text: Liss, Hampshire

text: Cheltenham Ladies College

text: Queen Elizabeth College

text: John Waterlow

text: Elsevier Scientific Publishing

text: 1973 October War

text: Palestinian

text: politics of food

text: Medical Research Council

text: high salt consumption

text: sodium chloride

text: lithium

text: Geoffrey Cannon

text: Gail Rebuck

text: Department of Health

text: Geoffrey Cannon

text: Michael Pollan

text: adulterations

text: mechanically recovered meat

text: Bovril

text: Granada TV

text: Thames TV

text: Periodical Publishers' Association

text: Rowett Research Centre

text: Hugh Sinclair

text: Joanna Blythman

text: Sheila Dillon

text: Sophie Grigson

text: Michael Marmot

text: James Goldsmith

text: Suzi Leather

text: Colin Tudge

text: Geoffrey Cannon

text: Jonathon Porritt

categories: English health activists,Women food writers,British nutritionists,English food writers

paragraph: Caroline Walker (food campaigner)

paragraph: Caroline Walker (12 June 1950 – 22 September 1988) was a British nutritionist, writer, author and campaigner for better food, who died from cancer aged 38. After her death, the Caroline Walker Trust was established with a mission to "improve public health by means of good food".

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

paragraph: Caroline Walker was born in Liss, Hampshire and educated at Cheltenham Ladies College. In 1972, she graduated with a BSc degree in Biology from Queen Elizabeth College (now part of King’s College, London) and then did a postgraduate degree in human nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where her supervisor was John Waterlow. Her MSc thesis, completed in 1978, rated first class with a distinction, was on the relationship between poverty, food and health.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: In 1968-69, for a year after she left school, she was a teacher at the Convent of Nazareth, Haifa, Israel, living with Arab families. In 1973-75 she worked as an editor at Elsevier Scientific Publishing in Amsterdam. In the period immediately before and during the 1973 October War she went back to Israel and became committed to the Palestinian cause.

paragraph: Back in Britain as from the mid-1970s her commitment became and remained focused on the politics of food, as she associated with the "Agricapital" group, which examined food production and health, for example producing a critique of the UK bread industry, alongside the "Politics of Health Group". Both groups researched and debated the science and politics of food, nutrition, health, production and consumption. They were shaped by the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS), set up in the late 1960s by distinguished scientists. BSSRS was based, as was Friends of the Earth (FoE), in "Joseph Rowntree Foundation" funded offices at 9 Poland Street, near Soho, London. She maintained links with BSSRS and FoE friends and colleagues for the rest of her life. Thus, she became a Board member of the London Food Commission (LFC), a think-tank on food, health, society and economy created by the Greater London Council (1984–90), on which she remained until her death. A number of people from Agricapital and the Politics of Health Group were on the 15 person staff of the LFC or its 50-person board, such as Eric Brunner, Michael Joffé, Tim Lang, Tim Lobstein, and Aubrey Sheiham.

paragraph: From 1978-80 she worked at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit in Cardiff, working to Peter Elwood, then in 1981-1982 moved to the Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre in Cambridge, working to Philip James. Her work at the Dunn Centre included a field study designed to see whether high blood pressure was linked with high salt consumption, for which she experimented on herself, adding sodium chloride and lithium to her diet. She then made a critical review of the state of the scientific literature on diet and major chronic diseases in Europe, starting with heart disease. She corresponded directly with researchers in 26 countries.

paragraph: From 1983 to 1985 she worked as a community nutritionist for City and Hackney Health Authority, working to Ken Grant, in charge of the heart and stroke prevention programme. She published papers on  ‘Poverty by administration“ (based on her MSc thesis), “The national diet” and “The new British diet”. She became a pithy and pointed broadcaster, author and journalist, publicising the effects of good diet on well-being and good health, and poor diet on disagreeable, debilitating and deadly conditions and diseases. She was a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s "The Food Programme." Presenter Derek Cooper recalled in 1995 ‘She cried out against the debasement of our diet with such wit that even her victims must have thought she was rather wonderful’.

paragraph: Section::::"The Food Scandal".

paragraph: In 1984, Walker co-authored with Geoffrey Cannon, who would later become her husband, "The Food Scandal: What's Wrong with the British Diet and How to Put it Right". With special support from publisher Gail Rebuck it became a UK number one bestselling book. It contradicted the Department of Health's official 1981 statement that "Nutrition in Britain is generally good". The background to the book was the official NACNE (National Advisory Committee on Nutrition Education) report on the British diet, of which Philip James was convenor and chief author. NACNE was a committee of physicians and nutrition scientists commissioned by the British government to produce a report on food and health in the UK. Walker was the committee’s honorary Secretary. The report was delayed and widely believed to have been suppressed for two and a half years, after lobbying from the food manufacturing industry and its representative organisations. Walker was incensed: ‘The less well off, the less well informed, the disadvantaged, would continue in ignorance to depend on diets which could eventually destroy their health.

paragraph: NACNE's existence became public knowledge initially in a sensational front page lead news story by Geoffrey Cannon in "The Sunday Times" in June 1983. When the report finally appeared, its message was that the British would be much healthier if their diet contained less fat and sugar. "The Food Scandal" took the findings of the NACNE report and popularised them for a general audience. It “challenged the unholy trinity of British processed food: saturated fat, commercial sugar, added salt. It was rude about specific branded products”. Walker said “as a general rule, the more heavily a food is advertised, the worse it is liable to be for your health”.

paragraph: Prefiguring Michael Pollan, Walker and Cannon argued that the "basic message about food and health" could be stated in one sentence: "For good health, eat whole, fresh food; and prefer food of vegetable origin." The book pointed out how far the British diet had departed from this message, noting for example that since the 1950s the British ate half as much porridge and twice as much packaged sweetened breakfast cereal. Walker and Cannon also noted that the British ate a "miserable 2 1/2 ounces of fresh fruit" per day and just 4 ounces of fresh vegetables. "Think what that might look like: the odd onion, a couple of carrots, a few sprouts. "The Food Scandal" also exposed adulterations, such as the addition of water to sausages and bacon; the use of cosmetic food additives - colours and flavours; and the prevalence of mechanically recovered meat in the British food supply. Walker said in a Granada TV special on "The Great Food Scandal": """Under the new 1984 regulations meat products can now include entrails, eyeballs, snout, hide, hair, lips”.

paragraph: In June 1984 Walker and Cannon and the publisher were sued by Beechams for a mistaken statement in "The Food Scandal" that its product Bovril paste contained sugar (the type of caramel included to give a meaty colour, is not a form of sugar) and Beechams won an injunction in London’s High Court. The book was withdrawn, reprinted and republished. An expanded and updated paperback edition was published in 1985.

paragraph: Section::::Later career.

paragraph: In his biography "The Good Fight. The Life and Work of Caroline Walker", her husband Geoffrey Cannon summarised the work she did in the brief years that remained to her. The book contains a full list of her work. He wrote:In less than a year, between July 1985 and April 1986, the enlarged paperback edition of "The Food Scandal" was published; she was advisor to the BBC TV Food and Health campaign, and also to Granada TV and Thames TV, for a total of over thirty nationally networked programmes; wrote or co-wrote six booklets most of which accompanied television series, requested by a total of half a million viewers; was a Woman of the Year; advised and guided the Coronary Prevention Group, the London Food Commission and "New Health" magazine; co-founded the Food Additives Campaign Team, wrote a chapter for "Additives: Your Complete Survival Guide", and shared the Periodical Publishers' Association prize for Campaign of the Year. She also lectured up and down the country, often to small groups, and wrote letters of encouragement to people who heard her and asked her for advice.In January 1985 Caroline Walker was diagnosed with colon cancer; by 1987, her condition worsened. Towards the end of her life, she talked about a trust to be set up in her name to continue her work.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Lead obituaries were published in UK national newspapers. John Rivers of the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine wrote in "The Independent:" “Caroline Walker was a radical who, by her passionate arguments, made market forces achieve her end’’. Felicity Lawrence, now of "The Guardian," wrote in "The Daily Telegraph", for which Caroline was a columnist: “She was… a scientist who was able to convey complex information in layman’s terms and with great wit”. Philip James, then of the Rowett Research Centre, Aberdeen, wrote in "The Guardian:" “Where will we find a successor to this young, engaging, warm and immensely effective campaigner?”.

paragraph: The distinguished nutrition scientist Hugh Sinclair gave the address at Caroline’s memorial service, and said “We cannot replace Caroline’s contribution to nutrition. But so many of us will always treasure the privilege of having known her and admire her immensely brave struggle against adversity”.

paragraph: Her final "Food Programme" broadcast on her life, work and hopes, made from her bed a month before she died, transmitted at the end of August in time for her to hear it, won the Glenfiddich prize for radio programme of the year in 1989.

paragraph: Section::::The Caroline Walker Trust.

paragraph: The Caroline Walker Trust is still in existence. Its work now includes producing reports on nutritional guidelines, and giving awards to those who seek to help public health by means of good food (Caroline Walker Award winners have included Joanna Blythman, Sheila Dillon and Sophie Grigson) and an annual keynote lecture on public health and nutrition (Caroline Walker Lecturers have included Michael Marmot, James Goldsmith, Suzi Leather, Colin Tudge, Geoffrey Cannon and Jonathon Porritt. Most lectures were published by the Trust and can be downloaded free of charge).  The Trust won the Derek Cooper Award in the "BBC Food and Farming Awards" in 2006.

wikidata_label: Caroline Walker

wikipedia_title: Caroline Walker (food campaigner)


text:
upland gunning
English Setter
bird dog
Cosmopolitan
Woman's Home Companion
Redbook
bird hunting
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Carnegie Institute
Chicago Art Institute
Cosmopolitan
Revolutionary War
Preston County, West Virginia
LTJG
World War II
Fairchild Aircraft
Bureau of Aeronautics
English Setter
"blue belton"
"orange belton"
line breeding
Field and Stream
non-profit organization
old-growth
hemlock tree
Wheeling, West Virginia
George Bird Evans anthology
Old Hemlock Foundation

categories: 1998 deaths,American hunters,People from Uniontown, Pennsylvania,20th-century American male writers,American artists,20th-century American novelists,1906 births,Dog breeders,American male novelists,Writers from Pennsylvania,American sportsmen

paragraph: George Bird Evans

paragraph: George Bird Evans (28 December 1906 – 5 May 1998) was an author, an artist, a dog breeder, and a sportsman. Evans' most notable contributions are in the area of upland gunning with English Setters. Over the course of his career, Evans authored over two dozen books and several hundred magazine articles on this subject, becoming one of the world's foremost authorities on upland gunning and bird dogs.

paragraph: Evans' career also included success as an artist, providing illustrations for "Cosmopolitan", "American", "Woman's Home Companion", and "Redbook".

paragraph: As a dog breeder, Evans created the Old Hemlock line of English Setters whose progeny continue to be prized by hunters across the United States for their bird hunting abilities.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: George Bird Evans was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania on December 28, 1906 to George Washington Bird Evans and Eve Hunt Evans. He grew up as an only child. Evans' father was a tailor by trade; it was from him that Evans learned to hunt and work with bird dogs.

paragraph: Section::::Education.

paragraph: Evans enrolled at Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh in 1924, planning to pursue a career as an artist. A year later, he transferred to the Chicago Art Institute, but left before graduating to start his art career in New York City in 1927.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Artist.

paragraph: In New York City, Evans found work freelancing for a variety of publications. He spent the next eleven years in New York working as a freelance artist until he signed an exclusive contact with "Cosmopolitan" in 1938 to illustrate mystery and detective stories.

paragraph: In 1939, Evans moved from New York City to a Revolutionary War-era farmhouse (which he named "Old Hemlock") in Preston County, West Virginia, the better to pursue his love of hunting. He continued to provide illustrations under contract to "Cosmopolitan".

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Navy.

paragraph: Evans was commissioned as a LTJG in the United States Navy during World War II, and based on his portfolio of earlier work for Fairchild Aircraft, was assigned to the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics Engineering Division, where he illustrated equipment repair manuals. At the end of the War, Evans returned to Old Hemlock near Brandonville, WV.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Dog breeder.

paragraph: Unable to find English Setters to suit his desires, Evans set out to breed his own variety which would combine a natural ability to handle ruffed grouse, while possessing some of the beauty George believed to have been lost in the field trial dogs of the era. Beginning with "Blue", a "blue belton" with Llewellyn and George's Ryman's Sir Roger DeCoverley blood, and "Dawn", an "orange belton" contributing a mixture of English dual bench and field blood that Evans' father had found in Pittsburgh, Evans started his breeding program. The first brood of nine puppies has proven to be the beginning of a long line of prized bird dogs, continued through line breeding.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Author.

paragraph: After he returned to West Virginia at the end of World War II, as the magazine industry turned more towards photography, Evans found less and less work illustrating magazine stories. Instead, he turned to writing. Evans worked both as a novelist, producing mystery novels and stories with his wife, Kay Harris Evans, under the pseudonym Brandon Bird (and later Harris Evans), and later as a non-fiction writer, writing on the topics of upland bird hunting and bird dogs.

paragraph: Evans' mystery writing began with "Never Wake a Dead Man" (1950), in which he introduced the characters of Hamp and Carmel, modeled after himself and his wife, who, while on a hunting outing, come upon a multiple murder mystery that they set out to solve. The pair, with their dog Ruff, appeared in a series of novels published by Don Meade in the Red Badge Series.

paragraph: In addition to his co-written mystery novels, Evans also authored a number of non-fiction books and articles on the subject of shooting, hunting and bird dogs. His first article, "Design for Setters", was published in the December 1956 issue of "Field and Stream". Evans would go on to publish, on average, three articles per year in various magazines read across the country, mostly in "Field and Stream" and "Pennsylvania Game News".

paragraph: In 1971, Evans published his first monograph. "The Upland Shooting Life" was a combination of manifesto, autobiography, manual, and wildlife romance all at once. In it, Evans lays out his philosophy and ethics of bird hunting as a "way of life." Evans' code of honor demanded respect and fairness in the hunt. He wrote:

paragraph: If I could shoot a game bird and still not hurt it, the way I can take a trout and release it, I doubt if I would kill another one.

paragraph: Section::::The Old Hemlock Foundation.

paragraph: The Evanses formed the Old Hemlock Foundation as a philanthropic non-profit. The Foundation makes distributions to non-profit organizations to support scholarships and charitable educational purposes, and it maintains the Evans' "Old Hemlock" property: of real estate in Preston County, West Virginia containing virgin old-growth hemlock trees that is maintained as a nature and wildlife preserve.

paragraph: At the death of Kay Evans in 2008, the Old Hemlock Foundation was established. Directors were appointed who are working to meet the mission of the Evans' wishes to preserve the house and land while providing funds for scholarships and local humane society and cultural programs at the local school. The Old Hemlock Foundation purposes include charitable, scientific and educational activities.

paragraph: Section::::Personal.

paragraph: Evans married Kay Harris of Wheeling, West Virginia, with whom he co-wrote his mystery novels. They had no children.

paragraph: Section::::Selected bibliography.

paragraph: Section::::Selected bibliography.:Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old Hemlock Mystery Quintet"

paragraph: BULLET::::2. "Death In Four Colors" (as Brandon Bird; Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1950)

paragraph: BULLET::::3. "Never Wake A Dead Man" (as Brandon Bird; Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1950)

paragraph: BULLET::::4. "Downbeat For A Dirge" (as Brandon Bird; Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1952)

paragraph: BULLET::::5. "Hawk Watch" (as Brandon Bird; Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1954)

paragraph: BULLET::::6. "The Pink Carrara" (as Harris Evans; Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Upland Gunning

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Upland Shooting Life" (Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1971)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Best of Nash Buckingham" (Winchester Press, Tulsa: 1973)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Troubles With Bird Dogs" (Winchester Press, Tulsa: 1975)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Ruffed Grouse Book" (Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ: 1977)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Woodcock Book" (Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ: 1977)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Recollections of a Shooting Guest" (Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ: 1978)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Bird Dog Book" (Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ: 1979)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Upland Gunner's Book" (Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ: 1979)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "An Affair With Grouse" (Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ: 1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Men Who Shot" (Old Hemlock: 1983)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nash Buckingham's Letters to John Bailey" (Old Hemlock: 1984)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Troubles With Bird Dogs" (Old Hemlock: 1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Grouse Along The Tramroad" (Old Hemlock: 1986)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Dog, A Gun, and Time Enough" (Old Hemlock: 1987)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "October Fever" (Old Hemlock: 1989)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "GBE Introduces" (Old Hemlock: 1990)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Living With Gun Dogs" (Old Hemlock: 1992)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Grouse On The Mountain" (Old Hemlock: 1994)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "From My Covers: 22 selections from the Old Hemlock collection sporting books and myserty novels" (Old Hemlock: 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Grouse & Woodcock in the Blackwater/Canaan" (Old Hemlock: 1997)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Bird Evans anthology published by the Old Hemlock Foundation

paragraph: BULLET::::- Old Hemlock Foundation

description: American writer

enwikiquote_title: George Bird Evans

wikidata_label: George Bird Evans

wikipedia_title: George Bird Evans


text: Belgian

text: archeologist

text: ethnologist

text: Easter Island

text: Royal Museums of Art and History

text: Society of Americanists in Belgium

text: Liège

text: philology

text: University of Brussels

text: Frobenius Institute

text: Frankfurt

text: Paris

text: Paul Rivet

text: Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro

text: Rapa Nui people

text: Louis Charles Watelin

text: Tierra del Fuego

text: Swiss

text: Alfred Métraux

text: Chile

text: leprosy

text: large stone statues

text: Polynesian

text: petroglyphs

text: Thor Heyerdahl

text: Kuba Kingdom

text: Samuel Beckett

text: Jean Capart

text: World War II

text: Society of Americanists in Belgium

text: English

text: Royal Academy of Belgium

text: Order of Leopold

text: Order of the Crown

text: Medal of the Armed Resistance 1940-1945

text: Chevalier of the Legion of Honor

text: Brussels

text: Anthropology

text: Archaeology

text: Ethnography

text: Easter Island

categories: 1885 births,Belgian philologists,Belgian archaeologists,People from Brussels,Belgian ethnologists,1972 deaths

paragraph: Henri Lavachery

paragraph: Henri Alfred Lavachery (May 6, 1885 – December 1, 1972 ) was a Belgian archeologist and ethnologist. In 1934, he became the first professional archaeologist to visit Easter Island, and was later known for his study of its art. He was curator at the Royal Museums of Art and History during the 1940s, and founded the Society of Americanists in Belgium in 1928.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Lavachery was born in Liège in 1885, and received his doctorate in classical philology from the University of Brussels in 1908. Thereafter, he traveled extensively through Europe, participating in various internships, including one at the Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt, and another in Paris under the direction of Paul Rivet at the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: In 1933, fascinated by the objects created by the Rapa Nui people, Lavachery decided to develop an expedition to Easter Island, with Rivet's support. The expedition took place between July 27, 1934 and January 2, 1935. It was headed by Louis Charles Watelin, a French archaeologist who died during the trip in Tierra del Fuego. Other expedition members included the Swiss anthropologist Alfred Métraux, and a Chilean doctor, Dr. Israel Drapkin, who provided leprosy care for affected indigenous people. The expedition discovered that the island's large stone statues had been made by the ancestors of the current occupants, who were of Polynesian descent, and not by members of a prior civilization who had disappeared. Lavachery noted that the island's petroglyphs were sometimes discovered simultaneously by the trip's explorers and the island dwellers. His later observations of the petroglyphs in 1939 suggested a degree of artistic diversity among the creators. According to Thor Heyerdahl, although Lavachery was the only professional archaeologist to have visited the island prior to Heyerdahl's 1950s voyage, Lavachery had not attempted excavations, as the soil appeared too shallow.

paragraph: In the 1930s, Lavachery also wrote about the art of the central African Kuba Kingdom, describing it as decorative rather than sculptural. This work was translated from the French to English by playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett. In the 1930s at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lavachery organized the first major exhibition of African art in Belgium.

paragraph: In 1933, he became the assistant curator at Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, and in 1942, he became Chief Curator, taking over from Jean Capart. After World War II, Lavachery began to reorganize the institution. He was Professor of non-European art at the Free University of Brussels, as well as a member of the Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium and its permanent secretary from 1957 to 1960. In addition, he founded the Society of Americanists in Belgium in 1928.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life and legacy.

paragraph: Created in 1961, the "Prix Henri Lavachery" (English: "Henri Lavachery prize") is awarded every five years by the Royal Academy of Belgium for achievements in ethnology.

paragraph: Lavachery was awarded the Grand Officer Order of Leopold, Commander of the Order of the Crown, Medal of the Armed Resistance 1940-1945, and Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He died in Brussels in 1972.

paragraph: Section::::Partial list of works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Deux fragments de la statuaire monumentale des Mayas" (192?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les arts anciens d'Amérique au Musée archéologique de Madrid" (1929)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Enquête sur l'importance respective du marché intérieur et du marché extérieur pour l'industrie belge" (1933)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La mission Franco-Belge dans l'Ile de Paques (Juillet 1934-Avril 1935)" (1935)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Contribution à l'étude de l'archéologie de l'île de Pitcairn" (1936)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sculpteurs modernes de L'lle de Pagues" (1937)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les pétroglyphes de l'île de Pâques" (1939)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Vie des Polynésiens" (1946)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Amériques avant Colomb" (1946)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Art précolombien" (1947)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tombeau de Georges Marlow" (1951)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hypothèse pour une évolution primitive des arts plastiques" (1952)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Statuaire de l'Afrique noire" (1954)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les techniques de protection des biens culturels en cas de conflit armé" (1954)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anthropology

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archaeology

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ethnography

paragraph: BULLET::::- Easter Island

paragraph: BULLET::::- Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium

description: Belgian archeologist

wikidata_label: Henri Lavachery

wikipedia_title: Henri Lavachery


text:
Ópera-Comique de Paris
Bordeaux
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
Lakmé
Mata Hari
"Ariane et Barbe-Bleue"
Carmen
"La Femme et le Pantin"
oriental
Bernhardt
World War I
Arthur Rubinstein
Chocolat
Photographs of Régina Badet
A photograph of Régina Badet
A photograph of Régina Badet

categories: French actresses,1876 births,1949 deaths,French dancers

paragraph: Régina Badet

paragraph: Régina Badet (October 9, 1876 – October 26, 1949) was a French comedic actress and dancer, star of the Ópera-Comique de Paris.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Anne Régina Badet was born in Bordeaux.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Badet was first dancer with the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in 1890. She began with the Opéra-Comique de Paris in 1904, dancing in productions of "Lakmé" (1905), "Aphrodite" (1906, in which she shared billing with dancer Mata Hari), "Ariane et Barbe-Bleue" (1907), "Carmen" (1908), "Bacchus triomphant" (1909), "Le Mariage de Télémaque" (1909), "Athanaïs" (1910), "Sapphô" (1912), "La Grande Famille" (1914), "Un Mari dans du Coton" (1916), "Les Trois Sultanes" (1917), "Appassionata" (1920), and "Le Venin" (1923). She was known for creating the role of Conchita Perez in a stage adaptation of "La Femme et le Pantin" (1910), in which her very minimal costume was a matter of some scandal.

paragraph: Badet appeared in French silent films "Le Secret de Myrto" (1908), "Le Retour d'Ulysse" (1909), "Carmen" (1910), "La Saltarella" (1912), "Zoé a le cœur trop tendre" ("A Woman's Last Card," 1912), "Le Spectre du passé" (1913), "Vendetta" (1914), "Manuella" (1916), "Le Lotus d'or" ("The Golden Lotus", 1916), "Sadounah" ("No Greater Love" 1919), and "Maître Évora" (1922).

paragraph: Her dances were often in the popular exotic style, referencing ancient or "oriental" themes. "Mlle. Badet does not seem to content herself with the lavish display of her charmingly pretty figure," commented an American writer, "but to run the gamut from the somewhat acrobatic and to our eyes grotesque posturing and 'stunts' which found so much favor with the ancients, to dances of ideas and emotions of a much higher and more poetic order, mingled with passages of adoration of and oblation to the goddess whom she serves." An American publication described her as "A Dancing Bernhardt," quoting her as saying "Every woman can live artistically," and "Nature never intended that a single woman should be plain or unattractive."

paragraph: Badet was considered a great beauty of the Paris stage. A rose variety was named "Regina Badet" in 1909. During World War I she was active in the Union des Arts, theatrical professionals in Paris raising funds for war relief.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: The Château Marbuzet in Bordeaux was reportedly built for Badet at great expense. It remains today as part of a vineyard. Pianist Arthur Rubinstein described a shipboard affair with Badet, on their way to Argentina in 1917. Badet died in 1949, aged 73 years, in Bordeaux.

paragraph: In 2016, Régina Badet was played by actress Hélèna Soubeyrand in a French film, "Chocolat", about the Paris stage of the late nineteenth century.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photographs of Régina Badet at Getty Images.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A photograph of Régina Badet in the J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, University of Washington Libraries.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A photograph of Régina Badet in the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.

description: French actress

wikidata_label: Régina Badet

wikipedia_title: Régina Badet


text:
Pistoia
Hirshhorn Museum
Akron Art Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Giacometti
"Giro del Sole"
Uffizi bombing in 1993

categories: 20th-century Italian sculptors,People from the Province of Pistoia,1939 births,Italian male sculptors

paragraph: Roberto Barni

paragraph: Roberto Barni (born 1939) is an Italian sculptor.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Roberto Barni was born in Pistoia. He began his public career in 1960 with exhibitions in Pistoia and Florence. The works, exhibited also in Rome in 1963, included paintings, photographs, casts, sculptures and topographies. He continued to exhibit through Italy and Europe.

paragraph: Between 1986 and 1987 he had a studio in New York City, and had various exhibitions including a solo display at the Queens Museum. In 1985 he participated in the show on Italian art at the Hirshhorn Museum of Washington DC and the Akron Art Museum in Ohio, and in 1987 at the "Avant-Garde in the Eighties" exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He also participated in an exhibit of contemporary Italian art at the Seibu gallery of Tokyo. He has continued to exhibit across the globe. His slender figures often recall the work of the Swiss sculptor Giacometti.

paragraph: Among his memorable public works are the "Giro del Sole" statuary group in Pistoia and the "I passi d’oro" (The Golden Strides) monument high on a wall on the right side of the Uffizi building on Via dei Georgofili, in memory of the five deaths of the Uffizi bombing in 1993. For the unveiling of the lateral monument in 2013, he stated:

paragraph: “From the first moment [...] I wanted to create a work that, rather than simply remembering those who are no longer with us, evokes them in life. I imagined a figure able to bring them back among us. A figure suspended above who seems to emanate from this historic location, a place that also sustained wounds. A figure who represents art and its perennial attempt to overcome tragedy in an act of existence. [...] I wanted to use immortal materials such as bronze, but especially gold whose light chases away the shadows. I thought that, on top of a blade that symbolizes death, there should be a figure, like Victory or Nike, who carries the five golden figures along with its decisive stride, remembering these human beings in the fullness of life, in their homes, walking their streets. [...] A figure who symbolizes art, whose wanderings are constantly driven by a desire to continue its journey, who has unexpectedly found itself here on the highest wall of one of the world's most important places under threat from barbarity”

description: Italian painter and sculptor

wikidata_label: Roberto Barni

wikipedia_title: Roberto Barni


text:
Dutch Golden Age
Esaias van de Velde
RKD
Haarlem
Jan van Goyen

categories: Dutch Golden Age painters,1597 births,1639 deaths,Dutch male painters

paragraph: Pieter de Neyn

paragraph: Pieter de Neyn, or Deneyn (December 1597 – 16 March 1639) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: According to Houbraken Deneyn's father apprenticed him to a mason, where he stayed a few years but decided to study further, specifically the fields of mathematics and architecture. His parents could not pay for a proper education, and he became good enough at masonry that he began to teach others. He became friends with painters, particularly landscape painter Esaias van de Velde, who helped him with his paints and gave him tips how to become a good landscape painter. In 1632, he became city sculptor. He died of lung disease, which Houbraken claims was common among masons.

paragraph: According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD), he painted landscapes and battle scenes, and was a pupil from 1611 to 1617 of Esaias van de Velde in Haarlem during the same period as Jan van Goyen, who also influenced his work. After 1617 he became moved back to Leiden where he married. He is sometimes confused with the engraver Pieter Nolpe, who also signed his works "P.N.". His followers were P.D. Bools, and the monogrammists A.V.Z. and L.B.

alias:
Pieter De Neyn
Pieter de Nijn
Pieter de Neyen
P. de Neyn
denijn
Nain
P. de Nijn
Neyn
De Neyn
pieter de neijn

description: Dutch painter

wikidata_label: Pieter de Neyn

wikipedia_title: Pieter de Neyn


text: suffragists

text: Park Avenue

text: Women's National Republican Club

text: Henry Jackson Wells

text: San Francisco, California

text: Wellesley College

text: Arthur Leslie Livermore

text: Cambridge, Massachusetts

text: Yonkers, New York

text: Republican National Committee

categories: 1864 births,American suffragists,1933 deaths

paragraph: Henrietta Wells Livermore

paragraph: Henrietta Wells Livermore (May 22, 1864 - October 15, 1933) organized the first meeting of suffragists at her Park Avenue apartment in 1910, which became the Women's National Republican Club.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: She was born as Henrietta Wells on May 22, 1864, to Judge Henry Jackson Wells and Maria A. Goodnow in San Francisco, California. She attended Harvard Grammar School then Wellesley College and graduated in 1887. She receiver her master's degree in 1893 from the same institution.

paragraph: On October 21, 1890, she married Arthur Leslie Livermore in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a New York lawyer, and they lived in Yonkers, New York.

paragraph: They had as children: Henry Wells Livermore (?-1959) and Russell Blake Livermore.

paragraph: In 1920 she was a member of the Republican National Committee and urged women to vote:

paragraph: You have it in your hands to win. You have new ideas, new methods in politics, and I cannot impress upon you too strongly the part you have to play in the coming campaign. You must cooperate with the men and have confidence in your own ability. The greatest work of the campaign will be the overcoming of the inertia and indifference of those who have a vote."

paragraph: She died on October 15, 1933.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Women's National Republican Club history

description: American suffragist

wikidata_label: Henrietta Wells Livermore

wikipedia_title: Henrietta Wells Livermore


text: Saint-Héand

text: French

text: zoom lens

text: Angénieux retrofocus

text: École Supérieure d'Optique

text: Henri Chrétien

text: Pathé

text: Geometric optics

text: Physical optics

text: Carl Zeiss

text: Ernst Abbe

text: Angénieux retrofocus

text: wide-angle lens

text: Single-lens reflex camera

text: Bell & Howell

text: NASA

text: Ranger program

text: Project Gemini

text: Apollo program

text: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

text: Space Shuttle program

text: Ranger 7

text: Scientific or Technical award

text: Gordon E. Sawyer Award

text: Kodak Retinette

text: Thales Group

text: Cannes Film Festival

text: Pierre Angénieux

text: Pierre Angénieux

text: Gadzarts

text: Angenieux website

categories: 1998 deaths,Optical engineers,Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners,1907 births,Lens designers,Opticians

paragraph: Pierre Angénieux

paragraph: Pierre Angénieux () (14 July 1907 in Saint-Héand – 26 June 1998) was a French engineer and optician, one of the inventors of the modern zoom lenses, and famous for introducing the Angénieux retrofocus.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Angénieux graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in 1928, and from the École Supérieure d'Optique the next year. He was a student of Henri Chrétien.

paragraph: After working for Pathé, Angénieux founded a company specialising in cinema equipment in 1935, "Les Etablissements Pierre Angénieux". He started using Geometric optics rather than Physical optics in the design of his lenses, as Carl Zeiss and Ernst Abbe did, and developed computing methods decreasing the time needed to design a lens by an order of magnitude.

paragraph: In 1950, Angénieux introduced the Angénieux retrofocus, which allowed mounting wide-angle lenses on Single-lens reflex cameras.

paragraph: In 1953, Angénieux designed the fastest lens of the time, reaching 0.95. The design was used in the Bell & Howell 70 series cameras for 35 years.–

paragraph: In 1956, Angénieux designed a constant aperture 17-68mm zoom lens, and a 12-120mm in 1958.

paragraph: Angénieux' company provided NASA with photographic equipment used in the Ranger program, Project Gemini, Apollo program, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and the Space Shuttle program. Notably, the first high-resolution photographs of the Moon, by Ranger 7, were made with a 25 mm 0.95 lens.

paragraph: In 1964, Angénieux received a Scientific or Technical award "for the development of a ten-to-one Zoom Lens for cinematography." He was honoured with the "Grand Prix des Ingénieurs Civils" in France in 1973, and with the 1989 Gordon E. Sawyer Award. His company also produced lenses for the Kodak Retinette and Pony cameras.

paragraph: In 1993, Angénieux' eponymous company was acquired by Thales Group and renamed Thales Angénieux. The company still specializes in optical, electro-optical and optical-mechanic products.

paragraph: Since 2013, Thales Angénieux organizes every year on the occasion of the Cannes Film Festival the Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography ceremony to pay tribute to a prominent Director of Photography for its career.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pierre Angénieux

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pierre Angénieux on Gadzarts.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Angenieux website

description: French engineer and optician

wikidata_label: Pierre Angénieux

wikipedia_title: Pierre Angénieux


text:
Rolleston on Dove
bishop of Chichester
Archdeacon of Huntingdon
Archdeacon of Buckingham
of Taunton
Dean of St Paul's
bishop of St David's
Lambert Barnard

wikipedia_title:
Rolleston on Dove
Bishop of Chichester
Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech
Archdeacon of Buckingham
Archdeacon of Taunton
Dean of St Paul's
Bishop of St David's
Lambert Barnard

categories: Bishops of Chichester,Archdeacons of Taunton,1450s births,1536 deaths,Archdeacons of Huntingdon and Wisbech,Bishops of St David's,Deans of St Paul's,16th-century Roman Catholic bishops,People from the Borough of East Staffordshire,Archdeacons of Buckingham

paragraph: Robert Sherborne

paragraph: Robert Sherborne (born 1453 Rolleston on Dove, died 1536) was bishop of Chichester from 1508 to 1536.

paragraph: Sherborne was Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1494–1496), Archdeacon of Buckingham and of Taunton (1496–1505) and Dean of St Paul's (1499–1505). Exceptionally, he held ecclesiastical posts prior to ordination: he was made a deacon in 1499 and ordained a priest on 5 March 1501. From 1505 to 1508 he was bishop of St David's.

paragraph: Sherborne was a patron of the artist Lambert Barnard, commissioning several series of paintings from him. He founded the Free Grammar School in Rolleston, around 1520, which continued to 1909.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Concise Dictionary of National Biography"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Steer, Francis W., "Robert Sherburne Bishop of Chichester: Some Aspects of his Life Reconsidered", Chichester Papers No. 16 (Chichester City Council, 1960)

description: Bishop of Chichester

wikidata_label: Robert Sherborne

wikipedia_title: Robert Sherborne


text:
Chaplain
Royal Navy
Glencolmcille
Gaeltacht
County Donegal
Ireland
Richard King
Irish postage stamps
stained glass
seascape
lighthouses
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Irish Shipping
An Post
Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Maritime Institute of Ireland
Office of Public Works
National Maritime Museum of Ireland
World War II
liquidated
receiver
mine
Waterford

categories: Marine artists,Irish artists,People from Dublin (city),Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Kenneth King (artist)

paragraph: Kenneth King, born in Dublin, Ireland in 1939, is a marine artist who was a Chaplain in the Royal Navy before he became a full-time artist. King's studio, "Straid Studio-Gallery", is in Glencolmcille, a Gaeltacht or Irish language speaking region in County Donegal, Ireland.

paragraph: King's father was Richard King, best known for his designs of Irish postage stamps and his work in stained glass.

paragraph: King specialises in depicting the naval and merchant shipping of Ireland, as well as seascapes of the country's coastline and lighthouses. He has been commissioned by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Irish Shipping, An Post, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, the Maritime Institute of Ireland and the Office of Public Works.

paragraph: The National Maritime Museum of Ireland has paintings, by Kenneth King, of all the Irish ships lost during World War II. Irish Shipping had commissioned King to paint pictures of all their ships. When Irish Shipping was liquidated, the receiver sold the collection at auction. The Maritime Institute of Ireland acquired some of the paintings; they concentrated on ships lost during World War II. Later, at the instigation of Des Brannigan, then President of the Institution, the Institute commissioned King to paint pictures of the other Irish Ships lost during the war. This collection is on display in the National Maritime Museum of Ireland. The collection lacks one image: the "Naomh Garbhan" which hit a mine off the Waterford coast and sank with the loss of three lives on 2 May 1945.

paragraph: Section::::Exhibitions.

paragraph: Recent exhibitions by King include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014 'Vitality of the Sea' exhibition of marine oils, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013 'Kenneth King: Saol agus Saothar' - An Gailearaí, Na Doirí Beaga, Co Dhún na nGall.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012 'Bound for Blue Water' - an exhibition of marine oils, Rosses Point, Co. Sligo.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: Kenneth King, Life and Works by Marianne O'Kane Boal

description: Irish artist

wikidata_label: Kenneth King

wikipedia_title: Kenneth King (artist)


text:
Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad
Supreme Court of India
abeyance
Waris Ali Meerza
Wasif Ali Meerza
Hassan Ali Meerza
Murshidabad
state government of West Bengal
Family information at royalark.net

categories: Nawabs of Murshidabad,Indian royalty,1942 births,Living people

paragraph: Abbas Ali Meerza

paragraph: Syed Mohammed Abbas Ali Meerza (born 1942) is the heir of the last Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad. He has been so since the Supreme Court of India declared him to be the lawful heir in August 2014. The royal title had been in abeyance since the death of his maternal uncle Waris Ali Meerza (the third Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad) in 1969. All the royal title such as Nawab have been abolished by the government of India in 1971.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Abbas Ali Meerza is the eldest son of Syed Md. Sadeque Ali Meerza (d.1959) and Sahibzadi Hashmat un-nisa Begum (d.1995), a daughter of Wasif Ali Meerza, the second Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad. Abaas Ali Meerza's paternal grandmother, Khurshid un-nisa Begum Sahiba (who married Syed Zaigham Meerza) is again the daughter of the first Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad, Hassan Ali Meerza, the grandfather of Waris Ali Meerza.

paragraph: Section::::Title.

paragraph: The title would have been passed down to the children of Waris Ali Meerza upon his death in 1969 had they not been either disinherited by their father, predeceased him or had excluded themselves from the succession under Indian law by adopting foreign citizenship.

paragraph: Waris Ali Meerza died in 1969, survived by his three sons and three daughters. According to the Nawab's law, the eldest son of the Nawab was to succeed him, however, Waris Ali's eldest son, Wakif Ali Meerza, was excluded from succession by his father for contracting a non-Muslim marriage and for not professing the Muslim religion. Waris Ali took no steps during his lifetime to establish his succession. Before declaring a successor Waris Ali then died.

paragraph: No clear successor to Waris Ali emerged. The other children of Waris Ali moved to the United Kingdom and became citizens, sacrificing any claim over the title. A legal battle ensued, in which Abbas Ali Meerza won, making the then 72-year-old the fourth Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad.

paragraph: ""I have links on both sides. My mother was the daughter of the second Nawab Bahadur while my father was his nephew. I thus received the title that would have gone to my cousins had they not settled in England.""brAbbas Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Murshidabad

paragraph: The Nawab, who lives in Murshidabad, launched a separate legal challenge to see his that his family's ancestral property, the Murshidbad Estate (the private and personal properties of the Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad), which under an Act was passed on to the state government of West Bengal be returned.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Family information at royalark.net

wikidata_label: Abbas Ali Mirza

wikipedia_title: Abbas Ali Meerza


text: Upcott

text: Cheriton Fitzpaine

text: Poughill

text: Devon

text: Westcountry

text: Member of Parliament

text: Lyme Regis

text: Devon

text: Wars of the Roses

text: Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon

text: Tiverton Castle

text: William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville

text: Shute

text: Battle of Clyst Heath

text: Justice of the Peace

text: Escheator for Devon and Cornwall

text: Recorder of Exeter

text: Apprentice-at-law

text: Duchy of Lancaster

text: Oakford

text: Risdon

text: Winkleigh

text: feudal baron of Barnstaple

text: lampago

text: coward

text: Copleston

text: Devon

text: Escheat

text: ward

text: godfather

text: National Archives

text: Kew

text: Paston Letters

text: Powderham

text: Sir William III Courtenay

text: Battle of Clyst Heath

text: Tiverton Castle

text: Cheriton Fitzpaine

text: Poughill, Devon

paragraph: Nicholas Radford

paragraph: Nicholas Radford (c. 1385 – 23 October 1455) of Upcott in the parish of Cheriton Fitzpaine, and of Poughill, Devon, was a prominent lawyer in the Westcountry who served as Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis, Dorset (May 1421) and Devon (1435). During the anarchic times of the Wars of the Roses he was caught up in the dynastic Westcountry rivalry between Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon, of Tiverton Castle, for whom during his minority he had acted as steward, and William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville, of Shute. His murder in 1455 by the Earl's faction "ranks among the most notorious crimes of the century", and was the precursor of the Battle of Clyst Heath (1455) fought shortly thereafter near Exeter by the private armies of the two magnates. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Devon (1424-1455), as Escheator for Devon and Cornwall (1435-6), Recorder of Exeter (1442-1455) and as Tax Collector for Devon in 1450 and as Apprentice-at-law for the Duchy of Lancaster (1439-1455).

paragraph: Section::::Origins.

paragraph: He was the son of Robert Radford of Oakford, Devon. According to Risdon (d.1640), he was a descendant of the "de Radford" family of the estate of Radford, in the parish of Winkleigh, Devon, who had changed their name from "de Bickly", after Robert de Bickly, son of Ralph Borne, had during the reign of King Richard I (1199-1299) been granted the estate of Radford by Oliver de Tracy, feudal baron of Barnstaple. According to Pole the arms of Radford of Radford were: "Sable, three lampagoes (man tigers with lion's bodies and man's faces) passant in pale coward argent".

paragraph: Section::::Steward of Earl of Devon.

paragraph: In 1423 he was appointed by the royal council as joint steward (with John II Copleston (d.1457) of Copleston, thrice MP for Devon, Escheator of Devon and Cornwall ) of the vast estates of the infant Thomas de Courtenay, 5th/13th Earl of Devon (1414–1458), ward of the king and son and heir of the magnate Hugh de Courtenay, 4th/12th Earl of Devon (1389–1422). The 5th/13th Earl reached his majority of 21 in 1435, after which Radford still remained friends with him and was chosen by the earl to be a godfather to his second son Henry Courtenay.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage.

paragraph: At some time before 1431, he married a certain Thomasina, by whom he had a son, Nicholas Jnr, born in 1437 in Poughill, Devon. Nicholas Jnr married Ursula Sufcote and they had a son, William.

paragraph: Section::::Murder by Courtenay faction.

paragraph: The facts surrounding Radford's murder are recorded in the petition for justice made by his executor John Radford to King Henry VI, preserved in the National Archives at Kew and summarised contemporaneously as follows:

paragraph: The petition is endorsed by the king in the standard form of acceptance: ""Let it be done as he requests"".

paragraph: Section::::Murder by Courtenay faction.:Paston Letters narrative.

paragraph: Several contemporary accounts record in tones of shock and horror, unusual during the times of blunted sensitivities of the fifteenth century, this murder and the following mock-funeral and coroner's inquest accompanied by the singing of highly inappropriate songs. The Paston Letters include a letter dated 28 October 1455 from James Gresham to John Paston as follows:

paragraph: Section::::Succession.

paragraph: His heir to Poughill was Roger Prouz ("alias" Prouse) of Prouz, Devon, apparently his nephew, who inherited his estates. His sister Jone Radford had married Prouse of Prouse, whose later heir general was Guy. His seat of Upcott was however later the seat of James Courtenay, a younger son of Sir William II Courtenay (1451–1512) of Powderham, and brother of Sir William III Courtenay (1477–1535) "The Great", which family during the Wars of the Roses and at the Battle of Clyst Heath (1455) were members of the Bonville faction and were thus enemies of their distant cousins the Courtenay Earls of Devon of Tiverton Castle.

paragraph: Section::::Landholdings.

paragraph: His landholdings included:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Upcott, Cheriton Fitzpaine, his residence.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Manor of Poughill ("alias" Pohill, Podhill, Poghill, etc.), in the parish of Poughill, Devon, near the junction of the Rivers Creedy and Exe, which he acquired in 1429 by conveyance from Robert de Poughill.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Radford, G.H., "Nicholas Radford, 1385(?)–1455", Transactions of the Devonshire Association, Vol. 35, pp. 251–78

paragraph: BULLET::::- Storey, R.L., "The End of the House of Lancaster", pp. 168–9,

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Who was Alice Perrers?", pp. 264–8 (edition of petition)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thorp, R.L., "Upcott Barton", 1993

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hoskins, W.G., "Devonshire Studies", 1952, re: Upcott

paragraph: BULLET::::- www.upcottroundhouse.co.uk(esp. section: "The Upcott Murder")

description: Lawyer and Member of the English Parliament

wikidata_label: Nicholas Radford

wikipedia_title: Nicholas Radford


text:
Argentine Navy
Vice President of Argentina
Mendoza, Argentina
United States Naval Academy
submarine
U.S. Navy
World War I
Sarmiento Frigate
United States
Europe
Navy Mechanics' School
navigation
hydrology
Pedro Ramírez
Edelmiro Farrell
Juan Perón
organized labor
Rear Admiral
Argentine Senate
February 1946 general elections
Labor Party
Buenos Aires
UCR
Eva Perón
Rainbow Tour
Paris
Paquito
Provisional President of the Senate
Constitutional Assembly of 1949
Constitution of Argentina
Peronist Party
Ángel Borlenghi
Lions Club
German Order of Merit
Hortensio Quijano
April 1954
Congress
Catholic Church
Freemason
resignation and exile
propaganda film
Revolución Libertadora
Bernardo Neustadt
talk show

categories: Argentine Navy admirals,People from Mendoza Province,Justicialist Party politicians,1962 deaths,Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany,1891 births,Vice Presidents of Argentina,Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery,Members of the Argentine Senate

paragraph: Alberto Teisaire

paragraph: Alberto Teisaire (May 20, 1891 – September 11, 1962) was an Argentine Navy officer and Vice President of Argentina.

paragraph: Section::::Life and Times.

paragraph: Section::::Life and Times.:Early life and Navy career.

paragraph: Alberto Teisaire was born in 1891 to Clementina Cejas and Eduardo Teisaire, in Mendoza, Argentina. He enrolled in the Argentine Naval Academy in 1908 and, upon graduation in 1912, was accepted to the United States Naval Academy. There, he was commissioned as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy, during World War I. Returning to Argentina, he married Duilia Fayo Lonne and was eventually named Commander of the Navy's flagship, the historic Sarmiento Frigate.

paragraph: Teisaire later taught at the Argentine Naval Academy and held numerous policy-making posts in that service, including ones in the Naval Requisitions Department, the Argentine Naval delegations in the United States and Europe, as head of the Navy's River Fleet (1938), and as assistant director of the important Navy Mechanics' School, in 1940, where he specialized in the instruction of navigation and hydrology.

paragraph: Section::::Life and Times.:Political career.

paragraph: A power vacuum, caused by the replacement of President Pedro Ramírez by a fellow General (Edelmiro Farrell), led to Teisaire's February 29, 1944, appointment as Navy Secretary. He became a reliable ally of the new War and Labor Minister, Col. Juan Perón, whose support of organized labor and their platform had provoked growing rivalries within the military regime. Teisaire became Perón's most prominent ally in the government when, in July, he was named Interior Minister (at the time, overseeing law enforcement). He retired as Rear Admiral in 1945 to pursue a seat in the Argentine Senate, ahead of the February 1946 general elections.

paragraph: Elected as Senator on Perón's Labor Party ticket, Teisaire represented the city of Buenos Aires, a district normally leaning towards Perón's chief opposition, the centrist UCR. He, however, did not enjoy support from the President's influential First Lady, Eva Perón, who refused his request to take part in her 1947 "Rainbow Tour" because (in her words): ""I did not want that fruitcake creating a scandal in Paris, when for that I already have Paquito, who at least makes me laugh.""

paragraph: Teisaire did well in his career in the Senate, even so. He was named Provisional President of the Senate in 1947, and was reelected Senator in 1951. He was elected to the Constitutional Assembly of 1949, which drafted a replacement of the 1853 Constitution of Argentina (reinstated in 1957). He was named head of the Peronist Party's Superior Council in 1952, effectively making him the third-most powerful member of the administration (after Interior Minister Ángel Borlenghi and Perón, himself). Teisaire introduced the Lions Club into Argentina in 1954, and received the German Order of Merit.

paragraph: Controversy surrounding the President's in-laws and political violence both by and against his Peronist movement dominated headlines in the first half of 1953, and Perón took the opportunity of upcoming legislative polls to test his popularity. The Argentine Constitution did not require it at the time; but a special election was announced to replace the late Vice President, Hortensio Quijano, and Perón nominated Teisaire as his candidate for the post.

paragraph: The April 1954 elections increased the Peronists' overwhelming majority in Congress and elected Teisaire Vice President by a 30% margin of victory. Following this success, Perón began to dispense with his hitherto warm relations with the Catholic Church by banning a number of their organizations and periodicals, and with the unprecedented, December 22 legalization of divorce and prostitution. The Vice President supported these moves, arguing that Argentina's Catholic majority were mostly non-practicing and, by extension, probably amenable to Perón's push to limit their influence.

paragraph: The miscalculation proved fateful, however. The dispute damaged Teisaire's influence among the largely conservative Catholic navy commanders, who spitefully referred to the Vice president as "that Freemason," and soon destroyed military loyalty for the administration itself. A series of violent confrontations from June to September 1955 ended with Perón's September 19 resignation and exile.

paragraph: Section::::Life and Times.:Resignation and death.

paragraph: Vice President Teisaire was forced to resign on September 23, following which he was coerced into reading a 7-page confession of the "fugitive dictator's" alleged abuses. His "confession" was produced into a 12-minute propaganda film by the Revolución Libertadora, which ordered the footage shown on all movie theatres.

paragraph: Teisaire kept a low profile in retirement. He died of natural causes on September 11, 1962, at age 71.

paragraph: His coerced 1956 statements remained controversial, perceived as a betrayal by many Peronists even after his death. During the hostilities between that followed between the Peronist left and right, a false narrative was later spread by among others the right-wing Peronist Luis Sobrino Aranda (who served in Congress between 1973 and 1976) that Teisaire had been killed with his secretary and bodyguard by a left-wing Peronist commando team. Teisaire's secretary, Bernardo Neustadt, went on to host a series of successful, current-events talk shows on Argentine television.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fabián Bosoer: "La misteriosa muerte del almirante Teisaire" in "Lucha armada en la Argentina." Year 8. Anuario septembre 2012-Agoust 2013. Publisher: Ejercitar la memoria editores

description: Argentine politician

wikidata_label: Alberto Teisseire

wikipedia_title: Alberto Teisaire


text:
Latin
Roman Republic
politician
First Civil War of the Roman Republic
Populares
Second Battle of Clusium
plebeian
Marcia
ancient Rome
cognomen
Gaius Marcius Rutilus
censor
Ancus Marcius
King of Rome
Marsyas
satyr
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Asia
First Civil War of the Roman Republic
Gaius Marius
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
Gnaeus Octavius
Roman
Italy
Populares
Gaius Marius
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo
Gaius Marius the Younger
Pompey Magnus
Preneste
legion
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Ariminium
Sicily
Gaius Carrinas
Clusium
Second Battle of Clusium
Sebellian
Samnites
Sulla
Preneste
Rome
Battle of the Colline Gate
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Preneste
Gaius Marius the Younger

categories: People executed by the Roman Republic,Ancient Roman soldiers,Executed military personnel,Year of birth missing,Executed ancient Roman people,1st-century BC executions,2nd-century BC births,Marcii,82 BC deaths,People executed by decapitation

paragraph: Gaius Marcius Censorinus (general)

paragraph: Gaius Marcius Censorinus (Latin "Gaius Marcius Censorinus"; died 3 November, 82 BC) was a late Roman Republican politician and soldier who participated in the First Civil War of the Roman Republic. During this war, he commanded the Populares forces at the Second Battle of Clusium.

paragraph: Section::::Family History.

paragraph: Marcius Censorinus was a member of the plebeian Marcia gens of ancient Rome. The cognomen Censorinus was acquired through Gaius Marcius Rutilus, the first plebeian censor, whose son used it. The gens Marcia claimed descent from both Ancus Marcius, a King of Rome, and symbolically from Marsyas the satyr.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Gaius Marcius Censorinus is first mentioned in historical chronicles after the return of Lucius Cornelius Sulla from Asia. During this return, Marcius Censorius accused Sulla of trying to become a king and of receiving bribes from kings in the Asian provinces. Regardless, on the day of the trial, Marcius Censorius failed to show up and later withdrew his accusation.

paragraph: With the outbreak of the First Civil War of the Roman Republic, Marcius Censorius joined the ranks of Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna in their efforts to combat Sulla. After the taking of Rome in 87 BC, Marcius Censorius took part in the massacre of Sullan sympathisers in the capital. When Gnaeus Octavius (Consul in 87 BC) was added to the prescribed lists, it was Marcius Censorinus who executed him and took his head to Cinna. The head was displayed in the Roman forum for some time.

paragraph: In 83 BC, Sulla returned to Italy with his army and began fighting the Populares forces there. Due to the deaths of both Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna, the Populares were commanded by Gnaeus Papirius Carbo and Gaius Marius the Younger. In mid 82 BC, Marcius Censorius was sent to fight Pompey Magnus and was defeated at Sena Galica with Gnaeus Papirius Carbo.

paragraph: As Marius the younger was besieged at Preneste, his food supply became increasingly scarce. Censorinus was sent by Carbo to his aid at the head of eight legions. Censorinus was ambushed en route by Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and was once again routed. The survivors found refuge on a hill, blaming the ambush on Censorinus. One of the legions marched off without orders to Ariminium, while the rest deserted outright. Censorinus was forced to return to Carbo's camp accompanied by only a few soldiers.

paragraph: In September, Carbo, disheartened by so many defeats, retreated to Sicily. Censorinus, together with Gaius Carrinas and Lucius Junius Brutus Damasipus took command of the remaining legions at Clusium. Pompeius attacked them at the Second Battle of Clusium, inflicting casualties of over twenty thousand killed on the Populares army. After this decisive defeat, Censorinus and the Populares army retreated to the Sebellian region where the Samnites had enlisted a thousand soldiers to free Marius the Younger from his siege. Nevertheless, Sulla cut their path to Preneste and halted their advance. After this, Telesinus decided to march on Rome with the goal of sacking the city, but not to capture it. Sulla marched after Telesinus and on 1 November, 82 BC, the two armies met at the Battle of the Colline Gate at the gates of the city. With the help of Marcus Licinius Crassus, Sulla's forces annihilated the enemy.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Gaius Marcius Censorinus, along with many of his comrades, was captured during the Battle of the Colline Gate. He was beheaded at Sulla's orders and his head was sent to Preneste to lower the morale of the troops under the command of Gaius Marius the Younger. The effect was instantaneous as most of Marius' army deserted immediately.

description: Roman politician and soldier

wikidata_label: Gaius Marcius Censorinus

wikipedia_title: Gaius Marcius Censorinus (general)


text: American football

text: defensive tackle

text: Cleveland Browns

text: National Football League

text: college football

text: Missouri

text: New York Jets

text: 2013 NFL Draft

text: Seattle Seahawks

text: Minnesota Vikings

text: St. Louis, Missouri

text: high school football

text: USA Today

text: Rivals.com

text: College of the Sequoias

text: Visalia, California

text: University of Missouri

text: Gary Pinkel

text: Missouri Tigers football

text: Missouri Tiger

text: Southeastern Conference

text: Zaviar Gooden

text: T. J. Moe

text: Kendial Lawrence

text: Kip Edwards

text: Kansas City Chiefs

text: Miami Dolphins

text: Oakland Raiders

text: Jacksonville Jaguars

text: Seattle Seahawks

text: Cleveland Browns

text: Mike Mayock

text: New York Jets

text: 2013 NFL Draft

text: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

text: Darrelle Revis

text: New York Jets

text: Mark Sanchez

text: Atlanta Falcons

text: Buffalo Bills

text: Carolina Panthers

text: Miami Dolphins

text: B. J. Raji

text: Green Bay Packers

text: Kiko Alonso

text: Green Bay Packers

text: marijuana

text: Washington Redskins'

text: Kirk Cousins

text: New York Jets

text: Buffalo Bills

text: Alex Smith

text: Kansas City Chiefs

text: Arizona Cardinals

text: Baltimore Raven'

text: Joe Flacco

text: 2017 NFL Draft

text: Washington Redskins

text: Dallas Cowboys

text: Dallas Cowboys

text: Denver Broncos

text: Seattle Seahawks

text: Seattle Seahawks

text: Jermaine Kearse

text: Pete Carroll

text: Jarran Reed

text: Cliff Avril

text: Frank Clark

text: Michael Bennett

text: Green Bay Packers

text: Los Angeles Rams'

text: Jared Goff

text: Jacksonville Jaguars

text: ejected

text: Minnesota Vikings

text: Cleveland Browns

text: Pro Bowl

text: AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

text: PFWA

text: Pro Football Focus

text: St. Charles County, Missouri

text: Missouri Tigers bio

text: New York Jets bio

text: Pro-Football Reference

categories: Missouri Tigers football players,Cleveland Browns players,Players of American football from Missouri,Minnesota Vikings players,Seattle Seahawks players,American football defensive ends,American football defensive tackles,1990 births,New York Jets players,Living people,Sportspeople from St. Louis

paragraph: Sheldon Richardson

paragraph: Sheldon Adam Richardson (born November 29, 1990) is an American football defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Missouri, and was drafted by the New York Jets in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Richardson has also played for the Seattle Seahawks, and Minnesota Vikings.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Richardson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on November 29, 1990, the son to Michael and Zelda (née Robinson) Richardson. He attended Gateway Institute of Technology High School in St. Louis, where he played for the Gateway Jaguars high school football team. He recorded 88 tackles and 19 quarterback sacks, while adding seven fumble recoveries, five forced fumbles, and one interception. He also scored six defensive touchdowns on the year, as well, while adding 27 receptions for 541 yards and eight touchdowns at the tight end position. Richardson also lettered in baseball, basketball and track at Gateway.

paragraph: Following his senior season, "USA Today" recognized Richardson as a high school All-American. He was considered the No. 1 defensive tackle, and No. 4 best player overall, in the nation by recruit rating service Rivals.com.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Richardson attended the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California for two years. After his sophomore year, he transferred to the University of Missouri, where he played for coach Gary Pinkel's Missouri Tigers football team in 2011 and 2012. He announced on November 30, 2012 that he would enter the NFL Draft instead of finishing his senior year as a Missouri Tiger. He finished the season tied for second on the team with 75 tackles, a figure that led all defensive tackles in the Southeastern Conference. He also had 10.5 tackles for loss, four quarterback sacks, seven quarterback hurries, and three forced fumbles.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Coming out of Missouri, Richardson was a projected first round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He received an invitation to the NFL combine and nearly completed all of the required combine drills, but was unable to perform the short shuttle and three-cone drill due to a hip injury. On March 7, 2013, he participated at Missouri's pro day and opted to perform the short shuttle and three-cone drill, as well as positional drills. 20 team representatives and scouts from 17 NFL teams attended to scout Richardson, Zaviar Gooden, T. J. Moe, Kendial Lawrence, Kip Edwards, and seven other players. During the pre-draft process, Richardson cited the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Seattle Seahawks as the teams who expressed the most interest. He also had a private meeting with the Cleveland Browns. He was ranked as the second best defensive tackle in the draft by NFL analyst Mike Mayock and was ranked as the third best defensive tackle by NFLDraftScout.com.

paragraph: The New York Jets selected Richardson in the first round (13th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft. He was the first defensive tackle to be selected in the draft. The pick was originally acquired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a trade that sent Darrelle Revis to Tampa Bay.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Jets.:2013.

paragraph: On July 25, 2013, the New York Jets signed Richardson to a four-year, $10.05 million contract that is fully guaranteed and includes a signing bonus of $5.69 million.

paragraph: He was named the starting defensive end in the 2013 season. During the month of November, Richardson won the NFL Rookie of the Month award, becoming the first Jets player to do so since Mark Sanchez in 2009. The Jets used Richardson as a fullback in six plays during the 2013 season in games against the Atlanta Falcons, the Buffalo Bills, the Carolina Panthers, and the Miami Dolphins. In a week 15 game against the Panthers, Richardson became the first NFL defensive lineman to score a rushing touchdown since B. J. Raji did so for the Green Bay Packers in 2011. He ran for his second career touchdown of the season in the Jets' week 17 finale against Miami. Richardson played 16 games (started 15) in 2013 making 78 tackles, a pass defended, a forced fumble, 3.5 sacks, and 2 rushing touchdowns. On February 2, 2014, it was announced that Richardson had won the 2013 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award, edging out Buffalo Bills linebacker Kiko Alonso by a margin of 23 votes to 19.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Jets.:2014.

paragraph: On September 20, 2014, Richardson was fined $8,268 for his role in an endzone fracas during Week 2 against the Green Bay Packers. During the 2014 year, Richardson started all 16 games making 66 tackles, 8 sacks, 1 pass defended, 1 forced fumble, and 1 safety enforced. For his efforts, he was a Pro Bowl selection for the first time of his career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Jets.:2015.

paragraph: On July 2, 2015, Richardson was suspended for the first four games of the 2015 regular season due to failing the league's substance abuse policy related to marijuana. He was activated by the team on October 12, 2015.

paragraph: On October 11, 2015, Richardson played in his first game of the season and recorded three combined tackles and was credited with half a sack on Washington Redskins' quarterback Kirk Cousins in a 34-20 victory.

paragraph: Playing 11 games in 2015, Richardson finished the year with 35 tackles, 5 sacks, 2 passes defended, and 2 forced fumbles.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Jets.:2016.

paragraph: On April 18, 2016, the Jets picked up Richardson's fifth-year option on his rookie contract that is worth $8.06 million for and is fully guaranteed. On June 30, he was suspended one game for violating the off-the-field personal conduct policy regarding his arrest the previous year (see personal life).

paragraph: After serving his one game suspension during the New York Jets' season-opener, he made his season debut the following week against the Buffalo Bills and recorded four solo tackles during the 37–31 victory. On September 25, 2016, Richardson recorded five combined tackles and was credited with half a sack on Alex Smith, as the Jets were defeated by the Kansas City Chiefs 3-24. During a Week 6 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals, he collected a season-high seven solo tackles in a 3-28 loss. The following game, he earned six combined tackles and made his only solo sack of the season on Baltimore Raven' quarterback Joe Flacco in a 24-16 victory. Overall, he had 15 starts in 15 games and finished with a total of 62 combined tackles (38 solo), 1.5 sacks, two passes defended, and a forced fumble. He played 618 snaps (84%) at defensive lineman and 87 snaps (12%) at linebacker.

paragraph: Throughout the season, the New York Jets fielded offers to trade Richardson and made multiple attempts. During the week of the 2017 NFL Draft they had discussions with multiple teams that included the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys about trading him. Before the beginning of the season, the New York Jets fielded offers from the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, and Seattle Seahawks. Richardson cited that the Redskins and Seahawks were interested but wanted him to take a pay cut, which he refused.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Seattle Seahawks.

paragraph: On September 1, 2017, Richardson was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for Jermaine Kearse and a 2018 second-round draft pick.

paragraph: Upon arrival, he was switched to defensive tackle instead of the defensive end position he played with the Jets. Head coach Pete Carroll named the starting defensive tackle along with Jarran Reed. Upon a season - ending neck injury that starting defensive end Cliff Avril, the starting defensive line for the remainder of the season consisted of Richardson and Reed on the interior, with Frank Clark and Michael Bennett anchoring the defensive end positions.

paragraph: He made his Seattle Seahawks debut in their season-opening 9-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers and recorded four solo tackles. On October 8, 2017, Richardson intercepted a pass attempt from Los Angeles Rams' quarterback Jared Goff and also returned a fumble recovery for 20-yards during a 16-10 victory. During Week 13 against the Philadelphia Eagles, Richardson forced a fumble on the Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz at the Seahawks' 1-yard-line, preventing an Eagles touchdown and turning it into a touchback for Seattle instead. During Week 14 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Richardson was ejected for the first time in his NFL career after being involved in a brawl that occurred during the closing seconds of the fourth quarter.

paragraph: On the season he had 15 starts in 15 games and finished with a total of 44 combined tackles (27 solo), 1 sack, 1 pass defended, 1 interception, and a forced fumble.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minnesota Vikings.

paragraph: On March 16, 2018, Richardson signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings. He started all 16 games, recording 49 combined tackles and 4.5 sacks.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Cleveland Browns.

paragraph: On March 14, 2019, the Cleveland Browns signed Richardson to a three-year, $36 million contract, with $21 million guaranteed.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Career awards and highlights.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pro Bowl selection (2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month (November 2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- PFWA NFL All-Rookie Team ()

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pro Football Focus All-Rookie Team (2013)

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: On July 14, 2015, less than two weeks after receiving his suspension for failing the league's substance abuse policy, Richardson was arrested in St. Charles County, Missouri and charged with resisting arrest and traffic violations. He was reportedly street racing in excess of 140 miles per hour before attempting to evade the authorities pursuing him. Two other men and a 12-year-old were found to be in the car, all of whom smelled of marijuana. A loaded handgun was found beneath the driver's seat. He was not charged with any drug charges or child endangerment since according to the prosecutor, there was not enough evidence for a case that was beyond a reasonable doubt. There was no gun charge since guns are legal in Missouri and Richardson was in proper possession of it.

paragraph: On January 26, 2016, he was found guilty of reckless driving and resisting arrest. He was fined $1,050, received 2 years of probation, and was ordered to undergo 100 hours of community service.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Missouri Tigers bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- New York Jets bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pro-Football Reference

description: American football player, defensive lineman, defensive tackle

wikidata_label: Sheldon Richardson

wikipedia_title: Sheldon Richardson


text:
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Very Reverend
Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet
Dean of Worcester
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
Lord Charles FitzRoy
Admiral
Lord William FitzRoy
Harrow
Trinity College, Cambridge
Thetford
Whig
Bury St Edmunds
Lord Euston

categories: People educated at Harrow School,1785 births,1856 deaths,FitzRoy family,Younger sons of dukes

paragraph: John FitzRoy (1785–1856)

paragraph: John Edward FitzRoy (24 September 1785 – 28 December 1856), was a British politician.

paragraph: Section::::Background and education.

paragraph: FitzRoy was the sixth son of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of Great Britain, by his second wife Elizabeth Wrottesley, daughter of the Very Reverend Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet, Dean of Worcester. He was the half-brother of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, and Lord Charles FitzRoy and the full brother of Admiral Lord William FitzRoy. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.

paragraph: Section::::Public life.

paragraph: FitzRoy was returned to Parliament for Thetford in 1812 (succeeding his brother Lord William), a seat controlled by the FitzRoy family, and was a supporter of the Whig opposition. He was not re-elected in 1818 but returned to the House of Commons in 1820 as one of two representatives for Bury St Edmunds (succeeding his nephew Lord Euston), another seat controlled by the family. He continued to represent the constituency until 1826.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: FitzRoy never married. He died in December 1856, aged 71.

description: politician

wikidata_label: Lord John FitzRoy

wikipedia_title: Lord John FitzRoy

wikipedia_title: John FitzRoy (1785–1856)


text:
performance artist
ritualistic
Ice Age cave art
portable art
Winchester School of Art
Goldsmith's
brownsierra
prehistoric art
wunderkammer
Cabinet of Curiosities
paradox
ultraviolet light

categories: 20th-century British painters,British performance artists,British male painters,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Shaun Caton

paragraph: Shaun Caton is a British performance artist and painter, who has created over 280 live performances worldwide since the early 1980s. Often characterised by extreme duration (some performances have lasted 3 weeks) or brevity (some performances just 17 minutes), his works incorporate the installation of ancient and organic items, with the making of gigantic paintings, often illuminated by ultraviolet lighting. These works strongly reflect prehistoric or apocalyptic imagery.

paragraph: Caton's work evolved through the 1980s gradually forming the ritualistic hallmark that he has come to be recognised and associated with. His work is deeply informed by a study of Ice Age cave art and portable art, and in 2007/2008 he visited many of the painted caves in the Dordogne region of France. Caton studied at Winchester School of Art and Goldsmith's London, and became interest in experimenting with living art and the human body. His work is emotional and operates on many levels employing specially created soundtracks (composed in collaboration with sound artists brownsierra), altered lighting conditions, use of shadow play with puppetry, live action and sculptural installation.

paragraph: He has also used smell as an intrinsic aspect of his performances to evoke a primordial atmosphere. The performances shares an affinity with the activities and cosmological work of shamans, the complex symbolism of alchemy, and a knowledge of prehistoric art. In many ways, it is evocative of the concept of the wunderkammer or the 17th century Cabinet of Curiosities – it frequently uses paradox. A typical performance may last up to 7 hours, during which time Caton creates hundreds of automatic drawings, which are often obliterated and turned into new images.

paragraph: Caton has amassed a considerable array of props that he animates in his performances, such as: huge stuffed fish heads, petrified tree fungi, lead and pewter medieval toys/pilgrim's badges, ceramic shards, fossils, bones, masks, ancient dolls, Victorian photographs. His performances are recognisable by their obsessive use of multi-layering and vivid colours – whereas, his paintings are often in a muted palette of browns, blues, greys and blacks. Recently he made hundreds of minuscule drawings that could only be viewed with a magnifying lens in ultraviolet light.

paragraph: Section::::Prizes and awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The British Council 1989, 1991 and 1994

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Jacob Mendelson Scholarship Trust, 1990

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Outsider Archive, 1990

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Arts Council of Great Britain 1988 and 1994

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Penny Trust 2000

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Daguerreian Society USA, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- The British Council 2012

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bailey, D., Cochrane, A. and Zambelli, J. 2010. unearthed: a comparative study of Jōmon dogū and Neolithic figurines. Norwich: SCVA. Especially pages: 148-9.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.shauncaton.co.uk/

description: British artist

wikidata_label: Shaun Caton

wikipedia_title: Shaun Caton


text:
William de Vesci
William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
Grey Abbey
Kildare
Franciscans
1260
Second Barons' War
Gloucester Castle
Prince Edward
Henry III of England
John de Vesci
Scarborough Castle
Antony Bek
Edward I of England
White Abbey
Margaret, Maid of Norway
competitors for the Crown of Scotland
William the Lion
Eustace fitz John
1290
County Kildare
Kildare Castle
Rathangan Castle
Lord Justice
John FitzThomas, 4th Lord Offaly
King of Connaught
Kenilworth Castle
Dublin
Gascony
Malton Castle
Alnwick Castle
William de Vescy of Kildare
Donal Roe MacCarthy Mór
blazon

categories: 13th-century Scottish people,Barons in the Peerage of England,1297 deaths,Competitors for the Crown of Scotland,Year of birth unknown,De Vesci family,People from Alnwick

paragraph: William de Vesci (d.1297)

paragraph: William de Vesci or Vescy (died 1297) was a prominent 13th-century noble. He was a son of William de Vesci and Lady Agnes de Ferrers, daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, and Sibyl Marshal.

paragraph: He founded the Grey Abbey in Kildare, Ireland for the Franciscans in 1260. During the Second Barons' War campaign of 1265, William held Gloucester Castle against Prince Edward. He was pardoned afterwards and entered the service of King Henry III of England. He served against the Welsh in 1277 and later in 1282. He was appointed the justice of the forests north of the Trent in 1285.

paragraph: Upon the death of his brother John de Vesci in 1289, William succeeded to the family estates, including as Lord of Sprouston in Scotland. He was also granted the Constable of Scarborough Castle between 1289 until 1292. William was sent with Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham in 1289 to represent King Edward I of England in Scotland. He also founded White Abbey, near Kildare, Ireland for the Carmelites in 1290.

paragraph: Upon the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway in 1290, William became one of the competitors for the Crown of Scotland, deriving his claim from his grandmother, Margaret, illegitimate daughter of William the Lion and the wife of Eustace fitz John. William's claim was withdrawn on the eve of the King Edward I of England announcing which of the claimants would inherit the throne in 1292.

paragraph: With the death of his mother, Agnes on 11 May 1290, he inherited large estates in Ireland, including the franchise of the County Kildare with Kildare Castle and Rathangan Castle. On 12 September 1290, William was appointed Lord Justice in Ireland by King Edward I of England. His service was interrupted by complaints with William entering the king's court in 1293 and 1294 to answer charges against him. Sir John FitzThomas, 4th Lord Offaly, fiercely quarrelled with William over rival claimants of the King of Connaught. FitzThomas made claims to King Edward I of England that William had accused the king of cowardice during the siege of Kenilworth Castle in 1266, and was organising a rebellion against the king. William lost his position as Lord Justice. William attempted to sue FitzThomas for defamation before the council at Dublin. King Edward I summoned all the parties to Westminster, however, FitzThomas did not appear, and although William requested for a judgment in his favour by reason of the default, this was not allowed, with the matter finally being resolved during the parliament in August 1295. He was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1295.

paragraph: While he regained the kings favour, William did not regain his position of Lord Justice in Ireland, however was restored to his former position as justiciar of the forests beyond Trent. He was sent to Gascony in December 1295 on the king's service. William surrendered his lands of Kildare in 1297 on condition of his and his brother's debts to the exchequer being forgiven. Edward I regranted his lands in Kildare for life only. William also resigned Malton Castle and his Yorkshire estates to Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham, however he received them back for life and entailed after his death on his illegitimate son and his heirs. He also placed in charge of Alnwick Castle to Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham on trust, to restore it to his illegitimate son when he became of age. Soon afterwards William died in 1297.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and legacy.

paragraph: He married Isabella, daughter of Adam de Perinton and widow of Robert de Welles. They had issue:

paragraph: BULLET::::- John de Vesci, d. 1295. He married Clemence de Avagour, kinswoman of Queen Eleanor in 1286.

paragraph: He also fathered an illegitimate son, William de Vescy of Kildare, with Devorgille, daughter of Donal Roe MacCarthy Mór, Prince of Desmond.

paragraph: Section::::Arms.

paragraph: During the lifetime of his brother, John, William bore arms blazoned: "Or, a cross Sable, debruised by a label of five points Gules". Upon succeeding John, William bore arms blazoned "Or, a cross Sable". These arms would be later inherited by his illegitimate son, William.

description: Scottish nobleman

wikidata_label: William de Vesci

wikipedia_title: William de Vesci (d.1297)


text:
Slovene
illustrator
cartoonist
animator
Novo Mesto
English
History
University of Ljubljana
caricaturist
Levstik Award

categories: 1948 births,Slovenian caricaturists,Slovenian illustrators,Levstik Award laureates,Living people,People from Novo Mesto,University of Ljubljana alumni

paragraph: Marjan Manček

paragraph: Marjan Manček (born 3 January 1948) is a Slovene illustrator, cartoonist and animator. He has illustrated over 190 books and is himself also the author of 30 children's picture books and comics. He also produced a number of short animated films.

paragraph: Manček was born in Novo Mesto in 1948. He studied English and History at the University of Ljubljana, but mostly worked as a free-lance caricaturist, illustrator and film animator. In 2007 he won the Levstik Awardfor lifetime achievement in illustration.

description: Cartoonist, illustrator and animator

wikidata_label: Marjan Manček

wikipedia_title: Marjan Manček


text: Vicenza

text: Bützow

text: Italian

text: physician

text: chemist

text: Bützow

text: Salamet Anton Günther Billich

text: silver nitrate

text: Robert Boyle

text: Duke Gustav Adolph

text: Aphorismorum Chymiatricorum Synopsis

text: Digital edition

text: University and State Library Düsseldorf

categories: 1637 deaths,Italian chemists,1576 births,16th-century Italian people

paragraph: Angelo Sala

paragraph: Angelo Sala (Vicenza, 1576 - Bützow, 1637) was an Italian physician and chemist. In 1617, he demonstrated the identity of some artificial and natural compounds in his book Anatomia Vitrioli.

paragraph: Sala died on 2 October 1637 in Bützow.

paragraph: Section::::Early life, experiments, and important discoveries.:Early History.

paragraph: Angelo (Angelus) had only one child, a daughter, named Maria, with his wife, Katherine von Brockdorf. One of Angelo's enthusiastic students in Oldenburg, Salamet Anton Günther Billich, later married Angelo's daughter Maria.

paragraph: In the late 16th century, after Sala’s grandfather, Angelo Sala, immigrated to Geneva, Sala followed him, as did his brother Domenico Angelo Sala was the self-educated son of an Italian spinner (a person occupied in making thread by spinning). Sala never attended a university but is believed to have learned chemistry in Venice. It is unclear where he acquired his knowledge of medicine, but Sala acted as a physician for many years of his life, personally serving various members of the German nobility and troops.

paragraph: Section::::Early life, experiments, and important discoveries.:Medical career.

paragraph: He is reported working as a physician in a number of cities, including Dresden (1602), Sondrio and Ponte (1604), Nuremberg (1606), Frauenfeld (1607), and Geneva (1609). He settled in The Hague, Netherlands, as a physician in 1612-17. During 1617-20 he was physician to Count Anton Gunther of Oldenburg, and he supervised the pharmacies in the Count's territories.

paragraph: Sala studied medicine and chemistry extensively.He began publishing on chemistry and medicines in about 1608-9. He published rather extensively in the genre, including a book of medications in 1624. He asserted, for instance, was that fermentation was a regrouping of elementary particles that resulted in the formation of new substances.

paragraph: Section::::Early life, experiments, and important discoveries.:Building blocks for the invention of photography.

paragraph: One of his primary areas of study concerned chemical identity and the role of atoms in chemical changes. His experiments with silver nitrate and silver salts were an important step towards the invention of the photographic process. In 1614, he demonstrated that "powdered silver-nitrate is blackened by the sun" as well as paper that was wrapped around it. This discovery of the sun and its effect on powdered silver nitrate was not supported and subsequently disregarded by then "respected" scientists saying that his discovery "had no practical application." Strangely enough, there is a very practical application for his discovery and that is the prominent use of silver nitrate in the practice of alchemy.

paragraph: Robert Boyle had made a similar observation previously, but mistakenly believed that the darkening resulted from exposure to air, rather than light.

paragraph: It was not until Sala's discovery was combined with the optical works of many other chemists, however, that photography was finally invented in the 1830s. His work was a major step towards a better understanding of chemical reactions and the realization that some substances are composed of chemical combinations of other substances. In 1625, Sala pursued his research interests in conjunction with his service as the personal physician to Johann Albrecht, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gustow, and then after 1636 as physician to Johann Albrecht's successor, Duke Gustav Adolph in Butzow.

paragraph: Section::::Death and rememberence.

paragraph: Sala died on October 2, 1637. Though he began as the uneducated son of a spinner, and the fact that none of his practices are taught about, both his life and work, though unconventional medical practices, were proven to work so well, even exceed the usefulness of the then commonly used medical traditions, that his services were recommended and used by the highest levels of nobility. He was constantly transferring to new cities to serve as personal physician to dozens of upper class leaders. His non-association to any specific medical practice was seems to have surpassed in its applications and pragmatically self-evident. Sala did well enough that his son, Kammerprusident of Gustow sought ennoblement and his great grandson was named a Count of the Empire in the 18th century.

paragraph: Sala was above all a practitioner. In his view, demonstrations could be carried out only through manual operations (inventionibus manualibus), that is to say, only with the aid of experimental examples, which he clearly distinguished from argumentation. For him, chemistry was still a handicraft (ars).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aphorismorum Chymiatricorum Synopsis. Bremae 1620, edizione online di Sächsischen Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

paragraph: BULLET::::- Processus Angeli Salae, Chymici illius & Philosophi Spagyrici celeberrimi, De Auro Potabili, Novo, Paucisque Adhuc Cognito. Argentorati 1630, edizione online di Sächsischen Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Angeli Salae Vicentini Veneti Chimiatri candidissimi Essentiarum vegetabilium anatome" . Hallervord / Richel, Rostock 1630 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

paragraph: BULLET::::- Angeli Salae, Vicentini Veneti, Chymiatri Candidissimi, Saccharologia. Rostock 1637, edizione online di Sächsischen Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

description: Italian chemist

wikidata_label: Angelo Sala

wikipedia_title: Angelo Sala