text: Dutch

text: William III of England

text: James II of England

text: Glorious Revolution

text: Zuylestein Castle

text: Utrecht

text: Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein

text: Prince Frederick Henry

text: William Killigrew

text: the Countess of Yarmouth

text: The Hague

text: Mary of Modena

text: Henry Compton

text: Helvoetsluys

text: Windsor

text: Rochester

text: Whitehall

text: battle of Neerwinden

text: Namur

text: Earl of Rochford

text: William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis

text: Sir Henry Wroth

text: Thomas Ken

categories: 1649 births,Dutch diplomats,Earls of Rochford,Dutch emigrants to the Kingdom of England,1708 deaths,People from Leersum

paragraph: William Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford

paragraph: William Hendrik of Nassau, Lord of Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford (1649 – 12 July 1708) was a Dutch soldier and diplomat in the service of his cousin William III of England. During the reign of James II of England he travelled to England to liaise with William's English supporters, and played an important part in the preparations of the Glorious Revolution.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: He was born at Zuylestein Castle (also spelled "Zuylenstein"), about twenty miles east of the city of Utrecht. He was the eldest son of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, the illegitimate but oldest son of William III's grandfather Prince Frederick Henry and was therefore a half-cousin of William III. His mother was Mary Killigrew, the eldest daughter of Sir William Killigrew. She was a first cousin of Charles II's illegitimate daughter, the Countess of Yarmouth. She moved to the Netherlands in February 1644, aged barely seventeen, as a maid of honour to Mary, princess royal of England and princess of Orange, and married Frederick in 1648. With the death of his father in 1672, he inherited the Zuylestein Castle and its lands, by which he became known as "Lord of Zuylestein" (in Dutch: Heer van Zuylestein).

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: William Henry entered the Dutch cavalry in 1672, but was better known at The Hague for his gallantry and his good looks, and as a companion of the prince. He was trusted by William, and acquitted himself well on a mission of observation to England in August 1687, the nominal purpose being to condole with the queen-consort upon the death of her mother, the Dowager Duchess Laura of Modena.

paragraph: Section::::Glorious Revolution.

paragraph: He was again named envoy in the summer of the following year. His avowed purpose was now to felicitate the Queen Consort, Mary of Modena, on the birth of a prince; his real object to inform himself about the nation and to gauge the probability of James II's summoning a parliament and adopting a more conciliatory policy. He was received by the queen at St. James's on 28 June 1688, and the cordiality of his messages inspired the Queen to write a letter of playful affection to her ‘dear lemon’ (the Princess of Orange); but he wrote at once an account of the sceptical manner in which the birth was received in London, and intrigued with all the prominent malcontents. Clarendon records a number of his movements during July.

paragraph: He returned with Sidney to The Hague early in August, taking with him letters to William from Nottingham, Churchill, Herbert, Bishop Henry Compton, Sunderland, and others. On his return he was promoted a major-general in the Dutch army. On 16 October he embarked on the same ship as William at Helvoetsluys. On 15 December he was sent by William from Windsor with a message urging James to stay at Rochester and not on any account return to London. He found on his arrival that James had already returned to Whitehall, and Zuylestein promptly followed him. In response to William's blunt message, James expressed a hope that the prince might be induced to meet him at Whitehall. Zuylestein was ready with an uncompromising answer to the effect that the prince would not enter London while any royal troops remained in it. This had the desired effect of scaring James from the palace.

paragraph: Section::::Military career.

paragraph: Zuylestein was naturalised in England on 11 May 1689, and was appointed master of the robes to the king on 23 May, holding the post down to 1695. His regiment was retained for service in the north of England; in May 1691 it was at Durham. He accompanied William to Ireland, but in August 1690 left the campaign there on a mission to Whitehall. On 12 September 1690 he was promoted a lieutenant-general in the English army. In January 1691 he accompanied William to Holland. In July 1693, in the sanguinary battle of Neerwinden, after distinguishing himself, Zuylestein was slightly wounded and taken to Namur; he was exchanged and returned to the camp on 8 August. In November 1693 his regiment was again ordered to Flanders.

paragraph: On 10 May 1695, Zuylestein was created "Earl of Rochford", together with the subsidiary titles "Baron Enfield" and "Viscount Tunbridge", and received a grant of part of the estates of William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis. He took his seat on 20 February 1696. On 25 December 1695, he received a pension of £1,000 per annum. He also received grants of land in Ireland amounting to 30,512 acres.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: His later years were passed in comparative seclusion for the most part in the Dutch Republic, where William visited him in 1697, and he died at his estate of Zuylenstein in the province of Utrecht in January 1709. He had married, on 25 January 1681, Jane, daughter of Sir Henry Wroth of Durrants, Enfield, and of Loughton House in Essex. She went over as maid of honour to Mary, princess of Orange. Zuylestein seduced her, and then refused the promised marriage, being strongly encouraged in this course of conduct by William. Thomas Ken, on behalf of Mary, worked on the count to marry the lady, and performed the ceremony secretly in Mary's chapel while the prince was absent hunting. William was angry, and Ken had temporarily to withdraw from The Hague.

paragraph: William Nassau de Zuylestein was succeeded by his son William Nassau de Zuylestein, 2nd Earl of Rochford; another son was Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford

paragraph: Section::::Arms.

paragraph: William and his heirs used the arms below, inherited from his father.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attribution

description: Dutch soldier and diplomat in the service of William III of England


text:
Kenya
10,000 metres
1968 Summer Olympics
Mexico City
Kenyan Army
marathon
inaugural All-Africa Games
Kipchoge Keino
1966 Commonwealth Games
Kingston, Jamaica
world record
Ron Clarke
Mexico
Mamo Wolde
Ethiopia
Mohammed Gammoudi
Tunisia
Kipchoge Keino
marathon
1970 British Commonwealth Games
1972 Summer Olympics
North Mugirango
Jomo Kenyatta
prostate cancer
Kenyatta National Hospital

categories: Olympic athletes of Kenya,Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya,Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics,Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics,Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics,Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics,Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya,African Games medalists in athletics (track and field),Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field),2003 deaths,Deaths from prostate cancer,Kenyan male marathon runners,Deaths from cancer in Kenya,Kenyan male long-distance runners,Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games,Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games,Olympic gold medalists for Kenya,Nyamira County,1945 births,African Games silver medalists for Kenya,Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics,Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)

paragraph: Naftali Temu

paragraph: Naftali Temu (20 April 1945 – 10 March 2003) was a Kenyan long-distance runner. He became Kenya's first gold medalist when he won the 10,000 metres race at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Temu started systematic training in long-distance running at the age of 14. After completing school education, he served at the Kenyan Army. At the 1964 Olympics he was 49th in the marathon and failed to finish his 10,000 m race.

paragraph: He won the silver medal in 5,000 m at the inaugural All-Africa Games in 1965, behind compatriot Kipchoge Keino. At the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, he beat the world record holder Ron Clarke to win the six mile race. Two days later, Temu finished fourth in the three miles.

paragraph: At the Mexico Olympics, in the 10,000 m final, only Mamo Wolde from Ethiopia could to keep Temu's pace. Wolde went to lead at the bell, but Temu passed him with 50 m remaining to win the gold. Four days later, he won a bronze medal in the 5,000 m, narrowly beaten by Mohammed Gammoudi from Tunisia and fellow countryman Kipchoge Keino. Temu also competed against Wolde

paragraph: in the marathon, but Wolde broke away after the 30 km mark, while Temu finished 19th.

paragraph: Temu's career went downhill after 1968. He finished nineteenth in the 10,000 m at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, and was eliminated in the 10,000 m heats at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He retired in 1973 to run a farm in North Mugirango, which was a gift from president Jomo Kenyatta. On 10 March 2003, he died of prostate cancer at the Kenyatta National Hospital, aged 58.

description: Kenyan long-distance runner

wikidata_label: Naftali Temu

wikipedia_title: Naftali Temu


text: Wittenberg upon Elbe

text: Albert I of Saxony

text: Otto the Child

text: Albert II

text: Duchy of Saxony

text: Land of Hadeln

text: Otterndorf

text: Lauenburg upon Elbe

text: Magdeburg

text: Eric I

text: John II

text: Albert III

text: warden

text: Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Småland

text: Mölln

text: Birger jarl

text: Valdemar IV, Duke of Schleswig

text: John II

text: Eric I

text: Albert III

text: Plötzkau

categories: 1249 births,Dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg,1285 deaths,Dukes of Saxony

paragraph: John I, Duke of Saxony

paragraph: Duke John I of Saxony (1249 – 30 July 1285, Wittenberg upon Elbe) was the elder son of Duke Albert I of Saxony and his third wife Helen of Brunswick and Lunenburg, a daughter of Otto the Child. John and his younger brother Albert II jointly ruled the Duchy of Saxony after the death of their father Albert I in 1260.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: In 1269, 1272, and 1282 the brothers gradually divided their governing competences within the three territorially unconnected Saxon areas (one called Land of Hadeln around Otterndorf, another around Lauenburg upon Elbe and the third around Wittenberg), thus preparing a partition. As part of this arrangement John I became Burgrave of Magdeburg in 1269.

paragraph: In the imperial election in 1273, Albert II represented the jointly ruling brothers. John I resigned in 1282 in favour of his three minor sons Eric I, John II and Albert III. Later John I entered the Franciscan monastery in Wittenberg, becoming its warden (guardian), which position he held until he died. John I's sons and their uncle Albert II continued the joint rule in Saxony, with the sons entering into the government on growing major. The last document, mentioning Albert II with his nephews as Saxon fellow dukes dates back to 1295.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and issue.

paragraph: In 1270, John married Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Småland (*c. 1253–30 June 1302*, Mölln), a daughter or grandchild of Birger jarl. They had eight children, among them the following:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Helen (*c. 1272–1337*), married with (1) Count Günther IX of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (*?–1289*), (2) in c. 1297 Adolph VI, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elisabeth (*c. 1274– before 1306*), married in 1287 with Valdemar IV, Duke of Schleswig.

paragraph: BULLET::::- John II (*c. 1275–22 April 1321*)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eric I (*1280/1282–1359/1361*)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albert III (*c. 1281–October 1308*)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sophia (*?–13 December 1319*), prioress in Plötzkau

description: German duke

wikidata_label: John I, Duke of Saxony

wikipedia_title: John I, Duke of Saxony


text:
American
Walt Disney Studios
US Marine
Argosy
American Weekly
Outdoor Life
Loving
Bo Widerberg
Joe Hill
Pueblo, Colorado
Hollywood High School
in-betweener
Brave Little Tailor
Pinocchio
The Reluctant Dragon
Fantasia
Disney animators' strike
World War II
III Amphibious Corps
Guam
Okinawa
Guadalcanal Campaign
Fortitudine
Leatherneck Magazine
the Pentagon
National Museum of the Marine Corps
pulp magazines
Argosy
Adventure
Blue Book
Outdoor Life
American Weekly
Dell
Fawcett Gold Medal
Bantam Mystery
Donald Hamilton
Matt Helm
Murderers' Row
The Betrayers
science fiction
The Body Snatchers
Loving
George Segal
Eva Marie Saint
Tom Sito
Bo Widerberg
Joe Hill
Public Broadcasting System
CBS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery
Ford Foundation
World War I
Berkeley Art Museum
Pacific Film Archive
Westport, Connecticut
Digital Images

categories: American illustrators,World War II artists,American war artists,20th-century American writers,1919 births,United States Marines,American Marine Corps personnel of World War II,1977 deaths,Pseudonymous writers

paragraph: John McDermott (artist)

paragraph: John McDermott (1919–1977), also known under the pen name J.M. Ryan, was an American illustrator and author noted for action and adventure illustrations.

paragraph: McDermott worked as an in-between and effects animator for Walt Disney Studios and as a US Marine combat artist, before establishing himself as a cover illustrator for 1950s paperbacks and pulp magazines such as "Argosy", "American Weekly", and "Outdoor Life". Under his J.M. Ryan pen name, he wrote the novels "The Rat Factory" (1971), a derogatory satire of Walt Disney and the Disney studio; "Brooks Wilson Ltd" (1967), on which the 1970 film "Loving" was based; and "Mother's Day" (1969) about Ma Barker. Under his own name, he novelized director-writer Bo Widerberg's screenplay for the 1971 film "Joe Hill", which would be his final published book.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: John Richard McDermott was born 30 August 1919 in Pueblo, Colorado, the younger of two sons of Henry McDermott, an oil broker. McDermott was a young child when his father committed suicide. The family eventually moved to Los Angeles where McDermott's mother, Hazel, worked in a beauty parlor. He graduated from Hollywood High School in 1936. Although he had had no formal art education, he took a job as an artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Disney.

paragraph: At Disney, McDermott worked as an in-betweener and effects animator on "Brave Little Tailor", "Pinocchio", "The Reluctant Dragon" and "Fantasia". His experiences while working at Disney, particularly during the time of the 1941 Disney animators' strike, would later become the basis for his 1969 satirical novel "The Rat Factory". McDermott left Disney to fight with US forces during World War II.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:US Marines.

paragraph: On September 29, 1942, McDermott enlisted with the US Marine Corps. He served as a "pistol and palette" combat artist assigned to the map-making section. As a sergeant with the III Amphibious Corps, McDermott was involved in battles in the South Pacific theater of war, documenting the Guam, Okinawa and the Guadalcanal Campaigns. McDermott considered his wartime years to be his art education. "In the Marines, as a combat artist, I traveled with the troops and for three years got all the drawing opportunity anyone could want. My work changed enormously during this time and I’m sure it was due to constant drawing, every single day, from life, just putting down what I saw around me. In a few instances it was a dangerous kind of scholarship." According to the Marine Corps history journal "Fortitudine", McDermott was so prolific that his contemporary style pen-and-ink sketches became easily recognizable to both Marines, from published work in Leatherneck Magazine, and civilians, from glossy copies supplied by the Marine Corps to the nation's press. His wartime art appears in World War II history books and is displayed at the Pentagon and the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Illustration.

paragraph: Following the end of World War II, McDermott moved from California to New York City to work as a freelance illustrator. McDermott made his reputation drawing modern action, war and adventure scenes. His work adorned the covers and inside story pages of popular pulp magazines of the 1950s such as "Argosy", "Adventure", "Blue Book", "Outdoor Life" and "American Weekly".

paragraph: McDermott's illustrations appeared on numerous covers of 1950s paperback novels published by Dell, Fawcett Gold Medal, Bantam Mystery and others. His action graphics were geared toward thriller and detective genres, such as Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm books "Murderers' Row" and "The Betrayers". He also created covers for science fiction comic titles such as "Voyage to the Deep" and horror-themed paperbacks such as the classic 1955 science fiction novel "The Body Snatchers'.'

paragraph: McDermott's professional signature was the initials "McD" written in small script.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Novels.

paragraph: In the late 1960s, McDermott wrote books under the pen name J.M. Ryan. The first, published in 1968 by Crosset & Dunlap, was the novel, "Brooks Wilson Ltd." It revolved around the story of a commercial artist living in Westport, Connecticut who struggles to land a New York magazine illustrator account while juggling a failing marriage and a girlfriend. The book was adapted into the 1970 film "Loving" starring George Segal and Eva Marie Saint. McDermott disapproved of changes made in the screenplay.

paragraph: He published "Mothers Day" in 1969, based on the life of Ma Barker. In 1971, McDermott wrote "The Rat Factory", a thinly-veiled satire against Walt Disney and the Disney Animation Studio. The story is about the struggles of a young animator in 1930s Hollywood drawing popular cartoons about Ricky Rat and Dizzy Duck under the dictatorial thumb of Sampson Studios owner Wade Sampson. Cinema professor Tom Sito in his book "Drawing the Line: the Untold Story of Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson", said McDermott "illustrated, if not exaggerated, the psychological atmosphere in his controversial 1971 novel."

paragraph: McDermott also wrote a novelization of the Bo Widerberg film "Joe Hill" which had won the Jury Prize at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. Widerberg's script was based upon the true story of a Swedish-American labor organizer who defends himself during his 1915 murder trial.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Films.

paragraph: McDermott was an amateur filmmaker who enjoyed creating and filming reenactments of historical battles using his friends and family as cast and crew. Shot in 16mm, his movie "Pickett's Charge" caught the attention of the Public Broadcasting System which used it in an hour-long segment in its "Odyssey" television series. The film was later rebroadcast in 1958 on CBS with introductions by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery. On the basis of that film, the Ford Foundation awarded McDermott a $10,000 grant to film a reenactment of a World War I battle known as "Belleau Wood". The only known copies of the films are housed in the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: McDermott lived in Westport, Connecticut, with his wife, Ruth, with whom he had two daughters. He died on April 20, 1977.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Digital Images of works by John McDermott at Brown University's John Hay Library

alias:
J.M. Ryan
John Richard McDermott

description: American illustrator and author

wikidata_label: John McDermott

wikipedia_title: John McDermott (artist)


text:
rally
co-driver
Czech Republic
Martin Semerád
Lancer

categories: 2012 deaths,1977 births,Czech rally co-drivers,Sport deaths in the Czech Republic

paragraph: Bohuslav Ceplecha

paragraph: Bohuslav Ceplecha (; 6 May 1977 – 14 July 2012) was a rally co-driver. He died on 14 July 2012 after a serious accident at Rally Bohemia in the Czech Republic.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: He died in a crash in the third stage when driver Martin Semerád lost control of his Lancer and a hit a tree at high speed. Rescue units reached the scene but despite the efforts, Ceplecha's injuries were too severe and he succumbed on the spot. The 22-year-old Semerád, who was taken to a hospital by a helicopter, survived with a minor injury suffering with a clavicle fracture. The 39th edition of the rally was cancelled after the accident.

description: Czech car racer

wikidata_label: Bohuslav Ceplecha

wikipedia_title: Bohuslav Ceplecha


href: patrikios Byzantine Cyprus Arabs Skylitzes Kedrenos Hamdanid Emir%20of%20Aleppo Sayf%20al-Dawla Leo%20Phokas%20the%20Younger Cyprus condominium strategos

text:
patrikios
Byzantine
Cyprus
Arabs
Skylitzes
Kedrenos
Hamdanid
Emir of Aleppo
Sayf al-Dawla
Leo Phokas the Younger
Cyprus
condominium
strategos

categories: Byzantine diplomats,Byzantine people of the Arab–Byzantine wars,10th-century Byzantine people,Byzantine governors of Cyprus,Byzantine generals

paragraph: Niketas Chalkoutzes

paragraph: The "patrikios" Niketas Chalkoutzes (, ) was a Byzantine general, the first attested member of the Chalkoutzes family, and most notable for his recovery of Cyprus from the Arabs in 965.

paragraph: He is the first attested member of the Chalkoutzes or Chalkoutses family, whose members are mentioned sporadically until the 13th century. He is first mentioned by Skylitzes and Kedrenos in 956, when he led an embassy to the court of the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla, who at the time was engaged in bitter fighting with the Byzantines. According to the Byzantine chroniclers, Sayf took Chalkoutzes along with him in a raid into Byzantine territory, but Chalkoutzes bribed his guards and managed to escape with his servants during an ambush upon Sayf's forces by Leo Phokas the Younger in a ravine.

paragraph: Chalkoutzes is then credited by Kedrenos with the recovery of Cyprus—the island had been a neutralized Byzantine–Arab condominium since the late 7th century—and its full annexation into the Byzantine Empire. The event is only briefly covered, and no details are given in the sources, while its date is commonly placed in the second half of 965, but may be slightly earlier, perhaps even in mid-964. Chalkoutzes was likely the first Byzantine governor ("strategos") of the island after that.

wikidata_label: Niketas Chalkoutzes

wikipedia_title: Niketas Chalkoutzes


text:
El novio de mamá
Nobleza baturra
Morena Clara
El rey de las finanzas
Morena Clara
La verbena de la Paloma
World Crisis
Sister San Sulpicio
Bound for Cairo
The Barber of Seville
The Reluctant Hero
Malvaloca
The Moorish Queen
Fountain of Trevi
Queen of The Chantecler
The Fair of the Dove
Aragonese Nobility

categories: Male actors from Madrid,1890 births,Spanish male film actors,1968 deaths

paragraph: Miguel Ligero (Spanish actor)

paragraph: Miguel Ligero Rodríguez (21 October 1890 – 26 January 1968) was a Spanish actor. Films include "La hermana San Sulpicio" (1934), "El novio de mamá" (1934), "Nobleza baturra" (1935) "Morena Clara" (1936), "El rey de las finanzas" (1944), "Morena Clara" (1954) and "La verbena de la Paloma" (1963). He also had several roles as a character actor in Hollywood Spanish-language films.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "World Crisis" (1934)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sister San Sulpicio" (1934)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bound for Cairo" (1935)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Barber of Seville" (1938)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Reluctant Hero" (1941)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Malvaloca" (1954)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La cruz de mayo" (1955)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Moorish Queen" (1955)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fountain of Trevi" (1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Queen of The Chantecler" (1962)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Fair of the Dove" (1963)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Aragonese Nobility" (1965)

description: Spanish actor (1890-1968)

wikidata_label: Miguel Ligero

wikipedia_title: Miguel Ligero (Spanish actor)


text:
priest
prophet
Germanic tribe
Bructeri
Batavian rebellion
Batavian
Gaius Julius Civilis
Proto-Celtic
Germanic peoples
goddess
deity
central Germany
Rhine
Cologne
Tencteri
Roman Empire
Vespasian
Neuss
Xanten
Niederrhein
trireme
Gaius Licinius Mucianus
Batavia
Quintus Petillius Cerialis
Statius
Rome
Tacitus
Benedikte Naubert
Boudica
Richard Wagner
Odin
Wōden
Eduard Sobolewski
Poul Anderson
Lindsey Davis
The Iron Hand of Mars
Saturnalia
David Drake
126 Velleda
Germanic paganism
Weleda

wikipedia_title:
Priest
Prophet
Germanic peoples
Bructeri
Revolt of the Batavi
Batavi (Germanic tribe)
Gaius Julius Civilis
Proto-Celtic language
Germanic peoples
Goddess
Deity
Central Germany (geography)
Rhine
Cologne
Tencteri
Roman Empire
Vespasian
Neuss
Xanten
Lower Rhine region
Trireme
Mucianus
Batavia (region)
Quintus Petillius Cerialis
Statius
Rome
Tacitus
Benedikte Naubert
Boudica
Richard Wagner
Odin
Odin
Eduard Sobolewski
Poul Anderson
Lindsey Davis
The Iron Hand of Mars
Saturnalia (Davis novel)
David Drake
126 Velleda
Germanic paganism
Weleda

categories: 1st-century clergy,Ancient priestesses,1st-century Germanic people,Witchcraft,Deified people,People of the Year of the Four Emperors,Germanic women,Germanic paganism,Women in 1st-century warfare

paragraph: Veleda

paragraph: Veleda was a priestess and prophet of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly predicted the initial successes of the rebels against Roman legions.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: The name may be Celtic and generic title for a prophetess (from Proto-Celtic "*welet-" "seer", a derivative of the root "*wel-" "to see"). The ancient Germanic peoples discerned a divinity of prophecy in women and regarded prophetesses as true and living goddesses. In the latter half of the 1st century AD Veleda was regarded as a deity by most of the tribes in central Germany and enjoyed wide influence. She lived in a tower near the Lippe River, a tributary of the Rhine. The inhabitants of the Roman settlement of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (now Cologne) accepted her arbitration in a conflict with the Tencteri, an unfederated tribe of Germany (i.e., one outside the boundary of the Roman Empire). In her role as arbitrator, the envoys were not admitted to her presence; an interpreter conveyed their messages to her and reported her pronouncements.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Batavian Uprising.

paragraph: The Batavian leader Civilis originally raised his force as an ally of Vespasian during the Roman power struggle in AD 69, but when he saw the weakened condition of the legions in Romanized Germany he openly revolted. It is not clear whether Veleda merely prophesied the rebellion or actively incited it; given the Germans' adoration of her as a goddess, remote in her tower, the distinction may not have been clear at the time. Early in AD 70 the revolt was joined by Julius Classicus and Julius Tutor, leaders of the Treviri who like Civilis were Roman citizens. The Roman garrison at Novaesium (now Neuss) surrendered without a fight, as did the one at Castra Vetera (near modern Xanten in Niederrhein, Germany). The commander of the Roman garrison, Munius Lupercus, was sent to Veleda, though he was killed en route, evidently in an ambush. Later, when the praetorian trireme was captured, it was rowed upriver on the Lippe as a gift to Veleda.

paragraph: A strong show of force by nine Roman legions under Gaius Licinius Mucianus caused the rebellion to collapse. Civilis was cornered on his home island of Batavia on the lower Rhine by a force commanded by Quintus Petillius Cerialis; his fate is unknown, but in general Cerialis treated the rebels with surprising lenience, so as to reconcile them to Roman rule and military service. In Veleda's case, she was left at liberty for several years.

paragraph: In AD 77 the Romans either captured her, perhaps as a hostage, or offered her asylum. According to Statius, her captor was Rutilius Gallicus. A Greek epigram has been found at Ardea, a few kilometres south of Rome, that satirizes her prophetic powers. Veleda may have acted in the interest of Rome by negotiating the acceptance of a pro-Roman king by the Bructeri in AD 83 or 84. She was evidently long since deceased by the time Tacitus wrote his "Germania" in AD 98.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: In her 1795 novel "Velleda, ein Zauberroman" (Velleda, a Magic Novel), Benedikte Naubert conflated the lives of two contemporaries, Boudica and Veleda, whom she romanticized as Boadicea and Velleda. In Naubert's work, Velleda is portrayed as a sorceress who offers Boadicea's daughters access to immortality in the magical world of Germanic goddesses, while Boadicea draws her daughters back to the real world. A large extract from Naubert's novel appeared in Shawn C. Jarvis and Jeannine Blackwell's "The Queen's Mirror", as did Amalie von Helwig's 1814 story "Die Symbole" (The Symbols), in which she was called Welleda. The forms "Velleda" and "Welleda" appear to be attempts to render the name in modern German (much as Richard Wagner rendered Odin or Wōden as Wotan in his "Ring" cycle).

paragraph: Other 19th-century works incorporating Veleda/Velleda/Welleda included Friedrich de la Motte-Fouqué's 1818 novel, "Welleda und Gemma"; Eduard Sobolewski's 1835 opera "Velleda"; E.H. Maindron's 1843–44 marble sculpture "Velleda", and Franz Sigret's drawing "Veleda, Prophetess of the Bructeri".

paragraph: More recently, Veleda's story was fictionalized by Poul Anderson in "Star of the Sea" (1991) and by Lindsey Davis in "The Iron Hand of Mars" (1992) and "Saturnalia" (2007). Veleda is also referenced as a prophetess turned saint/goddess in "The Veil of Years" (2001) by L. Warren Douglas. She is also a character in "The Dragon Lord" (1979), by David Drake.

paragraph: On November 5, 1872, Paul Henry of Paris discovered an asteroid which was named 126 Velleda in honor of Veleda.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Germanic paganism

paragraph: BULLET::::- Weleda - A multinational company of beauty products and naturopathic medicines that uses a form of her name

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Livius.org: Veleda

paragraph: BULLET::::- Veleda in German on facebook

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.missgien.net/batavians/veleda.html

description: Germanic prophet

wikidata_label: Veleda

wikipedia_title: Veleda


text: UCI WorldTeam

categories: 1996 births,Norwegian male cyclists,Living people

paragraph: Rasmus Tiller

paragraph: Rasmus Fossum Tiller (born 28 July 1996) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

paragraph: Section::::Major results.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2019

description: Norwegian cyclist

wikidata_label: Rasmus Fossum Tiller

wikipedia_title: Rasmus Tiller


text: American

text: Catholic

text: bishop

text: Diocese of Allentown

text: Easton, Pennsylvania

text: Pope Francis

text: Allentown

text: Edward Cullen

categories: Catholics from Pennsylvania,American Roman Catholic bishops,1961 births,Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown,People from Easton, Pennsylvania,Living people

paragraph: Alfred A. Schlert

paragraph: Alfred Andrew Schlert (born July 24, 1961) is an American, Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Allentown.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Bishop Schlert was born in Easton, Pennsylvania July 24, 1961. He was ordained a priest on September 19, 1987. Pope John Paul II named him Chaplain to His Holiness with the title of Monsignor in 1999. Pope Benedict named him a Prelate of Honor, the second highest rank of Monsignor, in 2005.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Bishop of Allentown.

paragraph: Pope Francis appointed Schlert bishop for the Diocese of Allentown on June 27, 2017. His consecration and installation took place on August 31, 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Sex Abuse Investigation.

paragraph: Despite his public efforts to counter sex abuse in the Diocese of Allentown, a grand jury report released by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on August 14, 2018 signaled out Schlert as an "enabler" when he served as vicar general to former Bishop Edward Cullen. Schlert was promoted with others in the years after he started handling the sex abuse allegations. At the time the grand jury report was released, many records of sex abuse in the diocese were lost, with the grand jury issuing a statement claiming for all the six dioceses which were investigated "we believe that the real number — of children whose records were lost, or who were afraid ever to come forward — is in the thousands."

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown Official Site

wikidata_label: Alfred Andrew Schlert

wikipedia_title: Alfred A. Schlert


text: Battle of Fontenoy

categories: 1710 births,1783 deaths,French military officers

paragraph: Joseph Charles Alexandre d'Anterroches

paragraph: Joseph Charles Alexandre d'Anterroches (3 May 1710 – 26 May 1783) known as the Count of Anterroches was a French officer best known for shouting "Gentlemen, we never fire first; fire yourselves" in the Battle of Fontenoy.

wikidata_label: Joseph Charles Alexandre d'Anterroches

wikipedia_title: Joseph Charles Alexandre d'Anterroches


text:
American football
wide receiver
Pittsburgh Steelers
National Football League
University of Toledo
2019 NFL Draft
Pittsburgh Steelers
2019 NFL Draft
Antonio Brown
Oakland Raiders
Toledo Rockets bio

categories: People from Ruskin, Florida,Toledo Rockets football players,Pittsburgh Steelers players,American football wide receivers,Players of American football from Florida,1996 births,Sportspeople from Hillsborough County, Florida,Living people

paragraph: Diontae Johnson

paragraph: Diontae Johnson (born July 5, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Toledo and was drafted by the Steelers in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Johnson was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round, 66th overall, of the 2019 NFL Draft. The Steelers originally acquired the selection in a trade that sent Antonio Brown to the Oakland Raiders.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Toledo Rockets bio

description: American football wide receiver

wikidata_label: Diontae Johnson

wikipedia_title: Diontae Johnson


text:
choreographer
Deutsches Volkstheater
Theater des Westens
Kleve
Düsseldorf-Oberkassel
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Louise Dumont
Gustaf Gründgens
Ein Sommernachtstraum
Frühlings Erwachen
Deutsches Volkstheater
Rudolf von Laban
Peer Gynt
Max Brod
Theater des Westens
Willy Fritsch
Willi Forst
Ulm
Alcalá de Henares
Spanish Civil War
Marseille
Fritz Wotruba
Gestapo
Teatro María Guerrero
Intendant
Thiele, Ria

categories: German stage actresses,German women choreographers,20th-century German dancers,1904 births,German female dancers

paragraph: Ria Thiele

paragraph: Maria "Ria" Thiele (18 March 1904 – 20 April 1996) was a German actress, dancer and choreographer who appeared in theatres of European capitals, including the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna and Theater des Westens in Berlin.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Born in Kleve, Thiele was the daughter of Otto Thiele and his wife Maria, who had six daughters and a son. The family moved to Düsseldorf-Oberkassel shortly after her birth. When she was aged 15, her father sent her to the Hochschule für Bühnenkunst of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, run by Louise Dumont and .

paragraph: She appeared on stage the same year, for example with Gustaf Gründgens, another student, at the garden restaurant "Vossen Links" in Oberkassel and on the Düsseldorf stage as a fairy in Shakespeare's "Ein Sommernachtstraum". She made her official debut on 8 June 1920 as Wendla Bergmann in Wedekind's "Frühlings Erwachen".

paragraph: When the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus was closed in 1922, Thiele accepted a contract with the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna, together with her colleague Eugen Dumont who was 27 years older. Her parents opposed it, and the couple therefore got married. During her time in Vienna, Thiele pursued dancing at the school of Rudolf von Laban. She was particularly successful as Anitra in Ibsens's "Peer Gynt", also dancing. She held dance performances. Max Brod wrote in a review that scenes of gymnastics and dance were added for her, and noted that her well-trained body appeared ingenious and never boring even without dialogue ("Dieser durchtrainierte Körper wirkt auch ohne Dialog geistreich und nie langweilig.")

paragraph: In 1926, Thiele divorced Dumont and moved to the Theater des Westens in Berlin, where she appeared alongside Willy Fritsch and Willi Forst. In 1929, she played for six months in Prague, where she was a celebrated favourite with the audience ("gefeierter Liebling des Prager Publikums"). A year later, she married Karl Levinger, an entrepreneur from Ulm. She returned to the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus three years later.

paragraph: Under the Nazi regime, Thiele and her husband moved to Alcalá de Henares near Madrid in 1935 where they ran a chicken farm. During the Spanish Civil War, the farm was confiscated and her husband arrested. Thiele escaped to Marseille and further to Vienna, where she was housed by Fritz Wotruba. Her daughter Lydia was born there in 1937. Her husband was free after five months and followed her. When the Gestapo searched for him in 1938, they moved back to Spain. Levinger was traumatised and planned to emigrate to Chile or the United States. When Thiele objected, she was sent to an asylum ("Irrenanstalt"). She escaped after four weeks. With the help of friends, she managed a new existence as a teacher of dance and gymnastics. She was a choreographer for the Teatro María Guerrero. Karl Levinger took his life in 1946.

paragraph: Thiele formed her own successful dance company. She had to give up dancing because of a knee injury and appeared as an actress again.

paragraph: Thiele moved back to Düsseldorf but accepted no acting contracts, although Gründgens, now Intendant of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, asked her to become a member of the ensemble. She began writing and became a member of the in 1985. She published her memoirs, "Und mir wuchsen Flügel", in 1994. She died in Düsseldorf.

paragraph: In 2011, a street in the new Düsseldorf quarter Belsenpark was named after Ria Thiele.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thiele, Ria Kalliope

description: German actress, dancer, and choreographer

wikidata_label: Ria Thiele

wikipedia_title: Ria Thiele


text: Eastern Roman Empire

text: Zeno

text: Dalisandus

text: Zeno

text: magister militum per Thracias

text: Thrace

text: Illus

text: Constantinople

text: Isauria

text: Basiliscus

text: Verina

text: Diocese of the East

text: Diocese of Egypt

text: Antioch

text: Ostrogothic

text: Theodoric the Amal

text: John the Scythian

text: Seleucia on the Calycadnus

text: Chalcedonian

text: Callandion

text: Patriarch of Antioch

text: Pamprepius

text: "Leontius (AD 484-488)"

categories: 5th-century Byzantine people,Byzantine usurpers,488 deaths,Executed Byzantine people,5th-century Christians,5th-century executions by the Byzantine Empire,5th-century births,Byzantine generals

paragraph: Leontius (usurper)

paragraph: Leontius (, "Leòntios"; died 488) was a general of the Eastern Roman Empire and claimant to the throne who led a rebellion against emperor Zeno in 484–488.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Leontius was of Syrian origin, coming from Dalisandus. Under Zeno he became "magister militum per Thracias" (Commander-in-chief of the Imperial army in Thrace).

paragraph: In 484, the Roman general Illus broke off his relationship with emperor Zeno. The Emperor sent Leontius with an army against Illus, but Illus managed to persuade Leontius to go over to his side. Zeno was not popular with the people of Constantinople, a crucial part of Eastern Romans politics, because he was an Isaurian and as such he was considered a barbarian (which is why he had suffered an usurpation in 475/476 by Basiliscus); Illus, who also was an Isaurian, decided not to take it for himself but to raise Leontius to the throne.

paragraph: Leontius's coronation took place in Tarsus on July 19, 484 - the day was chosen, following the advice of some astrologers, as a favourable day - at the hands of the empress dowager Verina, who then sent a letter to the Governors of the Diocese of the East and of the Diocese of Egypt suggesting they accept the usurper as Emperor. Leontius was recognized in Antioch, where he entered July 27, and in some other places; he even had time to nominate officers and to mint coins, before facing the reaction of Zeno.

paragraph: Zeno's army, composed of Roman and Ostrogothic troops under the command of Theodoric the Amal and John the Scythian, defeated the rebel army near Antioch (August 8). Illus and Leontius were forced to take refuge inside the fortress of Papurius, where the insurgents held out for four years. In 488 the fortress fell through treachery; Leontius was put to death, beheaded at Seleucia on the Calycadnus, and his head was sent to Zeno.

paragraph: Since Illus and Leontius were both Chalcedonians, they gained the support of Callandion, Patriarch of Antioch, but otherwise had little support. Also some Pagans supported the revolt, among whom was the poet, philosopher, and soothsayer Pamprepius.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hugh, Elton, "Leontius (AD 484-488)", "De Imperatoribur Romanis"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Smith, William, "Illus", "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology".

paragraph: BULLET::::- Trombley, Frank R., and John W. Watt, "The Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite", Liverpool University Press, 2000, , p. 14.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Williams, Stephen, "The Rome That Did Not Fall: the survival of the East in the fifth century", Routledge, 1999, , p. 195.

description: Byzantine general and usurper

wikidata_label: Leontius

wikipedia_title: Leontius (usurper)


text:
New York Daily News
Gallagher and Shean
Warner Brothers
Gold Diggers of Broadway
lost film
San Francisco, California
Gold Diggers of Broadway
The Phantom of the House
The Jazz Cinderella
A Safe Affair
Yours Sincerely

categories: 20th-century American actresses,American film actresses,1904 births,American silent film actresses,Disease-related deaths in California,1991 deaths

paragraph: Nancy Welford

paragraph: Nancy Welford (May 31, 1904September 30, 1991) was an American actress in the early talkie era. The daughter of actress Ada Loftus and actor Dallas Welford, she was born in England and came to the United States when she was six years old.

paragraph: Welford's stage debut came as a member of the ensemble for "Mimic World". As early as 1921, she was active in vaudeville. In 1923, a caption of a photograph in the "New York Daily News" described her as the prima donna of a musical comedy and noted, "She has come up from the chorus and come to stay." She next joined the Gallagher and Shean duo in their performances. In 1926, Welford starred in "Nancy", a musical for which she was the inspiration.

paragraph: She acted in five films between 1929 and 1933. She is probably today mostly known for starring in the 1929 Warner Brothers musical "Gold Diggers of Broadway", which was the second all color-all talking feature ever made. Today, "Gold Diggers of Broadway" is a lost film with only 2 surviving reels.

paragraph: On October 24, 1924, Welford married film director F. Heath Cobb in Cleveland, Ohio. Her parents learned of the marriage about a month later, prompting her father to say, "I don't believe it", and putting her mother under a doctor's care at her home.

paragraph: Welford died in San Francisco, California.

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gold Diggers of Broadway" (1929) as Jerry

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Phantom of the House" (1929) as Dorothy Milburn

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Jazz Cinderella" (1930) as Patricia Murray

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Safe Affair" (1931) as Mary Bolton

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Yours Sincerely" (1933) as Betty Braley

description: American actress

wikidata_label: Nancy Welford

wikipedia_title: Nancy Welford


text:
Benedictine
Senones Abbey
Rabodeau
Vosges
archbishop of Sens
Saint Gondelbert, in stained glass
Saint Gondelbert, Fondateur de Senones

categories: 676 deaths,Bishops of Sens,7th-century Christian saints,Year of birth unknown

paragraph: Gondelbert

paragraph: Saint Gondelbert, (also Gondelbertus, Gundebert, Gumbert, Gombert, Gondeberg) was the founder of the Benedictine Senones Abbey in the Rabodeau () valley of the Vosges mountains around 650 AD, and its first abbot. He died around 676.

paragraph: The Benedictine monks of Senones Abbey preserve the tradition, dating from the eleventh century, that Gondelbert was the archbishop of Sens before he founded the abbey and that the abbey is named after the diocese of Sens ("Senonis" in Latin).

paragraph: He is a Catholic saint and his feastday is 21 February.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint Gondelbert, in stained glass Diocèse de Saint-Dié (Vosges)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint Gondelbert, Fondateur de Senones Diocèse de Saint-Dié (Vosges)

description: French bishop and saint

wikidata_label: Gondelbert

wikipedia_title: Gondelbert


text:
Northern Song
Fenyang
Shanxi
mounted archery
Emperor Renzong of Song
Shaanxi
Western Xia
Yin Zhu
Han Qi
Fan Zhongyan
Zuo Zhuan
Kunlun Pass
lunar month
Qing Dynasty
novels
Yang clan
Bao Zheng
Eighth Prince
Emperor Renzong
Toqto'a
History of Song
Sima Guang
Sushui Jiwen

categories: 1057 deaths,People from Lüliang,Song dynasty generals,1008 births

paragraph: Di Qing

paragraph: Di Qing (1008–1057), formerly romanized as Ti Ch'ing, was a military general of the Northern Song dynasty.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Di Qing was born to a poor family in Xihe, Fenzhou (汾州西河; present-day Fenyang, Shanxi). He sported tattoos on his face and excelled in mounted archery. In 1038, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, Di Qing was appointed as Commander (指揮使) of Yanzhou (延州; covering parts of present-day Shaanxi). He participated in the war between Song and Western Xia. Each time he went to war, he would don a bronze mask and let his hair run wild and disheveled, charging onto the battlefield. Di Qing was known to be close to Song ministers such as Yin Zhu (尹洙), Han Qi (韓琦) and Fan Zhongyan. Fan Zhongyan once presented Di Qing a copy of the "Zuo Zhuan" and advised him to read. Di Qing took up scholarly pursuits and became a versed military strategist. He was later promoted to Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs (樞密副使) for his contributions. Di Qing participated in a total of 25 battles in his lifetime. Of these battles, he was best known for his night raid on Kunlun Pass on the 15th day of the first lunar month in 1053. He died at age 48.

paragraph: Section::::Legends.

paragraph: Three Qing Dynasty novels are collectively known as the "Romance of Di Qing" and are attributed to Li Yutang. The central character in all 3 novels is Di Qing. The first one is originally titled "Pavilion of Ten Thousand Flowers" (萬花樓); the second one is titled "Five Tigers Conquering the West" (五虎征西) and the last one is titled "Five Tigers Conquering the South" (五虎平南). The novels also prominently feature Yang Zongbao from the Yang clan and Bao Zheng as the protagonists.

paragraph: In the above fiction, his father was a civil officer named Di Guang (狄廣) and his mother was Meng Shi (孟氏). His aunt, Di Qianjin (狄千金), married the Eighth Prince, the uncle of Emperor Renzong.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Toqto'a et al., "History of Song", .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sima Guang, "Sushui Jiwen", .

alias: Hanchen Wuxiang

description: Military General

wikidata_label: Di Qing

wikipedia_title: Di Qing


text:
MBE
boxer
Great Britain
Summer Olympics
1986 Commonwealth Games
Edinburgh
Acropolis Cup
MBE
Craig Lyon
Ryan Farrag

categories: English male boxers,Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing,Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England,Olympic boxers of Great Britain,Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games,Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England,Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics,Members of the Order of the British Empire,Flyweight boxers,Boxers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games,Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics,Boxers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games,England Boxing champions,1962 births,Place of birth missing (living people),Living people

paragraph: John Lyon (boxer)

paragraph: John Patrick Lyon MBE (born 9 March 1962) is a retired boxer from Great Britain. A member of the Greenall St. Helens Amateur Boxing Club he twice competed at the Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988) and won the gold medal in the men's flyweight division (– 48 kg) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

paragraph: Lyon won eight English ABA titles, four flyweight and four light-flyweight.

paragraph: Lyon won the bronze in the 1991 Acropolis Cup, retiring immediately afterwards.

paragraph: He was awarded an MBE for services to amateur boxing.

paragraph: Lyon's son Craig Lyon also won the English light-flyweight title, twice. He also competed in the Prizefighter tournament at super-flyweight in 2011, but was defeated by Ryan Farrag in the quarter finals.

description: British boxer

wikidata_label: John Lyon

wikipedia_title: John Lyon (boxer)


text: pharmacist

text: botanist

text: University of Chile

text: Hugo Gunckel

text: Instituto Pedagógico

text: Humberto Fuenzalida

text: UNESCO

text: plant ecology

text: Sparre

text: H.

text: A.

text: Phil.

text: Steud.

text: Acevedo

text: Tomo II

text: Tomo III

categories: Chilean women scientists,Chilean botanists,Possibly living people,1918 births,Chilean women botanists

paragraph: Luisa Eugenia Navas

paragraph: Luisa Eugenia Navas Bustamante (Chillan 1918-) was a Chilean pharmacist and botanist.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: On 9 May 1951 she received a degree in chemistry and pharmacy. That same year she became Assistant Chair of Botany in the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of Chile. In 1958 she was “Professor extraordinarius”, and assistant of Hugo Gunckel in the Instituto Pedagógico in the section of the criptogamic plants and finally chair Professor in the Faculty Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences the 1985. She studied seaweed, she concurred with his father to the Marine Biology Station at Montemar. With authorization of the Dean of Pharmacy, she went twice a week National Museum of Natural History of Santiago. On behalf of Humberto Fuenzalida, she reorganized the Botanical section for Cryptogamy. With a scholarship of UNESCO she studied plant ecology in Mexico, in the Polytechnical School with specialists of Montpellier and of the San Luis of Potosí. Later she concurs to the botanical Garden of the Central University of Caracas.

paragraph: Section::::Taxa described by L.E.Navas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gavilea longibracteata" (Lindl.)Sparre ex L.E.Navas

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dioscorea humifusa" var."gracilis" (H.et A.)L.E.Navas

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Myrceugenia colchaguensis" (Phil.)L.E.Navas

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Parietaria fernandeziana" (Steud.)L.E.Navas

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Urtica trichantha" (Wedd.)Acevedo et L.E.Navas

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Flora de la cuenca de Santiago de Chile Tomo I

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tomo II

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tomo III

description: Chilean botanist

wikidata_label: Luisa Eugenia Navas

wikipedia_title: Luisa Eugenia Navas


text:
Pressburg
Austria
Saint-Martin-Vésubie
France
Austria
confectioner
Royal warrant of appointment
France
confectioner
Bratislava
Slovakia
French Riviera
Menton
Cannes
Nice
Aix-les-Bains
Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary
Baden-Baden
Bad Nauheim
Frankfurt
Berlin
Rue de Rivoli
Nice
Angelina tea house
franchises
St_James's_Street
London
Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway
Hotel St. Moritz
Central Park
New York City
Winold Reiss
Art Déco

categories: Austrian food industry businesspeople,1832 births

paragraph: Anton Rumpelmayer

paragraph: Anton Rumpelmayer ( in Pressburg, Austria – in Saint-Martin-Vésubie, France) was an Austrian confectioner and ("Purveyor to the Royal and Imperial Court", equivalent in the United Kingdom to holding a Royal warrant of appointment). He worked in France, where he was known as Antoine Rumpelmayer.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: In 1870, the confectioner Rumpelmeyer moved from Pressburg (now Bratislava, Slovakia) – others say from Upper Austria – to the French Riviera. He probably first worked in Viktor Sylvain Perrimond's business in Menton. In 1896 they founded the "Perrimond-Mayer" company and opened new shops in Cannes, Nice and Aix-les-Bains. The Rumpelmayer establishment at 107 Avenue du Général du Gaulle in Aix was opened in 1887. It is still open today.

paragraph: Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary often visited the area. In the course of these travels, she visited the Rumpelmayer establishment, and as a result, he was received at the Vienna Court to be awarded the honour of ("Confectioner to the Court"). He was awarded this in 1896 by the Empress in person and is thus one of the very few whose award was made verbally by an imperial majesty. Rumpelmayer's partner received the honour at the same time.

paragraph: In Dresden, "Conditorei Rumplelmayer GmbH" ran its own factory producing chocolate candies, fruit preserves and a sweet pastries. The company had branches in Baden-Baden, Bad Nauheim, Frankfurt and Berlin (at 208/209 Kurfürstendamm).

paragraph: The Rumpelmayer in Baden-Baden is still open. Rumpelmayer was also Purveyor to the Court of Baden and Saxony.

paragraph: In 1903, Rumpelmayer opened a shop at 226 Rue de Rivoli in Paris and another branch with his son René (February 3, 1870 in Nice – 28 January 1915 in Paris). From 1916 his widow Angelina (née Guillarmou, 1866 – 1954) took over. The Angelina tea house became the meeting place of Parisian high society, and is still open.

paragraph: Further Rumpelmayer Cafés opened, operated either directly or as franchises. The one in St_James's_Street, London became a household name. Its delivery service even found its way into literature: it is mentioned several times in Virginia Woolf's novel "Mrs Dalloway.

paragraph: Another café was located in the Hotel St. Moritz at Central Park in New York City. It opened at the same time as the hotel in early 1930. The architect Winold Reiss designed the building in the Art Déco style. The café closed, with the hotel, in the 1990s.

description: confectioner

wikidata_label: Anton Rumpelmayer

wikipedia_title: Anton Rumpelmayer


text:
silent era
Miskolc
Budapest
A Vörös Sámson
Tavasz a télben
A Senki fia
St. Peter's Umbrella
A Kuruzsló
Mary Ann
Faun
Liliom
Man of Gold
The Inheritance of Tordis
Othello
Miss Madame
Yvette

categories: 1896 births,1955 deaths,20th-century Hungarian actresses,Hungarian silent film actresses,Hungarian film actresses

paragraph: Ica von Lenkeffy

paragraph: Ica von Lenkeffy (25 October 1896 – 25 January 1955) was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 26 films between 1912 and 1928. She was born in Miskolc, Hungary and died in Budapest.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Vörös Sámson" (1917)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tavasz a télben" (1917)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Senki fia" (1917)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "St. Peter's Umbrella" (1917)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Kuruzsló" (1917)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sulamith" (1917)

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

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Liliom" (1919)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Man of Gold" (1919)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Inheritance of Tordis" (1921)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Othello" (1922)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Miss Madame" (1923)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Yvette" (1928)

description: Hungarian actress

wikidata_label: Ica von Lenkeffy

wikipedia_title: Ica von Lenkeffy


text:
Barcelona
Los Salvajes
Poble Sec
Ringo Starr
Keith Moon
Charlie Watts

categories: Musicians from Barcelona,Living people,Spanish drummers

paragraph: Delfín Fernández Martínez

paragraph: Delfín Fernández Martínez (born January 15, 1948, in Barcelona) is the founding member of the Spanish rock band Los Salvajes.

paragraph: They were born and grow up in a neighborhood called Poble Sec, a place where he met Gaby Alegret, and Francesc Miralles, with whom he founded, in 1962 Los Salvajes, who are known as the "Spanish Rolling Stones".

paragraph: Currently he leads his own band called "Delfín Fernández Band".

paragraph: His self-taught training (learned beating chairs), made Delfín become one of the most powerful and emotive drummers in the Spanish rock scene.

paragraph: Influenced by the great drummers of '60s Ringo Starr, or Keith Moon, Delfín confesses his predilection and admiration for Charlie Watts.

paragraph: His favourite drums are: Premier, and Gretch.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1964 "Hoy comienza mi vida - Nada ha cambiado - Boys - Con el corazón"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1965 "Siluetas - Goodbye my love - Hielo en vez de amor - No me digas adiós"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1965 "Se llama Maria - Satisfacion - Wolly Bully - Ya te tengo"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1966 "Al Capone - Pienso en ti - Paff bum- A la buena de Dios"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1966 "La neurastemia - Soy asi - Corre, corre - These Boots are made for walking"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1966 "Todo negro - Una chica igual que tu -1966 - Es la edad - Que alguien me ayude"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 "Las ovejitas - Rosa de papel - Es mejor dejarlo como esta - No me puedo controlar"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 "Mi bigote - Fuera de mi corazón - Vivir sin ti - El bote que remo"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 "Massachusetts - El Don Juan"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1967 "LP "Lo Mejor de Los Salvajes""

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1968 "Judy con disfraz - Palabras"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1968 "Vuelve baby - Algo de titere"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1968 "Los platillos volantes - Un mensaje te quiero mandar"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1969 "Nana - I need your loving"

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Delfín Fernández in the Internet:

paragraph: BULLET::::-  www.delfinfernandezband.com

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Interview -Spanish-

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Interview -Spanish-

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Interview -Spanish-

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Interview -Spanish-

paragraph: BULLET::::- Los Salvajes

paragraph: BULLET::::-  (tribute site to Los Salvajes. -Spanish-)

paragraph: BULLET::::-  (tribute site to Los Salvajes. -Spanish)

paragraph: BULLET::::-  (tribute site toLos Salvajes. -Spanish)

description: Spanish musician

wikidata_label: Delfín Fernández Martínez

wikipedia_title: Delfín Fernández Martínez


text:
Argentine
polo
1924 Summer Olympics
Santa Fe
profile

categories: Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina,Year of death missing,Argentine people of Irish descent,Polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics,Olympic gold medalists for Argentina,Argentine polo players,Argentine people of British descent,1888 births,Olympic polo players of Argentina,Sportspeople from Buenos Aires

paragraph: Arturo Kenny

paragraph: Arturo J. Kenny (born December 12, 1888, date of death unknown) was an Argentine polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Santa Fe. Kenny was part of the Argentine polo team, which won the gold medal.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- profile

description: polo player

wikidata_label: Arturo Kenny

wikipedia_title: Arturo Kenny


href: Hirsingue Alsace Zentrumspartei Hirsingue Francophobe peasant Salon%20%28gathering%29 Strasbourg bourgeois dogma Catholic Colmar

text: Hirsingue Alsatian Zentrumspartei Hirsingue Francophobe peasant salon Strasbourg bourgeois dogma Catholic Colmar

categories: 1870 births,1932 deaths,People from Haut-Rhin,French Roman Catholic priests,French male non-fiction writers,French journalists,Politicians of the French Third Republic,Members of the Reichstag of the German Empire,Centre Party (Germany) politicians

paragraph: Xavier Haegy

paragraph: Xavier Joseph Haegy (December 2, 1870, Hirsingue – May 11, 1932) was an Alsatian priest, journalist and politician. A staunch proponent of Alsatian regionalism, Haegy was major media proprietor in Alsace and was elected deputy of the Zentrumspartei in 1913-8.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Born in Hirsingue, he was the sworn enemy of the abbé Wetterlé and was an ardent Francophobe of peasant origin who was more at ease speaking with peasants than in the salons of Strasbourg. As a result, he had a great deal of popular success while at the same time remaining limited in his appeal to the bourgeoisie of Alsace. Stubborn on the point of dogma, he was nevertheless fairly liberal on social matters and attempted to promote Catholic syndicalism. He died in Colmar.

description: Alsatian priest, politician, journalist

wikidata_label: Xavier Haegy

wikipedia_title: Xavier Haegy


text: American

text: manager

text: Canadian national baseball team

text: catcher

text: Major League Baseball

text: Toronto Blue Jays

text: Ontario Sports Hall of Fame

text: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

text: Boston Red Sox

text: home runs

text: All-Star

text: 2004 Summer Olympics

text: World Baseball Classic

text: Pan Am Games

text: gold medal

text: 1972 amateur draft

text: Boston Red Sox

text: Carlton Fisk

text: Cleveland Indians

text: Jim Colborn

text: Milwaukee Brewers

text: Hall-of-Famer

text: Carlton Fisk

text: expansion draft

text: Syracuse Chiefs

text: International League

text: Roy Hartsfield

text: Alan Ashby

text: Rick Cerone

text: 1980 season

text: Bobby Mattick

text: Cleveland Indian

text: Rick Manning

text: Len Barker's perfect game

text: Carlton Fisk

text: Dave Stieb

text: Donnie Moore

text: California Angels

text: Gary Ward

text: Texas Rangers

text: 1985 ALCS

text: Kansas City Royals

text: Baltimore Orioles

text: Oakland Athletics

text: 1989 ALCS

text: Pat Borders

text: Greg Myers

text: Kevin Batiste

text: Atlanta Braves

text: Ricky Trlicek

text: 1988 season

text: Joe Brinkman

text: Atlanta Braves

text: American League

text: Baltimore Orioles

text: Mother's Pizza

text: Ontario Sports Hall of Fame

text: right fielder

text: Larry Walker

text: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

text: 2004 Summer Olympics

text: Athens

text: baseball tournament

text: Canadian national baseball team

text: 2006 World Baseball Classic

text: bench coach

text: first base coach

text: John Gibbons

text: 2008 season

text: Clearwater Threshers

text: World Baseball Classic

text: 2011 Pan Am Games

text: Guadalajara

text: Mexico

text: gold medal

text: Retrosheet

categories: Minor league baseball managers,Toronto Blue Jays players,Naturalized citizens of Canada,Atlanta Braves players,Winston-Salem Red Sox players,Baseball coaches from Michigan,Bristol Red Sox players,Canadian people of American descent,1952 births,Sportspeople from Detroit,Boston Red Sox players,Major League Baseball catchers,Rhode Island Red Sox players,Charleston Charlies players,Greenville Braves players,American League All-Stars,Living people,Cardenales de Lara players,Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees,American expatriate baseball people in Canada,Baltimore Orioles players,American emigrants to Canada,Syracuse Chiefs players,Williamsport Red Sox players,Winter Haven Red Sox players,Olympic baseball managers,Baseball players from Michigan

paragraph: Ernie Whitt

paragraph: Leo Ernest Whitt (born June 13, 1952) is an American manager for the Canadian national baseball team and a former catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played 15 seasons in MLB, including twelve for the Toronto Blue Jays, and was the last player from the franchise's inaugural season of 1977 to remain through 1989. He has managed the Canadian national team since 2004. Whitt was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.

paragraph: Whitt made his MLB debut for the Boston Red Sox in 1976. For eight consecutive seasons from 1982 to 1989, he reached double figures in home runs and 100 hits in each of five consecutive seasons from 1985 to 1989. He was selected as an All-Star in 1985. As manager for the Canadian national team, his competitions include the 2004 Summer Olympics, four World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournaments, and the Pan Am Games, where they won two gold medals in 2011 and 2015.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Boston Red Sox (1976).

paragraph: Whitt was selected in the 15th round of the 1972 amateur draft by the Boston Red Sox, and he made his major league debut on September 12, 1976, pinch hitting for Carlton Fisk in the seventh inning, grounding out. He finished the game as the Red Sox catcher, as Boston defeated the Cleveland Indians 11–3. Whitt recorded his first career hit on September 21, hitting a home run off Jim Colborn of the Milwaukee Brewers in a 3–1 loss. He appeared in eight games with Boston, batting .222 with 1 HR and 3 RBI. With his path to the majors blocked by future Hall-of-Famer Carlton Fisk, he was left unprotected during the expansion draft held after the 1976 season and selected by the Blue Jays.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Toronto Blue Jays (1977–89).

paragraph: Whitt saw very little playing time with the Blue Jays in 1977, as in 23 games, he hit .171 with 0 HR and 6 RBI. In 1978, he saw even less time with Toronto, playing in just two games, going hitless in four at-bats. In 1979, Whitt spent the entire season with the Syracuse Chiefs, the Blue Jays AAA affiliate in the International League. Whitt speculated in his autobiography that Blue Jays manager Roy Hartsfield had a low opinion of his potential, as most of the catching duties went to Alan Ashby and Rick Cerone. With Hartsfield's departure prior to the 1980 season, new manager Bobby Mattick expanded Whitt's role as a player, and Whitt remained with the club for the next ten years.

paragraph: In 1980, Whitt became the Blue Jays starting catcher, as he appeared in 106 games, hitting .237 with 6 HR and 34 RBI. He saw his numbers slip in 1981, as Whitt hit .236 with 1 HR and 16 RBI in 74 games during the strike-shortened season. On May 15 of the latter year, his fly ball was caught by Cleveland Indian outfielder Rick Manning for the final out of Len Barker's perfect game.

paragraph: Whitt broke out offensively in 1982, as in 105 games, he hit .261 with 11 HR and 42 RBI for the Blue Jays. His 11 home runs ranked third on the team.

paragraph: In 1985, Whitt was named to the 1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. He appeared in the game in the sixth inning as a defensive replacement for Carlton Fisk and caught teammate Dave Stieb. Whitt also caught in the seventh inning for Donnie Moore of the California Angels before Gary Ward of the Texas Rangers pinch hit for Whitt in the eighth inning. During the season, Whitt hit .245 with 19 HR and 64 RBI, as he helped the Blue Jays make the playoffs for the first time in team history. In the 1985 ALCS against the Kansas City Royals, Whitt appeared in all seven games, hitting .190 with 0 HR and 2 RBI as the Blue Jays lost the series.

paragraph: On September 14, 1987, Whitt hit three home runs in a game against the Baltimore Orioles, helping the Blue Jays hit a major league record ten home runs in the game. Toronto defeated the Orioles 18–3. Whitt would have the best season of his career in 1987, as he hit .269 with 19 HR and 75 RBI in 135 games.

paragraph: In 1989, Whitt played in 129 games, hitting .262, while getting 11 HR, his lowest total in a season since 1982, and his 53 RBI were the lowest total since 1984. In the playoffs, Whitt played in all five games against the Oakland Athletics in the 1989 ALCS, batting .125 with 1 HR and 3 RBI, as the Blue Jays lost the series.

paragraph: To make room for young catchers Pat Borders and Greg Myers on the major league roster, on December 17, 1989, the Blue Jays traded Whitt and Kevin Batiste to the Atlanta Braves for Ricky Trlicek. Whitt was the last player from the expansion 1977 team to play for the Blue Jays.

paragraph: Whitt parlayed his popularity into the publication of an autobiography, "Catch: A Major League Life", providing an insider's glimpse into both the 1988 season and his early days coming up through the minors. The book includes adventures such as entering bowling tournaments to win money for food. The book caused a stir upon publishing due to Whitt's controversial labeling of umpire Joe Brinkman as "incompetent." Due to his longevity as well as his production, he is widely regarded as the Blue Jays' greatest catcher of all-time.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Atlanta Braves (1990).

paragraph: Whitt joined the Atlanta Braves for the 1990 season, and had a very disappointing season, as he hit .172 with 2 HR and 10 RBI in 67 games. On October 15, the Braves released Whitt.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Baltimore Orioles (1991).

paragraph: On April 7, 1991, Whitt returned to the American League, signing with the Baltimore Orioles. In 35 games, Whitt hit .242 with 0 HR and 3 RBI. On July 5, the Orioles released Whitt.

paragraph: Whitt appeared in 1328 games over his career, 1218 of them with the Blue Jays. In his career, he recorded 938 hits, and had a batting average of .249 with 134 HR and 534 RBI. In 12 career playoff games, Whitt hit .162 with one home run and five RBI.

paragraph: Section::::Business activities.

paragraph: Whitt invested in and was part owner of the Mother's Pizza chain in southern Ontario in 1983. He would frequently appear at the restaurants and sign autographs for fans. Mother's Pizza featured an "Ernie Whitt Special" pizza on the menu. The chain went bankrupt in 1992.

paragraph: Section::::Post-playing career.

paragraph: Section::::Post-playing career.:Honors.

paragraph: Whitt was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

paragraph: On June 20, 2009, it was announced that Whitt, along with former major league right fielder Larry Walker, were inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

paragraph: Section::::Post-playing career.:Managerial and coaching career.

paragraph: Whitt remained active as an ambassador of Canadian baseball following his major league career. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he guided the Canadian team to a fourth-place finish in the baseball tournament. Whitt also managed the Canadian national baseball team to a third-place finish in Pool B at the 2006 World Baseball Classic.

paragraph: Whitt also served as both the Blue Jays' bench coach and first base coach starting in 2005, and was rumoured to be a potential replacement for then-incumbent manager John Gibbons until Gibbons and several coaches were fired midway through the 2008 season. He was the manager of the Clearwater Threshers in the Philadelphia Phillies' minor league system. Whitt continues to be a roaming instructor in the Phillies' organization.

paragraph: Whitt has managed Team Canada in following World Baseball Classics, World Baseball Cup, and the Pan Am Games. In the 2011 Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Canada won that tournament's gold medal. and a bronze medal in the IBAF World Baseball Cup.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: , or Retrosheet

description: American baseball player and manager

wikidata_label: Ernie Whitt

wikipedia_title: Ernie Whitt


text: Southern Tagalog

text: Philippines

text: disappeared

text: Makati Medical Center

text: Metro Manila

text: Ferdinand Marcos

text: martial law in the Philippines

text: Southern Tagalog 10

text: Bantayog ng mga Bayani

text: University of the Philippines Los Baños

text: Kabataang Makabayan

text: Jessica Sales

text: Cristina Catalla

text: Gerardo "Gerry" Faustino

text: Lucena City

text: Quezon province

text: Tagaytay City

text: Behn Cervantes

text: Cultural Center of the Philippines

text: Bianca Umali

text: GMA Network

text: Southern Tagalog 10

text: Bantayog ng mga Bayani

categories: History of the Philippines (1965–86),Forced disappearances in the Philippines,Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos,Philippines stubs,Individuals honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani,20th-century Filipino women,Political repression in the Philippines,1954 births,Marcos martial law victims,Presidency of Ferdinand Marcos

paragraph: Rizalina Ilagan

paragraph: Rizalina "Lina" P. Ilagan (born June 19, 1954—disappeared on July 31, 1977) was an anti-martial law activist who belonged to a network of community organizations in the Southern Tagalog region in the Philippines.

paragraph: She was abducted by state security agents and disappeared on July 31, 1977, at the Makati Medical Center in Metro Manila, with nine other activists in what is believed to be the single biggest case of involuntary disappearance during Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law in the Philippines.

paragraph: The group, consisting of university students and professors working as community organizers in Southern Tagalog, later came to be known as the Southern Tagalog 10.

paragraph: Ilagan's name is inscribed on the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Wall of Remembrance, which honors martyrs and heroes of martial law. She is one of the heroes honored on the University of the Philippines Los Baños 'Hagdan ng Malayang Kamalayan' memorial.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: As a student, Ilagan was always at the top of her class. She directed plays in high school (and won best director) and wrote for the school paper. She also attended conferences held by youth organizations, such as the Future Farmers of the Philippines. She became an activist and joined the local chapter of the militant youth group Kabataang Makabayan (KM) in her senior year in high school.

paragraph: She entered the University of the Philippines in Los Baños and became active in the theater group Tambuli under director Leo Rimando. She became the Southern Tagalog coordinator of KM's Panday Sining theater organization, which staged plays depicting the problems of Philippine society.

paragraph: She left the university when martial law was declared in 1972 and worked full-time organizing communities in the underground resistance to the dictatorship. She also worked as a staff member for an underground newsletter in Southern Tagalog. It was at this time that military intelligence personnel began pursuing her and other activists working in Southern Tagalog.

paragraph: On July 31, 1977, Ilagan and her two companions, Jessica Sales and Cristina Catalla, were abducted on their way to a meeting at the Makati Medical Center. They were to meet fellow community organizers Gerardo "Gerry" Faustino, Modesto Sison, Ramon Jasul, Emmanuel Salvacruz, Salvador Panganiban, Virgilio Silva, and Erwin de la Torre, all of whom were also abducted. Sison's body was later found in Lucena City, Quezon province. Silva and Panganiban's bodies were found in a ravine in Tagaytay City, Cavite. Ilagan and the rest were never found.

paragraph: Ilagan is recognized as a martyr and hero of martial law and her name has been inscribed on the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Wall of Remembrance. The arts festival Pista Rizalina of the Cultural Center of the Philippines was named in her honor.

paragraph: Section::::In popular culture and mass media.

paragraph: The play "Pagsambang Bayan" is dedicated to Ilagan and other members of the Southern Tagalog 10. It was written by Ilagan's brother Bonifacio Ilagan and first staged in September 1977 by director Behn Cervantes and the University of the Philippines Repertory Company. The staging of the play led to the arrest of Cervantes and the play's musical director.

paragraph: The Cultural Center of the Philippines organized Pista Rizalina: A Festival of Arts and Ideas in honor of Ilagan. It ran from September 8 to 24, 2017, and featured nine plays on freedom and human rights. It also featured films, documentaries, a public forum, art exhibits, and musical performances.

paragraph: Actress Bianca Umali played Rizalina Ilagan in the GMA Network television special "Alaala: A Martial Law Special", which first aired on September 17, 2017. "Alaala" won the Gold Camera Award in the docudrama category of the 2018 U.S. International Film and Video Festival.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Southern Tagalog 10

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bantayog ng mga Bayani

description: Filipino anti-martial law activist

wikidata_label: Rizalina Ilagan

wikipedia_title: Rizalina Ilagan


text:
American football
safety
San Francisco 49ers
National Football League
Florida
San Francisco 49ers
2018 NFL Draft
Chicago Bears
Mitchell Trubisky

categories: San Francisco 49ers players,Players of American football from Florida,1994 births,American football safeties,Sportspeople from Orlando, Florida,Florida Gators football players,Living people

paragraph: Marcell Harris

paragraph: Marcell Harris (born June 9, 1994) is an American football safety for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Florida. Harris had 102 tackles and two interceptions between 2014 and 2016. Due to a torn Achilles tendon, he missed the 2017 season.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Harris was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round (184th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. On September 3, 2018, Harris was placed on injured reserve. He was activated off injured reserve to the active roster on November 1, 2018. In Week 16 against the Chicago Bears, Harris made a late hit on Mitchell Trubisky. As a result, he was fined $10,026 six days later.

description: American-football player (1994-)

wikidata_label: Marcell Harris

wikipedia_title: Marcell Harris


text:
American football
offensive guard
Los Angeles Rams
National Football League
college football
Maine
Vineland, New Jersey
Vineland High School
University of Maine
Colonial Athletic Association
Los Angeles Rams
2018 NFL Draft
Dallas Cowboys
Tavon Austin
Detroit Lions
Maine Black Bears bio

categories: American football offensive linemen,Detroit Lions players,Sportspeople from Cumberland County, New Jersey,Maine Black Bears football players,Vineland High School alumni,Players of American football from New Jersey,1996 births,People from Vineland, New Jersey,Living people,Los Angeles Rams players,American football offensive tackles

paragraph: Jamil Demby

paragraph: Jamil Demby (born June 20, 1996) is an American football offensive guard for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Maine.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: A native of Vineland, New Jersey, Demby attended Vineland High School.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Demby played college football for the University of Maine, appearing in 42 games with the team. As a senior he led the offensive line to allowing the fewest sacks in the Colonial Athletic Association with 19. He was named to the first-team all-CAA, the all-New England Football team, the FCS All-America first team and the STATS FCS All-America second team. Demby graduated with a degree in kinesiology in May 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Los Angeles Rams.

paragraph: Demby was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth round, 192nd overall, of the 2018 NFL Draft, through a pick acquired from the Dallas Cowboys in a trade for Tavon Austin. He was waived by the Rams on September 8, 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions.

paragraph: On September 11, 2018, Demby was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions. He was waived on September 18, 2018 and was re-signed to the practice squad.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Los Angeles Rams (second stint).

paragraph: On December 12, 2018, the Rams signed Demby off the Lions' practice squad.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Maine Black Bears bio

description: American football offensive guard

wikidata_label: Jamil Demby

wikipedia_title: Jamil Demby


text:
Liberia
Louis Arthur Grimes
College of West Africa
University of Liberia
Bachelor of Arts
Harvard Law School
United States
law degree
Columbia University
New York City
Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law
foreign minister
President
William Tubman
Momolu Dukuly
Rocheforte Lafayette Weeks
Guttenberg, New Jersey

categories: Harvard Law School alumni,University of Liberia alumni,Foreign Ministers of Liberia,Americo-Liberian people,2007 deaths,Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany,People from Guttenberg, New Jersey,School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni,1923 births

paragraph: Joseph Rudolph Grimes

paragraph: Joseph Rudolph Grimes (October 31, 1923 – September 7, 2007) was a leading politician in Liberia. A trained lawyer, he served as Secretary of State from 1960 to 1972.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Grimes was born on October 31, 1923, to Louis Arthur Grimes and Victoria Grimes. He was educated at the College of West Africa (now Methodist University of Liberia) before graduating from Liberia College (now University of Liberia) with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Grimes then attended Harvard Law School in the United States where he earned a law degree, followed by a master's degree from Columbia University in New York City in international affairs.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Following his education in America, he returned to Liberia where he founded the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the now University of Liberia. Named after his father, the younger Grimes served as the first dean starting in 1951.

paragraph: In 1958, he was appointed as the Acting Secretary of State of Liberia. In 1960, he became the third foreign minister (Secretary of State) under President William Tubman. Serving until 1971, he is the longest serving foreign minister in Liberian history. He was preceded by Momolu Dukuly and was replaced by Rocheforte Lafayette Weeks.

paragraph: Section::::Later years.

paragraph: He was elected in 1975 to membership in the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches (CCIA/WCC) and served as its Vice-Moderator until 1983. He was engaged as its Special advisor on African Affairs and representative to the United Nations in New York in 1993-1994.

paragraph: Joseph Rudolph Grimes died on September 7, 2007, at his home in Guttenberg, New Jersey, at the age of 83.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Married to Doris.

description: Liberian politician

wikidata_label: Joseph Rudolph Grimes

wikipedia_title: Joseph Rudolph Grimes


text:
Ford Motor Company
Ford Taurus
Lawrence Technological University
Ford Fiesta
Philip Caldwell
Ford Motor Company
development
Ford Taurus

categories: People from Livonia, Michigan,Ford people,1930 births,1990 deaths,American people of Italian descent

paragraph: Lewis Veraldi

paragraph: Lewis Veraldi (July 16, 1930 - October 30, 1990) was a Ford Motor Company automotive engineer who was a key leader behind the creation of the Ford Taurus.

paragraph: Veraldi was the son of working-class Italian immigrants who managed to get Lewis and his brother Frank into the Henry Ford Trade School with both working at Ford afterwards. Lewis would attend Lawrence Technological University while working at Ford. Earlier in his career, Veraldi designed a more efficient steering linkage and led the platform team for the Ford Fiesta MKI.

paragraph: In 1979, Ford Motor Company was in danger of going bankrupt thanks to a moribund product line and increased competition from foreign automakers. Philip Caldwell, Ford's CEO at the time, put Veraldi in charge of a new car to turn Ford's fortunes around, aware that the future of the company would be riding on it.

paragraph: The Taurus would be a sales success, and set the path for a revitalized Ford Motor Company going into the 1980s and the 1990s.

paragraph: Often called the "father of the Taurus," Veraldi ended his career as Ford Motor Company vice president in charge of car development, and retired in 1989. He would die from a heart attack one year later in 1990.

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: Automotive Executive of the Year 1987

paragraph: Automotive Industries magazine Man of the Year 1987

paragraph: Eli Whitney Productivity Award 1987 - Socitey of Manufacturing Engineers

paragraph: Lawrence Technological University - Veraldi Instructional Technology Resource Center (VITRC)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: Ford Taurus

description: American businessman

wikidata_label: Lewis Veraldi

wikipedia_title: Lewis Veraldi


text:
German
physical anthropologist
classified humanity
races
Jersitz
Province of Posen
Zeitschrift fur Rassenkunde
Hans F. K. Günther

categories: People from the Province of Posen,People from Poznań,German anthropologists,1965 deaths,Barons of Germany,1892 births

paragraph: Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt

paragraph: Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt (April 10, 1892 – December 20, 1965) was a German physical anthropologist who classified humanity into races.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt was born on April 10, 1892 in Jersitz, Province of Posen.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Von Eickstedt was an anthropologist. He was the author of "Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit" (Ethnology and the Race History of Mankind).

paragraph: From 1933 to 1945, he was the editor of "Zeitschrift fur Rassenkunde", a German journal of racial studies, with the assistance of Hans F. K. Günther.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: He died on December 20, 1965.

description: German anthropologist

wikidata_label: Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt

wikipedia_title: Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt


text: Ganja

text: Persian

text: poet

text: Sanai

text: Nizami

text: Attar

text: Rumi

text: Saadi

text: quatrain

text: ruba'i

text: Ganja

text: Omar Khayyam

text: Nizami

text: Sultan Sanjar

text: Madame Sans-Gêne

text: Bukhara

text: Ganja

text: Nozhat al-Majales

text: Nozhat al-Majales

text: List of Persian poets and authors

text: Persian literature

categories: People from Ganja, Azerbaijan,Persian-language women poets,1089 births,12th-century women writers,12th-century writers,Medieval poets,12th-century Persian poets,Year of birth unknown,12th-century deaths,12th-century Iranian people,11th-century Iranian people,Iranian women writers,Year of death unknown,Romantic poets

paragraph: Mahsati

paragraph: Mahsati Ganjavi (), (born c. 1089 in Ganja - died after 1159) was a 12th-century Persian poet. Mahsati (مهستی) is a compound of two Persian words "Mah/Maah" (Moon) and "Sati" (Lady).

paragraph: The word appears in the works of Sanai, Nizami, Attar, Rumi, and Saadi.

paragraph: As an eminent poet, she was composer of quatrains (ruba'is). Originated from Ganja, she was said to have associated with both Omar Khayyam and Nizami. She is also said to have been a companion of Sultan Sanjar. Her alleged free way of living and peddled verses have stamped her as a Persian Madame Sans-Gêne . Her purported love affairs are recounted in the works of "Jauhari of Bukhara".

paragraph: No details about her life are documented except that she was born in Ganja and was highly esteemed at the court of Sultan Sanjar of the Seljuk dynasty. She is said to have attracted the notice and gained the favor of Sanjar by the following verse, which she extemporized one evening when the King, on going out from his audience-hall to mount his horse, found that a sudden fall of snow had covered the ground:

paragraph: It is also known that Mahsati was persecuted for her courageous poetry condemning religious obscurantism, fanaticism, and dogmas. Her only works that have come down to us are philosophical and love quatrains (rubaiyat), glorifying the joy of living and the fullness of love. The most complete collection of her quatrains are founded in the Nozhat al-Majales. Approximately 60 quatrains of her are found in the Nozhat al-Majales. A monument to her was placed in Ganja in 1980.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jan Rypka, "History of Iranian Literature". Reidel Publishing Company. 1968 .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edward Brown, "A Literary History of Persia". 4 vol. Cambridge university Press 1969, vol. 2, p. 344)

paragraph: BULLET::::- R. M. Chopra, "Eminent Poetesses of Persia", Iran Society, Kolkata, 2010.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Original poetry of Mahsati in Persian on Ganjoor site

paragraph: BULLET::::- sample poems by Mahsati Ganjavi in English

paragraph: BULLET::::- Poems and biography of Mahasti Ganjavi (in Persian)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Persian poets and authors

paragraph: BULLET::::- Persian literature

description: Iranian writer

wikidata_label: Mahsati

wikipedia_title: Mahsati


text:
Sunni
Khwarezmian
panegyrist
epistolographer
Afghanistan
Khwarazmshah
Amin al-Din Rashid al-Din Vatvat
Atsiz ibn Muhammad
Great Seljuq empire
qasideh
List of Persian poets and authors
Persian literature

categories: 12th-century Iranian people,12th-century Persian poets,12th-century writers

paragraph: Rashid al-Din Vatvat

paragraph: Rashid al-Din Muhammad Umar-i Vatvāt () (d. 1182–1183) was a 12th-century Sunni Khwarezmian panegyrist and epistolographer. He was born in Balkh, (now modern-day Afghanistan).

paragraph: Served at the court of Khwarazmshah Kings, although he should not be mistaken for a later physician by the name Amin al-Din Rashid al-Din Vatvat. While serving as court poet, it was through him that Atsiz ibn Muhammad boasted of the end of the Great Seljuq empire.

paragraph: He also composed qasidehs, but his rhetorical work "Hadā'iq al-sihr fi daqa'iq al-shi'r" ("Magic Gardens of the Niceties of Poetry") is in prose.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Persian literature

description: Iranian poet

wikidata_label: Rashid al-Din Vatvat

wikipedia_title: Rashid al-Din Vatvat


text: Fujiwara no Yoshitaka

text: Prince Kanenori.

text: calligraphy

text: Ono no Michikaze

text: kana

text: Sesonji

text: Chinese

text: Gyōsho

text: Sōsho

text: Bai Juyi

text: ryoshi

text: Emperor Fushimi

text: colophon

text: Tokyo National Museum

text: Shodo

text: Calligraphy

categories: 1027 deaths,972 births,10th-century Japanese calligraphers

paragraph: Fujiwara no Yukinari

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Yukinari was the son of a courtier by the name of Fujiwara no Yoshitaka. After the early death of his father, he was raised by his grandfather, Prince Kanenori. Yukinari had a fairly successful career as a court official, where he served as a Major Counselor. Yukinari further improved the Japanese style calligraphy ("wayō-shodō" 和様書道), and showed great respect to its founder, Ono no Michikaze (894-966). He even mentioned in his diary,"Gonki", that he had a dream wherein he met Michikaze and learnt calligraphy from him.

paragraph: Yukinari was known as the master of kana. His style was mild and easily emulated, his lines were dainty and exquisite, resulting in highly elegant characters. Fujiwara Yukinari is regarded as the founder of the Sesonji lineage of calligraphy, which later became the leading tradition of wayō (和様) calligraphy. His extant works were most written in Mana (Chinese characters used as units of meaning) in Gyōsho or Sōsho.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: One of his most well-known works is the handscroll of Bai Juyi's eight poems from volume 65 of his Poetic Anthology. He wrote this masterpiece in 1018 when he was forty-seven years old. The scroll was made by joining together nine pieces of specially prepared paper known as ryoshi, then dyed in light brown, claret, and other shades. This handscroll was treasured by Emperor Fushimi (reigned from 1288 to 1298), and the colophon over the seams on the back of the paper attests to this. Currently, the scroll is stored in the Tokyo National Museum.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shodo

paragraph: BULLET::::- Calligraphy

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Artnet Artist's biographies: Fujiwara no Kozei

alias:
Fujiwara no Kozei
Yukinari Fujiwara

description: calligrapher

wikidata_label: Fujiwara no Yukinari

wikipedia_title: Fujiwara no Yukinari