text:
Alexander James Duffield
Don Quixote
Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Halle University
Keswick Hall
London
Margaret Dunlop Smith
Wildbad
Long Ditton
Ramsgate
Dean Cemetery
Edinburgh
Francis John Williamson
Agnes and Margaret Smith

wikipedia_title: Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

categories: People from Edinburgh,1886 deaths,1826 births

paragraph: James Young Gibson

paragraph: James Young Gibson (19 February 1826 – 2 October 1886) was an essayist and translator noted for his work helping Alexander James Duffield translate "Don Quixote" into English in 1881, and on his own translations of "Journey to Parnassus" in 1883, "Numantia" in 1885 and "El Cid" in 1887.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was born in Edinburgh, the son of William Gibson, a merchant in the city.

paragraph: He attended the University of Edinburgh from 1842 and then studied divinity with the United Presbyterian Church from 1847 to 1852. In his vacation 1851–1852 he studied at Halle University in Germany.

paragraph: On his return he received a tutoring post with Henry Birkbeck’s family at Keswick Hall whilst awaiting a post as a minister. In July 1853 he was ordained and took up a post in the United Presbyterian Church in Melrose in the Scottish Borders. He held this role until his health broke down in 1859. He then took a long break in which he devoted himself to study and travelling, including a trip to Cairo and the Holy Land in 1865.

paragraph: In 1871 he accompanied Alexander J. Duffield on a tour of iron mines in Spain. During this period Gibson developed a strong love of Spanish poetry, and began working on translations. In 1872 he returned to Britain, living in London. By 1878 he was again in poor health. During this period he worked on Duffield’s translations of "Don Quixote", adding a more poetical edge to these. This was eventually published in 1881.

paragraph: On 11 September 1883, rather late in life, he married Margaret Dunlop Smith, one of the "Westminster Sisters". The marriage took place in Wildbad in Germany. She was an intellectual and author having published "How the Codex was Found". From 1884 they lived in Long Ditton.

paragraph: He died at Ramsgate but is buried in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh near the north-east corner of the original cemetery. The bronze portrait on his monument is by Francis John Williamson.

paragraph: Unpublished works and some of his memoirs were posthumously published by his wife, Margaret Dunlop Smith, with additional memoirs by her sister, Agnes Smith Lewis. Of the three Agnes is now the most historically significant (see separate article Agnes and Margaret Smith).

paragraph: Section::::Published works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Story of the Zulus

paragraph: BULLET::::- Miguel de Cervantes, Saavedra

paragraph: BULLET::::- Journey to Parnassus, composed by Cervantes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Numantia, a Tragedy by Cervantes

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Cid (El Cid) Ballads and other poems from Spanish and German

description: Scottish essayist and translator

wikidata_label: James Young Gibson

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text: Weimar

text: Johannes Itten

text: Paul Klee

text: Wassily Kandinsky

text: Georg Muche

text: Josef Hartwig

text: Haus am Horn

text: Walter Gropius

text: Jena

text: Dessau

text: Oskar Schlemmer's

text: World War II

text: Frankfurt am Main

text: Bauhaus Museum, Weimar

text: Bauhaus Archive, Berlin

text: ARD

categories: Bauhaus alumni,Toy designers,20th-century German women artists,1899 births,Furniture designers,1944 deaths,20th-century German artists,People from North Rhine-Westphalia,Alumni of Reimann School (Berlin)

paragraph: Alma Siedhoff-Buscher

paragraph: Alma Siedhoff-Buscher (4 January 1899 – 25 September 1944), born Alma Buscher, was a German designer. She trained at the Reimann School in Berlin, the "Unterrichtsanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseums Berlin" and the Bauhaus.

paragraph: Section::::Life and work.

paragraph: Alma Buscher was born on 4 January 1899 in Kreuztal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1917 she studied at the Reimann School in Berlin, and afterwards at the "Unterrichtsanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseums Berlin", a former school of applied arts that was a department of the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts (Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin).

paragraph: In 1922 Buscher began studying at the Bauhaus in Weimar and like all students initially attended the preliminary course run by Johannes Itten and classes by Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky. She was subsequently accepted into the Weaving Workshop, but in 1923, with the support of Georg Muche and Josef Hartwig, she switched to the Wood Sculpture Workshop. As part of the first exhibition of Bauhaus work in 1923, she designed furniture for the children's room in the Haus am Horn in Weimar, as well as a puppet theater and children's toys.

paragraph: The reviews of the Haus am Horn were mixed, but the most popular items were the toys and multi-functional toy cupboard in the children's room designed by Siedhoff-Buscher. This displeased the director of the Bauhaus Walter Gropius, as he thought that the school being well known for designing products for children would lessen its reputation as an academic institution. Gropius wasn't very keen on a woman being in the Wood Sculpture Workshop in any case, as he was of the opinion that women couldn't deal with three-dimensional design and were better working with two-dimensional patterns in the Weaving Workshop. Most of the furniture exhibited in the Haus am Horn no longer exists, but copy of toy cupboard made at the same time as the exhibition is in the collection of the Bauhaus Museum Weimar. A copy of it was made for the 2019 restoration of the house.

paragraph: In 1924, while Buscher was still a student, the Zeiss Kindergarten in Jena was fitted out with furniture she designed. In the same year her furniture designs and toys were shown at a conference held in Jena for kindergarten teachers, youth leaders and day-care providers and also at the "Youth Welfare in Thuringia" exhibition held in Weimar.

paragraph: She and her partner, the actor and dancer (1899-1976), moved to Dessau in 1925 with the Bauhaus. They married in 1926. She had two children with Siedhoff; the actor , born 1926 and a daughter, Lore, born in 1928. Although Werner Siedhoff was not a Bauhaus student, he took part in some of the productions of Oskar Schlemmer's Stagecraft Workshop. Siedhoff-Buscher graduated in 1927 and the family remained in Dessau until 1928. After that, because of her husband's acting work, they moved a number of times. After 1927, she became a full-time wife and mother and never commercially produced any further toys or furniture, although she made furniture for the family home.

paragraph: Siedhoff-Buscher was killed in a World War II air raid in Buchschlag near Frankfurt am Main on 25 September 1944.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Two of her most well known works were "Kleine Schiffbauspiel" ("Little ship-building game") which she made in 1923, consisting of 32 coloured wooden pieces, and "Große Schiffbauspiel" made in 1924, which has 39 pieces. She also created the "Wurfpuppen" (bendy string dolls, with wooden heads) in 1923, and, in 1927, crane and sailing boat cut out kits, which were originally published by Otto Maier-Verlag in Ravensburg. The ship building games and the cut out kits became available again in 1977.

paragraph: A solo exhibition of her work, "Alma Siedhoff-Buscher: Eine neue Welt für Kinder" (Alma Siehoff-Buscher: a new world for children) was shown at the Bauhaus Museum, Weimar in 2004-2005 and at the Bauhaus Archive, Berlin in 2006.

paragraph: The 1923 "Haus am Horn", which presented a revolutionary prototype for modern living and for which Siedhoff-Buscher designed furniture, has been part of the World Heritage Site Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau since 1996.

paragraph: In 2018 it underwent a major restoration in preparation for the 2019 celebrations of the Bauhaus centenary.

paragraph: Section::::Film.

paragraph: Lotte Brendel, the fictional lead character in the German television film , first broadcast on ARD in February 2019, is based on Siedhoff-Buscher.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bauhaus100. Alma Siedhoff-Buscher.

alias:
Alma Buscher
Alma Siedhoff

description: German furniture and toy designer

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wikipedia_title: Alma Siedhoff-Buscher


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categories: 19th-century cartographers,Welsh writers,1854 births,People from Caernarfonshire,19th-century English people,English geographers,19th-century English writers,English cartographers,Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society,British geographers,1911 deaths,Oceanography

paragraph: John Francon Williams

paragraph: John Francon Williams FRGS (1854 – 4 September 1911) was a Welsh writer, geographer, historian, journalist, cartographer and inventor, born in Llanllechid, Caernarvonshire. His seminal work was "The Geography of the Oceans".

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: John Francon Williams was the second son of Richard Williams (b. 1818 Llanllechid) and his wife Mary (b. 1822 Denbighshire). Richard and Mary were blessed with two further sons William (b. 1843) and Henry (b. 1858), and two daughters, Mary Jr. (b. 1857) and Grace (b. 1862). All the siblings were born in Llanllechid, North Wales. The Williams family first lived at Cenfaes Terrace and then, as the family grew larger, moved to a stone cottage at 5 Pencennant ("Pen-y-ceunant"), one of a row of traditional terraced stone cottages in Llanllechid, where all their immediate neighbours were also named Williams. The cottages positioned on a gentle slope had views directly overlooking the Ogwen Valley and the Snowdonian Mountains in the distance. Richard worked nearby as a slate quarryman (most probably) in Penrhyn Quarry located north of Bethesda overlooking the River Ogwen. The Quarry was owned and run by the wealthy Dawkins-Pennant family, who also owned Penrhyn Castle and most of the land in the area. Over time, Richard Williams was promoted to the role of 'Overlooker' (a term used in the 19th century for a superintendent or overseer) at the slate quarry where he worked.

paragraph: During the next decade an increase of population in the area arose due to the extension of slate and stone quarrying. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (published in 1870-2), Llanllechid is described as thus: "Llanllechid, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Bangor district, Carnarvon. The village stands near the river Ogwen, 3½ miles SW by S of Aber r. station, and 3½ SE of Bangor; and has a post office under Bangor, and a fair on 29 October."

paragraph: John and his two brothers and two sisters all attended the local school, where John showed a particularly strong aptitude and interest in Geography and History. By the mid-1870s, as a young adult, John moved away from Wales to Northampton where he took up a post as a school teacher. It was in Northampton that John met his future wife Barbara.

paragraph: On 8 July 1876, John married Barbara Balmain Dougall at St. Giles Church, Northampton. The newlyweds first home was at Palmerston Road, Northampton. Over the succeeding years John and Barbara had five children: four sons; John Balmain, (b. 1877, Northampton), Aeneas Francon Williams (b. 1886, Liscard, Cheshire), David Dougal Williams (b. 1888, Liscard), and George Stanley (b. 14 April 1890, at Hope Place in the Georgian Quarter of Liverpool) – and one daughter; Margaret Mary Ann (b. 1891, Liscard.) George was baptised on 25 May 1890. During this period the family moved house frequently and resided at Hope Place, Liverpool and in Liscard at 2 Massey Park, Wallasey, Chester, in order to remain close to Liverpool where John had begun a career as a journalist and as a subsequent editor on a local Liverpool newspaper. Also during the early 1880s, John's sister Mary and his brother Henry left the Williams' family home in Llanllechid. Only John's sister Grace, who now had a career as a dressmaker, remained living with her parents at the family home. In 1885, Grace married Welsh-born Robert William Williams (1861–1931) in Bethesda, North Wales, hence Grace and her future siblings retained the Williams surname.

paragraph: In 1891, John's father, mother and a brother died (most probably due to the influenza epidemic that spread across Wales and Northern England), and in December that same year John and Barbara's young daughter Margaret Mary Ann Williams also died and was buried on 30 December at Massey Park. In late 1891, Grace and Robert and their two young children, Robert Henry (b. 1886) and William John (b. 1888) emigrated to the USA arriving in New York in January 1892. The family settled in Granville, Washington, New York.

paragraph: Barbara Balmain Dougall was born in 1851 in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. She was one of seven children (Aeneas, David, Margaret, Isabella, Ann, Mary and Barbara) to John and Ann Dougall. John Dougall was a handloom weaver and his wife Ann was a cotton winder. Though most of the Dougall children entered the weaving trade, Aeneas became a teacher.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Early career.

paragraph: John Francon Williams worked as a journalist and editor on various newspapers and journals in Liverpool. In 1876 Williams was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Association with George Philip & Son.

paragraph: Williams started his publishing career in Liverpool under the guidance of the renowned cartographer and map publisher George Philip. George Philip & Son published maps and educational books, and in 1881 they published Williams's first book, "A Class-Book of Modern Geography", with examination questions, notes & index. The book was written in collaboration with cartographer Professor William Hughes (geographer) FRGS, and became the first publication in a successful run of works over the coming two decades by Williams for the publishing house George Philip & Son. Between 1881 and 1893, George Philip & Son published twelve English editions of "A Class-Book of Modern Geography".

paragraph: George Philip (1800–1882) and his son George Jr (1823–1902), ran George Philip & Son, and when George Philip Sr retired on 1 July 1879 George Philip Jr took control of the business. The publishing house produced geographical and educational publications and operated from Caxton Buildings in Liverpool, and from 30–32 Fleet Street in London.

paragraph: "Further expansion was prompted by the demand from board schools established after 1870 for general textbooks, school stationery and equipment, and specialist atlases and wall maps. The firm also supplied atlases and textbooks for many overseas countries in several languages."

paragraph: George Philip Jr spotted a gap in the market for quality school textbooks, and over the following two decades Williams wrote and edited over forty books that sold worldwide.

paragraph: The Geography of the Oceans

paragraph: In 1881, Williams's seminal book "The Geography of the Oceans" was published.

paragraph: "The Geography of the Oceans" focuses on topics such as: General Geography of the Oceans, Physical Geography of the Oceans, the Geography of Particular Oceans. The various sections focus on: the distribution of land and water, oceanic river-systems, the salts of the sea, the density, color and phosphorescence of the sea, distribution of marine life, temperature of the ocean, movements of the ocean, sidereal movements or tides, of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Antarctic and the Arctic Ocean. It was the first book to cover with such intensity the geography of the oceans. 'A valuable little book entitled "The Geography of the Oceans", which may be regarded almost as a new departure in geographical science,' claimed the book reviewer in "The Cornish Telegraph", who continued, "I have found the book as fascinating as one of Jules Verne's novels." The "Daily Gazette" called it, "A new geographical work of great importance".

paragraph: In 1881, Williams and his family moved to West Derby in Lancashire, where they lived at 52 Bonsall Road.

paragraph: In 1882, George Philip & Son published "Philip's Series of Map-Drawing Books" by John Francon Williams. Each book (of which there were at least 22 in the series) contained: (I) A complete full-colored map, so attached as to be always available for copying; (II) An uncolored map without the names, which the pupil can fill in as an introductory exercise; (III) An outline map, with coastline and lines of latitude and longitude only – the pupil being required to fill in the mountains, rivers, towns etc. with the names: (VI) A map with lines of latitude and longitude only; (V) A blank sheet with the border of the map only. The books were issued in two sizes costing threepence and sixpence each. A review in "the Practical Teacher" (May 1882) of two books from the series, No. 2 England and Wales, and No. 22 Australia, maintained; ‘Williams has done a good service in publishing this series of Map-Drawing books. They will prove invaluable to the young learners and are well worth the consideration of every teacher of ‘Mapping.’’

paragraph: George Philip & Son employed three in-house cartographers: John Bartholomew the elder, William Hughes (geographer) and August Petermann. They were regarded as Europe's finest cartographers. As well as being a good friend of John Bartholomew J., Williams was also a friend of the Scottish journalist and writer John Geddie. In June 1882 Williams, with cartographer John Bartholomew junior, nominated Geddie as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Williams was also acquainted with Edwin Ransom, owner of Kempston Mill, Bedford, Mayor of Bedford 1855–56, and proprietor of the "Bedfordshire Times" 1872–79. Ransom nominated Williams as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in March 1876.

paragraph: Williams also tried his hand as an inventor. One of his inventions (of which there were two different designs) was a new spaced measuring rule or scale, registered and patented on 21 April 1884. The measuring rule was applicable in printing, painting, embossing or similar. He also patented several other inventions including, ‘pencils with moveable leads’ and ‘pen-and-ink holders’ registered in 1883, ‘letter clips and files’ and additional ‘pencils with moveable leads’ registered in 1884, and ‘educational appliances’ in 1885

paragraph: On 29 December 1885, John F. Williams attended the first annual children's Athletic Fete and Industrial Exhibition, held at the Liverpool Gymnasium in Myrtle Street under the auspices of the Liverpool Council of Education and School Board. Williams judged the Map Drawing category and the Penmanship category. Over 900 entries were received for the different categories, and many of the books and paint-box prizes were gifted by George Philip & Son, Liverpool.

paragraph: In 1887, Philips published "Philip's Handy Volume Atlas of the World" by William Hughes (geographer) and John Francon Williams. The pocket book contained 110 maps and plans all finely tinted, accompanied by statistical notes and other information. The "Leeds Mercury" said; "It would hardly be possible to find greater excellence in so convenient a form as we have in "Philip's Handy Volume Atlas of the World."" ‘The volume deserves to have a wide circulation,’ stated the "Liverpool Mercury", and declared, "In fact, it is quite a little geographical library in itself." Williams dedicated the book to the President of the Royal Geographical Society, Lord Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare. A glowing review of "Philips' Handy Volume and Atlas of the World" appeared in the "West London Observer" on Saturday 23 July 1887: "In days when the facilities of locomotion are such that everybody runs about the world, and the process of what popularly known as 'globe-trotting' goes on to an extraordinary extent and in a systematic manner, a comprehensive volume, small, compact, admirably arranged, clearly printed and well bound, and which can be carried in the pocket, like that published by Messrs. Philip & Son of Liverpool and London, is entitled to be regarded as a special boon. Containing more than a hundred maps with brief but succinct notes and a capital index, the different countries of the world are revealed in all essential particulars with luminous perspicacity. The maps are fine specimens of engraving, and the letterpress clear and distinct. The author is Mr. J. Francon Williams FRGS and his name will be a sufficient guarantee for the correctness of the data furnished up to the period of publication. The production of this most useful work must have entailed a large outlay, but it cannot be doubted that, as it will supply a popular want, the sale will be enormous, and fully compensate the enterprising publishers for the cost and trouble incurred. We earnestly recommend the 'Handy Volume', not alone to travellers, but to all who have occasion in connection with literary pursuits, or the prosecution of business, 'to survey mankind from China to Peru,' or over those wider districts, which a century ago were practically beyond even a poets pen."

paragraph: In the late 1880s, Williams worked in conjunction with the publisher and editor George Newnes (Sir George Newnes, 1st Baronet) – now regarded as the founding father of popular journalism – during the years when Newnes was building his publishing empire. It was during this period that Williams also founded his own publication.

paragraph: In 1888, Philips' published several geographical atlases they named 'Handy-Volumes' compiled and written by Williams that were distributed widely worldwide; ‘All these compact and clearly-printed miniature works, suitable for pocket or desk, and rightly named ‘Handy-Volumes’ are supplied with indexes, and geographical, statistical and historical notes, carefully gathered by Mr. J. Francon Williams FRGS.’

paragraph: In America, John's history books were introduced into the school curriculum where they remained for many years. Forever the businessman, on 4 July 1888, Williams wrote a letter from Liverpool to the politician and educator Hon. George William Ross in Toronto, Canada, in which Williams included as a gift a copy of his recently published "Atlas of British America". Williams was hoping to break into the Canadian market. Ross was at that time the Minister of Education for Ontario in the Liberal government of Sir Oliver Mowat and oversaw the purchase of schoolbooks for the province. In the letter, Williams writes, ‘Permit me to beg your kind acceptance of the accompanying copy of our little "Atlas of British America", and also to ask you to examine it with a view to its authorization for use in the public schools and colleges of your province.’ In 1899, Ross became the Premier of Ontario. Whether, Ross ordered a shipment of "Atlas of British America" is not documented, but Williams’ attraction to Canada appears to have commenced from around this period.

paragraph: In November 1889, John Francon Williams was introduced to HRH Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. During their meeting Williams presented the Prince of Wales with a copy of his 1887 book, "Philips' Handy-volume Atlas of the British Empire". The copy is housed in The Royal Collection Trust at Windsor Castle, along with other John Francon Williams books.

paragraph: On 15 December 1890, the Council of the London branch of the Froebel Society – (established in 1874 to teach and validate school examinations and teaching training courses at kindergarten level, applying German educator Friedrich Frobel’s methods) – passed a resolution to publish a new monthly journal titled "Child Life," dedicated to kindergarten education. The first publication priced at three pence was issued in January 1891. John Francon Williams was one of the first contributors to the journal writing articles in the January and February editions covering the tutoring of geography. In his articles Williams emphasizes the importance of maps in the study of geography and accents the necessity for children to learn the art of map reading. ‘Geography for all practical purposes of life is embodied in maps,’ and follows on by declaring, ‘Maps are to geography what notation is to music.’ He advises the prospective teacher that; ‘Every lesson must be thoughtfully and thoroughly prepared, and the more elementary the lesson the greater, and really, the need of careful preparation. Not everyone is a born teacher, but everyone engaged in teaching may, by diligent study and perseverance, gain by art what he has not by nature, and no subject affords such opportunities for the exercise and display of skill in the art of teaching as geography.’ George Philip & Son were the appointed publishers of the journal, an association that continued until 1934, after which the Froebel Society published the journal in house. Original copies of "Child Life" are housed at the University of Roehampton, London, and can be accessed via their Froebel Archive Digital Collection. The journal is now regarded as a significant and rich source of material for its era regarding the influencing of kindergarten study and policy making, and for researchers interested in the Froebel Society and the Froebel Movement.

paragraph: During 1891, Philip's issued a series of Map-Drawing Books titled appropriately, "Philips’ Series of Map-Drawing Books" written and compiled by J. Francon Williams. A series of 24 books in two different editions were published; the Imperial at 13 in. by 11 in. priced at 6d, or the slightly smaller Crown edition at 10 in. by 8 in. priced at 3d. Each book contained a complete full-coloured map and an uncoloured map for the student to colour in and to complete names etc., an outline map with coastlines and lines of latitude and longitude, and a blank sheet with the border of only the map. The books allowed the student to draw the maps repeatedly. During the same year, Philip's also published a completely new set of three Grammar School Atlases edited by Williams: "Philip’s Grammar School Atlas No. 1", for preparatory students with 15 full-coloured maps, "Philip’s Grammar School Atlas No. 2", for junior students with 30 full-coloured maps, and "Philip’s Grammar School Atlas No. 3" for senior students containing 75 full-coloured maps. The atlases were referred to as being, ‘undoubtedly the finest examples of small atlases for ordinary school use ever issued.’

paragraph: Also in 1891, Philip's published, "Philips’ Picturesque History of England" (with notes and three hundred illustrations and maps) by J. Francon Williams. The book retailed at 5s. A review in the "Scotsman" praised Williams for his ‘unflagging vivacity and narrative power. Incidents and characters are depicted in their true proportions.’ ‘The book is appropriately named in more ways than one. It tells the story of the English people – their growth, the development of their national institutions, the establishment of their worldwide empire, the achievements of their great monarchs, warriors, statesmen and writers, the social and economic conditions of the nation at various epochs. A distinctive feature of the work is the number and excellence of the illustrations.’

paragraph: In 1893, George Philip & Son published the 866-page tome, "A Compendium of Modern Geography – Physical – Political – Commercial", by William Hughes and John Francon Williams. Williams writes in the preface of the book, ‘This work, as the tile implies, is designed for the use of advanced students, and also as a work of reference for those who are engaged in teaching geography.’ Compiling the book was a mammoth undertaking. ‘All the Countries of the World, as well as the Continents, are described in a sufficiently exhaustive manner to meet the requirements of almost all examinations in geography. Due prominence has been given to the Mountain and River Systems and other natural features; the present political condition of each State is indicated and, bearing in mind the fact the study of Commercial geography is daily becoming of greater importance, the Industry and Trade of the principal countries are dealt with in considerable detail.’ Williams goes on to assure the reader, 'In the preparation of this work the best and most recent British and foreign authorities have been consulted, and no pains have been spared to make the book a reliable exponent of the geographical knowledge of the present day.' It was Williams that compiled, edited and wrote the majority of the book as William Hughes (geographer) had passed away seventeen years earlier in 1876.

paragraph: In 1896, with Williams' increase in wealth he moved his family yet again, this time to a freehold property in Mount Pleasant Road in Wallasey, which he named Balmain, after his wife, whose middle name was Balmain.

paragraph: In the decade prior to the arrival of "Pears' Cyclopaedia" (1897), a much smaller work measuring 135 x 105 mm was available. It sold for sixpence in cloth, or one shilling in leather hardback, and was extremely popular, selling 800,000 copies by 1896. Eli Lemon Sheldon (pen-name Dom Lemon) compiled the book. Its success led its publisher to create a series of similar little books that sold equally well. Number 36 in the series was "A World Gazetteer" compiled by John Francon Williams. Williams' revised version had the same atlas, with slightly larger maps. George Philip & Son printed the book.

paragraph: In 1897, Williams founded and edited the monthly magazine "Stories Illustrated". The magazine was published for seven months under Williams's ownership. In 1898, "Stories Illustrated" was purchased from Williams by Sir George Newnes, under circumstances which later caused John much anxiety after he discovered the publication had been undervalued by Newnes to the sum of £30,000, the equivalent of which in 2019 would be almost £3.9 million.

paragraph: Williams launched his monthly magazine at the highly-competitive price of 3d, and in doing so undercut Newnes’s monthly "Strand Magazine" costing sixpence, by half-price. A few months later, once "Stories Illustrated" was up and running, Williams increased its price to 3.1/2d. Being of similar format to "Strand Magazine", such competition irked Newnes and appears to have encouraged him to reach out and make Williams an offer to sell "Stories Illustrated" to him. Newnes had originally been inspired to create "Strand Magazine" in 1891 as a competitor to the successful American monthly "Harper's Magazine", which had now made inroads into the British market. In publishing "Strand Magazin"e Newnes undercut "Harper’s" price by 50 per-cent. Each publisher uncut the other in order to get higher sales. For whatever reason Williams accepted Newnes’s offer to purchase "Stories Illustrated", the deal later transpired not to be what Williams had been assured. Newnes had bought "Stories Illustrated" to expand his growing catalogue after the recent floatation of his company on the London Stock Exchange had netted him £1 million, the equivalent of which in 2019 would be over £128 million. The discrepancy in the valuation of "Stories Illustrated" appears to have been assessed after Newnes's deal with Williams was signed. As a result, a huge rift developed between Williams and Newnes that lasted for the remainder of Williams's life.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Later career.

paragraph: By late 1898, the Williams family had moved yet again and were now living in a detached house "Fairlight" in Forest Avenue, Chingford, London.

paragraph: In later life John Francon Williams focused his career on being a Publishers Representative (Agent). He would travel to Edinburgh, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leicester, Manchester, London and also abroad, primarily the U.S.A. and Canada, pursuing and securing contracts for publishing houses. One of the houses he acted for in Edinburgh was John Bartholomew and Son, which now belonged to his longtime friend, John George Bartholomew. Williams' eldest son John Jr. would accompany his father on some of these trips. John Jr. was noted as being a sickly child, "who is much troubled with asthma and bronchitis." In 1899, Williams's friend Sir Alfred Lewis Jones (a Liverpool ship-owner) of Messrs Elder, Dempster & Co., kindly gave Williams's son John Jr. a voyage on one of his steamers to New Orleans in the hope that it would help with his medical condition.

paragraph: One of the prime reasons why Williams travelled to the United States was to try and set up an Anglo-American Syndicate, which would help promote publishers, publishing houses and their products. Williams discusses this matter in a handwritten letter to his friend John George Bartholomew. In it he mentions his "unavoidable connection" with map-maker George Washington Bacon, with whom he is working with on several projects, both editorial and administrative, and hopes that his friend Sir Alfred Lewis Jones (the millionaire ship-owner) might be interested in becoming a financial partner in the Syndicate. Williams was particularly keen to publish a Physical Atlas worldwide through the syndicate.

paragraph: In 1899, Williams was commissioned by Mazawattee (publishers) to write a Gazetteer Pocket Atlas containing 9,000 to 10,000 places. Williams was also commissioned by Alfred Harmsworth, (later 1st Viscount Northcliffe), founder of the "Harmsworth Magazine" (later known as the "London Magazine"), to write a series of articles. His first article, published at the beginning of 1900, was entitled "Then and Now: 1800–1900, Why This is the Most Wonderful Century in Time". It was written to commemorate the advancement in engineering during the 19th century and to welcome the 20th century.

paragraph: On 20 July 1900, Williams travelled to Boston, Massachusetts, from Liverpool aboard SS "Winifredian".

paragraph: In 1901, by the time George Philip Jr. had retired from George Philip & Son, Williams had moved his family yet again, this time to 22 Queens Grove Road, Chingford, Essex. In December 1901, Williams sailed again to America on business. Upon his arrival he travelled to Minnesota, where at the beginning of January 1902 he visited Minneapolis and stayed as the guest of his cousin Daniel H. Williams at Daniel's home on Eleventh Street.

paragraph: In late 1901/early 1902, the Williams family relocated to Clackmannan in Scotland, for Barbara to be closer to her sisters Ann and Margaret Dougall with whom they resided in Clackmannan at their home Mains House. Both of Barbara's sisters were spinsters and died within a few days of one another, Ann Dougall on 17 March 1903 and Margaret Dougall three days later on 20 March 1903 (one day after her sister's funeral and burial). The sisters are buried next to each other in the old cemetery in Clackmannan. The sisters brother Aeneas Dougall (who died on 24 March 1897) is also buried there.

paragraph: On 19 March 1904, Williams departed from Liverpool aboard SS "Etruria" bound for America on yet another business trip as a representative for various publishing houses. Seven days later he arrived in New York City from where he travelled to various destinations.

paragraph: In 1906, Williams devised a ‘self-educator Atlas.’ He greatly enthuses about it in a letter dated 31 October 1906 to his friend in Edinburgh cartographer John George Bartholomew. From the manner John writes to his friend one assumes Bartholomew has agreed to produce the maps for the publication. Williams talks of submitting the project to George Philip & Son publishing house in the hope they might publish it. He also mentions an alternative publisher C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. to submit it to as a ‘second’ placing as he personally knows C. Arthur Pearson and his managing partner Peter Keary. His concerns regarding copyright of the ‘self-educator Atlas’ have prompted Williams to confide in his friend that he intends to have his idea patented; ‘I wouldn’t dream of ever suggesting anything of the kind, but these huge administrative houses have the idea-absorption propensity so strongly developed that every possible means of legitimate protection is fully justified.’ In John’s role as an agent for Bartholomew’s, he mentions in the same letter, ‘I will at the same time see Mr. Selfridge personally and show him the London & Regions maps of England & Wales.’ Wealthy businessman Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. was visiting the UK on a trip from Chicago.

paragraph: John's wife Barbara died in Clackmannan on 24 November 1909 at the family home Mains House. She was buried alongside her sisters and brother in the old cemetery in Clackmannan. She died from cancer of the liver.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:The Hawes Junction rail crash.

paragraph: On Christmas Eve, 24 December 1910, the overnight express train from London to Glasgow departed at midnight from St Pancras Station, with scheduled stops at Manchester, Leeds, Skipton, etc. The train consisted of four timber-bodied coaches, two sleeping cars and two brake vans and a locomotive. John Francon Williams and his eldest son John Williams Jr. happened to be in Manchester attending to publishing business on 24 December and had arranged to spend Christmas Day with relatives and friends in Clackmannan in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. They decided to catch the overnight express train at Manchester, so that they could enjoy Christmas festivities in Clackmannan.

paragraph: At 19 minutes to six in the morning, close to Hawes Junction, the express train travelling at high speed smashed into an oncoming locomotive. The express train concertina'd and careered off the tracks. Except for two electrically lit sleeping cars, the coaches were lit by the Pintsch oil gas system. The impact broke the gas pipe in one of the front carriages and an explosion followed. Fire spread quickly through the wooden carriages killing twelve trapped and injured passengers.

paragraph: The "Dundee Courier" on Tuesday 27 December in their coverage of the Hawes Junction rail crash reported: "The news of the disaster occasioned considerable anxiety to the relatives of Mr John Francon Williams, a prominent and highly-respected resident of Clackmannan. Mr Williams and his eldest son Mr John Williams, were in business in Manchester, and had sent word to their friends in Clackmannan that they intended to travel North with the night express so as to arrive home on Saturday morning for Christmas. The fact that they did not put in an appearance in Clackmannan on Saturday, coupled with the news of the disaster, naturally aroused fears for their safety in the minds of their waiting relatives. Telegraphic communication was opened up with the hotel in Manchester where Mr Williams had been staying, and yesterday (26 December) it was ascertained that, though the father and son had fully intended travelling with the ill-fated express, through pressure of business they had been compelled to postpone their departure till Monday evening, an arrangement, which, in the light of what subsequently occurred, may be regarded as providential."

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: By 1911 John's landscape had changed dramatically. He was now boarding at 25 St. Stephen's Road, Leicester, with the Grimsley family; widow Fanny Grimsley and her three unmarried daughters, Eliza aged 37, Jane aged 25, and Martha aged 21. Also boarding at the handsome 7-roomed property were four female lodgers. John was at this point in his career working as a Publishers Representative (agent) and still traveling extensively.

paragraph: John Francon Williams died from a brain haemorrhage on 4 September 1911 in the County Hospital, Alloa, and is buried in an unmarked grave beside his wife in Clackmannan Cemetery in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

paragraph: He is identified as having had 42 published works in 79 publications in the World Catalogue (WorldCat).

paragraph: During World War I, John Francon Williams' eldest son, John Balmain Williams, enlisted in the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 12th Battalion and was killed in action on 25 April 1918 at the 2nd Battle of Kemmel at Lagache Farm, west of Wytschaete in Flanders, Belgium, along with 100 men of the 12th Battalion Royal Scots. John B. Williams is remembered in the Roll of Honour at the Royal Scots Memorial in the Hall of Honour at The Scottish National War Memorial located in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, and at Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial located at West-Vlaanderen, in Belgium.

paragraph: John Francon Williams is also the father of George Stanley Williams (died 23 July 1954, Dundee District, Angus, Scotland), Aeneas Francon Williams (missionary, chaplain, writer, poet), and David Dougal Williams (artist and art teacher), and the great-grandfather of writer Iain Cameron Williams.

paragraph: In 2016, the independent Australian retailer "Readings" said of Williams’ "The Geography of the Oceans"; ‘This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.’

paragraph: Section::::The Williams Family.

paragraph: In 1885, John Francon Williams' sister Grace Williams (b. 1862) married Welsh-born Robert William Williams (1861–1931) in Bethesda, North Wales, hence Grace and her children retained the Williams surname. In late 1891, Grace and Robert and their two young children, Robert Henry (b. 1886) and William John (b. 1888) emigrated to the USA and arrived in New York City in January 1892. The family settled in Granville, Washington, New York. Robert worked as a slate quarryman. Grace and Robert went on to have five more children all born in America: John Francon (1893–1974, named after her brother), Mary (b. 1896), Jean (b. 1897), Robert C. (b. 1901) and Jane (b. 1906). Jane Williams married Edward Burton Hughes (1905 – 6 June 1987) who went on to become Acting Commissioner of New York State Department of Transportation. In the mid-1910s Robert Henry Williams became a reporter in Lynn, Massachusetts and an assistant editor on the "Lynn Daily Item", and during the 1920s he was a reporter on the "Lynn Telegram News". John Francon Williams' nephew and namesake John Francon Williams qualified as a dentist and emigrated to New Zealand where he became eminent in the dentistry profession and also a published writer of many books. Dr. J. Francon Williams went on to become the President of the New Zealand Dental Association from 1972 to 1973. Dr. Williams was well known for his part in the development of Dental Services in the South Pacific, especially on the island of Niue, where the dental service was based upon his famous 1968 Dental Report.

paragraph: Section::::Published Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Class-Book of Modern Geography," (with examination questions, notes, & index, by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – publ. George Philip & Son, 1881. 12 editions were published in English between 1881 and 1893.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Geography of the Oceans" by John Francon Williams – publ. George Philip & Son, 1881. 2 editions in English were published in 1881.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Elementary Class-Book of Modern Geography" by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1882. 2 editions in English were published in 1882 and 1888.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philip’s Series of Map-Drawing Books" by J. Francon Williams – publ. George Philip & Son (1882).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Class-Book of Physical Geography" by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1882. 7 editions in English published between 1882 and 1891.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philip's Elementary Atlas and Geography", containing 30 coloured maps, edited by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1882.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stories From English History" by John Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1884.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philip’s Picturesque History of England", with illustrations and maps, by John Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1884.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Modern England: from the Ascension of James I to the Present Time", by John Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1884.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Early England" by John Francon Williams and John C. Crowley – Boston School Supply Co., 1884.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Middle England: from the Accession of Henry II to the Death of Elizabeth" by John Francon Williams and John C. Crowley – publ. Boston School Supply Co., 1884. 2 editions in English were published in 1884.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stories From English History" by John Francon Williams and John C. Crowley – Boston School Supply Company, 1884.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Class-Book of Modern Geography" with examination questions, by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – publ. George Philip & Son, 1885.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Intermediate Class-Book of Modern Geography" by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1886.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philip's Elementary Atlas and Geography", containing the Essentials of the Geography of the World, and Thirty Coloured Maps, edited by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, London, 1886.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philips Picturesque History of England" by J. Francon Williams – publ. George Philip & Son, London, 1886.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Class-Book of Modern Geography", new and enlarged edition by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, London, 1887. 2 editions in English published in 1887.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Queen's Jubilee Atlas of the British Empire" by John Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, London, 1887. 3 editions in English published in 1887.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Elementary Class-Book of Physical Geography", new revised edition by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, London, 1887.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Queen's Jubilee Atlas of the British Empire", with descriptive and historical notes and statistical tables, by John Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, London, 1887. 2 English editions published in 1887.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philip's Handy-Volume Atlas of the British Empire" compiled and edited by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1887. (Several editions).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philip's Handy Volume Atlas of the World" compiled and edited by J. Francon Williams, dedicated to the President of the Royal Geographical Society, Lord Aberdare – George Philip & Son, 1887.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Class-Book of Physical Geography", new and improved edition, by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, London, 1888. 5 English editions published between 1888 and 1891.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philip's Handy-Volume Atlas of British America", with geographical, statistical and historical notes by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1888.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philips’ Handy Volume Atlas of Australasia" by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1888.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Childs Atlas", edited by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1890.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philip's Presentation Atlas for Young People", edited by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1890.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Young Geographer's Pocket Atlas of the World", edited by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1890.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philips’ Graphic School Atlas" by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1890

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Realistic Geography" by J. Francon Williams – George Philip and Son, 1891.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philips’ Picturesque History of England" (with notes and three hundred illustrations and maps) by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1891.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Geography of the British Colonies and Dependencies", physical and political by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, London, 1892. 4 English editions published between 1892 and 1907. 2 English editions published in 1892 and 1907.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Advanced Class-book of Modern Geography", Physical, Political, Commercial by J. Francon Williams and William Hughes – George Philip & Son, London, 1892. 3 English editions published in 1892, 1908 and 1910.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Class-Book of Modern Geography" by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1892.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Geography of Australasia and Polynesia" by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1892.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Compendium of Modern Geography" by William Hughes and John Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, London & Liverpool, 1893. 3 English editions published in 1893.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "An Elementary Class-Book of Modern Geography", with examination questions, by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, London, 1893.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "An Introduction to the Study of Geography" by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1893.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philips Graphic School Atlas", (series of 110 maps and diagrams) by J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1895.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Geography of the British Isles, Physical, Political, Commercial" by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1895.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Geography of Africa", Physical, Political and Commercial, by W. Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1896.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philips’ Geographical Manuals with Maps and Diagrams" by W. Hughes and J. Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, 1897.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pocket Gazetteer and Atlas of the World" edited by J. Francon Williams, ‘Saxon’s Everybody’s Series,’ – Messrs. W.R. Russell & Co, 1899.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Everybody's Gazetteer and Atlas of the World" by John Francon Williams – W. R. Russell & Co., London, 1900 & 1910

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Geography of America" by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams – Philips' Geographical Manuals – George Philip & Son, 1906.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Geography of the British Colonies and Dependencies: Physical–Political–Commercial" by William Hughes and J. Francon Williams (new and revised edition) – George Philip and Son, London, 1907.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Story of Alfred the Great for Young Folks" by John Francon Williams – George Philip & Son, London (2012 Kindle edition)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers", revised edition Q–Z, edited by Valerie Scott, Early World Press 2004, p. 393, Williams, John Francon (entry).

paragraph: BULLET::::- 975 – Williams, J. F. 1898–1900, 1906–07, National Library of Scotland, Inventory, Acc. 10222 Bartholomew, Manuscripts Division, George and John George Bartholomew Archive.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Torch and Colonial Book Circular", Volume 1, edited by Edward Augustus Petherick (1887–1888) publ. E.A. Petherick & Co, London (Book held in New York Public Library); References to J. Francon Williams are on pages 14, 55, 79, 157:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Library of Congress: John Francon Williams:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Geography of the Oceans" by John Francon Williams, publ. George Philip & Son, 1881, Digital Internet Archive full transcript.

description: Welsh writer, geographer, historian, journalist, cartographer and inventor

wikidata_label: John Francon Williams

wikipedia_title: John Francon Williams


text: List of Danish composers

categories: Danish composers,1816 deaths,1756 births,Male composers

paragraph: W.H.R.R. Giedde

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Danish composers

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia."

description: Danish composer

wikidata_label: W.H.R.R. Giedde

wikipedia_title: W.H.R.R. Giedde


text: List of Danish composers

categories: 1862 births,Male composers,Danish composers,1924 deaths

paragraph: Sophus Halle

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Danish composers

paragraph: Section::::References.

description: Danish composer

wikidata_label: Sophus Halle

wikipedia_title: Sophus Halle


text:
Głogów
Bohemian Crown
Copenhagen
Danish
Johan Ernst Hartmann
August Wilhelm Hartmann
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
List of Danish composers

categories: 1793 deaths,Danish composers,1726 births,Male composers,18th-century composers

paragraph: Johann Hartmann

paragraph: Johann Ernst Hartmann (December 24, 1726, Głogów, Bohemian Crown – October 21, 1793, Copenhagen) was a Danish composer. Two of his sons were composers, Johan Ernst Hartmann and August Wilhelm Hartmann. The latter's sons included Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann.

paragraph: Section::::Notable works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sørgekantate ved hertug Friedrich Karl af Plön’s død (1761)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Simfonie Periodique i D-dur (trykt 1770)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony No.2 in G major

paragraph: BULLET::::- Baldur's Death (syngespil 1779)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cantata on the Occasion of Copenhagen University's 300-year Jubilee (1779)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fiskerne (1780)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Violin concerto (1780)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hyrdinden på Alperne (1783)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sørgemusk ved Ludwig Harboes død (1783)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Den blinde i Palmyre (1784)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Høytidssange (1787)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gorm d. Gamle (skuespil 1785)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kantate til Prinsesse Louise Augustas Formæling med Prinsen af Augustenborg (sammen med J. G. Naumann 1786)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jesu Dødsangst i Urtegaarden (1793)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Forløserens død (1783)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Danish composers

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "This article was initially translated from Danish Wikipedia"

description: Danish composer

wikidata_label: Johann Hartmann

wikipedia_title: Johann Hartmann


text:
Danish
List of Danish composers

categories: Danish female composers,19th-century Danish composers,1891 deaths,1812 births,19th-century women musicians

paragraph: Cora Nyegaard

paragraph: Cora Nyegaard (January 12, 1812 - April 28, 1891) was a Danish composer.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Danish composers

paragraph: Section::::References.

description: Danish composer

wikidata_label: Cora Nyegaard

wikipedia_title: Cora Nyegaard


text:
Danish
List of Danish composers

categories: 1820 deaths,Male composers,Danish composers,1762 births

paragraph: Peder Schall

paragraph: Peder Schall (1762–1820) was a Danish composer.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Danish composers

paragraph: Section::::References.

description: Danish composer

wikidata_label: Peder Schall

wikipedia_title: Peder Schall


text: Santo Domingo

text: volleyball

text: beach volleyball

text: Dominican Republic

text: women's national team

text: 2005 Pan American Cup

text: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

text: 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit

text: Rosalin Angeles

text: Holy Week

text: Hato Mayor

text: Beach Volleyball

text: Bethania Almanzar

text: Karla Echenique

text: Chiapas

text: Mexico

text: 2010 Final Four Cup

text: Ana Esther Lara

text: Juana González

text: Santo Domingo

text: Espaillat

text: La Romana

text: Espaillat

text: Indias de Mayagüez

text: Universidad César Vallejo

text: 2010 Final Four Cup "Best Scorer"

text: FIVB profile

text: Italian League profile

categories: Dominican Republic expatriate sportspeople in Peru,Dominican Republic beach volleyball players,Expatriate volleyball players in Italy,Dominican Republic expatriate sportspeople in Italy,Dominican Republic expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico,Living people,1985 births,Women's beach volleyball players,Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games,Dominican Republic women's volleyball players,Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic,Wing spikers

paragraph: Dahiana Burgos

paragraph: Rossy Dahiana Burgos Herrera (born April 7, 1985 in Santo Domingo) is a volleyball and beach volleyball player from the Dominican Republic. She won the bronze medal with the women's national team at the 2005 Pan American Cup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She plays as a wing-spiker.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Burgos represented her home country at the 2005 Women's U20 Volleyball World Championship, and her team finished in the 9th position. She played for the Dominican club Villa Verde in 2006.

paragraph: She also participated in the 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit with Rosalin Angeles, finishing in the 10th position. She played for Pueblo Nuevo in 2008.

paragraph: During the Holy Week Sport Festival held in Hato Mayor, Burgos played Beach Volleyball (three) with Bethania Almanzar and Karla Echenique, winning the silver medal of the event.

paragraph: Trying to stay in the A2 series in their first year, the Italian club Lavoro.Doc Pontecagnano signed her for the 2009-2010 season.

paragraph: She won the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer awards, along with the gold medal, playing in Chiapas, Mexico with her National Senior Team at the 2010 Final Four Cup.

paragraph: In 2017 she won the gold medal in the Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament, playing with Ana Esther Lara and Juana González. She later won the silver medal in the 2017 La Romana Reinforced Superior tournament and the gold in the Bonao Superior tournament with Plamed.

paragraph: Section::::Clubs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Modeca (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bameso (2003–2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liga Juan Guzman (2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Modeca (2005–2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Villa Verde (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lines Tra.De.Co. Altamura (2005–2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Santo Domingo (2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pueblo Nuevo (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Espaillat (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- La Romana (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lavoro.Doc Pontecagnano (2009–2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Espaillat (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lava Pies (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Villa Gonzalez (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Indias de Mayagüez (2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Puñal (2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Universidad César Vallejo (2014-2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Villaverde (2017)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Plamed (2017)

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.:Individuals.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010 Final Four Cup "Most Valuable Player"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010 Final Four Cup "Best Scorer"

paragraph: Section::::Awards.:Beach volleyball.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament Silver Medal

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament Gold Medal

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- FIVB profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Italian League profile

description: Female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic

wikidata_label: Dahiana Burgos

wikipedia_title: Dahiana Burgos


text: Iran

text: piano

text: music

text: Germany

text: Martin-Luther-University

text: Germany to host Iran music workshop

text: Pooyan Azadeh- ein Pianist

paragraph: Pooyan Azadeh

paragraph: Pooyan Azadeh was born in Iran in 1979. He has been playing the piano since his childhood, directed choirs since he was twelve and can already look back on ten years of university teaching experience. He studied classical European and classical Persian music (BA), as well as piano (MA) at the Teheran Academy of Arts and participated in master classes with Prof. Paul Gulda at the Bayreuth Festival of Young Artists in Germany.

paragraph: His performance as pianist in the concert, “From Orient to Hollywood” in 2010, where he, as the first Persian pianist in Europe, played the second piano concert of Aminollah Hosseins, has earned him special attention among German music circles.

paragraph: As pianist, he received numerous awards and honours at competitions.

paragraph: Persian piano notation (Morteza Mahjoobi's notation) was registered as a National Cultural Heritage of Iran (UNESCO) in 2013 by Pooyan Azadeh.

paragraph: Since 2007, he has been a full PhD scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). He worked as Asst. Professor at Martin-Luther-University Musical Institute in Germany. He got his doctoral degree from the same university, Martin Luther University in Germany, with great honor "Magna Cum Laude" in January 2015.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concert of Persian piano music in Hamburg, pianist:Pooyan Azadeh

paragraph: BULLET::::- BBC Persian reported Pooyan Azadeh's concert in Germany

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concert intercultural piano project, Director:Pooyan Azadeh

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pooyan Azadeh in concerto of Aminollah Hossein

paragraph: BULLET::::- Iranian pianist to conduct workshop at German

paragraph: BULLET::::- Germany to host Iran music workshop

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pooyan Azadeh- ein Pianist

description: Iranian musician and professor

wikidata_label: Pooyan Azadeh

wikipedia_title: Pooyan Azadeh


text:
Manchester
Henry Liverseege
William Finden
Society of Arts
Royal Academy
Charles Swain
Anti-Corn-law League
Sir John Bowring
Edward Baines
Charles Allen Du Val
Richard Cobden
John Frederick Foster
Cheeryble Brothers
British Association
John Dalton
The Great Day of His Wrath
The Last Judgment
The Plains of Heaven
John Martin
Edwin Landseer
Ophelia
John Everett Millais
George Frederick Watts
Daniel Maclise
Gilbert Stuart Newton
Thomas Faed
Sir John Watson Gordon

paragraph: James Stephenson (engraver)

paragraph: James Stephenson (1808–1886) was an English engraver.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Born at Manchester on 26 November 1808, he was the son of Thomas Stephenson, boot and shoe maker, of Stable Street there, near Oldham Street. He was educated at a school kept by Thomas Rain, adjoining Oldham Street chapel, and before the end of his schooldays was apprenticed to John Fothergill, an engraver, of Prince's Court, Market Street. While there he met Henry Liverseege, and, perhaps on his advice, went to London at the end of his apprenticeship and entered the studio of William Finden. While there he gained the silver medal of the Society of Arts for an original design of a figure engraved in line.

paragraph: About 1838 Stephenson returned to Manchester and established himself as an historical and landscape engraver in Ridgefield, and then in a studio in St. Ann Street. Around 1847 he moved back permanently to London, and from 1856 exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy. He died at his residence in Dartmouth Park Road, London, on 28 May 1886.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Stephenson furnished illustrations for "Manchester as it is" (1839), for Charles Swain's "Mind and other Poems", and for other books; and engraved the members' card for the Anti-Corn-law League. For Agnew & Sons he painted portraits of prominent members of the League, including Sir John Bowring, Edward Baines, and John Heyworth. During this period he also engraved Charles Allen Du Val's portrait of Richard Cobden, George Putten's portrait of John Frederick Foster, and John Boston's portrait of Daniel Grant, one of the original "Cheeryble Brothers". In 1842, for the British Association, which met in that year in Manchester, he executed a portrait of John Dalton.

paragraph: Among Stephenson's later engravings were "The Great Day of His Wrath", "The Last Judgment", and "The Plains of Heaven", after John Martin; "The Highland Whiskey Still", the "Taming of the Shrew", and "The Queen at Osborne", after Edwin Landseer; "Ophelia", after John Everett Millais; and the "Portrait of Lord Tennyson", after George Frederick Watts. He also engraved pictures by Daniel Maclise, Gilbert Stuart Newton, Thomas Faed, and Sir John Watson Gordon.

paragraph: Section::::Notes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attribution

description: English engraver

wikidata_label: James Stephenson

wikipedia_title: James Stephenson (engraver)


text: Fyn

text: colonel

text: fief

text: Lister

text: younger Kaas family

text: war hero

text: March across the Belts

text: Charles X Gustav of Sweden

text: Christian IV

text: Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve

text: Nedenes

text: Halsted Priory

text: Eiler Grubbe

text: Regitze Grubbe

text: Hans Ulrik Gyldenløve

text: Hans Kaas

text: Jørgen Grubbe Kaas

text: Ulrik Kaas

text: Henrik Bielke Kaas

text: Frederik Christian Kaas

text: Ulrik Christian Kaas

text: Birgitte Christine Kaas

text: Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt

text: Elingård

text: Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas

text: Huitfeldt

text: Nissen

text: Paus

text: House of Oldenburg

text: Augusta Victoria, German Empress

text: Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden

text: Constantine II of Greece

text: Sofía of Spain

text: House of Glücksburg

text: Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein

text: House of Hanover

text: Prince Ernst August of Hanover

text: House of Hohenzollern

text: Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia

paragraph: Jørgen Kaas

paragraph: Jørgen Kaas (1618 – 30 January 1658 in Fyn) was a Danish colonel, lord of the fiefdom Lister in Norway, and owner of the Hastrup and Østergaard estates in Denmark. A member of the younger Kaas family (informally known as "Mur-Kaas"), one of Denmark's preeminent families of ancient high nobility, he is notable as a war hero during the March across the Belts when he led the defense of Fyn against the Swedes and fell in battle. King Charles X Gustav of Sweden accompanied his body on foot in honour of his bravery. He was given the fief of Lister by King Christian IV on 30 December 1648, after he had sold his estate Østergaard to the King's son Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve. He never resided in Norway, and the fief was administered by the fiefholder of Nedenes.

paragraph: He was the son of judge Hans Kaas and Birgitte Norby, and was married to Karen Jørgensdatter Grubbe (born 1616 at Halsted Priory, died 1695 at Lerbæk), who was a granddaughter of Chancellor of Denmark Eiler Grubbe and a sister of Regitze Grubbe. He was thus a brother-in-law of the King's son Hans Ulrik Gyldenløve. Jørgen Kaas and Karen Grubbe were the parents of Governor of Christiania and Trondheim Hans Kaas (1640–1700) and Governor Jørgen Grubbe Kaas of Rydbjerggård (1643–1711), grandparents of Governor of Bergen and Admiral Ulrik Kaas (1677–1746) and General Henrik Bielke Kaas (1686–1773), and great-grandparents of the admirals Frederik Christian Kaas (1727–1804) and Ulrik Christian Kaas (1729–1808). Hans Kaas was the father of the poet Birgitte Christine Kaas (1682–1761), married to Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt of Elingård. Their descendants include Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas. Jørgen Kaas is the progenitor of the Danish branch of the Kaas family. He also has descendants in Norway, in particular in the families Huitfeldt, Nissen and Paus.

paragraph: Jørgen Kaas and Karen Grubbe were also great-great-great-grandparents of Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsøe (1796–1867), married to Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, a member of the royal House of Oldenburg. Their descendants include Augusta Victoria, German Empress, King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, King Constantine II of Greece, Queen Sofía of Spain, the current head of the House of Glücksburg Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein, the current head of the House of Hanover Prince Ernst August of Hanover and the current head of the House of Hohenzollern Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia.

paragraph: Section::::Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Danmarks Adels Aarbog, 1917

description: Danish military officer

wikidata_label: Jørgen Kaas

wikipedia_title: Jørgen Kaas


text:
New Jersey
hip hop

categories: American hip hop musicians,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Wem (musician)

paragraph: Wemerson Olivera, known by the stage name Wem, is a New Jersey-based American hip hop artist and music video director. Wem has been featured in XXL Magazine and is known for establishing himself in the American rap industry after being a first-generation immigrant from Brazil.

description: American musician

wikidata_label: Wem

wikipedia_title: Wem (musician)


text: Marquess

text: Wynyard Park, County Durham

text: Nikolaus Pevsner

text: Sir John Hall

text: Nicolette Elaine Katherine

text: Baroness Maria Koskull

text: David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort

text: Georgie Fame

text: Robin Douglas-Home

text: Sir Alec Douglas-Home

text: Georgie Fame

text: Clifton Suspension Bridge

text: Doreen Patricia Wells

text: Royal Ballet

text: Frederick Aubrey Vane-Tempest-Stewart

text: ThePeerage.com

text: Wynyard Hall official site

categories: 1937 births,Disease-related deaths in England,2012 deaths,Place of death missing,Place of birth missing,Vane-Tempest-Stewart family,People from County Durham

paragraph: Alexander Charles Robert "Alistair" Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry (7 September 1937 – 20 June 2012) was a British nobleman.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: The son of Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry (1902–1955) and his wife, the former Romaine Combe (died 1951), Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart was known familiarly as "Alistair". When the 8th Marquess died in 1955, Alistair became the 9th Marquess at age 18. He renovated the family estate, Wynyard Park, County Durham, which Nikolaus Pevsner described as "the most splendid 19th century mansion house in the county". Wynyard was sold by Lord Londonderry in 1987 and is now owned by the property developer Sir John Hall.

paragraph: Lord Londonderry was an accomplished pianist and a self-taught linguist. He could read French, German, and Italian. As a student, he ran a jazz band called the "Eton Five". His first wife, whom he married in 1958, was Nicolette Elaine Katherine, daughter of Michael Harrison, a stockbroker, and his Latvian-born wife Baroness Maria Koskull. Nicolette, Lady Londonderry, gave birth to two daughters: Lady Sophia (b. 23 February 1959) and Lady Cosima (b. 25 December 1961, who married Lord John Robert Somerset, third son of David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort).

paragraph: She also gave birth to a son, Tristan, who was once but is no longer styled Viscount Castlereagh, as Lord Londonderry later proved that Tristan was not his biological child, but that of singer Georgie Fame. The Londonderrys divorced in 1971. Lady Cosima would later claim that her biological father was actually Robin Douglas-Home, nephew of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the former Prime Minister. Nicolette married Georgie Fame in 1972; they later had another son, James. She committed suicide on 13 August 1993 by jumping off Clifton Suspension Bridge.

paragraph: Lord Londonderry's second wife was Doreen Patricia Wells, former principal dancer at the Royal Ballet, whom he married in 1972; they divorced in 1989. They had two sons, Frederick Aubrey Vane-Tempest-Stewart (born 6 September 1972), and Lord Reginald Alexander Vane-Tempest-Stewart (b. 1977), who is married to Chloë Belinda Guinness (born 29 April 1976); the couple have one child.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: The 9th Marquess of Londonderry died on 20 June 2012, aged 74. His elder son, Frederick Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, succeeded to his titles as the 10th Marquess.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- ThePeerage.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wynyard Hall official site

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alistair Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-alexander-charles-robert-vane-tempest-stewart-the-9th-marquess-of-londonderry-aristocrat-and-landowner-1-2388507

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/328299/9th-Marquess-of-Londonderry-Aristocrat-September-7-1937-Died-June-20-2012-Aged-74.

description: Anglo-Irish nobleman


text:
Bloomsbury Group
Thoby Stephen
Virginia Woolf
Vanessa Bell
Karin Stephen
Sigmund Freud
psychoanalysts
Julia
Leslie Stephen
Bloomsbury
George
Gerald Duckworth
Westminster School
Duncan Grant
Trinity College, Cambridge
Karin Costelloe
Newnham College
Henri Bergson
conscription
First World War
conscientious objector
Union of Democratic Control
psychoanalysis
Ernest Jones
Ella Freeman Sharpe
"Dreadnought" hoax
World War II
Nazis
anti-semitism
pacifist
army
British Psychoanalytical Society
Controversial Discussions
International Journal of Psychoanalysis
James Strachey
Melanie Klein
Bloomsbury and Psychoanalysis

categories: British psychoanalysts,People educated at Westminster School, London,LGBT writers from England,Bloomsbury Group,British conscientious objectors,Virginia Woolf,1948 deaths,1883 births,Stephen-Bell family,History of mental health in the United Kingdom

paragraph: Adrian Stephen

paragraph: Adrian Stephen (27 October 1883 – 3 May 1948) was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, an author and psychoanalyst, and the younger brother of Thoby Stephen, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. He and his wife Karin Stephen became interested in the work of Sigmund Freud, and were among the first British psychoanalysts.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Stephen was born in 1883, the youngest of four children of Julia and Leslie Stephen; their father's death in 1904 resulted in the four siblings moving to Bloomsbury, and their house there became the nucleus of the Bloomsbury Group. By his mother's first marriage, he was also a half-brother of George and Gerald Duckworth. He was educated at Westminster School.

paragraph: Among his romantic liaisons was his affair with the artist Duncan Grant, which led to Grant's introduction to Stephen's sister Vanessa Bell, with whom he would eventually have a (rather unusual) romance.. Adrian attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took an Ordinary Degree in law and history. In 1914 Stephen married Karin Costelloe, a philosophy graduate, by then Fellow of Newnham College and expert on Henri Bergson. The couple had two daughters Ann and Judith Stephen.

paragraph: On the introduction of conscription in 1916 during the First World War Stephen became a conscientious objector, like many other members of the Bloomsbury Group, and, with Costelloe, lived out the remainder of the war working on a farm in Essex. Early in the war he was active in the Union of Democratic Control, then later was Honorary Treasurer of the National Council Against Conscription.

paragraph: Towards the end of the war, Adrian, Karin, James and Alix Strachey all became interested in psychoanalysis. The Stephens trained medically at the request of Ernest Jones, both being analysed initially by James Glover; they qualified in the late 1920s. Adrian completing his analysis with Ella Freeman Sharpe.

paragraph: In 1936, Stephen decided to recount in detail the "Dreadnought" hoax, in which he had taken part a quarter of a century earlier, completing an account published by Hogarth press. He also became deeply involved in anti-Fascist activity in the Thirties.

paragraph: In World War II Stephen became so angered by the Nazis' brutality and anti-semitism that he abandoned his pacifist stance of the previous war and volunteered to become an army psychoanalyst in 1939, at the age of 57. Active in promoting reforms in the British Psychoanalytical Society in 1942-44 during the Controversial Discussions, he became Scientific Secretary of the Society (1945–47) and took over the job of Editor of the "International Journal of Psychoanalysis" from James Strachey in 1946. He died in 1948.

paragraph: Section::::List of selected publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The 'Dreadnought' Hoax (1936)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Melanie Klein

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bloomsbury and Psychoanalysis

description: British MD & psychoanalyst

wikidata_label: Adrian Stephen

wikipedia_title: Adrian Stephen


text:
Bergamo
Giuseppe Diotti
Accademia Carrara
Venice
Odorico Politi
Francesco Bagnara
Florence
Udine
Fausto Antonioli
Artgate
Fondazione Cariplo

categories: 1882 deaths,Venetian painters,1814 births,19th-century Italian painters,Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia alumni

paragraph: Fausto Antonioli

paragraph: Fausto Antonioli (1814 in Bergamo – 1882 in Udine) was an Italian painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Originally from Bergamo, he was a pupil of Giuseppe Diotti at the Accademia Carrara in the fourth decade of the 18th century and subsequently completed his training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, under the Neoclassical painter Odorico Politi and the set designer Francesco Bagnara. From his debut in 1839 he distinguished himself as a portraitist and painter of landscapes, which he showed at the 1844 Exposition of Fine Arts at the Carrara Academy in Bergamo. His presence is also documented in Florence and Rome, where he executed perspective views of the principal monuments in the cities, enlivened by scenes of everyday life. Around 1850 he settled in Udine, where he held a teaching post in the local arts and crafts school.

paragraph: His painting, which was in line with the canons of the academic tradition, soon gained favour with the Friuli aristocracy, who commissioned views of the city, as well as numerous portraits and still lifes with flowers. His prolific output continued into the 1870s, and his mature work was characterised by a more intense realism in the portraits that were not devoid of photographic effects. The use of photographs as a source of inspiration was a practice the artist was familiar with, thanks to his close friendship with Count Augusto Gabriele Agricola, one of the first to experiment with photography in Friuli.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elena Lissoni, Fausto Antonioli, online catalogue Artgate by Fondazione Cariplo, 2010, CC BY-SA (source for the first revision of this article).

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Fausto Antonioli

wikipedia_title: Fausto Antonioli


text:
Rome
Milan
Gaetano Moretti
World War I
Mantua
Brera Academy
Adolph Wildt
Aldo Andreani
Artgate
Fondazione Cariplo

categories: 20th-century Italian sculptors,Brera Academy alumni,Architects from Lombardy,People from Mantua,20th-century Italian architects,1971 deaths,1887 births

paragraph: Aldo Andreani

paragraph: Aldo Andreani (August 1, 1887 in Mantua – October 18, 1971 in Milano) was an Italian architect and sculptor.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Andreani trained as an architect at the San Luca Academy in Rome and then graduated from the Milan Polytechnic under the guidance of Gaetano Moretti. He moved to Milan at the end of World War I and combined the study of sculpture with a flourishing architectural career initiated in Mantua in 1909 and based on that city’s Renaissance models.

paragraph: He began attending the first special course in sculpture at the Brera Academy in 1927, and developed a new interest in the solidity of volumes and simplification of forms under the guidance of his teacher Adolph Wildt. He was active as a sculptor above all in the 1930s with a large range of portraits and religious works as well as allegories and celebrations of the Fascist regime serving as architectural decoration. Andreani held his first solo show at the Galleria Pesaro in Milan from December 1931 to January 1932 and took part in the Venice Biennial (Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della città di Venezia) in 1934 and the Paris International Exposition in 1937, where he was awarded a silver medal for a series of decorative high-relief works for the vestibule of the Italian Pavilion.

paragraph: As an architect, he received major commissions for residential buildings in Mantua and in Milan, where he was also involved in the renovation of Piazza San Babila.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chiara Baglione, "Cronaca di un progetto. Palazzo Fidia a Milano", in "Casabella", 706-707, dicembre 2002-gennaio 2003, pp. 75–86.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elena Lissoni, Aldo Andreani, online catalogue Artgate by Fondazione Cariplo, 2010, CC BY-SA (source for the first revision of this article).

description: Italian artist

wikidata_label: Aldo Andreani

wikipedia_title: Aldo Andreani


text:
Codogno
Codogno
Milan
Pavia
World War I
Giorgio Belloni
Ambrogio Alciati
Brera Academy
World War II
La Stampa
Giuseppe Novello
Artgate
Fondazione Cariplo

categories: Italian male painters,1897 births,20th-century Italian painters,19th-century Italian painters,1988 deaths

paragraph: Giuseppe Novello

paragraph: Giuseppe Novello (best known witk the nickname of Beppe, Codogno, 1897 – Codogno, 1988) was an Italian painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: After completing his classical studies in Milan, Novello gained a degree in Jurisprudence from the University of Pavia. Immediately after World War I, in which he fought with the Alpine Corps, he continued to study painting – to which he had been introduced by his uncle Giorgio Belloni – and also took Ambrogio Alciati’s courses at the Brera Academy. From 1924, the year he graduated and won the Fumagalli Prize at the Brera Biennale, he participated constantly in the exhibitions of the Permanente in Milan, in some editions of the Venice Biennale (1934, 1936, 1940, 1948) and the Rome Quadriennale.

paragraph: A driving force behind the coterie of artists who gathered at the Milanese trattoria Bagutta, he also made a name for himself as a cartoonist: a collection of his vignettes are featured in the volume "La guerra è bella ma scomoda" (1929) with a text by his journalist friend Paolo Monelli, "Il signore di buona famiglia" (1934) and "Che cosa dirà la gente" (1937). During World War II he fought in the Russian campaign and was deported to Germany after being taken prisoner at Fortezza in 1943. In the post-war period he took up painting again, displaying his works in several solo exhibitions, and worked as an illustrator for the newspaper "La Stampa" until 1965. New volumes featuring his drawings were also published. He died in Codogno in 1988.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Laura Casone, Giuseppe Novello, online catalogue Artgate by Fondazione Cariplo, 2010, CC BY-SA (source for the first revision of this article).

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Giuseppe Novello

wikipedia_title: Giuseppe Novello


text:
opera
soprano
Monte Carlo
phonograph cylinder
Columbia Records
Jules Massenet
Manon
Jacques Offenbach
The Tales of Hoffmann
Menton, France
Théâtre du Casino
Milan
Teatro Lirico
Giacomo Orefice
La Fenice
Jules Massenet
Cendrillon
Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Enrico Caruso
Roger Bourdin
Giacomo Meyerbeer
L'Africaine
La traviata
Manon
Madama Butterfly
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Platée
Filippo Marchetti
Falstaff
Teatro Regio di Parma
Alberto Franchetti
Germania
Alfredo Catalani
Loreley
Royal Opera House
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chénier
Oscar Hammerstein I
Manhattan Opera Company
The Tales of Hoffmann
Manhattan Opera House
Philadelphia Opera Company
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Philadelphia Opera House
Jan Blockx
De Herbergprinses
Louise
Les Huguenots
La boheme
Faust
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Jean Nouguès
Quo vadis
Attilio Parelli
The Tales of Hoffman
Madama Butterfly
Faust
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci
Ambroise Thomas
Hamlet
Cavalleria rusticana
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro
Don Giovanni
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Il segreto di Susanna
Victor Herbert
Natoma
Tosca
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Opéra-Comique
Léo Delibes
Lakmé
Rose Caron
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Un ballo in maschera
Teatro Costanzi
First World War
Gabriele D'Annunzio
World War I
vaudeville
Pieve di Cento
Metropolitan Opera
Lily Pons
Doretta Morrow

categories: 1885 births,People from Menton,Disease-related deaths in Italy,20th-century French singers,1969 deaths,French people of Italian descent,French operatic sopranos

paragraph: Alice Zeppilli

paragraph: Alice Zeppilli (28 August 1885 – 14 September 1969) was a French operatic soprano of Italian heritage who had an active international singing career from 1901 to 1930. The pinnacle of her career was in the United States where she enjoyed great popularity between 1906 and 1914; particularly in the cities of Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia. She was popular in Monte Carlo where she performed frequently from 1904–19 and later worked as a singing teacher after her retirement from the stage. She made only one recording, a phonograph cylinder for Columbia Records consisting of the Gavotte from Jules Massenet's "Manon" and Olympia's "Doll aria" from Jacques Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann".

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

paragraph: Born in Menton, France, Zeppilli was the daughter of Italian parents. She was a cousin (on her mother's side) of singer Luisa Villani (1884–1961). Alice's father Nicola Zeppilli was an orchestra conductor at the Théâtre du Casino in Monte Carlo. Her father sent her back to his native country of Italy to study opera in Milan with Elettra Callery-Viviani.

paragraph: Section::::Opera career.

paragraph: Zepilli made her professional opera debut in Milan at the Teatro Lirico on 25 November 1901 at the age of 16 as Stella in the world premiere of Giacomo Orefice's "Chopin". She sang that role again for her debut at La Fenice in 1902. In 1903 she had a major success in Venice as the title heroine in Jules Massenet's "Cendrillon". In 1904 she appeared at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo as Gilda in Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto" opposite Enrico Caruso as the Duke of Mantua and Roger Bourdin in the title role.

paragraph: She returned to Monte Carlo periodically during her career, portraying such roles as Inès in Giacomo Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine" (1905), Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata" (1910), the title roles in Massenet's "Manon" (1915) and Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" (1916), both Thalie and Junon in Jean-Philippe Rameau's "Platée" (1917), Maria di Spagna in Filippo Marchetti's "Ruy Blas" (1919), and Nannetta in Verdi's "Falstaff" (1919) among other roles.

paragraph: From 1905-07, Zeppilli performed with a touring Italian opera company in Argentina, Egypt, Greece, and Romania. In 1907 she had great success at the Teatro Regio di Parma as Jebbel in Alberto Franchetti's "Germania". She was seen that year in Parma as Anna di Rehberg in Alfredo Catalani's "Loreley". She made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London in 1907 as Musetta in Giacomo Puccini's "La Bohème", and was also seen that year in London as Bersi in Umberto Giordano's "Andrea Chénier".

paragraph: From 1907 to 1910 Zeppilli was a member of Oscar Hammerstein I's Manhattan Opera Company in New York City, with whom she made her United States debut as Olympia in "The Tales of Hoffmann" at the Manhattan Opera House in 1907.

paragraph: She served concurrently in Hammerstein's sister opera company, the Philadelphia Opera Company, from 1908-10. She notably sang the role of Micaela in Georges Bizet's "Carmen" for the opening of the Philadelphia Opera House in 1908. In 1910 she performed in the American premiere of the opera Jan Blockx's "De Herbergprinses" (performed in Italian as "La Princesse d'Auberge"). Other roles she sang with the Manhattan and Philadelphia opera companies included Irma in "Louise", Marguerite de Valois in "Les Huguenots", both Mimi and Musetta in "La boheme", and Siébel in "Faust".

paragraph: From 1910-14, Zeppilli was a member of the Chicago Grand Opera Company which not only performed regularly in Chicago but also in Philadelphia. With the company she notably performed the role of Lygie in the United States premieres of Jean Nouguès's "Quo vadis" in 1911, and created the role of Rosaura in the world premiere of Attilio Parelli's "I dispettosi amanti" in 1912.

paragraph: Some of the other roles she sang with the company included both Antonia and Olympia in "The Tales of Hoffman", Cio-Cio-San in "Madama Butterfly", Gilda, Marguerite de Valois, Marguerite in "Faust", Micaela, Musetta, Nedda in Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci", Ophélie in Ambroise Thomas' "Hamlet", Santuzza in "Cavalleria rusticana", Susanna in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro", Violetta, Zerlina in "Don Giovanni", and the title roles in Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Il segreto di Susanna", Victor Herbert's "Natoma", and Puccini's "Tosca" among others. In 1913 she married Giuseppe Alberghini, a cellist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

paragraph: In 1909-10, Zeppilli also performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris where she made her debut as the title heroine in Léo Delibes' "Lakmé", and was also heard as Massenet's Manon.

paragraph: While there she studied singing further with soprano Rose Caron. In 1913 she married Giuseppe Alberghini, first cello of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 1914 she again appeared at the Royal Opera House in London as Nannetta, Susanna, Musetta, and Oscar in Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera". In 1917-18 she was committed to the Teatro Costanzi in Rome where she performed the roles of Alice Ford in "Falstaff", Mimì and Cio-Cio-San. In 1919 she was heard at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.

paragraph: In 1915 her husband was recalled to the army for the outbreak of the First World War and she followed him to Italy, where he continued to perform theaters in France and Italy (including Milan, Naples, Parma, Rome, and Turin). During the war, her husband met the Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, as his superior captain, who began a great friendship with the couple, even after the end of the war.

paragraph: Section::::Teacher and later life.

paragraph: After World War I, Zeppilli and her husband relocated to New York City. At this point her career began to slow down, although she did perform periodically in operas in Italy and the United States up until 1926. She continued to perform in recitals and on vaudeville and radio in New York City up until 1930. After that, she and her husband divided their time between homes in New York City, Monte Carlo, and Pieve di Cento.

paragraph: Zeppilli taught singers in both New York and Monte Carlo while her husband continued to work for a variety of orchestras; including playing as a cellist in the Metropolitan Opera orchestra. Her pupils included Lily Pons and Doretta Morrow. After her husband's death in 1954, she settled permanently in Pieve di Cento, where she died in 1969. The Teatro Zeppilli there is named in her memory.

description: French opera singer

wikidata_label: Alice Zeppilli

wikipedia_title: Alice Zeppilli


text:
Italian
Bastarolo
Scarsellino
the Carracci
Palazzo dei Diamanti
Ferrara
Gaspare Venturini
Artgate
Fondazione Cariplo

categories: Italian male painters,Year of birth unknown,16th-century Italian painters,Ferrarese painters,Year of death unknown

paragraph: Gaspare Venturini

paragraph: Gaspare Venturini (Ferrara, documented between 1576 and 1593) was an Italian painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Venturini was trained in the school of Ferrarese Mannerism together with Bastarolo and Scarsellino, his associates together with the Carracci in the decoration of the ceilings of the Palazzo dei Diamanti over the decade between 1580 and 1590. Late 16th-century in style and rooted in the area of Ferrara, Venturini works are of mostly a religious character, as exemplified by the altarpieces for the church of the Madonnina and the Miracle of Saint Apollinaris in San Cristoforo della Certosa.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Domenico Sedini, Gaspare Venturini, online catalogue Artgate by Fondazione Cariplo, 2010, CC BY-SA (source for the first revision of this article).

alias:
Gasparo Venturini
Gasparo Ferrarese
Gaspare ferrarese

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Gaspare Venturini

wikipedia_title: Gaspare Venturini