text: cyclist

text: cyclo-cross

text: Marianne Vos

text: Tour de France

text: Tour of Belgium

text: Roger De Vlaeminck

text: Parkinson's disease

text: Alzheimer's disease

text: World champion in cyclo-cross

text: Belgian National Cyclo-cross Champion

text: Cyclo-cross

text: Cyclo-cross

text: 1968 Tour de France

text: La Flèche Wallonne

text: List of doping cases in cycling

categories: Belgian male cyclists,2015 deaths,Belgian cyclo-cross champions,Doping cases in cycling,Belgian sportspeople in doping cases,1945 births,Tour de France cyclists,People from Eeklo,Cyclo-cross cyclists,Belgian Tour de France stage winners,UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions (men)

paragraph: Erik De Vlaeminck

paragraph: Erik De Vlaeminck (23 March 1945 − 4 December 2015) was a Belgian cyclist who became cyclo-cross world-champion seven times (in 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973), a record equalled only by Marianne Vos.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: De Vlaeminck missed 1967 only because his bike was damaged during the race. He also became Belgian champion four times (1967, 1969, 1971, 1972) at a time when there were so many good Belgian riders that the domestic championship was often harder than the world-championship.

paragraph: He also performed creditably in road races, including the Tour de France. In 1969 he won the Tour of Belgium and a stage in the Tour de France.

paragraph: De Vlaeminck never failed a drugs test in his racing career but was treated after it for amphetamine addiction. Many stories circulate about his supposed wild behaviour after races and after his career was over. When he returned to racing, the Belgian federation would offer him a licence for only a day at a time until it saw how his life would progress. De Vlaeminck subsequently refused to speak about this period of his life.

paragraph: His re-establishment was complete, however, because he became the national cyclo-cross coach and led Belgium to a dominating period of international success. He always complained, however, that while cyclo-cross brought Belgium its world championship medals, it was to road racing that the bulk of the funds were given.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: De Vlaeminck was the brother of Roger De Vlaeminck. His son Geert died of a heart attack in a cyclo-cross race while his father was watching.

paragraph: In later life, De Vlaeminck had Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. He died on 4 December 2015 at the age of 70.

paragraph: Section::::Major results.

paragraph: BULLET::::- World champion in cyclo-cross: 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 (3rd: 1977)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Belgian National Cyclo-cross Champion: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972 (2nd: 1975, 1977)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cyclo-cross Champion of Hainaut: 1975

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cyclo-cross of Waasmunster: 1970 (provincial championship)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Flemish champion cyclo racing: 1969

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tour of Belgium: 1969

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paris-Luxembourg: 1970

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tour of East Flanders: 1969, 1970

paragraph: BULLET::::- Circuit of the Flemish Ardennes: 1969 (3rd: 1977)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Winner, Stage 2 of the 1968 Tour de France

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2nd in the La Flèche Wallonne: 1969 (3rd: 1970)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of doping cases in cycling

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Tour de France results for Eric De Vlaeminck

description: Road bicycle racer

wikidata_label: Erik De Vlaeminck

wikipedia_title: Erik De Vlaeminck


text:
Italian
Florence
Medici
Ercole Ferrata
Algardi
Ciro Ferri
Cortona
court sculptor
Cosimo III
Pietro Tacca
Borgo Pinti
Giambologna
Pietro Tacca
Corsini
Chiesa del Carmine
San Andrea Corsini
"The Mass of San Andrea Corsini"
"The Battle of Anghiari"
Annunziata
Medici-Riccardi Palace
Florence
Fernando Fuga
Filippo della Valle
Balthasar Permoser
Giovacchino Fortini
Giovanni Baratta
Massimiliano Soldani Benzi

categories: 1725 deaths,17th-century Italian sculptors,People from Florence,18th-century Italian sculptors,1652 births,Italian male sculptors

paragraph: Giovanni Battista Foggini

paragraph: Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Foggini (25 April 1652 – 12 April 1725) was an Italian sculptor active in Florence, renowned mainly for small bronze statuary.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born in Florence, the young Foggini was sent to Rome by the Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany to join the so-called "Accademia Fiorentina", and apprentice in the Roman sculptural studio of Ercole Ferrata, a pupil of Algardi. He was also tutored in drawing by the Accademia's first director (1673–86), Ciro Ferri, who was a pupil of Cortona. Returning to Florence in 1676, he became the court sculptor for Cosimo III.

paragraph: After the son of Pietro Tacca, Fernando, died in 1686, the mantle of the premier local sculptor fell to Foggini, who would become the Medici's "Architetto Primario e Primo scultore della Casa Serenissima" as well as "Soprintendente dei Lavori" (1687–1725). In 1687, Foggini acquired the foundry in Borgo Pinti that had once belonged to the sculptor Giambologna. This allowed him to specialize in small bronzes, produced mainly and profitably for export. His adaptation of Pietro Tacca's "Moors" was the basis of bronze and ceramic reproductions for the connoisseur market well into the 18th century.

paragraph: In Florence, his masterpieces are his sculptural relief work in the Capella Corsini of the Chiesa del Carmine. The chapel was erected by Bartolomeo and Cardinal Neri Corsini in memory of their recently canonized ancestral family member, San Andrea Corsini. It contains three large marble reliefs depicting his life: "San Andrea in Glory", "The Mass of San Andrea Corsini" and "The Battle of Anghiari" (1685–87). He also completed works in Cappella Feroni in the Annunziata. Another work is the main staircase of the Medici-Riccardi Palace in Florence.

paragraph: Among his small bronzes are "David with the Head of Goliath".

paragraph: Foggini's pupils included Fernando Fuga, his nephew Filippo della Valle, Balthasar Permoser, Giovacchino Fortini and Giovanni Baratta. Massimiliano Soldani Benzi was a contemporary student with Foggini in Rome and also active in small bronze sculpture.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gli Ultimi Medici", Review by Peter Cannon-Brookes, in "The Burlington Magazine", 1974, p 777-80.

alias:
Giovan Battista Foggini
Foggini
Gio Baptista Foggini
J.B. Foggini
giovanni baptista foggini

description: Italian artist

wikidata_label: Giovanni Battista Foggini

wikipedia_title: Giovanni Battista Foggini


text: poet

text: spoken-word performer

text: playwright

text: author

text: teacher

text: journalist

text: TriQuarterly

text: Poetry

text: The Paris Review

text: Tin House

text: Sierra Nevada College

text: National Poetry Slam

text: SlamNation

text: poetry slam

text: National Poetry Slam

text: Portland, Oregon

text: Boston Globe

text: Guggenheim fellowship

text: National Endowment for the Arts

text: literary journal

text: The Paris Review

text: TriQuarterly

text: anthologies

text: Stockholm

text: Poetry International Festival

text: Aran Islands

text: National Book Festival

text: Carnegie Hall

text: Dodge Poetry Festival

text: Derek Walcott

text: Boston University Playwrights Theater

text: Hartford, Ct.

text: The New York Times

text: Fib

text: Publishers Weekly

text: Emmett Till

text: Chicago

text: Detroit

text: Chicago Sun-Times

text: The Boston Globe

text: editor

text: Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt Award

text: National Book Award

text: Hurston-Wright Legacy Award

text: Carl Sandburg Literary Award

text: National Poetry Series

text: Robert L. Fish Memorial Award

text: Lenore Marshall Prize

text: Academy of American Poets

text: Northwestern University Press

text: Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards

text: Los Angeles Times Book Prize

text: American Society of Newspaper Editors

text: Pulitzer Prize

text: Bruce DeSilva

text: Edgar Award

text: Howell, New Jersey

text: Emmett Till

text: Hurricane Katrina

text: Coffee House Press

text: PBS

text: Harcourt Brace

text: Charles Johnson

text: Lee & Low

text: New Voices Award

text: Poetry slam

text: Journalism scandals

text: The Book of Voices

text: Modern American Poetry: Patricia Smith

text: Personal website

text: Patricia Smith: An American Poet

categories: African-American poets,American women children's writers,1955 births,Living people,The Boston Globe people,Writers from Chicago,American children's writers,American women poets,American poets,African-American women writers,American feminist writers,Sierra Nevada College,Journalistic hoaxes

paragraph: Patricia Smith (poet)

paragraph: Patricia Smith (born 1955) is an American poet, spoken-word performer, playwright, author, writing teacher, and former journalist. She has published poems in literary magazines and journals including "TriQuarterly", "Poetry", "The Paris Review", "Tin House", and in anthologies including "American Voices" and "The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry." She is on the faculties of the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing and the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Sierra Nevada College.

paragraph: She is a four-time individual National Poetry Slam champion and appeared in the 1996 documentary "SlamNation", which followed various poetry slam teams as they competed at the 1996 National Poetry Slam in Portland, Oregon.

paragraph: Patricia Smith is hailed as the first African-American woman to publish a weekly metro column for the "Boston Globe". Her many accomplishments include a Guggenheim fellowship, acceptance as a Civitellian, a National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient, and two-time winner of the Pushcart Prize. She is a former fellow of Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony, and she is the most successful poet of the National Poetry Slam competition. Currently, Smith is a professor at the College of Staten Island, a core faculty member in the MFA program at Sierra Nevada College, and a resident in VONA and in the Vermont College of Fine Arts Post-Graduate Residency Program.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Smith's poetry has appeared in literary journals including "The Paris Review" and "TriQuarterly", and dozens of anthologies, including "The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry", "The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry" and "Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade".

paragraph: She has read her poetry at venues including the Poets Stage in Stockholm, Urban Voices in South Africa, Rotterdam's Poetry International Festival, the Aran Islands International Poetry and Prose Festival and on tour in Germany, Austria and Holland. In the U.S., she's performed at the National Book Festival, Carnegie Hall, and the Dodge Poetry Festival.

paragraph: The book "Blood Dazzler" was the basis for a dance/theater production which sold out a week-long series of performances at New York's Harlem Stage.

paragraph: A selection of Smith's poetry was produced as a one-woman play by Nobel Prize-winner Derek Walcott and performed at both Boston University Playwrights Theater and the historic Trinidad Theater Workshop. Another play, based on "Life According to Motown", was staged by Company One Theater in Hartford, Ct., and reviewed favorably in "The New York Times".

paragraph: In an interview with Tony Leuzzi (a poet known for his Fib poetry and the poem "The Burning Door”"), Smith talks about how she started writing poetry. She says: "I got introduced to poetry via the stage, where there isn’t a place to crawl behind the language." Smith talks about her first Chicago slam poetry night where she performed her poems for the first time. This scene became Smith's social circle as well as her recreational exercise, but after performing for a while, people began to view Smith's poems as literature rather than just performance. These people challenged Smith to make a commitment to her writing. Smith discusses how she had written four poetry books before admitted into an MFA program. Though the MFA program taught her the “bones and muscles of language,” the poet claims she established herself as a poet and her content way before her academic studies. Smith responds to Leuzzi's question about attending an MFA program later in life by affirming the freedom she had in academics because she was already an established and published poet, so Smith did not need to go after grants and awards or university validation.

paragraph: In addition to her poetry and journalism, Patricia Smith is also a performer in two one-woman plays and in a one-woman show called "Professional Suicide." In Priya Parmar and Bryonn Bain's article "Spoken Word and Hip Hop: The Power of Urban Art and Culture", the authors argue that Smith along with Taylor Mali and Saul Williams ushered in a new era of poetry in the film documentary "SlamNation". Smith has contributed to various notable anthologies including "Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry," "Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café", "Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry", "Bum Rush the Page", "The Oxford Anthology of African American Poetry" and "Pushcart Prize XXXII: Best of the Small Presses".

paragraph: In addition to her personal works, she also offers individual and group rates for poetry instruction from kindergarteners to senior citizens..

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: As her first book, Patricia Smith published "Life According to Motown" in September 1991 and now it has been republished for the 20th anniversary edition"." Like much of her poetry, this collection draws upon her roots in Chicago during the 1960s, recounting lessons learned through the hardships and glamour of Motown. After "Life According to Motown," Smith published "Big Towns, Big Talks" which serves as a type of sequel to its predecessor, examining life after childhood in Chicago.

paragraph: In September 1993, Smith published "Close to Death," which explores black male life expectancy in relation to homicide, drug abuse, and AIDS. Smith's poems give voice to the thousands of black males in New York City, Chicago, and Boston who have run out of options and expect to lose their lives without first given a chance to live. "Publishers Weekly" says, "Her acute ear for the intricacies of speech adds to the vitality of poems written in the voice of black men she encounters amid the inner-city squalor of Chicago and Boston." Her "Teahouse of the Almighty" is a collection of her free-verse poems on various topics such as love, family, religion, feminism, and the role of poetry. The poem "Boy Dies, Girlfriend Gets His Heart" is about an actual event where a fifteen-year-old boy gave his heart to his girlfriend, and in another poem, Smith discusses her views on religion and her Baptist upbringing. Many critics have praised this work: Diane Scharper in "Library Journal" called it a "stunning mix of sound and sense and a "Publishers Weekly" critic stated: "Smith appears to be that rarest of creatures, a charismatic slam and performance poet whose artistry truly survives on the printed page."

paragraph: She authored a book of history, "Africans in America: American's Journey through Slavery," that was commissioned to accompany a PBS series of the same name, and which included short passages written by Charles Johnson and the WGBH Series Research Team.

paragraph: Her collection "Incendiary Art" grapples with black bodies of the African-American community against the backdrop of the killing of Emmett Till. This collection uses various forms of poetry such as prose, ghazels, sestinas, and sonnets.

paragraph: In "Gotta Go Gotta Flow", Patricia Smith combines her poems with Michael Abramson's photography of the '70s in Chicago's South Side. Donna Seman from "Booklist" praised this collection, saying that it is "a supremely arresting and affecting match of potent images and singing words."

paragraph: For "Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah", Smith won three awards: the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, the Rebekah Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, and the Phillis Wheatley Book Award in Poetry. The collection contains poems about the urban areas of Chicago and Detroit, discussing themes of first love, Motown, personal narrative, and cultural journey. Gregory Orr, judge of the 2014 Lenore Marshal Prize, said that her poems “plunge to the soul-depths of the people who inhabit them."

paragraph: Section::::Journalism controversy.

paragraph: As an editorial assistant at the "Chicago Sun-Times" in the late 1980s, she wrote a review of a concert that she had not attended.

paragraph: She gained notoriety when "The Boston Globe" asked her to resign after editors discovered her metro column contained fictional characters and fabricated events in violation of journalism practice. Smith admitted to four instances of fabrications in her columns.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.:Poetry.

paragraph: Her book "Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah" was awarded the 2014 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt Award. She is also a 2008 National Book Award finalist, winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award in Poetry, the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, the National Poetry Series award, the Patterson poetry award, two Pushcart Prizes, and the Rattle poetry prize. She also won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for short story writing and had work selected to appear in both "Best American Poetry" and "Best American Essays". In 2006, she was inducted into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent, and she was the recipient of both McDowell and Yadoo fellowships. For "Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah" she won the Lenore Marshall Prize, presented by the Academy of American Poets in recognition of "the most outstanding book of poetry" published in America the previous year. And "Incendiary Art" won the NAAACP Image Award and was named a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

paragraph: "Incendiary Art," a 2017 collection of poems published by Northwestern University Press won the 2018 Kingsley Tufts (Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards) poetry award and the 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry. The collection also won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for poetry.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.:Journalism.

paragraph: Smith won the Distinguished Writing Award for Commentary from the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), 1997. However, "The Boston Globe" returned the ASNE award and withdrew her from consideration for a Pulitzer Prize after the newspaper acknowledged that some of her columns contained fabricated people, events, and quotes.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Patricia Smith was born in 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Southern Illinois University and Northwestern University.

paragraph: Smith is married to Bruce DeSilva, journalist and Edgar Award-winning author. She lives in Howell, New Jersey.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.:Poetry collections.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Incendiary Art: Poems" poems about Emmett Till, Northwestern University Press, 2016.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Blood Dazzler" - poems about Hurricane Katrina, Coffee House Press, 2008, a National Book Award finalist.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Teahouse of the Almighty" - selected as a National Poetry Series winner, published in 2006 by Coffee House Press

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Close to Death" - poetry, 1993, Zoland Books

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Big Towns, Big Talk" - poetry, 1992, Zoland Books

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Life According to Motown" - poetry, 1991, Tía Chucha Press

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.:Non-fiction.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Africans in America" - history, companion book to the PBS television series of the same name, Harcourt Brace, 1998 (co-authored with Charles Johnson)

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.:Children's books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Janna and the Kings" - 2003, Lee & Low, winner of the New Voices Award for new children's book authors

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Poetry slam

paragraph: BULLET::::- Journalism scandals

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Book of Voices

paragraph: BULLET::::- Modern American Poetry: Patricia Smith

paragraph: BULLET::::- Personal website

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Academy of American Poets - Patricia Smith

paragraph: BULLET::::- Patricia Smith: An American Poet

description: American poet

wikidata_label: Patricia Smith

wikipedia_title: Patricia Smith (poet)


text:
Watling Street
St Olave Silver Street
Ipswich
Clara Reeve
John Cobbold
Holywells Park
The Cliff
Ann Candler
Valentine Day
George Frost
Richard Cobbold
George Sowerby
Laetitia Jermyn

categories: 18th-century British novelists,19th-century British poets,1765 births,People from Ipswich,British women poets,18th-century British poets,19th-century British women writers,19th-century British writers,Writers from London,1824 deaths,18th-century British writers,British women novelists,18th-century British women writers,19th-century British novelists

paragraph: Elizabeth Cobbold

paragraph: Elizabeth Cobbold or Carolina Petty Pasty born Elizabeth Knipe (1765–17 OCtober, 1824) was a British writer and poet.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Cobbold was born Elizabeth Knipe in Watling Street, London in 1765 to Robert Knipe. Her mother's maiden name was Waller. She was baptised in the now lost church of St Olave Silver Street before living in Manchester. Her first marriage was to William Clarke who worked for the customs at Ipswich. William was older than her and disabled and he died after less than a year. By this time she had published her first novel "The Sword, or Father Bertrand's History of his own Times" which was influenced by her friend Clara Reeve. The following year after becoming a widow she married the Ipswich brewer John Cobbold and she became the stepmother of fifteen children as well as, in time, giving birth to an additional seven. In 1814 they moved to a house at Holywells Park in Ipswich from their previous house, "The Cliff".

paragraph: Despite this number of children she published under the pseudonym of "Carolina Petty Pasty" a poetical piece which included a portrait which was her work too. In 1803 she served as editor to a volume of poems by Ann Candler. She continued to do charitable work and in 1812 she started a clothing society for small children and in 1820 a charitable bazaar.

paragraph: From 1806 Cobbold was known for Valentine Day cards which had verses written by herself and she published these in 1813 and 1814. The verses were attached to cleverly cut paper and it has been said that the skill of the cutting exceeded the quality of the poetry.

paragraph: Section::::Works and legacy.

paragraph: There are extant oil paintings of Elizabeth and her husband John which are attributed to George Frost. Her son Richard Cobbold was also a noted writer. A rare species of shellfish, was named for her by George Sowerby.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Poems on various subjects". 1783.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Six narrative poems" 1787.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The sword; or, Father Bertrand's history of his own times" 1791.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The mince pie, an heroic epistle" 1800.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cliff valentines. 1813, 1814"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "An ode on the victory of Waterloo" 1815.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monody to the memory of Mrs. Byles" 1818.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Poems, with a memoir of the author" [ed. Laetitia Jermyn]. 1825.

alias:
Elizabeth Knipe
Elizabeth Clarke
Eliza Knipe
Eliza Cobbold
Eliza Clarke

description: English poet, artist

wikidata_label: Elizabeth Cobbold

wikipedia_title: Elizabeth Cobbold


text: Sacramento, California

text: Major League Baseball

text: pitcher

text: Hiram Johnson High School

text: Oregon State University

text: Houston Astros

text: California Angels

text: All-Star Game

text: strikeout

text: earned run average

text: no-hit

text: Atlanta Braves

text: Astrodome

text: Bob

text: St. Louis Cardinals

text: Baseball Almanac

categories: Houston Astros players,Tiburones de La Guaira players,Calgary Cannons players,National League All-Stars,Baseball players from California,1946 births,Los Angeles Angels executives,California Angels players,Oklahoma City 89ers players,Major League Baseball pitchers,American League All-Stars,Florida Instructional League Astros players,Oregon State Beavers baseball players,Living people,Cardenales de Lara players,Sportspeople from Sacramento, California,Greensboro Patriots players,Sacramento City Panthers baseball players,Columbus Astros players,Peninsula Astros players

paragraph: Ken Forsch

paragraph: Kenneth Roth Forsch (born September 8, 1946 in Sacramento, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Forsch graduated from Hiram Johnson High School and played in college ball at Oregon State University through the 1967–1968 seasons.

paragraph: Forsch was selected by the Houston Astros in the 18th round (399th overall) of the 1968 MLB amateur draft. He pitched for the Astros (1970–1980) and the California Angels (1981–1984 and 1986), after being traded by the Astros. He was selected to the All-Star Game in 1976 and 1981.

paragraph: During his 16-year career, Forsch compiled 114 wins, 1,047 strikeouts, and a 3.37 earned run average.

paragraph: On April 7, 1979, Forsch no-hit the Atlanta Braves 6–0 at the Astrodome. His brother Bob, who also pitched for the Astros, hurled two no-hitters while with the St. Louis Cardinals, making them the only set of brothers to pitch no-hit no-run games in MLB history.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball all-time saves leaders

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: , or Baseball Almanac, or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Ken Forsch

wikipedia_title: Ken Forsch


text:
professional baseball
relief pitcher
Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
American League
Arizona Diamondbacks
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves
National League
Woodlawn High School
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Kansas City Royals
1996 Major League Baseball draft
free agent
International League
Toledo Mud Hens
spring training
bullpen
starting pitcher
Kenny Rogers
disabled list
ESPN's
Sunday Night Baseball
Atlanta Braves
sacrifice fly
RBI
save
Tigers
Adam Eaton
World Series Champions
NLDS
Colorado Rockies
NLCS
Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series
New York Yankees
Washington Nationals

categories: Cleveland Indians players,Toledo Mud Hens players,Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players,Atlanta Braves players,Philadelphia Phillies players,New Orleans Zephyrs players,Detroit Tigers players,Omaha Royals players,Mahoning Valley Scrappers players,1977 births,Wilmington Blue Rocks players,Kansas City Royals players,Wichita Wranglers players,Gulf Coast Royals players,Akron Aeros players,People from Spring Valley, Illinois,Omaha Golden Spikes players,Major League Baseball pitchers,Living people,Baseball players from Illinois,Arizona Diamondbacks players,Clearwater Threshers players,Lansing Lugnuts players

paragraph: Chad Durbin

paragraph: Chad Griffin Durbin (born December 3, 1977), is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, and Cleveland Indians, and Detroit Tigers of the American League (AL), and the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, and Atlanta Braves of the National League (NL).

paragraph: Durbin attended Woodlawn High School, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals, in the 3rd round, 79th overall, of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Durbin‘s major league debut came in a scoreless relief appearance, for the Royals, on September 26, 1999.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Tigers.

paragraph: Durbin signed with the Tigers as a minor league free agent prior to the 2006 baseball season. He was a part of the 2006 International League champion Toledo Mud Hens, while also making 3 late-season appearances with the Tigers.

paragraph: During 2007 spring training, Durbin was in the mix for one of the final spots in the Tigers bullpen. However, starting pitcher Kenny Rogers soon went on the disabled list with a shoulder injury, and the Tigers turned to Durbin to fill his spot in the rotation. Durbin served as a starting pitcher for several stints, before ultimately joining the bullpen. Pitching in relief, Durbin served several roles, including long relief and setup.

paragraph: During a game on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball against the Atlanta Braves, Durbin had a sacrifice fly for his first career RBI. He also recorded his first major league save in the same game. On December 12, 2007, Durbin was not offered a new contract by the Tigers and he became a free agent.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Philadelphia Phillies.

paragraph: On December 20, 2007, he signed with the Philadelphia Phillies to compete for a spot in their starting rotation. Though he lost out to Adam Eaton for a starting spot, Durbin enjoyed a strong season out of the bullpen for the eventual World Series Champions. In 2009, Durbin earned the first two postseason victories of his career, as he was the winning pitcher in Game 3 of the NLDS against the Colorado Rockies and Game 5 of the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The latter clinched a second straight trip to the World Series for the Phillies, where they'd lose to the New York Yankees in six games. Durbin spent one more season with the Phillies before rejoining the Indians as a free agent on March 1, 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Nationals.

paragraph: Durbin signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals on February 1, 2012. He was released from Nationals after Spring Training.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Atlanta Braves.

paragraph: He was then signed by the Atlanta Braves to a one-year contract. With the Braves, he posted an ERA of 3.10.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Second Stint with Phillies.

paragraph: On January 28, 2013, Durbin signed a one-year deal with the Phillies with a base salary of $1,100,000 and possible incentives totaling $350,000. The signing did not work out; the Phillies released Durbin on May 31, 2013 following a series of poor outings during which he had an ERA of 9.00.

paragraph: Durbin retired on November 25, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Durbin lives with his wife Crystal and sons Cade and Cavan and daughter Caris in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

description: retired Major League Baseball pitcher

wikidata_label: Chad Durbin

wikipedia_title: Chad Durbin


text:
French
François Mansart
Verneuil-en-Halatte
Oise
Huguenot
Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau
French Baroque architecture
Luxembourg Palace
Paris
Marie de' Medici
Palazzo Barberini
Palazzo Pitti
Medici
Anet
château de Montceaux-en-Brie
Coulommiers
Gonzaga
Church of Saint-Gervais
Luxembourg Palace
Paris
Rennes
Palace of Justice
Arcueil
Blérancourt
Paris
Blondel, Jacques-François
The Dictionary of Art
View
Internet Archive

categories: Renaissance architects,Huguenots,1571 births,17th-century French architects,16th-century French architects,1626 deaths

paragraph: Salomon de Brosse

paragraph: Salomon de Brosse (1571 – 9 December 1626) was an influential early 17th-century French architect, a major influence on François Mansart. Salomon was born in Verneuil-en-Halatte, Oise, into a prominent Huguenot family, the grandson through his mother of the designer Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau and the son of the architect Jean de Brosse. He was established in practice in Paris in 1598 and was promoted to court architect in 1608.

paragraph: De Brosse greatly influenced the sober and classicizing direction that French Baroque architecture was to take, especially in designing his most prominent commission, the Luxembourg Palace, Paris (1615-1624), for Marie de' Medici, whose patronage had been extended to his uncle. Salomon de Brosse simplified the crowded compositions of his Androuet du Cerceau heritage and contemporary practice, ranging the U-shaped block round an entrance court, as Carlo Maderno was doing at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, about the same time. The impetus for the plan is often traced to Palazzo Pitti, Florence, where the Medici queen had spent her youth, but the formal plan of Anet could also be adduced. He clad the building wholly in stone, avoiding the lively contrast of brick and stone that was the more familiar idiom. Though de Brosse was forced to relinquish his post on 24 March 1624, construction of the Luxembourg proceeded according to his plan and elevations; extensions made in the nineteenth century have not obscured his external elements.

paragraph: Other buildings that he designed include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- the château de Montceaux-en-Brie

paragraph: BULLET::::- the château of Coulommiers-en-Brie (1612–15), for Catherine Gonzaga, duchesse de Longueville.

paragraph: BULLET::::- the facade of the Church of Saint-Gervais, Paris (1615-1621)

paragraph: BULLET::::- the Luxembourg Palace, Paris (1615-1624)

paragraph: BULLET::::- the "Parlement de Bretagne" Rennes (1618) (now a Palace of Justice)

paragraph: BULLET::::- the aqueduct of Arcueil (1624)

paragraph: BULLET::::- the château of Blérancourt (ca 1619)

paragraph: De Brosse died, aged 55, in Paris.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Notes

paragraph: Sources

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ayers, Andrew (2004). "The Architecture of Paris". Stuttgart; London: Edition Axel Menges. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blondel, Jacques-François (1752). "Architecture françoise", reimpression of 1904, vol. 2. Paris: Librairie centrale des Beaux-Arts.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Coope, Rosalys (1972). "Salomon de Brosse and the Development of the Classical Style in French Architecture from 1565 to 1630". London: A. Zwemmer. . University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Coope, Rosalys (1996). "Brosse, Solomon de" in "The Dictionary of Art", edited by Jane Turner, reprinted with minor corrections in 1998, vol. 4, pp. 864–866. London: Macmillan. .

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pannier, Jacques (1911). "Un architecte français au commencement du XVIIe siècle: Salomon de Brosse". Paris: Libraire centrale d'Art et d'Architecture. View at Internet Archive.

alias:
Salomon De Brosse
Jacques de Brosse

description: French architect

wikidata_label: Salomon de Brosse

wikipedia_title: Salomon de Brosse


text:
Colombian
footballer
Defender
Club León
Liga MX Profile
Colombia AS (Spanish)

categories: Colombian expatriate footballers,Categoría Primera A players,América de Cali footballers,Association football defenders,Club León footballers,Independiente Medellín footballers,Liga MX players,1990 births,Colombian footballers,Expatriate footballers in Mexico,People from Antioquia Department,Living people

paragraph: Andrés Mosquera Guardia

paragraph: Andrés Felipe Mosquera Guardia (born 20 February 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a Defender for Club León.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liga MX Profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Colombia AS (Spanish)

description: Colombian football player

wikidata_label: Andrés Mosquera Guardia

wikipedia_title: Andrés Mosquera Guardia


text:
Canadian
Quebec
Beau Dommage
Juno Award
Francophone Album of the Year
Juno Awards of 1998
Collège Lionel-Groulx
National Theatre School of Canada
François Dompierre
The Alley Cat
Christmas music
Prix Félix
Moscow
Red Army Choir
Denys Arcand
Days of Darkness

categories: Canadian pianists,21st-century Canadian actresses,20th-century Canadian singers,Actresses from Montreal,French Quebecers,Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year winners,Canadian female pop singers,National Theatre School of Canada alumni,20th-century women singers,French-language singers of Canada,21st-century women singers,Singers from Montreal,21st-century Canadian singers,Living people,Canadian women pianists,20th-century Canadian actresses,1950 births,Canadian musical theatre actresses,Canadian female rock singers

paragraph: Marie-Michèle Desrosiers

paragraph: Marie-Michèle Desrosiers (born March 6, 1950) is a Canadian pop and rock singer from Quebec. She is most noted as a former member of the influential rock group Beau Dommage, and for her album "Marie Michèle Desrosiers chante les classiques de Noël", which won the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 1998.

paragraph: Desrosiers studied piano at Collège Lionel-Groulx and acting at the National Theatre School of Canada before joining Beau Dommage as a singer and keyboardist. She appeared on all of the band's four albums during its original run in the 1970s; on "", she received her first songwriting credit for "Le Coeur endormi".

paragraph: Following the band's breakup in the late 1970s, Desrosiers pursued a solo career, releasing her self-titled debut album in 1980. She released a second album, "Plus fort", in 1983 before participating in Beau Dommage's 1984 reunion concert. She followed up in 1985 with "Aimer pour aimer", and recorded vocals for François Dompierre's soundtrack to the 1985 film "The Alley Cat (Le Matou)". Throughout this time she also took a number of acting roles, predominantly in stage and musical theatre.

paragraph: She participated in the recording of Beau Dommage's reunion album in 1994.

paragraph: She released "Marie Michèle Desrosiers chante les classiques de Noël", her first album of Christmas music, in November 1996. Her most commercially successful album, it sold over 100,000 copies in Quebec within just a few weeks of its release. In addition to the album's Juno Award win, it was a shortlisted finalist for Album of the Year, and Desrosiers for Female Singer of the Year, at the Prix Félix in 1997.

paragraph: In 2002, she followed up with "Marie-Michèle Desrosiers chante Noël avec le choeur de l'Armée rouge", an album recorded in Moscow with the Red Army Choir. Her other albums have included "C'est ici que je veux vivre" (2000), "Mes mélodies du bonheur" (2004) and "Marie-Michèle se défrise" (2008).

paragraph: She had a small supporting role in Denys Arcand's "Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres)". More recently, she has continued to pursue a smaller-scale musical career, touring Quebec to perform Christmas music concerts with church and community choirs.

description: Pianist and singer from Quebec

wikidata_label: Marie Michèle Desrosiers

wikipedia_title: Marie-Michèle Desrosiers


text:
pretender
Edward II
hanging
Edward II of England
Robert the Bruce
Oxford
Beaumont Palace
Oxford
sow
King
carter
ditch digging
farming
Northampton
sedition
cat
devil
Christchurch Meadows
hanged
mentally ill
Isabella of France

wikipedia_title:
Pretender
Edward II of England
Hanging
Edward II of England
Robert the Bruce
Oxford
Beaumont Palace
Oxford
Pig
Edward I of England
Waste management
Ditch
Agriculture
Northampton
Sedition
Cat
Devil
Christ Church Meadow, Oxford
Hanging
Mental disorder
Isabella of France

categories: 1318 deaths,13th-century English people,Edward II of England,Pretenders to the English throne,14th-century English people,Witchcraft

paragraph: John Deydras

paragraph: John Deydras (died 1318), also known as John of Powderham, was a pretender to the English throne during the reign of Edward II. He was executed by hanging and his body was burnt.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: By 1318, Edward II of England was increasingly unpopular in England as a result of his style of government and his defeats while fighting Robert the Bruce of Scotland. Opposition was growing to his rule, when a young clerk in Oxford, John Deydras, also known as John of Powderham, issued claims that he was in fact the rightful heir to the throne.

paragraph: Section::::Deydras' claims and execution.

paragraph: Deydras arrived at Beaumont Palace in Oxford in early 1318, and claimed it for his own. He was, he said, really the King of England, and observers noted that he closely resembled Edward, being tall and good-looking. Unlike the king, Deydras, however, was missing an ear. Deydras explained that as a baby, the royal servant charged to look after him had allowed him to be attacked by a sow while he was playing in the castle courtyard, which had bitten off his ear. Knowing that she would have been severely punished by the King, she had replaced him with a carter's baby, who had then grown up to become Edward II, while Deydras had been given to the carter to be brought up in poverty. This explained, said Deydras, Edward's style of government and his strange dislike of martial activities - notoriously, Edward enjoyed many rustic, lower class pursuits such as ditch digging and farming. Deydras offered to fight Edward in single combat for the throne. Rumours began to spread across England.

paragraph: Deydras was finally arrested and brought to Edward at Northampton. Deydras insulted the king, again offered to fight him in single combat and repeated his claims about Edward's parentage, resulting in a trial for sedition. Deydras confessed during the trial to having made up his story, blaming his pet cat which he claimed was the devil in disguise, who had led him astray one day while he was walking across Christchurch Meadows. Found guilty, both he and his cat were hanged and Deydras' body burnt.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Today Deydras is believed to have been mentally ill; his story is not believed to have been true. Modern historians cite the case of Deydras as an example of the growing unhappiness with Edward II's rule during the period, and the protracted case appears to have deeply affected Isabella of France, Edward's wife, who felt humiliated by the event.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Doherty, Paul. (2003) "Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II." London: Robinson.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Weir, Alison. (2006) "Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England." London: Pimlico.

description: Pretender to the English throne

wikidata_label: John Deydras

wikipedia_title: John Deydras


text: Major League Baseball

text: shortstop

text: San Diego Padres

text: Oakland Athletics

text: New York Mets

text: Toronto Blue Jays

text: Cleveland Indians

text: spring training

text: home run

text: grand slam

text: Syracuse Chiefs

text: Toronto Blue Jays

text: free agent

text: Buffalo Bisons

text: Josh Barfield

text: Asdrúbal Cabrera

text: Tampa Bay Rays

text: Tiburones de La Guaira

text: Venezuelan Winter League

text: Philadelphia Phillies

text: ESPN (profile and daily update)

text: Baseball Cube baseball statistics

text: Pura Pelota

text: Retrosheet

categories: Bristol Tigers players,Cleveland Indians players,Edmonton Trappers players,Minor league baseball executives,Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players,Toronto Blue Jays players,Major League Baseball infielders,New York Mets players,Indianapolis Indians players,Minor league baseball coaches,Springfield Sultans players,Tiburones de La Guaira players,Norfolk Tides players,Major League Baseball players from Venezuela,Lakeland Tigers players,Tampa Bay Devil Rays players,Charlotte Knights players,Richmond Braves players,Durham Bulls players,Venezuelan baseball coaches,1975 births,Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Canada,Caribbean Series players,Living people,Memphis Chicks players,Lehigh Valley IronPigs players,Fayetteville Generals players,Águilas del Zulia players,San Diego Padres players,Niagara Falls Rapids players,Sportspeople from Caracas,Syracuse Chiefs players,Sacramento River Cats players,Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players,Oakland Athletics players

paragraph: Jorge Velandia

paragraph: Jorge Luis Velandia Macías (born January 12, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: Velandia played with the San Diego Padres (1997), Oakland Athletics (1998–2000), New York Mets (2000–2003), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2007), Toronto Blue Jays (2008), and Cleveland Indians (2008). On December 1, 2006, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Velandia to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. His first major league home run, which was a grand slam came on September 25, 2007.

paragraph: He started the 2008 season playing for the Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. On May 7, his contract was purchased by the Blue Jays, and was added to the active roster. On May 16, he was designated for assignment and declined an outright assignment on May 19 becoming a free agent. Velandia signed with the Cleveland Indians on May 27, 2008, and was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons.

paragraph: He was called up on June 12, to replace the injured Josh Barfield (who had been recently called up himself, for Asdrúbal Cabrera). Cabrera returned a month later, and Velandia was sent back to Buffalo. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays on August 30. On January 15, 2009, Velandia signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.

paragraph: Velandia was the captain of Tiburones de La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League until his retirement of active duty in January 2010.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.

paragraph: After working for the Philadelphia Phillies as assistant minor league field coordinator, he was announced as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Phillies upon former manager Ryne Sandberg's resignation on June 26, 2015.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball players from Venezuela

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia" – Gary Gillette, Peter Gammons, Pete Palmer. Publisher: Sterling Publishing, 2005. Format: Paperback, 1824pp. Language: English.

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESPN (profile and daily update)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Baseball Cube baseball statistics

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: , or Pura Pelota, or Retrosheet

description: Venezuelan baseball player

wikidata_label: Jorge Velandia

wikipedia_title: Jorge Velandia


text:
Tadazane
Udaijin
Sadaijin
Emperor Konoe
Regency
Insei system
Gukanshō
Tadamichi
Bifukumon-In
Emperor Toba
Go-Shirakawa
Minamoto
Taira
Fujiwara no Moronaga
Daijo-daijin

categories: Fujiwara clan,1120 births,1156 deaths,People of Heian-period Japan

paragraph: Fujiwara no Yorinaga

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born in 1120, Yorinaga had a turbulent youth. He later wrote that he did not listen to his elders and would spend most of his time roaming through the country, hawking and hunting - he said he still bore the scars of these expeditions at the time of writing. Despite this, he did proceed to begin studying, particularly the classics of Chinese literature and Confucianism, as well as Indian logic. He read little or no native Japanese works, however, and was later notable for never composing a poem in Japanese.

paragraph: He was the favourite son of his father, Tadazane.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Yorinaga ascended quickly through the political ranks, achieving the formidable office of Minister of the Right (Udaijin) by the age of 17. In 1150, he was appointed Minister of the Left, or Sadaijin, the highest rank under the Chancellor and the Regent himself. He married his daughter to Emperor Konoe in the same year.

paragraph: Yorinaga was a determined defender of the Fujiwara Regency, known for his courageous and obstinate opposition to the 'new men' of the Insei system, though he appreciated the necessity of reforming the Regency. He implemented various political reforms during his career: for example, during his term as Sadaijin he reviewed defunct Court practices and observations, viewing them as a deplorable lapse in officials' discipline.

paragraph: He was known for being overly firm and direct, even impetuous. The Gukanshō termed him as the finest scholar in Japan, but possessed of rash temperament. Some scholars have suggested that this was due to his lack of knowledge of Japanese literature and hence of native sentiment - his attitude was at odds with that of the easygoing Heian court.

paragraph: His opponents called him the Aku Safu, or 'Wicked Minister of the Left', due to his passionate reform and strength of character.

paragraph: Konoe's death in 1155 resulted in a hard-fought succession dispute. Yorinaga and his brother, Tadamichi, were divided over the issue. Bifukumon-In asserted her daughter's right to the Throne, but Japanese society was no longer accepting of a female sovereign, and nothing resulted from the claim. Tadamichi was triumphant, and the Emperor Toba's son, Go-Shirakawa, succeeded to the Throne. Yorinaga then asked to tutor the heir apparent, a reasonable request given his academic standing, but was denied.

paragraph: Section::::Hogen Insurrection.

paragraph: Both of them insulted by Go-Shirakawa's faction, Yorinaga joined with Sutoku, one of Toba’s other sons, in opposition to him. Successfully gathering several hundred soldiers from adjacent provinces, they marched on the capital. They successfully captured the city and readied defences to repel a counter-attack. Go-Shirakawa had the support of the two foremost warrior clans of the day, the Minamoto and the Taira - consequently, his forces vastly outnumbered those of Yorinaga and Sutoku. The ensuing battle took place during the night. After heavy fighting, Yorinaga and Sutoku's defensive position was destroyed by fire. Yorinaga was killed, along with fifty of Sutoku's important supporters. The rest of their allies surrendered.

paragraph: This defeat symbolised the true end of the Fujiwara's power over the capital and the rise of the warrior clans. It had been they who decided the outcome of the succession dispute, and their importance would only continue to grow for the next several centuries.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: He had two sons: Fujiwara no Moronaga (1138-1192), who served as Daijo-daijin, and Fujiwara no Kanenaga (1138-1158).

description: Japanese noble

wikidata_label: Fujiwara no Yorinaga

wikipedia_title: Fujiwara no Yorinaga


text:
warrior monks
Mii-dera
Enryaku-ji
Minamoto no Yoshitomo
Minamoto no Yoshitomo
Settsu Province
Minamoto no Tametomo
Minamoto no Yukiie
Sasaki Hideyoshi
Siege of Shirakawa-den

paragraph: Minamoto no Tameyoshi

paragraph: Though most famous for his involvement in the Hōgen Rebellion, Minamoto No Tameyoshi is also said to have intervened in a number of other conflicts earlier in his life. Around 1113, the ongoing rivalry between the warrior monks of Mii-dera and Enryaku-ji erupted into outright violence in the streets of Kyoto. Though the palace guard mobilized quickly to protect the Emperor, it is said that Tameyoshi, with a handful of mounted samurai, drove the mobs away himself.

paragraph: Upon being defeated in the Hōgen Rebellion, Tameyoshi took the tonsure and was released into the custody of his son Minamoto no Yoshitomo who then had him beheaded. This was an unprecedented breaking of Buddhist values in Japan, yet no one in the court berated Yoshitomo for his actions at the time until after his death.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Father: Minamoto no Yoshichika (源義親, ?–1108?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mother: unknown

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wife: daughter of Fujiwara no Tadakiyo (藤原忠清の娘)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1st son: Minamoto no Yoshitomo (源義朝, 1123–1160)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concubine: daughter of Rokujō no Shigesugu (六条重俊娘)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2nd son: Minamoto no Yoshikata (源義賢, ?–1155)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3rd son: Minamoto no Yoshihiro (源義広, ?–1184), also called "Shida Saburō Senjō" (志田三郎先生).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concubine: daughter of Minamoto no Motosane (源基実娘)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4th son: Minamoto no Yorikata (源頼賢, ?–1156)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 5th son: Minamoto no Tamekata (源頼仲, ?–1156)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 6th son: Minamoto no Tamemune (源為宗, ?–1156)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concubine: daughter of Kamo no Narimune (賀茂成宗娘)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 7th son: Minamoto no Tamenari (源為成, ?–1156)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concubine: "'prostitute" from Eguchi-jō (江口城), Settsu Province

paragraph: BULLET::::- 8th son: Minamoto no Tametomo (源為朝, 1139–1170)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 9th son: Minamoto no Tamenaka (源為仲, 1142–1156)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Children with unknown mother:

paragraph: BULLET::::- 10th son: Minamoto no Yukiie (源行家, 1143–1186)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 11th son: Minamoto no Otowaka (源乙若, 1144–1156)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 12th son: Minamoto no Kamewaka (源亀若, 1146–1156)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 14th son: Minamoto no Koreyoshi (源維義, ?–?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 15th son: Minamoto no Yorisada (源頼定, 1151–?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 17th son: Minamoto no Masachika (源正親, 1153–?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Son: Minamoto no Norisato (源仙覚, ?–?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Son: Minamoto no Takakimi (源天王, ?–?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter: "Lady of Mino" (美濃局, ?–?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter: Tori-in-zen-ni (鳥居禅尼, ?–?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter: wife of Sasaki Hideyoshi (佐々木秀義室)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter: wife of Fujiwara no Mitsutaka (藤原光隆室)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Siege of Shirakawa-den

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- trans. Varley, Paul H. (1980). "A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns 'Jinnō Shōtōki' of Kitabatake Chikafusa". New York: Columbia University Press.

description: Japanese samurai

wikidata_label: Minamoto no Tameyoshi

wikipedia_title: Minamoto no Tameyoshi


text:
prelate
Kingdom of Scotland
Arbroath Abbey
Archdeacon of Brechin
archdeacon
diocese of Brechin
Bishop Hugh
Bishop of Brechin
papacy
bishop of St Andrews
consecration
papal judge-delegate
Forfar
Dundee
the cathedral
Céli Dé
Albin

categories: 12th-century births,1240s deaths,Bishops of Brechin

paragraph: Gregory of Brechin

paragraph: Gregory of Brechin (died 1242x1246) was a 13th-century prelate based in the Kingdom of Scotland.

paragraph: Gregory's name appears for the first time in an Arbroath Abbey document dating between 1189 and 1198, when he is holding the office of Archdeacon of Brechin. He is the first known archdeacon in the diocese of Brechin. Following the death of Bishop Hugh in 1218, he is elected Bishop of Brechin; the papacy issued a mandate to the bishop of St Andrews for his confirmation and consecration on 15 December 1218.

paragraph: Gregory is found as a papal judge-delegate in 1219, 1224 and 1225. He was present at the royal council in Forfar in 1225, and at Dundee in 1230.

paragraph: He appears in another Arbroath document dating to 1242, his last appearance in contemporary sources.

paragraph: During Gregory's time the cathedral was run by Scottish priests called "Céli Dé", governed until at least the early part of Gregory's episcopate by a prior named Máel Brigte ("Mac Léoit", "MacLoud"). The old abbots of Brechin were in the process of becoming the secular "Mac in Aba" ("filius Abbe", "MacNab") lords of Glen Esk. Soon after Gregory's death these priests "by change of name" came to be "styled as canons". Gregory may have been responsible for this nominal change.

paragraph: Gregory died sometime between his last appearance in 1242, and 1246 when the papacy mandated the confirmation of his successor Albin.

description: Bishop of Brechin

wikidata_label: Gregory of Brechin

wikipedia_title: Gregory of Brechin


text: Teplice

text: Bohemia

text: Krásná Lípa

text: virtuoso

text: pianist

text: arranger

text: music teacher

text: Anton Bruckner

text: Theodor Leschetizky

text: Franz Liszt

text: Czechoslovak State Award

text: Die Walküre

text: Siegfried

text: Götterdämmerung

categories: Male pianists,Czech classical pianists,Czech male classical composers,People from Teplice,Czech classical composers,1930 deaths,1860 births

paragraph: August Stradal

paragraph: August Stradal (17 May 1860, Teplice, Bohemia – 13 March 1930, Krásná Lípa) was a Bohemian virtuoso pianist, arranger and music teacher. A diverse piano arranger, Stradal arranged music from Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Buxtehude, Liszt, Mozart, Paganini, Purcell, Reubke, Strauss, Wagner and Vivaldi.

paragraph: A student of Anton Bruckner, he made solo piano arrangements of that composer's symphonies 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8. His pianistic credentials included studies with both Theodor Leschetizky and Franz Liszt, with whom he studied from late 1884, appearing in the latter's master classes in Weimar, Rome, and Pest, where he played some of Liszt's most difficult works. He arranged Liszt's 13 Symphonic Poems. He received the Czechoslovak State Award in 1928.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works (solo piano).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bach - Organ sonata in E minor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bach - Second Organ Concerto

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bach - Brandenburg Concertos nos.3 and 4

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bach - Piano Concerto in F major

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bach W.F. - Fantasy and Fugue in A minor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Beethoven - String Quartet, Op.131

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brahms - 3 Caprices after the Waltzes, Op.39

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bruckner - String Quintet in F major

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buxtehude - Passacaglia in D minor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in A minor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in D minor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in E minor (no.2)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in F major

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in F# minor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in G minor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buxtehude - Prelude in E minor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liszt - Dante Symphony

paragraph: BULLET::::- Transcriptions of all 13 of Liszt's Symphonic Poems

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liszt - Faust Symphony

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liszt - Es muss ein Wunderbares sein

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mozart - Symphony no.40

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mozart - Canzone on The Marriage of Figaro

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paganini - Bravoure Study on Caprices

paragraph: BULLET::::- Purcell - Chaconne

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reubke - Sonata on the 94th Psalm

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stradal - Abenddämmerung

paragraph: BULLET::::- Strauss J - Concert paraphrase on the waltz "Dorfschwalben aus Österreich"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wagner - Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond (from "Die Walküre"); Der Ritt der Walküren (from Die Walküre); Schluss des letzten Aufzuges (from Die Walküre) Waldweben (from "Siegfried"); Rheinfahrt aus dem Vorspiel (from "Götterdämmerung"); Trauermusik aus dem letzten Aufzug (from Götterdämmerung); Wesendonck-Lieder.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vivaldi / J.S. Bach - Organ Concerto in D minor

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) and Viennese Musicians of 19th century, accessed April 8, 2008.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anton Bruckner Symphony Versions Discography Compiled and Maintained by John F. Berky, accessed April 8, 2008.

description: Bohemian pianist and composer

wikidata_label: August Stradal

wikipedia_title: August Stradal


text:
Major General
Romanian Armed Forces
World War II

categories: 1974 deaths,Romanian military personnel of World War II,1894 births,Romanian Land Forces generals

paragraph: Ilie Antonescu

paragraph: Ilie Antonescu (born 1894, died 1974) was a Major General of the Romanian Armed Forces during World War II.

paragraph: He became a Commanding Officer 6th Calarasi Cavalry Regiment in 1941, and moved to the 55th Exploration Group and then to the 6th Calarasi Cavalry Regiment that year. In 1942, he served as the Romanian Liaison Officer to Army Group South, the Chief 4th Section forward echelons General Headquarter, and the Chief of Staff 5th Corps Area. He was Deputy General Officer Commanding 5th Cavalry Division in 1943, and in 1944 became General Officer Commanding 5th Training Cavalry Division, then General Officer Commanding 5th Cavalry Division, and finally Assistant Inspector-General of Cavalry. He became a General Officer Commanding 9th Cavalry Division in 1944, and spent 1945 - 1948 in reserve. Antonescu retired in 1948.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: br

description: Romanian army officer

wikidata_label: Ilie Antonescu

wikipedia_title: Ilie Antonescu


text:
Norwegian
Norwegian Constitutional Assembly
Stor-Elvdal
Hedmark
Norwegian Constituent Assembly
Eidsvoll
Hedemarkens Amt
Claus Bendeke
Andreas Aagaard Kiønig
Medal for Outstanding Civic Service
Norwegian Parliament
Hedmark University College
Ole Olsen Evenstad
Representantene på Eidsvoll 1814
Men of Eidsvoll
Evenstad kirke

categories: Members of the Storting,1833 deaths,Recipients of the Medal for Outstanding Civic Service,1766 births,Fathers of the Constitution of Norway

paragraph: Ole Olsen Evenstad (born 1766)

paragraph: Ole Olsen Evenstad (23 September 1766 – 20 February 1833) was a Norwegian farmer and elected official who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Ole Olsen Evenstad was born on the Evenstad farm in Stor-Elvdal parish in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of a farm owner and local sheriff, Ole Olsen Evenstad (1739–1806) and Gertrude Helgesdatter Søstu Stai (1745–1820). Evenstad later ran the family farm and also served as sheriff in his district.

paragraph: Ole Olsen Evenstad was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814, representing the constituency of Hedemarkens Amt (now Hedmark). Together with his fellow delegates from Hedmark, Claus Bendeke and Andreas Aagaard Kiønig, he supported the position of the independence party ("Selvstendighetspartiet"). In 1821 he was awarded the Medal for Outstanding Civic Service ("Borgerdådsmedaljen") second class in silver. He became a member of the Norwegian Parliament for Hedmark in 1824 where he was a member of the commission for mining and forestry. He also was a member of the Conciliation Commission ("Forlikskommisjon") in his district.

paragraph: Section::::Evenstad skogskole.

paragraph: In 1912, the former Evenstad farm was acquired by the Evenstad Forestry School ("Evenstad skogskole"). The 126-year-old main building at Evenstad burned down in 1987. Since 1989 the former farm and forestry school has served as the Evenstad Campus of Hedmark University College. The school offers degrees in forestry and wildlife management, together with advanced courses of study in applied ecology.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: In 1795, he married his cousin Kari Olsdatter Søstu Stai (1766–1828). They were the parents of two sons, Ole Olsen Evenstad (1798–1859) and Helge Olsen Evenstad (1800–1801). Evenstad died in 1833 at 67 years of age and was buried at Stor-Elvdal Church.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Representantene på Eidsvoll 1814 (Cappelen Damm AS)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Men of Eidsvoll (eidsvollsmenn)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Evenstad kirke (norske-kirkebygg)

paragraph: Section::::Related Reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Holme Jørn (2014) "De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus" (Oslo: Cappelen Damm)

description: farmer, father of the Constitution of Norway and member of Stortinget

wikidata_label: Ole Olsen Evenstad

wikipedia_title: Ole Olsen Evenstad (born 1766)


text: Norwegian Constitutional Assembly

text: Eidsvoll

text: Skien

text: Telemark

text: cand.jur.

text: Vest-Agder

text: Norwegian Constituent Assembly

text: Lister Amt

text: Gabriel Lund

text: Teis Lundegaard

text: Laurvig

text: Vest-Agder

text: Norwegian Parliament

text: Vestfold

text: County Governor of Rogalands Amt

text: Rogaland

text: "Men of Eidsvoll" (eidsvollsmenn)

categories: Members of the Storting,Norwegian jurists,County Governors of Norway,Vestfold politicians,1826 deaths,1775 births,Fathers of the Constitution of Norway,Vest-Agder politicians

paragraph: Jens Erichstrup

paragraph: Jens Erichstrup (10 November 1775 – 18 August 1826) was a Norwegian jurist and elected official. He served as a representative at the

paragraph: Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.

paragraph: Jens Erichstrup was born in Skien in Telemark, Norway. He received an education in law and graduated as cand.jur. in 1798.

paragraph: From 1801 to 1810 he worked in the Treasury ("Rentekammeret"), the first two years as copyist, later as proxy. He was appointed bailiff () of Lister in Vest-Agder during 1810. He was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the constituency of Lister Amt, together with Gabriel Lund and Teis Lundegaard. At Eidsvoll, he supported the position of the union party ("Unionspartiet").

paragraph: In 1818, he was appointed bailiff in Laurvig. He was also elected in 1818 as a representative from Lister og Mandals amt (now Vest-Agder) to the Norwegian Parliament where he served as secretary on the election and the budget committees. He subsequently became acting County Governor of Jarlsbergs og Laurvigs Amt (now Vestfold). While serving there, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1821 as a representative from Laurvig Grevskab (now Larvik) and in 1824 representing Jarlsberg og Laurviks amt (now Vestfold). Erichstrup was then County Governor of Rogalands Amt (now Rogaland) from 1825 until his death.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Representantene på Eidsvoll 1814" (Cappelen Damm AS)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Men of Eidsvoll" (eidsvollsmenn)

paragraph: Section::::Related Reading.

description: father of the Constitution of Norway and member of Stortinget

wikidata_label: Jens Erichstrup

wikipedia_title: Jens Erichstrup


text:
Finnish
enduro
International Six Days Enduro
World Enduro Championship
Husqvarna
TM
Anders Eriksson
Honda
KTM
Samuli Aro
Yamaha
Johnny Aubert
2008 season
Iván Cervantes
FIM Indoor Enduro World Cup
Barcelona
Girona

categories: Enduro riders,2012 deaths,Finnish motorcycle racers,Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain,1974 births

paragraph: Mika Ahola

paragraph: Mika Ahola (13 December 1974 – 15 January 2012) was a Finnish enduro rider and a five-time world champion. He was also a seven-time winner of the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) World Trophy with Team Finland, and was the fastest overall in the competition in 1999, 2001 and 2002.

paragraph: Ahola debuted in the World Enduro Championship in a Husqvarna in 1993, and became a regular title contender after joining the TM factory team in 1997. In 2001, he finished runner-up for the third time, after losing the final round in Sweden and the 500 cc world title to Anders Eriksson by 0.06 seconds and a single point, respectively. Ahola took three more wins than Eriksson, but a mechanical problem in the second round in Slovakia proved costly for his title chase. After another second placing in 2002 and a third in 2003, he briefly moved to Husqvarna until signing for Honda for the 2006 season, which saw him finish second to KTM's Samuli Aro in the E2 class.

paragraph: In 2007, Ahola took seven wins and finished on the podium in all but one event, beating compatriot Aro and Yamaha's Johnny Aubert to finally win the world championship. For the 2008 season, he moved to the E1 class and took his second world title ahead of KTM's Iván Cervantes. Ahola went on to win a fourth consecutive title in 2010. In 2011, he moved to the E3 class and became the first rider to win the world championship in all the three current categories.

paragraph: Ahola debuted in the Barcelona Indoor Enduro in 2003, resulting fourth. He ended fourth again in 2004 and fifth in 2006. The rider entered the FIM Indoor Enduro World Cup in 2007/08, where he took two podiums and resulted third in points. In 2008/09 he got three podiums and ended fourth in the standings. The rider resulted sixth in 2009/10 with a best result of third. The Finn won a race and collected three podiums, to end third in points.

paragraph: Mika Ahola announced his retirement from enduro racing on New Year's Day 2012. Ahola died of internal injuries on 15 January 2012 at a hospital in Barcelona, a few weeks after crashing while training in Girona, Spain.

description: Finnish enduro rider

wikidata_label: Mika Ahola

wikipedia_title: Mika Ahola


text: nawab wazir of Oudh

text: Asaf-Ud-Dowlah

text: Asaf-Ud-Dowlah

text: Lucknow

text: musnud

text: John Shore

text: Saadat Ali Khan II

text: Benares

text: Calcutta

text: George Frederick Cherry

text: Samuel Davis

text: pike

text: Massacre of Benares

text: Rajputana

text: Jaipur

text: Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington

text: Fort William

text: Bengal Presidency

text: Royal line of Nawabs of Oudh

categories: 1780 births,People from Lucknow,Indian Shia Muslims,1817 deaths,Nawabs of Awadh

paragraph: Wazir Ali Khan

paragraph: Wazir Ali Khan (, )(b. 19 April 1780 – d. 15 May 1817)

paragraph: was the fourth nawab wazir of Oudh from 21 September 1797 to 21 January 1798, and the adopted son of Asaf-Ud-Dowlah.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was the adopted son of Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, who had no son. He adopted a boy who was the son of a daughter of a servant. At 13 years of age, Ali was married at the cost of £300000 in Lucknow.

paragraph: After the death of his adopted father in September 1797 he ascended to the throne ("musnud"), with the support of the British. Within four months they accused him of being unfaithful. Sir John Shore (1751–1834) then moved in with 12 battalions and replaced him with his uncle Saadat Ali Khan II.

paragraph: Ali was granted a pension of 3,00,000 Rupees and removed to Benares. The government in Calcutta decided that he should be removed further from his former realm. George Frederick Cherry, a British resident, relayed this order to him on 14January 1799 during a breakfast invitation at which Ali had appeared with an armed guard. During the ensuing argument Ali struck Cherry a blow with his sabre, whereupon the guards killed the resident and two more Europeans. They then set out to attack the house of Samuel Davis, the Magistrate of Benares, who defended himself on the staircase of his house with a pike until rescued by British troops. The affair became known as the Massacre of Benares.

paragraph: Subsequently Ali assembled a rebellious army of several thousand men. A quickly assembled force commanded by General Erskine moved into Benares and "restored order" by 21 January. Ali fled to Butwal, Rajputana and was granted asylum by the Raja of Jaipur. On request of Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, the raja turned Ali over to the British on the condition that he neither be hanged nor be put in fetters. Ali surrendered to the British authorities in December 1799, and was placed in rigorous confinement at Fort William, Calcutta.

paragraph: The colonial government complied with this: Ali spent the rest of life – 17 years – in an iron cage in Fort William in the Bengal Presidency. He was buried in the Muslim graveyard of "Kasi Baghan".

paragraph: Section::::Children.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mirza Jalaluddin Haidar Ali Jhan Bahadur born 1798, married and got Issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nawab Mubarak ud-Daula, who moved to Ottoman Empire

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mirza Muhammad Ali Khan

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sahibzadi Saadatunnisa Begum

paragraph: Section::::Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Baillie, Laureen (Hrsg.): "Indian Biographical Archiv;" München, , Fiche 492

paragraph: BULLET::::- Davis, John Francis (1795–1890); Vizier Ali Khan; or, The massacre of Benares: a chapter in British Indian history .. (1871) (Orig. 1844)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Higginbotham, J. J.; "Men Whom India has Known". 1874

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ray, Aniruddha; "Revolt of Vizir Ali of Oudh at Benares in 1799;" in: Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 49th Session, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 1988: S 331–338

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kartoos by Habib Tanvir

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Royal line of Nawabs of Oudh

paragraph: BULLET::::- National Informatics Centre, Lucknow – Rulers of Awadh

paragraph: BULLET::::- NAWABS OF OUDH & THEIR SECULARISM – Dr. B. S. Saxena

paragraph: BULLET::::- HISTORY OF AWADH (Oudh) a princely State of India by Hameed Akhtar Siddiqui

description: Nawab wazir of Oudh

wikidata_label: Wazir Ali Khan

wikipedia_title: Wazir Ali Khan


text: Swiss

text: slalom canoeist

text: Augsburg

text: European Championships

text: 2004 Summer Olympics

text: K1 event

text: 2008 Summer Olympics

text: K1 event

text: 2012 Summer Olympics

text: K1 event

text: Solothurn

categories: Swiss male canoeists,Olympic canoeists of Switzerland,Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics,1980 births,Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics,Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics,Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships,Living people

paragraph: Michael Kurt

paragraph: Michael "Mike" Kurt (born 2 April 1980) is a Swiss slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2016.

paragraph: He won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg. He also won four medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronzes).

paragraph: At the 2004 Summer Olympics Kurt competed in the K1 event. He won the qualification round, and progressed to the semifinals. However, at this stage, he finished 20th out of 25. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished seventeenth in the qualification round of the K1 event, failing to progress to the semifinals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he placed 13th in the K1 event after being eliminated in the semifinals.

paragraph: He lives in Solothurn and is a co-founder and CEO of the crowdfunding platform www.ibelieveinyou.ch.

description: canoeist

wikidata_label: Michael Kurt

wikipedia_title: Michael Kurt


text:
tsaritsa
Bulgaria
Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria
Theodore II Laskaris
Elena of Bulgaria
John IV Laskaris
Ivan Asen II
Anna Maria of Hungary
dynastic name "Asen"
Tarnovo
Michael VIII Palaiologos
Latin Empire
Byzantine Empire

categories: 13th-century Bulgarian people,Daughters of Byzantine emperors,Bulgarian consorts,1268 deaths,13th-century Bulgarian women,13th-century births

paragraph: Irene Doukaina Laskarina

paragraph: Irene Doukaina Laskarina (, ) was empress consort (tsaritsa) of Bulgaria (1258–1268). She was the second wife of Tsar Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria.

paragraph: She was a daughter of Emperor Theodore II Laskaris of Nicaea, and his wife Elena of Bulgaria, and sister of Nicaean Emperor John IV Laskaris. Her maternal grandparents were Tsar Ivan Asen II and Anna Maria of Hungary.

paragraph: In 1257, Irene married Bulgarian nobleman Constantine Tikh as his second wife. Her husband was a pretender to the Bulgarian crown. Constantine was proud to be married to a granddaughter of Tsar Ivan Asen II, and he adopted the Bulgarian dynastic name "Asen" to enhance his claim to the crown. In the next year Constantine was elected "Tsar of Bulgaria" by a boyar council in Tarnovo and Irene become his consort.

paragraph: In 1261 Irene's young brother, Emperor John IV Laskaris, was deposed and blinded by Nicaean regent Michael VIII Palaiologos, who had just regained Constantinople from the Latin Empire, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. Tsaritsa Irene was a bitter enemy of the usurper. She became a leader of the anti-Byzantine party in the Bulgarian court.

paragraph: Irene died in 1268. She had no children.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- John V.A. Fine, Jr., "The Late Medieval Balkans", Ann Arbor, 1987.

description: 13th-century empress consort of Bulgaria

wikidata_label: Irene Doukaina Laskarina

wikipedia_title: Irene Doukaina Laskarina


text:
American football
National Football League
Detroit Lions
Bucyrus, Ohio
college football
Ohio State University
All-America
East–West Shrine Game
1945 NFL Draft
Washington Redskins
United States Navy
World War II
NFL.com player page

categories: Detroit Lions players,American football ends,Players of American football from Ohio,American football tackles,American military personnel of World War II,1921 births,Ohio State Buckeyes football players,People from Bucyrus, Ohio,Living people,Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football players

paragraph: Cecil Souders

paragraph: Cecil B. Souders (born January 3, 1921) is a former American football player. He played professional in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions. Born in Bucyrus, Ohio, Souders played college football at Ohio State University, where he was a three-time All-American. He also played in two East–West Shrine Games and one All Star game. Souders is a member of the Ohio State Hall of Fame and was drafted in the 25th round of the 1945 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- NFL.com player page

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Cecil Souders

wikipedia_title: Cecil Souders


text:
Kashmir
Andrabi
Andarab
Baghlan Province
Afghanistan
Andrabi
Wahdatulalujud in Kashmir, India
Various Sufi silsilas in Kashmir

categories: Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam,Kashmiri people

paragraph: Shaykh Syed Mir Mirak Andrabi

paragraph: Syed Mir Mirak Andrabi (921-990 AH; c. 1515–1582 AD) was a fifth-generation Sufi scholar in Kashmir. The son of Allama Syed Shams-ud-din Andrabi (860-932 AH, c. 1455–1525), his great-grandfather Syed Ahmad Andrabi was originally from Andarab (a valley in southern Baghlan Province in northeastern Afghanistan. He migrated with his clan to Kashmir to spread Islam. His descendants are known as Andrabi Syed, reflecting their geographical links.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wahdatulalujud in Kashmir, India

paragraph: BULLET::::- Various Sufi silsilas in Kashmir

paragraph: BULLET::::- Qasida-i-Ammia by Baba Dawood Khaki

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tareekh-i- Hassan

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tahif-ul- Abrar

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Manaqib-u-Sadaat by Mufti Sa'adat

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zikir Sadaat-i-Andrabia by Moulana Nabeeh Ahmad Andrabi "Shaheed".

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tareekh-i-Bab-i-Sulaiman by Mir Saad-ul-lah Shahabadi

description: Islamic scholar

wikidata_label: Shaykh Syed Mir Mirak Andrabi

wikipedia_title: Shaykh Syed Mir Mirak Andrabi


text: National Gallery of Art

text: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

text: National Portrait Gallery

text: White House Historical Association

text: Second World War

text: Roberts Commission

text: York

text: South Carolina

text: David E. Finley

text: American Civil War

text: University of South Carolina

text: George Washington University

text: Philadelphia

text: Washington, D.C.

text: First World War

text: U.S. Army Air Service

text: War Department

text: Leesburg, Virginia

text: Georgetown

text: World War II

text: American Red Cross

text: United States Treasury Department

text: Andrew W. Mellon

text: National Gallery

text: National Portrait Gallery

text: National Gallery of Art

text: London

text: Italian Renaissance

text: Joseph Duveen

text: Andrew Mellon

text: John Russell Pope

text: Samuel Kress

text: Joseph E. Widener

text: Lessing Rosenwald

text: National Gallery of Art

text: London

text: Paris

text: Florence

text: Europe

text: J. Carter Brown

text: Harlan Fiske Stone

text: Franklin D. Roosevelt

text: Owen J. Roberts

text: War Department

text: Monuments and Fine Art Officers

text: Roberts Commission

text: National Gallery of Art

text: Paul Mellon

text: historic preservation movement

text: United States Commission of Fine Arts

text: Old Patent Office Building

text: Lafayette Square

text: National Portrait Gallery

text: Old Patent Office Building

text: Fine Arts Commission

text: Dwight D. Eisenhower

text: Portrait Gallery

text: Smithsonian American Art Museum

text: White House Historical Association

text: White House

text: J. Carter Brown

text: National Gallery of Art

text: Andrew Mellon

text: National Gallery

text: Yale

text: University of South Carolina

text: Georgetown University

text: George Washington University

text: Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association

text: Smithsonian

text: Presidential Medal of Freedom

text: Watergate

text: Georgetown

text: Oak Hill Cemetery

text: Washington National Cathedral

categories: University of South Carolina alumni,American military personnel of World War I,Directors of museums in the United States,National Gallery of Art,Lawyers from Washington, D.C.,People from York, South Carolina,George Washington University Law School alumni,1977 deaths,1890 births

paragraph: David E. Finley Jr.

paragraph: David Edward Finley Jr. (September 1, 1890 – February 1, 1977) was an American cultural leader during the middle third of the 20th century. He was the first director of the National Gallery of Art, the founding chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a prime mover in the founding of the National Portrait Gallery, and founding chairman of the White House Historical Association. During the Second World War, Finley led the Roberts Commission, which led the rescue of much of the threatened artworks of Europe.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Finley was born at York, South Carolina, the son of Congressman David E. Finley (1862–1917) and Elizabeth Lewis Gist, of a family prominent in South Carolina before and during the American Civil War. He was graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1910 and took a law degree at George Washington University in 1913. He learned the workings of Washington working for his father's congressional committee from 1910 to 1915, and then practiced law in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. before and after the First World War, in which he served in the U.S. Army Air Service and with the War Department afterwards in soldier reemployment.

paragraph: Section::::Family life.

paragraph: As the eldest of eight siblings, Finley provided financial and moral support to an extended family in South Carolina and elsewhere after his father died in 1917 and throughout his own life. In 1931, he married Margaret Morton Eustis (1903–1977), a Washington heiress, sculptor and architect, at her family's country home at Oatlands, near Leesburg, Virginia, where the Finleys later established their own country residence. Their Washington home was in Georgetown, at 3318 O Street, NW, where they led an active social life with political and social leaders. During World War II, and for many years afterwards, Margaret Finley was a full-time volunteer for the American Red Cross. The Finleys had no natural children, but in 1935 they took into their home Renee and Joan Beauregard, the two orphaned daughters of friends, whom they raised as their wards.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:The Mellon Connection.

paragraph: In 1921 Finley joined the legal staff of the United States Treasury Department where he came to the attention of Secretary Andrew W. Mellon. In 1924, Finley wrote "Taxation, the People’s Business", published in Mellon's name, which articulated Mellon's taxation and fiscal policies. By 1927, Finley was writing most of Mellon's speeches, policy papers and correspondence and had begun to assist Mellon in his art collection.

paragraph: By the 1920s Mellon had become a major collector of paintings, principally Dutch, British and American and traveled regularly to England and the Continent, where he became familiar with the great public and private art collections and was a particular admirer of the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery in London. In 1927, he decided to found the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and made Finley his special assistant in that enterprise. Finley was particularly influential in Mellon's selection of art from the Italian Renaissance, which he began collecting in 1928 with a view to creating a collection worthy to be the nucleus of a great national gallery.

paragraph: When Mellon went to London as ambassador in 1932-1933, Finley went with him on Mellon's private payroll and continued to work on the planning for the National Gallery. Upon their return in 1933, Mellon was forced to spend most of the next three years defending himself, against politically motivated charges of tax fraud brought by the Roosevelt administration, while Finley continued to work on planning the National Gallery. In late 1936 Finley selected twenty-four Italian Renaissance paintings and eighteen sculptures from Lord Joseph Duveen, which Mellon bought to complete his collection. He offered it to the nation as the nucleus of the National Gallery, together with the gallery building and a large endowment. The total gift was valued at $80 million, which would translate to perhaps $10 billion in current dollars – the richest gift ever from an individual to a government. After Mellon's death in 1937, Finley spent the next thirty years realizing Mellon's plans for the National Gallery of Art and his dream of a National Portrait Gallery and went on to many accomplishments of his own.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:National Gallery of Art.

paragraph: In August 1937, both Andrew Mellon and architect John Russell Pope died just as the National Gallery building was begun. It fell to David Finley to oversee the completion of the building and the opening of the Gallery in 1941. After being named director in 1938, Finley persuaded other major art collectors to add their collections to the National Gallery – notably the Samuel Kress Rush Kress, Joseph E. Widener, Chester Dale and Lessing Rosenwald collections. Mellon had the wisdom to insist that it be called the National Gallery and not bear his name, but it was Finley's inimitable powers of persuasion that brought so many other great collections to the Gallery in so short a time. Upon his retirement as director in 1956, the National Gallery of Art could be favorably compared to the great art museums of London, Paris, Florence and elsewhere in Europe. In 1973, Finley published his memoir of the founding of the National Gallery, A" Standard of Excellence, Andrew W. Mellon Founds the National Gallery of Art at Washington". That standard established by Mellon and Finley has been maintained under David Finley's successor directors, John Walker (1956–1968), J. Carter Brown (1968–1993) and Earl A. Powell III (since 1993).

paragraph: Section::::Career.:The Roberts Commission.

paragraph: During the Second World War, Finley led a group of American art scholars and administrators who pressed the federal government to take steps to protect the priceless art works and monuments of Europe from destruction. Finley's skills in dealing with the government had been honed by thirty years in Washington and he got chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone and President Franklin D. Roosevelt to champion their cause. Although wartime Washington had greater priorities than cultural protection in Europe, Finley persuaded the administration to appoint, in August 1943, the American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas, a blue ribbon panel of distinguished civilians led by Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts as chairman. Finley was named vice-chairman and actually ran what became known as the Roberts Commission for the rest of the war from the National Gallery. He cut through the military and civilian bureaucracy to elevate the protection of monuments and artworks to a high priority, subject only to military necessity. Acting in close concert with the War Department, which placed over two hundred Monuments and Fine Art Officers in the field, and similar Allied groups, the Roberts Commission oversaw the rescue of most of the threatened artworks of war-torn Europe.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:National Trust for Historic Preservation.

paragraph: In 1947, Finley convened 45 national leaders in historic and architectural protection at the National Gallery of Art, and founded a private non-profit group that Congress chartered as the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1949. As chairman of its trustees, Finley led the National Trust through its critical early years, when the concept of the preservation of old buildings was considered a novel and radical departure from prevailing views. His matchless contacts enabled him to enlist national leaders in the cause and to raise critically needed funds from Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce. By the time he retired as chairman in 1962, the foundations of the historic preservation movement in the United States had been firmly established.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.

paragraph: David Finley was appointed to the United States Commission of Fine Arts by President Roosevelt in 1943 and served as its chairman from 1950 to 1963. Under his leadership, the Commission took a leading advisory role in many projects in monumental Washington, such as saving of the Old Patent Office Building in 1956, preserving Lafayette Square in 1962 and heading off many ill-advised projects such as the original “tombstone” design of the FDR memorial in 1963. Finley's dual roles as chairman of the Fine Arts Commission and the National Trust for Historic Preservation gave him access to Presidents Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and Finley formed a powerful team for the promotion of good taste in monumental Washington and the White House and they became close personal friends.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:National Portrait Gallery.

paragraph: Andrew Mellon had acquired a major collection of American portraits that he hoped would form the nucleus of a future National Portrait Gallery, but died before he could take any concrete steps in that direction. David Finley took up the cause and in 1956 when the federal government planned to demolish the Old Patent Office Building, one of Washington's oldest and most beautiful, for a parking garage, Finley as chairman of both the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Fine Arts Commission, appealed to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who saved it for the National Portrait Gallery. It took until 1968 before the building could house the Portrait Gallery and also the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Finley served on its Commission until his death, recommended its first director and with his wife gave it some of its first gifts of portraits and furniture.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:White House Historical Association.

paragraph: When Jacqueline Kennedy began to restore the White House in 1961, she enlisted David Finley in her cause. Together, they created the White House Historical Association which in 1962 published "The White House, An Historic Guide", an immediate best-seller and has been republished ever since and has raised millions of dollars for the White House. David and Margaret Finley presented one of the first pieces of fine antique furniture to the White House, an example soon followed by many other prominent Americans. When Finley resigned as chairman on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in 1963, Mrs. Kennedy made him promise never to resign from the Association, which he led as chairman until his death in 1977.

paragraph: Section::::Career Summary.

paragraph: In over 60 years in official Washington, David Finley mastered the Capital's twin arts of the political process and social life. Quiet and soft-spoken with old fashioned Southern courtesy, he had a core of iron and was brilliantly successful in persuading others for the public good. As J. Carter Brown, one of Finley's successors at the National Gallery of Art and the Commission of Fine Arts and himself an expert in the field, once put it, “If anyone ever knew how things get done in Washington, it was David Finley.”

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Finley was a gifted writer and from 1913 to 1930 kept a series of journals that expressed his views on a wide range of personal matters and public affairs. These journals provide a wealth of insights into his early life and later career. Besides writing "Taxation, the Peoples’ Business" for Andrew Mellon in 1924, he wrote virtually all of Mellon's speeches, policy papers and official correspondence. Late in life, he wrote and published histories of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and of Andrew Mellon's founding of the National Gallery and his own years as its director. He received honorary degrees from Yale, the University of South Carolina, Georgetown University and George Washington University. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association in 1957 and the Smithsonian’s Joseph Henry Medal in 1968. He just missed the Presidential Medal of Freedom when his nomination for that honor in 1973 died in the aftermath of the Watergate affair.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Finley died on February 1, 1977 at his home in Georgetown. He is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown. In the narthex of the Washington National Cathedral is a memorial tablet to David Edward Finley and Margaret Eustis Finley, “Servants of God in Art and Charity”.

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- David E. Finley, "History of the National Trust for Historic Preservation", Washington (1965)

paragraph: BULLET::::- David E. Finley, "A Standard of Excellence, Andrew W. Mellon Founds the National Gallery of Art at Washington", Smithsonian Institution Press (1973)

wikidata_label: David E. Finley, Jr.

wikipedia_title: David E. Finley Jr.


text:
Kassel
São Paulo
German
engineer
architect
Brazil
University of Hanover
Minas Gerais
University of São Paulo
São Paulo Cathedral
Neo-Gothic style
Santos
São Paulo
Archdiocese of São Paulo
São Paulo's City Hall
NGO Viva o Centro
Family information

categories: 1861 births,1916 deaths,Brazilian architects,Brazilian engineers,German engineers,University of São Paulo faculty,German architects,Brazilian people of German descent

paragraph: Maximilian Emil Hehl

paragraph: Maximilian Emil Hehl (born September 17, 1861 in Kassel – August 27, 1916 in São Paulo) was a German engineer and architect active in Brazil.

paragraph: Son of Johannes Hehl, director of the Kassel Polytechnic College, and Carolin Wolff Hehl, he studied engineering in the University of Hanover. In 1888, he migrated to Brazil to work on railway construction in the state of Minas Gerais. He moved later to São Paulo where, in 1898, he became professor at the University of São Paulo Polytechnic School.

paragraph: His major work was the project for the new São Paulo Cathedral building, conceived in Neo-Gothic style. He died before the conclusion. He also designed the Cathedral of Santos as well as the Consolação Church in São Paulo, both in Neo-Gothic style.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archdiocese of São Paulo

paragraph: BULLET::::- São Paulo's City Hall

paragraph: BULLET::::- NGO Viva o Centro

paragraph: BULLET::::- Family information

description: German architect

wikidata_label: Maximilian Emil Hehl

wikipedia_title: Maximilian Emil Hehl


text:
Montjoie
count
Luxembourg
Arlon
duke
Limburg
Henry III of Limburg
Third Crusade
Philip of Swabia
Otto of Brunswick
Henry I, Duke of Brabant
Liège
Guelders
Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
Ermesinda of Luxembourg
Namur
coat of arms
Margrave
Philip II
Dinant
Emperor Frederick II
Rolduc
Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
Ermesinda of Luxembourg
Frederick of Isenberg
William IV, Count of Jülich
Henry IV, Duke of Limburg
Theobald I, Count of Bar
Ermesinda of Luxembourg
Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine
Henry V, Count of Luxembourg
Gerhard

categories: 1165 births,Dukes of Limburg,House of Ardennes,Counts of Arlon,1226 deaths

paragraph: Waleran III, Duke of Limburg

paragraph: Waleran III (or Walram III) ( – 2 July 1226) was initially lord of Montjoie, then count of Luxembourg from 1214. He became count of Arlon and duke of Limburg on his father's death in 1221. He was the son of Henry III of Limburg and Sophia of Saarbrücken.

paragraph: As a younger son, he did not expect to inherit. He carried on an adventurous youth and took part in the Third Crusade in 1192. In 1208, the imperial candidate Philip of Swabia died and Waleran, his erstwhile supporter, turned to his opponent, Otto of Brunswick. In 1212, he accompanied his first cousin Henry I, Duke of Brabant, to Liège, then in a war with Guelders. Waleran's first wife, Cunigunda, a daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine, died in 1214 and in May he married Ermesinda of Luxembourg, and became count there. Ermesinda claimed Namur and so Waleran added a crown to his coat of arms to symbolise this claim.

paragraph: In 1221, he inherited Limburg and added a second tail to the rampant lion on his arms. This symbolised his holding of "two" great fiefs. In 1223, he again tried to take Namur from the Margrave Philip II. He failed and signed a peace treaty on 13 February in Dinant. He then took part in various imperial diets and accompanied the Emperor Frederick II into Italy. Returning from there, he died in Rolduc.

paragraph: Section::::Family and children.

paragraph: Waleran had four children by his first wife, Cunigunda of Lorraine, daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine, and three children by his second wife, Ermesinda of Luxembourg.

paragraph: Children with Cunigunda of Lorraine:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Sophie (c. 1190 – 1226/27), married c. 1210 Frederick of Isenberg

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Matilda (c. 1192 – aft. 1234), married c. 1210 William III of Jülich, mother of William IV, Count of Jülich

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Henry IV, Duke of Limburg

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Waleran (c. 1200 – 1242), married Elisabeth of Bar, daughter of Ermesinda of Luxembourg by her first husband, Theobald I, Count of Bar

paragraph: Children with Ermesinda of Luxembourg:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Catherine (c. 1215 – 1255), married Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine, nephew of Waleran's first wife

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Henry V, Count of Luxembourg

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Gerhard, Count of Durbuy

description: Duke of Limburg and Count of Arlon

wikidata_label: Waleran III, Duke of Limburg

wikipedia_title: Waleran III, Duke of Limburg