text: Duchy of Saint Sava

text: Kingdom of Bosnia

text: Ottoman conquest

text: Kosača noble family

text: Grand Duke of Bosnia

text: Sandalj

text: King Tomaš

text: herzog

text: Ottoman Empire

text: Aragon

text: Katarina

text: Herceg of Saint Sava

text: sanjak

text: Herzegovina

text: Sanjak of Herzegovina

text: Bosnia Eyalet

text: Bosnia and Herzegovina

text: Herceg Novi

text: Montenegro

text: Vukac Hranić Kosača

text: Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić

text: Sandalj Hranić

text: Grand Duke of Bosnia

text: nobility

text: Republic of Ragusa

text: Tvrtko II of Bosnia

text: Stefan Crnojević

text: Crnojević family

text: Bosnian Church

text: Thomas (Tomaš)

text: Roman Catholicism

text: Radivoj

text: Ottoman Empire

text: Ivaniš Pavlović

text: John Hunyadi

text: Alfonso V of Aragon

text: Republic of Venice

text: Catherine (Katarina)

text: Đurađ Branković

text: Srebrenica

text: Herzog

text: Saint Sava

text: Mileševa

text: Srebrenica

text: Republic of Ragusa

text: the city

text: ducat

text: Goražde

text: Holy See

text: Bosnian Church

text: Tvrtko II

text: Thomas

text: gost

text: Radin

text: Herzegovina

text: Glamoč

text: Nevesinje

text: Gacko

text: Stephen

text: Sigismund

text: Mahmud Pasha

text: Vladislav

text: Balša III

text: Zeta

text: Jelena Balšić

text: del Balzo

text: Katarina

text: King Tomaš of Bosnia

text: Vladislav Hercegović

text: Krajina

text: Georgios Kantakuzenos

text: Vlatko Hercegović

text: Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha

text: Mehmed II

text: Grand Vizier

text: Bayezid II

text: Sanjak of Herzegovina

text: Bosnia Eyalet

categories: 1404 births,Nobility of Herzegovina,Bosnian magnates,Kosača noble family,Vukčić noble family,1466 deaths,Grand Dukes of Bosnia

paragraph: Stjepan Vukčić Kosača

paragraph: Stjepan Vukčić Kosača (Serbian cyrillic: Стефан Вукчић Косача; 1404–1466) was a Bosnian duke of Duchy of Saint Sava, the last duchy within Kingdom of Bosnia before the Ottoman conquest. A member of the Kosača noble family, he became Grand Duke of Bosnia upon the death of his uncle Sandalj. He refused to recognize the accession of King Tomaš, proclaiming himself a semi-independent "herzog" (duke), recognizing the suzerainty first of the Ottoman Empire, then Aragon and again the Ottoman Empire. Peace was briefly restored by the marriage of King Tomaš and Stjepan's daughter Katarina, but it did not last long.

paragraph: It was Stjepan's title Herceg of Saint Sava that gave rise to the name of Ottoman sanjak established after 1482 when the Kosača family domain fell under Ottoman rule. The name remained since then and it is used for modern region of Herzegovina (Sanjak of Herzegovina was part of the Bosnia Eyalet, while modern Herzegovina is part of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina), and town of Herceg Novi in present day's Montenegro as well.

paragraph: Section::::Inheritance.

paragraph: Stjepan was the son of Vukac Hranić Kosača and his wife Katarina who was a daughter of Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, as well as the fraternal nephew of Sandalj Hranić, Grand Duke of Bosnia. Along with his father and uncles Sandalj and Vuk, Stjepan was admitted into the nobility of the Republic of Ragusa by a charter dated 29 June 1419. The same charter granted the family a house in Dubrovnik. Sandalj's father died in 1432, and when his uncle followed him on 15 March 1435, it was Stjepan who inherited the lands and prestigious ducal title, becoming the most powerful vassal of King Tvrtko II of Bosnia.

paragraph: At the end of September 1441, Kosača captured the territory of Upper Zeta on the left bank of Morača. Stefan Crnojević, who represented the whole Crnojević family, joined him in this campaign and was awarded by Kosača with control over five villages.

paragraph: Section::::Civil war.

paragraph: King Tvrtko II died in September 1443. Being a staunch supporter and adherent of the Bosnian Church, Stjepan refused to recognize the deceased king's cousin and chosen heir Thomas (Tomaš), a convert to Roman Catholicism, as King of Bosnia. Instead, Stjepan supported Thomas' exiled brother Radivoj, a candidate also put forward by the Ottoman Empire.

paragraph: In 1443, the Papacy sent envoys to Thomas and Stjepan about a counter-offensive against the Ottomans, but the two were in the middle of a war. Ivaniš Pavlović, sent by King Thomas, attacked Stjepan Vukčić. Thomas had at the same time been recognized by the Hungarian regent John Hunyadi. Stjepan turned to King Alfonso V of Aragon, who made him "Knight of the Virgin", but did not give him troops. On 15 February 1444, Stjepan signed a treaty with the King of Aragon and Naples, becoming his vassal in exchange for Alfonso's help against his enemies, namely King Thomas, Duke Ivaniš Pavlović and the Republic of Venice. In the same treaty Stjepan promised to pay regular tribute to Alfonso instead of paying the Ottoman sultan as he had done until then.

paragraph: Section::::Civil war.:Peace and royal marriage.

paragraph: In 1446 the two rivals had made peace. Stjepan Vukčić recognized Thomas as king, and the pre-war borders were restored. Peace was sealed by the marriage of Stjepan's daughter Catherine (Katarina) and King Thomas in May 1446, with Catherine converting to Roman Catholicism. The Ottomans were displeased with the peace as their interest lay in dividing Bosnia. Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković was also displeased due to the Srebrenica issue. In 1448, the Ottomans sent an expedition to plunder King Tomaš's lands, but they also plundered Stjepan Vukčić's lands. Stjepan Vukčić sent envoys to Despot Đurađ to try to improve the relations between the two. Vukčić then joined forces with Despot Đurađ and fought Bosnian forces.

paragraph: Section::::Civil war.:Renewal of conflict.

paragraph: In 1448 Stjepan Vukčić, in attempt to "bolster his case with the Ottomans", dropped his title Grand Duke of Bosnia, and assumed the title Herzog (Duke) of Hum and the Coast. Later, in 1449, in a public relation stunt, he changed it into "Duke of Saint Sava", after the Serbian saint whose relics were held in Mileševa at the eastern part of his province. This move had a considerable public relations value since Saint Sava's relics were then, as are now, considered miracle-working and objects with healing properties by people of all faiths in the region, but probably more importantly, move signified and attested alignment with Despot Đurađ, whose side he took in the Đurađ's war against king Tomaš over the rich mining town of Srebrenica.

paragraph: In 1451 Stjepan Vukčić attacked the Republic of Ragusa, and laid siege to the city. As he had earlier been made a Ragusan nobleman, the Ragusan government now proclaimed him a traitor. A reward of 15,000 ducats, a palace in Dubrovnik worth 2,000 ducats, and an annual income of 300 ducats was offered to anyone who would kill him. along with the promise of hereditary Ragusan noble status which also helped hold this promise to whoever did the deed. The threat seems to have worked, as Stjepan abandoned the siege. After King Thomas and Despot Đurađ reconciled, Ragusa proposed a league against Stjepan. Thomas' charter from 18 December 1451, apart from the theoretical ceding of some of Stjepan's territories to Ragusa (he firmly held those), also included the obligation that he would attack Stjepan.

paragraph: Section::::Religion.

paragraph: Stjepan Vukčić's attitude towards religion was uncommonly flexible for Europe of the era, but characteristic to Bosnian worldview of the time. He titled himself after the shrine of an Orthodox saint while maintaining close relations with the papacy. In 1454 he both erected an Orthodox church in Goražde and requested that Catholic missionaries be sent from Southern Italy to proselytize in his land, while never flinching from developing close relation and/or allying himself with Ottoman Muslims. The Holy See in Vatican treated him as a Catholic, while simultaneously the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople considered him Orthodox.

paragraph: All the while Stjepan Vukčić considered himself staunch "krstjanin", adherent of Bosnian Church. His conspicuous attitude toward Bosnian Church was highlighted when king Tvrtko II died in September 1443, Stjepan refused to recognize the deceased king's cousin and chosen heir Thomas as new King of Bosnia, thus creating a political crisis which culminated in civil war, all because Thomas was recent convert to Roman Catholicism. And while Thomas' decision to convert was forced political maneuvering, but founded in sound reasoning with the saving of the realm on his mind, he also committed himself to demonstrate his devotion by engaging in religious prosecution against his recent fellow co-religionist. These developments prompted Stjepan to give "krstjanins" of the Bosnian Church safe haven and join the Ottomans in support of Bosnian anti-King Radivoj, Thomas' exiled brother, who was also Bosnian Church faithful and remained so in face of Thomas' crusade against the church adherents.

paragraph: Accordingly, Stjepan kept at his court a high-ranking prelate of the Bosnian Church, a diplomat and ambassador, well known and highly influential gost Radin as his closest adviser. He was a dedicated protector of Bosnian Church "krstjani" as long as he lived. At the end of his life, he used both gost Radin and priest David, an Orthodox Metropolit of Mileševa, as his court chaplains.

paragraph: Section::::Relations with the Ottomans.

paragraph: In the early 1460s, Stjepan controlled all of today's Herzegovina as far north as Glamoč, except for Nevesinje and Gacko which were under Ottoman control. Stjepan knew he would soon face Ottoman attack so he asked Venice to allow Skanderbeg's forces to cross their territory to help him, which they did, but Skanderbeg failed to carry out his promises. When King Thomas died in 1461, he was succeeded by his elder son Stephen rather than Sigismund, his son by Queen Katarina. This time, aware of the Ottoman threat, Stjepan did not dispute the succession.

paragraph: After taking the Kingdom of Bosnia in 1463, Mahmud Pasha also invaded Herzegovina and besieged Blagaj, after which Stjepan conceded a truce by sending his youngest son as a hostage to Istanbul, and ceding all of his lands to the north of Blagaj to the Empire.

paragraph: Stjepan Vukčić died in 1466, and was succeeded by his eldest son Vladislav.

paragraph: Section::::Issue and legacy.

paragraph: Stjepan Vukčić was married three times. In 1424, he married Jelena, daughter of Balša III of Zeta (and granddaughter of his aunt, Jelena Balšić). His wife died in 1453. Two years later, he married Barbara (possibly del Balzo). She died in 1459. His final marriage, in 1460, was to a German woman named Cecilie.

paragraph: With his first wife Jelena, he had at least four children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Katarina (1424–1478), married King King Tomaš of Bosnia in 1446

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vladislav Hercegović ( 1427–1489), Duke of St. Sava, Lord of Krajina, married Kyra Ana, daughter of Georgios Kantakuzenos in 1455

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vlatko Hercegović ( 1428–1489), Duke of St. Sava, married an Apulian noblewoman

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha ( 1430–1515), baptized Stjepan; the youngest son of Stjepan Vukčić, whom Sultan Mehmed II took as a hostage, became a Muslim in the Sultan's service. He became the Grand Vizier and Grand Admiral to the Sultan, married Sultan Bayezid II's daughter, Fatima, in 1482; and had descendants by her.

paragraph: Stjepan and his second wife Barbara had a short-lived son (born in 1456) and a daughter named Mara.

paragraph: In 1482, Vladislav Hercegović was overpowered by Ottoman forces led by his brother, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha. Herzegovina was organized into a province (the Sanjak of Herzegovina), which later became one of the sanjaks of the Bosnia Eyalet (1580).

description: Bosnian duke

wikidata_label: Stjepan Vukčić Kosača

wikipedia_title: Stjepan Vukčić Kosača


text:
Friederike Sophie Seyler
Mannheim National Theatre
Friedrich Schiller
The Robbers
Abel Seyler
tenor
Seyler Theatre Company

categories: 1799 deaths,18th-century German actresses,1761 births

paragraph: Elisabeth Toscani

paragraph: Anna Elisabeth Toscani (born 1761, died 1799), née Endemann, was a German actress. She was a student of Friederike Sophie Seyler and was one of the leading actresses of the Mannheim National Theatre from 1779 to 1784. She is also notable for being the first "Amalia" in the original performance of Friedrich Schiller's "The Robbers" on 13 January 1782 at Mannheim.

paragraph: She worked under the direction of F.S. Seyler's husband Abel Seyler at the Mannheim National Theatre until 1781, when a quarrel between her and the director led to his retirement. She was described as a "scheming" character; although Friederike Sophie Seyler was also regarded as a very difficult person to work with.

paragraph: She was married to Giovanni Federico (also known as Johann Friedrich) Toscani, a noted tenor born in Warsaw in the 1750s to an Italian family. Her husband had joined Abel Seyler's travelling company, the Seyler Theatre Company, in 1775.

description: actor

wikidata_label: Elisabeth Toscani

wikipedia_title: Elisabeth Toscani


text:
Argentina
Eminem
8 Mile
Latin trap
Te Amo
Piso 21
Cuando Te Besé
Becky G
Billboard
Hot Latin Songs
Billboard Argentina
Hot 100
Adán y Eva

categories: Hispanic and Latino American rappers,Warner Bros. Records artists,1998 births,Argentine singers,Living people

paragraph: Paulo Londra

paragraph: Paulo Londra (born April 12, 1998) is an Argentinian rapper. His music has topped Argentinian charts and been highly successful across in Argentina and the rest of the world.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Londra was inspired to become a rap artist by watching Eminem's "8 Mile" film. The urge to interpret his lyrics outside of a recording studio led him to improvise and rap in Argentinian squares with friends, gradually creating a local buzz. Leaving his comfort zone and freestyling in squares helped with his shyness, and launched a competitive period spanning around five years. He forged his style battling in freestyle contests as the so-called "El Quinto Escalón", and rapidly stepped up to Latin trap.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: His professional career kicked off with "Relax", a song he uploaded in early 2017. Londra's music avoids themes prominent in urban music, such as violence and drugs.

paragraph: Londra became to be known after his hit-songs "Nena Maldición", featuring Lenny Tavarez; "Te Amo", with Piso 21; and "Cuando Te Besé", with Becky G. The latter peaked at number 45 on the "Billboard" Hot Latin Songs and became the first song to ever top the "Billboard Argentina" Hot 100. His song "Adán y Eva" topped Billboard's Argentina Hot 100, as well.

description: Argentinian singer

wikidata_label: Paulo Londra

wikipedia_title: Paulo Londra


text:
Charles Baudelaire
Châtelguyon

paragraph: Charles Asselineau

paragraph: Charles Asselineau (13 March 1820 - 25 July 1874) was a French writer and art critic. He is also notable as one of the few close friends of the poet Charles Baudelaire. He was born in Paris and died in Châtelguyon.

description: writer and art critic from France

wikidata_label: Charles Asselineau

wikipedia_title: Charles Asselineau


text:
Democratic-Republican
U.S. Congressman
North Carolina
Caswell County, North Carolina
North Carolina State Senate
8th United States Congress
9th
10th
Mississippi Territory
Huntsville, Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Governor of Alabama
Alabama House of Representatives
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
Robert Williams
Dolley Madison
Robert Williams
John Williams (Tennessee)
Lewis Williams
Lafayette Guild

categories: People from Caswell County, North Carolina,Members of the Alabama House of Representatives,1850 deaths,1774 births,Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina,Alabama Democratic-Republicans,North Carolina state senators,North Carolina Democratic-Republicans

paragraph: Marmaduke Williams

paragraph: Marmaduke Williams (April 6, 1774 – October 29, 1850) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1803 to 1809.

paragraph: Born in Caswell County, North Carolina, Williams studied law and was admitted to the North Carolina bar. He was elected to the North Carolina State Senate, serving 1802, and then was elected that same year to the 8th United States Congress. Williams was re-elected twice, serving in the 9th and 10th Congresses (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809). He declined to run for a fourth term and moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1810, then to Huntsville, Alabama, and by 1819, to Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

paragraph: Williams was a delegate to the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1819 and ran unsuccessfully that year for the post of Governor of Alabama. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1821 to 1839, was the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama from 1835 to 1841 and was a judge of the Tuscaloosa County court from 1832 to 1842.

paragraph: He was a brother of Mississippi Territorial Governor Robert Williams (1766–1836). On October 26, 1798, in Caswell County, North Carolina, he married Agnes Payne (1775–1850), a first cousin of Dolley Madison, and they raised 9 children. He was first cousin of the brothers: Robert Williams (1773–1821), John Williams (Tennessee) (1778–1837) and Lewis Williams (1786–1842). He was the grandfather of Lafayette Guild (1825–1870). He died in Tuscaloosa in 1850 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery. His Tuscaloosa home has been completely renovated.

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Marmaduke Williams

wikipedia_title: Marmaduke Williams


text:
New York State
British
Labour
World War I
Battle of Cambrai
Dorothy Lansbury
George Lansbury
South West Bethnal Green
Shoreditch
Member of Parliament
Shoreditch
London
Shoreditch and Finsbury
Parliament
British Army
firing squad
First World War
House of Commons
T E Lawrence
House of Lords
Lord Allenby
Australian
republican
Parliamentary Private Secretary
Minister of Pensions
whip
Ministry of Information
Rationalist Press Association
Shot at Dawn

categories: UK MPs 1924–1929,1884 births,Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies,UK MPs 1935–1945,UK MPs 1951–1955,UK MPs 1929–1931,English socialists,UK MPs 1945–1950,English republicans,UK MPs 1950–1951,Hackney Members of Parliament,1954 deaths,UK MPs 1923–1924,American emigrants to England

paragraph: Ernest Thurtle

paragraph: Ernest Thurtle (11 November 1884, New York State – 22 August 1954) was a British Labour politician.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Thurtle worked as an accountant and salesman. He saw service in the army in World War I and was badly wounded at the Battle of Cambrai. In 1912 he married Dorothy Lansbury, daughter of George Lansbury, leader of the Labour Party in the 1930s.

paragraph: Thurtle contested South West Bethnal Green and Shoreditch without success, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Shoreditch, London from 1923–31 and 1935–50, then Shoreditch and Finsbury from 1950 until his death.

paragraph: Thurtle's greatest achievement in Parliament was to bring about the abolition of the death penalty for cowardice or desertion in the British Army. With over 300 British soldiers shot by firing squad after brief trials during the First World War, Thurtle first introduced the measure for abolition in 1924, which became Labour party policy in 1925 and eventually approved by the House of Commons by the Labour government in 1930. Supporters of the measure included T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) but the abolition was rejected at first by the House of Lords, who were encouraged in their resistance by various retired generals, including Lord Allenby. The House of Commons insisted and the measure was enacted.

paragraph: The argument that it would reduce the determination of the soldiers was countered by the fact that the Australians had always made it clear when they joined the war effort, that none of their men were to be executed for these crimes. No Australians were shot for cowardice or desertion and yet it was clear that their troops had been as effective as any others in the war. Thurtle continued to be involved in ex-servicemen's associations.

paragraph: At the Labour Party conference in 1923 Thurtle supported two republican motions. The first stated "that the Royal Family is no longer a necessary party of the British constitution", and the second was "that the hereditary principle in the British Constitution be abolished".

paragraph: Thurtle was a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Pensions in 1924, a Labour whip 1930–31 and a junior minister at the Ministry of Information from 1941 to 1945. He was also a journalist and author.

paragraph: In 1941, Thurtle was Chairman of the Rationalist Press Association.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- E Thurtle: "Times winged chariot" Chaterson, London, 1945

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shot at Dawn

description: British politician

wikidata_label: Ernest Thurtle

wikipedia_title: Ernest Thurtle


text: Canadian

text: medical physicist

text: Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan

text: Canora, Saskatchewan

text: Ukrainian immigrants

text: one room schoolhouse

text: Wroxton

text: Yorkton

text: Walkerville Collegiate

text: Ernest J. Creed Memorial Medal

text: scholarship

text: University

text: Bachelor of Arts

text: University of Saskatchewan

text: Governor General's Gold Medal

text: M.A.

text: Harold E. Johns

text: radiation physicist

text: medical physicist

text: Saskatoon

text: professor

text: oncology

text: physics

text: nuclear medicine

text: Atomic Energy Control Board of Canada

text: Curling

text: Canadian Curling Hall of Fame

text: Saskatchewan Order of Merit

text: Diamond 'D' Championships

text: Joyce McKee

text: Order of Canada

text: Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan

text: Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

text: Monarchy in Saskatchewan

categories: Medical physicists,Chancellors of the University of Saskatchewan,Canadian women's curling champions,Canadian physicists,1927 births,Officers of the Order of Canada,Women in Saskatchewan politics,2012 deaths,Canadian women viceroys,20th-century women scientists,Canadian Curling Hall of Fame inductees,Canadian women curlers,Members of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit,Curlers from Saskatchewan,Canadian people of Ukrainian descent,Sportspeople from Saskatoon,Lieutenant Governors of Saskatchewan,People from Canora, Saskatchewan,Canadian women physicists

paragraph: Sylvia Fedoruk

paragraph: Sylvia Olga Fedoruk [Fe-doruk], (Ukrainian: Федорук), (May 5, 1927 – September 26, 2012) was a Canadian physicist, medical physicist, curler and the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Born in Canora, Saskatchewan, the daughter of Ukrainian immigrants, Annie Romaniuk and Theodore Fedoruk. Fedoruk attended a one room schoolhouse in Wroxton north east of the city of Yorkton. Her father was her teacher.

paragraph: During World War II, the family relocated to Ontario where her parents took war factory work. In 1946, she completed her studies at Walkerville Collegiate in Windsor Ontario, at the top of her class and was awarded the Ernest J. Creed Memorial Medal and an entrance scholarship to attend University. But the family chose to return to Saskatchewan where Sylvia entered the University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon in the fall of 1946.

paragraph: She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics, at the University of Saskatchewan, in 1949 and was awarded the Governor General's Gold Medal. Fedoruk completed her M.A. in physics in 1951.

paragraph: Fedoruk was recruited by Dr. Harold E. Johns to be the radiation physicist at Saskatoon Cancer Clinic. She became the chief medical physicist at the Saskatoon Cancer Clinic and director of physics services at the Saskatchewan Cancer Clinic. She was a professor of oncology and associate member in physics at the University of Saskatchewan. She was involved in the development of the world's first cobalt-60 unit and one of the first nuclear medicine scanning machines.

paragraph: She was the first woman member of the Atomic Energy Control Board of Canada.

paragraph: From 1986 to 1989 she was chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan. She was the first woman to fill this position at the University of Saskatchewan.

paragraph: She is a past president (1971 to 1972) of the Canadian Ladies Curling Association. In 1986, she was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame, as a builder, and was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. In 1961, she played in the very first Diamond 'D' Championships for team Saskatchewan as the third for Joyce McKee. Saskatchewan won the tournament.

paragraph: In 1987, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

paragraph: From 1988 to 1994, she was Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.

paragraph: In the 1990s, the City of Saskatoon named a new road, Fedoruk Drive in her honour. The roadway runs from Central Avenue to McOrmond Drive, north of the communities of Silverspring and Evergreen and south of the community of Aspen Ridge and the Northeast Swale. Fedoruk Drive serves as a minor arterial roadway in the northeast sector of the city.

paragraph: On October 3, 2012 the name of the Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation (CCNI) was changed to the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation in honor of the pioneering work she did in the treatment of cancer using cobalt-60 radiation therapy in the 1950s.

paragraph: In 2009, she was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monarchy in Saskatchewan

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sylvia Olga Fedoruk - Canadian Women in Government

description: Canadian curler and politician

wikidata_label: Sylvia Fedoruk

wikipedia_title: Sylvia Fedoruk


text:
American football
tight end
college football
Morgan State
New York Giants
2003 NFL Draft
Minnesota Vikings
New England Patriots
Tennessee Titans
Birmingham, England
Liberia
Ghanaian
Silver Spring, Maryland
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Morgan State University
Baltimore, Maryland
2003 NFL Draft
New York Giants
Jeremy Shockey
Minnesota Vikings
NFC
touchdown
2008
New England Patriots
Aaron Hernandez
Brandon Bolden
Baltimore Ravens
Dennis Pitta
Tennessee Titans
NBC
Minute to Win It
National Kidney Foundation
NFL Network
Fox
Detroit Lions
Zygi Wilf
Brad Childress
United States Marine Corps
Fox Sports
Prince George's County, Maryland
Liberia
Official website
Minnesota Vikings bio

categories: 1980 births,American people of Ghanaian descent,Minnesota Vikings players,Black English sportspeople,Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands,English emigrants to the United States,American people of Liberian descent,English people of Ghanaian descent,Morgan State Bears football players,People from Silver Spring, Maryland,American football tight ends,English players of American football,English people of Liberian descent,New England Patriots players,New York Giants players,Baltimore Ravens players,Living people

paragraph: Visanthe Shiancoe

paragraph: Visanthe O. Shiancoe (; born June 18, 1980) is a British former American football tight end. After playing college football for Morgan State, he was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played for the Giants for four seasons from 2003 to 2006 and the Minnesota Vikings for five seasons from 2007 to 2011. He played for the New England Patriots in 2012 and the Tennessee Titans in 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Shiancoe was born in Birmingham, England to a Liberian mother and a Ghanaian father. As an infant, he emigrated to the United States with his mother, settling in Silver Spring, Maryland.

paragraph: Shiancoe played high school football for Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring. He attended Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland where he transformed himself from a 190-pound freshman to a 250-pound senior tight end.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Giants (2003-2006).

paragraph: Shiancoe was drafted in the third round (91st overall) in the 2003 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. He played for the Giants for four seasons, mostly serving as a backup to Jeremy Shockey.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minnesota Vikings (2007-2011).

paragraph: Shiancoe signed a five-year, $18.2 million contract with the Minnesota Vikings as a free agent in 2007. He compiled 208 receptions for 2,424 yards and 24 touchdowns in his five seasons as a Viking, in regular season games. He played in 80 games, of which he started in 66. He led NFC tight ends with seven touchdowns in 2008 and ranked third by a tight end in the NFL.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New England Patriots (2012).

paragraph: Shiancoe agreed to a one-year deal with the New England Patriots on July 24, 2012, reportedly worth $1.2 million. He was activated on November 11, 2012 after an injury of Aaron Hernandez and a suspension of Brandon Bolden. On December 11, 2012, he was released.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Baltimore Ravens (2013).

paragraph: On July 28, 2013, Shiancoe signed a one-year deal to play for the Baltimore Ravens. The contract is considered a "qualifying contract" under which Shiancoe will stand to make the veteran minimum for a player with 10 or more years of service ($940,000) while counting only $555,000 against the Raven's salary cap. The signing was prompted by a season-ending hip injury suffered during training camp by Dennis Pitta. Less than a month on the team, Shiancoe was released after the third week of preseason on August 25, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Tennessee Titans.

paragraph: On December 3, 2013, Shiancoe signed with the Tennessee Titans. On December 10, the Titans released Shiancoe.

paragraph: Section::::Television appearances.

paragraph: Shiancoe was a contestant on NBC's "Minute to Win It" on September 8, 2010, playing to win money for the National Kidney Foundation. When he could not perform the card trick, where he had to blow off a deck of 53 playing cards with one joker at the bottom remaining on the bottle in a minute, he successfully performed the same trick on NFL Network again in less than 30 seconds, only to realize that the final Joker card was glued on.

paragraph: Section::::Television appearances.:Towel incident.

paragraph: Fox aired a post game segment following a victory over the Detroit Lions in 2008. Vikings owner Zygi Wilf was presenting the game ball to coach Brad Childress' son, Andrew, who had enlisted in the United States Marine Corps the day before. In the background, Shiancoe was shown unclothed for a moment before covering himself with a towel. According to the NFL and Fox Sports, the image lasted a fifth of a second. Fox Sports apologized for airing the image. Through his agent, Shiancoe said he was embarrassed by the unintentional incident.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Shiancoe currently resides in Prince George's County, Maryland. Although his first name has been commonly mispronounced as vi-SAWN-tee () or vi-SAWN-tae () he has clarified that the correct pronunciation is vi-SAWNTH ().

paragraph: He plans to become involved in causes in his mother's home country of Liberia.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Minnesota Vikings bio

description: Player of American football

wikidata_label: Visanthe Shiancoe

wikipedia_title: Visanthe Shiancoe


text:
Baroque
still-life
Naples
Giacomo Recco
Paolo Porpora
Lombardy
Evaristo Baschenis
Charles II
Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo
Alicante
Order of Calatrava
Elena
Federico Zeri

categories: Italian male painters,1695 deaths,17th-century Italian painters,People from Naples,Neapolitan painters,1634 births,Italian Baroque painters

paragraph: Giuseppe Recco

paragraph: Giuseppe Recco (1634 – 29 May 1695) was an Italian painter in the Baroque style. He specialized in a variety of still-lifes.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Born in Naples, he likely apprenticed with his family, including his father Giacomo Recco and uncle . Later, he perfected his technique with Paolo Porpora, who had been one of his father's students. During a stay in Lombardy, from 1644 to 1654 with his uncle, he was influenced by the works of Evaristo Baschenis.

paragraph: As his fame spread, he was invited to come to Spain by King Charles II. His assemblies of victuals, both vegetable and animal, were very popular there. His style is often compared to that of Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo, who was also a student of Porpora. Early in his career, he went from painting flowers to more varied assemblies and was among the first Italian painters to do so.

paragraph: Recco may have died at Alicante, Spain, before reaching Madrid, although contemporary sources indicate that he lived there for seven years and became a Knight in the Order of Calatrava.

paragraph: His children Nicolo and Elena also became painters. In 1989, the art historian, Federico Zeri, raised questions concerning his father's true identity.

alias: Gioseppe Reco Pittore del Marchese de los Velez

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Giuseppe Recco

wikipedia_title: Giuseppe Recco


text:
Oldenburg
Frisia
Copenhagen
Danish
astronomical
Eiderstedt
Frisian
Kiel
Jena
Leipzig
astronomy
Johan Frederik Clemens
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences
Assistens Cemetery
Johan Samuel Augustin

categories: Danish scientists,1715 births,1785 deaths

paragraph: Johan Samuel Augustin

paragraph: Johan Samuel Augustin (March 31, 1715 in Oldenburg in Frisia, Germany – April 26, 1785 in Copenhagen) was a German-Danish astronomical writer and civil servant.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Johan Samuel Augustin was born in Oldenburg in Eiderstedt to an old Frisian family. When he was 2 years old his father, John. Sam. Augustin, died and was allowed by his uncle and legal guardian, Corniels Bischoff of Tetenbøl, to stay with his other uncle, Steffens Augustin, who also lived in Oldenburg. After leaving school he studied at the universities of Kiel, Jena and Leipzig. He intended to study law, but he ended up accepting a job as an information clerk.

paragraph: At Friedrich Wiedeburg in Leipzig, he acquired a taste for mathematics and astronomy, which he would later study with great zeal, and acquired a large library and an instrument collection (Catalogue ed. Of Erichsen). He also worked with a company involved in the release of the print "Peder Paars" by Johan Frederik Clemens.

paragraph: In 1750, he was employed as a secretary of the War Chancellery in Copenhagen, and was promoted to the First Secretary in 1757. The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences had him listed as a member in 1775. On March 21, 1781, he became a member of the Royal Danish Society of Homeland History. He died unmarried as Councillor and was the first of many influential people to be buried at the Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen (Before his burial it was a graveyard for the poor, not for influential people). His portrait is in the catalog of his collection.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: In addition to some translations from German, he wrote: "Briefe des Joaber Adaders aus der Sonne an Pyrophilus auf diet that Pyrophilaner" (Published first in 1748). Moreover, as the 12th part of the Academy of Sciences writings: "Om Forskjellen imellem Tycho Brahes og Picards Meridian af Uranienborg" and "Adskillige Steders Længde og Bredde i Norge". In 1781 and 1782 he gave several lectures: "Om Tycho Brahes skrevne Observationer og deres Skæbne" and "Om Vejrligets besynderlige Forandringer i Januar 1782" though these were not published in print.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Holger Ehrencron-Müller, Forfatterlexikon comprising Denmark, Norway and Iceland until 1814

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lahde, Memorials, first booklet.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles Louis Tørrisen Bugge, Danish Frimureries History, Volume 1, Copenhagen, 1910. p 155 f

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Johan Samuel Augustin his gravestone on Gravsted.dk

description: Danish scientist

wikidata_label: Johan Samuel Augustin

wikipedia_title: Johan Samuel Augustin


text: axe murder

text: Smuttynose Island

text: State of Maine

text: Celia Thaxter

text: Atlantic Monthly

text: true crime

text: Anita Shreve

text: The Weight of Water

text: subsequent film adaptation

text: Irish

text: Ciaran Hinds

text: Ballantine Books

text: Photos

categories: People from Vorpommern-Greifswald,People executed by Maine by hanging,German people convicted of murder,1875 deaths,People executed for murder,German people executed abroad,German emigrants to the United States

paragraph: Louis H. F. Wagner

paragraph: Louis H. F. Wagner (also spelled Lewis Wagner; died June 25, 1875) was a German-born fisherman who arrived in the United States around 1865. He was convicted of the axe murders of two Norwegian women, Anethe Matea Christensen and Karen Christensen. The murders took place on Smuttynose Island on March 6, 1873. After a failed escape attempt, Louis Wagner became the fourth to last person to be executed by the State of Maine.

paragraph: Despite an airtight case, so vehement was his denial that people long believed he was innocent.

paragraph: Section::::In popular culture.

paragraph: In 1875, poet Celia Thaxter wrote and published an account of the Smuttynose murders in "Atlantic Monthly". It was entitled "A Memorable Murder" and remains a classic of American true crime writing.

paragraph: Author Anita Shreve fictionalized the crime in her bestselling novel "The Weight of Water", which alleges that Wagner was falsely convicted. In the subsequent film adaptation, Wagner was portrayed onscreen by Irish actor Ciaran Hinds.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Schechter, Harold, (2012), "Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard of", Ballantine Books.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Celia Thaxter: "A Memorable Murder" (The Library of America, Story of the Week, Reprinted from True Crime: An American Anthology (The Library of America, 2008), pages 131–155. Originally published in the May 1875 issue of Atlantic Monthly.)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seacoastnh.com's Page of Resources on the Smuttynose Murders

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photos

wikidata_label: Louis H. F. Wagner

wikipedia_title: Louis H. F. Wagner


text:
American football
cornerback
Atlanta Falcons
2010 NFL Draft
college football
Oklahoma
2010 NFL Draft
Atlanta Falcons
Baltimore Ravens
Hudson Valley Fort
Fall Experimental Football League
Atlanta Falcons bio
Oklahoma Sooners bio

categories: Atlanta Falcons players,Oklahoma Sooners football players,1987 births,Players of American football from Oklahoma,Hudson Valley Fort players,Sportspeople from Tulsa, Oklahoma,American football cornerbacks,Baltimore Ravens players,Living people

paragraph: Dominique Franks

paragraph: Dominique Franks (born October 8, 1987) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Franks played college football at Oklahoma.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Pre-draft.

paragraph: Franks was considered one of the top cornerback prospects for the 2010 NFL Draft. Franks announced on January 5, 2010 that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2010 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Atlanta Falcons.

paragraph: Franks was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round (135th pick overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Baltimore Ravens.

paragraph: Franks signed with the Baltimore Ravens on June 19, 2014. He was released on August 30, 2014 with the final round of cuts during the preseason. He re-signed with the team on October 7, 2014. He was released on November 4, 2014, after the signing of Danny Gorrer.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Hudson Valley Fort.

paragraph: Franks signed with the Hudson Valley Fort of the Fall Experimental Football League (FXFL) in 2015.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Atlanta Falcons bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oklahoma Sooners bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Dominique Franks

wikipedia_title: Dominique Franks


text:
Hungarian
Minister of Defence
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

categories: Hungarian soldiers,1911 deaths,Defence ministers of Hungary,1848 births

paragraph: Lajos Jekelfalussy

paragraph: Lajos Jekelfalussy (1 October 18481911) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence between 1906 and 1910. His grandfather was József Jekelfalussy royal chamberlain.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

description: Hungarian military officer

wikidata_label: Lajos Jekelfalussy

wikipedia_title: Lajos Jekelfalussy


text:
Grammy
Chicago
Stevie Wonder
Santana
Elton John
Peabo Bryson
Earth, Wind, & Fire
The Doobie Brothers
Patti Austin
Kenny G
The Temptations
Grammy
Just to See Her
Smokey Robinson
John Turturro
Kate Winslet
James Gandolfini
Bill Champlin
multi-platinum
Chicago

categories: 21st-century American keyboardists,1952 births,Chicago (band) members,American keyboardists,Place of birth missing (living people),Living people

paragraph: Lou Pardini

paragraph: Lou Pardini is an American Grammy-nominated keyboardist, songwriter and vocalist who is now best known as a member of the rock band Chicago. He is known for his work with notable musicians such as Stevie Wonder, Santana, Elton John, Peabo Bryson, Earth, Wind, & Fire and The Doobie Brothers, and he has written hit songs for Patti Austin, Kenny G, The Temptations, and more. His Grammy-nominated song "Just to See Her", recorded by Smokey Robinson, also won Robinson his first ever Grammy for the Best Male R&B Vocal performance. The song "What Might Have Been" recorded by Pardini on his solo album titled "Live and Let Live" has also been a popular favorite in Asia, particularly in the Philippines and Japan, and also in Europe.

paragraph: As a composer and artist, Pardini's credits include a library of music featured on TV and film such as "Romance and Cigarettes", written and directed by John Turturro and starring Kate Winslet and James Gandolfini, and the movie "Blue", directed by Ryan Minningham.

paragraph: In , Pardini answered Bill Champlin's departure as keyboardist and vocalist in the multi-platinum band, Chicago.

description: musician

wikidata_label: Lou Pardini

wikipedia_title: Lou Pardini


text:
Dutch Golden Age
seascape
Ludolf Bakhuizen
Hendrik Rietschoof
Jan Albertsz Rotius
RKD

categories: 1719 deaths,Dutch male painters,Dutch marine artists,People from Hoorn,1651 births,Dutch Golden Age painters

paragraph: Jan Claesz Rietschoof

paragraph: Jan Claesz Rietschoof (1651–1719) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: According to Houbraken he learned painting first from Abraham Liedts, and later from the renowned seascape painter Ludolf Bakhuizen.

paragraph: Section::::Paintings.

paragraph: His paintings today hang in various museums in the Netherlands. He taught his son Hendrik Rietschoof (1678–1747) how to paint; Hendrik's seascape and seaport drawings are online at the Amsterdam archives. In Hoorn he was a contemporary of the flower painter Jacob Rootius, who was the son of the influential "schutterstuk" painter Jan Albertsz Rotius.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jan Claesz. Rietschoof in the RKD

alias:
Jan Claesz. Rietschoof
Jan Klaesz. Rietschoof
Jan Rietschoof
John Reitschoof
Jan Claes Richkoff
Jan Claes Rietschoof
de Oude Rietschoof
J. Rietschoof
J. K. Rietschoof
J. Rietschuf

description: Dutch Golden Age painter

wikidata_label: Jan Claesz Rietschoof

wikipedia_title: Jan Claesz Rietschoof


text:
Hoorn
Koog aan de Zaan
Dutch Golden Age
Jan Claesz Rietschoof
Hendrik Rietschoof
Artnet

categories: Dutch male painters,Dutch marine artists,1678 births,Dutch Golden Age painters,1746 deaths

paragraph: Hendrik Rietschoof

paragraph: Hendrik Rietschoof (bapt. 2 August 1678, Hoorn – 1746, Koog aan de Zaan), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: According to Houbraken he was the son of Jan Claesz Rietschoof who became just as good as he had been in marine painting.

paragraph: According to the RKD his father was Jan Claesz. Rietschoof and was known for marines. His earliest dated work was made when he was 15 years old.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hendrik Rietschoof on Artnet

alias:
Hendrik Rietchoof
Rietschoof
Rietchoof
H. Rietschoof

description: Dutch Golden Age painter

wikidata_label: Hendrik Rietschoof

wikipedia_title: Hendrik Rietschoof


text: Infanta

text: Dona

text: Infanta of Portugal

text: Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza

text: D. Afonso, Prince of Beira

text: Infante D. Diniz, Duke of Porto

text: Lisbon

text: D.

text: D.

text: Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza

text: D. Afonso, Prince of Beira

text: Infante D. Diniz, Duke of Porto

text: Infante D. Henrique, Duke of Coimbra

text: Princess Marie d'Orléans of France

text: St. Elizabeth of Portugal

text: Duchess of Coimbra

text: Duke of Braganza

text: Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova

text: Coimbra

text: Infante Henrique

text: Catholic University of Portugal

text: Duchess of Coimbra

text: House of Braganza

categories: Portuguese duchesses,Portuguese infantas,People from Lisbon,House of Braganza,Dukes of Coimbra,Portuguese royalty,Dames of the Order of Saint Isabel,1997 births,Living people,Portuguese Roman Catholics

paragraph: Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra

paragraph: "Infanta Dona" Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra (born 3 March 1997) is an Infanta of Portugal as a member of the Portuguese Royal Family. The second child of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, the current pretender to the defunct throne of Portugal, and Dª. Isabel de Castro Curvello de Herédia, Infanta Maria Francisca is third in the line of succession to the former Portuguese throne, after her two brothers, D. Afonso, Prince of Beira, and Infante D. Diniz, Duke of Porto.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: "Maria Francisca Isabel Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Paula" was born on 3 March 1997, in Lisbon, as the second child of D. Duarte Pio and D. Isabel Inês, Duke and Duchess of Braganza. She plays third in the line of succession to the throne of the deposed Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, being after her father, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, her older brother, D. Afonso, Prince of Beira, and her younger brother, Infante D. Diniz, Duke of Porto.

paragraph: Her godparents are her paternal uncle Infante D. Henrique, Duke of Coimbra, and her second cousin Princess Marie d'Orléans of France.

paragraph: On 4 July 2018, feast day of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, Infanta Maria Francisca was created Duchess of Coimbra by her father, the Duke of Braganza, in a ceremony that took place in the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova, Coimbra, therefore succeeding her deceased uncle, Infante Henrique. At the same time, she was named a Dame of the Order of St Isabel by her mother, the Duchess of Braganza.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Education.

paragraph: The Duchess of Coimbra is currently studying Social and Cultural Communication in the Catholic University of Portugal.

paragraph: Section::::Titles, style and honour.

paragraph: Section::::Titles, style and honour.:Titles and style.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3 March 1997 – 4 July 2018 "Her Highness" Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4 July 2018 – present "Her Highness" The Duchess of Coimbra

paragraph: Infanta Maria Francisca's styling as Duchess of Coimbra:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Her Highness The Most Serene Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal, 5th Duchess of Coimbra"

paragraph: Section::::Titles, style and honour.:Honours.:Dynastic Orders.

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Braganza:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saint Isabel, Special Class

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website of the Portuguese Royal Family

wikidata_label: Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal


text:
Marinid
Abd al-Haqq I
Uthman I
Muhammad I

categories: Sultans of Morocco,1258 deaths,13th-century Moroccan people,Year of birth missing,13th-century monarchs in Africa,13th-century Berber people,Marinid dynasty

paragraph: Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq

paragraph: Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq (died 1258?) was a Marinid ruler. He was the son of Abd al-Haqq I and the brother of both Uthman I and Muhammad I. During his time as leader of the Marinids, they capture and make Fès their capital. The Almohads attempt a retaliatory strike against the Marinids but it is not successful.

description: Marinid ruler

wikidata_label: Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq

wikipedia_title: Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq


text:
vaudeville
Milan, Illinois
jazz
Tom Brown's Band from Dixieland
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Louisiana Five
Broadway
Ziegfeld Follies
Darktown Strutters' Ball
Atlantic City
Jay C. Flippen
Martin Gabel
Arlene Francis
P. J. Clarke's
speakeasies
stutter
Hollywood
American Vaudeville Museum
IRS
cancer
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
Bing Crosby

categories: People from Milan, Illinois,Actors from Davenport, Iowa,Vaudeville performers,American male film actors,1889 births,Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery,20th-century American male actors,Deaths from cancer in California,1958 deaths,Male actors from Illinois

paragraph: Joe Frisco

paragraph: Joe Frisco (born Louis Wilson Joseph; November 4, 1889 – February 12, 1958) was an American vaudeville performer who first made his name on stage as a jazz dancer, but later incorporated his stuttering voice to his act and became a popular comedian.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born Louis Wilson Joseph in Milan, Illinois on November 4, 1889.

paragraph: In the mid and late 1910s he performed with some of the first jazz bands in Chicago and New York City, including Tom Brown's Band from Dixieland, the Original Dixieland Jass Band, and the Louisiana Five. He made his Broadway debut in the Florenz Ziegfeld Follies in 1918. Frisco was a mainstay on the vaudeville circuit in the 1920s and 1930s.

paragraph: His popular jazz dance act (called by some the "Jewish Charleston") was a choreographed series of shuffles, camel walks and turns. It was usually performed to Darktown Strutters' Ball. It, or at least a minute or so of it, can be seen in the film "Atlantic City" (1944). He typically wore a derby hat, and had a king-sized cigar in his mouth as he danced. He often performed in front of a backing danceline of beautiful women wearing leotards, short jackets and bowler hats—and "puffing" on big prop cigars.

paragraph: Frisco was a compulsive gambler and spent many afternoons while in New York City at the track with actor Jay C. Flippen, playwright Jerry Devine, actor Martin Gabel (husband of Arlene Francis) and Danny Lavezzo (owner of P. J. Clarke's), and when he began to incorporate stand-up comedy into his act, his humor revolved on tales about his bad luck gambling, speakeasies, and his constant state of debt.

paragraph: Frisco stuttered, but could recite scripted dialogue without impairment. His 1930 comedy short "The Happy Hottentots" shows Frisco as a snappy vaudevillian, without any speech impediment at all. He soon became known for his witty off-stage remarks, made in a stammering voice: "After they made that guy, th-th-they threw away the sh-sh-shovel!"

paragraph: Many vaudevillians traveled with animals that were included in their routines. While in New York, Frisco called down to the front desk of a hotel and said, "The smell in my room is t-e-r-r-i-b-l-e, my g-g-goat can't s-s-sleep." The concierge replied, "Try opening the window." Frisco answered, "What? And let my p-p-pigeons out?"

paragraph: Perhaps his most famous line was uttered while in a New York hotel. The room clerk called and said, "Mr. Frisco, we understand you have a young lady in your room." Frisco replied, "T-t-t-then send up another G-g-gideon B-b-bible, please."

paragraph: In the 1940s, he moved to Hollywood, made appearances in several low-budget and otherwise forgettable movies. According to the American Vaudeville Museum, later in Frisco's career, bookies and IRS agents lined up outside the paymaster's door at theaters where Frisco was performing in order to collect on their debts.

paragraph: Joe Frisco died of cancer, virtually penniless, on February 12, 1958, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

paragraph: Section::::Trivia.

paragraph: BULLET::::- He was so well known for his jazz dance that writer F. Scott Fitzgerald makes reference to him in "The Great Gatsby" when he describes how an actress at one of Gatsby's parties starts the revelry: "Suddenly one of the gypsies, in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and, moving her hands like Frisco, dances out alone on the canvas platform." "The Great Gatsby", chapter 3.

paragraph: BULLET::::- He was friendly with Bing Crosby who constantly gave him money.

paragraph: BULLET::::- He was illiterate.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: Joe Frisco: Comic, Jazz Dancer, and Railbird, by Ed Lowry, Charlie Foy, Paul M. Levitt (1999), ()

description: American actor

wikidata_label: Joe Frisco

wikipedia_title: Joe Frisco


text:
Congo Free State
Mbanza-Ngungu
Bas-Congo
Dalhem
Leopold II of Belgium
Henry Morton Stanley
England
Association Internationale Africaine
Matadi-Léopoldville Railway
Congo river
Belgian Congo
Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Congo
Compagnie du Katanga
Brussels
online

categories: Congo Free State people,1849 births,Belgian businesspeople,1915 deaths,People from Dalhem

paragraph: Albert Thys

paragraph: Albert Thys (28 November 1849 – 10 February 1915) was a Belgian businessman who was active in the Congo Free State. He gave his name of Thysville to the station of Sona Qongo, currently Mbanza-Ngungu in Bas-Congo.

paragraph: Born in Dalhem, Thys graduated at the École de guerre, before entering into the service of king Leopold II of Belgium in 1876, as secretary of the colonial businesses. After the return of Henry Morton Stanley, the king sent Thys to England to propose a new expedition to Central Africa on behalf of the Association Internationale Africaine. Thys was actively involved in the organisation of the first expeditions which would lead to the constitution of the Congo Free State.

paragraph: After arriving in Congo in 1887 he promoted the Matadi-Léopoldville Railway, which was built from 1890 to 1898. He imposed a route by the south, deviating from the Congo river. He was one of the principal craftsmen of the development and the economic development of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo. Notably he created the (27 December 1886) and many of its subsidiary companies: the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Congo (CCFC), the "Compagnie des Magasins généraux", the "Société anonyme Belge pour le Commerce du Haut-Congo", the "Compagnie des¨Produits", the "Compagnie du Katanga".

paragraph: He died in Brussels, aged 66, in 1915.

paragraph: Section::::Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Georges Defauwes, Albert Thys, de Dalhem au Congo, Collection Comté de Dalhem online

description: businessman

wikidata_label: Albert Thys

wikipedia_title: Albert Thys


text:
Ayyubid
Aleppo
Saladin
Syria
Mesopotamia
Mosul
Zengids
al-Afdal
al-Aziz
al-Adil
'Izz al-Din
Mosul
Latakia
Beirut
Jableh
Baha ad-Din
qadi
"ulama"
al-Mansur
Damascus
King Leo of Cilicia
Homs
Dayfa Khatun
al-Aziz Muhammad

wikipedia_title:
Ayyubid dynasty
Aleppo
Saladin
Syria (region)
Mesopotamia
Mosul
Zengid dynasty
Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din
Al-Aziz Uthman
Al-Adil I
Izz ad-Din Mas'ud
Mosul
Latakia
Beirut
Jableh
Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad
Qadi
Ulama
Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad
Damascus
Leo I, King of Armenia
Homs
Dayfa Khatun
Al-Aziz Muhammad

categories: 1172 births,1216 deaths,Ayyubid emirs of Aleppo

paragraph: Az-Zahir Ghazi

paragraph: Al-Malik az-Zahir Ghazi ibn Yusuf ibn Ayyub (commonly known as az-Zahir Ghazi; 1172 – 8 October 1216) was the Ayyubid emir of Aleppo between 1186 and 1216. He was the third son of Saladin and his lands included northern Syria and a small part of Mesopotamia.

paragraph: In 1186, when az-Zahir was 15 years of age, his father appointed him governor of Aleppo, Mosul and supporting areas which had recently been taken from the Zengids. At the same time his two older brothers were appointed, respectively, as governor of Syria (al-Afdal) and Egypt (al-Aziz). The lands that az-Zahir received had been under the control of his uncle, Saladin's brother al-Adil, and al-Adil took an avuncular interest in az-Zahir. As the third son, when he inherited in 1193 he was to owe suzerainty to his eldest brother, al-Afdal, in Damascus. However, he failed to do so, and he conducted his affairs independently from his brothers.

paragraph: In 1193, faced with the ongoing revolt of Zengid 'Izz al-Din in Mosul, he called upon his uncle, al-Adil, to provide the forces to suppress the revolt, which was quickly quelled. In 1194 az-Zahir received Latakia as part of a settlement in which he recognized al-Afdal's authority. However, by 1196 al-Afdal had proved himself incompetent as a ruler, and had lost the support of his uncle, al-Adil. Az-Zahir joined with his brother al-Aziz and uncle al-Adil in deposing and exiling al-Afdal. In October 1197, noting that Amalric of Lusignan had retaken the port at Beirut and that Bohemond III of Antioch was threatening the ports of Latakia and Jableh, az-Zahir destroyed the ports. Although Bohemond took the two locations, they were no longer advantageous, and he soon withdrew. At which point az-Zahir reoccupied them, and rebuilt the fortress at Latakia.

paragraph: While ruler in Aleppo he kept many of his father's advisors. He appointed Baha ad-Din as a "qadi" ("judge") in Halab. He brought the unorthodox as-Suhrawardi to Halab, but was forced to imprison him in 1191 due to the demands of the orthodox "ulama" ("men of learning").

paragraph: When al-Aziz died in Egypt in 1198 and was succeeded by his son al-Mansur, a boy of nine, al-Aziz's ministers, worried about the ambitions of al-Adil, summoned al-Afdal from exile to act as Regent of Egypt in the name of his young nephew. Early in the next year, while al-Adil was in the north suppressing an Artuqid rebellion, al-Afdal and az-Zahir came together in alliance and were joined by most of the other Ayyubid princes. Together they besieged Damascus, but as it held out for several months az-Zahir, as did other Ayyubid princes, lost interest and withdrew his troops. Al-Adil was not pleased and after conquering Egypt, he returned and reduced az-Zahir's territories to the area around Aleppo, forcing him to recognize overarching al-Adil suzerainty. During the last decade of his life he skirmished with crusaders and lent his army to support other Ayyubid princes. In 1206, King Leo of Cilicia defeated az-Zahir forces at the Battle of Amq, but was unable to secure any permanent advantage against Aleppo. In 1207, the French attacked and besieged Homs and its emir, an Ayyubid prince called Mujadid Shirkuh II, appealed to az-Zahir, whose troops lifted the siege.

paragraph: Of particular importance was az-Zahir's marriage in 1212 to Dayfa Khatun, the daughter of his old rival al-Adil. This marked the end of the rivalry between the two branches of the family.

paragraph: Prior to his death in 1216, az-Zahir appointed his younger son al-Aziz Muhammad (b. 1213) to succeed him.

description: Kurdish ruler

wikidata_label: Az-Zahir Ghazi

wikipedia_title: Az-Zahir Ghazi


text:
Anna Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Eisenach
Saxe-Weimar
Weimar
Tiefurt House
Karl August
Faust
Erich Schmidt
Rome
Naples
Napoleon
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
Fürstengruft

wikipedia_title: Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

wikipedia_title: Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

categories: 1752 births,1807 deaths,German ladies-in-waiting,People from Eisenach,House of Brunswick-Bevern

paragraph: Luise von Göchhausen

paragraph: Louise Ernestine Christiane Juliane von Göchhausen (13 February 1752 – 7 September 1807) was Chief Lady-in-Waiting to Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Known for her sharp wit, she became a close friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Born in Eisenach, the daughter of a Saxe-Weimar official, Luise von Göchhausen was small and hunchbacked in stature; therefore, she considered herself lucky to be accommodated as a Lady-in-Waiting, initially to Margravine Caroline Louise of Baden, from 1783 at the Weimar court, where she and Anna Amalia lived at Tiefurt House.

paragraph: Appreciated by the duchess for her intelligence and wisdom, Göchhausen also developed a good relationship with Goethe, who had been appointed to the court by Anna Amalia's son, the young Duke Karl August. She prepared numerous transcripts and excerpts of Goethe's works, among them several scenes from "Faust" the poet had written between 1772 and 1775. The manuscript of this earliest form of the work, known as the "Urfaust", is lost, but a copy was discovered in the estate of Luise von Göchhausen and published by Erich Schmidt in 1887.

paragraph: Göchhausen accompanied the duchess on her journey to Rome and Naples; she also went into exile with her, when Napoleon's troops occupied Weimar after the 1806 Battle of Jena–Auerstedt. Back at the court, Anna Amalia died in the following year, and Göchhausen only outlived her by five months. Her mortal remains were re-discovered in the Weimar "Fürstengruft" in 2008.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030052/http://www.br-online.de/wissen-bildung/kalenderblatt/2006/01/kb20060105.html

description: German noble

wikidata_label: Luise von Göchhausen

wikipedia_title: Luise von Göchhausen


text: Jesuit

text: Isaac Newton

text: Robert Boyle

text: Buckinghamshire

text: Society of Jesus

text: Derby

text: Lancashire

text: king's private garden at Whitehall

text: Earl of Rochester

text: Gilbert Clerke

text: Philosophical Transactions

wikipedia_title: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

categories: 17th-century English Jesuits,Catholic clergy scientists,1595 births,1675 deaths

paragraph: Francis Line

paragraph: Francis Line (1595 – 15 November 1675), also known as Linus of Liège, was a Jesuit priest and scientist. He is known for inventing a magnetic clock. He is noted as a contemporary critic of the theories and work of Isaac Newton. He also challenged Robert Boyle and his law of gases.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Line, who used the alias Hall, was born in 1595, most probably in London, or Buckinghamshire. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1623, was ordained priest in 1628, and was professed of the four vows on 20 August 1640.

paragraph: For many years Line was professor of Hebrew and mathematics at the Jesuit college at Liège. He was sent on the English mission about 1656, and for a short time he served in the Derby district. During 1659 and for several years he was in the London district; and in 1665 he was stationed in the Lancashire district. During the time that he was serving the English mission he constructed the dial which was set up in the king's private garden at Whitehall on 24 July 1669. In 1672 he was again at Liège, where he was spiritual father, and where he died on 25 November (N.S.) 1675.

paragraph: Section::::Dial at Whitehall Palace.

paragraph: Line created a dial for Charles II in 1669. It was fully described in "An Explication of the Diall" (1673). It stood on a pedestal, and consisted of six parts, rising one above the other, with multitudes of planes cut on each, which were dials for the purposes of geography, astrology, and astronomy. It was smashed by the Earl of Rochester and drunken friends in 1775.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: His works are:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Refutation of the attempt to Square the Circle", London, 1660; on the controversy over Gregory à Vincentio's "De quadraturâ Circuli" and reply of Christiaan Huyghens.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tractatus de Corporum Inseparabilitate", London, 1661. A reply by Gilbert Clerke was published under the title of "Tractatus de Restitutione Corporum in quo experimenta Torricelliana et Boyliana explicantur, et Rarefactio Cartesiana defenditur", London, 1662. Another reply was "A Defence of the Doctrine touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, proposed by Mr. Robert Boyle, in his new Physico-Mechanical Experiments; against the objections of F. Linus. By the Author of those Experiments", London, 1662.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Letter" [dated 6 Oct. 1674] "animadverting on Newton's Theory of Light and Colors", in "Philosophical Transactions", ix. 217. A scientific debate followed, drawing in Anthony Lucas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Some Optical Assertions concerning the Rain-bow, transmitted from Liege, where they were publicly discussed in August last: Delivered here in the same Language" [Latin], "wherein they were communicated", in "Philosophical Transactions", 26 Sept. 1675, x. 386.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Treatise on the Barometer".

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tractatus de Horologiis", manuscript, preserved in the library of the university of Liège.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attribution

description: English cleric-scientist

wikidata_label: Francis Line

wikipedia_title: Francis Line


text:
equestrian
dressage
1932 Summer Olympics
1948 Summer Olympics

wikipedia_title:
Equestrianism
Dressage
1932 Summer Olympics
1948 Summer Olympics

categories: Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics,Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics,Olympic gold medalists for France,French male equestrians,Olympic silver medalists for France,Equestrians at the 1932 Summer Olympics,Olympic medalists in equestrian,Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics,Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics,Olympic equestrians of France,French dressage riders,Equestrians at the 1948 Summer Olympics,Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics,Olympic bronze medalists for France,1960 deaths,1894 births

paragraph: André Jousseaume

paragraph: André Jousseaume (27 July 1894 – 26 May 1960) was a French equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and another gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

description: equestrian

wikidata_label: André Jousseaume

wikipedia_title: André Jousseaume


text:
track and field athlete
1900 Summer Olympics
Paris
France
Georgetown University
Eddie Tolan
Mabel Hite
Pope Pius X
AAU
Mercersburg Academy
Jimmy Curran
Boston Post
heart attack

categories: American male sprinters,1955 deaths,Northeastern Huskies baseball coaches,Olympic track and field athletes of the United States,Worcester Academy alumni,1879 births,Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics,Georgetown University alumni

paragraph: Arthur Duffey

paragraph: Arthur Francis Duffey (June 14, 1879 – January 23, 1955) was an American track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

paragraph: In 1902, whilst a student at Georgetown University, Duffey ran a world record of 9.6 seconds for the 100 yards. Although equaled in 1906 by Dan Kelley it would be 27 years before it was finally bettered, by Eddie Tolan.

paragraph: In 1905 it was rumored that he was to marry the actress Mabel Hite, and as she was a divorcee he would meet Pope Pius X in order to attain special dispensation to wed. The rumor proved false. Duffey finally married in 1911, to long-time friend Helen Louise Daley.

paragraph: In 1905 he confessed that he had been accepting sponsor money since 1898, and the AAU ordered all of his records expunged. In 1908 he attempted to form the National Protective Athletic Association (NPAA) to challenge the AAU. Around this time Duffey was also involved in promoting professional athletes on the east coast racing circuit. One of those he worked with was the future Mercersburg Academy coach Jimmy Curran.

paragraph: After retiring from athletics he became a sports writer for the "Boston Post". He died of a heart attack.

description: American sprinter

wikidata_label: Arthur Duffey

wikipedia_title: Arthur Duffey


text:
Whitstable
Kent
Speedway
German Individual Championship
Rye House Rockets
Hackney Hawks
Oxford Cheetahs
Bradford Dukes
Poole Pirates
1985
1986
European Under 21 Championship
1983
England
World Team Cup
World Championship
Speedway Grand Prix
1986
Chorzów
Silesian Stadium
1994
Vojens
Speedway Center
1986
Bradford
Odsal Stadium
Simon Wigg
Kelvin Tatum
Jeremy Doncaster
Chris Morton
1987
Coventry
Brandon Stadium
Kelvin Tatum
Jeremy Doncaster
Simon Wigg
Simon Cross
Marianske Lazne
Herxheim
Marianske Lazne
Pfarrkirchen
Marianske Lazne
Scheeßel
grasstrackgb

categories: Oxford Cheetahs riders,1964 births,British speedway riders,Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders,Hackney Hawks riders,People from Whitstable,Poole Pirates riders,English motorcycle racers,Living people

paragraph: Marvyn Cox

paragraph: Marvyn Cox (born 11 July 1964 in Whitstable, Kent) is a former Speedway rider . Cox was twice a winner of the German Individual Championship in 1993 and 1995

paragraph: Section::::Domestic career.

paragraph: Marvyn has ridden for the Rye House Rockets, Hackney Hawks, Oxford Cheetahs, Bradford Dukes and the Poole Pirates. He was part of the Oxford title winning team in 1985 and 1986.

paragraph: Section::::International career.

paragraph: In 1984 he won the European Under 21 Championship after finishing third in 1983. He has represented England in the World Team Cup final twice and featured in two World Championship finals. He was also in the first two seasons of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995 and 1996.

paragraph: Section::::World Final appearances.

paragraph: Section::::World Final appearances.:Individual World Championship.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 12th - 3pts

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994 - Vojens, Speedway Center - 6th - 9pts

paragraph: Section::::World Final appearances.:World Team Cup.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986 - Bradford, Odsal Stadium (with Simon Wigg / Kelvin Tatum / Jeremy Doncaster / Chris Morton) - 3rd - 81pts (0)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1987 - Coventry, Brandon Stadium (with Kelvin Tatum / Jeremy Doncaster / Simon Wigg / Simon Cross) - 2nd - 101pts (2)

paragraph: Section::::World Longtrack Championship Finals.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989 - Marianske Lazne 16pts (10th)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990 - Herxheim 23pts (6th)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991 - Marianske Lazne 7pts (12th)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992 - Pfarrkirchen 5pts (14th)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994 - Marianske Lazne 0pts (18th)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 - Scheeßel 17pts (4th)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- grasstrackgb

description: British speedway rider

wikidata_label: Marvyn Cox

wikipedia_title: Marvyn Cox


text:
Venice
Veneto
Westphalia
Josse de Corte
Santa Maria del Giglio
Dissertation by Silvia Wolff

categories: 1628 births,18th-century German sculptors,17th-century German sculptors,Baroque sculptors,German male sculptors,1723 deaths

paragraph: Heinrich Meyring

paragraph: Heinrich Meyring (1628 – 11 February 1723) was a German sculptor, active mainly in Venice and the Veneto. He is also known as "Enrico Marengo" or "Arrigo Marengo".

paragraph: Meyring was born in Westphalia. He is considered one of the main pupils of the Flemish sculptor (active in Venice) Josse de Corte. Meyring appears to be active in Venice from 1679-1714.

paragraph: The statues of "Annunciation" in Santa Maria del Giglio are by Meyring.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dissertation by Silvia Wolff

alias:
Arrigo Meiring
Arrigo Merengo
Arrigo Meyeringh
Heinrich Meiring
Arrigo Marengo
Arrigo Meyring
Heinrich Meyeringh
Heinrich Merengo

description: German artist

wikidata_label: Heinrich Meyring

wikipedia_title: Heinrich Meyring


text:
Australian rules football
South Melbourne
Victorian Football League
forward pocket
1911 VFL season
New South Wales

categories: Paddington Australian Football Club players,Leopold Football Club (MJFA) players,Sydney Swans players,1930 deaths,1888 births,Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)

paragraph: Alf Gough (footballer, born 1888)

paragraph: Alf Gough (8 March 1888 – 22 April 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

paragraph: Gough was a forward pocket and second rover for South Melbourne in their 1909 premiership team. He kicked South Melbourne's fourth and final goal, in the third quarter, which helped them secure a two-point win. In 1910 he did not miss a single game and he appeared in the opening 16 rounds of the 1911 VFL season.

paragraph: He then spent some time in New South Wales, playing for Sydney club Paddington. He returned to South Melbourne for one final season in 1915.

description: Australian rules footballer, born 1888

wikidata_label: Alf Gough

wikipedia_title: Alf Gough (footballer, born 1888)


text:
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Senate
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts State Auditor
2010
William Glodis

categories: People from Auburn, Massachusetts,1969 births,University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni,Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,Massachusetts Democrats,Massachusetts state senators,Massachusetts sheriffs

paragraph: Guy Glodis

paragraph: Guy William Glodis (born February 15, 1969 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American politician who served as Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts from 2005 to 2011. Prior to becoming Sheriff, Glodis served in the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

paragraph: He was an unsuccessful candidate for Massachusetts State Auditor in 2010.

paragraph: He is the son of former State Representative William Glodis.

description: Member of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives

wikidata_label: Guy Glodis

wikipedia_title: Guy Glodis


text:
Irish
Official website

categories: People from Cork (city),Irish artists,Living people,1979 births

paragraph: Aideen Barry

paragraph: Aideen Barry is an Irish visual artist and member of Aosdana Her work has been shown in a number of museums, publicly funded centres of contemporary art, and private galleries.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

description: Irish artist

wikidata_label: Aideen Barry

wikipedia_title: Aideen Barry


text: Swedish

text: Stockholm

text: studentexamen

text: Karolinska Institute

text: University of Marburg

text: library science

text: Geneva

text: Berlin

text: Riksdag

text: National Library of Sweden

text: Stockholm Federation of Student Unions

text: C-byrån

text: World War II

text: docent

text: Stockholm University College

text: Sainte-Geneviève Library

text: Paris

text: Nobel Library of the Swedish Academy

text: Ministry for Foreign Affairs

text: Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps

text: Swedish Academy

text: Nobel Committee

text: Stockholm City Theatre

text: Swedish Tourist Association

text: Supreme Court of Sweden

text: Order of the Polar Star

text: Order of the Falcon

text: Order of St. Olav

text: Legion of Honour

text: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

text: Royal Skyttean Society

text: Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences

text: Bibliography

text: LIBRIS

text: Article

categories: Members of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences,People of the C-byrån,1980 deaths,People from Stockholm,Swedish librarians,Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,Illis Quorum recipients,1911 births,University of Marburg alumni,Stockholm University academics,Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star

paragraph: Uno Willers

paragraph: Uno Erik Wilhelm Willers (20 October 1911 – 10 January 1980) was a Swedish was a Swedish historian and librarian. He served as National Librarian ("Riksbibliotekarie") of Sweden from 1952 to 1977

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Willers was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of police judge Einar Willers and his wife Malin (née Dahlgren). He passed "studentexamen" in 1931 and worked at the Karolinska Institute's library from 1931 to 1936. Willers attended the University of Marburg in 1933 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1936 and studied history and library science in Geneva in 1937 and 1938 and in Berlin from 1938 to 1939 when he earned a Licentiate degree. He worked at the Riksdag Library from 1941 to 1942 and the National Library of Sweden from 1942. Willers was editor of the "Svensk studentkalender" ("Swedish Student Calendar") from 1937 to 1944 and served as secretary of the Stockholm Federation of Student Unions in 1938. He was also a member of the Swedish Society for Personal History ("Personhistoriska samfundet") from 1943. Willers was a member of the Swedish intelligence agency C-byrån during World War II.

paragraph: Willers earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1945 was director of the "Svenska studenthemmet i Paris" ("the Swedish Student Home in Paris") at Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris from 1946 to 1947. He then served as docent in history at Stockholm University College from 1945 to 1950 and from 1946 to 1947 Willers served as librarian at the Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris. He was director of the Nobel Library of the Swedish Academy from 1946 to 1950 and was deputy director ("kansliråd") and head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' archives from 1950 to 1952. Willers was appointed National Librarian ("Riksbibliotekarie") of Sweden and head of the National Library of Sweden in 1952.

paragraph: Willers became a reserve officer in 1938 and lieutenant of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps' reserve in 1938 and captain of the same in 1946. In 1947, he was appointed secretary in the Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee, a position he held until 1967. He was secretary in the "Utredningen rörande Stockholms högskolas framtida ställning" ("Investigation concerning Stockholm University College's future position") in 1948 and in the "Stockholmsbibliotekens samarbetsnämnd" ("Stockholm Library's Cooperation Committee") from 1949 to 1953, serving as its chairman in 1954. Willers was a substitute for the chairman of the "Längmanska kulturfondens nämnd" ("Council of the Längmanska Culture Fund") in 1959 and board member of the "Arbetarrörelsens arkiv" ("Archive of the Swedish Labour Movement") from 1953 to 1971. He was a member of the working committee of the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO ("Svenska Unescorådet") from 1954 to 1959 and its vice chairman from 1954 to 1959. Willers was chairman of the board of the "Grafiska institutet" ("Graphic Institute") from 1959 to 1974 and of the Stockholm City Theatre from 1961 to 1970 as well the Swedish Tourist Association from 1961 to 1967. He was board member of the "Universitetskanslersämbetet" from 1964 and chairman of the board of the Research Library Council ("Forskningsbiblioteksrådet") from 1964.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: In 1939, he married Greta Bellinder (born 1917), the daughter of the Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden, Sven Bellinder and Karin (née Gustafsson). He was the father of Catharina (born 1939), Erik (born 1942), Margareta (born 1944) and Ulric (born 1948).

paragraph: Section::::Awards and decorations.

paragraph: Willers' awards:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Commander of the Order of the Polar Star

paragraph: BULLET::::- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

paragraph: BULLET::::- Commander of the Order of the Falcon

paragraph: BULLET::::- Commander of the Order of St. Olav

paragraph: BULLET::::- Knight of the Legion of Honour

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the Royal Society for Publication of Manuscripts on Scandinavian History ("Kungliga Samfundet för utgivande av handskrifter rörande Skandinaviens historia") (1952)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the Royal Skyttean Society

paragraph: BULLET::::- Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bibliography at LIBRIS

paragraph: BULLET::::- Article in "Svensk tidskrift"

wikidata_label: Uno Willers

wikipedia_title: Uno Willers


text:
Chetnik
Plava garda
Slovenia during the Second World War
Ravna Gora
Draža Mihailović
Tito
Slovene

categories: Yugoslav Partisans members,Chetnik personnel of World War II,1896 births,1978 deaths

paragraph: Jaka Avšič

paragraph: Jakob "Jaka" Avšič (24 April 1896 – 2 January 1978) was the first commander of Chetnik units ("Plava garda") in Slovenia during the Second World War. At the end of October 1941, Colonel Avšič and Major Karl Novak went to Ravna Gora and met with Draža Mihailović, who appointed Avšič as his representative in Slovenia. Avšič soon deserted the Yugoslav Army in Fatherland and joined the communists. He was then instructed by the communist executive board to try to convince other Yugoslav army officers to desert and join the communists. During the war he used the pseudonym Branko Hrast.

paragraph: During the war, Avšič asked Tito if Slovenian soldiers would be allowed to use Slovene in the units of the communist forces in Slovenia. Tito was quick to confirm that they would, but forgot his promise until 1945.

description: Slovene diplomat and political commissar (1896-1978)

wikidata_label: Jaka Avšič

wikipedia_title: Jaka Avšič


text:
Albertslund
Danish
inline
speed skater
flag-bearer for Denmark
2018 Winter Olympics
women's mass start
roller skater
Kongens Enghave
Copenhagen
Wörgl

categories: Olympic speed skaters of Denmark,Danish female speed skaters,1996 births,Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics,People from Albertslund Municipality,Living people

paragraph: Elena Rigas

paragraph: Elena Møller Rigas, born 29 January 1996 in Albertslund is a Danish inline and speed skater. She was selected as flag-bearer for Denmark at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics. She participated in the women's mass start.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Rigas started out as a roller skater in the Kongens Enghave district of Copenhagen in 2000. The following year she joined Vesterbro Rulleskøjteklub but moved to Vallensbæk Rulleskøjteklub in 2005. She participated three times in the European roller skating championships before taking up ice skating. At the 2015 Junior European Roller Skating Championships in Wörgl, Austria, she won three gold, a silver and a bronze medal.

paragraph: Section::::Personal records.

paragraph: Rigas has achieved the following personal records in speed skating:

alias:
Elena Møller Rigas
Elena Møller-Rigas

description: Danish speed skater and rollerskater

wikidata_label: Elena Rigas

wikipedia_title: Elena Rigas


text: MBE

text: alpine skier

text: Jennifer Kehoe

text: 2018 Winter Paralympics

text: Pyeongchang

text: Macclesfield

text: Macclesfield College

text: Chill Factore

text: Manchester

text: International Paralympic Committee

text: Aspen

text: Ski Club of Great Britain

text: Tarvisio

text: super-G

text: combined

text: Kelly Gallagher

categories: Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain,Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain,Paralympic alpine skiers of Great Britain,Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics,Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment,Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics,British female alpine skiers,Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain,Sportspeople from Cheshire,Living people

paragraph: Menna Fitzpatrick

paragraph: Menna Fitzpatrick, MBE (born 5 May 1998) is a British alpine skier. She is visually impaired having only 5% vision and skis with guide Jennifer Kehoe. They competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang in March 2018 where they took four medals, including a gold in the slalom, making Fitzpatrick Team GB's most decorated Winter Paralympian.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and training.

paragraph: She was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and studied Media Production at the Macclesfield College. Fitzpatrick has congenital retinal folds, meaning that she has had no vision in her left eye and limited sight in her right eye since birth. Despite this, she learned to ski whilst on family holidays from the age of five with her father acting as her guide. She was discovered by a coach whilst skiing at the Chill Factore indoor slope in Manchester in 2010, and subsequently started training with the British Para Snowsport team. She made her international debut for Great Britain in 2012.

paragraph: Section::::Skiing career.

paragraph: In 2016 Fitzpatrick and Kehoe were the first British winners of the overall World Cup Visually Impaired title at the International Paralympic Committee's World Cup in Aspen. It was Fitzpatrick's first season competing at World Cup level: she and Kehoe also won the discipline title for giant slalom that season, as well as placing second in the super-G classification and third in the downhill and slalom standings. In 2016 she was awarded the Ski Club of Great Britain's annual Evie Pinching award "which celebrates the next generation of young, up-and-coming snow sports athletes".

paragraph: In October 2016 Fitzpatrick broke her hand during super-G training ahead of the 2016-17 season, keeping her off the snow for two months and requiring her to have surgery. Despite this, she and Kehoe were able to claim a bronze medal in the giant slalom at the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in Tarvisio. The following season the pair took the discipline World Cup title for super-G.

paragraph: At the 2018 Winter Paralympics, Fitzpatrick and Kehoe took a bronze in the super-G and two silvers in the combined and the giant slalom before taking slalom gold on the final day of the Games.

paragraph: At the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships Fitzpatrick and Kehoe took five medals, securing bronze in the giant slalom and silver in the slalom before winning gold in the downhill ahead of compatriots Kelly Gallagher and Gary Smith, becoming the first British skiers to win both Paralympic and World Para titles. They then took a second gold in the super-G before rounding off their championships with a second silver in the combined.

description: Welsh alpine skier

wikidata_label: Menna Fitzpatrick

wikipedia_title: Menna Fitzpatrick


text: Halifax

text: Nova Scotia

text: James Charles McGuigan

text: Dalhousie

text: Saint Mary’s

text: The Chronicle Herald

text: "Historic South End Halifax"

text: Nimbus Publishing

text: Fernwood Publishing

categories: Deaths from cancer in Nova Scotia,1942 births,2017 deaths,20th-century Canadian historians

paragraph: Peter Thomas McGuigan

paragraph: Peter Thomas McGuigan (December 29, 1942 – December 8, 2017) was a Canadian historian, freelance writer, and "a history buff and a meticulous chronicler of local heritage".

paragraph: Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a son of the late James and Stella McGuigan and a distant relative of James Charles McGuigan, McGuigan graduated from Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s universities, and held a Master’s degree in Atlantic Canada Studies.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: McGuigan researched and wrote about Irish immigrant communities of the 19th century in Nova Scotia. He wrote a column called "Looking Back" about the evolution of Halifax’s south end for the Southender magazine and a heritage column in The Chronicle Herald. McGuigan was also a long-time contributor and vendor to a local newspaper: "Street Feat: The Voice of the Poor".

paragraph: McGuigan's last book, "The Intrigues of Archbishop John T. McNally and the Rise of Saint Mary’s University", is "a truly fascinating and unique chronicle, mixing biography, local heritage, and institutional history in equal parts". McGuigan was working on a new book about the historic Halifax Poor House at the time of his death after a brief battle with cancer.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Irish (Peoples of the Maritimes)", 1991, Four East Publications

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Historic South End Halifax", 2007, Nimbus Publishing

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Intrigues of Archbishop John T. McNally and the Rise of Saint Mary’s University" 2012, Fernwood Publishing

alias:
Peter McGuigan
Thomas McGuigan
P. T. McGuigan
Peter T. McGuigan
P. Thomas McGuigan

description: Canadian writer

wikidata_label: Peter Thomas McGuigan

wikipedia_title: Peter Thomas McGuigan


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Hasenpoth
Courland Governorate
Tsarist Empire
Latvia
World War I
cabaret
icon
dance
flamboyant
Paris
Gert Heinrich Wollheim
Saarbruecken
Netherlands
Switzerland
internment
Clelles
Grenoble
Préchacq-Navarrenx
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrenees
French Riviera
Nice
Gestapo
Drancy
Paris
Auschwitz
Gert Heinrich Wollheim
Hildegard Reinhardt
Gert Wollheim’s

categories: Imperial Russian people of Jewish descent,German people of Russian-Jewish descent,1899 births,German people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp,German people of Chinese descent,German Jews who died in the Holocaust,1944 deaths,Cabaret performers,People killed by gas chamber by Nazi Germany,Latvian people of Chinese descent,Latvian people of Russian-Jewish descent,Imperial Russian people of Chinese descent,German ballerinas

paragraph: Tatjana Barbakoff

paragraph: Tatjana Barbakoff (August 15, 1899 – February 6, 1944) born as Cilly Edelsberg was a ballet and Chinese style dancer. She became a ballerina in Germany. After her death, Julia Tardi-Markus, in order to honor Barbakoff, initiated the "Tatjana Barbakoff Prize" in 1986 to help to encourage young dancers.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Tatjana Barbakoff was born as Cilly Edelsberg in Hasenpoth, Courland Governorate, at the time a province of the Tsarist Empire, today in Latvia. She was the daughter of Aizik, a Russian born butcher and Genya, who had been born in China. She changed her name to Tsipora. The parents had two daughters named Cilly and Fani. Barbakoff had an older brother, and after the early death of his mother in 1903, her father remarried Haja-Sora Itskovitch, another stepsister in 1912. She attended ballet school up until ten years of age, but had no further dance training as a child.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: In 1918 she followed a German soldier, Georg Waldmann, who served in the Baltic states during World War I. It was during his military service duty, according to Germany, where she married him later. With her husband, who performed under the pseudonym Marcel Boissier as a guest emcee, she has performed Russian and Chinese dances. In 1921, she created solo performances in larger houses at home and abroad, where the costumes were usually designed for her, and described as plastic picturesque costumes. Some Jewish women were considered as cabaret leaders during this time period.

paragraph: Tatjana Barbakoff, of Russian-Jewish and Chinese heritage, was a cabaret icon and international dance sensation, known for her flamboyant costumes, legendary beauty, and sharp sense of humor.

paragraph: Since 1924, it was previously known that she had included Chinese dances alongside Russian dances and parodies in their program. Because of her attractive charisma, she became a public magnet, and a magnet for many artists including Rudolf Heinisch and Kasia of Szadurska where they portrayed her in numerous photos, paintings and sculptures. Barbakoff started more formal ballet training with the French ballerina Catherine Devilliers in 1927. Also in 1927, she separated from her husband. After an appearance in the hall Chopin Hall in Paris on May 9, 1933, she was able to leave with all her costumes, and leave Berlin to go to Paris.

paragraph: Section::::Internment and death.

paragraph: With her partner, Gert Heinrich Wollheim who was a painter, she traveled from Saarbruecken to Paris. In France, the Netherlands and Switzerland held their own for a while. After the invasion of France by German troops, she was sent on 10 May 1940 to Camp de Gurs for internment. In June she was released again and moved to Nay, and later to Clelles in Grenoble. On 20 October 1940 she wrote a desperate letter to her friend Maria My, from Préchacq-Navarrenx (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), and asked for a food parcel. She had miraculously found her partner Gert Heinrich Wollheim in this Pyrenees village after months of internment. Following the withdrawal of Italian troops from the French Riviera, she went to Nice in 1944, where she was found hiding on the Côte d'Azur and was picked up by the Gestapo, and according to a briefing note dated January 23, 1944, she was deported to Drancy internment camp near Paris. On 3 February 1944, the 67 convoy took her to Auschwitz, where on 6 February 1944 she was executed in the gas chamber.

paragraph: Section::::Portraits.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Waldemar Flaig : . Tatjana Barbakoff oil painting from 1927 in the Franciscan Museum in Villingen-Schwenningen

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kasia from Szadurska : Tatjana Barbakoff. Pencil and chalk to 1929 in the Municipal Wessenberg Gallery Konstanz

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rudolf Heinisch : . Tatjana Barbakoff oil painting of 1929, private collection

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rudolf Heinisch : studies on the dancer Tatyana Barbakoff. Water color, pencil and chalk around 1928, private collection

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gert Heinrich Wollheim : Tatjana Barbakoff oil on wood portrait 1928 held in Israel Museum in Jerusalem

paragraph: Section::::Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Günter Goebbels: Tatjana Barbakoff. A forgotten dancer in pictures and documents . Circle Kulturbahnhof Eller eV, Düsseldorf 2009

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anja Hellhammer: foreign-like as the Far East: Tanja Barbakoff. In: Amelie Soyka (Hg.): Dancing and dance and nothing but dance.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tatjana Barbakoff. Dancer and muse, with texts by Klara Drenker-Nagels, Hildegard Reinhardt, Günter Goebbels and Anja Hellhammer, club August Macke Haus Bonn, Bonn of 2003.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hildegard Reinhardt. Tatjana Barbakoff. Dancer and muse, in: World Art, Issue 2 February 2003.

paragraph: Section::::Aftermath.

paragraph: In Paris, Julia Tardi-Markus, a co-dancer with Barbakoff, started the "Tatjana Barbakoff Prize" in 1986 to help to encourage young dancers. Gert Heinrich Wollheim painted a portrait of in 1928 which still hangs in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

paragraph: The Düsseldorf City Museum hosts an exposition to honor Tatjana Barbakoff. It contains photographs, and some of her stage costumes, and many of her playbills. Some of Barbakoff’s stage costumes were given by Gert Wollheim’s widow, Mona Loeb (1908–1997) to Düsseldorf City Museum.

alias:
Tatjana Barbakoff
Cilly Edelberg
Cilly Waldmann

description: dancer

wikidata_label: Tatiana Barbakov

wikipedia_title: Tatjana Barbakoff