text:
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Henry VII
Henry VII Lady Chapel
Westminster Abbey
St. John Bedwardine
Worcester
Royal Grammar School Worcester
Margaret Beaufort's
Henry Tudor
Knight of the Bath
Henry VII
Knight of the Garter
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
University of Oxford
new man
Edward IV
Exchequer
Brittany
annexed
Henry VII's Chapel
St George's Chapel
Windsor Castle
Malvern Priory
St. George's Chapel
rebus
Jesus College
Cambridge
John Alcock
Calais
St George's Chapel, Windsor
Edmund Braye
William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys

categories: Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster,15th-century English architects,People from Worcester,Knights of the Garter,1503 deaths,People educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester,Gothic architects,15th-century English people,1440s births,People of the Tudor period

paragraph: Reginald Bray

paragraph: Sir Reginald Bray (c. 1440 – 24 June 1503) was the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Henry VII, English courtier, and architect of the Henry VII Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Reginald Bray was born about 1440 in St. John Bedwardine parish, then outside of Worcester, the second son of Sir Richard Bray, a surgeon, and educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester. He worked as Margaret Beaufort's estate officer for twenty years, and had a leading role in the conspiracy to place Henry Tudor on the English throne.

paragraph: Bray was created a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Henry VII, and, later, a Knight of the Garter. He also became Treasurer and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1496 he was created Steward of the University of Oxford.

paragraph: Surrey deed C.3273

paragraph: "Grant by Thomas, earl of Ormond, to Reginald Bray, knight, of the lordships or manors of Shire and Vachary in Craneley parish, for his life, reserving the advowson of Shire church and the right of entry into Vachary park to hunt, with easement for the said earl, his servants and horses when staying within the lordship of Shire";" Reginald providing a chaplain called 'a chauntry prest' to officiate in the chapel of Vachary manor; with letter of attorney authorising John Westbroke to deliver seisin. 28 January 1 Henry VII. Seal.

paragraph: A new man, his most notable achievement in Government was the restructuring of the King's finances and as the administrator of such, including the King's will, from 1485 until his death, he was the equivalent of the Prime Minister.

paragraph: Bray continued the work of Edward IV in moving away from the collection of royal revenues through the Exchequer system and instead increasing the application of the Chamber of the Household system to collect money. He was also made paymaster of the unsuccessful operation intended to relieve the Dukedom of Brittany from being annexed by France, although the failures of this mission can in no way be attributed to him.

paragraph: As well as designing Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster, he also designed St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle and Great Malvern Priory. At St. George's Chapel, the vault is sculpted in various places with Sir Reginald's rebus of a hemp bray to signify his support and design of the chapel.

paragraph: He also played a major role in the construction of Jesus College in Cambridge and was friends with its founder, John Alcock.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Bray married, about 1475, Katherine Hussey (d.1506), the younger of the two daughters and coheirs of Nicholas Hussey of Calais, by whom he had no issue.

paragraph: Bray died without issue on 5 August 1503, and was buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor. Bray had a brother of the whole blood, John Bray, and an elder half brother, also named John Bray. After litigation, Reginald Bray's estates were divided between his nephew, Edmund Braye, eldest son of his brother of the whole blood, John Bray, and William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, who had married Margery Bray, the daughter of Bray's elder brother of the half blood, John Bray.

description: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

wikidata_label: Reginald Bray

wikipedia_title: Reginald Bray


text: prelate

text: Cremonese

text: Casalaschi

text: Bologna

text: Mainz

text: subdeacon

text: bishop of Cremona

text: Crema

text: Castelleone

text: Province of Cremona

text: Pontifical legate

text: Peter of Capua

text: Fourth Crusade

text: Constantinople

text: Frederick II

text: Holy Roman Emperor

text: Otto IV

text: Braunschweig

text: universal history

text: creation

text: Salimbene de Adam

text: canon law

text: defence

text: liturgy

categories: 1155 births,People from Cremona,Italian historians,13th-century historians,Italian male non-fiction writers,Canon law jurists,13th-century Roman Catholic bishops,13th-century Latin writers,1215 deaths

paragraph: Sicard of Cremona

paragraph: Sicardus of Cremona (Latin: "Sicardus Cremonensis"; Italian: "Sicardo") (1155–1215) was an Italian prelate, historian and writer.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Sicardo was born into a Cremonese family, probably the Casalaschi. He studied law in Bologna and Mainz, then returned to Cremona where he became a subdeacon in 1183 and bishop of Cremona in 1185. ("Sicardus episcopus Cremonensis").

paragraph: On April 18, 1188, Bishop Sicardo laid the first stone of a new castle to defend Cremona. This was an outpost toward Crema, the "Castrum Leonis", today Castelleone (Province of Cremona).

paragraph: In 1203 he followed the Pontifical legate Cardinal Peter of Capua to the East and during the Fourth Crusade he was found in Constantinople. In 1205 Sicardo returned to Cremona where he supported Frederick II against the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV of Braunschweig.

paragraph: Sicardo died in Cremona in 1215.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chronica Universalis" (1213) – covers universal history from the creation to 1213 and was used extensively by Salimbene de Adam in his "Chronica".

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Summa Canonum" (Magonza 1179-1181) – a digest of canon law.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Apologia Sichardi" – a defence against his detractors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mitrale" (in 9 books) - a work on ecclesiastical liturgy. Recently this work was published in a new edition: "Sicardi Cremonensis episcopi Mitralis de officiis", ed. Gábor Sarbak and Lorenz Weinrich (Turnhout: Brepols, 2008).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indexes

description: Italian historian

wikidata_label: Sicard of Cremona

wikipedia_title: Sicard of Cremona


text:
Mixtec
Oaxaca
manuscript
Codex Zouche-Nuttall
Mixtec manuscripts
Tilantongo
Xipe
Red and White Bundle
jaguar
Toltec
Cholula
turquoise
Tilantongo
Mixteca Alta
Teozacualco
Mixteca Baja
Tututepec
coastal Mixteca

categories: Mixtec people,1115 deaths,Year of birth unknown

paragraph: Eight Deer Jaguar Claw

paragraph: Eight Deer Jaguar Claw ( ), or 8 Deer for briefness, was a powerful Mixtec ruler in 11th century Oaxaca referred to in the 15th century deerskin manuscript Codex Zouche-Nuttall, and other Mixtec manuscripts. His surname is alternatively translated "Tiger-Claw" and "Ocelot-Claw". John Pohl has dated his life as having lasted from 1063 until his death by sacrifice in 1115. Consonant with standard Mesoamerican practice, the "Eight Deer" component of his name refers to his day of birth within the 260-day Mesoamerican cycle, which cycles through 13 numbers and 20 various signs ("e.g.", animals, plants, natural phenomena).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born on the Mixtec Calendar date from which he got his name, 8 Deer was the son of the high priest of Tilantongo "5 Crocodile" “Sun of Rain”. His mother was Lady "9 Eagle" “Cocoa-Flower”, queen of Tecamachalco. He also had two brothers, "12 Earthquake" “Bloody Jaguar” and "9 Flower" “Copalball with Arrow” who were both faithful war companions of 8 Deer.

paragraph: He also had a half-sister 6 Lizard “Jade-Fan”. First the fiancee and lover of 8 Deer himself, she was finally married to 8 Deer's archenemy 11 Wind “Bloody Jaguar”, the king of the city "Xipe's Bundle", also known as Red and White Bundle. The lords of Xipe's Bundle had rights to the throne of Tilantongo and were therefore the most important rivals to 8 Deer's power.

paragraph: Lord 8 Deer is remembered for his military expansion. The Codex Zouche-Nuttall counts 94 cities conquered during his reign. Almost always pictured wearing a jaguar helmet, he supported the powerful Toltec ruler of Cholula, Lord "4 Jaguar" “Face of the Night” in his attempts at expansionism, and was thus awarded a turquoise nose ornament, a symbol of Toltec royal authority.

paragraph: The Codices also tell of his several marriages which seem to have been part of a political strategy to achieve dominance by marrying into different Mixtec royal lineages. He married "13 Serpent", daughter of his own stepsister and former fiancee of "6 Lizard".

paragraph: In 1101 8 Deer finally conquered Xipe's Bundle, killed his wife's father and his stepsister's husband "11 Wind" and tortured and killed his brothers-in-law, except the youngest one by the name of "4 Wind". In 1115 "4 Wind" led an alliance between different Mixtec kingdoms against 8 Deer who was taken prisoner and sacrificed by "4 Wind", his own nephew and brother-in-law.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: 8 Deer was the only Mixtec king ever to unite kingdoms of the three Mixtec areas: Tilantongo in the Mixteca Alta area with Teozacualco of the Mixteca Baja area and Tututepec of the coastal Mixteca area.

paragraph: His reputation as a great ruler has given him a legendary status among the Mixtecs; some aspects of his life story as it is told in the pictographic codices seem to merge with myth. Furthermore, actual knowledge of his life is hindered by the lack of complete understanding of the Mixtec codices, and although the study of the codices has advanced much over the past 20 years, it is still difficult to achieve a definitive interpretation of their narrative. The narrative, as it is currently understood, is a tragic story of a man who achieves greatness but falls victim to his own hunger for power. The above biography of 8 Deer is based on the Codex's interpretation by Mixtec specialist John Pohl.

description: Mixtec ruler

wikidata_label: Eight Deer Jaguar Claw

wikipedia_title: Eight Deer Jaguar Claw


text: Chief Minister

text: Maharashtra

text: Bombay State

text: Deputy Prime Minister of India

text: Maratha

text: Satara District

text: Sangli

text: Maharashtra

text: Non-cooperation Movement

text: political science

text: Bombay University

text: Jawaharlal Nehru

text: Sardar Patel

text: Keshavrao Jedhe

text: Phaltan

text: Quit India

text: Bombay State

text: South Satara

text: Morarji Desai

text: Maharashtra

text: Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti

text: Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti

text: Karad

text: Bombay state

text: Marathi

text: co-operative movement

text: Krishna Menon

text: Jawaharlal Nehru

text: Lal Bahadur Shastri

text: Nashik

text: Indira Gandhi

text: Sanjeeva Reddy

text: Syndicate faction

text: Internal State of Emergency

text: Indira Gandhi

text: Indira Gandhi

text: Congress (Indira)

text: Congress (Urs)

text: Devaraj Urs

text: Dev Kant Baruah

text: Kasu Brahmananda Reddy

text: A.K. Antony

text: Sharad Pawar

text: Sarat Chandra Sinha

text: Priyaranjan Das Munshi

text: Shankar Dayal Sharma

text: Umashankar Dikshit

text: Chidambaram Subramaniam

text: Antulay

text: Gulabrao Patil

text: Janata Party

text: Indian Congress (Socialist)

text: Charan Singh

text: Karad

text: Krishna-Koyna Pritisangam

text: Konkan

text: Deccan Plateau

text: Sunil Khilnani

text: Kanti Bajpai

text: Kanwal Sibal

text: Yashwant sagar

text: Nagpur

text: Karad

text: Pimpri

text: Shivaji University

text: Kolhapur

text: Mumbai Pune Expressway

text: Marathi Vishwakosh

text: Lakshman Shastri Joshi

text: Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan, Mumbai

categories: People from Satara district,Defence Ministers of India,Maharashtra MLAs 1960–1962,Finance Ministers of India,1913 births,Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra,Ministers of Internal Affairs of India,5th Lok Sabha members,Bombay State MLAs 1957–1960,Marathi politicians,3rd Lok Sabha members,Chief ministers from Indian National Congress,Leaders of the Opposition (India),Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra,Ministers for External Affairs of India,4th Lok Sabha members,Indian Deputy Prime Ministers,Maharashtra MLAs 1962–1967,Chief Ministers of Maharashtra,1984 deaths,6th Lok Sabha members,7th Lok Sabha members,People from Maharashtra,Bombay State politicians

paragraph: Yashwantrao Chavan

paragraph: Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the division of Bombay State and the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was a strong Congress leader, co-operative leader, social activist and writer. He was popularly known as "Leader of Common People". He advocated social democracy in his speeches and articles and was instrumental in establishing co-operatives in Maharashtra for the betterment of the farmers.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Yashwantrao Chavan was born in a Maratha Hendre Patil family on 12 March 1913 in the village of Devrashtre in Satara District (now in Sangli District) of Maharashtra, India. He lost his father in his early childhood and was brought up by his uncle and mother. His mother taught him about self-dependency and patriotism. From his childhood he was fascinated by the freedom struggle of India.

paragraph: Despite the adverse family situation, Chavan was an active participant in the struggle for independence of India. In 1930, he was fined for his participation in the Non-cooperation Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi. During this period he came in contact with Swami Ramanand Bharti, Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale, Gaurihar (Appasaheb) Sihasane V. S. Page and Govind Kruparam Wani. Their friendship lasted forever. In 1932, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for hoisting the Indian flag in Satara.

paragraph: Chavan obtained his B.A. degree in history and political science from the then Bombay University in 1938. In this period, he was involved in many social activities and was closely associated with the Congress party and its leaders, such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel and Keshavrao Jedhe. In 1940, he became President of Satara District Congress. In 1941 he passed his LLB. In 1942, he married Venutai at Phaltan in Dist Satara.

paragraph: He was one of the delegates at the Bombay session of the A.I.C.C. in 1942 that gave the call for Quit India and he was subsequently arrested for his participation in the movement. Chavan was finally released from jail in 1944.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.:Offices held in the State Government of Bombay.

paragraph: In 1946, he was first elected as Member of Legislative Assembly of the Bombay State from the South Satara constituency. In the same year he was appointed as parliamentary secretary to the Home Minister of Bombay State. In the next government of Morarji Desai he was appointed as Minister of Civil Supplies, Social Welfare and Forests. In 1953 he was a signatory to the Nagpur Pact that assured equitable development of all regions of what is now the state of Maharashtra. The 1950s witnessed the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (United Maharashtra Movement) leading struggle for United Maharashtra with Mumbai as its capital. Chavan never joined the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (United Maharashtra Movement) and in fact called Prime minister Nehru, who opposed formation of language based state reorganization, as "Greater than Maharashtra". In 1957 Assembly elections Yashwantrao Chavan was elected from the Karad constituency. This time he was elected as Leader of Congress Legislative Party and became Chief Minister of the bilingual Bombay state. The election saw the Congress party losing badly in the Marathi speaking areas to the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti. However, he was able to persuade Nehru to agree to form Maharashtra and therefore he is regarded as the chief architect in the formation of Marathi speaking state of Maharashtra. On 1 May 1960, Yashwantrao Chavan became the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra. From 1957 to 1960 he also served on the All India Congress Working Committee.

paragraph: Chavan's vision for Maharashtra for the development envisaged the equal development of both the industrial and agricultural sectors across all the regions of the state. He sought to realise this vision through the co-operative movement. Legislation regarding democratic decentralized bodies and the Agricultural Land Ceiling Act were passed during his tenure as Chief Minister.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.:Roles in Central Government.

paragraph: After the resignation of Krishna Menon as Defense Minister in 1962 in the wake of India-China Border Conflict, Yashwantrao was given that portfolio by Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He handled the delicate post-war situation firmly and took several decisions to empower the armed forces and negotiated, along with Pandit Nehru, with China to end the hostilities. He also held the Defense portfolio in the Lal Bahadur Shastri Government during the Indo-Pakistan War of September 1965.

paragraph: In the by-elections in 1962, Chavan was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament from the Nashik parliamentary constituency. On 14 November 1966, he was appointed Home Minister of India by Prime minister, Indira Gandhi.

paragraph: Yeshwantrao came in for criticism at the time of the first congress split in 1969. He had stuck to his earlier commitment to vote for the official Congress candidate, Sanjeeva Reddy in the presidential elections and in

paragraph: doing so, had invited the ire of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, but later be shifted his ground and supported her. In doing so, he exposed himself to the charge of duplicity and of being a fence-sitter. According to Hatalkar, it might be said in his favour that he had nothing in common with the Syndicate faction of the Congress party but was fully in rapport with Mrs. Gandhi's views, if not her methods, that his prime anxiety was to maintain the unity of

paragraph: the Congress, but that when he found that the split was inevitable, he did not succumb to the blandishments held out before him by some members of the Syndicate.

paragraph: On 26 June 1970, she appointed him the Finance Minister of India. During his term, Indian economy went into recession for the first time since 1966 and real GDP growth fell by 0.55% in 1972.

paragraph: He was appointed as the Foreign Minister on 11 October 1974. In June 1975, an Internal State of Emergency was declared in India by the Indira Gandhi Government. This period saw a severe crackdown on leaders and parties opposed to Mrs. Gandhi's rule. Yashwantrao remained in her Government during this period. In the subsequent general elections 1977, the Congress was routed with the party leader and Prime minister, Indira Gandhi herself losing her parliamentary seat. Therefore in the new Parliament, Chavan was elected the Congress Party Parliamentary leader. As Congress now the biggest opposition party, he became the Leader of opposition.

paragraph: Section::::Split in Congress.

paragraph: At the end of 1978, at its annual session in Bengaluru, the Congress split into two namely; Congress (Indira) and Congress (Urs). The important leaders who joined the Congress Urs were Devaraj Urs, Dev Kant Baruah, Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, A.K. Antony, Sharad Pawar, Sarat Chandra Sinha, Priyaranjan Das Munshi and Yashwantrao Chavan. On the other side, Indira Gandhi established her own party called Congress (I) and it included leaders like Shankar Dayal Sharma, Umashankar Dikshit, Kamruddin Ali Ahmad, Chidambaram Subramaniam, Barrister A.R.Antulay and Gulabrao Patil. Yashwantrao Chavan's political career suffered a major setback following his decision to move away from Indira Gandhi. Congress (Urs) disintegrated and Devaraj Urs himself joined the Janata Party and Congress(Urs) was renamed the Indian Congress (Socialist).Yeshwantrao was appointed as Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India in the short-lived cabinet of Prime Minister Charan Singh in 1979.

paragraph: In the general elections of January 1980, Congress (I) won a majority in Parliament and came to power under the leadership of Indira Gandhi. In this election, Yashwantrao Chavan was the only candidate elected from Maharashtra as MP on a Congress (S) ticket. In 1981, Yashwantrao was admitted to Congress(I) after a six month wait. Critics at that time commented that the "Fence-sitter has come home to roost". In 1982, he was appointed the Chairman of the 8th Finance Commission of India.

paragraph: Section::::Death and legacy.

paragraph: Yashwantrao Chavan died of a heart attack on 25 November 1984 in Delhi. He was 71. He was cremated in Karad with full state honours on 27 November and his "Samadhi" (resting place) is situated at Krishna-Koyna Pritisangam.

paragraph: Section::::Death and legacy.:Legacy.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yashwantrao Chavan holds the record of being the only Maharashtrian leader who held the 4 most important portfolios in the Union government. They are Home, External Affairs, Defence and Finance. He ably discharged his duties as the minister of the concerned ministries.

paragraph: BULLET::::- When Yashwantrao was appointed Federal Defence minister following the China war in 1962, a popular saying arose in Maharashtra- "हिमालयाच्या हाकेला धावला सह्याद्री" ("Himalayachya Hakela Dhavla Sahyadri"), translated in English, Sahyadri (the mountain range that separates Konkan from the Deccan Plateau) came rushing on the call (for help) by the Himalaya.

paragraph: BULLET::::- During the 1960s and early 70s when Yashwantrao was at the peak of his power and influence, he was called Pratishivaji or New Shivaji.

paragraph: Section::::Death and legacy.:Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishtan (Foundation).

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1985, soon after his death,Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishtan (Foundation) was established in Mumbai.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2010, The Pratishtan instituted a corpus at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) for the conduct of an annual Y B Chavan Memorial lecture.Yashwantrao was the founding President of IDSA. The inaugural lecture in 2010 was delivered by Prof. Sunil Khilnani. Prof. Kanti Bajpai, and Ambassador Kanwal Sibal delivered the 2011 and 2012 lectures respectively

paragraph: Section::::Death and legacy.:Places named after Yashwantrao Chavan.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1980, Ujjani Back water named Yashwant sagar on Bhima River village Ujjani in Solapur district.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1984, an engineering college named Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering was established in Nagpur.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1989, an open university named 'Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University' was established at Nasik in Maharashtra. The expressway between Pune and Mumbai is named after him as are the auditoriums in the Kothrud suburb of Pune, at Nariman Point in Mumbai and the Town Hall in Karad.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial hospital in Sant Tukaram Nagar area of Pimpri is named after him.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shivaji University, Kolhapur has established 'Yashwantrao Chavan School of Rural Development'.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2009, the Mumbai Pune Expressway, India's first Express-Way, was named Yashwantrao Chavan Mumbai-Pune Express-Way.

paragraph: Section::::Death and legacy.:Literature.

paragraph: Yashwantrao Chavan took a keen interest in literature. He established the Marathi Sahitya Mandal and supported the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan(Conference). He was very closely associated with many poets, editors and several Marathi and Hindi writers. He initiated compilation of Marathi Vishwakosh (a Marathi language encyclopedia). For this, he nominated Lakshman Shastri Joshi as a chairman. He had planned to write his autobiography in three parts. The first part covers his early years in Satara district. Since his native place is situated on the banks of Krishna River he named the first volume as "Krishna Kath". His years as the Chief Minister of the bilingual Bombay state and later as that of the newly formed Maharashtra state were spent in Mumbai and so the proposed name for the second volume was "Sagar Tir". Later in 1962 he was appointed Defence Minister of India by Nehru. From then he was in Delhi until his death in 1984; so he had proposed the name "Yamuna Kath" for his third volume. He was able to complete and publish only the first volume.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan, Mumbai

description: Indian politician

wikidata_label: Yashwantrao Chavan

wikipedia_title: Yashwantrao Chavan


text:
Iceland
Social Democratic Party
Þorsteinn Gylfason
Thorvaldur Gylfason
Vilmundur Gylfason
Guðrún Vilmundardóttir

categories: 2004 deaths,1917 births,Education ministers of Iceland,Members of the Althing

paragraph: Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason

paragraph: Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason (7 February 1917 – 18 August 2004) was an Icelandic politician.

paragraph: Gylfi was a member of the Social Democratic Party. He served as Minister of Education 1956–1971, as Minister of Industry 1956–1958 and as Minister of Commerce 1956–1971. He was the chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 1968 to 1974.

paragraph: He was the father of Þorsteinn Gylfason, a philosopher, Thorvaldur Gylfason, a professor of economics, and Vilmundur Gylfason, a left-wing politician. He was married to Guðrún Vilmundardóttir.

alias:
Gylfi Thorsteinsson Gíslason
Gylfi Thorsteinsson Gislason

description: Icelandic politician

wikidata_label: Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason

wikipedia_title: Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason


text:
Ashtarkhanid
Khanate of Bukhara
Boqi Muhammad
Shah Abbas I

categories: 17th-century rulers,Asian rulers,Year of birth unknown,17th-century deaths,Khanate of Bukhara

paragraph: Vali Muhammad Khan

paragraph: Vali Muhammad Khan was a leader of the Ashtarkhanid (Janid) dynasty in the Khanate of Bukhara from 1605-1611 AD.

paragraph: He became leader after the death of his brother, Boqi Muhammad,

paragraph: but was opposed by Imam Quli Khan. Vali Muhammad Khan was not the popular choice to become leader and Imam Quli Khan enlisted support of many people, especially merchants and landlords. Upon hearing of a well organised assassination attempt, Vali Muhammad Khan fled the area and headed to the palace of Shah Abbas I to try and garner support. Abbas obliged the Khan, and gave him an army and sent him back to Bukhara, but the attempting at crushing the insurgency failed and Vali Muhammad Khan died. He was succeeded by Imam Quli Khan.

description: Ashtarkhanid leader

wikidata_label: Vali Muhammad Khan

wikipedia_title: Vali Muhammad Khan


text:
Correggio
Reggio Emilia
arquebus
Siege of Malta
Giacomo Bosio
Knights of St. John

categories: Italian male writers,1505 births,16th-century soldiers,Italian soldiers,People from Correggio, Emilia-Romagna,16th-century writers,1589 deaths,16th-century Maltese people,16th-century Italian people

paragraph: Francisco Balbi di Correggio

paragraph: Francisco Balbi di Correggio (16 March 1505 – 12 December 1589), born in Correggio in the province of Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy, was an arquebusier who served with the Spanish contingent during the Siege of Malta. Little is known about him other than that he maintained a journal throughout the siege, which he afterwards published.

paragraph: Balbi's is the best-known eyewitness account of the siege (there is at least one other, in the form of a long poem by the knight Hipolito Sans), and all subsequent histories rely heavily upon it, including that of Giacomo Bosio, the official historian of the Knights of St. John, whose massive account first appeared in 1588.

paragraph: Balbi's journal, apparently with some revisions after the fact, was first published in Spain in 1567. A second revised and extended edition was published in 1568. The first English translation appeared in 1961 by Henry A. Balbi, who might have been a distant descendant of the author. Another, less literal translation with some cuts was made by Ernle Bradford in 1965.

description: Italian writer

wikidata_label: Francisco Balbi di Correggio

wikipedia_title: Francisco Balbi di Correggio


text:
Vivenne Westwood
Marilyn Monroe
Models 1
Vivienne Westwood
Mini Crini
i-D
Tank Girl
Elle
Vogue
The Face
dominatrix
"U.F.O."
Oh Marbella!
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
Godwin Nwafor
Alabama 3
The Making of Plus One
Enter the Void
Rag Tale
Spider
Oh Marbella!
Bridget Jones's Diary
Best
Go Now
The Wedding Tackle
Carry On Columbus
24 Hours in London
Interview with the Vampire
U.F.O.
Split Second
Red Dwarf
Terrorform
Glam Metal Detectives
Comic Strip Presents
The Bill
Grange Hill
Tipping the Velvet
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
Witch of Endor
Adam Ant
Glam Metal Detectives
Blur
Betty Boo
Duran Duran
Gun (band)

categories: Living people,1966 births,English film actresses,English female models

paragraph: Sara Stockbridge

paragraph: Sara Stockbridge (born Sarah Jane Stockbridge; 14 November 1965) is an English model, actress and author. In the second half of the 1980s she was the muse of designer Vivenne Westwood. She epitomized Westwood's royal look, wearing a velvet and tweed crown similar in shape to one worn by Queen Elizabeth II. Stockbridge's take on Marilyn Monroe, with smudged red lipstick, hair worn up in pin-curls, tight sweaters and heels was one of the iconic looks of the late 80s.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Stockbridge was born in Woking, Surrey, England. Her father was a civil engineer. Sara and her brother spent their early childhood with their family living in Trinidad, Bahrain, and Peru before returning to Woking in the late 1970s.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Modelling.

paragraph: Stockbridge moved to London aged 18 and was taken on by Models 1. A couple of years later she modeled for Vivienne Westwood.

paragraph: The first fashion show she worked as model at was Mini Crini, Spring/Summer 1985. Afterwards Westwood asked her to front a music project called Choice. She appeared on the cover of "i-D" and "Blitz" magazines.

paragraph: Sara modelled as Tank Girl for a series of promotional photos by photographer Paul Spencer, aiming to be cast as Tank Girl in the movie of the same name. Although she did not get the part, the photos became well known and were seen on the covers of magazines such as "Elle", "Vogue" and "The Face". She appeared as a shorn headed dominatrix in the British comedy film "U.F.O.". In the film "Oh Marbella!" she plays the rich wife of a businessman at a nude resort in Spain.

paragraph: Stockbridge is still active in the modelling / acting world, and recently she returned for appearances on Westwood's runways, and in British "Vogue".

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Writing.

paragraph: Her first novel "Hammer" was published in 2009, and her second novel "Cross My Palm" in 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Her son Max was born in 1990. She also has a daughter, Lelu.

paragraph: At 45 she married Cobalt Stargazer, lead guitarist with Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction. Together they formed a new band, Rooster, with Godwin Nwafor of Alabama 3.

paragraph: Section::::Movies.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Making of Plus One" – (Rusty Robinson) 2010

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Enter the Void" – (Suzy) 2009

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rag Tale" – (Sally May) 2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Spider" – (Gladys)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Oh Marbella!" – (Maggie) 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bridget Jones's Diary" – (Melinda) 2001

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Best" – (Night Huntress)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Go Now" – (Bridget)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wedding Tackle" – (Felicity)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Carry On Columbus" – (Nina the Model)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "24 Hours in London" – (Simone)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Interview with the Vampire" – (Estelle)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "U.F.O." – (Zoe)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Split Second" – (Tiffany)

paragraph: Section::::Television.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Red Dwarf" – Handmaiden from episode entitled "Terrorform"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Glam Metal Detectives" – (Various Roles)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Comic Strip Presents" – (Various Roles)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Bill" – Gail Stuart, Liz Terry and Carol Tate in a variety of episodes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Grange Hill" – Suzie Gilks, Maddie Gilks' mum.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tipping the Velvet" (BBC Film) – Dickie

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married" (ITV) – Megan

paragraph: BULLET::::- "David" (1997 biblical telefilm) – Witch of Endor

paragraph: Section::::Music.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Adam Ant's Music Video – 'Room at the Top"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Glam Metal Detectives' single "Everybody Up!"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blur's promotional video "Country House"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Betty Boo's promotional video "Hangover"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Duran Duran's promotional video "Electric Barbarella" – 1997

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gun (band)'s promotional video "Taking on the world"

description: American actress, screenwriter, author and model

wikidata_label: Sara Stockbridge

wikipedia_title: Sara Stockbridge


text: CBE

text: radicals

text: The University of Hong Kong

text: Shantou

text: Munsang College

text: St. John's University

text: Japanese invasion

text: The University of Hong Kong

text: The University of Hong Kong

text: University of Oxford

text: University of Chicago

text: University of Malaya

text: National University of Singapore

text: Kuala Lumpur

text: Faculty of Science

text: Nanyang University

text: The University of Hong Kong

text: Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee

categories: Hong Kong academics,Hong Kong BLCC members,2015 deaths,Alumni of the University of Oxford,Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong,1920 births,Hong Kong BLDC members,Alumni of St. John's Hall, University of Hong Kong,St. John's University, Shanghai alumni,Hong Kong people of Chaoshanese descent,Alumni of the University of Hong Kong,Vice-Chancellors of the University of Hong Kong,Commanders of the Order of the British Empire,National University of Singapore faculty

paragraph: Rayson Huang

paragraph: Rayson Huang, CBE (; 1 September 1920 − 8 April 2015), was a Hong Kong chemist, who was an expert on radicals. He was the first Chinese Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong, a position in which he served from 1972 until 1986.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Huang's family came from Shantou, Guangdong. He completed his primary and secondary education at Munsang College, where his father was the founding principal. He later attended St. John's University in Shanghai in 1937, but his studies were interrupted by the Japanese invasion. After 1938 he continued his studies as a scholarship student at The University of Hong Kong. In Hong Kong Huang majored in chemistry at St. John's Hall (now called St. John's College). In addition to his academic studies, Huang was an accomplished violinist. Following the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941, Huang briefly worked with British auxiliary forces and was responsible for detecting chemical weapons. In 1942 his studies at the University were interrupted when the school was forced to close. Huang returned to China in 1942 and arrived in Guangxi. By 1945 Huang had followed other members of The University of Hong Kong chemistry department to Britain and received a scholarship to study at the University of Oxford's Institute of Chemistry. He received at doctorate in chemistry and subsequently pursued his post-doctoral research at the University of Chicago. During his study in Chicago, he met his future wife Grace Wei Huang.

paragraph: Section::::Academic career.

paragraph: In 1951, Huang taught chemistry at the University of Malaya in Singapore (now National University of Singapore) and later he was transferred to University of Malaya's Kuala Lumpur campus. He became a tenured professor of chemistry and then acting Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Science.

paragraph: Section::::University administrator.

paragraph: In 1969 Huang was appointed as Vice-Chancellor at Nanyang University in Singapore.

paragraph: In 1972 Huang became the first Chinese Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong and quelled a student demonstration during a royal visit to Hong Kong. In addition, he served in various capacities including becoming a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee in drafting Hong Kong's post handover constitution. Rayson Huang and his wife retired in 1994 and lived with their son.

paragraph: Section::::Retirement and post-academic life.

paragraph: By 1999 the Huang's returned to Hong Kong. His wife Grace who was suffering from senile dementia then died in Hong Kong.

paragraph: To commemorate his wife's life, Rayson Huang established the "Grace Wei Huang Memorial Fund". and authored a memoir, "A Lifetime in Academia: An autobiography by Rayson Huang"

paragraph: , the proceeds from which will be set aside for the fund.

paragraph: Huang had a wide range of hobbies, one of the most special having been the study of violin making. He returned to Hong Kong on a regular basis. Huang also established the Progress of Hong Kong's Rayson Huang and the "Rayson Huang Foundation." in Malaysia.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The oral history of Rayson Huang - Hong Kong Memory

description: Chinese chemist

wikidata_label: Rayson Huang

wikipedia_title: Rayson Huang


text:
Northern Ireland
Sinn Féin
Fermanagh District Council
Northern Ireland Forum
Northern Ireland Assembly
1998 election
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
2003
2007
Michelle Gildernew
St Comhghall's Secondary School
Lisnaskea
Fianna Fáil
The Impartial Reporter
Aontú
pro-life
Peadar Tóibín
May 2019 local election
District Electoral Area
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
NIA profile

categories: Members of the Northern Ireland Forum,Living people,Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011,People educated at St Comhghall's Secondary School,1957 births,Councillors in Northern Ireland,Sinn Féin MLAs,Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003,Fianna Fáil politicians,Aontú politicians,Independent members of the Northern Ireland Assembly

paragraph: Gerry McHugh

paragraph: Gerry McHugh (born 9 October 1957) is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. He represented Sinn Féin on Fermanagh District Council from 1993 to 2007 sat as an independent since then. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996, then to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 1998 election as a Sinn Féin member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. He lost his seat in 2003, but regained it in 2007. His fellow Sinn Féin member on both occasions was Michelle Gildernew. McHugh is a past pupil of St Comhghall's Secondary School in Lisnaskea.

paragraph: He became an independent on 29 November 2007, citing his perceived problems with lack of democracy in his former party.

paragraph: On 30 November 2009, he announced that he was a member of Fianna Fáil. He did not contest the 2011 Assembly election, and lost his District Council seat in the 2011 local elections.

paragraph: On 2 February 2019 "The Impartial Reporter" reported that McHugh had joined Aontú, a new pro-life nationalist party founded by Peadar Tóibín. In the May 2019 local election, he was the party's candidate stood in the six-seat Erne East District Electoral Area for Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, finishing last of ten candidates.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- NIA profile

description: British politician

wikidata_label: Gerry McHugh

wikipedia_title: Gerry McHugh


text:
French
geographer
Paris Peace Conference
Chabris
Indre
Paul Vidal de la Blache
École Normale Supérieure
Ferdinand von Richthofen
Albrecht Penck
University of Rennes
Antoine Vacher
Sorbonne
World War I
Albert Demangeon
Lucien Gallois
Emmanuel de Margerie
Paul Vidal de La Blache
Paris Peace Conference
Minister of Foreign Affairs
André Tardieu
Prime Minister
Georges Clemenceau
Alsace-Lorraine
Romania
Balkans
Central Europe
Southern Carpathians
University of Cluj
Sceaux
Paris
Geographical Society of the USSR
International Geographical Union
Cullum Geographical Medal
Victoria Medal
French Academy of Sciences
three-dimensional
map projection
geographic coordinate system
physical geography
climate
hydrography
erosion
glacier
biogeography
Alps

categories: 1955 deaths,People from Indre,Recipients of the Cullum Geographical Medal,Members of the French Academy of Sciences,French geographers,1873 births,Presidents of the International Geographical Union,French climatologists

paragraph: Emmanuel de Martonne

paragraph: Emmanuel de Martonne (1 April 1873 – 24 July 1955) was a French geographer. He participated in the Paris Peace Conference.

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

paragraph: Martonne was born on 1 April 1873 in Chabris, Indre, France, and was the son-in-law of Paul Vidal de la Blache. In 1882, he entered the École Normale Supérieure. He graduated three years later with a degree in history and geography. After that, he worked with Ferdinand von Richthofen and Albrecht Penck.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: In 1899, de Martonne became a professor at the University of Rennes.

paragraph: There he founded the institute of geography on the German model.

paragraph: In October 1905 he moved to the University of Lyon, replaced at Rennes by Antoine Vacher.

paragraph: Four years later he moved to the Sorbonne.

paragraph: During World War I (1914–18), in January 1915 the Geographical Commission was established in close liaison with the 2nd Bureau of the Army Staff with six geographers, Albert Demangeon, Lucien Gallois, Emmanuel de Martonne, Emmanuel de Margerie, Louis Raveneau and Paul Vidal de La Blache.

paragraph: During the Paris Peace Conference after the war, de Martonne was an adviser of Minister of Foreign Affairs André Tardieu and Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau. He also lobbied for the return of Alsace-Lorraine to the French. De Martonne was also secretary of the "Comité D'études", which worked on fixing boundary issues following the war, especially in Romania and the Balkans. He was familiar with Central Europe and Romania, as he had conducted studies in the Southern Carpathians earlier in his life.

paragraph: After that, he taught at the University of Cluj in 1921. He died on 24 July 1955 in Sceaux, a commune near Paris.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and honors.

paragraph: He became an honorary member of the Geographical Society of the USSR in 1933., and, from 1938 to 1952, was president of the International Geographical Union. He was awarded the Cullum Geographical Medal in 1939, and the Victoria Medal in 1950. He became a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1942.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: In 1909, he published the first edition of his book "Traité de géographie physique: Climat, Hydrographie, Relief du sol, Biogéographie". It contains 396 three-dimensional, painstakingly researched illustrations and maps. It covers many aspects of geography, including different map projections, the geographic coordinate system, physical geography, climate, hydrography, erosion, glaciers, and biogeography. The second edition was published in 1913, and the third in 1920.

paragraph: He published "Les Alpes: Géographie générale", a study about the Alps, in 1926. This led to the "De Martonne aridity index".

description: French geographer

wikidata_label: Emmanuel de Martonne

wikipedia_title: Emmanuel de Martonne


text: Heathman, Mississippi

text: Memphis, Tennessee

text: Indianola, Mississippi

text: Lorman, Mississippi

text: Memphis, Tennessee

text: Croix de guerre

text: Republican Party

text: Senator Robert Taft

text: Eisenhower

text: Book-of-the-Month Club

text: The Negro Digest

text: Southern Literary Messenger

text: The Chicago Defender

text: Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

text: Congressional Record

text: Tennessee State Capitol

categories: 1894 births,1976 deaths,American male writers,People from Sunflower County, Mississippi

paragraph: George Washington Lee

paragraph: George Washington Lee was an African-American soldier, author, political leader and corporate executive.

paragraph: Born in Heathman, Mississippi in 1894, Lee spent most of his life in Memphis, Tennessee.

paragraph: Lee received numerous citations for his benevolence and civic initiatives.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Lee's parents, the Reverend George and Hattie Stringfellow, separated before his birth, and George and his brother Abner were raised by their mother, who worked as a sharecropper. Hattie Lee soon moved the family to nearby Indianola, Mississippi, a more populated and prosperous community. As a boy, Lee obtained summer employment at a grocery store in Indianola, but was subsequently fired by the white owner who was pressured by white patrons to hire white staff.

paragraph: Lee entered Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College in Lorman, Mississippi, where he was recognized for his academic achievement.

paragraph: In the summer of 1912, Lee moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he found work as a bellhop at the Gayoso Hotel. When the hotel's manager died in 1916, Lee demonstrated his skill at writing and composed a eulogy to his former boss which was published in a Memphis newspaper.

paragraph: At the outbreak of World War I, Lee was determined to enter the Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School in Iowa. In the qualifying examinations, Lee excelled in both physical skill and intelligence, and at the age of twenty-three was selected to attend the camp. Lieutenant Lee's 920th Division proved their bravery while stationed in France, and Lee himself was awarded a French Croix de guerre medal for bravery. His Division none-the-less received racist insults and innuendos from white soldiers.

paragraph: Lieutenant Lee received an honorable discharge in 1919, and returned to Memphis where he soon found employment as a salesman with the black-owned Mississippi Life Insurance Company. Within weeks he was promoted to manager, and then to vice-president in 1920. When white-owned Southern Life Insurance Company purchased Mississippi Life in 1923, the new owners requested Lee continue to work for them collecting premiums from the black clients, and offered Lee $7,000 per year and two percent of each premium. Lee refused, asserting that he did not want to enable the takeover of a black-owned business. Lee went on to join the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, where he became a senior vice-president, and continued to work until his death in a car wreck on August 1, 1976.

paragraph: Section::::Political Activity.

paragraph: George Lee was active in the Republican Party, and in the 1928 presidential election served as national director of "Veterans for Hoover". In 1952, Lee delivered one of the speeches at the Republican national convention in Chicago, where he seconded the nomination of Senator Robert Taft. In the 1956 presidential election, Lee is credited with delivering Tennessee to Eisenhower.

paragraph: Section::::Author.

paragraph: In 1934, Lee authored "Beale Street: Where the Blues Began"; the first book by a black author advertised in the "Book-of-the-Month Club News". Lee's second novel, "River George", was published in 1937. Lee's stories were published in "The Negro Digest", "The World's Digest", and "Southern Literary Messenger", and in 1942, an anthology of his short stories entitled "Beale Street Sundown" was published.

paragraph: Section::::Civic Involvement and Recognition.

paragraph: In 1951, "The Chicago Defender" named Lee one of ten "Most Useful Men" for his efforts at voter registration in Memphis.

paragraph: Lee became Grand Commissioner of Education and the Civil Rights Department of the National Elks and for the Memphis chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in 1952.

paragraph: In 1956, Lee was the first African-American to have a US post office named after him, in Memphis.

paragraph: As Memphis black leaders became more radical throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Lee became increasingly more conservative. He opposed the violence of the Rap Brown 'Black Power' movement, and during the 1960s he traveled around the country criticizing black power movements towards violence. He believed black people should appeal to the white sense of conscience to guilt rather than simply demand their own rights through violence.

paragraph: A number of George Lee's speeches have been inserted into the "Congressional Record", and in 1973, Lee's portrait was hung in the Rotunda of the Tennessee State Capitol.

paragraph: In 2006, construction began on "Lee's Landing Retail, Entertainment and Parking", in the Beale Street district of Memphis. A street in the area is also named in Lee's honor.

description: American writer

wikidata_label: George Washington Lee

wikipedia_title: George Washington Lee


text: American football

text: offensive lineman

text: Washington Valor

text: Arena Football League

text: college football

text: University of Washington

text: The Dalles High School

text: The Dalles, Oregon

text: Colorado Crush

text: Spokane Empire

text: Washington Huskies

text: Seattle Seahawks

text: undrafted free agent

text: 2015 IFAF World Championship

text: Colorado Crush

text: IFL

text: Spokane Empire

text: Washington Valor

text: Washington Huskies profile

categories: American football offensive linemen,Colorado Crush (IFL) players,Spokane Empire players,Washington Huskies football players,1991 births,Living people

paragraph: James Atoe

paragraph: James Atoe (born October 1, 1991) is an American football offensive lineman for the Washington Valor of the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at University of Washington and attended The Dalles High School in The Dalles, Oregon. He has also been a member of the Colorado Crush and the Spokane Empire.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Atoe played for the Washington Huskies from 2010 to 2014. He was the team's starter his final year and helped the Huskies to 31 wins. He played in 43 games during his career including 13 starts at guard and 7 at tackle.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Atoe was invited to the Seattle Seahawks rookie mini-camp as an undrafted free agent, but was not offered a contract. After being cut by the Seahawks, Atoe was invited to play for the United States national American football team. Atoe helped the United States win the 2015 IFAF World Championship, and was named to the All-Tournament team.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Colorado Crush.

paragraph: Atoe signed with the Colorado Crush in January, 2016. He was named Second Team All-IFL following the season.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Spokane Empire.

paragraph: On October 4, 2016, Atoe signed with the Spokane Empire. On January 24, 2017, the Empire placed Atoe on the transfer list.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Valor.

paragraph: Atoe was assigned to the Washington Valor on January 17, 2017.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Washington Huskies profile

description: American-football player (1991-)

wikidata_label: James Atoe

wikipedia_title: James Atoe


text:
Los Angeles, California
Baalbek
Mount Lebanon
Sidon
Denison University
Damascus
Northern Baptist Convention
Cortland, New York

categories: Syrian Baptists,Syrian Christian missionaries,Syrian writers,1886 births,Female Christian missionaries,Year of death missing,Baptist missionaries in the United States

paragraph: Rahme Haider

paragraph: Rahme Haider or Rahme Haidar (1886 – died after 1935), sometimes billed as "Princess" Rahme Haider, was a Syrian-born educator and lecturer based in Los Angeles, California.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Rahme Haider was said to be from Baalbek, in the Mount Lebanon region. She attended a Presbyterian mission school in Sidon, and then Denison University in Ohio. Other accounts gave her hometown as Damascus. She was assigned as a missionary to Syrians in Los Angeles in 1909, by the Northern Baptist Convention.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Haider started a school for the children of Arabic speakers in Los Angeles. She also ran a Baptist Sunday school for children, and an evening school for young men and women, in the Syrian community there. With some backing from a local Syrian businessman, Phares Behanessey, she raised funds with a 1909 gala event in which Los Angeles society women, dressed in their "picturesque" interpretations of Middle Eastern attire, performed in a pageant.

paragraph: After her mission commitment ended, Haider toured from the mid-1910s to the mid-1930s as "Princess Rahme" (a self-created royal), in the United States and Canada, giving lectures about Syrian history and culture to church and community groups. For many of her travels, she traveled with a Miss H. Lucille Burgess, who joined her in dramatic and musical portions of her presentation. Later in her career, she added a slide show and short film to her presentation. Haider and Burgess sometimes offered acting classes too, and directed local children in Biblical pageants while they were visiting a town for an extended run.

paragraph: Rahme Haider's autobiography and travelogue, "Under Syrian Stars", was published in 1929. One of her last publicized appearances was in Cortland, New York in January 1936.

wikidata_label: Rahme Haider

wikipedia_title: Rahme Haider


text:
footballer
right-back
F.C. Motagua
Honduras national team
C.D. Victoria
Club Deportivo Olimpia
F.C. Motagua
Diego Vásquez
Wilmer Crisanto
Honduras
Jorge Pinto's
2018 World Cup qualification
2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Liga Nacional
2012–13 A
Liga Nacional
2016–17 A
2016–17 C
2015–16 A
2017–18 A
Honduran Supercup
2017

categories: C.D. Victoria players,F.C. Motagua players,Association football defenders,Honduras international footballers,2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players,Copa Centroamericana-winning players,Honduran footballers,Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras players,People from Gracias a Dios Department,Liga MX players,1990 births,Honduran expatriate footballers,Expatriate footballers in Mexico,2017 Copa Centroamericana players,Living people

paragraph: Félix Crisanto

paragraph: Félix Crisanto (born 9 September 1990) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a right-back for F.C. Motagua and the Honduras national team.

paragraph: Section::::Victoria.

paragraph: Félix made his professional debut with C.D. Victoria at the age of 18 in the 2–1 away defeat against Club Deportivo Olimpia on 4 October 2008.

paragraph: Section::::Motagua.

paragraph: He joined F.C. Motagua in June 2015 where he has conquered two league championships under the management of Diego Vásquez. His cousin Wilmer Crisanto also plays for Motagua.

paragraph: Section::::Honduras national team.

paragraph: Félix made his debut for Honduras in the Jorge Pinto's process for the 2018 World Cup qualification. He was also called to take part in the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

paragraph: Section::::Honours and achievements.

paragraph: Section::::Honours and achievements.:Victoria.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liga Nacional:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Runners-up (1): 2012–13 A

paragraph: Section::::Honours and achievements.:Motagua.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liga Nacional:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Winners (2): 2016–17 A, 2016–17 C

paragraph: BULLET::::- Runners-up (2): 2015–16 A, 2017–18 A

paragraph: BULLET::::- Honduran Supercup:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Winners (1): 2017

description: Honduran footballer

wikidata_label: Félix Crisanto

wikipedia_title: Félix Crisanto


text: Union Army

text: colonel

text: American Civil War

text: Fort Wagner

text: South Carolina

text: Oxford, Connecticut

text: New Haven County, Connecticut

text: major

text: lieutenant colonel

text: Beaufort, South Carolina

text: X Corps

text: Major General

text: Ormsby M. Mitchel

text: Charleston and Savannah Railroad

text: Jasper County, South Carolina

text: Brigadier General

text: John M. Brannan

text: Battle of Pocotaligo

text: George Crockett Strong

text: Haldimand S. Putnam

text: Quincy Adams Gillmore

text: Robert Gould Shaw

text: Truman Seymour

text: Fort Wagner

text: Morris Island, South Carolina

text: Charleston, South Carolina

categories: 1826 births,Deaths from gangrene,Union Army colonels,1863 deaths,Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War

paragraph: John Lyman Chatfield

paragraph: John Lyman Chatfield was a Union Army colonel in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded while assaulting Fort Wagner, South Carolina on July 18, 1863 and died on August 9, 1863.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: John Lyman Chatfield was born September 13, 1826 at Oxford, Connecticut in western New Haven County, Connecticut.

paragraph: Section::::American Civil War.

paragraph: Chatfield was appointed major of the 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (3 months) on April 23, 1861 and lieutenant colonel of that regiment on May 10, 1861. Chatfield was promoted to colonel of the 3rd Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (3 months) on May 31, 1861. He was mustered out of the volunteers on August 12, 1861.

paragraph: On September 13, 1861, Chatfield was appointed colonel of the 6th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Chatfield commanded the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Union Department of the South between April 1862 and July 1862. He commanded the District of Beaufort, South Carolina under the X Corps commander, Major General Ormsby M. Mitchel, in October 1862.

paragraph: On October 21, 1862, Major General Mitchel gave command of an expedition for the purpose of destroying track and bridges of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad in Jasper County, South Carolina to Brigadier General John M. Brannan, commander of the First Brigade of the Union force. Mitchel already had contracted yellow fever, from which he was to die on October 30, 1862. Brannan gave command of the First Brigade, which was heavily engaged in the Battle of Pocotaligo on October 22, 1862, to Colonel Chatfield. Chatfield suffered a wound in his right thigh from an artillery shell at Pocotaligo.

paragraph: On July 18, 1863, Brigadier General George Crockett Strong ordered an attack by Chatfield in cooperation with Haldimand S. Putnam, Quincy Adams Gillmore, Robert Gould Shaw, and Truman Seymour on Confederate Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina south of the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. While leading his men in an attack on the Fort's front, Chatfield was mortally wounded. He was pulled out of action and returned to Connecticut.

paragraph: Section::::Aftermath.

paragraph: John Lyman Chatfield died from gangrene developing in his wounds on August 9, 1863 at Waterbury, Connecticut.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hunt, Roger D. "Colonels in Blue: Union Army Colonels of the Civil War: New England". Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2011. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Moore, ed., Frank. "The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events". Volume 6. New York : G.P. Putnam, D. Van Nostrand, 1863. . Retrieved November 8, 2012.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paris (comte de), Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans; translated by Louis F Tasistro; edited by Henry Coppée. "History of the Civil War in America: The Naval War". Volume II. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1875. . Retrieved November 8, 2012.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sifakis, Stewart. "Who Was Who in the Civil War." New York: Facts On File, 1988. . p. 452.

description: Union Army officer

wikidata_label: John Lyman Chatfield

wikipedia_title: John Lyman Chatfield


text:
American
vlogger
YouTube
Pogopalooza
stunt pogo
gun law
healthcare
drug legislation
same-sex marriage
online media
Fuse
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln East High School
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rubik's Cube
iTunes
Netflix
Dan 3.0

categories: Writers from Lincoln, Nebraska,1990 births,Living people,American Internet celebrities

paragraph: Dan Brown (blogger)

paragraph: Daniel Scott Zahller Brown (born May 15, 1990) is an American vlogger and discussion host, under the YouTube alias Pogobat. Brown has been noted in the media for his newly and widely viewed videos, focusing mainly on how-to videos as well as current events discussion and comedy.

paragraph: Brown is also the founder of the Pogopalooza - the annual world championship of the sport of stunt pogo - which he founded at the age of 14.

paragraph: On August 2, 2010, Dan launched a project entitled "Dan 3.0," in which viewers would suggest tasks for him to complete, and therefore the viewer would run his life. On April 1, 2011, Dan quit the project for personal reasons, and moved on to vlog/news show "Delicious Steak," which originally aired from July 12, 2011 – May 6, 2012. On May 6, 2012 Dan released a video called "The Last Episode Of Delicious Steak", in which he explained that he is no longer committed to a "show", but rather making videos as a hobby.

paragraph: Since May 2012, he has reinvented his video style to heavily focus on current affairs and political or moral debates, utilizing his viewership to provoke and take part in discussions, including topics such as gun law, healthcare, drug legislation, same-sex marriage, and online media. The reaction to this change has been positive. In May 2016, Dan took an indefinite hiatus from Pogobat in order to focus on education and other employment opportunities. He currently works for XPogo.

paragraph: Section::::Fuse.

paragraph: Brown was employed by Fuse, as an interviewer and media personality, appearing regularly on the show Trending 10

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Dan grew up in a Christian household. His mother, Rebecca Zahller Brown, is a pastor with the East Lincoln Christian Church. He has two brothers, one older and one younger. He was born in Ohio, lived in Lincoln, Nebraska during his childhood, and graduated from Lincoln East High School. He briefly attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, but dropped out to primarily focus on his YouTube career, which took off after a tutorial video on how to solve a Rubik's Cube went viral. He then moved to San Francisco for Dan 3.0, then New York City for his job at Fuse. He currently lives in Pittsburgh.

paragraph: Section::::Other work.

paragraph: On January 21, 2010, he appeared on US version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" as a contestant and ended up winning $5,000 after incorrectly answering his $10,000 question. In 2013, Dan appeared in a documentary called "Please Subscribe: A Documentary About YouTubers", which featured Dan and many other YouTubers. The film was directed by Dan Dobi and the film premiered for one night only on February 5, 2013. The film is now available on iTunes and Netflix.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dan 3.0 at Revision3

alias:
Pogobat
Daniel Scott Zahller Brown

description: American vlogger and entertainer

wikidata_label: Dan Brown

wikipedia_title: Dan Brown (blogger)


text:
Dada
Tyrol
no fixed address
pataphysics
pen name
INSEE
Jacques Rigaut
Jacques Vache
Arthur Cravan
Atlas Press
Julien Torma in Paris

categories: Dada,French male poets,20th-century French male writers,Missing person cases in Austria,1902 births,20th-century French poets,Pataphysicians,Year of death unknown,1930s missing person cases

paragraph: Julien Torma

paragraph: Julien Torma (6 April 1902 – ?) was credited as a French writer, playwright and poet who was part of the Dadaist movement.

paragraph: Torma disappeared in the mountains of the Tyrol at the age of 30. Due to his secretive behaviour and the impossibility of verifying the supposed details of his life (i.e. no living or known family members and every writer he supposedly knew having died long before the publication of his posthumous books - if they are by the author of the early books, no professional career, no fixed address, his body having never been recovered, etc.), it has been suggested by some, including Jean-François Jeandillou, that Torma's existence may be fictitious. His purported birthday, 6 April, is marked as "the birthday of pataphysics" in the "pataphysics calendar". The real writer who authored the first four publications and "Porte battantes" would have had to be using a pen name, as, according to the French institute for statistics INSEE, only three Torma births have been recorded in France since 1891, all between 1941 and 1965.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Obscure Lamp" (1919)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Big Troche" (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cuts" (1926)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Euphorisms" (1926)

paragraph: Section::::Posthumous publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lebordelamer." 1955.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Bétrou." 1955.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Porte Battante." 1963.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Grabuge." 1998.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Definitively incomplete writings." 2003.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "4 Dada Suicides: Selected Texts of Arthur Cravan, Jacques Rigaut, Julien Torma & Jacques Vache" ("Anti-Classics of Dada") by Torma, Jacques Rigaut, Jacques Vache, and Arthur Cravan. Edited by Roger Conover, Terry J. Hale, Paul Lenti and Iain White. (1995) Atlas Press;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Julien Torma in Paris

description: French poet

wikidata_label: Julien Torma

wikipedia_title: Julien Torma


text: AO

text: Australian Democrats

text: Liberal Party

text: House of Representatives

text: Senate

text: Northcote High School

text: University of Melbourne

text: Australian rules football

text: Heidelberg

text: Victorian Football Association

text: Victorian Football League

text: Fitzroy Football Club

text: Prahran

text: VFA

text: Stawell Gift

text: Royal Australian Air Force

text: 1956 Summer Olympics

text: Kew

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text: Higinbotham

text: Hotham

text: Harold Holt

text: Holt's sudden disappearance

text: Country Party

text: John McEwen

text: John Gorton

text: Billy Snedden

text: Royal Commission

text: "Voyager" disaster

text: Royal Australian Navy

text: 1969 election

text: Henry Miller

text: Tropic of Cancer

text: Playboy

text: small-l liberal

text: Andrew Peacock

text: 1972 election

text: Labor Party

text: Gough Whitlam

text: 1974 election

text: Malcolm Fraser

text: dismissal

text: Gough Whitlam

text: Social Security

text: Health

text: Repatriation and Compensation

text: election the next month

text: Sydney Town Hall

text: Frank Hardy

text: Patrick White

text: Faith Bandler

text: Elizabeth II

text: Australian Democrats

text: Melbourne Town Hall

text: December 1977 election

text: Australian Senate

text: Colin Mason

text: Franklin Dam

text: 1980 election

text: balance of power

text: 2004 election

text: Janine Haines

text: Janet Powell

text: Lord Mayor

text: Parkinson's disease

text: Enough Rope

text: pneumonia

text: Epworth Hospital

text: state funeral

text: Australian flags

text: half-mast

text: Liberal Party

text: Drug Law Reform Australia

text: decriminalisation

text: 2016 federal elections

text: 2017 by-election

text: Northcote

text: Reason Party

text: Speeches of Senator the Hon. Don Chipp

text: Interview

text: Andrew Denton

text: ABC

text: Enough Rope

text: Interview

text: Peter Thompson

text: ABC

categories: Independent members of the Parliament of Australia,Leaders of the Australian House of Representatives,Delegates to the Australian Constitutional Convention 1998,Political party founders,Fitzroy Football Club players,Australian monarchists,1925 births,Leaders of the Australian Democrats,Members of the Australian Senate for Victoria,Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia),People with Parkinson's disease,Members of the Australian Senate,Prahran Football Club players,Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Higinbotham,Members of the Cabinet of Australia,Australian Democrats members of the Parliament of Australia,Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia,Australian sportsperson-politicians,Members of the Australian House of Representatives,2006 deaths,20th-century Australian politicians,Politicians from Melbourne,People educated at Northcote High School,Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Hotham

paragraph: Don Chipp

paragraph: Donald Leslie Chipp, AO (21 August 192528 August 2006) was an Australian politician who was the inaugural leader of the Australian Democrats, leading the party from 1977 to 1986. He began his career as a member of the Liberal Party, winning election to the House of Representatives in 1960 and serving as a government minister for a cumulative total of six years. Chipp left the Liberals in 1977 to help create a new party, the Democrats, and famously promised to "keep the bastards honest". He won election to the Senate later that year, and led the party at four federal elections; after 1983 it held the sole balance of power in the Senate.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born in Melbourne and educated at Northcote High School and the University of Melbourne, he graduated in commerce. After playing Australian rules football for Heidelberg in the Victorian Football Association, he played briefly in the (higher-grade) Victorian Football League with the Fitzroy Football Club (playing three games in 1947, for one goal). He also played for Prahran in the VFA and was a member of their 1951 Premiership side. He was also a finalist in the Stawell Gift annual foot race.

paragraph: After serving in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II, Chipp worked as registrar of the Commonwealth Institute of Accountants from 1950 to 1955. In 1955, he was appointed chief executive officer of the Olympic Civic Committee, which was involved in organising the 1956 Summer Olympics, in Melbourne. Later, he worked as manager of the Victorian Promotion Committee, and he also ran his own management consultancy. From 1958 to 1961, he was a member of the Kew City Council.

paragraph: Section::::Early parliamentary career.

paragraph: Chipp entered federal politics in 1960 as the Liberal member for Higinbotham in Melbourne's southern bayside suburbs. After a redistribution in 1968, he transferred to the less safe seat of Hotham. He was given the Navy and Tourism portfolios by Prime Minister Harold Holt in 1967. After Holt's sudden disappearance in December 1967, Chipp retained those portfolios in the brief interim government of Country Party leader John McEwen, but he was dropped from the ministry by the new Liberal Prime Minister, John Gorton. That was partly because Chipp had supported another candidate, Billy Snedden, in the Liberal leadership ballot and partly because Chipp did not support a second Royal Commission into the 1964 "Voyager" disaster, which Gorton felt reflected badly on the Royal Australian Navy. Commonwealth Parliamentary Hansards; Commonwealth Parliamentary debates 16 and 17 May 1967

paragraph: After the 1969 election, Gorton appointed Chipp as Minister for Customs and Excise. In that portfolio, he gained national attention by largely abolishing the censorship of printed material, unbanning many novels, including Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer", as well as allowing the sale of "Playboy" magazine. He also oversaw the introduction of the R certificate for films in 1970, which allowed previously banned films to be rerated and shown to adults. The actions made him popular but also placed him at odds with many of his fellow party members, who considered such decisions as too liberal. Chipp became identified as part of a "small-l liberal" faction of the Liberal Party, along with Snedden and Andrew Peacock.

paragraph: Following the Liberal Party's defeat at the 1972 election by the Labor Party's Gough Whitlam, Chipp served as Shadow Minister for Social Security. He was a strong supporter of Snedden, who had become party leader following the 1972 defeat but lost the 1974 election against Whitlam. When Malcolm Fraser displaced Snedden as leader in March 1975, Chipp retained his position, but it was no secret that the two men did not get on. When Fraser was appointed Prime Minister following the dismissal of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975, he gave Chipp three portfolios in his caretaker ministry: Social Security, Health, and Repatriation and Compensation. However, when Fraser won the election the next month, Chipp was not included in the ministry.

paragraph: Section::::Resignation from Liberal Party.

paragraph: In his book "The Third Man", Chipp considered the effects of a "whispering campaign" to discredit him within the Liberal Party. That came to a head when he spoke at a heavily attended "Citizens for Democracy" meeting at the Sydney Town Hall with other controversial speakers, including Frank Hardy, Patrick White and Faith Bandler. He writes "Liberals thought it was intolerable that any member of the party should appear with 'those people'". The rebellious image was heightened by the fact that Chipp omitted to attend a Parliament House reception for Queen Elizabeth II. He had decided to honour his prior speaking engagement, which had been widely publicised. Chipp concluded: "It was then, I believe, that I concluded I could not stay in such a party any longer. I resented the tag of 'rebel' which was being applied to me by my own colleagues."

paragraph: Chipp decided to resign from the Liberal Party on 24 March 1977 and concluded his speech that day with the following: I have become disenchanted with party politics as they are practised in this country and with the pressure groups which have an undue influence on the major political parties. The parties seem to polarise on almost every issue, sometimes seemingly just for the sake of it, and I wonder if the ordinary voter is not becoming sick and tired of the vested interests which unduly influence political parties and yearns for the emergence of a third political force, representing middle-of-the-road policies which would owe allegiance to no outside pressure group. Perhaps it may be the right time to test that proposition.

paragraph: Section::::Leadership of Democrats.

paragraph: Even before the resignation, he received an invitation to join the amalgamated Centre-Line Party, which predated the Australian Democrats. He resolutely turned down a series of such leadership offers until, on 9 May 1977, he was accorded an overwhelming standing ovation by a 3,000-strong audience at the Melbourne Town Hall and concluded, "... I was committed ... and it was a good feeling".

paragraph: At the December 1977 election, Chipp was elected to the Australian Senate as a Democrats candidate, with one colleague (Colin Mason of New South Wales). As Democrats leader, Chipp was involved in various high-profile environmental and social-justice causes, including playing an important role in stopping the Franklin Dam Project.

paragraph: At the 1980 election, the Democrats gained three more senators, giving them a total of five. They held a potential balance of power, which they retained for most of the time until 1 July 2005, after a total lack of success at the 2004 election. Their theoretical ability to reject or amend government legislation was seldom applied, as it was dependent on rare support from other non-government senators. It was, however, a useful avenue for publicity and effective Senate committee dealings outside the chamber.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Chipp resigned from the Senate on 18 August 1986, being succeeded as leader by Janine Haines and replaced as a senator by Janet Powell. He ran unsuccessfully for election as the Lord Mayor of Melbourne in 2001. In his later years, he suffered from Parkinson's disease, but he still made a number of public appearances, most notably on the ABC chat show "Enough Rope" with Andrew Denton. He also gave an opening address to the Democrats' national conference in Melbourne in May 2006.

paragraph: Chipp died of pneumonia in August 2006 at Epworth Hospital in Melbourne. A state funeral service was held on 2 September 2006 for him. Australian flags were flown at half-mast all day in Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory in his honour.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Chipp was married twice.

paragraph: On 27 October 1951 he married Monica Lalor. With her support, Chipp stood and won a seat on the Kew City Council which he held from 1955 to 1961, and was encouraged- at that time – to become an active member of the Liberal Party. They had four children.

paragraph: Chipp and Lalor divorced in 1979, and Chipp married Idun Welz later that same year. They had two children.

paragraph: His eldest son, Greg Chipp, established Drug Law Reform Australia, a political party focused on the decriminalisation of illegal drugs, and contested the 2013 and 2016 federal elections. Don Chipp's youngest daughter, Laura Chipp, contested the 2017 by-election in the Victorian electorate of Northcote, representing the Reason Party (formerly known as the Australian Sex Party).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Australian Parliament: Parliamentary biography CHIPP, the Hon. Donald Leslie, AO

paragraph: BULLET::::- Australian Parliament: Speeches of Senator the Hon. Don Chipp

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview with Andrew Denton on the ABC's "Enough Rope"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview with Peter Thompson on the ABC's "Talking Heads"

description: Australian politician

wikidata_label: Don Chipp

wikipedia_title: Don Chipp


text:
Saint
Vietnamese
Tonkin
northern
Vietnam
Dominican
saint
martyr
Roman Catholic Church
Nam Định Province
Tonkin
Dominican friar
catechism
Philip V of Spain
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
University of Santo Tomas
Philippines
Chinese
trivium
quadrivium
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
elementary
secondary education
Letran
University of Santo Tomas
beheading
Xuan Truong
Nam Định
beatification
Pope Pius X
Pope John Paul II
canonization
Vietnamese Martyrs

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Saint
Vietnamese language
Tonkin
Northern Vietnam
Vietnam
Dominican Order
Saint
Martyr
Catholic Church
Nam Định Province
Tonkin
Dominican Order
Catechism
Philip V of Spain
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
University of Santo Tomas
Philippines
China
Trivium
Quadrivium
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Primary education
Secondary education
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
University of Santo Tomas
Beheaded
Xuân Trường District
Nam Định
Beatification
Pope Pius X
Pope John Paul II
Canonization
Vietnamese Martyrs

categories: Colegio de San Juan de Letran alumni,18th-century Roman Catholic martyrs,People from Nam Dinh Province,Martyred Roman Catholic priests,University of Santo Tomas alumni,Vietnamese Roman Catholic saints,Members of the Dominican Order,1732 births,1773 deaths,Vietnamese expatriates in the Philippines

paragraph: Vicente Liem de la Paz

paragraph: Saint Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vietnamese: "Vinh Sơn Phạm Hiếu Liêm") (1732 – November 7, 1773) was a Tonkinese (present day northern Vietnam) Dominican friar venerated as a saint and martyr by the Roman Catholic Church.

paragraph: He was born Phạm Hiếu Liêm at Trà Lũ village, in the phủ of Thiên Trường, Nam Định Province, Tonkin in 1732 to Christian parents, Antonio and Monica Daeon de la Cruz, members of the Tonkinese nobility. When he fell gravely ill several days after his birth, he was baptized by Fr. Chien de Santo Tomas, taking the name of Vicente Liem. Since Trà Lũ was one of those Tonkinese villages where Dominican friars preached the Catholic faith, Liêm grew up to be a Christian. He was later brought by his parents to a missionary center where he learned catechism.

paragraph: In 1738, King Philip V of Spain opened the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in the Philippines to Chinese and Tonkinese students, since China and Tonkin did not have Christian educational institutions. The Dominican fathers decided to let Liêm and four other Tonkinese (Jose de Santo Tomas, Juan de Santo Domingo, Pedro Martir and Pedro de San Jacinto) study in the Philippines.

paragraph: Vicente took the trivium and the quadrivium in Colegio de San Juan de Letran, now the equivalent of elementary and secondary education. He finished a degree of lector of humanities at Letran. He continued his collegiate education at the University of Santo Tomas while residing at Letran. In September 1753, after completing his studies at Letran, he entered the Dominican order, along with his three Tonkinese companions. A year later, they made their solemn professions. On January 28, 1755, he received the tonsure and minor orders at the Church of Sta. Ana. In 1758 Liêm was ordained priest under the Dominican order. On September of that year, he passed the examinations to hear confessions. On October 3, he started his journey back to Tonkin. He arrived on January 20, 1759.

paragraph: He spent time at Tonkin on evangelizing the Tonkinese people. However the Tonkinese authorities did not agree with this. On October 2, 1773, he and his two assistants were arrested at "Co Dou". He and his assistants were beaten up, after which they traveled on foot to the village of recorded as "Dou Hoi." There he met another Dominican priest, the Spaniard Jacinto Castañeda. They were presented to the Vice Governor and to the Royal Minister. They were thrown to a cage for a night. The arrival of a High Minister prompted their transfer to Kien Nam, where the King held his court. While under detention, they still managed to preach Catholicism to the people. Later they were taken to Tan Cau, then to the house of Canh Thuy. Finally they were brought to the King where they were tried. Their trial led for the King to be angry and they were thrown to jail. After several days, the King brought down the guilty verdict with the penalty of beheading. The execution occurred on November 7, 1773. After the execution, the Christians who were present at the site carried away the bodies of de la Paz and Castañeda, where they were laid to rest at the town of Trung Linh in Xuan Truong, Nam Định. Several more Christian missionaries were put to death by the Tonkinese authorities.

paragraph: The process of beatification of de la Paz and Casteñeda, as well as other Dominican martyrs, was initiated through Vicar Apostolic Bishop Ignacio Delgado, O.P. They were beatified by Pope Pius X with his feast day on November 6. Pope John Paul II announced the canonization of de la Paz on June 19, 1988, with his feast day on November 24.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vietnamese Martyrs

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. "The Penguin Dictionary of Saints". 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. .

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Vicente Liem de la Paz at Catholic Online

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography of St. Vincente Liem de la Paz

paragraph: BULLET::::-

wikidata_label: Vicente Liem de la Paz

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text:
Ali al-Hadi
Ali al-Hadi
Hasan al-Askari
Muhammad
father's
Twelver
son
Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi
Ali al-Hadi
Muhammad al-Mahdi
Sayyid Ali Akbar
List of extinct Shia sects
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi
Muhammadite Shia
Imamate (Twelver doctrine)
Ahl Al-Bayt

categories: Family of Muhammad,Twelver imams,Deaths by poisoning,People from Medina,The Fourteen Infallibles,9th-century imams

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paragraph: Jafar ibn Ali al-Hadi

paragraph: Jafar b. Ali b. Muḥammad ( 226-271 A.H.) who was known to Ja’far Kazzab and he was the son of the tenth Imam, Ali al-Hadi. By adventures, he established Ja’fariyyas of the sect.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Jafar b. Ali b. Muḥammad ( 226-271 A.H.) was the son of the tenth Imam, Ali al-Hadi and the brother of eleventh Imam Hasan al-Askari. Also, he had one older brother, Muhammad who died before his father's death.

paragraph: Section::::Challenge.

paragraph: Section::::Challenge.:After Ali al-Hadi of death.

paragraph: After the death of Ali al-Hadi, Jafar b. Ali claimed Imamate and he founded followers. The biographers attribute to him as Kazzab (liar). Muhammadyyas and Twelver believes that he was immoral.

paragraph: However, it is unexpected that Shia considers Imam as one who acts contrary to the orders of religion but it seems that these reports are somewhat correct. For his followers in defense of him, said: "Jafar's personality changed comparison when he was young." He tried to be al-Askari in jail, though he always failed in his efforts. Jafar b. Ali's followers became famous Ja’fariyyas and al-Askari's followers were known Twelver.

paragraph: Section::::Challenge.:After Hasan al-Askari of death.

paragraph: After the death of Hasan al-Askari, even though, al-Askari's mother was still alive, Jafar requested his property. He claimed that his brother never had a son. On the other hand, according to the Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, he hid his son, for fear of his brother, Jafar, who was coveted to his property.

paragraph: Later, between Twelver, he became famous to Ja’far, The Liar (Kazzab) and when he repented, he got the title of Tawwab (the repentant).

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ali al-Hadi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Muhammad al-Mahdi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sayyid Ali Akbar

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of extinct Shia sects

paragraph: BULLET::::- Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Muhammadite Shia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Imamate (Twelver doctrine)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ahl Al-Bayt

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wikidata_label: Jafar ibn Ali al-Hadi

wikipedia_title: Jafar ibn Ali al-Hadi


text: British

text: Liberal

text: Torun

text: Germany

text: justice of the peace

text: Board of Deputies of British Jews

text: Whitechapel

text: This Is Your Life

text: Middlesex Hospital

text: Progressive Party

text: Labour Party

text: independent candidate

text: Progressive

text: Spitalfields

text: East End of London

text: Conservative

text: Municipal Reform Party

text: J. H. Hall

text: Shylock

text: Henrietta Adler

text: board of guardians

text: justice of the peace

text: First World War

text: Voluntary Aid Detachment

text: Second World War

text: Order of the British Empire

text: Orthodox Jew

text: Board of Deputies

text: Stamford Hill

text: United Synagogue

text: League of Jewish Women

text: Jewish Board of Guardians

text: Jewish League for Woman Suffrage

categories: Mayors of places in Greater London,1884 births,Women mayors of places in England,Jewish British politicians,English justices of the peace,1965 deaths,Progressive Party (London) politicians,Members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews

paragraph: Miriam Moses

paragraph: Miriam Moses (13 November 1884 — 24 June 1965) was a British Liberal politician, philanthropist and social reformer. She served as the first female mayor of Stepney, and the first female Jewish mayor in the United Kingdom.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Moses was born in the East End of London on 13 November 1884 to Mark and Hannah Moses. Her father had been born in Torun, then in Germany, and had come to the United Kingdom in 1863 at the age of eight. In London, Mark Moses became a tailor, local councillor, justice of the peace and member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Her mother was a charity worker. Miriam Moses studied at Old Castle Street school in Whitechapel.

paragraph: She appeared on This Is Your Life in 1958. Moses died on 24 June 1965 at Middlesex Hospital.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: Moses stood for election under the label of the Progressive Party, which was a party for local elections in London based around the Liberal Party with initial support from the Labour Party. By the time Moses contested elections, Labour was competing against the Progressives, and in 1925 the label was retired across the city and she stood as an independent candidate. She was chair of the Whitechapel Liberal Association for many years.

paragraph: In 1921, Moses became a Progressive councillor for Spitalfields East ward in the East End of London, replacing her father upon his death. She held the seat until standing down in 1934, when the ward returned Labour councillors. The Labour Party's failure to take the seat until then has been credited to Moses's personal popularity, which was reflected in her heading the polls in the ward by a substantial majority at every election. One of her colleagues suggested that her social work meant that many Jewish voters associated her more with her community work than her politics.

paragraph: Moses unsuccessfully sought the Liberal nomination for the 1930 Whitechapel and St Georges by-election. The municipal election of 1931 had resulted in a hung council, with thirty Conservative-aligned Municipal Reform Party councillors, twenty-six Labour councillors and four independents including Moses. With the support of Municipal Reform Councillors, Moses narrowly defeated Labour's J. H. Hall to be elected as the first female Mayor of Stepney, and the first female Jewish mayor in the country. Labour opponents questioned her personal integrity, with some describing her as "Shylock" following her election.

paragraph: Moses's personal political style has been described as "crusading zeal". She supported the municipal provision of contraception for poor mothers, and in 1933 proposed a Jewish charitable solution for funding a housing programme. She opposed giving exceptions to Sunday trading laws for Jewish traders. She supported Henrietta Adler in condemning anti-immigrant housing policies of the Municipal Reform Party in 1932.

paragraph: Section::::Social work.

paragraph: Moses was school manager for two local schools, and served on committees for local charities and the board of guardians, which was responsible for implementing the Poor Law. In 1922, she became the first female justice of the peace in Whitechapel. She co-founded the Brady Girls' Club in 1925, as a parallel to the older Brady Boys' Club, which was one of the first Jewish boys' clubs in the country.

paragraph: During the First World War, Moses served as a nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment. She was chief air raid officer for her neighbourhood throughout the Second World War, during which time she established a hostel for girls made homeless by bombing. In 1945, she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her bravery in the latter role.

paragraph: Section::::Religion.

paragraph: An observant Orthodox Jew, Moses served on the Board of Deputies representing New Synagogue on Stamford Hill—the first woman representing any constituent of the United Synagogue. In this role, she pushed for women's voting rights for the executive of the United Synagogue, succeeding in 1954. She was a founder member of the League of Jewish Women, later serving as President. She also served on the executives of the Jewish Board of Guardians and the Association of Jewish Youth. She was a member of the Jewish League for Woman Suffrage.

description: Moses, Miriam (1884–1965), local politician

wikidata_label: Miriam Moses

wikipedia_title: Miriam Moses


text:
American football
wide receiver
Tennessee Titans
National Football League
college football
Texas Tech
undrafted free agent
Red Raiders
Big 12
Tennessee Titans
undrafted free agent
Baltimore Ravens
Marcus Mariota
Los Angeles Chargers
Jacksonville Jaguars
college baseball
Alabama A&M University
Tennessee Titans bio
Texas Tech Red Raiders bio

categories: Sportspeople from Oklahoma City,Players of American football from Oklahoma,American football wide receivers,American football return specialists,1995 births,Living people,Texas Tech Red Raiders football players

paragraph: Cameron Batson

paragraph: Cameron Malik Batson (born December 20, 1995) is an American football wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas Tech. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Titans in 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Batson grew up in Oklahoma City, OK and attended Millwood High School, where he played quarterback on the football team. As a senior, Batson threw for more than 2,000 yards and rushed for more than 1,000 yards and was named the Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year for football and was a first-team All-State selection. Additionally, Batson was the valedictorian of his class at Millwood.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Over the course of four seasons with the Red Raiders, Batson caught 157 passes for 1,499 yards and 14 touchdowns in 50 games played. As a senior, Batson was named honorable mention All-Big 12 after catching 59 receptions passes for 487 yards and five touchdowns along with 14 kicks returned 308 yards and 17 punts for 91 yards. He was a 3-time All-Big 12 Academic Team Selection and graduated with a degree in accounting.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2018 season: Rookie year.

paragraph: Batson signed with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2018. He initially made the 53-man roster out of training camp but was waived by the team on September 17 after being inactive for the first two games of the season. Batson was subsequently re-signed to the Titans practice squad the next day. Batson was promoted from the practice squad to the Titans active roster on October 10, 2018. He made his NFL debut on October 14 in a 21-0 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, returning one punt for no gain. He recorded his first career reception, catching a pass from Marcus Mariota for no gain, against the Los Angeles Chargers in a Week 7 loss. On December 6, 2018, in a 30-9 Week 14 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Batson muffed a punt return and was tackled in the end zone for a safety. In his rookie season, Batson appeared in 11 games (two starts) and caught eight passes for 82 yards with one rushing attempt for one yard and three punts returned for four yards.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2019 season.

paragraph: On July 31, 2019, Batson was placed on injured reserve.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Batson's father, Willie Batson III, played college baseball at Alabama A&M University. His cousin, Tramain Swindall, also played wide receiver at Texas Tech and had 150 career receptions for the Red Raiders.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tennessee Titans bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Texas Tech Red Raiders bio

description: American football wide receiver

wikidata_label: Cameron Batson

wikipedia_title: Cameron Batson