneumonia in one lung was treated effectively and efficiently, a fracture near his hip was repaired and he was diagnosed with brain damage. We were to learn he had Korsakoff's syndrome (an alcohol-related condition) and we decided to keep it private.

paragraph: Korsakoff's syndrome is a form of amnesia seen in chronic alcoholics; briefly stated, victims eat too little and drink too much.

paragraph: Section::::Death.:Derryn Hinch controversy.

paragraph: After his death, controversial Melbourne-based 3AW radio broadcaster Derryn Hinch alleged that Kennedy had died from an AIDS-related disease. This was strenuously denied by his friends and carers Noeline Brown and Tony Sattler, and as a result Kennedy's biographer Graeme Blundell then published Kennedy's medical records, including a recent negative HIV test, to disprove this allegation. Hinch fought back saying he didn't say Kennedy had AIDS, but that he was homosexual, had symptoms similar to those of Kaposi's sarcoma, and died of pneumonia, thus implying Kennedy's death was AIDS-related.

paragraph: Section::::Death.:Funeral.

paragraph: Tony Sattler offered the Nine Network the right to televise the funeral but it declined, claiming it could not justify the cost of the outside broadcast. The Seven Network accepted, and gave coverage free of charge to the Nine Network. Hence, the one-hour funeral service was aired simultaneously across both Seven and Nine Networks.

paragraph: Stuart Wagstaff presented the funeral, which was attended by many of Kennedy's friends, colleagues and associates on the morning of 31 May 2005 in a small community theatre in the town of Mittagong.

paragraph: Wagstaff's eulogy alluded to the claims made by Derryn Hinch about the cause of Kennedy's death:

paragraph: Delivering a eulogy for a close friend and for someone who was so much admired is never a happy occasion. Though I must confess I would be quite happy to deliver a eulogy for a certain media personality who's tried the second Kennedy assassination of our time... and failed.

paragraph: Kennedy had never explicitly stated that he was homosexual, but at his funeral, his friends were at last free to make jokes, in a friendly way.

paragraph: "The Age" of 26 June 2005 reported John Mangos as saying that he "knew Kennedy wanted his ashes scattered at sea. And that wish was carried out." This was confirmed in a report in "The Sydney Morning Herald" which stated that Kennedy's ashes were scattered in the sea at Kiama attended by a group which included "Noeline Brown, Tony Sattler, John Mangos, Stuart Wagstaff, Kennedy's former housekeeper Sally Baker-Beall and her husband John, and old friends Christine and Nicholas Deeprose."

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Four of Graham Kennedy's television shows were named in the program "50 Years 50 Shows" which counted-down the top 50 Australian TV shows of all time, as decided by ratings data and the opinions of 100 television industry professionals, on the Nine Network on 25 September 2005. Kennedy's "In Melbourne Tonight" topped the poll, "Power Without Glory" (15th), "Blankety Blanks" (20th), and "Coast to Coast" (42nd).

paragraph: In the Australia Day honours of 26 January 2006, Kennedy was posthumously appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for "service to the entertainment industry as an actor, comedian and presenter significantly influencing the development of the radio, television and film industries in Australia, and to the community".

paragraph: The award was made effective from 5 May 2005.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.:Telemovie "The King".

paragraph: A telemovie examining Kennedy's life titled "The King" began filming in December 2006. It stars Stephen Curry as Kennedy and Stephen Hall as Bert Newton, with Garry McDonald, Shaun Micallef, Steve Bisley, Jane Allsop as Noeline Brown, Beau Brady, Leo Taylor as Sir Frank Packer, and Bernard Curry as John Wesley.

paragraph: The project, which cost $2.1 million, premiered on 20 May 2007 on TV1 (becoming the highest-rating drama to be shown on pay-TV) to heavy criticism by Kennedy's friends. Tony Sattler and his wife, actress Noeline Brown, Kennedy's closest friends, said they were mortified by the movie. ""The film was obsessed with his homosexuality. I don't think people cared about that...He was Australia's most famous, successful entertainer but how much do we see of that in the film? We see fuck all of it."" The Nine Network screened the film on 27 August 2007 .

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Graham Kennedy biography (ABC)

paragraph: BULLET::::- ABC news obituary including video and audio links

paragraph: BULLET::::- Laughterlog.com – Biography with list of radio, television and film appearances

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vale Graham Kennedy – includes rare early recordings of Whitta with Kennedy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blainey – The first inhabitants – Kennedy voiceover

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blainey – Bush medicine – Kennedy voiceover

description: Australian entertainer

wikidata_label: Graham Kennedy

wikipedia_title: Graham Kennedy


text: New Brunswick

text: United Empire Loyalist

text: Fathers of Confederation

text: Amherst, Nova Scotia

text: Dorchester, New Brunswick

text: responsible government

text: Upper House

text: Canadian confederation

text: federal Conservatives

text: John A. Macdonald

text: Intercolonial Railway

text: reciprocity

text: Senate of Canada

text: fifth

text: Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

text: Fredericton

text: Freemason

text: National Historic Site of Canada

categories: People from Westmorland County, New Brunswick,1800 births,People of United Empire Loyalist descent,Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick,Canadian Anglicans,Canadian people of English descent,1880 deaths,People from Amherst, Nova Scotia,Fathers of Confederation,Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada)

paragraph: Edward Barron Chandler

paragraph: Edward Barron Chandler (August 22, 1800 – February 6, 1880) was a New Brunswick politician and lawyer from a United Empire Loyalist family. He was one of the Fathers of Confederation.

paragraph: Chandler was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and moved to New Brunswick to study law. He moved to Dorchester, New Brunswick and served in the colony's government. In 1827 he was elected to the New Brunswick legislature as an opponent of responsible government and later served on the province's "Legislative Council" (the legislature's Upper House) and in Cabinet serving as leader of the "compact" government that ruled the colony from 1848 to 1854 prior to the institution of responsible government.

paragraph: In 1836 Chandler became a member of New Brunswick's Legislative Council.

paragraph: Later, Chandler was a New Brunswick delegate to the conferences in London, Charlottetown, and Quebec that led to Canadian confederation. Though he supported the federal Conservatives of Sir John A. Macdonald he was a cautious supporter who opposed a strong central government.

paragraph: Chandler was a supporter of railway development and was instrumental as a federally appointed commissioner overseeing construction of the Intercolonial Railway in having its surveys diverted from a direct route between Amherst and Moncton to run through his community of Dorchester. He also supported the policy of reciprocity with the United States. He refused an appointment to the Senate of Canada but accepted an appointment as the fifth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick in 1878. He died in Fredericton in 1880.

paragraph: Chandler was a Freemason of Sussex Lodge, No. 480 (England).

paragraph: Chandler's home in Dorchester, Chandler House or Rocklyn, was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1971.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of New Brunswick lieutenant-governors

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"

description: Canadian politician

wikidata_label: Edward Barron Chandler

wikipedia_title: Edward Barron Chandler


text:
baseball
Negro Leagues
outfield
infield
Jimmy Smith
Pop Lloyd

categories: Baseball outfielders,Cuban X-Giants players,Leland Giants players,1942 deaths,Baseball players from Washington, D.C.,Philadelphia Giants players,Chicago American Giants players,Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York players,1879 births,Brooklyn Royal Giants players

paragraph: Jap Payne

paragraph: Andrew H. "Jap" Payne (December 6, 1879 – August 22, 1942) was a baseball player in the Negro Leagues. He played multiple positions, including outfield and infield.

paragraph: Standing at 5-foot-10 inches, Payne was described as "unimposing," but he became known for slapping line drives past infielders, as well as having an excellent arm.

paragraph: Payne was rumored to have gotten the nickname "Jap" due to his slanted eyes.

paragraph: In August, 1907, Payne lost his temper and attacked an umpire, causing a near-riot, and his language occasionally forced umpires to throw him out of games.

paragraph: Sportswriter and fellow player Jimmy Smith put Payne on his 1909 "All American Team."

paragraph: In 1953, Hall of Famer Pop Lloyd named Payne as the right fielder on his all-time team.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Jap Payne

wikipedia_title: Jap Payne


text: Renaissance

text: Dordrecht

text: Mennonite

text: martyr

text: Protestant Reformation

text: Martyrs Mirror

text: Mennonite

text: Solomon

text: vierschaar

text: Tieleman Jansz van Bracht

text: Mathias Balen

text: Letters in English

categories: Dutch Renaissance painters,1540 births,Artists from Dordrecht,People executed by the Netherlands by burning,1572 deaths,Dutch Mennonites

paragraph: Jan Woutersz van Cuyck

paragraph: Jan Woutersz van Cuyck (or Kuik) (ca.1540-1572) was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Dordrecht. He became famous as a Mennonite martyr of the Protestant Reformation who was executed in 1572. His heart-rending letters from prison were published in the "Martyrs Mirror".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: According to Houbraken he was imprisoned for his Mennonite beliefs. During his short imprisonment, he was persuaded to paint the local sheriff in the role of Solomon in an allegorical painting for the vierschaar in the city hall of Dordrecht. This painting and the story of its creation was a Dordrecht public attraction in 1712, when Houbraken was writing. Though he was the painter of the piece, this story was proved wrong a century later when archival evidence showed that the painting had already been paid for two decades earlier in 1552. It remains highly ironic however, to think that he was tried for religious crimes in the same room for which he created the main decoration.

paragraph: Cuyck was burned together with another Mennonite martyr, Adriaentgen Jans van Molenaarsgraaf. He left a wife, a daughter of 7 years, and "a great rumour". His story and letters he wrote in prison were published in the Martyrs Mirror, also known as "'t Bloedig Tooneel der Doopsgezinden", by Tieleman Jansz van Bracht. Houbraken quoted both Mathias Balen's "Beschryvinge van Dordrecht" and the Martyrs Mirror, pag. 590. and p. 628.

paragraph: Section::::Paintings.

paragraph: His paintings have been lost for the most part, but Solomon's Judgment still remains in Dordrecht.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Letters in English

paragraph: BULLET::::- Entry in Gameo, the Mennonite Encyclopedia

description: painter

wikidata_label: Jan Woutersz van Cuyck

wikipedia_title: Jan Woutersz van Cuyck


text: prospector

text: North Queensland

text: Port Douglas

text: Lord Palmerston

text: Melbourne

text: Marie Burgess

text: cattle station

text: St Lawrence

text: Broadsound

text: Queensland

text: squatters

text: droving

text: Rockhampton

text: Palmer River

text: Cooktown

text: Cairns

text: Mamu

text: James Venture Mulligan

text: Kuala Pilah

categories: Explorers from Melbourne,1897 deaths,Australian people of Italian descent,Australian prospectors,Australian explorers,1850 births

paragraph: Christie Palmerston

paragraph: Cristofero Palmerston Carandini or Christopher "Christie" Palmerston (1850 – 15 January 1897) was an Australian explorer and prospector in North Queensland. He led several expeditions during the last quarter of the 19th century including the discovery of a route along the Mowbray River, which eventually led to the founding of Port Douglas.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: It has been claimed that Palmerston was the natural son of Lord Palmerston. However, Palmerston was born in Melbourne to Casino Jerome Carandini, the 10th Marquis of Sarzano and Marie Burgess, an English-born opera singer. Palmerston was baptised Cristofero Palmerston Carandini. This is the name he gives on his marriage registration in 1886, when he listed his father as Casino Carandini. His elder brother Frank succeeded to the marquessate upon their father's death in 1870, and his sister Isabella Sara married in 1886, Sir Norman Montgomery Abercrombie Campbell, 10th Baronet.

paragraph: Section::::Employment and conviction in central Queensland.

paragraph: In 1868 Christopher Palmerston, in a departure from the theatrical heritage of his family, was employed as a stockman on the Willangi cattle station near St Lawrence in the Broadsound area of central coastal Queensland. The station was run by brothers William and Mark Christian who were powerful squatters in the region. While droving cattle to Rockhampton in early 1869, Palmerston rode off on one of his employer's horses and sold the saddle to a stable owner. He was arrested for horse stealing and later convicted. Palmerston appealed the decision but it was dismissed and he was sentenced to two years in a Brisbane prison.

paragraph: Section::::Prospecting and early expeditions.

paragraph: Palmerston then worked in the Palmer River gold rush of 1872-1874. However, it was not until around 1876 during the Hodgkinson River gold Rush that Palmerston began to be known as a pathfinder.

paragraph: As trade increased from Hodgkinson, Cooktown merchants began to worry that a new port at Cairns would take over the majority of the trade. As a result, in 1877 the merchants backed Palmerston to cut a track from the goldfields to a new port at Island Point. As Palmerston became more well known as a path cutter, he embarked on more explorations, including his notable discovery of a route along the Mowbray River, which contributed to the founding of Port Douglas.

paragraph: During the 1880s, large parts of coastal far North Queensland were still covered in dense rainforest. Palmerston boasted of shooting a large number of Aboriginals in Mamu territory.

paragraph: In 1880, Palmerston was part of a private expedition led by James Venture Mulligan to search for gold at the heads of the King and Lukin rivers in northern Queensland. On the King River, Mulligan wrote about how Palmerston shot two Aboriginal men and returned to camp with a stolen "little blackboy". At night, they handcuffed the child to Pompey, Palmerston's other "boy", to prevent him from escaping. The expedition failed to find any significant signs of gold deposits.

paragraph: Section::::Later life and death.

paragraph: Palmerston settled down in Townsville and married Teresa Rooney at St Joseph's Church on 6 December 1886; they had one daughter. Palmerston moved to Borneo and then Malaya where he contracted fever in the jungle and died at Kuala Pilah on 15 January 1897.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: For another view of Christie Palmerston:

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231640/http://www.bulwaicollective.org/p/christie-palmerston-pioneer-triumphalism.html

description: Australian explorer

wikidata_label: Christie Palmerston

wikipedia_title: Christie Palmerston


text: Dutch

text: classical

text: pianist

text: Conservatory of Amsterdam

text: musicology

text: University of Amsterdam

text: Ton Hartsuiker

text: Willem Brons

text: piano

text: The Provision for Outstanding Musicians

text: Claude Helffer

text: Paris

text: Ursula Oppens

text: Northwestern University

text: Liisa Pohjola

text: Finland

text: Pierre-Laurent Aimard

text: Musikhochschule

text: Cologne

text: Netherlands

text: Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship

text: Prijs Klassiek

text: Europe

text: orchestras

text: London Sinfonietta

text: BBC Symphony Orchestra

text: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

text: Radio Chamber Philharmonic

text: Radio Symphony Orchestra of Frankfurt

text: Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

text: Dortmunder Philharmoniker

text: Valery Gergiev

text: JoAnn Falletta

text: David Robertson

text: Stefan Asbury

text: Michel Tabachnik

text: Jac van Steen

text: Otto Tausk

text: Netherlands Symphony Orchestra

text: Berliner Festspiele

text: Tanglewood Summer Festival

text: Naxos

text: John Adams

text: Joep Franssens

text: Hans Otte

text: Arvo Pärt

text: Gavin Bryars

text: Frederic Rzewski

text: Naxos

text: Etcetera Records

text: Attacca

text: Erasmus

text: Steinway

text: Ralph van Raat 's web site

categories: Dutch classical pianists,1978 births,Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni,Recipients of the Gaudeamus International Interpreters Award,University of Amsterdam alumni,Living people

paragraph: Ralph van Raat

paragraph: Ralph van Raat (born 1978) is a Dutch classical pianist.

paragraph: Section::::Biography and career.

paragraph: Ralph van Raat studied music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and musicology at the University of Amsterdam, with Ton Hartsuiker and Willem Brons. He completed his piano studies cum laude in 2002, and was admitted to The Provision for Outstanding Musicians, a special course offered in addition to the standard curriculum. He also graduated cum laude in musicology. Van Raat then studied with Claude Helffer in Paris, Ursula Oppens at Northwestern University, Liisa Pohjola in Finland, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard at the Musikhochschule in Cologne.

paragraph: Van Raat has won prizes in a number of piano competitions, in both the Netherlands and other countries. He was awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship in 2005, and received the Prijs Klassiek (Classics Prize) of Dutch radio and television broadcaster NTR in 2010.

paragraph: Van Raat has performed as a recitalist and soloist in Europe and around the world, and has a special interest in contemporary classical music. He has performed with many orchestras, including the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio Chamber Philharmonic, the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Frankfurt, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and the Dortmunder Philharmoniker. He has worked closely with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, JoAnn Falletta, David Robertson, Stefan Asbury, Michel Tabachnik, Jac van Steen and Otto Tausk. Van Raat was artist-in-residence of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra in 2010. He has also performed at a number of music festivals, including the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in the UK, the Berliner Festspiele, and the Tanglewood Summer Festival in the United States.

paragraph: Ralph van Raat has recorded a number of CDs as an exclusive artist for the Naxos label. All of his recordings have been of contemporary or 20th-century composers, such as John Adams, Joep Franssens, Hans Otte, Arvo Pärt, Gavin Bryars and Frederic Rzewski. Before recording with Naxos, Van Raat also recorded discs with the Etcetera Records, Attacca, and Erasmus labels. Van Raat is a Steinway artist.

paragraph: In April 2015 Ralph van Raat played Dennis Johnson's 5 hour minimalist piece November through the night from 2am to 7am at Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw, against a blue-lit backdrop and surrounded by dozy minimalist lovers on beanbags.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ralph van Raat 's web site

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ralph van Raat's biography and discography on the Naxos web site

description: Classical pianist

wikidata_label: Ralph van Raat

wikipedia_title: Ralph van Raat


text:
cartographer
Réunion
French East India Company
Réunion kestrel
Réunion ibis

wikipedia_title:
Cartography
Réunion
French East India Company
Réunion kestrel
Réunion ibis

categories: French engineers,French cartographers,French East India Company,French male writers

paragraph: Jean Feuilley

paragraph: Jean Feuilley was a pilot engineer and cartographer who was sent to Réunion by the French East India Company to investigate the possibility of agricultural and marine exploitation. He arrived in the island in 1704 and the following year returned to France. His "Mission à l’île Bourbon du sieur Feuilley en 1704" (published 1705) contains among other things descriptions of now-extinct bird species, like the Réunion kestrel and the Réunion ibis.

wikidata_label: Jean Feuilley

wikipedia_title: Jean Feuilley


text:
Burgundian
seigneur
La Roche
Thorey-sur-Ouche
Knight of the Golden Fleece
Grand Seneschal
Château de la Rochepot
Régnier Pot
Crusader
chamberlain
Philip the Bold
Duke of Burgundy
Philip the Good
godfather
Dijon
Ghent
London
Charles of Orléans
Charles VII of France
écus
Mary of Cleves
Catherine of Valois
Charolais
Charles the Bold
Isabelle of Bourbon
Châteauneuf-en-Auxois
Saint-Omer
Walloon Flanders
Lille
Douai
Orchies
Margaret of York
England
Brussels
Mary
Burgundian Netherlands
Louis XI of France
Duchy of Burgundy
Maximilian
Low Countries
Treaty of Arras
knight of Saint Michael
Dauphin Charles
Louis of Orléans
regency
Anne de Beaujeu
Estates General
Tours
Cicero
nationalism
Philippe Pot
Philippe Pot Room

categories: Knights of the Golden Fleece,People from Côte-d'Or,Medieval French nobility,1428 births,1493 deaths

paragraph: Philippe Pot

paragraph: Philippe Pot (1428–1493) was a Burgundian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat. He was the "seigneur" of La Roche and Thorey-sur-Ouche, a Knight of the Golden Fleece, and the Grand Seneschal of Burgundy.

paragraph: Born in 1428 at the Château de la Rochepot, he was the grandson of Régnier Pot, a Crusader, knight of the Golden Fleece, and the chamberlain of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Philip's grandson and heir, Philip the Good, served as Philippe's godfather. Educated at the ducal court in Dijon, and knighted 11 June 1452 before the battle of Ruppelmonde against the insurgents of Ghent, Philippe, praised by contemporary chroniclers, became chief advisor of the dukes of Burgundy and was deeply involved in all their diplomacy.

paragraph: Philippe was sent by Philip the Good as an ambassador to London in 1440, where he procured the release of Charles of Orléans, a prisoner since 1415 and the cousin of Charles VII of France, for 200,000 "écus d'or". Charles in turn agreed to marry Mary of Cleves, Philip's niece.

paragraph: In 1446, Philippe obtained the hand in marriage of Catherine of Valois for the Count of Charolais, the future Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold. When Catherine died in 1450, Philippe obtained another French princess, Isabelle of Bourbon, for Charles. The marriage took place in 1454. In December 1456 Duke Philip recompensed Philippe with the grant of Châteauneuf-en-Auxois (which Philippe restored and fortified, giving it the appearance it retains today) and in May 1461, with the Golden Fleece at the Saint-Omer session. In 1464 he was granted the title Grand Chamberlain, and in 1466 was given the lordship of Walloon Flanders (Lille, Douai, and Orchies). After the deaths in 1467 of both Philip the Good and Isabelle of Bourbon, Philippe Pot negotiated a third match for his new patron Charles the Bold with Margaret of York, a union which had been opposed by Philip. In 1468 the marriage sealed an alliance between England and Burgundy. To have Philippe nearby him at Brussels Charles gave him the hôtel of the comte de Nevers.

paragraph: When Charles the Bold died in 1477, Burgundy was divided between his daughter, Mary, heiress to the Burgundian Netherlands, and Louis XI of France, legitimate heir to the Duchy of Burgundy proper. Mary was suspicious of Philippe and his close connections with the French court, and she confiscated Lille. With the support of the Burgundian baronage Philippe was able to limit the holdings of Mary and her husband, Maximilian, to the Burgundian Low Countries by another Treaty of Arras. In gratitude Louis XI named him first counsellor, knight of Saint Michael, governor of the Dauphin Charles, and Grand Seneschal of Burgundy. His treatment of Philippe went a long way to restore Louis's favour with the petty nobles of Burgundy.

paragraph: Louis died in 1483, while Charles VIII was still a minor. The great nobles of the kingdom, first among them Louis of Orléans, contested the regency with the dead king's nominee, Anne de Beaujeu, Charles' elder sister. In 1484 she convened the Estates General at Tours. Philippe was the representative of the nobility and he spoke so eloquently in their favour that he was called the "mouth of Cicero" ("bouche de Cicéron"). In his most celebrated speech, on 9 February, he denied the right of the princes to govern and advanced instead the concept of a nation represented by a monarch, and suggested that the nation be governed by regency council. The deputies then voted to accept the choice of the king and declared Anne regent. The incipient nationalism in Philippe's speech, however, frightened the regent; the Estates were quickly dissolved. Philippe was allowed to keep his function of governor of Burgundy, which he held, reconfirmed by Charles VIII, until his death in 1493.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Philippe Pot at "L'histoire de France"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Philippe Pot Room at the Louvre

description: French noble

wikidata_label: Philippe Pot

wikipedia_title: Philippe Pot


text: American

text: Palisade, Colorado

text: self-taught

text: David Alfaro Siqueiros

text: Section of Painting and Sculpture

text: WPA

text: Kellogg, Idaho

text: Smithsonian American Art Museum

text: North Hollywood High School

text: "Life Magazine"

text: World War II

text: GI

text: Normandy Invasion

text: Museum of Modern Art

text: longshoremen

text: St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts

text: Jersey Joe Walcott

text: Joe Louis

text: Sports Illustrated

text: Rocky Marciano

text: Ezzard Charles

text: woodcut

text: lithograph

text: silkscreen

text: Art Students League

text: Woodstock, New York

text: University of Florida

text: State University of Iowa

text: University of Minnesota

text: San Antonio Art Institute

text: Washington State University

text: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

text: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

text: National Academy of Design

text: Sylvia Sidney

text: Georgia Museum of Art

text: Chapman University

text: Down for the Count

text: Blanton Museum of Art

text: The University of Texas at Austin

text: Chapman University

text: Museum of Modern Art

text: Carleton College

text: Nelson-Atkins Museum

text: Denver Art Museum

text: wrestling a steer

text: rodeo clown

text: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

text: Oakland Museum of California

text: U.S. Army Center for Military History

text: V-2 bombs

text: "Captain Kidd"

text: Allentown Art Museum

text: Whitney Museum of American Art

text: Museum of Fine Arts

text: Butler Institute of American Art

text: U.S. Department of the Interior Museum

text: North Hollywood High School

text: Smithsonian American Art Museum

text: Lamesa, Texas

text: Kellogg, Idaho

text: Metropolitan Museum of Art

text: Norman Rockwell Museum

text: Addison Gallery of American Art

text: Boundary County Courthouse

text: Obituary,

text: Fletcher Martin

text: Fletcher Martin

categories: Federal Art Project artists,20th-century American painters,Washington State University faculty,1979 deaths,People from Mesa County, Colorado,University of Minnesota faculty,American male painters,National Academy of Design members,World War II artists,Painters from California,American muralists,American war artists,University of Iowa faculty,1904 births,People from Woodstock, New York,American war correspondents of World War II,University of Florida faculty

paragraph: Fletcher Martin

paragraph: Fletcher Martin (April 19, 1904 – May 30, 1979), was an American painter, illustrator, muralist and educator. He is best known for his images of soldier life during World War II and his sometimes brutal images of boxing and other sports.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: He was born in 1904 in Palisade, Colorado, one of seven children of newspaperman Clinton Martin and his wife Josephine. The family relocated to Idaho and later Washington. By the age of twelve he was working as a printer. He dropped out of high school and held odd jobs such as lumberjack and professional boxer. He served in the U.S. Navy, 1922-26. His artistic skills were largely self-taught.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: He worked as a printer in Los Angeles in the late 1920s, and as an assistant to Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros in the early 1930s. He taught at local art schools such as Otis Art Institute.

paragraph: He won commissions to paint murals for the New Deal's Section of Painting and Sculpture, including "Mail Transportation" (1938), painted for the San Pedro Federal Building and Post Office in Los Angeles. Under the WPA he painted a mural study for the Kellogg, Idaho post office titled "Mine Rescue" (1939). Local industrialists objected that it depicted the dangers of mining, while officials of the Mine & Smelt Workers Union praised it. The industrialists prevailed and Martin painted an uncontroversial mural, "Discovery" (1941), depicting the prospector who founded the town. The rejected mural study is now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Perhaps his most ambitious mural, also done under the WPA, was painted for North Hollywood High School in Los Angeles. "Legends of Fernandino and Gabrileno Indians" (1937) depicts overlapping scenes of Native American life and ritual, and the world being carried on the backs of giants.

paragraph: As an artist-correspondent for "Life Magazine" during World War II, he made hundreds of sketches of U.S. soldier life. Fourteen of his paintings from the North African campaign were published in the December 27, 1943 issue of "Life", and brought him national recognition. Among these was "Boy Picking Flowers, Tunisia", depicting a young GI finding a distraction from war. He also made illustrations of wartime London and the June 1944 Normandy Invasion.

paragraph: His paintings often depicted men in conflict. "Trouble in Frisco" (1938, Museum of Modern Art) shows a brawl between longshoremen witnessed through a ship's porthole. "The Undefeated" (1948–49, St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts) depicts the 11th round of the June 25, 1948 World heavyweight boxing championship. The title is ironic: its subject is a severely battered Jersey Joe Walcott, collapsed against the referee and about to lose to (an unseen) Joe Louis. In 1954 he painted a series of illustrations for "Sports Illustrated" of heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano defending his title against Ezzard Charles.

paragraph: Many of his most popular works were reproduced as woodcuts, lithographs or silkscreens. After the war he taught at the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock, New York, settled in the town, and began raising a family. He experimented with abstractionism and began painting naïve images of women and children.

paragraph: During his career he was a visiting instructor or artist-in-residence at the University of Florida, State University of Iowa, the University of Minnesota, San Antonio Art Institute, and Washington State University.

paragraph: He received prizes from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1935 (for "Rural Family") and 1939 (for "A Lad from the Fleet"); the 1947 Lippincott Prize from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (for "Dancer Dressing"); and the 1949 Altman Prize from the National Academy of Design (for "Cherry Twice"). He was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1969, and a full academician in 1974.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Martin married five times; four marriages ended in divorce. His wives were: first, poet Cecile Boot (married November 1925, divorced ?); second, script writer Henriette Lichtenstein (married 1935, divorced 1941); third, nurse Maxine Ferris (married 1941, divorced 1945); fourth, actress Helen Donovan (married February 1946, with whom he had sons Donovan, Clinton and Robin, divorced 1961); fifth, novelist Jean Sigsbee Small (married 1962). He had a much-publicized relationship with movie star Sylvia Sidney, and painted two portraits of her. He and Small retired to Guanajuato, Mexico in 1967, where they lived until his death in 1979.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.:Paintings.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wharf" (1933), Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Lad from the Fleet" (1935), Hilbert Museum, Chapman University, Orange, California.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Down for the Count" (1936-1937), Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bucolic Breakfast" (1938), Hilbert Museum, Chapman University, Orange, California.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Trouble in Frisco" (1938), Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" (1939), Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Celebration" (1939), Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "July 4th 5th & 6th" ("Sun Valley Rodeo") (1940), Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado. Depicts a cowboy wrestling a steer as a rodeo clown leaps out of the way.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Air Raid" (1940), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Black King" (1942), private collection.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lullaby" (1942), private collection. Depicts a boxer who has just been knocked out. This set an auction record for Martin when it sold at Christie's New York for $107,000 in 1997.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Gamblers" (1943), Oakland Museum of California.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Battle of Hill 609, Tunisia" (1943), U.S. Army Center for Military History, Washington, D.C.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Boy Picking Flowers, Tunisia" (1943), U.S. Army Center for Military History, Washington, D.C.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Subway Sleepers" (1944). Depicts Londoners camped out on a subway platform to escape German V-2 bombs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Portrait of Charles Laughton as Captain Kidd" (1945). Painted for a "Life" article on the film "Captain Kidd".

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Urchin's Game" (1946), Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cherry Twice" ("Double Portrait of Herman Cherry") (1947), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. Won the 1949 Altman Prize from the National Academy of Design.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Undefeated" (1948–49), Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bullfight" (1956), Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Flame Pit, Kennedy Space Center" (1970), Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Inside the Turbine, Grand Coulee Dam" (1972), U.S. Department of the Interior Museum, Washington, D.C.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.:Murals.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Legends of Fernandino and Gabrileno Indians" (1937), North Hollywood High School, Los Angeles, California.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mail Transportation" (1938), San Pedro Federal Building and Post Office, Los Angeles, California.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Study for Mine Rescue" (1939), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Horse Breakers" (1940), Lamesa Post Office, Lamesa, Texas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Discovery" (1941), Kellogg Post Office, Kellogg, Idaho.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.:Drawings.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Juliet" (1939), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Scream" (1943), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nurse with Wounded Soldier" (1943), Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Study for the December 27, 1943 cover of "Life".

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Study for The Brothers" (1950), Addison Gallery of American Art, Exeter, New Hampshire.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.:Sculpture.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bas relief panels: "Logging", "Mining", "Farming" (1940), façade of Boundary County Courthouse, Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.:Book illustrations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bret Harte, "Tales of the Gold Rush", Heritage Press, 1944.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall, "Mutiny on the Bounty", Limited Editions Club, 1947.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jack London, "The Sea Wolf", Limited Editions Club, 1961.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Upton Sinclair, "The Jungle", Heritage Press, 1965.

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Steinbeck, "Of Mice and Men", Heritage Press, 1970.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::References.:Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cooke, H. Lester Jr., "Fletcher Martin" (New York, 1977).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ebersole, Barbara Warren, "Fletcher Martin", (University of Florida Press, 1954).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Morgan, Ann Lee, "Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists", Oxford University Press, 2007. page 300.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Obituary, "Sarasota Herald-Tribune", June 3, 1979.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fletcher Martin, from Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fletcher Martin Paintings Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fletcher Martin, from ArtNet.

description: American artist

wikidata_label: Fletcher Martin

wikipedia_title: Fletcher Martin


text:
12th Earl of Galloway
schizophrenic
insulin coma therapy
autistic
Belhaven Hill School
Harrow School
lobotomised
Roslin, Midlothian
Duns
House of Lords
sheltered housing
Borgue

categories: Fendall family,Royalty and nobility with disabilities,Scottish people with disabilities,1928 births,People with schizophrenia,People educated at Belhaven Hill School,Earls of Galloway,Living people,Lobotomised people

paragraph: Randolph Stewart, 13th Earl of Galloway

paragraph: Randolph Keith Reginald Stewart, Earl of Galloway, Lord of Garlies, Baronet of Corsewell and Burray (born 14 October 1928) is a Scottish nobleman.

paragraph: Randolph was born in 1928, the only son of the 12th Earl of Galloway and his American wife Philipa Wendell. He was diagnosed as schizophrenic at a young age, and subjected to insulin coma therapy. It is possible that had he been born today his behaviour would have been recognised as autistic. He was educated at Belhaven Hill School in Dunbar, and at Harrow School in London. In 1952, at the age of twenty-three, his parents had him lobotomised in an attempt to control his behaviour. The lobotomy changed him forever; "I was never the same again" he told an interviewer. After this surgery, he spent the next 15 years in the mental wing of the Crichton Royal Infirmary, in Dumfries. In 1970 his parents placed him in the Monastery of the Transfiguration, in Roslin, Midlothian.

paragraph: On October 17, 1975 he married Lily May Budge, from a working-class family from Duns, Berwickshire. Budge had been married twice before, and already had four children, one of them adopted. His parents strongly disapproved of the marriage, and his father the 12th Earl went so far as to attempt to buy Budge out of the marriage. He died in 1978, leaving Randolph the title and little else, having written him out of his will.

paragraph: With his wife's support, the couple moved to London and Randolph claimed his seat in the House of Lords. However, Lord Galloway proved to be an inept politician, and the couple soon moved back to Edinburgh, where the Earl's mental state continued to deteriorate. At this point he started to become violent, twice attacking members of the public and once his wife the Countess. Looking back on these acts he described them as "A disgraceful, disgusting, dishonourable and downgrading performance on my part."

paragraph: Countess Lily died in 1999 with the marriage childless. As such, upon Lord Galloway's death, the Earldom and its associated Lordships and Baronetcies will pass to Andrew Clyde Stewart, who is the great great grandson of the 9th Earl and thus Randolph's second cousin once removed. The Earl currently lives in sheltered housing in Borgue in Galloway, where he is described as eccentric but benevolent.

description: 13th Earl of Galloway

wikidata_label: Randolph Stewart, 13th Earl of Galloway

wikipedia_title: Randolph Stewart, 13th Earl of Galloway


text: Greek Patriarch

text: saint

text: feast day

text: Monophysitism

text: Gregory the Great

text: Novatians

text: Nestorius

text: Eutyches

text: Cardinal Baronius

text: Severians

text: Theodosians

text: Cainites

text: Acephali

text: Pope Leo I

text: Council of Chalcedon

text: Agnoetae

text: Minuscule 715

categories: 608 deaths,Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria,6th-century bishops,6th-century births,7th-century bishops,6th-century Egyptian people,Egyptian Christian saints,7th-century Christian saints

paragraph: Eulogius of Alexandria

paragraph: Eulogius of Alexandria () was Greek Patriarch of that see (Eulogius I) from 580 to 608. He is regarded as a saint, with a feast day of September 13.

paragraph: He was a successful combatant of various phases of Monophysitism. He was a warm friend of Pope Gregory the Great, who corresponded with him, and received from that pope many flattering expressions of esteem and admiration.

paragraph: Eulogius refuted the Novatians, some communities of which ancient sect still existed in his diocese, and vindicated the hypostatic union of the two natures in Christ, against both Nestorius and Eutyches. Cardinal Baronius says that Gregory wished Eulogius to survive him, recognizing in him the voice of truth.

paragraph: It has been said that he restored for a brief period to the Church of Alexandria life and youthful vigour.

paragraph: Besides the above works and a commentary against various sects of Monophysites (Severians, Theodosians, Cainites and Acephali) he left eleven discourses in defence of Pope Leo I and the Council of Chalcedon, also a work against the Agnoetae, submitted by him before publication to Pope Gregory I, who after some observations authorized it unchanged. With exception of one sermon and a few fragments, all the writings of Eulogius have perished.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Minuscule 715

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic Encyclopedia: "St. Eulogius of Alexandria"

description: Egyptian saint

wikidata_label: Eulogius of Alexandria

wikipedia_title: Eulogius of Alexandria