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paragraph: Jimmy McAleer

paragraph: James Robert "Loafer" McAleer (July 10, 1864April 29, 1931) was an American center fielder, manager, and stockholder in Major League Baseball who assisted in establishing the American League. He spent most of his 13-season playing career with the Cleveland Spiders, and went on to manage the Cleveland Blues, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Senators. Shortly before his retirement, he became a major shareholder in the Boston Red Sox.

paragraph: His career ended abruptly. During his brief tenure as co-owner of the Red Sox, McAleer quarreled with longtime friend and colleague Ban Johnson, president of the American League. In the wake of this disagreement, he sold off his shares in the Red Sox and broke off his relationship with Major League Baseball.

paragraph: McAleer's rift with Johnson, along with his sudden retirement, damaged his professional reputation, and he received little recognition for his contributions to baseball. Today, he is most often remembered for initiating the customary request that the President of the United States throw out the first ball of the season.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: McAleer was born in Youngstown, Ohio, an industrial center located near the border of western Pennsylvania. His father, Owen McAleer, died at a young age, leaving McAleer's mother, Mary, to support three children. The family lived on the city's west side, where the McAleer children were raised to value the concept of formal education. McAleer attended local public schools and graduated from Rayen High School. In later years, all three of the McAleer brothers moved on to successful careers, and the oldest, Owen McAleer, Jr., served for a time as mayor of Los Angeles.

paragraph: A "strapping six-foot 175-pound outfielder," McAleer won early recognition for his physical speed. He became involved with a Youngstown minor league baseball club in 1882, remaining with the team until 1884. In 1885, McAleer joined another minor league organization in Charleston, South Carolina; and in 1887, he played for a team based in Memphis, Tennessee. His skill as a center fielder was recognized in 1888, while he was playing for a club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

paragraph: Although his primary focus was organized sports, McAleer was also drawn to the field of entertainment. During one season of his minor league career, he became part-owner of the DeHaven Comedy Company, a theatrical road troupe that was organized in Youngstown. His interest in show business remained a constant, and in later years McAleer developed a strong friendship with Broadway composer and performer George M. Cohan.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: On April 24, 1889, McAleer broke into the Major Leagues in Cleveland, Ohio, where he established a reputation as a graceful outfielder. In 1891, when Patsy Tebeau became manager of the Cleveland Spiders, the club became known for its aggressive tactics. Tebeau encouraged players to block and hold runners, while he himself openly challenged and harassed officials. In 1896, the Cleveland manager was jailed for attacking an umpire who "decided it was too dark to continue a game". On June 27, 1896, McAleer was among several Cleveland players to be fined by a Louisville (Kentucky) judge for their role in the incident. Later that year, the club's notoriety prompted other National League teams to propose a boycott of Cleveland, "until the Spiders mended their ways." McAleer's periodic displays of temper were in keeping with this rowdy environment. During an August 18, 1891 game with the Cincinnati Reds, Reds player Arlie Latham tripped McAleer as he rounded third base; McAleer responded by chasing Latham around the field, while brandishing his bat.

paragraph: At the same time, McAleer proved a strong performer. A later newspaper account described him as an outstanding outfielder who was "blessed with excellent speed". The article noted that McAleer's skills as a sprinter helped him steal 51 bases in one year and 41 in another. According to some accounts, he was "the first centerfielder to take his eyes off a fly ball, run to the spot where it fell to earth, and catch it". Less proficient as a hitter, McAleer accumulated a lifetime batting average of .253. During his career, the league's batting (pitchers removed) average for players with the same home field was .284. On April 24, 1894, he assisted in Cleveland's 1–0 victory over Cincinnati with a single in the ninth that drove home Buck Ewing, who had doubled. Along with teammates Cy Young, Jesse Burkett, John Clarkson, and Charles Zimmer, McAleer also participated in the Spiders' victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the 1895 Temple Cup, a post-season series between first and second-place teams of the National League. The Spiders placed second to the Orioles at the close of both the 1895 and 1896 seasons. McAleer's performance came in spite of a serious injury he received during a game held in Philadelphia on August 24, 1895, when he collided with a fence. Furthermore, he balanced his achievements in sports with a foray into politics in his hometown of Youngstown. During the summer of 1895, McAleer was promoted in the local media as a mayoral candidate, first as a Republican, and then as an independent.

paragraph: In 1898, when the Spiders' owners purchased the St. Louis Browns franchise, McAleer opted to stay in Cleveland, taking a brief hiatus from baseball until the Cleveland Blues franchise joined the newly formed American League (AL). During his two-year absence, the Spiders lost many of their more experienced players. In 1899, the team won 20 games and lost 134, which is still percentage-wise the worst season record in Major League history. As baseball historian Bill James noted, the Spiders were forced to cancel home games due to poor attendance and "turned the last two months of the season into a long road trip". After a full year out of baseball in 1899, McAleer was back in a Cleveland uniform in 1900, in a new league, as player-manager of the Cleveland Lake Shores of the fledgling American League, then a minor league. McAleer's subsequent career as a major league manager (1901–11) overlapped with his playing career (1882–1907). Although he did not play professionally between 1903 and 1906, McAleer played in his last Major League game on July 8, 1907.

paragraph: Section::::Managing career.

paragraph: Section::::Managing career.:Cleveland Lake Shores/Blues.

paragraph: In 1900, McAleer became player-manager of the Cleveland Lake Shores (a predecessor of the Cleveland Indians) and continued with the franchise in 1901, when the American League became a major league and the club was renamed as the Blues, a name borrowed from a team that had participated in the National League during the 1870s and 1880s. The Blues made their major league debut on April 24, 1901, with an 8–2 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Two other league games were canceled due to inclement weather, and the contest between the Blues and White Sox served as the inaugural game of the AL.

paragraph: In July of that year, McAleer presided over the Blues' upset 6–1 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Although the Tigers' manager, Tommy Burns, agreed to forfeit the game for fear that the umpire, Joe Cantillon, would be injured by an angry crowd, McAleer agreed to play the Tigers using a reserve umpire. The Blues eventually closed the season with a 54–82 record, placing seventh in the eight-team American League.

paragraph: McAleer, however, contributed little to this outcome. In 1901, he played in only three games with the Blues. The AL, established in 1900 by Ban Johnson, former president of the Western League, was by this time in direct competition with the well-established National League (NL). McAleer, a close friend of Johnson and his associate, Charles Comiskey, played a significant role in the new league's development, recruiting scores of experienced players from the NL.

paragraph: Section::::Managing career.:St. Louis Browns.

paragraph: As manager of the Browns, McAleer lured players such as Hall of Famers Jesse Burkett and Bobby Wallace. In 1902, the Browns took second place in the league, with a record of 78 wins and 58 losses. Between 1903 and 1907, however, the team never ranked higher than fifth or sixth place in the AL. Then, in 1908, the club rebounded, finishing just six-and-a-half games out of first place, with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses, landing at fourth in the AL. The Browns ended the 1909 season, however, with a record of 61–89, earning seventh place. McAleer was fired at the close of the season. Browns owner Robert L. Hedges, a Cincinnati carriage maker, replaced the "affable" McAleer with the "crustier" Jack O'Connor, who was expelled from the league in 1910 for seeking to influence the outcome of the annual batting championship.

paragraph: Section::::Managing career.:Washington Senators.

paragraph: On September 22, 1909, McAleer went on to manage the Washington Senators (popularly known as the "Nationals"), a team that had ceased to be competitive since the death of star hitter Ed Delahanty six years earlier. The team fared little better under McAleer's management, finishing with a lackluster 66–85 record (seventh place) at the close of the 1910 season. The high point of the season was a game in which McAleer initiated what became a baseball tradition. On April 14, 1910, he asked visiting President William Howard Taft to throw out the first ball of a season opener. President Taft, an ardent fan of the game, readily agreed. Baseball historians Donald Dewey and Nicholas Acocella noted that the game "almost put an end to the career" of U.S. Vice President James S. Sherman, who "took a foul ball off the bat of Frank Baker directly in the head". This contest also featured a one-hit performance by pitcher Walter Johnson, who led the Senators to a 3–0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.

paragraph: Section::::Executive career.

paragraph: Section::::Executive career.:Boston Red Sox.

paragraph: Toward the close of the 1911 season, McAleer announced his resignation as manager of the Senators. In 1912, he became a major stockholder in the Boston Red Sox, purchasing a half-interest in the team. That year, the Red Sox "cruised to the pennant with 105 victories".

paragraph: By the time the Red Sox entered the sixth game of the 1912 World Series, the team had secured a 3–1 lead over the New York Giants. (The second game of the Series ended in a tie.) Then, McAleer pressured the team's manager, Jake Stahl, to hand the ball to unseasoned pitcher Buck O'Brien for the "clincher". McAleer's recommendation was apparently part of a strategy to ensure that the seventh game of the Series would be played at Boston's new Fenway Park. Although the Red Sox's loss to the Giants (at 5–2) guaranteed that the Series would conclude in Boston, the incident created conflict between McAleer and Stahl. Subsequent press releases suggesting that Stahl would replace McAleer as club president exacerbated these tensions.

paragraph: In the seventh game of the Series, the Red Sox opened Fenway Park with a 7–6 victory over the Giants. The team suffered a public relations fiasco, however, when a Red Sox shareholder sold seats at the stadium that had been reserved for the club's most ardent fans, the "Royal Rooters". Finding themselves without seats, the Royal Rooters, led by Boston Mayor John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, marched around the stadium in protest. A riot ensued, and in the aftermath of the disturbance, only 17,000 Boston residents showed up for the final game. Nevertheless, the Red Sox emerged as victors, with a final score of 4–3 and one tied game.

paragraph: Following the Series victory over the Giants, McAleer returned to his hometown to celebrate the event. A brass band met him at Youngstown's train depot, and a parade and fireworks display were held in his honor. "The Youngstown Daily Vindicator" reported: "As the auto bearing Mr. McAleer turned into West Federal Street, hundreds of sticks of red fire were burning at Central Square, while the quiet atmosphere was occasionally punctured by the explosion of a bomb".

paragraph: Section::::Executive career.:Downfall.

paragraph: McAleer's tenure as part-owner of the Red Sox came to a swift end. On July 15, 1913, McAleer became involved in a dispute with the AL president, Ban Johnson, when McAleer forced the resignation of Red Sox manager Jake Stahl, one of Johnson's closest friends. While McAleer claimed that he released Stahl because of a foot injury preventing Stahl from serving as a player-manager, rumors suggested that the two men had strong personal differences. Following a bitter quarrel with Johnson, McAleer sold his holdings in the Red Sox. His feud with Johnson turned out to be a lifelong affair, despite efforts taken by their mutual friend, Charles Comiskey, to smooth over the rift. While McAleer never publicly discussed the disagreement that spurred his retirement, he supposedly relayed his version of events to Frank B. Ward, a sports reporter with "The Youngstown Daily Vindicator", with the understanding that the details remain confidential until McAleer's death.

paragraph: Although other sources tell a different story, Ward wrote that McAleer termed his "break" with Johnson as the result of a "betrayal" of trust. McAleer indicated that his controlling interest in the Red Sox entitled him to make all major decisions regarding the organization, Ward wrote. This view of McAleer's powers, however, was not shared by the club's manager, Stahl, the article added. To further complicate matters, Stahl's father-in-law, a Chicago-based banker, was reportedly a shareholder in the Red Sox. After one particularly heated exchange between Stahl and McAleer at the close of the 1912 season, Stahl went to Chicago to confer with Johnson. The article indicated that, after this meeting, Johnson sent McAleer a "sternly worded" letter, which may have been designed to preserve his relationship with Stahl and Stahl's father-in-law. According to the article, Johnson later confided to McAleer that he owed Stahl's father-in-law money and therefore felt obliged to take Stahl's side in the dispute. McAleer, however, took the admonition from Johnson as a betrayal of their friendship, refused to accept Johnson's explanations, and promptly retired, Ward wrote. This version of events is largely corroborated by the early research of baseball historian David Fleitz.

paragraph: Baseball historians Dewey and Acocella, however, described a markedly different scenario in which Johnson secretly sold off McAleer's shares while McAleer was away on a 1913 world tour with Comiskey, New York Giants manager John McGraw, and members of the Red Sox team. According to this account, McAleer's conflict with Stahl was followed up by his involvement in a feud between two pairs of players – Tris Speaker and Joe "Smoky Joe" Wood, on one side, and Heinie Wagner and Bill Carrigan, on the other. The conflict had a "religious dimension" and was described in the press as "pitting Masons against members of the Knights of Columbus". McAleer evidently supported Wagner and Carrigan, the Catholic players in the dispute. These back-to-back incidents involving individuals associated with the Red Sox team "reinforced Johnson's belief that the club president was the source of all the trouble", Dewey and Acocella wrote. In his recent book, "The Irish in Baseball", David Fleitz observed that McAleer's abrupt dismissal was typical of Johnson, "who had a history of ending relationships when they no longer benefited him personally".

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Relatively little is known about McAleer's private life. Research suggests that he was married three times, with his first marriage (to Hannah McAleer) taking place in the early 20th century. At some point, he married the former Anna Durbin, a native of Trenton, New Jersey. The couple had no children. According to her obituary, Anna McAleer was her husband's "constant companion" during his "active career as a baseball magnate". When the couple settled in Youngstown in 1913, she participated in charity work and joined the Altar and Rosary Society at St. Columba's Church, where she attended religious services. In 1930, Anna McAleer died suddenly at an apartment the couple shared on the north side of Youngstown. James McAleer, who discovered his wife's body after returning from a walk, was "overcome". McAleer had recently been released from a local hospital following an appendicectomy; he was quickly readmitted following his wife's death.

paragraph: A few months later, McAleer married a Youngstown woman, Georgianna Rudge, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music who was almost 23 years her husband's junior. Ultimately, Georgianna McAleer survived her husband by more than five decades. By the time of James McAleer's second marriage, his health was in decline. He was hospitalized within a few months of the wedding.

paragraph: Section::::Final years.

paragraph: McAleer returned to Youngstown, where he spent his last years. Active in the community, McAleer served on the city's original draft board, which had been authorized under Ohio Governor James M. Cox during World War I. In retirement, the former baseball manager maintained friendships with celebrities including George M. Cohan and King Alfonso XIII of Spain. McAleer became acquainted with the Spanish monarch during a European tour with the Red Sox in the winter of 1912–13.

paragraph: His final years were marked by poor health. Several weeks before his death, McAleer was admitted to a local hospital, where his health reportedly improved. This account, however, differs from that of baseball historian David Fleitz, who suggested that McAleer had been diagnosed with cancer in the early 1930s. In any event, McAleer died suddenly on April 29, 1931, shortly after being released from the hospital. He was 66 years old. After private funeral services at Orr's funeral home, McAleer's remains were interred at Oak Hill Cemetery, on Youngstown's near south side. Apart from his widow, he left behind two brothers, J.C. McAleer of Austintown, Ohio, and Owen McAleer of Los Angeles. Other survivors included two nephews, Captain Charlies McAleer, an officer in the U.S. Army, and James McAleer of Los Angeles.

paragraph: Rumors persist that McAleer's death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. While his name is included on some lists of Major League Baseball players who committed suicide, contemporary newspaper accounts indicated that McAleer died of natural causes.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: McAleer's hometown newspaper, "The Youngstown Daily Vindicator", eulogized the ex-Major Leaguer in the following terms: "Forceful and resourceful, but always retiring when there was talk of his share in the development of baseball, James R. McAleer died within a matter of weeks after the passing of Byron Bancroft Johnson, his chief partner in the forming of the American League, and the man with whom he 'broke', which break brought about his retirement".

paragraph: The article praised McAleer for assisting the careers of other baseball figures. In 1905, during his tenure as manager of the St. Louis Browns, McAleer helped future Hall of Fame umpire Billy Evans secure a position with the American League, writing a personal letter to Johnson on Evans' behalf. Meanwhile, McAleer served as a contact for another Youngstown resident, John "Bonesetter" Reese, the Welsh-born "baseball doctor" who worked with players such as Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Walter Johnson, and John McGraw.

paragraph: McAleer's contributions to the game failed to win him a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame, however. In 1936, during the first elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame, he received just one vote in the balloting for 19th-century figures. Nevertheless, McAleer received an unofficial endorsement from Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie, who described McAleer as "one of the best ever". McAleer's obituary in "The New York Times" suggested that he was "one of the fastest outfielders the major leagues ever produced". In 2003, Bill James described McAleer as "the best defensive outfielder of the 1890s". More recently, baseball historian David Fleitz observed, "this brilliant defensive outfielder was a smart, clever, and ambitious man who helped to create two of the original eight franchises of the American League".

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball player-managers

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Casway, Jerrold (2004). "Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseball". Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dewey, Donald; Acocella, Nicholas (2005). "Total Ballclubs: The Ultimate Book of Baseball Teams". Toronto: SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fleitz, David L. (2009). "The Irish in Baseball: An Early History". Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company.

paragraph: BULLET::::- James, Bill (2001). "Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract". New York: The Free Press. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- James, Bill (2003). "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract". New York: Free Press.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Neft, David S.; Cohen, Richard M.; Neft, Michael L. (2003). "The Sports encyclopedia: Baseball". New York: St. Martin's Griffin. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nemec, David; Wisnia, Saul (2000). "100 Years of Major League Baseball: American and National Leagues 1901–2000". Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, Ltd.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Okrent, Daniel; Wulf, Steve (1989). "Baseball Anecdotes". New York: Oxford University Press. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Strickland, David L. (1984). "Child of Moriah: A Biography of John D. Bonesetter Reese, 1855–1931". Youngstown: David L. Strickland.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walton, Ed (1980). "Red Sox Triumphs and Tragedies". New York: Stein and Day. ,

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sports Illustrated" Player Page

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paragraph: Sarah Myerscough

paragraph: Sarah Myerscough (pronounced Myers/co) is an English artist and sculptor, based in Blackpool, Lancashire.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Myerscough attended St Mary's Sixth Form College, Blackpool from 1996 to 1998, where she gained an A-level in Art and Design. She then gained a BTEC Foundation National Diploma in Art and Design at Blackpool and The Fylde College in 1999 and spent the next three years at Lancaster University where, in 2002, she gained a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Fine art: Practice and Theory. In June 2002 her work featured in the Student Degree Show at the Peter Scott Gallery.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: After graduating from Lancaster University in 2002, she started work in March 2003 as a model maker and artist at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, where she designed and created sculptures for rides as well as decorating shops and restaurants within the park with murals and sculptures. In October and November, her work was featured in a joint exhibition with three colleagues from the Pleasure Beach, "Art in the Making Exhibition" at the Globe Gallery.

paragraph: In June 2005 she started working as an artist for Blackpool Illuminations. The first Illuminations feature that Myerscough worked on was the Ali Baba tableau in 2005. In 2006 she helped remake the Alice in Wonderland tableau as well as painting a sponsorship board for the North West Air Ambulance charity and also work on two more tableau's - Fire and Water and Pirate.

paragraph: In 2007 she designed and painted a new back scene for the Egyptian Tableau and Local Heads, a new section which features photographs of local people (including one of Myerscough).

paragraph: She also worked with interior designer and television personality Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen when he designed two new features, the "Decodance" road feature in 2007, for which she carved and painted half of the figures and then in 2008 the "Venus Reborn" tableau which has water fountains as well as lighting and classical music. It was the first theatre tableau to be created, with a 15-minute show of sound, light and water effects.

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paragraph: David Lafuente is a Spanish-born comic book artist known for his work on books such as "". He currently resides in London.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Lafuente first penciled such series as "Phénix" and "Kabur" (written by Jean-Marc Lofficier) for Hexagon Comics, then was discovered by Marvel Editor C.B. Cebulski at the Dublin City Comic Con during the editor's self-named talent search "ChesterQuest"", though the artist's official website displays professional work dated much earlier than this. His first work for Marvel was doing the layouts and coloring for "Spider-Man Family #2," Published in 2007. His first major work, however, was providing the pencils/inks for Kathryn Immonen's 2008-2009 "Hellcat" mini-series. After collaborating with writer Brian Michael Bendis on an "Ultimate Spider-Man Annual" in 2008, he was picked as the regular artist for that series' 2009 relaunch, which debuted in August 2009. He took over "New Mutants" as the regular artist, starting on issue 29, which was a tie-in to the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline.

paragraph: On April 9, 2011 Lafuente was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the IGN stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two Guinness World Records, the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book. With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white "Superior" comic book, with Lafuente and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, including Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, John Romita Jr., Jock, Doug Braithwaite, Ian Churchill, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, John McCrea, Sean Phillips and Liam Sharp, who all drew a panel each, with regular "Superior" artist Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover. The book was completed in 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds, and was published through Icon on November 23, 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation.

paragraph: In January 2015 it was announced that Kieron Gillen, Jim Rossignol and David Lafuente are working on a creator-owned series for Image Comics titled "The Ludocrats."

paragraph: David Lafuente is currently exclusive to Valiant Comics and is the regular artist on A&A: The Adventures Of Archer & Armstrong.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: Interior comic work includes:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" #1-2 (June 2008-July 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Patsy Walker: Hellcat" #1-5 (September 2008-February 2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- ""Ultimate Spider-Man Annual" #3" (October 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" #1-6, 9-14, 150, 152-154 (August 2009-February 2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "New Mutants"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A+X" (Various stories)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "All-New X-Men" #15

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Avengers" Annual 2013 (Christmas special)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ultimate Spider-Man" #200

paragraph: BULLET::::- "All-New Doop" #1-5 (April 2014-August 2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Batman Eternal" #43

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Batman Eternal" #52

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong" #1-4

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Runaways" #13-14

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paragraph: BULLET::::- "Runaways" vol. 3 #10-12

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" #1-15, 150-154 (August 2009-February 2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Scarlet" #1 (Variant)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Young Allies" #1-5

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Turf" #2 (Variant)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" #4 (Variant)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Young Avengers" (Variant)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A+X"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wicked + The Divine" #6

paragraph: BULLET::::- "MODOK" Assassin #1-5

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1-4

paragraph: BULLET::::- X-O Manowar #47

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bloodshot Reborn

paragraph: BULLET::::- Valiant High #1-4

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bloodshot Salvation

paragraph: BULLET::::- Faith & The Future Force #1

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rom #7-8

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Comicvine

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tebeosfera

description: artist

wikidata_label: David Lafuente

wikipedia_title: David Lafuente


text: still life

text: painter

text: Dutch Golden Age

text: Antwerp

text: Middelburg

text: still life

text: Guild of Saint Luke

text: Ambrosius II

text: Johannes

text: Abraham

text: Balthasar van der Ast

text: Amsterdam

text: Bergen op Zoom

text: Utrecht

text: Breda

text: Abraham Bloemaert

text: Roelandt Savery

text: The Hague

text: national obsession with exotic flowers

text: Ambrosius Bosschaert

text: Artnet

categories: 1573 births,1621 deaths,Dutch still life painters,Members of the Middelburg Guild of Saint Luke,Flower artists,Dutch male painters,People from Antwerp,Flemish Baroque painters,Dutch Golden Age painters,People from Middelburg

paragraph: Ambrosius Bosschaert

paragraph: Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 – 1621) was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg (1587–1613), where he moved with his family because of the threat of religious persecution. He specialized in painting still lifes with flowers, which he signed with the monogram AB (the B in the A). At the age of twenty-one, he joined the city's Guild of Saint Luke and later became dean. Not long after, Bosschaert had married and established himself as a leading figure in the fashionable floral painting genre.

paragraph: He had three sons who all became flower painters; Ambrosius II, Johannes and Abraham. His brother-in-law Balthasar van der Ast also lived and worked in his workshop and moved with him on his travels. Bosschaert later worked in Amsterdam (1614), Bergen op Zoom (1615–1616), Utrecht (1616–1619), and Breda (1619). In 1619 when he moved to Utrecht, his brother-in-law van der Ast entered the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke, where the renowned painter Abraham Bloemaert had just become dean. The painter Roelandt Savery (1576–1639) entered the St. Luke's guild in Utrecht at about the same time. Savery had considerable influence on the Bosschaert dynasty. When Bosschaert died in The Hague while on commission there for a flower piece, Balthasar van der Ast took over running his workshop and pupils.

paragraph: Section::::Style.

paragraph: His bouquets were painted symmetrically and with scientific accuracy in small dimensions and normally on copper. They sometimes included symbolic and religious meanings. At the time of his death, Bosschaert was working on an important commission in the Hague. That piece is now in the collection in Stockholm. Bosschaert became one of the first artists to specialize in still life painting, and he started a tradition of painting detailed flower bouquets, which typically included tulips and roses. Thanks to the booming seventeenth-century Dutch art market, he became highly successful, as the inscription on one of his paintings attests.

paragraph: Section::::Style.:Legacy.

paragraph: His sons and his pupil and brother-in-law, Balthasar van der Ast, were among those to uphold the Bosschaert dynasty which continued until the mid-17th century.

paragraph: It may not be a coincidence that this trend coincided with a national obsession with exotic flowers which made flower portraits highly sought after.

paragraph: Although he was highly in demand, he did not create many pieces because he was also employed as an art dealer.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ambrosius Bosschaert on Artnet

paragraph: BULLET::::- A number of Ambrosius Bosschaert's paintings

alias:
Ambrosius Bosschaert I
Ambrosius I Bosschaert
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
Ambrosius, I Bosschaert
Ambrosius Boschart
Ambrosius, the elder Bosschaert
Ambrosius Bosschaert (I)

description: painter

wikidata_label: Ambrosius Bosschaert

wikipedia_title: Ambrosius Bosschaert


text:
Italian
painter
printmaker
Annibale Carracci
Ludovico Carracci
Accademia degli Incamminati
School of Bologna
Bologna
Prospero Fontana
Bartolomeo Passarotti
Correggio
Cornelis Cort
engraver
Federico Barocci
Tintoretto
Antonio Campi
Veronese
Correggio
etching
Venice
Parma
Palazzo Fava
Palazzo Magnani
Romulus
Pinacoteca di Bologna
Giovanni Lanfranco
Domenichino
plagiarizing this painting
Parma
Palazzo Farnese
Naples
Ranuccio I Farnese
Antonio Carracci
Paolo Fiammingo
Matisse
Le bonheur de vivre
Carracci's erotic work
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Williamsburg, Virginia

categories: 1557 births,Italian male painters,Italian Baroque painters,Italian erotic artists,17th-century Italian painters,Italian printmakers,16th-century Italian painters,1602 deaths,Bolognese painters

paragraph: Agostino Carracci

paragraph: Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one of the founders of the Accademia degli Incamminati (Academy of the Progressives) in Bologna. This teaching academy promoted the Carracci emphasized drawing from life. It promoted progressive tendencies in art and was a reaction to the Mannerist distortion of anatomy and space. The academy helped propel painters of the School of Bologna to prominence.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Agostino Carracci was born in Bologna as the son of a tailor. he was the elder brother of Annibale Carracci and the cousin of Ludovico Carracci. He initially trained as a goldsmith. He later studied painting, first with Prospero Fontana, who had been Lodovico's master, and later with Bartolomeo Passarotti. He traveled to Parma to study the works of Correggio. Accompanied by his brother Annibale, he spent a long time in Venice, where he trained as an engraver under the renowned Cornelis Cort. Starting from 1574 he worked as a reproductive engraver, copying works of 16th century masters such as Federico Barocci, Tintoretto, Antonio Campi, Veronese and Correggio. He also produced some original prints, including two etchings.

paragraph: He traveled to Venice (1582, 1587–1589) and Parma (1586–1587). Together with Annibale and Ludovico he worked in Bologna on the fresco cycles in Palazzo Fava ("Histories of Jason and Medea", 1584) and Palazzo Magnani ("Histories of Romulus", 1590–1592). In 1592 he also painted the "Communion of St. Jerome", now in the Pinacoteca di Bologna and considered his masterwork. In 1620, Giovanni Lanfranco, a pupil of the Carracci, famously accused another Carracci student, Domenichino, of plagiarizing this painting. From 1586 is his altarpiece of the "Madonna with Child and Saints", in the National Gallery of Parma. In 1598 Carracci joined his brother Annibale in Rome, to collaborate on the decoration of the Gallery in Palazzo Farnese. From 1598–1600 is a "triple Portrait", now in Naples, an example of genre painting. In 1600 he was called to Parma by Duke Ranuccio I Farnese to begin the decoration of the Palazzo del Giardino, but he died before it was finished.

paragraph: Agostino's son Antonio Carracci was also a painter, and attempted to compete with his father's Academy.

paragraph: An engraving by Agostino Carraci after the painting "Love in the Golden Age" by the 16th-century Flemish painter Paolo Fiammingo was the inspiration for Matisse's "Le bonheur de vivre" (Joy of Life).

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Head of a Faun in a Concave" (drawing in roundel, c. 1595, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Penitent Magdalen" (private collection)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Annunciation", Musée du Louvre, Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Lamentation", Hermitage, St. Petersburg

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Reciprico Amore", Baltimore Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carracci's erotic work

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pietà", 1973, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia

alias:
Aug. Carrache
Augustin Carraci
Augustine Carracci
Augustino Carracci
Ag. Caracci
Aug. Caracci
Augustin Carrache
Augustin Carache
Agostino Caracci
Agos. Carracci
Ago. Caracci
Agostino Caraccio
Aug. Carracci
Ag. Carracci
Augustin Carracci
Agostino Carraccia
Augustino Caracci
Agostino Caracciolo
Agos Caracci
Agos Carracci
Agostino, Bolog. Carracci
a. carracci
ag. carracci
Augustino Carracce
Carrache. Augustin
Agostin carazzi
Agos. Caracci
Ag.o Carracci
Ag.no Carracci
Augustyn Carrats
Aug. Caraccio
Augustin Caraccio
Ang. Carrache
Augostino Carracci
Ago. Carache
Angostino Carracci
August. Caraccio
frère d'Annibal Augustin Carrache
Agostini Carracci
Agost.o Carazza
Ag: Caracci
caracci agostino
Agost.o Carazzi
Agost.o Caracci
Aug Carrache
Agustin Corache
Aug. Carracie
Austin Carrats
August Carats
agost. carracci
Aug. Carache
Agostino
Agustino Carazzi
Agustino Carracci
Ago. Carracci
Agostino Carazzi
Agost.o Carrazzi
Augustine Caracci
Agustin Carracho
Agostino Carazza
Aug. Carrach
Agost.o
Aug. Carraci
Agostino Carace
agost. caracci
Agostin Carracci
Agostino Caraccia
Agostino Caracon
Agustine Caracci
Caraccio August
Agost Carracci
Ago. Carrache
Agostino Carrazza
Augustine Carraccius
Agostino Carrazzi
Agosstino Caracci
Agost. Carracci
Aug.no Carraccioli
Agostino Caracei
Augustin Caracci
Agostino Caraccioli
Agostino Caracce
Ag: Carracci

description: Bolognese painter of the Baroque

wikidata_label: Agostino Carracci

wikipedia_title: Agostino Carracci


text: Ferrara

text: Marfisa

text: Francesco d'Este

text: pope Gregory XIII

text: Alfonso II d'Este

text: Ercole Bevilacqua

text: Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

text: Anna Guarini

text: Sassuolo

text: Papal States

text: Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini

text: Maccastorna

text: Knight of Malta

paragraph: Bradamante d'Este

paragraph: Bradamante d'Este (1550 - 1624, Ferrara) was an Italian noblewoman.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: She and her elder sister Marfisa were illegitimate daughters of Francesco d'Este, though were legitimated a few years after their birth by both pope Gregory XIII and by Alfonso II d'Este. In 1575 Bradamante married Ercole Bevilacqua, privy councillor and state and military advisor to Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. In 1590 her husband had to leave Ferrara after Ercole Trotti discovered Bevilacqua's affair with Trotti's wife Anna Guarini, a court singer. Bradamante remained in Ferrara while her husband settled in Sassuolo. He only returned to Ferrara in 1598 after Alfonso's death and Ferrara's incorporation into the Papal States, thanks to intercession from cardinal Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini, a relation.

paragraph: Section::::Children.

paragraph: Bradamante and Ercole had twelve children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ernesto (1578-1624), soldier in the service of the Este family, 1st Marquess of Bismantova and count of Maccastorna

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carlo (1579-1640), monk

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eleonora (1580-?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Francesco (1585-1629), soldier in the service of the Este family, 2nd Marquess of Bismantova and count of Maccastorna

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lucrezia (1587-1607)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alessandro (1588-1606, count of Maccastorna

paragraph: BULLET::::- Camillo (1590-1593), count of Maccastorna

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sigismondo (1591-1607), Knight of Malta

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eleonora (1593-?), nun

paragraph: BULLET::::- Camilla (1595-?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Camillo (1597-1645), count of Maccastorna and soldier in the service of the Este family

paragraph: BULLET::::- Margherita, nun

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pompeo Litta, "Famiglie celebri d'Italia. D'Este", Torino, 1835.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Luciano Chiappini, "Gli Estensi", Varese, 1988.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Luigi Ughi, "Dizionario storico degli uomini illustri ferraresi", Ferrara, 1804.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Love and death in the age of the d'Estes.

wikidata_label: Bradamante d'Este

wikipedia_title: Bradamante d'Este


text: Maccastorna

text: Luigi d'Este

text: Charles IX of France

text: Este family

text: Alfonso II d'Este

text: Francesco d'Este

text: Bradamante d'Este

text: Anna Guarini

text: Sassuolo

text: Papal States

text: Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini

text: Maccastorna

text: Knight of Malta

text: Love and death in the age of the d'Estes.

paragraph: Ercole Bevilacqua

paragraph: Ercole Bevilacqua (1554 – 13 December 1600 in Ferrara) was an Italian nobleman, soldier and statesman.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: His parents were Ercole Bevilacqua (1528-1553), count of Maccastorna and Eleonora Pio of Savoy (?-1596). He grew up at the court of cardinal Luigi d'Este and in 1574 fought in Flanders for Charles IX of France. He held important positions for the Este family (including privy counsellor and military and political advisor to Alfonso II d'Este) and finally in 1575 married into the family via Francesco d'Este's illegitimate daughter Bradamante d'Este (1550-1624). This also brought a rich dowry into the Bevilacqua family.

paragraph: In 1590 he had to leave Ferrara after Ercole Trotti discovered Bevilacqua's affair with Trotti's wife Anna Guarini, a court singer. Bradamante remained in Ferrara while her husband settled in Sassuolo. He only returned to Ferrara in 1598 after Alfonso's death and Ferrara's incorporation into the Papal States, thanks to intercession from cardinal Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini, a relation.

paragraph: Section::::Children.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carlo (1579-1640), monk

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eleonora (1580-?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lucrezia (1587-1607)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eleonora (1593-?), nun

paragraph: BULLET::::- Camilla (1595-?)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Margherita, nun

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

wikidata_label: Ercole Bevilacqua

wikipedia_title: Ercole Bevilacqua


text:
Italian
condottiero
Sant'Angelo in Vado
Braccio da Montone
condottieri
Republic of Florence
Volterra
Lucca
Guidantonio da Montefeltro
Niccolò Piccinino
Pope Eugene IV
Città di Castello
Sigismund
Tuscany
Prefetti di Vico
Latium
Visconti
Milan
Rome
Giovanni Vitelleschi
Romagna
Tivoli
Colonna
Assisi
Francesco Sforza
Leone Sforza
Alessandro Sforza
Camerino
Cristoforo da Tolentino
Wars in Lombardy

wikipedia_title:
Italy
Condottieri
Sant'Angelo in Vado
Braccio da Montone
Condottieri
Republic of Florence
Volterra
Lucca
Guidantonio da Montefeltro
Niccolò Piccinino
Pope Eugene IV
Città di Castello
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Tuscany
Prefetti di Vico
Latium
Visconti
Duchy of Milan
Rome
Giovanni Vitelleschi
Romagna
Tivoli, Lazio
Colonna family
Assisi
Francesco I Sforza
Leone Sforza
Alessandro Sforza
Camerino
Cristoforo da Tolentino
Wars in Lombardy

categories: 1435 deaths,Condottieri,People from the Province of Pesaro e Urbino,1375 births,Military personnel killed in action,14th-century Italian people

paragraph: Niccolò Fortebraccio

paragraph: Niccolò Fortebraccio (1375–1435), also known as Niccolò della Stella, was an Italian condottiero.

paragraph: Born in Sant'Angelo in Vado, he was the son of Stella, sister of Braccio da Montone. His half-brother Oddo and his cousin Carlo were also condottieri.

paragraph: In 1426 and 1429, he is mentioned at the service of the Republic of Florence. On the latter occasion he was sent against Volterra and Lucca, but, together with Guidantonio da Montefeltro, he was defeated by Niccolò Piccinino in 1430. The following year Pope Eugene IV ordered him to recapture Città di Castello, but Fortebraccio was pushed back. Despite this setback, Eugene made him gonfaloniere of the Papal Army with the task to halt emperor Sigismund's march in Tuscany and to counter the Prefetti di Vico in the Latium. However, as Fortebraccio pursued mostly his personal interests, especially regarding the possession of Città di Castello, he was fired.

paragraph: Having received a "condotta" by the Visconti of Milan, in 1434 he moved against Rome. Giovanni Vitelleschi was sent against him, but as he was called to quench a revolt in Romagna, Fortebraccio managed to capture Tivoli. Eugene IV fled from Rome, a Republic, under the Colonna aegis, being established in the city. Considering too great for him the lordship of Rome, Fortebraccio moved away. Escaped from a plot against him, he conquered Assisi and married Ludovica da Battifolle.

paragraph: After failing to adhere to the general truce which had momentarily ended the wars in Italy, a league was formed against Fortebraccio, under the "capitano generale" Francesco Sforza. On 15 August 1435 Niccolò defeated and took as prisoner Leone Sforza, but on the following 23 August Alessandro Sforza routed him at the siege of Fiordimonte, near Camerino. Wounded, blocked under his horse's corpse, Fortebraccio was abandoned to his agony by Sforza, until he died-killed by Cristoforo da Tolentino.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wars in Lombardy

description: Italian condottiero

wikidata_label: Niccolò Fortebraccio

wikipedia_title: Niccolò Fortebraccio


text:
Italian
condottiero
House of Sforza
Castelfiorentino
Muzio Attendolo
Alessandro
Francesco Sforza
Castel Nuovo
Naples
Piacenza
Sigismund
Niccolò Fortebraccio
Venetian
Page at condottieridiventura.it

categories: Condottieri,Italian military personnel killed in action,1440 deaths,1406 births,House of Sforza,People from Castelfiorentino

paragraph: Leone Sforza

paragraph: Leone Sforza (May 1406 – July 1440) was an Italian condottiero, a member of the House of Sforza.

paragraph: Born at Castelfiorentino, he was the son of Muzio Attendolo, and brother to Alessandro and Francesco Sforza, both successful military leaders and seigniors.

paragraph: In 1415 he was jailed in the Castel Nuovo of Naples together with his father and his brothers. Leone fought mainly alongside Francesco, and in 1432 he escorted to Piacenza the emperor Sigismund. In 1434–1435 he fought against Niccolò Fortebraccio in Lazio and Umbria: taken prisoner, he was freed after the death of that condottiero.

paragraph: Leone Sforza was killed during the siege of Caravaggio of 1440, while commanding the Venetian troops.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Page at condottieridiventura.it

description: Italian Condottieri

wikidata_label: Leone Sforza

wikipedia_title: Leone Sforza


text:
naval officer
Galeazzo Ciano
Livorno
Naval Academy
Livorno
Tenente di vascello
Italo-Turkish War
World War I
lieutenant commander
Cirenaica
MAS
famous action in Bakar Harbour
Croatian Littoral
Gabriele D'Annunzio
commander
Victor Emmanuel III
Cortellazzo
Buccari
fascio
March on Rome
Undersecretary of State
Regia Marina
rear admiral
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Ponte a Moriano

categories: Recipients of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus,Deputies of Legislature XXIX of the Kingdom of Italy,1876 births,Government ministers of Italy,Deputies of Legislature XXVII of the Kingdom of Italy,Italian military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War,Members of the Grand Council of Fascism,Italian nobility,Members of the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations,Deputies of Legislature XXVI of the Kingdom of Italy,Italian admirals,1939 deaths,People from Livorno,Mussolini Cabinet,Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy),Politicians of Tuscany,Deputies of Legislature XXVIII of the Kingdom of Italy,Italian military personnel of World War I,Italian Nationalist Association

paragraph: Costanzo Ciano

paragraph: Costanzo Ciano, 1st Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (30 August 1876 – 26 June 1939) was an Italian naval officer and politician. He was the father of Galeazzo Ciano.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early life.

paragraph: Born at Livorno the son of Raimondo Ciano and wife Argia Puppo, he entered the Naval Academy of Livorno in 1891, being commissioned an officer five years later. In 1901, he became "Tenente di vascello" and took part in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:The First World War.

paragraph: In 1915, at the entrance of Italy in World War I, he was a "Capitano di corvetta" (lieutenant commander), and was assigned to service in Cirenaica. After his return to Italy, he operated at the command of fast MAS units, receiving a Gold Medal for Military Value for a famous action in Bakar Harbour in Croatian Littoral, which was later celebrated by the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (who had also participated). Ciano was appointed Senior commander at the end of the war and ennobled by King Victor Emmanuel III as "Conte di Cortellazzo e Buccari".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Post-war fascist.

paragraph: Ciano's ardent nationalism drew him into fascism. He became leader of the Livorno fascio and participated in the March on Rome in October 1922.

paragraph: On 31 October 1919, he assumed the post of Undersecretary of State for the Regia Marina and Commissioner for the Merchant Navy. On 9 November 1923, he was appointed rear admiral in the Naval Reserve. He was President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 1934 until his death, which occurred at Ponte a Moriano in 1939.

description: Italian admiral

wikidata_label: Costanzo Ciano

wikipedia_title: Costanzo Ciano


text: Forde Abbey

text: Thorncombe

text: Devon

text: Member of Parliament

text: Parliamentary

text: Civil War

text: solicitor-general

text: regicide

text: Charles I

text: attorney-general

text: First Commonwealth

text: Netherton House

text: Farway

text: Honiton

text: Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet

text: Inner Temple

text: Prideaux Castle

text: Mount Edgecumbe

text: Truro Grammar School

text: called to the bar

text: Recorder of Exeter

text: Recorder of Bristol

text: Long Parliament

text: Lyme Regis

text: Parliamentarians

text: Charles I

text: West of England

text: Great Seal of Parliament

text: House of Commons

text: bar

text: Treaty of Uxbridge

text: Solicitor General for England and Wales

text: John Cook

text: attorney-general

text: patents

text: Thomas Witherings

text: Blackstone

text: House of Lords

text: Council of State

text: John Manley

text: Forde Abbey

text: Thorncombe

text: baronet

text: Lord Protector

text: Oliver Cromwell

text: Ottery St Mary

text: Edmund Prideaux

text: John Tillotson

text: Archbishop of Canterbury

text: Monmouth's rebellion

text: Judge Jeffreys

text: Edmund Prideaux

text: Restoration

text: John Prince

categories: English MPs 1654–1655,Lawyers from Devon,English MPs 1640–1648,English MPs 1648–1653,Year of birth unknown,1659 deaths,People educated at Truro Cathedral School,17th-century English MPs,English MPs 1640 (April),English MPs 1656–1658,Younger sons of baronets,Roundheads

paragraph: Edmund Prideaux (Roundhead)

paragraph: Edmund Prideaux (died 1659) of Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament, who supported the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War. He was briefly solicitor-general but chose to resign rather than participate in the regicide of King Charles I. Afterwards, he was attorney-general, a position he held until he died. During the Civil War and for most of the First Commonwealth he ran the postal service for Parliament.

paragraph: Section::::Origins.

paragraph: Prideaux was born at Netherton House in the parish of Farway, near Honiton, Devon, and was the second son of Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet (d.1629), of Netherton, an eminent lawyer of the Inner Temple and member of an ancient family which originated at Prideaux Castle in Cornwall, by his second wife, Catherine Edgecombe, daughter of Piers Edgecombe of Mount Edgecumbe in Devonshire (now in Cornwall).

paragraph: Section::::Education.

paragraph: Prideaux was first educated at Truro Grammar School, graduated M.A. at Cambridge, and on 6 July 1625 was admitted "ad eundem" at Oxford. On 23 November 1623 he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple and subsequently practiced law chiefly in chancery. He was appointed to the honourable posts of Recorder of Exeter, and later in 1649 Recorder of Bristol.

paragraph: Section::::Long Parliament.

paragraph: Prideaux was elected to the Long Parliament for Lyme Regis in Dorset (which seat he held till his death), and forthwith took the side of the Parliamentarians against King Charles I. In 1642 his subscription for the defence of parliament was £100. By his own side he was regarded as one of the persons best informed as to the state of feeling in the West of England.

paragraph: For three years, from 10 November 1643 until it was transferred to the custody of the speakers of the two houses, Prideaux was one of the commissioners in charge of the Great Seal of Parliament, an office worth £1,500 per annum, and as a mark of respect, by order of the House of Commons, he was called within the bar with precedence next after the solicitor-general. Prideaux was one of the Parliamentary commissioners appointed to negotiate with the king's commissioners at the Treaty of Uxbridge in January 1645.

paragraph: Section::::Resignation before the regicide.

paragraph: On 12 October 1648 he was appointed by parliament as Solicitor General for England and Wales. He resigned the office when the king's trial became imminent and John Cook was solicitor-general on that occasion and subsequently. Prideaux did not however lose favour with his party. On 9 April 1649 he was appointed attorney-general, and remained in that office for the rest of his life.

paragraph: Section::::Postal service.

paragraph: For many years Prideaux was intimately and profitably connected with the postal service. The question of the validity of patents for the conduct of posts was raised in both houses of Parliament in connection with the 1640 sequestration of the office of Thomas Witherings, granted in 1633. Prideaux served as chairman of the committee appointed in 1642 to enquire into the rates of inland letters. In 1644 he was appointed, by resolution of both houses, "Master of the Posts, Messengers, and Couriers"; and he continued at intervals, as directed by the House of Commons or otherwise, to manage the postal service. In 1644 he was ordered to arrange a post to Hull, York, and Lyme Regis, and in 1649 to Chester, Holyhead, and Ireland, and also to Bideford in Devon; likewise in 1650 to Kendal, and in 1651 to Carlisle. By 1649 he is said to have established a regular weekly service throughout the kingdom.

paragraph: Rumour assigned to Prideaux's post office an annual income of £15,000. Blackstone states that his reforms saved the country £5,000 per annum and certainly it was so profitable as to excite rivalry. Prideaux soon met with competition and Oxenbridge, Thomson, and others, encouraged by the House of Lords judgement on 9 July 1646 in the case of "Earl of Warwick v. Witherings", which declared as void the clause in Witherings's patent for restraint of carrying letters, endeavoured to carry on a cheap and speedy post of their own. Prideaux met them by a variety of devices, some in the way of ordinary competition, but others in the shape of abuses of power and breaches of the law. In 1650 the Common Council of London endeavoured itself to organise the carriage of letters, whereupon Prideaux brought the matter before Parliament, which on 21 March 1650 referred the question to the Council of State, which on the same day ordered that Attorney-General Prideaux should take care of the business of the inland post, and be accountable for the profits quarterly, and ordered the appointment of a committee to confer with him as to the management of the post.

paragraph: After various claims had been considered, on 21 March 1652 Parliament resolved that the office of postmaster ought to be at the sole disposal of the House of Commons, and the Irish and the Scotch committee, to which the question was referred, reported in favour of letting contracts for the carriage of letters. Prideaux contended that the office of postmaster and the carrying of letters were two distinct things, and that the 1652 resolution of Parliament referred to the former only; but eventually all previous grants were held to be set aside by that resolution, and in 1653 contracts were let for the inland and foreign mails to John Manley.

paragraph: Section::::Private practice and death.

paragraph: The loss of the office of postmaster and the carrying of letters affected Prideaux little. His legal practice continued to be large and lucrative, being worth £5,000 a year. He purchased Forde Abbey in the parish of Thorncombe, then in Devonshire, now in Dorset, where he built a large mansion house. On 31 May 1658 he was made a baronet by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, for "his voluntary offer for the mainteyning of thirty foot-souldiers in his highnes army in Ireland".

paragraph: Section::::Marriages & progeny.

paragraph: Prideaux married twice:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Firstly, on 23 August 1627, to Jane Collins (1610–1629), daughter and heiress of Henry Collins of Salston in the parish of Ottery St Mary, Devon, by his wife Joan Pabant, daughter and heiress of Humphrey Pabant. She died and was buried on 16 November 1629 at Ottery.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Secondly, shortly afterwards, he married Margaret Ivery (died 25 April 1683), a daughter and co-heiress of William Ivery of Cottey, Somerset, by whom he had one son:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edmund Prideaux, MP for Taunton. His childhood tutor was John Tillotson, later Archbishop of Canterbury. He took part in Monmouth's rebellion and bribed Judge Jeffreys heavily to save his life.

paragraph: Section::::Death & succession.

paragraph: Prideaux died on 19 August 1659, at the age of 57, leaving a great fortune, and was buried in the Chapel at Forde Abbey. His estate and baronetcy were inherited by his only surviving son and heir Edmund Prideaux, MP for Taunton, but in 1660 the baronetcy passed into oblivion at the Restoration and unlike some others was not renewed.

paragraph: Section::::Assessment.

paragraph: According to Hamilton (1893) Prideaux "appears to have been a sound chancery lawyer and highly esteemed by his party as a man of religion as well as learning".

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attribution

paragraph: BULLET::::- cites as sources:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Foss's "Judges of England";

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wotton's "Baronetage", i. 517, 518;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Parl. Hist. iii. 1429, 1480, 1532, 1606;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thurloe's "State Papers", ed. 1742, iii. 371, 377, 402;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Encycl. Brit. 9th ed. art. Post Office, by E. Edwards;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Notes and Queries", 1st ser. iii. 267–8;

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Prince, "Worthies of Devon", p. 509 (quoting a pamphlet, "Names of such members of the House of Commons as held places contrary to the self-denying ordinance");

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rushworth, iii. 242;

paragraph: BULLET::::- T. E. P. Prideaux's "Pedigree of Prideaux", 1889;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joyce's "Hist. of Post Office".

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- D Brunton & D H Pennington, "Members of the Long Parliament" (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)

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

alias: Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet of Ford Abbey

description: English lawyer and Member of Parliament, died 1659

wikidata_label: Edmund Prideaux

wikipedia_title: Edmund Prideaux (Roundhead)


text: Szczyrk

text: Polish

text: luge

categories: 1976 births,Polish male lugers,Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship,Living people,People from Bielsko County

paragraph: Andrzej Laszczak

paragraph: Andrzej Laszczak (born May 5, 1976 in Szczyrk) is a Polish luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A natural track luger, he won four bronze medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships (2000, 2005, 2009, 2011).

paragraph: Laszczak also two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships with a silver in 2010 and a bronze in 2002.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Natural track European Championships results 1970-2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Natural track World Championships results: 1979-2007

description: Polish luger

wikidata_label: Andrzej Laszczak

wikipedia_title: Andrzej Laszczak


text: outfielder

text: Major League Baseball

text: Philadelphia Phillies

text: Cincinnati Reds

text: Chicago Cubs

text: Cincinnati, Ohio

text: center fielder

text: dead-ball era

text: pull hitter

text: leadoff position

text: extra bases

text: corner outfielder

text: four infield positions

text: stolen base

text: Boston Bees

text: batting average

text: on-base percentage

text: slugging average

text: doubles

text: home run

text: third in the lineup

text: 1915 World Series

text: Boston Red Sox

text: clean-up

text: 1918 World Series

text: batting line

text: runs batted in

text: runs scored

text: hits

text: doubles

text: triples

text: home runs

text: struck out

text: walked

text: at-bat

text: fielding percentage

text: Kansas City Blues

text: Columbus Senators

text: American Association

text: Atlanta Crackers

text: Nashville Vols

text: Southern Association

text: Erie Sailors

text: Ohio–Pennsylvania League

text: Retrosheet

text: SABR Biography Project

categories: Columbus Senators players,Erie Sailors players,Kansas City Blues (baseball) players,Major League Baseball center fielders,1959 deaths,Atlanta Crackers players,Chicago Cubs players,Dayton Veterans players,1881 births,Baseball players from Ohio,Philadelphia Phillies players,Cincinnati Reds players,Nashville Vols players

paragraph: Dode Paskert

paragraph: George Henry Paskert (August 28, 1881 – February 12, 1959) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1907 through 1921 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was nicknamed 'Dode'.

paragraph: The speedy Dode Paskert was one of the finest defensive center fielders of the dead-ball era. Besides, Paskert was an extremely patient hitter who worked pitchers deep into the count as well as a notorious pull hitter. Being used most often in the leadoff position, Paskert frequently hit for extra bases. Eventually, he was used as a corner outfielder and entrenched in the four infield positions.

paragraph: Paskert collected 51 stolen bases for the Reds in 1910, including stealing second base, third base and home in the first inning of a 6–5 win over the Boston Bees.

paragraph: His most productive season in 1912, when he hit a career-high .312 batting average along with a .420 on-base percentage and.413 slugging average, ranking among the top-10 in four offensive categories, being considered in the National League MVP vote at the end of the season.

paragraph: Besides, from 1912 to 1918 he ranked among the top ten in doubles four times and home runs once.

paragraph: In between, the reliable Paskert batted third in the lineup in each game of the 1915 World Series for the Phillies against the Boston Red Sox, while batting clean-up for the Cubs in each game of the 1918 World Series, also against the Red Sox.

paragraph: In a 15-season career, Paskert hit a .268/.350/.361 batting line, including 577 runs batted in, 868 runs scored, 1613 hits, 279 doubles, 77 triples, 42 home runs, and stole 293 bases in 1,716 games.

paragraph: An aggressive hitter, he struck out more times (784) than he walked (715) in 6,017 at-bats. Overall, he recorded a .968 fielding percentage.

paragraph: Afterwards, Paskert refused to retire at 40. As a result, he became an itinerant minor leaguer over the next six years, playing with the Kansas City Blues and Columbus Senators of the American Association, for the Atlanta Crackers and Nashville Vols of the Southern Association, and the Erie Sailors of the Ohio–Pennsylvania League, before retiring from baseball at age 46 after the 1927 season.

paragraph: Paskert died in 1959 in his homeland of Cleveland Ohio at the age of 77.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: , or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project.org

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Dode Paskert

wikipedia_title: Dode Paskert


text: Russia

text: luge

text: FIL-Luge profile (As Pawel Porschnev)

text: Natural track European Championships results 1970-2006.

text: Natural track World Championships results: 1979-2007

categories: 1983 births,Russian male lugers,Living people

paragraph: Pavel Porzhnev

paragraph: Pavel Porzhnev (born August 3, 1983) is a Russian luger who has competed since 1998. A natural track luger, he won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a three golds (Men's doubles: 2005, 2007, 2011), two silvers (Men's doubles: 2003, Mixed team: 2005), and two bronze (Mixed team: 2009, 2011).

paragraph: Porzhnev also won three gold medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships (2004, 2006, 2008).

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- FIL-Luge profile (As Pawel Porschnev)

description: Russian luger

wikidata_label: Pavel Porzhnev

wikipedia_title: Pavel Porzhnev


text:
Liu Bei
Eastern Han dynasty
Guan Yu
Dangyang
Hubei
Sun Quan
Nanzhang County
Xiangyang
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Luo Guanzhong
journey across five passes
Liu Bei
Zhou Cang
Cao Cao
Zhang He
Battle of Bowang
Xiahou Dun
Yi Province campaign
Liu Zhang
Jing Province
Battle of Fancheng
Sun Quan
Lü Meng
a stealth invasion
door god
Chinese
Taoist temple
Guan Yu
war god
Zhou Cang
Liao Hua
Koei
Dynasty Warriors
Warriors Orochi
Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms
Chen, Shou
Records of the Three Kingdoms
Luo, Guanzhong
Romance of the Three Kingdoms

categories: Executed Han dynasty people,People executed by the Han dynasty by decapitation,Year of birth unknown,220 deaths,3rd-century executions,Chinese gods,Generals under Liu Bei,Guan Yu

paragraph: Guan Ping

paragraph: Guan Ping () (died January or February 220) was a military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Guan Ping was the eldest son of Guan Yu. Little about him is documented in historical records except that he was captured along with his father west of Maicheng (麦城, southeast of present-day Dangyang, Hubei) by the forces of Sun Quan sometime between 23 January and 21 February 220. They were executed in Linju (臨沮; in present-day Nanzhang County, Xiangyang, Hubei) later.

paragraph: Section::::In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

paragraph: Guan Ping appears in the 14th century historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Luo Guanzhong. He is the second son of Guan Ding (關定), a farmer. His elder brother is Guan Ning (關寧). Guan Yu encounters Guan Ding and his family during his journey across five passes to find Liu Bei. He is so impressed with Guan Ping on first sight that he accepts him as his foster son. During the Battle of Runan, Guan Ping, Guan Yu and Zhou Cang lead 300 men to rescue Liu Bei, who is under attack by Cao Cao's general Zhang He. Guan Ping participates in some of Liu Bei's subsequent military exploits, including the Battle of Bowang against Cao Cao's general Xiahou Dun, and the Yi Province campaign against Liu Zhang. Later, he is relocated to Jing Province to join his foster father in defending Liu Bei's territories in Jing Province. In 219, Guan Ping follows Guan Yu to the Battle of Fancheng and scores some initial victories over Cao Cao's forces, including flooding seven enemy armies. However, in the meantime, Sun Quan (Liu Bei's ally) secretly breaks the alliance and sends his general Lü Meng to attack and conquer Jing Province in a stealth invasion. Guan Yu is completely caught off guard and eventually isolated in Maicheng with a fraction of his remaining forces. While trying to break out of the siege, Guan Yu and Guan Ping are captured in an ambush by Sun Quan's forces. Sun Quan tries to persuade them to surrender, but they refuse so Sun has them executed.

paragraph: Section::::In popular culture.

paragraph: Section::::In popular culture.:Religion.

paragraph: Guan Ping sometimes appears as a door god in Chinese and Taoist temples in partnership with Guan Yu. He also sometimes accompanies Guan Yu in his role as a war god, sometimes in combination with Zhou Cang and Liao Hua. Guan Ping's face is traditionally painted white, while Zhou Cang is black and Guan Yu red.

paragraph: Section::::In popular culture.:Video games.

paragraph: Guan Ping appears as a playable character in Koei's "Dynasty Warriors" and "Warriors Orochi" video game series.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::References.:Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chen, Shou (3rd century). "Records of the Three Kingdoms" ("Sanguozhi").

paragraph: BULLET::::- Luo, Guanzhong (14th century). "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" ("Sanguo Yanyi").

alias:
Ping Guan
Kwan Ping

description: Chinese general

wikidata_label: Guan Ping

wikipedia_title: Guan Ping


text:
Jagiellonian dynasty
Pomerania
Nieszawa
Casimir IV of Poland
Elisabeth of Austria
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Archduke Maximilian of Austria
Emperor Frederick III
Cologne
Chełm
Barth
Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania
Grodno
Białogard
Szczecin
Order of Malta
Lębork
Bytów
wedding gift
Rügenwalde
Greifenberg
Sigismund I the Old
Łęczyca
Pomerania
Sophie, Dowager Duchess of Pomerania
Magnus II
Balthasar of Mecklenburg
Margaret of Brandenburg
Pyrzyce
John I Albert
local Castle
Charles VIII of France
Holy Land
Bishop of Cammin
Gartz
Ueckermünde Castle
Thomas Kantzow
Eldena Abbey
Greifswald
Anna of Pomerania
George I of Brieg
George I, Duke of Pomerania
Sophie of Pomerania
Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Schleswig
Krummin
Barnim IX, Duke of Pomerania
Polish Biographical Dictionary
Polish Academy of Learning
National Ossoliński Institute

categories: 1476 births,15th-century Polish people,15th-century German women,16th-century Polish people,15th-century German people,16th-century Polish women,Polish princesses,1503 deaths,15th-century Polish women,People from Kraków,16th-century German people,Jagiellonian dynasty

paragraph: Anna Jagiellon, Duchess of Pomerania

paragraph: Anna Jagiellon (, , ) (12 March 1476 – 12 August 1503), was a Polish princess member of the Jagiellonian dynasty and by marriage Duchess of Pomerania.

paragraph: Born in Nieszawa, she was the fifth daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland of Poland and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: From November 1479 until the autumn of 1484 Anna lived in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with her family, and later accompanied her parents on trips around Poland and Lithuania. There is no information about her early years and education.

paragraph: Casimir IV wanted to arrange a marriage between Anna and Archduke Maximilian of Austria, son and heir of Emperor Frederick III. In the spring of 1486 Polish envoys arrived to Cologne to discuss the proposal and even showed a portrait of the princess, but the Habsburgs didn't show interest in the matter.

paragraph: During 1489-1490 Mikołaj Kościelecki, Bishop of Chełm, arrived to Barth to begin the negotiations for a marriage between Anna and Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania. On 7 March 1490 in the city of Grodno, was signed an agreement about this matter by Adam Podewils (Governor of Białogard), Werner Schulenburg (Governor of Stettin (Szczecin)) and Bernard Roth as a representative of the Order of Malta. At the same time, was performed the marriage by proxy of Anna and Bogislaw X, who was replaced in the ceremony by Podewils.

paragraph: Casimir IV gave his daughter the amount of 32,000 Hungarian "złoty" as a dowry, which were secured from the towns of Lauenburg, Lębork and Bytów. On 1 February 1491 Bogislaw X gave his bride as a wedding gift the districts of Rügenwalde, Białogard and Greifenberg. The complete payment of the princess' dowry lasted several decades. On 3 May 1526 King Sigismund I the Old received from Bogislaw X's sons the sum of 14,000 "złoty" in exchange for the transfer of Lębork and Bytów. The other 18,000 "złoty" were paid probably only in 1533.

paragraph: Anna arrived to Łęczyca around 15 January 1491, from where she began her trip with her family to Pomerania. On 2 February in the city of Stettin took place the wedding ceremony between her and Bogislaw X. The event was very sumptuous and was attended, among others, by Sophie, Dowager Duchess of Pomerania and mother of Bogislaw X, and his brothers-in-law, Dukes Magnus II and Balthasar of Mecklenburg.

paragraph: At the time of her wedding, Anna was only 14 years old. She was the second wife of the Duke of Pomerania, whose first marriage with Margaret of Brandenburg (d. 1489) was turbulent and childless. For Bogislaw X, his new marriage reinforced his connections with Poland. His long dispute with Brandenburg ended in the sign of a treaty on 26 March 1493 in the city of Pyritz (Pyrzyce); as a mediator in this agreement, participated the Polish King John I Albert as a request of his brother-in-law.

paragraph: The Ducal couple resided mainly in Stettin, where Bogislaw X renewed and expanded the local Castle. On 16 December 1496 Bogislaw X left his domains to support Emperor Maximilian I in his war against King Charles VIII of France. Later, he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, from which he returned only on 12 April 1498. During his absence, the Regency of the Duchy was exercised by Benedikt von Waldstein, Bishop of Cammin and Chancellor Georg Kleist; however, Anna also participated in the government with "minor documents", according to historian Fryderyk Papée.

paragraph: In the autumn of 1503 a rebellion from Stettin subjects, forced Bogislaw X to moved his family firstly to Gartz and later to Ueckermünde Castle, where Anna gave birth to her youngest child.

paragraph: According to the reports of chronicler Thomas Kantzow, Anna "became ill after she arrived to Ueckermünde, because there the walls are recently covered with lime, and this hit her on the heart". Modern historians, based on reports of chronicler Joachim von Wedel, speculated that the real cause of her death could be pneumonia or tuberculosis.

paragraph: Anna died on 12 August 1503 in Ueckermünde and was buried at Eldena Abbey in Greifswald. The burial place of the Duchess was commemorated with a plaque placed in the ruins of the Abbey.

paragraph: Section::::Issue.

paragraph: Anna and Bogislaw X had eight children:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Anna of Pomerania (1492 – 25 April 1550), married on 9 June 1516 to Duke George I of Brieg.

paragraph: BULLET::::2. George I, Duke of Pomerania (11 April 1493 – 9/10 May 1531).

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Casimir (VIII) of Pomerania (28 April 1494 – 29 October 1518).

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Sophie of Pomerania (1498 – 13 May 1568), married on 9 October 1518 to Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Schleswig, who became King Frederick I of Denmark in 1523.

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Elisabeth of Pomerania (1499 – bef. 27 May 1518), abbess of Krummin Nunnery.

paragraph: BULLET::::6. Barnim of Pomerania ( 12 April 1500 – bef. 2 December 1501).

paragraph: BULLET::::7. Barnim IX, Duke of Pomerania (2 December 1501 – 2 November 1573).

paragraph: BULLET::::8. Otto (IV) of Pomerania (bef. 12 August 1503 – bef. 1518)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Krzysztof Baczkowski: "Dzieje Polski późnośredniowiecznej", Kraków 1999, p. 181, 249.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Małgorzata Duczmal: "Jagiellonowie. Leksykon biograficzny", Poznań-Kraków 1996, pp. 37–43.

paragraph: BULLET::::- J. Ekes: "Anna Jagiellonka", [in:] Encyklopedia historii Polski. Dzieje polityczne, vol. 1, Warszawa 1994, p. 25.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edward Rymar: "Rodowód książąt pomorskich", vol. 2, Szczecin 1995, pp. 105–109.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fryderyk Papée: in: "Polish Biographical Dictionary". vol. 1: Kraków: Polish Academy of Learning – Gebethner and Wolff Editorial, 1936, pp. 125–126. Reprint: National Ossoliński Institute, Kraków 1989.

description: Polish princess, Duchess of Pomerania

wikidata_label: Anna Jagiellon

wikipedia_title: Anna Jagiellon, Duchess of Pomerania


text:
Notodden
atelier
Norske Billedkunstnere
Norwegian Authors' Union
Norske Grafikere
Høstutstillingen
Knut Hamsun
Hamarøy
torarnemoen.com

categories: 21st-century Norwegian painters,1966 births,20th-century Norwegian painters

paragraph: Tor-Arne Moen

paragraph: Tor-Arne Moen (born 13 May 1966) is a Norwegian painter and author. He lives in Notodden with atelier in Hydroparken. He's a member of Norske Billedkunstnere, Norwegian Authors' Union and Norske Grafikere.

paragraph: Moen debuted at Høstutstillingen in 1994. He made the front covers for a re-release of Knut Hamsun's complete works from 1992 to 1994. These paintings are displayed at Tranøy gallery in Hamarøy.

paragraph: In 1998 he released a collection of short stories, called "Høst i sommerfuglhagen" ("Autumn in the garden of butterflies"), and in 2008 he authored the novel "Brønnørreten".

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1998: "Høst i sommerfuglhagen"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Brønnørreten"

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- torarnemoen.com

description: Norwegian painter

wikidata_label: Tor-Arne Moen

wikipedia_title: Tor-Arne Moen


text:
informalist
Bologna
Bologna Academy of Fine Arts
Giorgio Morandi
Virgilio Guidi
Venice Biennale
informalism
Neo Dada
Arte Povera
conceptual

categories: Italian contemporary artists,1922 births,Italian male painters,2015 deaths,21st-century Italian painters,20th-century Italian painters,Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna alumni,People from Bologna

paragraph: Vasco Bendini

paragraph: Vasco Bendini (27 February 1922 – 31 January 2015) was an Italian informalist painter.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Born in Bologna, Bendini studied at the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts, under Giorgio Morandi and Virgilio Guidi. In 1956 he participated in the XXVIII Venice Biennale, followed by a solo room in the 1964 edition and in the 1972 edition.

paragraph: After a period close to informalism, especially to the "last naturalism" theorized by , Bendini went through Neo Dada, Arte Povera and conceptual phases, but, then from the 1970s on he returned to working in Informalism.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

description: Italian artist

wikidata_label: Vasco Bendini

wikipedia_title: Vasco Bendini


text:
Kenya
middle-distance runner
1500 metres
2011 All-Africa Games
world record
4 × 1500 metres relay
2014 IAAF World Relays
Bislett Games
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix
Kenyan Athletics Championships
Athletissima
Josef Odložil Memorial
pacemaker
Weltklasse in Karlsruhe
Rabat Meeting
Stawell Gift
Herculis
2011 All-Africa Games
Caleb Ndiku
mile run
2012 IAAF Diamond League
Kenyan Olympic team
Russian Winter Meeting
4 × 1500 metres relay
2014 IAAF World Relays
Silas Kiplagat
James Magut
Asbel Kiprop
world record
1500 metres
Mile run
3000 metres
5000 metres

categories: IAAF world record holders (relay),1987 births,African Games silver medalists for Kenya,Kenyan male middle-distance runners,African Games medalists in athletics (track and field),Living people

paragraph: Collins Cheboi

paragraph: Collins Cheboi Kiprotich (born 25 September 1987) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. His personal best for the event is 3:31.53 minutes.

paragraph: He was a silver medallist at the 2011 All-Africa Games and was part of the world record-setting Kenyan 4 × 1500 metres relay team at the 2014 IAAF World Relays.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Cheboi competed abroad for the first time in 2009. He won the 1500 m at the Bislett Games that year, and also placed sixth at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. In 2010 he came sixth at the Kenyan Athletics Championships and ran a personal best of 3:34.17 minutes for fifth at the high-profile Athletissima meeting. On the circuit, he had one victory that year, at the Josef Odložil Memorial.

paragraph: He acted as a pacemaker around this period but, still determined to compete, he continued after pacing at the Weltklasse in Karlsruhe to place third overall. Outdoors, he set a personal best of 3:33.82 minutes to win at the Rabat Meeting before going on to win the 1600 m race at the Stawell Gift. He came fourth at the national championships, then set a new best of 3:32.45 minutes to take fifth place at the Herculis meeting. He earned his first national selection that year and earned a silver medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games, coming 1500 m runner-up behind fellow Kenyan Caleb Ndiku.

paragraph: In the 2012 season Cheboi set three personal bests: 3:36.43 minutes indoors, 3:32.08 minutes outdoors, and 3:51.44 minutes for the mile run. He ran frequently on the 2012 IAAF Diamond League circuit, but failed to make the top three in any race. An eighth-place finish at the Kenyan Olympic trials meant he was not chosen for the Kenyan Olympic team. The 2013 held similar results, although he managed a third-place finish at the Shanghai Diamond League meet. His best run that season was 3:31.53 minutes at the Herculis race – this time ranked him the seventh fastest athlete in the world that year, but such as the calibre of the race he finished only sixth.

paragraph: Cheboi set a new indoor best of 3:36.41 minutes to come third at the Russian Winter Meeting at the start of the following year. He was chosen to be part of the Kenyan 4 × 1500 metres relay team for the inaugural 2014 IAAF World Relays and the team (comprising Cheboi, Silas Kiplagat, James Magut and Asbel Kiprop) fulfilled their favourite status and set a world record time of 14:22.22 minutes, knocking fourteen seconds off the previous mark.

paragraph: Section::::Personal bests.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1500 metres – 3:31.53 minutes (2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1500 metres (indoor) – 3:36.41 minutes (2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mile run – 3:51.44 minutes (2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3000 metres – 7:45.32 minutes (2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 5000 metres – 13:51.3 minutes (2013)

description: Kenyan middle-distance runner

wikidata_label: Collins Cheboi

wikipedia_title: Collins Cheboi


text:
silent
Ernst Lubitsch
Unione Cinematografica Italiana
The Illustrious Actress Cicala Formica
Il bacio di Cirano
The Thirteenth Man
Nemesis
On with the Motley
Take Care of Amelia
Giuseppe Verdi
First Love

categories: Italian male journalists,Writers from Rome,Italian male writers,Italian journalists,Italian film producers,Italian film directors,Italian screenwriters,Italian male screenwriters,1880 births,1939 deaths

paragraph: Lucio D'Ambra

paragraph: Lucio D'Ambra (1880–1939) was an Italian writer and film director. Born as Renato Manganella, he wrote under the pen name of D'Ambra becoming a celebrated journalist, novelist and film critic. A noted film enthusiast, D'Ambra became involved in the cinema in 1911 when he anonymously wrote screenplays. From 1916 he formally entered the film industry, setting up his own production company and directing more than twenty films. His silent comedies drew comparisons to the films of his German contemporary Ernst Lubitsch. In 1922 D'Ambra's company was absorbed into the conglomerate Unione Cinematografica Italiana and he retired from regular filmmaking although he occasionally produced further screenplays. In 1937 he published his memoirs, recounting his time working in Italy's early film industry.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.:Director.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Illustrious Actress Cicala Formica" (1920)

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.:Screenwriter.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Il bacio di Cirano" (1913)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Thirteenth Man" (1917)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nemesis" (1920)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "On with the Motley" (1920)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Take Care of Amelia" (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Giuseppe Verdi" (1938)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "First Love" (1941)

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marrone, Gaetana. "Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J". Taylor & Francis,

description: Italian journalist and film director

wikidata_label: Lucio D'Ambra

wikipedia_title: Lucio D'Ambra


text:
Indian
singer-songwriter
Mehdi Hassan
Jagjit Singh
Hariharan
Ghulam Ali
Pankaj Udhas
Switzerland
Mughal
Mirza Ghalib
Miss Diva
Apple
iTunes
YouTube
Grammy
Grammy
Southeast Asian
Massachusetts
Hollywood
Grammy
Southeast Asian
Daagh Dehlvi
India
Grammy
Abbey Road Studios
United Kingdom
Grammy
Laura Sullivan
Singapore Management University
management consulting
investment banking
Official Website

categories: 1992 births,Singaporean engineers,Singaporean businesspeople,Male ghazal singers,Singaporean pop singers,Singaporean male singers

paragraph: Adithya Srinivasan

paragraph: Adithya Srinivasan is an Indian singer-songwriter.

paragraph: Section::::Music career.

paragraph: Adithya's tribute to 6 ghazals originally rendered by Mehdi Hassan, Jagjit Singh, Hariharan, Ghulam Ali and Pankaj Udhas won him the Singer of the Year Silver Award from Swar Systems, Switzerland.

paragraph: Adithya's first international single Gham-e-Duniya written by the Mughal poet Mirza Ghalib and featuring a Miss Diva finalist, earned a 5 star rating on Apple iTunes, and went viral on YouTube.

paragraph: In 2014, Adithya featured Grammy nominated pianist Jonathan Wesley and flautist Parth Chandiramani for Tu Hi Dilruba, landing a consideration in the 57th Grammy Awards ballot, and a Silver Award in the Southeast Asian VIMA Music Awards.

paragraph: Adithya collaborated with Massachusetts based composer Sonaljit and Hollywood screen & stage actress Yanna Fabian for Devanke in 2015, landing a consideration in the 58th Grammy Awards ballot, a nomination in the 3rd Radio City Freedom Awards, and a Judge's Special Award in the Southeast Asian VIMA Music Awards.

paragraph: In 2017, Adithya released Aarzu, an all acoustic ghazal written by Daagh Dehlvi. The single featured musicians from across India, and was mastered by a Grammy winning engineer at the Abbey Road Studios, United Kingdom.

paragraph: Adithya also featured on Grammy winning composer Laura Sullivan's 900 Voices.

paragraph: Section::::Corporate career.

paragraph: Adithya is a Singapore Management University graduate, and has worked in management consulting and investment banking. He is also a co-founder of MzQ Digital.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011: "Ghazal Ka Mausam - A Tribute to the Legends"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012: "Kaash Aisa Koi Manzur Hota"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013: "Gham e Duniya"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014: "Tu Hi Dilruba"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015: "Devanke"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016: "Signature"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017: "Aarzu"

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Website

description: Indian singer

wikidata_label: Adithya Srinivasan

wikipedia_title: Adithya Srinivasan