text:
songwriter
producer
dancer
actor
Rome
Via del Corso
Fellini
androgynous
David Bowie
Marc Bolan
Superman
Renato Serio
RAI
aborigines
Sanremo Music Festival
Tim Burton
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Luciano Pavarotti
Mina n° 0
Live 8
Vatican
Pope John Paul II
drug abuse
Marc Bolan
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

wikipedia_title:
Songwriter
Record producer
Dance
Actor
Rome
Via del Corso
Federico Fellini
Androgyny
David Bowie
Marc Bolan
Superman (1978 film)
Renato Serio
RAI
Indigenous peoples
Sanremo Music Festival
Tim Burton
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Luciano Pavarotti
Mina n° 0
Live 8 concert, Rome
Vatican City
Pope John Paul II
Substance abuse
Marc Bolan
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

categories: Italian singer-songwriters,1950 births,Living people

paragraph: Renato Zero

paragraph: Renato Zero () is the stage name of Renato Fiacchini (born 30 September 1950), an Italian singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and actor whose career spans a full six decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s, with 40 million records sold, becoming one of the best-selling Italian music artists.

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

paragraph: Zero was born Renato Fiacchini in central Rome, in Via di Ripetta, next to the famed Via del Corso.

paragraph: He quit his studies early to devote himself to his true passion, the arts, more specifically playing music and singing - though initially with little success. From an early age, he would wear make-up and cross-dress. He replied to the criticisms he received (including the recurring insult "Sei uno zero!" - "You're a zero!") by taking on the pseudonym Renato Zero. He recorded his first songs in 1965: "Tu", "Sì", "Il deserto", "La solitudine", which were never issued. His first published single, "Non basta sai/In mezzo ai guai" (1967), sold a total of 20 copies and was quickly forgotten.

paragraph: He had several different jobs, including an appearance in an advertisement for ice-cream; work as a dancer in a TV show; playing and dancing in two musicals; and minor roles in two Fellini movies.

paragraph: In the late 1960s/early 1970s Zero's career was given a boost by the glam-rock movement, from which he benefited with his sexual ambiguity and androgynous appearance. At the same time, this led him to being accused of emulating other celebrities like David Bowie and, in particular, Marc Bolan. In 1973 he issued his first LP, "No! Mamma, no!" (recorded live), but still with little success. The follow-up "Invenzioni" met the same fate.

paragraph: Section::::Birth of "Zeromania".

paragraph: It was not until 1976 that he scored his first hit with the single "Madame", a collaboration with songwriter Franca Evangelisti and composer Piero Pintucci, with whom Zero continued to work in the years that followed. "Madame" and the album including it, "Trapezio", established a regular and loyal audience for Zero. This was to increase exponentially in the following years, until he could boast a huge following of die-hard fans that he dubbed "Sorcini" ("Little Mice"). Among his greatest hits at the time, all of them topping and breaking the Italian charts for quite some time, "Mi vendo", "Morire qui", "Triangolo", "Baratto" are still popular in Italy, and were among all disco clubs’ playlists.

paragraph: The late 1970s and early 1980s were years of great success for Zero's character, with the LPs "Zerofobia" ("Zerophobia", 1977), "Zerolandia" (1978), "Erozero" (1979), "Tregua" (1980), "Artide Antartide" (1981), "Via Tagliamento" (1982) and "Calore" (1983) topping the Italian charts. At this time Renato Zero was amongst the two or three most popular singers in Italy and his songs "Il Cielo", "Il Carrozzone", "Amico", "Più su" and "Spiagge" were already regarded, by fans and critics, as some of the best Italian songs ever.

paragraph: The name Zerolandia also referred to the moving theatre (a circus tent with a capacity of 5,000) in which he performed shows throughout Italy. On numerous occasions fans would participate in the gigs, made-up like Zero and dressed in his typical costumes.

paragraph: In 1979 Zero played himself in the movie "Ciao Nì" (his usual greeting to his fans, which is a term of endearment that can be roughly translated as "Hi, Dear!"). In Italy this film grossed more than the American blockbuster "Superman".

paragraph: Section::::The ‘80s: career dip.

paragraph: In the 1980s he began to abandon make-up and greasepaint, but this did not rid Zero of his mania for grandeur: in the 1980 tour, for example, he entered the stage riding a white horse. In 1982 he began a collaboration with the opera director Renato Serio, who was to write the string arrangements for almost all of Zero's following LPs. In late 1982 he took part in RAI's "Fantastico 3", then the most popular Italian TV show.

paragraph: His career continued to be successful until 1984. That year, however, his new album "Leoni si nasce", that he presented in a press conference disguised as a lion and was escorted by four aborigines, was a commercial failure, even though it peaked at #1. His 1987 album "Zero" marked the lowest point of his career, peaking at #13 but then almost immediately disappearing from the Italian charts.

paragraph: Section::::1990s: the comeback.

paragraph: In 1991 Renato Zero participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Spalle al muro", and from that moment on his career began to rise again. In 1993 he ranked #1 on the Italian charts with the LP "Quando non sei più nessuno". The following year "L'imperfetto" repeated this success. His concerts would regularly sell out, and he returned to his famous dress changes, although in a more balanced style.

paragraph: In the mid-1990s Zero dubbed the character of Jack Skellington and sang the songs in the Italian release of Tim Burton's motion picture "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

paragraph: In 1999, he sang his hit song “Il Cielo” at Pavarotti and Friends together with tenor Luciano Pavarotti, and later the same year, Italian diva Mina paid him a tribute with her album "Mina n° 0", containing ten of Zero's songs, including one sung in duet with him.

paragraph: Section::::2000s, 2010s: the emperor's reign.

paragraph: In 2004 his tour "Cattura il sogno/Il sogno continua" (“Catch the dream/The dream continues”) was awarded by "Pollstar" magazine as the most successful of the year in Italy as well as one of the most successful worldwide (#30). The recording of his concerts in Rome, held at Olimpico Stadium in June, was the top selling musical DVD in 2004.

paragraph: In 2005 he took part in the Italian staging of Live 8, in the Circo Massimo. In November his new album "Il dono" ("The Gift") topped the charts and maintained the #1 position until the end of the year. In December 2005 he performed in the Vatican with a song dedicated to Pope John Paul II. Renato Zero's 2006 tour was entitled “Zeromovimento” and involved 25 concerts. After 40 years of his musical career, in February 2006 he refused the Career Award at the Sanremo festival, stating that the award should be for artists who had reached old age.

paragraph: In 2007 he toured again in major Italian cities, filling sports stadiums. The tour was called “MpZerO”, and attracted 270,000 spectators over seven dates, of which 120,000 filled the Olympic Stadium of Rome, his hometown. He's often called the Emperor of Rome.

paragraph: "Presente", his 30th album, was released in Europe and the Americas on 20 March 2009. It went multi-platinum in Italy, with 80,000 copies sold in the first week. Following the release of "Presente", Renato toured again in autumn 2009; the "Zeronove tour" saw 30 sold-out dates and was the most successful gig of the year in Italy. On 10 December the music video for "Ancora qui", the first single from the album "Presente", won the best Italian video of the year. In September 2010 "Presente" (CD edition + special CD+DVD edition) was certified by FIMI as the top selling album in Italy during the years 2009–2010. In 2012 "Sei Zero" was certified as the top selling DVD of 2011.

paragraph: In 2013 he released two new albums, "Amo - capitolo I" and "Amo - capitolo II"; both peaked at No. 1 on the Italian charts. During 2013-2014 he toured again, after a three-year hiatus; his new show, "Amo in tour", saw all 59 concerts sold out, with a record tenure in Rome (twenty dates), Milan (eight dates) and Florence (eight dates).

paragraph: On 13 February 2016, he was guest of honor at the Sanremo Music Festival. On that occasion he announced his next album, "Alt", to be released on 8 April that year. On 2 March "Chiedi", the first single from "Alt", peaked at No. 1 on the iTunes chart. The album later debuted at No. 1 on the official FIMI Italian albums chart.

paragraph: Section::::Zero's accomplishments.

paragraph: Renato Zero is the only artist to have reached No. 1 on the Italian charts in five different decades (1970s, ‘80s, ‘90s, 2000s and 2010s). He has had no fewer than 26 albums in the Top 10.

paragraph: Renato Zero has an album ("Presente") certified Diamond by FIMI, a goal officially achieved in Italian charts history by only five artists (Vasco Rossi, Ligabue, Jovanotti and Modà being the others).

paragraph: He likes to work with other artists, and has written songs for numerous other singers as well. With his particular approach in performances, shows and tours, he is a leading live performer in his country and obtained a unique spot in the Italian musical scene.

paragraph: Throughout his career, Renato Zero has been a campaigner against drug abuse. His ‘grand force’ is regarded to be having shown “the normality of the diverse”, convincing the public that diversity feeds our human abilities to feel and act with love, respect, solidarity and faith.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Though the general consensus was that he is bisexual or gay, but conservative in not wanting to reveal his sexuality, Zero self-identified as heterosexual during an Italian talk-show. Zero has admitted to having two relationships; one with Enrica Bonaccorti, a famous television host, and another with Lucy Morante, his former secretary.

paragraph: His image has changed through the decades, from the flamboyant, makeup-wearing transvestite of the mid-1970s, reminiscent of Marc Bolan or "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"’s Frank'n'Furter, to today's somber, blue-suit-clad icon of no specific gender and unspecified age, his only affectation a head of jet-black hair and a thin veil of foundation and lip gloss.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (Italian and English)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zeromania, fan site

paragraph: BULLET::::- Renato Zero, tribute space

description: Italian singer-songwriter and showman

wikidata_label: Renato Zero

wikipedia_title: Renato Zero


text: Prix des Deux Magots

text: Père Lachaise cemetery

text: Pédale dure

text: Adolphe

text: Thérèse et Léon

text: État gris pâle

text: Stardom

text: Ainsi soit-il

text: Les Vacances de l'amour

text: Le Dernier Été

text: Vent de galerne

text: Première classe

text: La Fiancée qui venait du froid

text: Life Is a Bed of Roses

text: Charles et Lucie

text: Alain Scoff

text: Théâtre Mouffetard

text: Italo Svevo

text: Jacques Mauclair

text: Théâtre du Marais

text: Ray Cooney

text: Gene Stone

text: Francis Joffo

text: Théâtre de la Potinière

text: Mercure de France

text: Monsieur Henri

text: Prix des Deux Magots

text: Prix du roman Fnac

text: Arléa

categories: Prix des Deux Magots winners,20th-century French writers,20th-century French male writers,French translators,2014 deaths,1945 births,French male actors,English–French translators,Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery,People from Saint-Étienne

paragraph: Pierre Charras

paragraph: Pierre Charras (19 March 1945 - 19 January 2014) was a French writer, actor and translator from English to French. He published several novels including "Monsieur Henri", Prix des Deux Magots (1995), "Juste avant la nuit" (1998), "Comédien" (2000) and "Dix-neuf secondes", prix du roman FNAC 2003.

paragraph: He is buried at the Père Lachaise cemetery (53rd division).

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004 : "Pédale dure" : le père

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002 : "Adolphe" : the butler

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002 : "Sur le bout des doigts" : Raymond

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2001 : "Thérèse et Léon" (TV) : the banque manager

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000 : "État gris pâle" (court métrage) : a holydaymaker

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000 : "Stardom" : French intellectual in a televised debate

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000 : "Ainsi soit-il" : the judge

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 : "Les Vacances de l'amour" (épisode "Paparazzis")

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 : "Le Dernier Été" (TV)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989 : "Vent de galerne" : the priest

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1984 : "Première classe"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1983 : "La Fiancée qui venait du froid" : Paul's brother

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1983 : "Life Is a Bed of Roses"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1979 : "Charles et Lucie" : an inspector

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978 : "Guerres civiles en France" : le zouave (segment "La Semaine sanglante")

paragraph: Section::::Theatre.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1973 : "J'ai confiance dans mon pays" by Alain Scoff, directed by the author, Théâtre Mouffetard

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986 : "La Comédie sans titre" by Italo Svevo, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre du Marais

paragraph: Adaptation

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1982 : "Une fille drôlement gonflée" by Ray Cooney and Gene Stone, adaptation in collaboration with Alain Scoff, directed by Francis Joffo, Théâtre de la Potinière

paragraph: Section::::Published books.

paragraph: Aux éditions du Mercure de France :

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chez Louise", 1984

paragraph: BULLET::::- "On était heureux les dimanches", 1987

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mémoires d'un ange", 1991, Prix Charles Oulmont 1991

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Marthe jusqu'au soir", 1993

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monsieur Henri", 1994, Prix des Deux Magots

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Juste avant la nuit", 1998

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Comédien", 2000

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dix-neuf secondes", 2003 (Prix du roman Fnac)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bonne nuit, doux prince", 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Requiem de Franz", 2009

paragraph: Other publishers :

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Deux ou trois rendez-vous", Slarkine, 1982

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Francis Bacon, le ring de la douleur", Ramsay Archimbaud, 1996 ; reprint Le Dilettante, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dimanche prochain" (theatre), L'Avant-scène, 1997

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Crise de foi(e)", (conte, Arléa, 1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rameau le fou" (theatre), Séguier Archimbaud, 2001

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Figure" (theatre), L'Avant-scène, 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dix-neuf secondes" (version audio du roman, lu à deux voix par Pierre Charras et Annick Roux), Lire dans le noir, 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- "L'Oiseau" (essay), Stock, 2004

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- « Pierre Charras est mort : l'auteur de "Monsieur Henri" et "Dix-neuf secondes" avait 68 ans. Bonne nuit Pierre Charras », par Odile Quirot sur bibliobs.nouvelobs.com, 21 janvier 2014]

description: French actor

wikidata_label: Pierre Charras

wikipedia_title: Pierre Charras


text: First Lieutenant

text: United States Marine Corps

text: posthumously

text: Medal of Honor

text: Iwo Jima

text: National Guard

text: Michigan State College

text: East Lansing, Michigan

text: Sigma Alpha

text: ROTC

text: Marine Corps Reserve

text: 2nd Battalion, 16th Marines

text: 5th Marine Division

text: Iwo Jima

text: Volcano Islands

text: Iwo campaign

text: Secretary of the Navy

text: James Forrestal

text: President of the United States

text: Volcano Islands

text: bivouac

text: machine-gun

text: hand grenade

text: United States Naval Service

text: HARRY S. TRUMAN

text: United States Navy

categories: United States Marine Corps officers,United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients,1945 deaths,Battle of Iwo Jima,1911 births,People from Bucyrus, Ohio,American Marine Corps personnel of World War II

paragraph: Harry L. Martin

paragraph: First Lieutenant Harry Linn Martin (January 4, 1911 – March 26, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps officer who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions on Iwo Jima on March 26, 1945.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Harry Linn Martin was a member of the Ohio National Guard and graduated from Bucyrus High School and from Michigan State College in East Lansing, Michigan, where he majored in business administration. At State, he was on the football and wrestling teams and did some boxing and skiing. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Fraternity and served two years in the Cavalry unit of the ROTC. Following graduation in 1936, he worked in Honolulu, Hawaii, as an office manager for the Hawaiian Construction Tunnel Company.

paragraph: On August 25, 1943, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve. Following schooling at Quantico, Virginia, 2dLt Martin completed the Engineers School at New River, North Carolina, and was designated an Engineer Officer on March 13, 1944. Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 16th Marines, engineer regiment of the 5th Marine Division, he joined Company C when the designation of the battalion was changed to 5th Pioneer Battalion.

paragraph: Second Lieutenant Martin went overseas with his unit in the summer of 1944 and went into training at Hawaii. On February 19, 1945, he landed on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands and before the day ended he had already sustained a slight wound. He was promoted to first lieutenant on March 1, 1945, twenty-five days before his death.

paragraph: A few minutes before dawn on the morning of March 26, the day the Iwo campaign officially closed, the Japanese launched a concentrated attack and penetrated the Marine lines in the area where 1st Lt Martin's platoon was bivouacked. He immediately organized a firing line among the men in the foxholes closest to his own, and temporarily stopped the headlong rush of the enemy. Several of his men were lying wounded in positions overrun by the enemy and the lieutenant was determined to rescue them. In the action which followed, he was severely wounded twice but continued to resist the enemy until he fell mortally wounded by a grenade.

paragraph: The Medal of Honor and citation were presented to his parents by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal at a ceremony in the Navy Department on May 6, 1946.

paragraph: First Lieutenant Martin was buried in the 5th Division Cemetery at Iwo Jima. At the request of his mother, his remains were returned to Ohio in 1948 for private burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.

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

paragraph: The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to

paragraph: FIRST LIEUTENANT HARRY L. MARTIN

paragraph: UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE

paragraph: for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

paragraph: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as Platoon Leader attached to Company C, Fifth Pioneer Battalion, Fifth Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 26 March 1945. With his sector of the Fifth Pioneer Battalion bivouac area penetrated by a concentrated enemy attack launched a few minutes before dawn, First Lieutenant Martin instantly organized a firing line with the Marines nearest his foxhole and succeeded, in checking momentarily the headlong rush of the Japanese. Determined to rescue several of his men trapped in positions overrun by the enemy, he defied intense hostile fire to work his way through the Japanese to the surrounded Marines. Although sustaining two severe wounds, he blasted the Japanese who attempted to intercept him, located his beleaguered men and directed them to their own lines. When four of the infiltrating enemy took possession of an abandoned machine-gun pit and subjected his sector to a barrage of hand grenades, First Lieutenant Martin alone and armed only with a pistol, boldly charged the hostile position and killed all its occupants. Realizing that his remaining comrades could not repulse another organized attack, he called to his men to follow and then charged into the midst of the strong enemy force, firing his weapon and scattering them until he fell, mortally wounded by a grenade. By his outstanding valor, indomitable fighting spirit and tenacious determination in the face of overwhelming odds, First Lieutenant Martin permanently disrupted a coordinated Japanese attack and prevented a greater loss of life in his own and adjacent platoons and his inspiring leadership and unswerving devotion to duty reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in service of his country.

paragraph: /S/ HARRY S. TRUMAN

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: The United States Navy Maritime prepositioning ship , is named in his honor.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Iwo Jima

description: Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient

wikidata_label: Harry L. Martin

wikipedia_title: Harry L. Martin


text: Columbia University

text: Vassar College

text: Abby Leach

text: Hellenistic period

text: material evidence

text: textual evidence

text: Robbinston

text: Maine

text: Watertown, Massachusetts

text: Radcliffe College

text: Cambridge School for Girls

text: Vassar College

text: University of Berlin

text: Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

text: Columbia University

text: Gilbert Murray

text: Jane Harrison

text: Abby Leach

text: James Monroe Taylor

text: Henry Noble MacCracken

text: Lily Ross Taylor

text: Elizabeth Hazelton Haight

text: Mount Holyoke College

text: Cornelia Coulter

text: King's College, Cambridge

text: J. A. K. Thompson

text: Gilbert Murray

categories: People from Washington County, Maine,Women classical scholars,1946 deaths,Women's historians,Vassar College faculty,Historians from Massachusetts,American women historians,Columbia University alumni,American classical scholars,People from Watertown, Massachusetts,Radcliffe College alumni,1866 births,Writers from Maine,Scholars of ancient Greek history

paragraph: Grace Macurdy

paragraph: Grace Harriet Macurdy (September 12, 1866 – October 23, 1946) was an American classicist, and the first American woman to gain a PhD from Columbia University. She taught at Vassar College for 44 years, despite a lengthy conflict with Abby Leach, her first employer.

paragraph: Macurdy eventually rose to become chair of the department of Greek before embarking upon an illustrious international career. One of her major areas of research was royal women during the Hellenistic period. Macurdy shaped the field of classics and the study of ancient history by pulling together both material evidence and textual evidence as sources in her pioneering studies of individual women.

paragraph: Section::::Academic career.

paragraph: Macurdy was born in Robbinston, Maine, and was the daughter of Simon Angus Macurdy and Rebecca Thomson Macurdy.

paragraph: She went to high school in Watertown, Massachusetts, before studying at Radcliffe College, where she gained highest second-year honors in 1887, and graduated in 1888. Macurdy would become the first graduate from Radcliffe to gain a doctorate, and become a college professor. At first she taught Greek and Latin at the Cambridge School for Girls, while continuing to teach graduate courses at Radcliffe, and in 1893 moved to Vassar College.

paragraph: Macurdy was awarded a fellowship from the Woman's Education Association of Boston, which allowed her to study at the University of Berlin from 1899 to 1900, taking classes taught by Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. She gained her PhD from Columbia University in 1903, becoming the first American woman (and third woman) to have gained a PhD from Columbia. Her dissertation was titled "The Chronology of the Extant Plays of Euripides," and was longer than most dissertations in the subject at that time. While studying, she had continued teaching at Vassar, commuting to and from Columbia, until the receipt of her PhD gained her a promotion, and she became an Associate Professor of Greek at Vassar. In 1908 she became the first woman to teach in the academic program at Columbia University, taking up undergraduate and graduate Greek courses in Columbia's summer session.

paragraph: During her early career, Macurdy cultivated a relationship through letters with Gilbert Murray, who supported and encouraged her work, particularly after they met in 1907. It is clear that she originally patterned her work on Murray's, but as her research progressed she began to work on etymology of names, mythic and religious origins, and ethnology, thus beginning to model herself more after the approach of Jane Harrison, herself a female pioneer of the time. Her first book, "Troy and Paeonia", was dedicated to Harrison, a dedication which Harrison received with great delight.

paragraph: Section::::Academic career.:Conflict with Abby Leach.

paragraph: Macurdy's pioneering academic achievements did not have wholly positive results, as her increased success brought her into conflict with the scholar who had first hired her to Vassar, Abby Leach. In 1907, Macurdy discovered that Leach was attempting to have her dismissed from Vassar. In 1907, Leach began to seek a faculty member to replace Macurdy, and to restrict the courses which she would be allowed to teach. In January 1908, Leach formally proposed Macurdy's dismissal to the Vassar president, James Monroe Taylor, claiming that she needed a younger more "adaptable" colleague for her work. Leach also commented unfavourably on Macurdy's decision, previously encouraged by Leach herself, to study for her PhD while teaching at Vassar. Before Leach's proposal could be acted upon, she publicly reassigned Macurdy's class in freshman Greek to a new instructor, and she continued to write letters to Taylor criticising Macurdy. The trustees of the college rejected Leach's proposal, and unanimously reappointed Macurdy, instructing Leach to give her a reasonable share of the work in the department. Yet Taylor continued to receive letters from Leach, and a letter from graduate students telling him of incidents when Leach had vehemently criticised Macurdy and her work to the students in their classes, including criticising details of her thesis.

paragraph: Leach's campaign continued for several years. She continued to remove courses from Macurdy, and to persuade students against courses which Macurdy was teaching, then claiming that Macurdy should be dismissed as she did not have sufficient courses to teach, or sufficient students. Leach also continued her letter-writing, writing to alumnae asking them to criticize Macurdy, and writing further derogatory letters to the president of Columbia and professors of Greek who had taught her there. When Henry Noble MacCracken took office as the new President of Vassar in 1915, Leach immediately presented her case for the dismissal of Macurdy to him. However, MacCracken instead proposed the following year that Macurdy should be given a permanent post, and promoted to the rank of full professor, and the trustees agreed. Despite the lack of support, Leach continued her campaign until her death in 1918. Hundreds of the letters sent as part of the conflict are now in the Vassar Archives, stored under the heading "The Leach-Macurdy Conflict".

paragraph: Section::::Academic career.:Head of department and later career.

paragraph: In 1920, two years after Leach's death, Macurdy became chair of the department of Greek at Vassar, a post which she held until she retired in 1937. In her new position, she increased collaboration with the Latin faculty, mentored younger colleagues, increased enrolments, improved the strength of the courses offered by the faculty, and continued to publish widely. She continued to be an effective teacher, lecturer, and international traveller, despite the fact that in 1919 she had begun to lose her hearing, a loss which then proceeded rapidly until she was almost entirely deaf by her mid-fifties. After the loss of her hearing, Macurdy took to using an ear-trumpet, a detail remembered fondly by her students in later anecdotes.

paragraph: In contrast with Abby Leach, at whose hands she had suffered so much difficulty, Macurdy worked hard to promote the careers and scholarship of other younger female colleagues. She recognised the excellence of Lily Ross Taylor's scholarship, and helped foster her career even after she had left Vassar. She interceded with President MacCracken on behalf of Elizabeth Hazelton Haight's delayed promotion to full professor, and asked the president of Mount Holyoke College to take care that Cornelia Coulter not 'overburden' herself with teaching, thus making it difficult for her to publish successfully.

paragraph: In the later part of her career, partly due to the reassurance of her status as an established scholar, Macurdy turned to the study of ancient women - a topic not previously explored by female classicists, and by few male scholars. In particular, she focused her work on ancient monarchies, and sought out the facts of royal women's roles, natures and characters, while attempting to cut through the prejudices and stereotypes about women which had made earlier treatments unsatisfactory.

paragraph: Macurdy became the first woman to lecture publicly in Classics at King's College, Cambridge on May 25, 1925, after being invited by J. A. K. Thompson. As well as Macurdy being the first woman to participate in such a series, her lecture on "Great Macedonian Women" was an unusual topic for a university-sponsored, public lecture at the time.

paragraph: Macurdy retired in 1937. In 1946 she was awarded the King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom for her role in raising money for the British war relief during the Second World War. Her final book, "The Quality of Mercy in Greek Literature" was published in 1940, and examined the development of the 'humane virtues' in Greek thought. It is likely that her choice of topic was influenced by her horror at the events taking place in Europe in the late 1930s. Macurdy died in 1946.

paragraph: Section::::Impact and critical reception.

paragraph: Over the course of her career, Macurdy published significantly, including five books, fifty-seven articles in major academic journals, sixteen reviews, and several poems and articles in more popular volumes. Macurdy is recognised for being one of the few early women classicists who, rather than attempting to follow the paths laid out by male scholars and suppress her own gender, established her own approach to academic work. The study of women was central to her scholarship, and Macurdy was particularly interested in the importance of studying individual women with reference to their social circumstances, rather than allowing generalisation. She also recognised the need to use a wide range of material evidence in order to move past traditional scholarship, based primarily on the study of texts, and in her works therefore discussed coins, sculpture, vases, inscriptions and papyri.

paragraph: Macurdy's work had a substantial impact on the study of women and ancient history. Her book "Troy and Paeonia" was described as "a work of first-rate importance", and her works "Hellenistic Queens" and "Vassal Queens" as work that showed her to be a "true pioneer" - "[anticipating] many of the features of the modern feminist approach to the study of women in antiquity."

paragraph: On her retirement in 1937, the "Vassar Alumnae Magazine" published four 'Tributes' to Macurdy from other scholars, which recognised her fulsomely. Macurdy was described as a "true 'scholar' of a kind which is rare in America and by no means common in Europe" by Gilbert Murray, and by J. A. K. Thompson as "the first American woman to meet the Greek scholars of Europe and America on something like equal terms."

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Chronology of the Extant Plays of Euripides" (1903), (PhD dissertation). Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Troy and Paeonia, with glimpses of ancient Balkan history and religion". (1925) New York: Columbia University Press.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hellenistic queens: a study of woman-power in Macedonia, Seleucid Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt". (1932) Johns Hopkins University Studies in Archaeology, no. 14. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. (Reprinted in 1985 by Ares Publishers).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Vassal-queens and some contemporary women in the Roman Empire". (1937) Johns Hopkins University Studies in Archaeology, no. 22. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The quality of mercy: the gentler virtues in Greek literature". (1940) New Haven: Yale University Press.

alias:
Grace Harriet Macurdy
Grace H. Macurdy

description: American classical philologist

wikidata_label: Grace Macurdy

wikipedia_title: Grace Macurdy


href: Kashmiris Sufi poet Pulwama Jammu%20and%20Kashmir Anantnag%20district Blogger%20%28service%29 Lalleshwari Mahjoor

text:
Kashmiri
Sufi
poet
Pulwama
Jammu and Kashmir
Anantnag district
Blogspot.com
Lal-Ded
Mahjoor

categories: kashmiri Sufi saints,1782 births,1854 deaths,People from Pulwama district,Sufi poets,Kashmiri poets

paragraph: Soch Kral

paragraph: Soch Kral (), was a Kashmiri Sufi poet, and is a Sufi saint.

paragraph: Soch Kral was born in 1782 in the village of Inder, in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. He was a potter by profession. He lived a simple life devoted to spirituality, monotheism and mysticism. His father was the Sufi poet Arif Kral, and he was a disciple of Kashmiri poet Momin Sahab R.A.

paragraph: Soch Kral may have migrated to the village of Devsar in the Anantnag district, where his descendants are still living. He married but divorced his wife, and died on 29 November 1854 in Inder.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: According to a blogger on Blogspot.com, Soch Kral used poetry as a tool to enlighten the minds of people, and his work promoted Sufism in Kashmiri poetry.

paragraph: The Soch Kral Memorial College of Education in Pulwama was named after him.

paragraph: In about 2009 the state government set aside Rs 50 lakh for the development of a heritage site near the Soch Kral's shrine. By 2012 construction had not started.

paragraph: In 2016, at Pulwama Degree College, singer Dhananjay Kaul grouped Lal-Ded, Mahjoor, Wahab Khar, and Soch Kral as among the "Sufi greats that Pulwama has produced", and sung their poetry which he set to music.

description: Kashmiri Sufi Poet

wikidata_label: Soch Kraal

wikipedia_title: Soch Kral


href: printmaker Telangana

text: printmaker Telangana

categories: 1941 births,20th-century Indian painters,Osmania University alumni,Indian male painters,People from Nizamabad district,2018 deaths

paragraph: Bholekar Srihari

paragraph: Srihari Bholekar (1 January 1941 – 23 August 2018) was a painter, sculptor and printmaker from Telangana, India.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Bholekar was born in Bollakpalli. He obtained his diploma in drawing and painting from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, completed Diploma in Painting in 1961 and since then continued painting, winning several awards, participating several state and national exhibitions, and organising art activities. He was also a graduate from Osmania University.

paragraph: He participated in several group and one-man shows in Portugal, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Germany, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore Chennai, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Amritsar, Raipur, Baroda and took part in Art Conference National Academy of Fine Arts, International Arts Conference Lalit Kala Academy 3rd Triennale, New Delhi World Telugu Conference and Artiste Conference A.P. State Lalit Kala Academy Hyderabad.

paragraph: Bholekar came from a small village called Bollakpalli, on the banks of river Manjeera which is 5 kilometers away from Banswada in the Kamareddy district of Telangana State in India. He belonged to the Patlolla family where he was also known as Patlolla Srihari. He got his name Bholekar when it was recorded by Marathi based institutions where he initially studied. This is due to the practice of the people of Maharashtra of adding the '-Kar' suffix to one's village/community and keeping it as a surname.

paragraph: As he was born and brought up in Telangana in India he set his paintings of rural life in a modern style by powerful imageries with an unusual and unique background setup. Most of his subjects portray not only the life of Telangana and its culture, customs, traditions, difficulties, plights, misfortunes and predicaments but also abstracts and international level art-works.

paragraph: The Art of Bholekar brings the significant emotional, cultural and cognitive evaluations of nature of life.'

paragraph: Bholekar died on August 23 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Career and style.

paragraph: He worked as the Chief Artist at Indian Air Force at Begumpet and in 1996 he was honoured with Commendation by A.O.C – in – C.H.Q.T.C Indian Air Force,

paragraph: Bholekar attributed his free-spirited nature to the village life he grew up in. “Till 10 years I enjoyed the village life. Art has not developed because of it but its influence is still there. The energy, the process and boldness in my works comes from village atmosphere. I had come through so many situations in early life; not hardships, but I enjoyed my life as a child. My parents did not allow me to go and play in the jungle”.

paragraph: A specialist in mural paintings, Bholekar has the distinction of holding the first contemporary one-man show in Salar Jung Museum in 1963. “I was just 21 and had exhibited my works,” . The exhibits made the art lovers sit up and take notice of the young artist. “The modern paintings were bold and not decorative. The theme was my village and my imagination of the village,”

paragraph: His works travelled far and wide and made a name for him in the international arena. He also worked as a chief artist in Begumpet airport and worked vigorously in the world of art for 18 years before walking away from it. “I stopped everything and wanted to be a simple man without any artistic attachments,” he said, "Was it easy to stay away from art? “I have a strong will power. I stopped drinking and smoking at the age of 35 because of willpower. I am born with art instinct and returned to printmaking”.

paragraph: Bholekar’s art encompasses many different media. After making a mark in print media, he gravitated to ink drawings. “Here artists do not interact much with artists of other countries. Their works are simple as they do not experiment. Their subject is same and as a result, they get stagnated. I don’t want to be like that”, “My drawings will continue for some time and then I will shift to another media.”

paragraph: “One can enjoy the design sense and interpret the work in one’s own way. My abstract drawing is like music. One need not know the intricacies of laya and raga but its rhythm is appreciated. Like wise, art lovers can enjoy the rhythmic lines and its composition and it is aesthetic too”.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004 National Award - Govt. of Inida - Lalit Kala Akademi

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005-07 Senior Fellowship Visual Art Graphics, Government of India, Ministry of Culture, New Delhi

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003 Honoured as one of the Veteran Artist of India, New Delhi

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1996 Honoured with Commendation by A.O.C - in – C.H.Q.T.C Indian Air Force

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988 Gold Medal All India Exhibition, Maha Koshal Kala Parishath, Raipur

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988 Honoured as Eminent Artist by Maharastra Mandal (A.P), Hyderabad

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 Gold Medal All India Exhibition Hyderabad Art Society

paragraph: Section::::Exhibitions.

paragraph: Solo Exhibitions

paragraph: 2000 An Exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

paragraph: 1977 The Graphics Prints Exhibition Organised by Alliance Franchise, Bangalore

paragraph: 1973 Mural Paintings at Kala Bhavan, Hyderabad

paragraph: 1968 Exhibition of Paintings at Kala Bhavan, Hyderabad

paragraph: 1966 Hyderabad Art Society

paragraph: 1965 Ravindra Bharathi

paragraph: 1964 Ajantha Pavilion Public Gardens, Hyderabad

paragraph: Group Exhibitions

paragraph: 1966, 69, 78, 85, 86 and 2004 National Exhibition of Art, Lalitha Academy (Painting, Sculpture & Graphics), New Delhi

paragraph: 1974, 76, 85, 2004 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata

paragraph: 1985 Arts Society of India, Mumbai

paragraph: Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore

paragraph: Bombay Art Society, Mumbai

description: Indian artist

wikidata_label: Bholekar Srihari

wikipedia_title: Bholekar Srihari


text: American

text: ice hockey

text: Forward

text: Vancouver Canucks

text: National Hockey League

text: Merrimack High School

text: New England Jr. Huskies

text: Eastern Junior Hockey League

text: Providence College

text: Chicago Blackhawks

text: Calgary Flames

text: Buffalo Sabres

text: Rochester Americans

text: Montreal Canadiens

text: Boston Bruins

text: Boston Bruins

text: Vancouver Canucks

categories: Buffalo Sabres players,People from Merrimack, New Hampshire,Providence Friars men's ice hockey players,Undrafted National Hockey League players,1990 births,American ice hockey centers,Ice hockey people from New Hampshire,Boston Bruins players,Living people,Rochester Americans players

paragraph: Tim Schaller

paragraph: Timothy Robert Schaller (born November 16, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey Forward currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: Growing up, Schaller attended Merrimack High School where he was a three sport athlete. He was named Merrimack High School Rookie of the Year in 2006 before joining the New England Jr. Huskies in the Eastern Junior Hockey League.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Collegiate.

paragraph: Schaller joined Providence College for the 2009–10 season. He scored his first collegiate goal in a 4–1 loss to Northeastern on November 20, 2009 and ended the season with 5 points. At the conclusion of the season, Schaller was the co-recipient of the Rev. Herman Schneider Most Valuable Freshman Award.

paragraph: In his sophomore year, Schaller played in 34 games for the Friars, earning a new career highs in points with 19. He was then invited to participate at the Chicago Blackhawks NHL Prospect Camp prior to his junior year.

paragraph: Despite suffering injuries throughout the season, Schaller finished the 2011–12 season with a new career high 14 goals, which also led the team. As a result, Schaller won the team's Rob Gaudreau Award for most goals scored. He was also named a semi-finalist for the Walter Brown Award as the best American-born college hockey player in New England and was invited to the Calgary Flames 2012 Development Camp on an Amateur Try-out agreement.

paragraph: Schaller was named one of three captains for the Friars prior to his senior year. He then recorded a career high 23 points in 38 games to help the team qualify for the 2013 Hockey East playoffs. Schaller was named Hockey East Defensive Forward of the Year before graduating.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Professional.

paragraph: Schaller began his professional career after college by signing with the Buffalo Sabres as an undrafted free agent on April 2, 2013.

paragraph: During his second professional season in 2014–15, Schaller was recalled from the AHL's Rochester Americans and made his NHL debut with the Sabres in a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on November 29, 2014. Schaller scored his first NHL goal against the Boston Bruins on December 21, 2014.

paragraph: On July 1, 2016, as a free agent from the Sabres, he signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Boston Bruins. He signed another one year contract with the Bruins on July 5, 2017.

paragraph: Having established himself in his two seasons with the Bruins in the NHL, Schaller left as a free agent to sign a two-year, $3.8 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks on July 1, 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Schaller was born to parents Robert and Susan Schaller alongside his older brother David. In 2006, David was diagnosed with testicular cancer and later aplastic anemia which required a bone marrow transplant. Schaller decided to donate his blood marrow to him, taking him off the ice for six weeks. As a result, the Schaller brothers created a fund called "Timmyheads" which raises money for the Jimmy Fund and Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

description: American ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Tim Schaller

wikipedia_title: Tim Schaller


text:
Church of Sweden
archbishop of Uppsala

categories: 1917 births,1996 deaths,Bishops of Växjö,Lutheran archbishops of Uppsala

paragraph: Olof Sundby

paragraph: Olof Sundby (6 December 1917 – 6 December 1996) was a Swedish bishop within the Church of Sweden. He was the archbishop of Uppsala in the period 1972-1983.

description: Swedish bishop

wikidata_label: Olof Sundby

wikipedia_title: Olof Sundby


text:
Gunks
Fritz Wiessner
Hans Kraus
fractured her pelvis
skiing
traction
Kraus–Weber test
Kraus–Weber test
Tucson
Arizona
The Bonnie Prudden Show
bonnieprudden.com

categories: Disease-related deaths in Arizona,People from Manhattan,Sportspeople from Tucson, Arizona,American exercise instructors,American television personalities,American exercise and fitness writers,1914 births,Female climbers,2011 deaths,American rock climbers

paragraph: Bonnie Prudden

paragraph: Bonnie Prudden (January 29, 1914 – December 11, 2011) was an American physical fitness pioneer, expert rock climber and mountaineer. Her report to Eisenhower on the unfitness of American children as compared with their European counterparts led to the formation of the President's Council on Youth Fitness.

paragraph: Prudden authored 16 books on physical fitness and Myotherapy for all ages and abilities including two best sellers, "How to Keep" "Slender and Fit After Thirty" (1961) and "Pain Erasure: The Bonnie Prudden Way" (1980). She produced six exercise albums, hosted the first regular exercise spots on national television, had a syndicated television show, and wrote a column for "Sports Illustrated". Schools, prisons, summer camps, factories, hospitals, clubs, YMCAs, universities, geriatric homes and facilities for the physically and emotionally challenged all used and benefited from the many physical fitness programs she provided for them. Prudden also designed the first fitness fashions and developed numerous pieces of exercise equipment that could be built in the average garage and used by the family.

paragraph: She also developed Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy in 1976. "A method of relaxing muscle spasm, improving circulation, and alleviating pain. Pressure is applied, using elbows, knuckles, or fingers, and held for several seconds to defuse 'trigger points.' The success of this method depends upon the use of specific corrective exercises of the freed muscles."

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born Ruth Alice in New York City, Prudden began her climbing and dance career at age four when she ventured out the second story nursery window of her Mt. Vernon home to go night walking. After three such escapades a doctor told her mother, “There is nothing wrong with this child that discipline and exhaustion won’t cure. Put her in the Russian Ballet School.”

paragraph: During her growing up years she trained in the Koslov, Magna and Alviene Schools of dance, drama, elocution and gymnastics. She attended German Turnverein and Finnish exercise, took piano, violin, voice, riding, writing and studied anatomy.

paragraph: In 1931 she was enrolled at Horace Mann School where she excelled in English, art, sports, music, and drama, and taught dance to her classmates. After graduating in 1933 she took extension courses in art at the Grand Central School of Design and journalism and psychology courses at Columbia. At the same time she began studying modern dance with Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey and became part of the Weidman/Humphrey concert/theatrical dance group performing on Broadway.

paragraph: Section::::Mountaineering.

paragraph: In 1936 she married Richard Hirschland, a mountaineer and skier. Their honeymoon in Switzerland was marked by a climb on the Matterhorn following one day of training and the purchase of a new pair of boots.

paragraph: She first climbed in the Gunks in 1936 with her husband along with Fritz Wiessner and Hans Kraus. In the winter of 1937, however, she badly fractured her pelvis in a skiing accident, which was followed by three months in traction and a doctors' prediction that she would always limp, would no longer be able to ski, climb, dance, or be able to have children. Nevertheless, daughter Joan Ellen was born in May, 1939 and Susan Ann in August, 1943. She rehabilitated herself with chair exercise and aqua-exercise to music. Prudden went on to become the first woman to hold a National Ski Patrol Badge, and formed the Addlepate Ski Club, the first dry ski club in the country. It was for children eight to eighteen and became the basis for the first Jr. Ski Patrols. Over eleven years she taught 1,000 children ages eight to eighteen without even one fracture. For her work she was awarded the Eastern Amateur Ski Association for ski safety.

paragraph: Seven years after her injury, Prudden returned to the Gunks, partnering with good friend Hans Kraus. From 1946 to 1955 (mentored by Hans Kraus) she became the most prominent woman climber with a documented 30 first ascents in the Shawangunks Mountains. In 1952, Prudden and Kraus attempted a new climbing route on the cliff known as The Trapps. After attempting the crux overhand, Kraus backed off, handing the lead to Prudden. She was able to find a piton placement that had eluded Hans at the crux, and went on to claim the first ascent of “Bonnie’s Roof”. Since then, she has stated that she and Kraus always climbed as equal partners, always swapping leads. She stopped climbing in 1959 as she said she was working fourteen-hour days and no longer had weekends off.

paragraph: After the Hirschlands were divorced in 1954 Bonnie changed her name legally to Bonnie Prudden. She never remarried.

paragraph: Section::::Youth fitness.

paragraph: After watching her daughter's gym class in 1947, she started "Bonnie Hirschland’s Conditioning Classes" for her two daughters and ten neighborhood children. In a matter of weeks the class had grown to 75. The schools offered their gyms as long as she accepted all applicants. In 1949 new students entered her classes. To gauge the effectiveness of her program she borrowed and applied to practical use a fitness test devised by Kraus and Sonja Weber of New York Presbyterian Hospital. The Kraus–Weber test involved six simple movements and took 90 seconds to administer. To her surprise the new students failed the test at 58% while the students who had been in the program failed at only 8%. For the next seven years Prudden and her volunteers tested 4,458 children between the ages of 6 and 16 in the United States. The failure rate was 56.6%. While climbing in Europe, Prudden and Kraus arranged to test children in Europe. In Italy, Austria and Switzerland, the children tested exhibited an eight percent failure rate.

paragraph: In 1952 Bonnie (still Ruth Hirschland) and Kraus began writing papers for medical and physical education journals concerning their findings on "Hypokinetic Disease: Role of Inactivity in Production of Disease" and various media outlets began to pick up the story.

paragraph: Prudden bought an empty elementary school in White Plains, NY in 1954 and after renovating it opened "The Institute for Physical Fitness." It housed three gyms, two dance studios, a Finnish sauna, a medical unit, two massage rooms, lockers, showers and an office. Taking classes barefoot was a requirement. Equipment, painted in bright colors, was designed after curbs, boulders, fences, railroad tracks, and walls of a less mechanized day. Chinning bars were built in every doorway. Every child used the 42 stairs between basement and top floor for conditioning, discipline and special muscle building. Outside was an obstacle course, that included America's first climbing wall, cargo nets, hurdles, parallel bars, ladders, ramps, balance maze, tightrope, slalom poles and a rappel roof.

paragraph: In 1955, armed with statistics and a personal invitation to the Eisenhower White House, Bonnie Prudden presented her findings on the fitness level of American public school children compared to that of their peers in Europe. This became known as "The Report that Shocked the President" or the "Shape of the Nation" and was the beginning of a change in American attitudes toward physical fitness.

paragraph: Kraus's presentation followed with the medical implications of not enough physical activity: obesity, back pain, high blood pressure, diabetes, coronary heart disease, psychiatric problems and muscle tension. President Eisenhower issued an executive order establishing the "President’s Council on Youth Fitness" (now the President's Council on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition) Prudden served on the advisory committee for three years. Prudden and Kraus are credited as co-founders of the Council. In 2007 Prudden was awarded the Council's "Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award." The YMCA decided to adopt Prudden's methods of teaching exercise and follow her advice to admit women to their buildings for morning classes. Representatives were sent to White Plains Institute to be taught Kraus–Weber testing and exercise. They went back to their respective states and set up the "Prudden Program" in their YMCAs. Prudden became a much sought after speaker and the YMCAs became the place to go for the "Prudden Programs" with diaper gym and swims, pre-natal classes, toddler, mixed teens and family exercise classes. "Is Your Child Really Fit?" the first book on children's fitness, was published in 1956. It enlarged on the President's report and outlined the solution to the problem.

paragraph: From 1957 through 1960 Prudden served as a columnist for "Sports Illustrated" introducing her fitness program and appearing on the cover in a full length leotard of her own design. Fitness fashions were born. Attracted by the fitness fashions "The Home Show" with Arlene Frances and Hugh Downs, booked her for a weekly family fitness TV spot. Following the closing of "The Home Show" she moved to the "Today Show" with Dave Garroway where she remained for two and a half years. She left the show when they started advertising a diet pill in connection with her spot and watchers thought she was endorsing it. At the same time she had regular spots on two radio shows, "Tex and Jinx McCrary" and "Arthur Godfrey". From 1955 through 1975 Prudden continued her crusade for better bodies. She wrote 13 books, countless manuals, set up pilot programs of every kind imaginable, designed fitness clothing and equipment for home and school, lectured nonstop throughout the country, brought out six records, two films, 1 film strip, established five-day training workshops, wrote and taped 35 half-hour TV shows, "The Bonnie Prudden Show." These were so successful that she contracted for 165 more shows. In 1962 "The Reader’s Digest" began underwriting the "Prudden Program." This partnership lasted through the mid-80s.

paragraph: Section::::Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy.

paragraph: Bonnie Prudden said that there were three friends in her life who made Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy possible. The first was Hans Kraus, who taught her Corrective Exercise beginning in 1943. The second was Janet Travell, who mapped trigger points and referred pain patterns in patients, in the early 1940s. The third was Desmond Tivy, who encouraged Prudden's research and coined what she had developed as Myotherapy.

paragraph: Four years after her ski accident Prudden developed back pain which was one of the results of her 1937 accident. She also said that she felt that the stress from her troubled marriage contributed to her physical pain. Back braces, heat, and cold became part of a daily routine.

paragraph: Her introduction to trigger points began in 1938 when she showed up at the Gunks for a climb with her friends including Kraus. When Kraus noted that she was holding her head in a lopsided position, he asked if she had pain and stiffness in her neck. When she said that she did, he used his thumb to press on the back of her neck. When he finished she no longer felt pain or stiffness and her head was straight. After this they all went climbing. From 1949 to 1958 Prudden received training in therapeutic exercise with Kraus, worked in his office with his patients and in 1954 received an appointment as Research Assistant from Howard Rusk.

paragraph: In 1952 Prudden started receiving trigger point injection therapy from Kraus for excruciating back pain which often kept her in bed for days at a time. The injections were followed by corrective exercises and allowed her to function for a few months before needing another round of injections.

paragraph: Prudden closed her White Plains Institute in 1959, bought 23 acres in Stockbridge, MA and in 1960 began building the Bonnie Prudden Institute for Physical Fitness. She continued her nationwide workshops, lecture series, Springfield College summer programs, maternity program at Wesson, and a new summer camp program for women, executives and children in conjunction with the YMCA and Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia. Montgomery Ward added Prudden's fitness fashions and equipment to its catalog in 1960.

paragraph: During a summer training workshop, in 1965, Prudden hurt her knee demonstrating a “Russian” dance series. Medication for extreme pain was now needed in order for her to maintain her teaching and TV schedule. Ace bandages and bed rest, whenever possible, were also part of the treatment. By 1966 the right hip joint pain had progressed from annoying to limiting and the search for an answer began.

paragraph: In January 1969 at age 55, Prudden put in a call to Travell. In March of that year she began regular monthly trips to Travell's office in Washington, DC receiving a series of trigger point injections designed to make her more comfortable and save her hip. During the summer of 1970 she had her right hip replaced.

paragraph: It was 1976 before all the pieces of the Myotherapy puzzle fell into place. Prudden's working arrangement with Tivy was that he would send the patient to Prudden who would find the trigger points, mark them and send them back to Tivy who would inject. The patient would them come back to Prudden for the corrective exercises. One morning a woman arrived with her head lopsided and with a stiff and painful neck. Later Prudden would say that she may have pressed the trigger point a little longer or pressed it harder when she was marking the point. However, afterward the woman no longer had pain, or a stiff neck and her head was straight.

paragraph: So began her development of Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy. Over the next four years using herself as a guinea pig, experimenting with staff, friends and patients she developed and mapped out the most common trigger points and the accompanying corrective exercises. It was Tivy who coined the word MYOTHERAPY and said that there were not many modalities available to him such as this with few side effects.

paragraph: In 1979 at age sixty-five Prudden's left hip was replaced. Because of her own Myotherapy, she was able to conduct an entire weekend fitness workshop just prior to her hip surgery. Six weeks later with the help of Myotherapy and aqua-exercise she was back on the gym floor.

paragraph: In 1980 Prudden opened The Bonnie Prudden School for Physical Fitness and Myotherapy which trained students for the profession: Exercise Instructor, and Myotherapy and Corrective Exercise practitioner. The school also housed a nursery school where pre-school aged children exercised each day, learned anatomy, were exposed to music, learned to swim and were taught rudiments of foreign language through song and rhyme.

paragraph: In 1984 the Bonnie Prudden School registered the occupation Myotherapist with the U.S. Department of Labor. Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy was trademarked in 1990 to distinguish her system, which required 1300 hours of training for certification and approved CE hours to maintain certification, from other persons calling themselves Myotherapists.

paragraph: Prudden felt that if the average person had the correct information and tools that they could take care of themselves. She said that Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy is effective whenever the pain is muscle-related. Because the tools are fingers, knuckles and elbows, she felt that the average person would be able to use the discipline quite easily.

paragraph: "Myotherapy: Bonnie Prudden’s Complete Guide to Pain-Free Living" was published in 1982. Her three children's books were revised in 1986, 1987, 1988 to include chapters on Myotherapy for each age group.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Here's a description of her later life from the "Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy" website:

paragraph: In 1992, Bonnie moved her work and business to Tucson, Arizona, where she ran the Bonnie Prudden School for Physical Fitness and Myotherapy and Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy Inc. Refusing to retire, she continued her fight for more fit and pain-free bodies. For the next eighteen years she continued to teach people of all ages how to take responsibility for their own bodies and to erase muscle related pain for themselves, their friends, family, and pets. She continued to write, lecture and travel, teach at her school, see patients, and conduct exercise classes and pain erasure seminars, serve on boards and garner national and local awards. Despite a pelvis broken in four places in a skiing accident, heart attacks, reconstructive hip surgery on her left hip, stents, by-pass surgery (age 92) she continued to use each seemingly adverse situation to learn and teach.

paragraph: "You can't run back the clock," Prudden said, "but you can rewind it."

paragraph: Section::::Awards and appointments.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1947 Received first National Ski Patrol badge and appointment for women

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1948 Awarded Safety Trophy by United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1955 YMCA award for Leadership of Physical Directors, Massachusetts and Connecticut

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1956 Honorable Mention for AMA for work in Hypokinetic Disease

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1958 New York State YMCA award for Service to Youth

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1958 Honorary master's degree in Humanics from Springfield College, Springfield, MA

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959 Appointed Adviser on Youth Fitness to the National Commander of the American Veterans of World War II and Korea (AMVETS)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1983 Award from American Alliance of Health, Physical Education and Recreation Aquatic Council for her “contributions to the field of aquatics and especially her work with infant water safety.”

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1984 Governor Dukakis declares January 29 as BONNIE PRUDDEN DAY in recognition of her work in fitness and Myotherapy.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1984 Selected by U.S. Jaycees as one of 10 Healthy American Fitness Leaders for “dedication to bring fitness to all Americans: from newborns to the very old and everyone in-between.”

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989 Bonnie designated as National Master in sports/fitness by Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sport “ demonstrated continued commitment to public service in the interest of sport and earned recognition for contributing to physical fitness and sport nationally. “

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991 United States Water Fitness Association Fitness for Living award

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994 Tucson Mayor George Miller and Arizona governor Fife Symington honor Bonnie by declaring January 29 as Bonnie Prudden Day in Arizona

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 C. Carson Conrad award in recognition of distinguished contributions, inspirational leadership & extraordinary achievement in Water Fitness

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 Exceptional Woman award by Resources for Women, a Tucson-based leadership organization

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1998 Mayor George Miller and Arizona governor Jan Hull declare Bonnie Prudden day celebrating her 84th birthday and 50 years in business. 300 guests paid tribute in a day long party. Among those paying tribute were the President's Council on Physical Fitness, The American Massage Therapy Association, The People's Medical Society, Atria Retirement Living and the Pima Council on Aging.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2001 BlueCross BlueShield of Arizona, Ageless Heroes Awards Program gives Bonnie their Love of Learning Award.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002 Arizona Governor's Council on Health, Physical Fitness and Sports gives Bonnie the Senior Award “for accomplishments which serve as an outstanding example to others.”

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 Inducted into Fitness Hall of Fame. The Hall honors individuals, organizations and businesses who have spent a lifetime promoting healthy living and the adoption of “the Fitness Lifestyle” Bonnie was nominated for the Pioneers/Inventors category.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 the first person to be inducted into the newly formed Massage Hall of Fame. The Hall honors “bridge builders”, inventors of various types of body work, those who have furthered the profession of massage therapy. She was inducted for her development of Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007 President's Council on Physical Fitness, Sport and Nutrition – Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in Tucson, AZ. This “is given to individuals whose careers have greatly contributed to the advancement or promotion of physical activity, fitness or sports nationwide. Winners are chosen by the members of the President's Council based on the span and scope of an individual’s career, the estimated number of lives the individual has touched through his or her work, the legacy of the individuals work, and additional awards or honors received over the course of his or her career.”

paragraph: Section::::Bonnie Prudden equipment.

paragraph: BULLET::::- OUTDOOR OBSTACLE COURSE: First such course included first Climbing Wall in the country along with a Rappel Roof. Other equipment Cargo nets, Balance Track, Large and Small Hurdles, Rope Climb, Tires, Ramps, Weaveit, Balance Ladder, Slalom Poles, Balance Maze, Tightrope, Parallel bars.

paragraph: BULLET::::- BUILD-IT-YOURSELF PLAYGROUND: Balance Track, Double Trapeze, Balance Maze, Fixed Ropes, Hurdles, Stationary Parallel Bars, Movable Parallel Bars, Tires, Ramps.

paragraph: BULLET::::- LARGE EQUIPMENT: Sawhorses, Jumping Ramps, Balance Beams, Ladders with instructions on how to build.

paragraph: BULLET::::- BONNIE PRUDDEN’S UNDERWATER SLALOM COURSE: Designed by Bonnie Prudden. Produced by Argo Industries Corporation (1962 products brochure)Jackson Heights, NY.

paragraph: BULLET::::- PRUDDEN/PORTER GYMSTER: A children's portable gym for use in schools, houses, churches. Designed by Bonnie Prudden. Produced by Porter Gym Equipment 1963. Shown in their products brochure 1964. Instructional booklet written by Bonnie Prudden.

paragraph: BULLET::::- DOORWAY GYMS

paragraph: BULLET::::- BONNIE PRUDDEN MYOTHERAPY AIDS: Pulley, Bodos, Shepherd's Crook.

paragraph: BULLET::::- SMALL EQUIPMENT: Exer-Weights, Exer-Wands, Exer-Rug Squares, Blocks, Exer-straps, Exer-paddles, Disk-o-tek, Surfer, Small Parallel Bars.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: In an interview in 1997, Prudden said, "Every once in a while I have a conversation with God. I say I'm tired. This work is just too hard. Can I retire? The answer is always no. The reason is that whatever I have in here" she says, pointing to her head, "to give about the importance of fitness, must be given until I can't give anymore."

paragraph: "Despite suffering a bone-crushing accident, joint replacements, cancer and heart bypass surgery, the international fitness pioneer, TV personality and adviser to presidents remained healthy and active for all of her 97 years. She was still exercising from her hospice bed, just days before her death, Dec. 11, six weeks shy of her 98th birthday." Prudden died in Tucson, Arizona.

paragraph: Section::::Television.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Bonnie Prudden Show" (1963) – 35 half hour daily shows on exercise consisting of three segments, Mail Bag, Exercise and Interview. They were filmed in Canada, Australia and Singapore. They were syndicated in Canada and the United States.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Bonnie Prudden Show" (1965) – 165 half hour daily shows. Syndicated in Canada, Australia and Singapore.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Flabby American" (May, 1957) – ABC, 30 minute special.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Grape Nuts Cereal commercial (1950s)

paragraph: Section::::Film.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Keep Fit Be Happy" (1971)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Your Baby Can Swim" (1974)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Alive and Feeling Great" (1974) – Girls Clubs of America

paragraph: Section::::DVDs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bonnie Prudden Myotherepy: How to Get Started"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy: Quick RX for Headaches"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy: Quick RX for Back Pain"

paragraph: These were produced in 1985 by Bonnie Prudden Inc. (videographer: Donald Hamilton) on VHS and converted to DVD in 1991.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Keep Fit Be Happy Vol. I" (1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Keep Fit be Happy Vol. II" (1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fitness for Baby and You" (1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fit to Ski" (1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Executive Fitness" (1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Teenage Fitness" (1960)

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Basic Exercises, Number I", self-published (1949)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Is Your Child Really Fit?", Harper & Row, the first book on children's fitness (1956)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bonnie Prudden's Fitness Book", Ronald Press (1959)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How to Keep Slender and Fit after Thirty", Geiss Associates, a first in women's fitness; a best seller (1961)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Testing and Training for Physical Fitness", David G. Smith Printing-publishing, NB Canada (1962)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How to Keep Your Child Fit From Birth to Six", Harper & Row, a trilogy emphasizing physical, mental, and emotional fitness (1964)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Quick RX For Fitness", Dutton (1965)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Teenage Fitness", Harper & Row.(1965)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Physical Fitness for You", a talking book for the blind available through the Library of Congress (1965)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How to Keep Slender and Fit after Thirty" revised, Pocket books, a division of Simon & Schuster (1969)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fitness from Six to Twelve", Harper & Row (1972)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Your Baby Can Swim", Reader's Digest Press (1974)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How to Keep Your Family Fit and Healthy", Reader's Digest Press, distributed by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. (1975)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Exer-sex, Bantam Books" (1978)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dollar Fallax (The Elusive Pain)", self-published (1978)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pain Erasure: The Bonnie Prudden Way", M. Evans, hardcover "NY Times" best seller (1980)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pain Erasure: The Bonnie Prudden Way", Ballantine Books, softcover (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Your Baby Can Swim", reissued as "Teach Your Baby to Swim", Dial Press (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How to Keep Your Child Fit from Birth to Six", reissued by Dial Press (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fitness from Six to Twelve", reissued by Dial Press (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Teenage Fitness", reissued by Dial Press (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Myotherapy: Bonnie Prudden’s Complete Guide to Pain-free Living", Dial Press, hardcover (1984)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Myotherapy: Bonnie Prudden’s Complete Guide to Pain-free Living", Ballantine Books, softcover (1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bonnie Prudden’s After Fifty Fitness Guide", Villard Books (1986)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How to Keep Your Child Fit from Birth to Six", Ballantine Books, revised and updated with a chapter on Myotherapy (1986)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bonnie Prudden’s After Fifty Fitness Guide", Ballantine Books, softcover (1987)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fitness from Six to Twelve", Ballantine Books, revised and updated with a chapter on Myotherapy (1987)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Teenage Fitness", Ballantine Books, revised and up-dated with a chapter on Myotherapy (1988)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Myotherapy: Bonnie Prudden's Complete Guide to Pain-Free Living", reprinted by Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy, Inc. (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bonnie Prudden’s After Fifty Fitness Guide", reprinted by Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy, Inc. (2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Exer-sex", reprinted by Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy, Inc. (2011)

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Prudden, Bonnie (2005). “Bonnie's Roof,” "Alpinist", No. 14.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Schwartz, Susan (2005). "Into The Unknown:" "The Remarkable Life of Hans Kraus." Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Waterman, Laura and Guy (1993). "Yankee Rock and Ice: A History of Climbing in the Northeastern United States", with A. Peter Lewis, photography. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- bonnieprudden.com

description: American physical fitness pioneer, expert rock climber and mountaineer

wikidata_label: Bonnie Prudden

wikipedia_title: Bonnie Prudden


text: Roman Catholic

text: Italy

text: United States

text: Morris High School (Bronx, New York)

text: Alfred C. Bossom

text: Cass Gilbert

text: New York Life Building

text: New York City

text: Richard M. Upjohn

text: Stanford White

text: DePace and Juster

text: Samuel Juster

text: American Architects Directory

text: Connecticut

text: Massachusetts

text: New Jersey

text: New York

text: Pennsylvania

text: St. James's Hospital (Newark, New Jersey)

text: Archdiocese of New York

text: Archdiocese of Newark

text: Archdiocese of Hartford

text: Diocese of Brooklyn

text: Diocese of Bridgeport

text: Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts

text: St. Dominic Church

text: Bronx, New York

text: St. Clare of Assisi Church

text: Bronx, New York

text: St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus Church

text: Pelham Bay

text: St. Roch's Church

text: Bronx, NY

text: DePace & Juster

text: St. Vincent De Paul Church

text: New York, NY

text: Henry Engelbert

text: St. Valentine Church

text: Bronx, New York

text: St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church

text: St. Vito Church

text: Mamaroneck, New York

text: Sacred Heart Church

text: Newburgh, New York

text: Nazareth High School

text: Brooklyn, New York

text: Basilica of Regina Pacis

text: Brooklyn, New York

text: Brooklyn, New York

text: Queens, New York

text: Ozone Park, New York

text: Caldwell, New Jersey

text: Nutley, New Jersey

text: Bloomfield, New Jersey

text: East Hanover, New Jersey

text: Fair Lawn, New Jersey

text: Montclair, New Jersey

text: Cedar Grove, New Jersey

text: Jersey City, New Jersey

text: Jersey City, New Jersey

text: Irvington, New Jersey

text: Orange, New Jersey

text: Garfield, New Jersey

text: New Britain, Connecticut

text: New Britain, Connecticut

text: Waterbury, Connecticut

text: Hamden, Connecticut

text: St. Ambrose Church

text: Bridgeport, Connecticut

text: Holy Rosary Church

text: Bridgeport, Connecticut

text: St. Peter Church

text: Bridgeport, Connecticut

text: St. Emery Church

text: Fairfield, Connecticut

text: St. Anthony Church

text: Fairfield, Connecticut

text: Milford, Massachusetts

text: Ludlow, Massachusetts

text: North Adams, Massachusetts

text: Palmer, Massachusetts

text: Columbus, Ohio

text: Scranton, Pennsylvania

text: Professor Gonippo Raggi

text: St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex

text: Hazleton, Pennsylvania

categories: 1977 deaths,People from the Bronx,Architects of Roman Catholic churches,20th-century American architects,1892 births,American people of Italian descent,American ecclesiastical architects

paragraph: Anthony J. DePace

paragraph: Anthony J. DePace (1892–1977) was an American architect who designed numerous Roman Catholic churches throughout the Northeastern United States area during the mid to late 20th century.

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

paragraph: DePace was born on July 13, 1892 in Italy. Shortly thereafter he emigrated to the United States and moved to the Bronx in New York where he lived for the rest of his life. He was educated at Morris High School (Bronx, New York) and studied evenings at the Engineering and Architecture School of New York University, earning a degree there in architectural engineering.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: Upon graduation, he entered the firm of Alfred C. Bossom where he rose to the position of chief draftsman from 1917 to 1920, or alternatively recorded as 1916 to 1921. He then moved to the firm of Cass Gilbert from 1920 to 1923 and served as project manager for the construction of the New York Life Building in New York City, on the hallowed site of Richard M. Upjohn's Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New York City (1854) and later Stanford White's Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New York City (1906).

paragraph: The NY Life Insurance Tower was erected late in Cass Gilbert's career when the architect had withdrawn from most aspects of design and client relations, even for important projects. While Gilbert was the lead designer of the NY Life, it has been widely reported in his biographies that he appeared very uninterested in the project when meeting with clients and left most of the work to his staff. This might suggest a greater role for DePace.

paragraph: Section::::DePace and Juster (1923-1947).

paragraph: In 1923, DePace left Cass Gilbert and formed DePace and Juster, in partnership with Samuel Juster. The firm continued in practice until 1947 when the partnership was dissolved.

paragraph: Section::::Anthony J. DePace, AIA (1947-1977).

paragraph: DePace established his own firm under his own name in 1947 and continued this practice until his death. His office was located at 151 West 46th Street, New York City. However, the firm of Anthony J. DePace, AIA was not listed in the third edition of the "American Architects Directory", published 1970.

paragraph: DePace was a registered architect in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania. He considered his principle works to be St. James's Hospital (Newark, New Jersey) (1960), Cathedral High School (Hartford, Connecticut) (1960), Norwalk Cathedral High School (Norwalk, Connecticut) (1960), Pelham Bay General Hospital (Bronx, New York) (1960), Immaculate Heart Academy (Bergen County, New Jersey) (1961).

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Over his long career, DePace is remembered as a prolific designer of Roman Catholic churches, schools, rectories and convents. Throughout his career he worked closely with several Roman Catholic Diocese including the Archdiocese of New York (Southern New York), Archdiocese of Newark (Northern New Jersey), Archdiocese of Hartford (Connecticut), Diocese of Brooklyn (Brooklyn and Queens, New York City), Diocese of Bridgeport (Connecticut), and Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts. Although his work was prolific, he never achieved critical recognition.

paragraph: Section::::Honors, awards, and publication.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1929: Gold Medal for 5th Ave, 640 Madison Ave

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1950: Honorable Mention for Holy Year (Rome, Italy) for St. Peter Church (Bridgeport, Connecticut).

paragraph: BULLET::::- An illustration of his work was published in Illustration of Modern Church Design (1932).

paragraph: Section::::Works include.

paragraph: "Archdiocese of New York:"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1925: St. Dominic Church, Bronx, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1929-1931 St. Clare of Assisi Church, Bronx, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1930, 1970 St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus Church, Pelham Bay (both the first church (1930) and its replacement (1970s))

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1931: St. Roch's Church, Bronx, NY (as DePace & Juster)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1939: St. Vincent De Paul Church, New York, NY (façade (1939), church by Henry Engelbert (1857)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1949: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, Bronx, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Valentine Church, Bronx, New York (now St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church)

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Vito Church, Mamaroneck, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sacred Heart Church, Newburgh, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nazareth High School, Brooklyn, New York

paragraph: "Diocese of Brooklyn:"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Basilica of Regina Pacis, Brooklyn, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- Our Lady of Grace Church, Brooklyn, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Adalbert Church, Queens, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Ozone Park, New York

paragraph: "Archdiocese of Newark:"

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Aloysius Church, Caldwell, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- Holy Family Church, Nutley, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Bloomfield, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Rose of Lima Church, East Hanover, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Ann Church Fair Lawn, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Montclair, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Cedar Grove, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Jersey City, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- Holy Rosary School, Jersey City, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Irvington, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Orange, New Jersey

paragraph: BULLET::::- Most Holy Name Church, Garfield, New Jersey

paragraph: "Archdiocese of Hartford:"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Holy Cross Church, New Britain, Connecticut

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Ann Church, New Britain, Connecticut

paragraph: BULLET::::- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Waterbury, Connecticut

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Ann Church, Hamden, Connecticut

paragraph: "Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut:"

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Ambrose Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut

paragraph: BULLET::::- Holy Rosary Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Peter Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Emery Church, Fairfield, Connecticut

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Anthony Church, Fairfield, Connecticut

paragraph: "Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts:"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sacred Heart Church Milford, Massachusetts

paragraph: "Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts:"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Christ the King Church, Ludlow, Massachusetts

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Anthony Church, North Adams, Massachusetts

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Thomas Church, Palmer, Massachusetts

paragraph: "elsewhere:"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Christ the King Church, Columbus, Ohio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liberal Arts Building and Rotunda at Marywood College, Scranton, Pennsylvania (with Professor Gonippo Raggi, artist)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1937: convent at St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex, Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

description: American architect

wikidata_label: Anthony J. DePace

wikipedia_title: Anthony J. DePace


text:
Tronzano Vercellese
Venice
Giotto
fresco
Scrovegni Chapel
Padua
University of Pisa
Istanbul
Carlo Ponti

categories: 1882 deaths,Italian photographers,Photography in Turkey,Portrait photographers,1816 births

paragraph: Carlo Naya

paragraph: Carlo Naya (1816 in Tronzano Vercellese1882 in Venice) was an Italian photographer known for his pictures of Venice including its works of art and views of the city for a collaborative volume in 1866. He also documented the restoration of Giotto's frescoes at the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua.

paragraph: Naya was born in Tronzano di Vercelli in 1816 and studied law at the University of Pisa. An inheritance allowed him to travel to major cities in Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. He was advertising his services as portrait photographer in Istanbul in 1845, and opened his studio in Venice in 1857. He sold his work through photographer and optician Carlo Ponti.

paragraph: Following Naya's death in 1882, his studio was run by his wife, then by her second husband. In 1918 it was closed and publisher Osvaldo Böhm bought most of Naya's archive.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paoli, Silvia. "Naya, Carlo (1816–1882)" in Hannavy, John (ed.), "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography". New York: Routledge, 2008.

alias:
C. Naya
Timm Naya

description: Italian photographer

wikidata_label: Carlo Naya

wikipedia_title: Carlo Naya


text:
American football
quarterback
University of Michigan
Toledo, Ohio
University of Michigan
quarterback
Michigan Wolverines football
1960 Michigan Wolverines football team
Forest Evashevski
George Mans
Bump Elliott
Associated Press

categories: 1941 births,Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio,Michigan Wolverines football players,American football quarterbacks,Living people

paragraph: Dave Glinka

paragraph: David J. "Dave" Glinka (born January 22, 1941) is a retired American football player. He played at the quarterback position for the University of Michigan from 1960 to 1962.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: A native of Toledo, Ohio, Glinka attended Toledo Catholic Central High School, winning all-city and all-state honors in football.

paragraph: Section::::University of Michigan.

paragraph: In 1959, Glinka enrolled at the University of Michigan. He played quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1960 to 1962 and completed 107 of 237 passes for 1,394 yards, 10 touchdowns and 17 interceptions.

paragraph: Section::::University of Michigan.:1960 season.

paragraph: As a sophomore, Glinka played in all nine games at quarterback, three as a starter, for the 1960 Michigan Wolverines football team. He was the first sophomore to start as Michigan's quarterback since Forest Evashevski in 1938. He made his debut as Michigan's starting quarterback in the season opener against Oregon. Glinka completed 5 of 11 passes against Oregon and threw two touchdown passes (to George Mans and Scott Maentz) to lead the Wolverines to a 21-0 victory. Against Michigan State in the second game of the 1960 season, Glinka completed 6 of 19 passes for 96 yards. In the third game of the 1960 season, Glinka led the Wolverines to a 31-6 win over Duke. Glinka completed 8 of 14 passes for 111 yards. On the first drive of the second half against Duke, Glinka led the Wolverines to a touchdown with passes of 34 yards to Scott Maentz, 11 yards to Bob Johson and 5 yards to Dennis Fitzgerald. In week four, Glinka led Michigan to a 14-7 win over Northwestern, throwing a 50-yard touchdown pass to Bob Johnson; Johnson caught three of Glinka's passes in the game for 97 yards. In the fifth game of the season, Glinka was intercepted twice in 10-0 loss to Minnesota. In the sixth game, Glinka completed 7 of 18 passes in a loss to Wisconsin. During the 1960 season, Glinka completed 54 of 124 passes for 755 yards and five interceptions. However, he also threw 11 interceptions in nine games.

paragraph: Section::::University of Michigan.:1961 season.

paragraph: As a junior in 1961, Glinka again appeared in all nine games for the Wolverines. Glinka had his best game in a 16-14 victory over Purdue in October 1961. Glinka completed 9 of 11 passes for 170 yards, including a game-winning 72-yard touchdown pass to Bennie McRae in the third quarter. After the game, Michigan head coach Bump Elliott said, "He really came through out there. It was his best day." Three weeks later, Glinka had another strong showing in 28-14 win over Duke. Glinka was four-for-eight passing and threw two touchdown passes, including a 45-yard touchdown pass to Robert Brown. During the 1961 season, Glinka completed 46 of 96 passes for 588 yards, five touchdowns and five interceptions.

paragraph: Section::::University of Michigan.:1962 season.

paragraph: As a senior in 1962, Glinka began the season as Michigan's No. 1 quarterback. An Associated Press story in the spring of 1962 touted the strength of Michigan's quarterbacking corps and said of Glinka: "No. 1 quarterback, of course, is the ever-improving Toledo senior Dave Glinka. He's in solid with his bosses after two seasons as the leading signal caller. Michigan has been 5-4 and 6-3 in those seasons." After being switched to defense, Glinka was injured in the fourth game of the season against Purdue, underwent knee surgery on October 23, 1962, and missed the remainder of the 1962 season.

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Dave Glinka

wikipedia_title: Dave Glinka


text:
Stirlingshire
Edinburgh
Scottish
mathematician
Stirling number
Stirling permutation
Stirling's approximation
Isaac Newton
Archibald Stirling, Lord Garden
Balliol College, Oxford
Earl of Mar
Snell exhibitioner
Jacobites
Gathering of the Brig o' Turk
Isaac Newton
Royal Society
glassmaker
Scots Mining Company
Leadhills
Scots Mining Company House
trompe
Glasgow
Gentleman's Magazine

categories: 1692 births,People from Stirling (council area),Scottish surveyors,Scottish Jacobites,Alumni of the University of Glasgow,Fellows of the Royal Society,18th-century Scottish people,1770 deaths,Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford,Combinatorialists,18th-century British mathematicians,Scottish expatriates in Italy,Scottish mathematicians

paragraph: James Stirling (mathematician)

paragraph: James Stirling (May 1692, Garden, Stirlingshire – 5 December 1770, Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician. He was nicknamed "The Venetian".

paragraph: The Stirling numbers, Stirling permutations, and Stirling's approximation are named after him. He also proved the correctness of Isaac Newton's classification of cubics.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Stirling was born on 11 May 1692 at Garden House near Stirling, the third son of Archibald Stirling, Lord Garden.

paragraph: At 18 years of age he went to Balliol College, Oxford, where, chiefly through the influence of the Earl of Mar, he was nominated in 1711 to be one of Bishop Warner's exhibitioners (or Snell exhibitioner) at Balliol. In 1715 he was expelled on account of his correspondence with his cousins, who were members of the Keir and Garden families, who were noted Jacobites, and had been accessory to the "Gathering of the Brig o' Turk" in 1708.

paragraph: From Oxford he made his way to Venice, where he occupied himself as a professor of mathematics. In 1717 appeared his "Lineae tertii ordinis Newtonianae, sive . . ." (8vo, Oxford). While in Venice, also, he communicated, through Isaac Newton, to the Royal Society a paper entitled "Methodus differentialis Newtoniana illustrata" ("Phil. Trans.", 1718). Fearing assassination on account of having discovered a trade secret of the glassmakers of Venice, he returned with Newton's help to London about the year 1725.

paragraph: In London he remained for ten years, being most part of the time connected with an academy in Tower Street, and devoting his leisure to mathematics and correspondence with eminent mathematicians. In 1730 his most important work was published, the "Methodus differentialis, sive tractatus de summatione et interpolatione serierum infinitarum" (4to, London), which is something more than an expansion of the paper of 1718. In 1735, he communicated to the Royal Society a paper "On the Figure of the Earth, and on the Variation of the Force of Gravity at its Surface."

paragraph: In the same year he was appointed manager for the Scots Mining Company at Leadhills, where the Scots Mining Company House was built for him in 1736. His next paper to the Royal Society was concerned, not with pure, but with applied sciences; specifically, a trompe, i.e., a water-powered air compressor that was used by a Scottish lead mine. His name is also connected with another practical undertaking, since grown to vast dimensions. The accounts of the city of Glasgow for 1752 show that the very first instalment of ten millions sterling spent in making Glasgow a seaport, viz. a sum of £28, 4s. 4d., was for a silver tea-kettle to be presented to "James Stirling, mathematician, for his service, pains, and trouble in surveying the river towards deepening it by locks."

paragraph: Another edition of the "Lineae tertii ordinis" was published in Paris in 1797; another edition of the "Methodus differentialis" in London in 1764; and a translation of the latter into English by Halliday in London in 1749. A considerable collection of literary remains, consisting of papers, letters and two manuscript volumes of a treatise on weights and measures, are still preserved at Garden.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- This work in turn cites:

paragraph: BULLET::::- WP. Fraser, "The Stirlings of Keir, and their Family Papers", (Edinburgh, 1858)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Modern History of Leadhills", in "Gentleman's Magazine" (June, 1853)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brewster, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton", ii. 300, 307, 411, 516

paragraph: BULLET::::- J. Nicol, "Vital Statistics of Glasgow (1881–1885)", p. 70

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Glasgow Herald", 5 August 1886

description: Scottish mathematician

wikidata_label: James Stirling

wikipedia_title: James Stirling (mathematician)


text:
sex worker
London
memorial plaque
Whitecross Street
Old Street
Scotland
smallpox
quack medicines
gin
Newgate Prison
Finsbury
pimp
bound over
Middlesex
Justice of the Peace
Lord Protector
Richard Cromwell
Damaris Page
Elizabeth Cresswell
courtesan
Thomas Deloney
Jack of Newbury
ancient Rome
half-crowns
Rhenish
Sack

categories: 1668 deaths,Deaths from syphilis,1615 births,English brothel owners and madams,British female prostitutes

paragraph: Priss Fotheringham

paragraph: Priss Fotheringham (nee Priscilla Carsewell, c.1615 - c.1668), was an English sex worker and madam from London who was described in a number of publications from the 1660s. One publication, "The Wandering Whore", described her as the 'second best whore in the city'. A memorial plaque to her stands at the corner of Whitecross Street and Old Street in East London.

paragraph: Section::::Early Life.

paragraph: Born in Scotland around 1615. She later travelled to London and took up as a prostitute. Fotheringham was reputed to be a “cat-eyed gypsy, pleasing to the eye”. After being ravaged by a bout of smallpox, quack medicines worsening it effects, and years of swilling gin, her looks had faded by the time Fotheringham was in her thirties.

paragraph: In 1652 she was convicted of keeping a house of ill-repute and imprisoned in Newgate Prison. When apprehended she was:“…sitting between two Dutchmen with her breasts naked to the waist and without stockings, drinking and singing in a very uncivil manner.”

paragraph: Section::::Marriage.

paragraph: Around 1656 she married Edmund Fotheringham, who came from a brothel keeping family. She and "Edward" had a daughter Sarah on November 11 that year. His mother, Anne, ran a brothel in Cow Lane, Finsbury. Edmund, 10 years her younger, bullied and beat her and acted as her pimp. Fotheringham left her husband for a sword sharpener, taking much of her husband's money with her. In 1658, 'Priscilla Frotheringham' was bound over by a Middlesex Justice of the Peace,'For being a notorious strumpet, a common field walker and one that hath undone several men by giving them the foul disease, for keeping the husband of Susan Slaughter from her ever since December last and hath utterly undone that family, and also for threatening to stab said Susan Slaughter whenever she can meet her, the woman being very civil woman, and also for several other notorious wickedness which is not fit to be named among the heathen.' When the money ran out the sword sharpener left her and she returned to her husband who reported her for theft. In July 1858 she was sentenced to be hanged for theft by the Middlesex Sessions, but was later given a conditional pardon by the new Lord Protector Richard Cromwell. Fotheringham spent about a year in Newgate Prison, where she met fellow bards Damaris Page and Elizabeth Cresswell and the writer of "The Wandering Whore", John Garfield. Whilst in Newgate, Fotheringham, Page and Cresswell conspired to form a "courtesan's guild".

paragraph: Section::::The Six Windmills.

paragraph: Fotheringham eventually set up as the madam of The Jack-a-Newberry, a tavern on the corner of Whitecross Street and Old Street which was named after the main character of Thomas Deloney's novel Jack of Newbury. She changed the tavern's name to The Six Windmills, and gained notoriety through the expanding printing industry in London. References to the Fotheringham's brothel appear in John Garfield's "The Wandering Whore" (1660), and "The Unparalleled Practices of Mrs Fotheringham" (1660); "Strange and True News from JackaNewberries" (1660); the "Strange and True Conference between Two Notorious Bawds" (1660) and "Man in the Moon" (1660).

paragraph: Her fame stemmed partly from her popularisation of the novelty sex act of 'chucking', which dated back to ancient Rome. She would stand on her head naked with her legs apart and have customers throw coins into her "commodity" (a common metaphor at the time for the vagina.) "According to legend, she could fit 16 half-crowns (40 shillings) in there", notes one modern commentator. On some occasions wine was also poured into her commodity. She performed chucking several times a day. The tavern was nicknamed "Priscilla Fotheringham's Chuck Office", and the "Half Crown Chuck Office".

paragraph: As Fotheringham aged, she trained new talent to perform chucking, notably the Dutch prostitute known as 'Mrs Cupid'. Although Mrs Cupid used Rhenish wine during her act, Fotheringham would only use the best Sack wine as it smarted less.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Fotheringham died a wealthy woman in around 1668. Her husband has died 5 years earlier in 1663. Both died of advanced syphilis.

description: 17th century sex worker and madam in London

wikidata_label: Priss Fotheringham

wikipedia_title: Priss Fotheringham