text: Catholic Church

text: Saint Gall

text: Leinster

text: Bangor Abbey

text: St. Columbanus

text: Great Britain

text: Gaul

text: Austrasia

text: Burgundy

text: Theuderic II

text: Lure

text: Diocese of Besançon

text: swineherd

text: abbey

text: sunbeam

text: Clothaire II

text: St. Deicolus

categories: Irish expatriates in France,Irish hermits,530 births,Medieval Irish saints,6th-century Irish people,7th-century Irish people,625 deaths,7th-century Frankish saints,French hermits

paragraph: Deicolus

paragraph: Saint Deicolus (Déicole, Dichuil, Deel, Deicola, Deicuil, Delle, Desle, Dichul, Dicuil, Domgall) (c. 530 – January 18, 625) is venerated as a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church as an East–West Schism, pre-Schism, Western saint. He was an elder brother of Saint Gall.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Born in Leinster, Deicolus and his brother, Gall, studied at Bangor Abbey in County Down. He was selected to be one of the twelve followers to accompany St. Columbanus on his missionary journey. After a short stay in Great Britain in 576 he journeyed to Gaul and laboured with St. Columbanus in Austrasia and Burgundy.

paragraph: When St. Columbanus was expelled by Theuderic II, in 610, St. Deicolus, then eighty years of age, determined to follow his master, but was forced, after a short time, to give up the journey, and remained behind alone, establishing a hermitage at a nearby church dedicated to St Martin in a place called Lutre, or Lure, in the Diocese of Besançon, to which he had been directed by a swineherd.

paragraph: Until his death, he became the apostle of this district, where he was given a church and a tract of land by Berthelde, widow of Weifar, the lord of Lure. Soon a noble abbey was erected for his many disciples, and the Rule of St. Columbanus was adopted. Numerous miracles are recorded of St. Deicolus, including the suspension of his cloak on a sunbeam and the taming of wild beasts.

paragraph: Clothaire II, King of Burgundy, recognised the virtues of the saint and considerably enriched the Abbey of Lure, also granting St. Deicolus the manor, woods, fisheries, etc., of the town which had grown around the monastery. Feeling his end approaching, St. Deicolus gave over the government of his abbey to Columbanus, one of his young monks, and retreated to a little oratory where he died on 18 January, about 625.

paragraph: Section::::Veneration.

paragraph: His feast is celebrated on 18 January. So revered was his memory that his name (Dichuil), under the slightly disguised form of Deel and Deela, is still borne by most of the children of the Lure district. His "Acts" were written by a monk of his own monastery in the tenth century.

paragraph: His cultus was strong in the area of Lure well into the nineteenth century, when children's clothes were washed in a spring associated with St. Deicolus that was reputed to cure childhood illnesses.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint of the Day, January 18: "Deicolus" at "SaintPatrickDC.org"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hall, Grace. "St. Deicolus and the Wild Boar", "Stories of the Saints", The Baldwin Project

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Deicolus

description: Brother of St. Gall

wikidata_label: Deicolus

wikipedia_title: Deicolus


text:
American football
safety
Baltimore Ravens
2006 NFL Draft
college football
Wyoming
Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
New England Patriots
Chicago Bears
Super Bowl XLV
Pittsburgh Steelers
Super Bowl XLVI
Thomas Jefferson High School
Baltimore Ravens
2006 NFL Draft
Carolina Panthers
Green Bay Packers
Tony Moll
Desmond Bishop
Arizona
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
New England Patriots
Super Bowl XLVI
unrestricted free agent
New England Patriots
Chicago Bears
Charles Tillman
Baltimore Ravens
Aurora
New York Giants bio
Green Bay Packers bio
Wyoming Cowboys bio

categories: Green Bay Packers players,Players of American football from Colorado,1985 births,Chicago Bears players,Wyoming Cowboys football players,American football safeties,People from Westminster, Colorado,American football cornerbacks,New England Patriots players,New York Giants players,Baltimore Ravens players,Living people

paragraph: Derrick Martin

paragraph: Derrick Jerome Martin (born May 16, 1985) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wyoming.

paragraph: He has also played for the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, New England Patriots, and Chicago Bears. With the Packers, he won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the following year with the Giants, he won Super Bowl XLVI over the Patriots.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Martin attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver, CO where he led his team to the quarter final stage of the 2001 state playoffs and also the 2002 state semifinals. Martin also excelled at basketball where he was team captain. He was named Gatorade player of the year as a senior.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Martin was recruited to play football for the Wyoming Cowboys by head coach Joe Glenn and his coaching staff.

paragraph: As a Wyoming Cowboy he became an immediate contributor as a defensive back his freshman season, recovering a blocked punt and running it into the end zone for a touchdown in the season opener against Montana State.

paragraph: Martin earned Second Team All-Conference honors as a sophomore, and helped lead the Wyoming Cowboys to a win over a heavily favored UCLA team by a score of 24-21 in the Las Vegas Bowl.

paragraph: At the end of Martin’s junior season of 2005, he made the decision to enter the NFL Draft.

paragraph: Martin played in a total of 30 games, making 24 starts and finishing his college career with 134 tackles and six interceptions.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Baltimore Ravens.

paragraph: Martin was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round (208th overall) in the 2006 NFL Draft. He was the first ever player to be selected by the Ravens out of the University of Wyoming. In his rookie season he played in eight games posting four tackles. He made his NFL debut versus the Carolina Panthers on October 15. In the 2007 season, he made 32 tackles.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Green Bay Packers.

paragraph: On September 5, 2009, Martin was traded to the Green Bay Packers for tackle Tony Moll. He was the Packers' Special Team ace in the 2009 season, and was one of the Packers two Special Teams captains (along with linebacker Desmond Bishop) in Green Bay's playoff loss at Arizona.

paragraph: Martin was placed on injured reserve when he sustained a knee injury against the Washington Redskins on October 10, 2010. Martin also recorded an interception, which he returned 15 yards that season.

paragraph: On March 2, 2011, Martin was released by the Packers.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Giants.

paragraph: Derrick Martin signed with the New York Giants on August 15, 2011. He got his second Super Bowl championship in a row when the Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. Following the season, he became an unrestricted free agent.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New England Patriots.

paragraph: On August 4, 2012, Martin signed with the New England Patriots. Martin was released by the Patriots on August 31, 2012 during final cuts, and was re-signed by the Patriots on October 31, 2012.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Chicago Bears.

paragraph: On August 11, 2013, Martin signed with the Chicago Bears but was released on August 25. He was brought back by the Bears on November 13 after Charles Tillman was placed on injured reserve. Martin appeared in seven games in 2013 for the Bears, recording a tackle on defense and six on special teams. Martin was a free agent after 2013, but on February 24, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Chicago. He was waived on May 28, 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Home invasion.

paragraph: On January 20, 2013, Martin's home was invaded while he was out with his team at the AFC Championship game where the Baltimore Ravens defeated the Patriots 28-13; two masked men back at home forced their way into Martin's home in Aurora and held his wife Alexa Martin, and their three children at gunpoint. The police did not get a good enough description of the suspects to pursue a case. Police spokeswoman Cassidee Carlson said the suspects took some valuables, but wouldn't go into further detail about what was taken.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- New York Giants bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Green Bay Packers bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wyoming Cowboys bio

description: Player of American football

wikidata_label: Derrick Martin

wikipedia_title: Derrick Martin


text:
anti-nuclear activist
Alma-Ata
Kazakh State University
Gorkii Institute of Literature
Kazakhskaya Pravda
Komsomol
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
12th Moscow International Film Festival
Russophone
The Tale of Igor's Campaign
Dinmuhammad Konayev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nevada
Semipalatinsk Oblast
Nursultan Nazarbaev
UNESCO
Douglas Mackiernan
List of nuclear weapons tests
Soviet atomic bomb project
Nuclear weapons testing
Novaya Zemlya
Andrei Sakharov

categories: Permanent Delegates of Kazakhstan to UNESCO,Soviet anti–nuclear weapons activists,Communist Party of Kazakhstan politicians,Chairmen of the Mazhilis,Ambassadors of Kazakhstan to Greece,Kazakhstani academics,Kazakh-language poets,Ambassadors of Kazakhstan to Italy,Ambassadors of Kazakhstan to Malta,Al-Farabi University alumni,1936 births,Living people

paragraph: Olzhas Suleimenov

paragraph: Olzhas Omaruli Suleimenov (; ) is a Soviet poet, Kazakhstani politician, and Soviet anti-nuclear activist.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Suleimenov was born on 18 May 1936 in Alma-Ata. He graduated from Geological Sciences Department of Kazakh State University in 1959. Suleimenov also finished Gorkii Institute of Literature in 1961. Between 1962-1971, he worked at Kazakhskaya Pravda. Suleimenov was awarded Komsomol Prize for Kazakhstan in 1966. Between 1969 and 1989 he was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. He became First Secretary of the Committee of the Kazakhstan's Writers Union in 1983. He is a Russophone writer.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: His most influential work, "AZ-i-IA", was published in 1975. The book is about the possible Turkic origin of the Russian chronicle The Tale of Igor's Campaign. "AZ-i-IA" drew widespread criticism from the literary elite in Russia. Suleimenov was charged with "national chauvinism" and "glorifying feudal nomadic culture." Kazakhstan Communist Party first secretary Dinmuhammad Konayev intervened on Suleimenov's behalf, discussing the content of the book with Leonid Brezhnev and saving Suleimenov's career.

paragraph: His other works include;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Argamaki (1961)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zemlia Poklonis' Cheloveku (1961)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Solnechnye Nochi (1962)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dobroe Vremia Voskhoda (1964)

paragraph: BULLET::::- God Obez'iany (1967)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Glinianaia Kniga (1969)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tiurki v Doistorii : o proiskhzhdenii drevnetiurkskikh iazykov i pis'mennostei (2002)

paragraph: Section::::Political activities.

paragraph: Suleimenov again became a worldwide name in 1989, when he led the establishment of the international environmental movement Nevada-Semipalatinsk. Nevada-Semipalatinsk campaigned to close nuclear sites in Nevada and in the Semipalatinsk Oblast of Kazakhstan.

paragraph: After independence, Suleimenov established the Peoples' Congress Party in 1991 and served as the speaker of Parliament from 1993 until 1994. While at the Parliament, he rose to the position of opposition leader, engaging in several political struggles with President Nursultan Nazarbaev. Many opposition leaders urged him to run as a candidate in the next presidential elections.

paragraph: In 1995, to preempt his potential candidacy, Nazarbayev brokered a deal, and Suleimenov was appointed as Kazakhstan's ambassador to Rome. From 2002 till now he serves as Kazakhstani ambassador at the UNESCO in Paris.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Douglas Mackiernan

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of nuclear weapons tests

paragraph: BULLET::::- Soviet atomic bomb project

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nuclear weapons testing

paragraph: BULLET::::- Novaya Zemlya

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andrei Sakharov

description: Kazakhstani diplomat

wikidata_label: Olzhas Suleimenov

wikipedia_title: Olzhas Suleimenov


text:
Ivrea
Piedmont
Italy
Biella
Italy
Italian
electrical engineer
Olivetti & Co., SpA.
computer
printer
Adriano
Adriano Olivetti

categories: Italian Jews,1943 deaths,Italian industrialists,Olivetti people,Electronics engineers,Italian engineers,People from Ivrea,1868 births

paragraph: Camillo Olivetti

paragraph: Camillo Olivetti (August 1868 in Ivrea, Piedmont, Italy – December 1943 in Biella, Italy) was an Italian electrical engineer and founder of Olivetti & Co., SpA., the Italian manufacturer of computers, printers and other business machines. The company was later run by his son Adriano.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Adriano Olivetti

description: Italian engineer

wikidata_label: Camillo Olivetti

wikipedia_title: Camillo Olivetti


text: Mladá Boleslav

text: Czechoslovakia

text: Czech

text: ice hockey

text: goaltender

text: HC Sparta Prague

text: Chomutov

text: junior ice hockey

text: HC Sparta Praha

text: Czech Extraliga

text: HC Plzeň

text: HC Oceláři Třinec

text: St. Louis Blues

text: 2004 NHL Entry Draft

text: major junior

text: Western Hockey League

text: Vancouver Giants

text: Peoria Rivermen

text: American Hockey League

text: Chicago Blackhawks

text: Ben Bishop

text: Florida Panthers

text: Manny Legacé

text: Chris Mason

categories: BK Mladá Boleslav players,National Hockey League first round draft picks,Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players,1986 births,St. Louis Blues players,HC Bílí Tygři Liberec players,HC Oceláři Třinec players,St. Louis Blues draft picks,Czech ice hockey players,Living people,People from Mladá Boleslav

paragraph: Marek Schwarz

paragraph: Marek Schwarz (born April 1, 1986 in Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the HC Sparta Prague.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: As a youth, Schwarz played in the 2000 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Chomutov. He played junior ice hockey in his native Czech Republic with HC Sparta Praha. He made his debut at the senior level with Sparta Praha playing one game in the Czech Extraliga in 2002–03. The following season, he joined the Extraliga full-time at seventeen-years-old and played between three teams – HC Plzeň, HC Oceláři Třinec and Sparta Praha. That off-season, Schwarz was drafted 17th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

paragraph: Upon being drafted, he moved to North America to play major junior in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Vancouver Giants. He posted a 2.67 GAA and a winning record before moving back to the Czech Republic the following season to continue to play for Sparta Praha.

paragraph: In 2006–07, he began playing for the Peoria Rivermen, the Blues' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. He was called up that season and played in his first NHL game on December 12, 2006, against the Chicago Blackhawks. Schwarz made 21 saves on 24 shots as the Blues lost 3–2. At 20 years old, he became the third youngest goaltender in Blues history to play in a game.

paragraph: On October 25, 2008, Schwarz combined with third-string goalie Ben Bishop for a 4-0 shutout against the Florida Panthers. With Manny Legacé and Chris Mason out due to injuries, Schwarz was called up to play backup to Bishop when Bishop also went down with an injury in the third period. Schwarz completed the shutout with 15 minutes to go.

description: Czech ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Marek Schwarz

wikipedia_title: Marek Schwarz


text:
Italian
Princes of Ottajano
Medici family
Francesca Salviati
Lorenzo de' Medici
Florence
Gonfaloniere di Giustizia
Alessandro de' Medici
Leo XI
Bernadetto
Ottaviano
Naples

categories: 1484 births,16th-century Italian nobility,1546 deaths,House of Medici

paragraph: Ottaviano de' Medici

paragraph: Ottaviano de' Medici (11 July 1484 – 28 May 1546) was an Italian politician. He was the ancestor of the Princes of Ottajano line of the Medici family.

paragraph: From a minor branch of the Medici family, he gained prominence through his marriage to Francesca Salviati, a granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici and Ottaviano's own distant cousin.

paragraph: He held several important positions in Florence, including that of "Gonfaloniere di Giustizia", although now a merely formal one after the suppression of the Republic by the Spanish troops in 1530. He was also Senator from 1532. He was trusted by Alessandro de' Medici with administrating the family's Tuscan estates.

paragraph: His son Alessandro was cardinal and, from 1605, pope as Leo XI. His other son Bernadetto founded the southern Italian line of the family by acquiring the seigniory of Ottaviano, near Naples.

description: Italian politician

wikidata_label: Ottaviano de' Medici

wikipedia_title: Ottaviano de' Medici


text:
Montevideo
Morón
Hilario Ascasubi
Gaucho literature
Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo
National Route 13
Andresito
Gaucho literature
Uruguayan literature

categories: Uruguayan male poets,19th-century Uruguayan poets,1822 deaths,Writers from Montevideo,19th-century male writers,1788 births

paragraph: Bartolomé Hidalgo

paragraph: Bartolomé José Hidalgo (Montevideo, 24 August 1788 - Morón, 28 November 1822) was a Uruguayan writer and poet.

paragraph: Alongside Hilario Ascasubi he is considered one of the initiators of Gaucho literature.

paragraph: Nowadays the most important literary award in Uruguay is named after him: Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo.

paragraph: Also the National Route 13 and a park near Andresito are named after him.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gaucho literature

paragraph: BULLET::::- Uruguayan literature

description: uruguayan writer

wikidata_label: Bartolomé Hidalgo

wikipedia_title: Bartolomé Hidalgo


text:
Henry I of Bavaria
Otto I
Abbess of Gandersheim
Hrosvit of Gandersheim
Ottonian
Henry I, Duke of Bavaria
Ottonian
Judith
Henry II of Bavaria
Otto I
Otto II
Liudolf
Gandersheim
Otto II
Theophanu
Sophia I
Otto I
Hrosvit
Henry I
Quedlinburg Abbey
Essen Abbey
St. Emmeram's Abbey
Hrotsvit
Hrotsvit
Hrotsvit
Otto I

categories: 11th-century German people,10th-century German people,Ottonian dynasty,11th-century women,1001 deaths,940s births,Women of medieval Germany,German Roman Catholic abbesses,10th-century women

paragraph: Gerberga II, Abbess of Gandersheim

paragraph: Gerberga II (c. 940 – 13 or 14 November 1001, also called Gerbirg or Gerburg), was the daughter of Henry I of Bavaria and his wife Judith, and a niece of Emperor Otto I. She was Abbess of Gandersheim from 956 to 1001 and personally instructed dramatist and poet Hrosvit of Gandersheim. Under Gerberga's rule, Gandersheim Abbey served as an Ottonian center of cultural, spiritual, and intellectual life.

paragraph: Section::::Family and early life.

paragraph: Gerberga's exact dates of birth and death are not known, though the approximate year of birth 940 has been deduced from sources. Her parents were Henry I, Duke of Bavaria and a member of the Ottonian dynasty, and Judith. At least three of her siblings are known: Henry II of Bavaria, Hadwig of Swabia, and Brunon, Count of Brunswick. Gerberga was sent for education to Gandersheim Abbey at an early age, and became abbess in 956. She supported her brother Henry II in his quest to achieve more influence for their family, but also remained on good terms with her uncle Emperor Otto I and cousin Emperor Otto II.

paragraph: Gerberga followed in a long tradition of royal abbesses at Gandersheim. The abbey was established by her great-great-grandparents, the Saxon nobles Liudolf and Oda, in the 9th century. Three of their daughters, Hathumonda (852-74), Gerberta I (874-96), and Christina (896-918) served as Gandersheim's three founding abbesses. Gerberga II's ascension to abbess in 965 suggests that Ottonian imperial ties to Gandersheim remained strong throughout the following century.

paragraph: Section::::Life as abbess.

paragraph: Gerberga II served as abbess of Gandersheim from approximately 965 to 1001. She was praised for her integrity, and her reign has been called the "golden age" of the abbey, and described as a time of peace, tranquility, and scholarship. Gandersheim became a center of Ottonian intellectual and spiritual activity, functioning as a hospital, library, a rest stop for refugees or travelers, and, most notably, a school. Many aristocratic families sent their daughters to the abbey to be educated. Among them was the Emperor Otto II and his wife Theophanu, who sent their five-year-old daughter Sophia I to live under Gerberga's care and eventually become her successor.

paragraph: Gandersheim was given a great deal of independence by the Ottonian rulers. In 947, Gerberga's uncle Emperor Otto I freed the abbey from royal rule and granted the abbess the authority to hold courts of law, keep an army, and coin money. Resultantly, there seems to have been much good will between Gerberga and her uncle. During her reign, she commissioned a history of his life to be written and presented to him by her canoness Hrosvit.

paragraph: Gandersheim was just one of many influential abbeys in the 10th century. Gerberga's brother Henry I had founded Quedlinburg Abbey in 936, creating tension regarding the leadership of the abbeys. Another rivaling place was Essen Abbey which was also led by family members.

paragraph: Section::::Education and teaching.

paragraph: As a member of the imperial family, Gerberga was well-educated for her time. She was first instructed at St. Emmeram's Abbey in Bavaria, which is likely where she learned the works of many Roman and patristic writers. Like her sister Hadwig, she may have also been educated in Greek. The canoness Hrotsvit wrote of Gerberga's education, "She is younger in years than I, but as befits the Emperor's niece, more advanced in learning."

paragraph: Scholars have suggested that Hrotsvit, the German canoness, dramatist, and poet, was the special protégé of Gerberga. Hrotsvit praised her abbess in the preface to her legends, writing, "It was she, who, other authors concerning, continued my instruction, offering me an introduction to the works of those writers whom she herself studied with learned men."

paragraph: Hrotsvit wrote all her works, which include dramas, poems, legends, and histories, while a canoness at Gandersheim. Her "", a history of the Ottonian dynasty, was written at the specific request of Gerberga, who likely intended to honor her family lineage and her uncle Otto I. Gerberga encouraged her "effort and diligence in writing".

alias: Gerbirg Gerburg

description: Abbess of Gandersheim from 956 to 1001

wikidata_label: Gerberga II

wikipedia_title: Gerberga II, Abbess of Gandersheim


text:
ajaw
Maya
Tikal
Chak Tok Ichʼaak II
Yajaw Teʼ Kʼinich II

categories: 6th century in the Maya civilization,500s births,Rulers of Tikal,6th-century monarchs in North America,Date of death unknown,Date of birth unknown

paragraph: Wak Chan Kʼawiil

paragraph: Wak Chan Kʼawiil, also known as Double Bird (January 508? – ), was an "ajaw" of the Maya city of Tikal. He took the throne on December 27, 537(?) and reigning probably until his death. He was son of Chak Tok Ichʼaak II and Lady Hand. He sponsored accession of Yajaw Teʼ Kʼinich II, ruler of Caracol in 553. The monument associated with Wak Chan Kʼawiil is Stelae 17.

wikidata_label: Wak Chan K'awiil

wikipedia_title: Wak Chan Kʼawiil


href: ajaw Maya%20civilization Tikal

text: ajaw Maya Tikal

categories: Rulers of Tikal,6th-century monarchs in North America,6th century in the Maya civilization,Year of death unknown

paragraph: Animal Skull

paragraph: Animal Skull, also known as Lizard Head, Animal Skull II and Ete II (before 562 – ), was an "ajaw" of the Maya city of Tikal. He took the throne after 562, reigning until . He was a son of Fire Cross and Lady Hand Sky of Bahlam.

wikidata_label: Animal Skull

wikipedia_title: Animal Skull


text: Nembe Kingdom

text: Port Harcourt

text: Lincoln’s Inn

text: English bar

text: Port Harcourt Municipal Council

text: Sir Alhaji Tafawa Balewa

text: Michael

text: Okpara

text: Christ the King College, Onitsha

text: Eastern Region of Nigeria

text: Lincoln’s Inn

text: Port Harcourt, Nigeria

text: Abakaliki

text: Nsukka

text: Ikot

text: Ekpene

text: Umuahia

text: Chief Judge of Rivers state

text: Bayelsa state

text: Commander of the Order of the Niger

text: Pope Paul VI

text: Knight of St. Gregory

text: Pope John XXIII

text: University of Ilorin

categories: 2003 deaths,Lawyers from Port Harcourt,Commanders of the Order of the Niger,Kings of Nembe,1914 births,Knights of St. Gregory the Great

paragraph: Ezeolisa Allagoa

paragraph: His Majesty Ambrose Ezeolisa Allagoa (24 August 1914 – 17 February 2003) was King of Nembe Kingdom from 1980 until his death. He is also by birth related to the Ossomari royal family through his grandmother Omu Okwei (the merchant queen of Onitsha). He succeeded his father His Royal Majesty Francis Ossomade Joseph Allagoa (Mingi X) Amanyanabo of Nembe on 12 April 1980, being styled His Royal Majesty Ambrose Ezeolisa Allagoa Mingi XI Amanyanabo of Nembe-Ibe Kingdom

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Ambrose Ezeolisa Allagoa MINGI XI was born on 24 August 1914, the second son of His Royal Majesty King Francis Ossomade Joseph Allagoa MINGI X and Madam Nwaokiri Rose Onyeka. He was educated at the Government School Owerri in 1927; the St Mary's Primary School in Port Harcourt (1927-32), and a pioneer student of Christ the King College (CKC) Onitsha (1933-36). He joined the Lincoln’s Inn in November 1944 and was subsequently called to the English bar on 26 January 1950.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: After successfully being called to the English Bar in 1950, he returned to the city of Port Harcourt in the old eastern Region of Nigeria where the independence movement was growing. He served as Deputy Mayor of Port Harcourt Municipal Council between 1951-59, when he was elected as the 2nd Mayor of Port Harcourt Municipal Council taking over from Mayor Richard Okwosha Nzimiro in 1959. He served in this capacity for three years, giving the city of Port Harcourt the name Garden City.

paragraph: He served his tenure as mayor of Port Harcourt where he invited the Prime Minister of Nigeria Sir Alhaji Tafawa Balewa and the Premier of the Eastern Region, Chief Michael Okpara to the city of Port Harcourt.

paragraph: Section::::Working career.

paragraph: Upon completion of his secondary school education at Christ the King College, Onitsha, young Ambrose successfully sat for and made distinctions in his senior Cambridge Certificate exam and was subsequently employed in the Civil Service of the then Eastern Region of Nigeria where he worked as a clerk in the judiciary of the Eastern Region government for a few years. He gained a lot of exposure and experience which were vital in his life. His working career took him to Lagos, Enugu and Port Harcourt where he served diligently as a clerk of court before proceeding to the Lincoln’s Inn for his qualification as a lawyer.

paragraph: On his return from England as a lawyer, he commenced his legal practice, setting up his Law firm in the oil rich city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He had a successful career in the legal profession and this won him the respect and admiration of many lawyers. He was elevated to the bench as a High Court Judge in 1962 by the then Eastern Region of Nigeria Government where he served as a Judge of the Eastern Region in cities like Abakaliki, Nsukka, Ikot Ekpene, Umuahia, and Port Harcourt. In 1976, he was appointed the first indigenous Chief Judge of Old Rivers State in 1976. And the second Chief Judge of Rivers state. He retired three years later on 24 September 1979, having attained the requisite retirement age of 65 years.

paragraph: His Lordship (late) H.R.M. Justice Ambrose Ezeolisa Allagoa is mostly remembered for the celebrated judgment in the famous Amakiri v. Iwowari case where he exhibited rare courage in the award of damages in favor of the injured journalist Amakiri.

paragraph: Section::::Religion.

paragraph: His maternal great grandfather (King Atamanya- Nzedegwu of Ossomari) invited Roman Catholic priests into his Ossomari Kingdom and the young Ambrose growing up in Ossomari became an adherent catholic faithful. His Majesty Ambrose Ezeolisa Allagoa was a devout Catholic; he fully identified with the objectives of the Roman Catholic Church and was a worthy knight of the Roman Catholic Church.

paragraph: According to an oration presented by The Order Of the Knights of Saint Mulumba, KSM, Port Harcourt in honor of His Majesty the King:"“We recall the crucial role he played as a Catholic in post-war Rivers state. At the end of the civil war, Catholics generally were haunted in Rivers state. In spite of this unwholesome phenomenon, he not only stood firm in the Catholic Church, but also participated and supported the persecuted clergy. He assisted the Catholic Church immensely in identifying and recovering some of her properties at the end of the war in Rivers state. His full participation during Corpus Christi procession, in spite of acute challenges of age, epitomized his commitment to the Catholic faith.”"

paragraph: Section::::Reign.

paragraph: His Majesty sat on the throne for 23 years. Upon the creation of Bayelsa state out of the old River state in 1996, he contributed immensely to the success of the newly created state. His Majesty was the Chairman of the Traditional Rulers Council both in Rivers State and in Bayelsa State where he moved to restore peace among the coastal communities.

paragraph: Section::::Reign.:Titles.

paragraph: Monarchical style of King Ambrose Allagoa Amanyanabo of Nembe, Mingi the 11th

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reference style: His Majesty

paragraph: BULLET::::- Spoken style: Your Majesty

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alternative style: Mingi XI

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Commander of the Order of the Niger, CON in 1978

paragraph: BULLET::::- Grand Knight of Saint Sylvester conferred on him by Pope Paul VI in 1977

paragraph: BULLET::::- Knight of St. Gregory conferred on him by Pope John XXIII in 1978

paragraph: BULLET::::- Honorary Citizen of Maryland, USA conferred on him by Governor Preston Smith in 1972

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pro-Chancellor, University of Ilorin 1978

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pro-Chancellor, University of Sokoto 1982-83,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Owerri 1985-2000.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ebiegberi Joe-Allagoa: Genealogy of His Majesty Justice Ambrose Ezeolisa Allagoa, MINGI XI Amanyanabo of Nembe (c) 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- Funeral Oration Presented by The Order Of The Knights Of Saint Mulumba, KSM, Port Harcourt (c) 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Nabena: The Royal Root Of His Royal Majesty Francis Ossomade Joseph Allagoa MINGI X Amanyanabo of Nembe. A Historical *Perspective: The Culture, Tradition, Monuments And Economic Life Of The Nembe People. (c) 2014

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Nabena: Break Off The Limits (c) 2013, Green And Cherished Limited.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Nabena: LIFE & TIMES OF HRM AMBROSE E. ALLAGOA

wikidata_label: Ezeolisa Allagoa

wikipedia_title: Ezeolisa Allagoa


text: ajaw Maya Tikal

categories: 7th-century monarchs in North America,7th century in the Maya civilization,Rulers of Tikal,Year of death unknown

paragraph: Nuun Ujol Chaak

paragraph: Nuun Ujol Chaak also known as Shield Skull and Nun Bak Chak (before 657-c.679) was an "ajaw" of the Maya city of Tikal. He took the throne before 657 and reigning probably until his death.

wikidata_label: Nuun Ujol Chaak

wikipedia_title: Nuun Ujol Chaak


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text: National Basketball Association

text: 1984 NBA draft

text: Portland Trail Blazers

text: Hall of Famer

text: Michael Jordan

text: Portland

text: Clyde Drexler

text: Harlem Magicians

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text: Lebanon High School

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text: Parade

text: Schenley High School

text: Harrisonburg, Virginia

text: Ralph Sampson

text: Capital Centre

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text: Steve Stipanovich

text: McDonald's All-American Game

text: Antoine Carr

text: Quintin Dailey

text: Sidney Green

text: Clark Kellogg

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text: Michael Brooks

text: Bill Hanzlik

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text: Darnell Valentine

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text: Buck Williams

text: Benoit Benjamin

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text: harness racing

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text: ESPN

text: Sam Bowie

text: Sam Bowie - The Fateful Pick

text: Draft Busts

categories: All-American college men's basketball players,McDonald's High School All-Americans,Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball),1961 births,Centers (basketball),Basketball players at the 1984 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four,Basketball players from Pennsylvania,African-American basketball players,Portland Trail Blazers draft picks,Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players,Congressional Gold Medal recipients,Portland Trail Blazers players,Los Angeles Lakers players,People from Lebanon, Pennsylvania,New Jersey Nets players,Living people

paragraph: Sam Bowie

paragraph: Samuel Paul Bowie (born March 17, 1961) is a former American professional basketball player. A national sensation in high school and outstanding collegian and Olympic team member, Bowie's professional promise was undermined by repeated injuries to his legs and feet. In spite of the setbacks, the and center played ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

paragraph: Projected as a solid first rounder in the 1984 NBA draft, Bowie was chosen by the Portland Trail Blazers as the second selection, ahead of Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, due to Portland already having drafted Clyde Drexler just a year before.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Sam is the son of Ben Bowie and "Sammy" Cathy Bowie, born March 19, 1961. His father died suddenly, at the age of 45, when a cyst on his lung burst. Sam was a sophomore in college. His father was 6–10 and had played six seasons for the Harlem Magicians. His parents divorced when Sam, the oldest of two children, was 12. After the divorce, Sam lived with both of his parents in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. But, concerned about not showing favoritism toward either parent, Sam lived with his maternal grandmother until going to college.

paragraph: Section::::High school career.

paragraph: As a player at Lebanon High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania playing for Coach Chick Hess, Bowie was heavily recruited. He averaged over 28 points and 18 rebounds per game, and was a McDonald's All-American and "Parade" All-American. As a junior, he led the Cedars to the state finals, where they lost by a point to Schenley High School of Pittsburgh. “When I say this, I mean it with all my heart, from the Kentucky experience to all of my years in pro ball, when I reminsce I go back to my Lebanon Cedar days,” said Bowie in 2018. “I just wish we could’ve won that state championship game. Fifty-one to fifty, we were so close.

paragraph: Bowie was named national player of the year in 1979. He received the honor over Harrisonburg, Virginia's Ralph Sampson, another highly recruited center. Sampson and Bowie played in the annual Capital Classic all-star game, which was dubbed the "Battle of the Giants" Played at the Capital Centre, the game featured the best players in the Washington, D.C. area playing against an all-star squad composed of players from across the United States.

paragraph: In February, 1979 a Sports Illustrated magazine article feature focused on Bowie, Sampson and Steve Stipanovich as the best high school centers.

paragraph: Bowie played in the 1979 McDonald's All-American Game. The memorable rosters included: Antoine Carr, Quintin Dailey, Sidney Green, Clark Kellogg, Greg Kite, Sidney Lowe, John Paxson, Ralph Sampson, Byron Scott, Steve Stipanovich, Isiah Thomas, Dereck Whittenburg, Dominique Wilkins and James Worthy.

paragraph: Bowie signed to play for the University of Kentucky and Coach Joe B. Hall in 1979.

paragraph: Section::::College career (1979-1984).

paragraph: Section::::College career (1979-1984).:Freshman season (1979-1980).

paragraph: As a freshman during the 1979–80 season at Kentucky, Bowie averaged 12.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. Kentucky finished 29-6 and advanced to the 1980 NCAA Tournament. Bowie had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks in Kentucky's 97-78 victory over Florida State. He played nine minutes, fouling out with 2 points and 3 rebounds in a 55-54 loss to Duke.

paragraph: Section::::College career (1979-1984).:1980 Olympic team.

paragraph: In the summer of 1980, Bowie was picked for the United States Olympic men's basketball team. The 1980 United States Olympic team was coached by Dave Gavitt and assisted by Larry Brown.

paragraph: The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the United States and 66 other countries to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

paragraph: The 1980 U.S. team, was the youngest American national team ever assembled. The roster team featured: Mark Aguirre, Rolando Blackman, Sam Bowie, Michael Brooks, Bill Hanzlik, Alton Lister, Rodney McCray, Isiah Thomas, Darnell Valentine, Danny Vranes, Buck Williams and Al Wood.

paragraph: Unable to compete in the Olympics due to the boycott, Team USA played a series of games against NBA all-star teams in various U.S. cities, ending with a 5–1 record. The games were labeled the "Gold Medal Series".

paragraph: In the six games against NBA All-Stars, Bowie was Team USA's second leading scorer and leading rebounder and shot-blocker, averaging 11.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.3 blocks. Bowie was 19 years old while playing on Team USA.

paragraph: Many years later, he received one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.

paragraph: Section::::College career (1979-1984).:Sophomore season (1980-1981).

paragraph: Bowie's sophomore season saw him average 17.5 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game. He was named a third-team NCAA Basketball All-American by the Associated Press. I 1981, he set, and now shares, the Kentucky record for most blocked shots in a game, with nine against St. John's.

paragraph: However, Bowie began sustaining injuries that would plague the remainder of his basketball career. In the third-to-last game of his sophomore season against Vanderbilt, Bowie went up for a dunk but came down off balance. He landed with most of his weight on his left leg, saying that he felt pain but initially tried to play through it. Kentucky qualified for the 48-team 1981 NCAA Tournament as the #2 seed in the Mideast Region, with a first round bye. In the Wildcats' first game of the tournament, against #7 seed Alabama-Birmingham, Bowie fouled out, playing 21 minutes, as Kentucky was eliminated by UAB 69-62.

paragraph: Section::::College career (1979-1984).:Injuries (1981-1983).

paragraph: After the 1980-1981 season, a stress fracture in his left tibia was discovered, the injury caused Bowie to miss the entire 1981–82 season. The stress fracture did not heal completely and Bowie sat out the entire 1982–83 season as well. Doctors at first thought the pain in the left leg was due to shin splints, but just before the season in 1981, new X-rays revealed Bowie had a stress fracture he had been playing on. He was in a cast for 44 weeks. But, after removing the cast, the injury did not heal properly. Bowie had to have it surgically repaired, with a bone graft. As his class had graduated, Bowie applied for and was granted an NCAA medical redshirt to allow him another year of college eligibility.

paragraph: Section::::College career (1979-1984).:Senior season (1983-1984).

paragraph: Bowie returned for the 1983–84 season. Having not played in two years, he played in all 34 Kentucky games and averaged 10.5 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks. He was named to the second-team All-American squad. During his senior season, his heroics in a game against rival Louisville earned him a spot on the cover of "Sports Illustrated".B owie, along with fellow "Twin Tower" Melvin Turpin (as the Kentucky front court duo was called), and Kenny Walker led Kentucky to the SEC championship, the SEC Tournament Championship, a top three national ranking, and a 26–4 season record.

paragraph: In the 1984 NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats defeated Brigham Young 93-68, in-state rival Louisville 72-67 and Illinois 54-51 to advance to the Final Four in Seattle. Bowie had 16 points and 6 rebounds against BYU, 8 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks against Louisville and 11 points and 14 rebounds against Illinois.

paragraph: In the Final Four, Kentucky met eventual NCAA Champion Georgetown, with Patrick Ewing in the semi-finals. Kentucky led at the half, but Georgetown defeated the Wildcats 53-40, ending Bowie's college career. Bowie had 10 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks in the loss. Ewing had 8 points and 9 rebounds with 0 blocks.

paragraph: In 96 career games at Kentucky, Bowie averaged 13.4 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.4 assists on 52.2% shooting. Bowie played 3 seasons in five years.

paragraph: Section::::NBA career.

paragraph: Section::::NBA career.:1984 NBA draft.

paragraph: Entering the 1984 NBA draft, although the Houston Rockets had tied with the Indiana Pacers for the NBA's worst record, the Pacers had traded the top pick to the Portland Trail Blazers in 1981 for center Tom Owens. In 1984, having beat the Blazers in a coin toss for first pick, the Rockets chose Houston center Hakeem Olajuwon. Unable to choose him, yet still seeking a center, the Blazers chose Bowie. Choosing third, the Chicago Bulls then drafted North Carolina shooting guard Michael Jordan.

paragraph: At the time, however, passing up Jordan for Bowie made sense from the Blazers' perspective. The team had been in need of a solid big man since Bill Walton, one of its first major stars, left in 1979. Soon before the draft, the NBA fined the Blazers $250,000 (equivalent of $,000 in 2018) for improper contact with Olajuwon and center Patrick Ewing. A year earlier, Portland had drafted a shooting guard, Olajuwon's college teammate Clyde Drexler. Having both Drexler and Jim Paxson, the Blazers had little need on paper for another shooting guard. Still, in 2005, highlighting Bowie's injury-laden college career, ESPN named the Blazers' choice the worst draft pick in the history of North American professional sports. Also that year, arguing that teams should draft for talent and not need, "Sports Illustrated" named Bowie the biggest draft bust in NBA history.

paragraph: Section::::NBA career.:Portland Trail Blazers (1984-1989).

paragraph: During his rookie season, Bowie played in 76 games and averaged 10 points and 8.6 rebounds, earning a spot on the NBA All-Rookie Team. However, in his second season, Bowie's leg injuries recurred. During a game against the Milwaukee Bucks at The MECCA, Bowie and teammate Jerome Kersey got tangled up going for a rebound and as they landed, Bowie's left tibia broke and he was carried off the floor on a stretcher.

paragraph: "I firmly believe I can be one of the top centers in the league if I'm healthy," said Bowie. "One year, things are going to fall into place, and I'm going to show people how good I can be."

paragraph: The next season, Bowie returned. In the season's fifth game against the Dallas Mavericks, Bowie went up for a jump hook shot. As he went up, his legs buckled underneath him and Bowie fell to the floor. He suffered a season-ending fracture of his right tibia.Bowie compared the feeling having his leg chopped by an ax.

paragraph: "It was not a pretty sight," Portland teammate Clyde Drexler recalled. "He went to make a move, fell, and threw the ball down hard off the court. I remember seeing part of the bone sticking out of his leg and how he was beating the floor over and over with his fist."

paragraph: Bowie subsequently had surgery, with three screws being placed in the bone to keep it together. But, two screws did not hold and another operation was needed to put in three new screws.

paragraph: Once again, Bowie came back to play. On October 17, 1986, during pregame warmups for a preseason game with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bowie began feeling intense pain in his right leg just walking. Not wanting a stretcher, Bowie was carried off the court by his teammates and was diagnosed with a hairline fracture of his right tibia. On March 29, 1988, Bowie had surgery where he received a graft from his hip bone and had a metal plate with 10 screws permanently attached to his right shin. The injury effectively sidelined him for the next two seasons; he missed all of the 1987-88 season, as well as the first 62 games of the 1988–89 season. All told, Bowie played 63 games out of a possible 328 during his last four seasons in Portland.

paragraph: “I have one huge regret,” said Bowie. “I wish I would’ve been more patient and didn’t come back as quickly as I did the second year I fractured my leg. You feel like you disappointed Portland. You’re getting paid a lot of money and you can’t play. I don’t know if it’s guilt or regret. But I’ve never been one to say, ‘Why me?’. I feel I should have an MD behind my name from all the education I've received from my own cases."

paragraph: Section::::NBA career.:New Jersey Nets (1989-1992).

paragraph: On June 24, 1989, Bowie, who had averaged 10.5 points per game with the Trail Blazers, was traded, along with a draft pick, to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for Buck Williams.

paragraph: Bowie's four seasons in New Jersey were his most productive, as he had no major injuries. Bowie averaged 12.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game and never missed more than 20 games in a season. His best season was his first with the Nets where he averaged a double-double with 14.7 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. Bowie also hit a career high in points per game in 1991–92 with 15.0, and played a career high 79 games in 1992–93 averaging 9.1 points per game and seven rebounds.

paragraph: "My main objective is to play the game for the fun of it and the love of it," said Bowie, "Every time I go off the court, I'm thankful I didn't get hurt again. I think too many people take their health for granted.

paragraph: Section::::NBA career.:Los Angeles Lakers (1992-1995).

paragraph: After the 1992–93 season, Bowie was traded, for Benoit Benjamin being sent from New Jersey to the Los Angeles Lakers. However, Bowie's leg injury problems recurred. Bowie played in 92 games in the two seasons combined, starting in 17 of them. Although Jerry West, the team's general manager, wanted Bowie to continue to play for the Lakers, Bowie decided to retire from professional basketball after the 1994–95 season. He desired to follow his passion and become involved harness racing.

paragraph: Section::::NBA career.:Career overview.

paragraph: Bowie, Bill Walton and Greg Oden are frequently cited together. All three were centers, drafted high by Portland, who failed to achieve their potential due to career altering injuries.

paragraph: "You know, I go speak and visit at hospitals a lot--and not to sound mushy--but I've seen 7-, 8-, 9-year-old kids who have had their legs amputated because of bone cancer or a car accident." Bowie said. "That's when it puts things into perspective. There's a kid who wishes he had a leg to break. That's when I realize how lucky I am. I can't complain about the hand I've been dealt. Sure, I've had my share of surgery and broken bones, but these things were meant to be. I'm a Christian and I've always felt that tomorrow is predetermined and that you will never be put through more than you can handle."

paragraph: Over his NBA career, Bowie averaged 10.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.78 blocks per game. He hit 45.2% of his attempted field goals (2,127 made of 4,702 attempted), and 30.2% of his three-point shots (32 made of 106 attempted).

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: After his retirement from basketball, Bowie returned to Lexington, Kentucky. Bowie is involved in harness racing, both owning and training horses that run at The Red Mile in Lexington.

paragraph: Sam has been married twice and has three now-grown children. "I was blessed in the sense that I was able to be a full-time father." Bowie said.

paragraph: For a time, Bowie did color commentary for Kentucky Basketball.

paragraph: Said his Lebanon High School Coach Chick Hess, "He's a father. He's responsible. He’s got a head on his shoulder. He just doesn't have two legs that are serving him well. He adjusted to the big-time world. He grew up with blue-collar people who knew what it was like to work for a living. We're all proud of him. He got what he could out of playing pro sports."

paragraph: Of his father Ben, who died at age 45, Sam said, "We loved each other more than two individuals could. But we never could say, 'I love you.' Neither of us was that kind of person. That's the thing I'm most sorry about, that I didn't get to tell him I loved him before he was gone."

paragraph: In 2012, Bowie was featured in an ESPN "SEC Storied" documentary, "Going Big." In it, he admitted hiding the extent of his leg troubles from the Blazers. For instance, he said that when a doctor tapped his left tibia with a mallet, he claimed not to feel anything when he was actually in noticeable pain. He developed leg trouble as early as high school; film from the late 1970s shows him struggling to avoid undue strain on his legs and feet.

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bowie was inducted into the University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bowie's number 31 was retired by Kentucky Basketball in 2002.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sam Bowie at basketball-reference.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sam Bowie - The Fateful Pick at bigbluehistory.net

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sam Bowie: la fragilidad del chico del millón de dólares at Solobasket.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Draft Busts at SI.com

description: American basketball player

wikidata_label: Sam Bowie

wikipedia_title: Sam Bowie


text:
Onoe Kikugorō
haimyō
Onoe Shōroku I
Onoe Matsusuke III
Onoe Eizaburō IV
Onoe Kikunosuke
Onoe Kikugorō V
Onoe Kikugorō IV
Ichimura Uzaemon XII
shūmei
Kō no Moronao
Kanadeon Chūshingura
Sugawara no Michizane
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Shizuka Gozen
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII
Ichimura-za
mochi
Edo
Nagoya
Osaka
Kakegawa
Tōkaidō
Onoe Kikugorō III at Kabuki21.com

paragraph: Onoe Kikugorō III

paragraph: Section::::Names and Lineage.

paragraph: Like most kabuki actors, Kikugorō went by a number of different stage names over the course of his career. He debuted as Onoe Eizaburō I, and spent time as Ōgawa Hashizō I, Onoe Baikō III, and Onoe Matsusuke II, before taking the name Onoe Kikugorō in 1815. He also used the poetry names ("haimyō") Baiju, Gachō, Sanchō, and Baikō.

paragraph: Kikugorō was adopted into the kabuki world by Onoe Shōroku I. He had three sons, Onoe Matsusuke III, Onoe Eizaburō IV, and Onoe Kikunosuke, and a grandson, Onoe Kikugorō V. Onoe Kikugorō IV and Ichimura Uzaemon XII were his sons-in-law.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Kikugorō made his debut on stage at the age of four in 1789, as Onoe Eizaburō I.

paragraph: By 1810, he had already become acquainted with Tsuruya Nanboku IV, and had seen his first son's stage debut. Over the course of his career, he would develop a strong relationship with the playwright, performing in many of his productions, often alongside his own sons. Taking part in a number of "shūmei" naming ceremonies alongside his sons, the actor went through several different names, often passing them on to his sons, and finally taking the name Kikugorō III in 1815.

paragraph: Kikugorō played the lead role of Oiwa, wife of Iemon, in the 1825 premiere of the now-famous ghost play "Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan"; the role was written specifically for him by his playwright friend. Among his many roles over his career were those of Ōboshi Yuranosuke, Kō no Moronao and Tonase in "Kanadeon Chūshingura", Sugawara no Michizane in "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", and Shizuka Gozen and Itami Gonta in "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura". His rivalry with fellow actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII added to the excitement and appeal of their many performances together.

paragraph: He entered retirement in September 1847, after a final performance at the Ichimura-za, in a program called ""Onoe Baiju Ichidai Banashi"" after him. In his retirement, he took on the name Kikuya Manbei, and ran a "mochi" shop called the Kiku-ya. Kikugorō returned to the stage, however, the following year, performing under the stage name Ōgawa Hashizō I, in Edo and on a short tour in Nagoya.

paragraph: Settling in Osaka towards the end of 1848, he fell ill the following year and died at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō post road.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Onoe Kikugorō III at Kabuki21.com

alias:
Onoe Baikō III
Onoe Kikugoro III
Onoe Kikugorou III

description: Japanese actor

wikidata_label: Onoe Kikugorō III

wikipedia_title: Onoe Kikugorō III


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Australia
New Zealand
cricket
first-class
list A
Rodney Redmond
New Zealand
Pakistan
Auckland
Canterbury
leg spinner
Otago
List-A
Twenty20
England Lions
Lord's
James Anderson
England
West Indies in December 2008
two-Test series to Australia
Martin Crowe
List of Otago representative cricketers

categories: New Zealand Test cricketers,New Zealand cricketers,Living people,1979 births,New Zealand One Day International cricketers,Otago cricketers,Canterbury cricketers,New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers

paragraph: Aaron Redmond

paragraph: Aaron James Redmond (born 23 September 1979) is an Australian-born former New Zealand international cricketer. He was a member of the Otago cricket team, competing in the State Championship, State Shield and State Twenty20 competitions in 2006. Redmond is a right-handed batsman who debuted for Canterbury in the 1999/2000 season, playing first-class and list A matches for them.

paragraph: His father is Rodney Redmond, an international cricketer who scored 107 and 56 on debut for New Zealand in 1972/1973 against Pakistan at Auckland.

paragraph: Section::::Domestic career.

paragraph: Redmond originally joined Canterbury as a leg spinner in 1999, but was forced to become a top-order batsman upon his move to Otago . He has had a solid, if not spectacular, first class career of 68 first class matches at 31.01 with five centuries, and his part-time spin bowling has earned him over 80 wickets. In List-A cricket he averages 23.68 after over 60 matches, with two centuries. In Twenty20 cricket, he averages 14.55 and has a high score of 59 from 13 matches, having played his debut Twenty20 match on 13 January 2006 for Otago against his former team, Canterbury.

paragraph: Section::::International career.

paragraph: After a successful domestic career, he was called up to the full international squad for their tour of England in 2008, where he made his mark with a career best 146 against the England Lions, beating his previous best of 135. He made his test debut on 15 May 2008 at Lord's, but was out for a duck off the bowling of James Anderson. Overall the three-match test series against England was a disappointment for Redmond, making a total of just 54 runs at an average of 9.00.

paragraph: Redmond was dropped for the two-Test series against West Indies in December 2008. The move came after New Zealand lost a two-Test series to Australia 2-0, in which Redmond scored 115 runs at an average of 28.75. Former New Zealand cricket captain, Martin Crowe stated that he did not believe that Redmond is good enough to play Test cricket, but has conceded that his first year in Test cricket – in which he averaged 23.00 in seven matches – had been a difficult one. In December 2013 he was recalled into the Test side in the home series against the West Indies.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Otago representative cricketers

description: New Zealand cricketer

wikidata_label: Aaron Redmond

wikipedia_title: Aaron Redmond


text:
organist
composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Karl Gottlieb Umbreit
Johann Wilhelm Hässler
Christian Heinrich Rinck
Erfurt
Jakob Adlung
Leipzig
Johann Sebastian Bach
Langensalza
Predigerkirche
Duchess
Anna Amalia
Saxe-Weimar
Goethe
Herder
Wieland
chorale
Schleswig-Holstein
liturgical
variations
galant
melody
piano sonata
Viennese classical
Gera
Saint Petersburg
Altona
Offenbach
Bonn
Cologne
Karl Gustav Fellerer
Grove Music Online
dissertation
Yale University

categories: German classical pianists,Pupils of Johann Sebastian Bach,German male pianists,German classical composers,18th-century keyboardists,German male composers,Male organists,1809 deaths,People from Erfurt,Classical-period composers,1732 births,German classical organists,German Baroque composers

paragraph: Johann Christian Kittel

paragraph: Johann Christian Kittel (18 February 1732 – 17 April 1809) was a German organist, composer, and teacher. He was one of the last students of Johann Sebastian Bach. His students included , Karl Gottlieb Umbreit, Johann Wilhelm Hässler and Christian Heinrich Rinck.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Kittel was born and died in Erfurt. He first studied with Jakob Adlung. He moved to Leipzig in 1748 and was a favourite - and last - pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach until his death two years later. He was appointed organist and teacher in Langensalza in 1751, following which he returned to Erfurt as organist of the , in 1756, moving to the Predigerkirche in 1762.

paragraph: He refused many generous and more munificent offers, including one in 1790 from Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe-Weimar to travel to Italy, remaining in Erfurt for the rest of his life. He played many evening recitals there and was famous as a virtuoso organist; Goethe, Herder, and Wieland all went to hear him play, and he made a concert tour to Hamburg in 1800, remaining there for a year while preparing a book of chorales for Schleswig-Holstein.

paragraph: Section::::Compositions.

paragraph: He considered himself to be "grounded in the principles of Bach" and aimed "to awaken, maintain and heighten feelings of devotion in the hearts of his hearers by means of music". His teaching and composition fulfilled this aim by a restriction to simple forms which were best suited to liturgical use. He wrote some large-scale organ works such as double chorale variations based on Bach's examples, though he was influenced by the contemporary galant style, with a strong emphasis on melody. His piano sonatas of 1789 have features in common with the Viennese classical school.

paragraph: Section::::Compositions.:Piano.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "6 Sonaten ... nebst einer Fantasie" (Gera, 1789)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "6 Veränderungen, über ... Nicht so traurig" (Saint Petersburg, 1797)

paragraph: Section::::Compositions.:Organ.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Der angehende praktische Organist, oder Anweisung zum zweckmässigen Gebrauch der Orgel bei Gottesverehrungen in Beispielen", textbook, 3 volumes (Erfurt, 1801–1808)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Vierstimmige Choräle mit Vorspielen ... für die Schleswig-Hollsteinischen Kirchen", 2 volumes (Altona, 1803)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "24 Choräle mit 8 verschiedenen Bässen über eine Melodie", ed. J. C. H. Rinck (Offenbach, 1811)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Grosse Präludien", 2 volumes (Leipzig)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "24 kurze Choralvorspiele" (Offenbach)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Variationen über 2 Choräle" (Leipzig)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "24 leichte Choral-Vorspiele" (Bonn and Cologne)

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Karl Gustav Fellerer: "Kittel, Johann Christian", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 13 June 2007).

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A. Dreetz: "Johann Christian Kittel, der letzte Bach-schüler" (Berlin, 1932)

paragraph: BULLET::::- J. P. Anthony: "The Organ Works of Johann Christian Kittel" (dissertation, Yale University, 1978)

paragraph: BULLET::::- J. Burg: "Johann Christian Kittel (1732–1809), un grand pédagogue de l'orgue, maillon important dans la tradition de Jean-Sébastien Bach", in "L’orgue: cahiers et mémoires", no. 228 (1993)

description: German pipe organist and composer

wikidata_label: Johann Christian Kittel

wikipedia_title: Johann Christian Kittel


text:
French
cartoon
Salon-de-Provence
Bouches-du-Rhône
Pionniers
Pilote
Fluide Glacial
Le Petit Psikopat Illustré
Psikopat
Rigolo
University of Paris VIII
Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
Father Christmas
Gotlib

categories: Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême winners,Artificial intelligence researchers,People from Salon-de-Provence,French cartoonists,1954 births,Living people

paragraph: Daniel Goossens

paragraph: Daniel Goossens (born May 16, 1954) is a French cartoonist born in Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Goossens began his career in the magazine "Pionniers". After a short spell at "Pilote" magazine, he began contributing to the monthly magazine "Fluide Glacial" in 1977, and became one of its authors. Later, his work also appeared in "Le Petit Psikopat Illustré" (ancestor of current "Psikopat") and "Rigolo".

paragraph: Apart from his work with comic strips, Daniel Goossens is a lecturer and researcher in artificial intelligence at the University of Paris VIII.

paragraph: Goossens was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 1997.

paragraph: Section::::Style.

paragraph: Goossens's comics are built on a clash between semi-realistic art and surreal content. He relishes regurgitating clichéd situations from literature, film and television, and introducing odd twists. (His classic "Route vers l'enfer" book is a war film pastiche starring Father Christmas.) Particular attention is paid to dialogues, which often drag on past all logic, and include much stuttering, mumbling and other noises rendered phonetically. Most of his comic books are collections of short stories, with a loose common thread. Like his mentor Gotlib, Goossens has also often used a mock-encyclopedic tone. Some of his works contain astonishing and disturbing scenes, such as a gang of children stoning Father Christmas, or a woman bringing her baby's skeleton to the doctor.

description: cartoonist

wikidata_label: Daniel Goossens

wikipedia_title: Daniel Goossens


text:
Haridasa
Karnataka
India
Dvaita
Gopala Dasa
Jagannatha Dasa
Madhwacharya
Kannada language
Vaishnava
Vishnu
bhakti
Brahmin
Cheekalaparvi
Manvi
Raichur district
Sanskrit
Varanasi
Carnatic
Purandara Dasa
nom de plume
Dvaita
Kannada literature
Tirumala
Andhra Pradesh
Tirumala Venkateswara Temple
Hindu

categories: Musicians from Karnataka,Carnatic musicians,1682 births,Indian male philosophers,18th-century Indian philosophers,Madhva religious leaders,Dvaita,Bhakti movement,1755 deaths,People from Raichur district,Scholars from Karnataka

paragraph: Vijaya Dasa

paragraph: Vijaya Dasa () (1682–1755) was a prominent saint from the Haridasa tradition of Karnataka, India in the 18th century, and a scholar of the Dvaita philosophical tradition. Along with contemporary haridasa saints such as Gopala Dasa, Helevankatte Giriamma, Jagannatha Dasa and Prasanna Venkata Dasa, he propagated the virtues of the philosophy of Madhwacharya across South India through devotional songs called "devaranama" written in the Kannada language. An integral part of Kannada Vaishnava devotional literature, these compositions in praise of the Hindu god Vishnu are called "dasara padagalu" (compositions of the "dasas"). These compositions can be more specifically categorized as "keertanas", "suladis","ugabhogas", and simply "padas". They were easy to sing to the accompaniment of a musical instrument and dealt with "bhakti" (devotion) and the virtues of a pious life.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Vijaya Dasa was born in a poor Brahmin family in Cheekalaparvi in Manvi taluk of Raichur district, Karnataka state. His parents were Sri Srinivasappa and Kusamma. He left home at a young age and studied Sanskrit in Varanasi for four years. Later when his marriage was troubled by poverty, he went back to Varanasi where he became a scholar. One night, he had a dream in which the 16th century Carnatic composer and wandering saint Purandara Dasa initiated him into the Haridasa tradition and gave him the nom de plume ("ankita nama") "Vijaya Vittala". From that day he was called Vijaya DasaRu ("dasaRu" "lit", slave to God), and dedicated his life to spreading Dvaita teachings.

paragraph: Section::::Compositions and ministry.

paragraph: His 25,000 extant compositions earned him the title "Dasa Shrestha" (noble among the "dasas"). His compositions which use many Sanskrit words come under the category of "Kalasha" and "Urasu" creations and are considered an important component of Kannada literature (Kannada "Sahitya"). His purported miracles include calming the Ganges, entering it without getting wet, preventing a woman from committing suicide, resurrecting his son, and making an uneducated man speak difficult Sanskrit proficiently. He is among the group credited with starting the practice of singing devotional songs while walking up the Tirumala hills in modern Andhra Pradesh. These hills are the location of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, an important pilgrim locations for Vaishnava Hindus.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- R. Narasimhacharya, History of Kannada Literature, 1988, Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, Madras,1988 .

description: Indian saint

wikidata_label: Vijaya Dasa

wikipedia_title: Vijaya Dasa


text: Aboriginal Australian

text: Yorta Yorta people

text: Churches of Christ

text: church planter

text: reconciliation

text: Knight Bachelor

text: Royal Victorian Order

text: vice-regal

text: Governor of South Australia

text: Cummeragunja Reserve

text: William Cooper

text: sheep station

text: shillings

text: Australian rules football

text: Tongala

text: VFL

text: Northcote Football Club

text: VFA

text: Recorder Cup

text: Fitzroy Football Club

text: Victorian interstate team

text: Haydn Bunton, Sr.

text: Lynch Cooper

text: boxed

text: Jimmy Sharman

text: boomerang

text: social work

text: Aboriginal people

text: Church of Christ

text: lay preacher

text: Fitzroy

text: 29th Battalion

text: social worker

text: alcohol abuse

text: Church of Christ

text: H. V. Evatt

text: Robert Menzies

text: Australia

text: coronation

text: Elizabeth II

text: Fitzroy

text: Mooroopna

text: Aborigines Advancement League

text: Queenscliff

text: Lake Tyers Mission

text: Freemason

text: Governor of South Australia

text: Don Dunstan

text: This Day Tonight

text: The Canberra Times

text: Government House

text: The Advertiser

text: A Current Affair

text: Mark Oliphant

text: Royal Adelaide Hospital

text: Walter Crocker

text: Administrator of the Government

text: Elizabeth II

text: Gladys Nicholls

text: Nathan Lovett-Murray

text: Australian Rules Football

text: Essendon

text: Order of the British Empire

text: Queen Elizabeth II

text: King of Moomba

text: Canberra

text: Nicholls

text: AFL

text: Google Doodle

text: state funeral

categories: Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football,Tongala Football Club players,Australian Christian religious leaders,Governors of South Australia,Northcote Football Club coaches,Fitzroy Football Club players,Australian Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order,1906 births,Australian male boxers,Australian members of the Churches of Christ,1988 deaths,Indigenous Australian boxers,Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire,Northcote Football Club players,Australian rules footballers from New South Wales,Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)

paragraph: Douglas Nicholls

paragraph: Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls, (9 December 19064 June 1988) was a prominent Aboriginal Australian from the Yorta Yorta people. He was a professional athlete, Churches of Christ pastor and church planter, ceremonial officer and a pioneering campaigner for reconciliation.

paragraph: Nicholls was the first Aboriginal Australian to be knighted when he was appointed Knight Bachelor in 1972 (he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1977) and also the first appointed to vice-regal office, serving as Governor of South Australia from 1 December 1976 until his resignation on 30 April 1977 due to poor health.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Nicholls was born on 9 December 1906 on the Cummeragunja Reserve in New South Wales. He was the youngest of five children born to Herbert Nicholls and Florence Atkinson. His paternal grandfather was Aaron Atkinson, who was the brother of William Cooper.

paragraph: Schooling at Nicholls's mission was provided to Grade 3 standard and strict religious principles were emphasised. When he was eight, he saw his 16-year-old sister Hilda forcibly taken from his family by the police and taken to the Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls where she was trained to become a domestic servant.

paragraph: At 13 Nicholls worked with his uncle as a tar boy and general hand on sheep stations, and he lived with the shearers. He worked hard and had a cheerful disposition. This annoyed one of the shearers so much that he challenged Nicholls to a fight, with the loser to hand over one week's pay (30 shillings – $3). After six rounds the shearer who challenged him conceded defeat.

paragraph: Section::::Sporting career.

paragraph: Nicholls played Australian rules football. After playing in the Goulburn Valley for Tongala, Nicholls tried out for VFL clubs and before the 1927 season; Nicholls played some seconds matches for Carlton but did not play a senior game. He subsequently joined the Northcote Football Club in the VFA, and became a regular in the Northcote team by 1929. He made his name as an energetic and speedy wingman, capable of spectacular feats, and came to be regarded as the best wingman in the VFA at the time. At 5'2", he was one of the shortest players in the game. He was a member of Northcote's 1929 premiership team, and finished third in the Recorder Cup voting in 1931, his final season with Northcote.

paragraph: In 1932, Nicholls joined the VFL's Fitzroy Football Club and in 1935, he was the first Aboriginal player to be selected to play for the Victorian interstate team, ultimately playing four interstate games. He played a total of six seasons for Fitzroy, before returning to Northcote in 1938. Knee injuries forced him to retire in 1939. He returned to Northcote as non-playing coach in 1947.

paragraph: During his career, particularly in the early years, Nicholls was subjected to onfield taunts or ostracised by his team-mates due to his colour. Nevertheless, he became a popular player among spectators; and, upon joining Fitzroy, when he was initially sitting by himself in the change rooms (due to this ostracism), he was befriended by Haydn Bunton, Sr. who ensured he was made welcome within the team.

paragraph: Like his close relative Lynch Cooper, Nicholls was also a very capable sprinter. He competed in gift races around Victoria during the athletics seasons, and in 1928 he won both the Nyah and Warracknabeal Gifts. Following this, the race organisers paid him an appearance fee, board and expenses to enter races. He was the inaugural chairman of the National Aboriginal Sports Foundation.

paragraph: Playing football provided employment during the winter. To earn a living during the rest of the year, he boxed with Jimmy Sharman's Boxing Troupe, a travelling sideshow in which Sharman offered his fighters for challenge against all comers.

paragraph: During World War II, Nicholls was an adept boomerang thrower, teaching that skill to some members of the United States military. There is a photograph depicting this in the Australian War Memorial archives. He also organised and captained Aboriginal teams in football matches used for patriotic fundraisers during the war, many of which were played against Northcote.

paragraph: Section::::Community work and Christian ministry.

paragraph: Nicholls was a minister and social worker with Aboriginal people. Following his mother's death he took a renewed interest in Christianity and was baptised at Northcote Church of Christ (now Northern Community Church of Christ) in 1935. He officiated at church and hymn services as a lay preacher at the Gore Street Mission Centre in Fitzroy.

paragraph: In 1941 Nicholls received his call-up notice and he joined the 29th Battalion but, in 1942, at the request of the Fitzroy police, he was released from his unit to work as a social worker in the Fitzroy Aboriginal community. He cared for those trapped in alcohol abuse, gambling, and other social problems, and those who were in trouble with the police. Indigenous people gathered to him and eventually the group was so large that he became the pastor of the first Aboriginal Church of Christ in Australia. In recognition of the ministry he was already expressing, he was ordained as a minister.

paragraph: In a letter to the editor, in 1953, it was noted that Opposition Leader, H. V. Evatt, had asked the Prime Minister Robert Menzies, on 26 February, in Federal Parliament, 'for an invitation to be extended to Capt. Reg Saunders or some other outstanding representative of the aborigines' to be included in the official Australian contingent to the coronation of Elizabeth II. The author suggested Nicholls, as an ordained minister, and for his community work in the areas of Fitzroy and Mooroopna.

paragraph: In 1957 Nicholls became a field officer for the Aborigines Advancement League. He edited their magazine, "Smoke Signals", and helped draw Aboriginal issues to the attention of Government officials and the general public. He pleaded for dignity for Aboriginal people as human beings. Support for the AAL grew rapidly.

paragraph: Nicholls helped set up hostels for Aboriginal children, holiday homes for Aboriginal people at Queenscliff and was a founding member and Victorian Secretary of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI). In response to protests in the 1950s and 60s for an independent, Aboriginal-run farming cooperative at Lake Tyers Mission he campaigned on their behalf, but when the board moved to close Lake Tyers, Nichols resigned his position in protest.

paragraph: Nicholls was an active Freemason.

paragraph: Section::::Governor of South Australia.

paragraph: Nicholls was appointed Governor of South Australia on 1 December 1976, on the nomination of Premier Don Dunstan. He was the first non-white person to serve as the governor of an Australian state, and is the only Aboriginal person to have held viceregal office. Because of his race, his nomination proved controversial and attracted more attention than most viceregal appointments. A poll by ABC's "This Day Tonight" found that 70 percent of respondents opposed Nicholls becoming governor. "The Canberra Times" expressed concern that members of his family might set up camp on the grounds of Government House. However, Adelaide's main daily newspaper "The Advertiser" was more positive, welcoming the news "without reservation". News of the appointment was leaked in May 1976, after which he agreed to appear on "A Current Affair". Nicholls took exception to a question directed at his wife, calling the interviewer a racist and requiring him to leave his house. GTV-9 aired the footage without his permission, and subsequently apologised for doing so.

paragraph: Nicholls' predecessor as governor, nuclear physicist Mark Oliphant, confidentially wrote to the state government expressing concerns about the appointment. He said there were "grave dangers" involved, as "there is something inherent in the personality of the Aborigine which makes it difficult for him to adapt fully to the ways of the white man".

paragraph: On 25 January 1977, Nicholls suffered a stroke and was admitted to the cardiac ward at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had a history of high blood pressure and had suffered a mild heart attack some years earlier. He was not discharged until three weeks later, with Lieutenant-Governor Walter Crocker serving as Administrator of the Government in his place. Nicholls attended only one further official engagement after his stroke, hosting Queen Elizabeth II at Government House on 20 March. She subsequently awarded him a second knighthood, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO). Nicholls' retirement due to ill health was announced on 22 April, with effect from 30 April. He held office for only 150 days, making him the shortest-serving governor in South Australian history and the only governor to serve for less than a year.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: In December 1942 Nicholls married Gladys Nicholls, the widow of his brother Howard Nicholls (1905–1942); Howard (who had married Gladys in 1927) had died in April 1942 as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident. Gladys already had three children. Douglas Nicholls and Gladys were married for 39 years and raised their combined six children; two sons, Bevan and Ralph, and four daughters, Beryl, Nora, Lilian and Pamela. Lady Gladys Nicholls died in 1981.

paragraph: Nicholls' great grandson Nathan Lovett-Murray also played Australian Rules Football, playing 145 games for Essendon.

paragraph: Section::::Recognition.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1957 — appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962 — chosen by the Father's Day Council of Australia as Victoria's Father of the Year for "outstanding leadership in youth and welfare work and for the inspired example he set the community in his unfailing efforts to further the cause of the Australian Aborigine".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1968 — promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1970 — among Victorians invited guests to greet Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Australia.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1972 —first Aboriginal to be knighted when he was appointed (Knight Bachelor) and he and his wife Gladys travelled to London to receive that honour.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1973 — appointed King of Moomba.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976 — appointed the 28th Governor of South Australia, the first Aboriginal person appointed to vice-regal office.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 — appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991 — the Canberra suburb of Nicholls was named after him

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2001 — a new chapel in Preston of the Northern Community Church of Christ, the church in which he was baptized, is named after him.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 — to commemorate the centenary of his birth, a statue of Nicholls, one-and-a-half times life size, was approved for the Parliament Gardens, beside the Parliament of Victoria; it was officially opened in December 2007 and was the first statue of an Aboriginal erected in Victoria.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011 — inducted to Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016 — The AFL named their indigenous round after him and continue to do so. Each year, each player in all 18 clubs wears a specially-commissioned artwork by an Indigenous artist on their guernsey.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018 — The federal electoral division of Murray is renamed Nicholls in honour of Sir Doug and Lady Nicholls.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018 — a Google Doodle was created to celebrate his 112th birthday.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Nicholls died on 4 June 1988 at Mooroopna. A state funeral was held for him and he was buried in the cemetery at Cummeragunja.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Clark, M. (1972) "Pastor Doug", Lansdowne Press, Melbourne.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Source: Biography of Sir Douglas Nicholls (Pastor)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography of Douglas Nicholls at Darebin Ethnic Communities Council site

paragraph: BULLET::::- ABC Mission Voices – Cummeragunja. Koorie Heritage Trust

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Great Australian: Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls

alias:
Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls
Douglas Ralph Nicholls
Doug Nicholls

description: Governor of South Australia (1976-77)

wikidata_label: Douglas Nicholls

wikipedia_title: Douglas Nicholls


text: track cyclist

text: Melbourne

text: Victoria

text: Australia

text: 1948 Summer Olympics

text: London

text: sprint

text: time trial

text: Copenhagen

text: Liege

text: 1950 British Empire Games

text: silver medal

text: Manchester Wheelers' Club

text: Paris

text: Zurich

text: Russell Mockridge

text: Reginald Arnold

text: Malvern Star

text: Bruce Small

text: liver cancer

text: Cycling Australia Hall of Fame

text: "Cycling News"

categories: Deaths from liver cancer,Sportspeople from Melbourne,Olympic cyclists of Australia,Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees,Australian male cyclists,1999 deaths,Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics,Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling,UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men),Cyclists at the 1950 British Empire Games,Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia,1927 births

paragraph: Sid Patterson

paragraph: Sydney Patterson (also known as Sid Patterson, 14 August 1927 – 29 November 1999) was a world champion amateur and professional track cyclist from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. While a teenager, Patterson won every Victorian and Australian title between 1,000 metres and ten miles (16.1 km). He represented Australia in cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

paragraph: In 1949 he won every Australian track championship in the sprint, time trial, 1 mile, and 5 mile (8.05 km) events. Later that year he won the world amateur sprint championship in Copenhagen, and in 1950, the world amateur pursuit championship in Liege. At the 1950 British Empire Games he won silver medals for the 1000m sprint and 1000m time trial.

paragraph: In 1951 he won the Manchester Wheelers' Club Muratti Cup beating the British Sprint Champion, Alan Bannister by almost a length. However Patterson was alleged to have held Bannister during the final sprint for the line and was subsequently disqualified and the race was awarded to Bannister.

paragraph: In 1951 Patterson became a professional and won the world professional pursuit championship in 1952 in Paris, and in 1953 in Zurich. Patterson teamed with Russell Mockridge and Reginald Arnold to win the Paris six-day race in 1955. By his final year of racing in 1967 he had 12 consecutive Australian championships.

paragraph: Sid Patterson was sponsored by Malvern Star, founded by Sir Bruce Small.

paragraph: At 72 Patterson died of liver cancer. The "Sid Patterson Grand Prix" is held in Melbourne annually in his honour. The first was won by Tommy Nankervis, who was introduced to the sport after meeting Patterson at a bike shop. In 2015, he was an inaugural Cycling Australia Hall of Fame inductee.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cycling News"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Articles on Sid Patterson (Canberra Bicycle Museum)

description: Australian racing cyclist

wikidata_label: Sid Patterson

wikipedia_title: Sid Patterson


text:
Dixmont, Maine
Weed, California
American Civil War
8th Maine Infantry Regiment
Appomattox, Virginia
Lee's surrender to Grant
Truckee
Sierraville
Mount Shasta
Siskiyou County
Dunsmuir, California

categories: People from Siskiyou County, California,People from Dixmont, Maine,1842 births,Union Army personnel,1917 deaths,Members of the California State Legislature,People from Mount Shasta, California

paragraph: Abner Weed

paragraph: Abner Edward Weed (September 18, 1842, in Dixmont, Maine – June 14, 1917 in Weed, California) served as a soldier in the American Civil War with Company C, 8th Maine Infantry Regiment, and was present at Appomattox, Virginia, to witness Lee's surrender to Grant. On September 18, 1866, he married Rachel C. Cunningham, and came to California in 1869, locating in Truckee. Between 1869-1889, he was actively engaged in the development of the country between Truckee and Sierraville. In 1889, he moved with his family to Mount Shasta where he was actively engaged in industry and important developments of Siskiyou County. He was the founder of the mammoth Weed holdings at Weed, and the builder of the Hotel Weed in Dunsmuir, California, which bears his name. He built and sold the S.P. Co. thirty miles of railroad from Weed to Grass Lake in 1902, and in 1904 sold his immense holdings at Weed to R.A. Long of Kansas City, Mo. Besides this he accumulated large property interests in Oregon, Scott Valley and near Stockton. He served this district as Senator during the years of 1907-1909, and was Siskiyou county supervisor for eight years.

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Abner Weed

wikipedia_title: Abner Weed


text:
Austria
stage
film actress
Queen Anne of England
The Grinning Face
The Grinning Face
Die Totenhand
Meriota the Dancer
Look After Your Daughters
The Right to Live
The Family without Morals
Wiener Herzen
Gently My Songs Entreat
Lover Divine
Her Highness Dances the Waltz
The Affairs of Maupassant
Where the Lark Sings

categories: 19th-century Austrian actresses,1874 births,Austrian silent film actresses,20th-century Austrian actresses,Austrian film actresses,Austrian stage actresses,Actresses from Vienna,1948 deaths

paragraph: Anna Kallina

paragraph: Anna Kallina (31 March 1874 – 4 January 1948) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She played the role of Queen Anne of England in the 1921 film "The Grinning Face" (1921).

paragraph: Kallina first began acting on the state in the 1870s.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Grinning Face" (1921)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Die Totenhand" (1921)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Meriota the Dancer" (1922)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Look After Your Daughters" (1922)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Right to Live" (1927)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Family without Morals" (1927)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Wiener Herzen" (1930)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gently My Songs Entreat" (1933)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lover Divine" (1933)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Her Highness Dances the Waltz" (1935)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Affairs of Maupassant" (1935)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Where the Lark Sings" (1936)

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gleizes, Delphine. "L' oeuvre de Victor Hugo à l'écran: des rayons et des ombres". Presses Université Laval, 2005.

description: Austrian actress

wikidata_label: Anna Kallina

wikipedia_title: Anna Kallina


text:
folk metal
Arkona
Vozrozhdeniye
Lepta
Vo Slavu Velikim!
Ot Serdtsa K Nebu
Goi, Rode, Goi!
Stenka Na Stenku
Slovo
Yav
Khram
Zhizn Vo Slavu
Noch Velesova

categories: Performers of neopagan music,21st-century Russian singers,Slavic pagans,Russian female singers,Female heavy metal singers,Singers from Moscow,1983 births,Russian heavy metal singers,Living people,Russian neopagans

paragraph: Maria Arkhipova

paragraph: Maria Arkhipova (; born 9 January 1983, in Moscow), known by her stage name as Masha Scream () is a Russian folk metal musician from Moscow. She is the founder, vocalist, and main songwriter of the folk metal band Arkona. She has played in other bands such as Nargathrond.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Arkhipova is married to fellow band member Sergei "Lazar" Atrashkevich with whom she has two children.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Arkona.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Arkona.:Studio albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Vozrozhdeniye" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lepta" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Vo Slavu Velikim!" (2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ot Serdtsa K Nebu" (2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Goi, Rode, Goi!" (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stenka Na Stenku" (2011, EP)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Slovo" (2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Yav" (2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Khram" (2018)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Arkona.:Live albums / DVDs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Zhizn Vo Slavu" (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Noch Velesova" (2009)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Nargathrond.:Studio albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Carnal Lust and Wolfen Hunger" (2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "...For We Blessed This World With Plagues" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Inevitability" (2004)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Guest appearances.

paragraph: Arkhipova appeared as a guest vocalist on Svarga's first two albums "Ogni na Kurganah" and "There, Where Woods Doze...". She appeared on Ancestral Volkhves' second studio album "Perun Do Vas!!!"

description: Russian singer

wikidata_label: Maria Arkhipova

wikipedia_title: Maria Arkhipova


text: Nuremberg

text: mint

text: Albrecht Dürer

text: Lucas Cranach

text: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

categories: 1481 births,1542 deaths,German goldsmiths,German sculptors,German medallists,German male sculptors

paragraph: Hans Krafft the Elder

paragraph: Hans Krafft the Elder (1481–c.1542) was a German medalist, and master of the Nuremberg mint. Krafft worked from designs by Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach, among other artists.

paragraph: A silver medal struck by Krafft of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor sold for £258,750 in December 2009.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Krafft at the National Gallery of Scotland

description: German sculptor

wikidata_label: Hans Krafft the Elder

wikipedia_title: Hans Krafft the Elder


text:
Chief Rabbi
Ashkenazi
British Mandate of Palestine
Israel
Łomża
Poland
Leeds
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paragraph: Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog

paragraph: Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (; 3 December 1888 – 25 July 1959), also known as Isaac Herzog or Hertzog, was the first Chief Rabbi of Ireland, his term lasting from 1921 to 1936. From 1936 until his death in 1959, he was Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of the British Mandate of Palestine and of Israel after its independence in 1948.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Isaac Halevi Herzog was born in Łomża, Poland, the son of Liba Miriam (Cyrowicz) and Joel Leib Herzog. He moved to the United Kingdom with his family in 1898, where they settled in Leeds. His initial schooling was largely at the instruction of his father who was a rabbi in Leeds and then later in Paris.

paragraph: After mastering Talmudic studies at a young age, Yitzhak went on to attend the Sorbonne and then later the University of London, where he received his doctorate. His thesis, which made him famous in the Jewish world, concerned his claim of re-discovering Tekhelet, the type of blue dye once used for the making of Tzitzit.

paragraph: Rabbi Herzog's descendants have continued to be active in Israel's political life. His son Chaim Herzog was a general in the Israel Defense Forces and later became ambassador of Israel to the UN and President of Israel. His son Yaakov Herzog served as Israel's ambassador to Canada and later as Director General of the Prime Minister's Office. He also accepted an offer to become Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth but due to ill health never took up that role. His grandson Isaac Herzog is a member of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, and head of the opposition. He previously served as housing and tourism minister and minister of welfare.

paragraph: Section::::Rabbinic career.

paragraph: Rabbi Herzog served as rabbi of Belfast from 1916 to 1919 and was appointed rabbi of Dublin in 1919. A fluent speaker of the Irish language, he supported the First Dáil and the Irish republican cause during the Irish War of Independence, and became known as "the Sinn Féin Rabbi". He went on to serve as Chief Rabbi of Ireland between 1922 and 1936, when he immigrated to Palestine to succeed Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi upon his death. He became a supporter of both the Irish Republican Army and the Irgun.

paragraph: In May 1939, shortly before the Second World War, the British put out the White Paper of 1939 restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine. After leading a procession through the streets of Jerusalem, with an unusually united Jewish following from all sects, on the steps of the Hurva Synagogue he turned and said: "We cannot agree to the White Paper. Just as the prophets did before me, I hereby rip it in two." Some 40 years later, on 10 November 1975 Ambassador Herzog repeated his father's gesture with the UN resolution that Zionism is equal to racism.

paragraph: During the Second World War, Rabbi Herzog travelled with great risk to the US, and back, not before he was able to secure a meeting with Roosevelt. Roosevelt smiled and did not reply to the Rabbi's pleadings for a promise to help the Jews of Europe. His biographer records that several people noticed that his hair turned white when he left the meeting, which he perceived as a failure. Following this, he immediately returned home, missing the ride on a ship that was sunk by a U-boat, and taking what was said to be the last civilian ship to cross the Atlantic during the war.

paragraph: After the war, Rabbi Herzog dedicated himself to saving Jewish children especially babies and bringing them back from their places of hiding throughout all of Europe, to their families or to Jewish orphanages. Many of these were hidden in Christian monasteries or by Christian families, and refused to return them. In his biography, he tells of the difficulties he had of meeting the Pope who avoided him, but did receive in the end assistance from the Vatican. In later years it was found that Karol Wojtyła, future Pope John Paul II, was the contact who helped the rabbi out. However, defenders of Pope Pius XII have asserted that Herzog had maintained friendly relations with the pontiff during and after the World War II. In 1945, he stated: “The people of Israel will never forget what His Holiness and his illustrious delegates are doing for our unfortunate brothers and sisters in the most tragic hour of our history, which is living proof of Divine Providence in this world.”

paragraph: Section::::Published works.

paragraph: Rabbi Herzog was recognised as a great rabbinical authority, and he wrote many books and articles dealing with halachic problems surrounding the Torah and the State of Israel. Indeed, his writings helped shaped the attitude of the Religious Zionist Movement toward the State of Israel. Rabbi Herzog authored:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Main Institutions of Jewish Law"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Heichal Yitzchak"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Techukah leYisrael al pi haTorah"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pesachim uKetavim"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Royal Purple and the Biblical Blue"

paragraph: Section::::Awards and recognition.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1958, Rabbi Herzog was awarded the Israel Prize, in Rabbinical literature.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of the Jews in Ireland

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of the Jews in Northern Ireland

paragraph: BULLET::::- Herzog (disambiguation)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shmuel Wosner

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Israel Prize recipients

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