text: American football

text: All-American

text: wide receiver

text: Florida Gators football

text: University of Florida

text: Cuba

text: Fidel Castro

text: communist

text: Miami, Florida

text: North Miami Senior High School

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text: Dade County

text: University of Miami

text: University of Florida

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text: Doug Dickey

text: Florida Gators football

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text: Southeastern Conference

text: All-American

text: touchdown

text: Tennessee Volunteers

text: Gator Bowl

text: Academic All-America

text: University of Miami

text: University of Maryland

text: Heisman Trophy

text: receptions

text: Andre Caldwell

text: Jabar Gaffney

text: Travis McGriff

text: Dallas Cowboys

text: 1972 NFL Draft

text: Duke University School of Law

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text: Southern Methodist University

text: School of Law

text: The Florida Bar

text: U.S. District Court

text: U.S. Court of Claims

text: Florida Elections Commission

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text: Tallahassee, Florida

text: College Football Hall of Fame

text: 1969 College Football All-America Team

text: Florida Gators football, 1960–69

text: Florida Gators football, 1970–79

text: List of Duke University alumni

text: List of University of Florida alumni

text: Carlos Alvarez

categories: Living people,Players of American football from Florida,American football wide receivers,1950 births,Cuban emigrants to the United States,Sportspeople from Havana,College Football Hall of Fame inductees,Duke University School of Law alumni,Florida lawyers,Cuban players of American football,Florida Gators football players,All-American college football players

paragraph: Carlos Alvarez (American football)

paragraph: Carlos Alvarez Vasquez Rodriguez Ubieta (born April 1, 1950) is a former American football college player who was a consensus All-American wide receiver for the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Alvarez was born in Cuba in 1950, the youngest of Licinio and Isola Alvarez's three sons. Alvarez's father Licinio had been a successful lawyer in Cuba, but his parents fled to the United States to escape Fidel Castro's communist revolution in 1960, when Alvarez was a 10-year-old boy.

paragraph: He was raised in Miami, Florida and attended North Miami Senior High School in North Miami, Florida, where he was an all-county high school football player for the North Miami Pioneers. Alvarez was the Pioneers' star halfback who could run and catch, and was touted by the local newspapers as the best back in Dade County—on offense and defense. On at least two occasions, he played all forty-eight minutes of a high school game, playing on both offense and defense.

paragraph: He was highly recruited by multiple universities, including the hometown University of Miami and the University of Florida, but he ultimately chose Florida where his older brothers Arturo and Cesar were already enrolled. It was reported that his brother Arturo was the best athlete in the family and could cover Carlos one-on-one. Alvarez graduated from North Miami High School in 1968.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: After graduating from high school, Alvarez accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played for coach Ray Graves and coach Doug Dickey's Florida Gators football teams from 1969 to 1971. During Graves' final season as Florida's head coach in 1969, Alvarez was one of several talented second-year Gators known as the "Super Sophs" who led the team to its then all-time best record of 9–1–1. At the close of his sophomore season, he was honored as a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and a consensus first-team All-American, and he caught a nine-yard touchdown pass to provide the Gators' margin of victory in their 14–13 upset of the Tennessee Volunteers in the 1969 Gator Bowl.

paragraph: Alvarez was known for his speed on the football field, and the media dubbed him the "Cuban Comet." He was also the Gators' leading receiver in 1970 and 1971, marking three straight seasons as the Gators' top offensive weapon. Alvarez was also a first-team Academic All-American in 1969 and a second-team Academic All-American in 1970 and 1971, and was chosen for the Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 1991.

paragraph: In the last game of that 1969 season against the University of Miami he heard a popping sound in his right knee, which would be the start of a series of injuries. In 1970, he was limited with a balky right knee that tended to swell at the slightest irritation and was thought of having an arthritic condition. He was able to come back in 1971, but played sparingly, although against the University of Maryland, he had 10 receptions for 134 yards, including a spectacular 16-yard touchdown, helping the Gators win 27-23. In 1972, he did graduate work in law. On January 9, he saw part-time action in the American Bowl. Two days later, he had surgery on his left knee (which he had previously injured as a junior in high school). Three days later, the apartment he shared with his brother was destroyed by fire.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Florida Gators receiving records.

paragraph: Although Florida has fielded many prolific offenses including 17 All-American receivers and three Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks since Carlos Alvarez last played in 1971, he is still the Gators' record holder for pass receptions in a single game (15), in a single season (88), and career receiving yards (2,563)/ At the end of his three-year college career, Alvarez held many Gator and SEC pass receiving records, including career, season and game pass receptions and yardage records.

paragraph: His career record of 176 receptions was broken by Andre Caldwell in 2007, and he ranks second in Gator history (and third in SEC history) in receiving yards in a single season (1,329 yards in 1969) and second on the receiving yards charts in a single game (237 against Miami in 1969). He ranks ninth among all-time Gators receivers in career touchdown receptions (26), seventh in touchdown receptions in a single season (18), and is tied for third for most touchdown receptions in a single game (3). His 133 yards per-game average in 1969 is still the all-time single-season best among Gators, and has only been exceeded once in the SEC.

paragraph: Alvarez ranks second among Gators receivers with thirteen games for 100 yards or more receiving, one behind career leader Jabar Gaffney. He ranks first among Gators for most 100-yard receiving games in a season, also tied with Gaffney and Travis McGriff, all with eight. Alvarez achieved this in 1969 when six of those 100-yard games were achieved consecutively—also a team record he shares with two other Gators.

paragraph: Section::::Life after football.

paragraph: Alvarez graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in political science, with honors, in 1972. The Dallas Cowboys selected him in the fifteenth round (390th overall pick) of the 1972 NFL Draft, hoping he could return to health, but he did not sign a contract because of his chronic knee injuries. He received an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship Award to attend the Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina, and earned his juris doctor (J.D.) degree "summa cum laude" in 1975. After graduation, he worked as a law professor at the Southern Methodist University School of Law in Dallas, Texas, where he was named the Outstanding Law Professor in 1980.

paragraph: Following in the family legal tradition of his father and older brothers, Alvarez became a practicing attorney. He is a member of The Florida Bar, and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Claims. He has served on the Florida Elections Commission and Second Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission, and was awarded the Jose Marti Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Cuban Community from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Alvarez is an environmental and land use attorney based in Tallahassee, Florida, but his current practice emphasizes mediation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.

paragraph: Alvarez was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1986, and elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011. In one of a series of articles written in 2006, "The Gainesville Sun" recognized him as No. 7 among the top 100 all-time Gators football players from the first 100 years of the team.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1969 College Football All-America Team

paragraph: BULLET::::- Florida Gators football, 1960–69

paragraph: BULLET::::- Florida Gators football, 1970–79

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, A–K)

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, L–Z)

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Duke University alumni

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Florida Gators football All-Americans

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of University of Florida alumni

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carlson, Norm, "University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators", Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Golenbock, Peter, "Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory", Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hairston, Jack, "Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told", Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). .

paragraph: BULLET::::- McCarthy, Kevin M., "Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football", Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). .

paragraph: BULLET::::- McEwen, Tom, "The Gators: A Story of Florida Football", The Strode Publishers, Huntsville, Alabama (1974). .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nash, Noel, ed., "The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football", Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). .

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carlos Alvarez – College career statistics from Sports-Reference.com

description: American college football player, wide receiver, attorney

wikidata_label: Carlos Alvarez

wikipedia_title: Carlos Alvarez (American football)


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Turkic
Samanid Empire
Ghazna
sipahsalar
Khorasan
Hindu Kush
Kabul
Kandahar
Afghanistan
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim
Central Asia
steppe
Bukhara
Persianized
Nuh I
hajib al-hujjab
Abd al-Malik I
Balkh
sipahsalar
Khorasan
Abu Mansur Muhammad
Nishapur
Muhammad Bal'ami
vizier
Fa'iq Khassa
Mansur I
ghazis
Zabulistan
Lawik dynasty
Bamiyan
Kabul
Abu Bakr Lawik
Kabulshah
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim
Sabuktigin
Ghaznavid dynasty
Transoxiana

categories: Samanid governors of Khorasan,10th-century births,10th-century Turkic people,Ghilman,963 deaths,Samanid generals

paragraph: Alp-Tegin

paragraph: Alp-Tegin, ( "Alptegīn" or "Alptigīn") was a Turkic slave commander of the Samanid Empire, who would later become the semi-independent governor of Ghazna from 962 until his death in 963.

paragraph: Before becoming governor of Ghazni, Alp-Tegin was the commander-in-chief ("sipahsalar") of the Samanid army in Khorasan. In a political fallout over succession of the Samanids he crossed the Hindu Kush mountains southward and captured Ghazna, located strategically between Kabul and Kandahar in present-day Afghanistan, and thereby establishing his own principality, which, however, was still under Samanid authority. He was succeeded by his son, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Origin.

paragraph: Alp-Tegin was originally part of the nomadic Turks that roamed the Central Asian steppes, but was later captured and brought as a slave to the Samanid capital of Bukhara, where he was raised in the Samanid court. Despite being of Turkic stock and allegedly in speech, Alp-Tegin was highly Persianized.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Service under Nuh I and Abd al-Malik I.

paragraph: During the reign of Nuh I (r. 943–954), Alp-Tegin was appointed as the head of the royal guard ("hajib al-hujjab"). During the reign of Nuh's son and successor Abd al-Malik I (r. 954-961), Alp-Tegin was appointed as the governor of Balkh, and by 961 he was the commander-in-chief ("sipahsalar") of the Samanid army in Khorasan, thus succeeding Abu Mansur Muhammad. On 10 February 961, Alp-Tegin arrived to Nishapur with his vizier Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn al-Shibli. Alp-Tegin also played a major role in the appointment of Muhammad Bal'ami as vizier, whom he became close allies with.

paragraph: Abd al-Malik I died a few months later (November). Alp-Tegin and Bal'ami sought to use his death as an opportunity to make the deceased ruler's young son Nasr the new ruler, in order to rule on his behalf.

paragraph: However, several powerful figures of the Samanid state, such as Fa'iq Khassa, favored Abd al-Malik's brother Mansur I, and managed to make him the new ruler. Bal'ami then quickly went over to Fa'iq's side, leaving Alp-Tegin isolated.

paragraph: Mansur I upon his accession had Alp-Tegin dismissed from the governorship of Khorasan.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Flight and recognition as governor of Ghazna.

paragraph: Alp-Tegin then took his personal guard of Turkic slave-soldiers and group of Iranian "ghazis" to Balkh, where he in April 962 defeated an army sent by Mansur I. He then left for Ghazna, a small town in Zabulistan ruled by the local Lawik dynasty, defeating the forces of the local rulers of Bamiyan and Kabul along the way.

paragraph: He seized Ghazna from Abu Bakr Lawik, a kinsman of the Kabulshah, and secured his position by receiving an investiture from the Samanids as the governor of Ghazna.

paragraph: Alp-Tegin died a few months later (September 963) and was succeeded by his son Abu Ishaq Ibrahim.

paragraph: Sabuktigin, a slave who was bought by Alp-Tegin and had accompanied him to Ghazna, was appointed as the ruler of Ghazna by the Turks of the town in 977, marking the start of the Ghaznavid dynasty, which would go on to conquer all of Transoxiana and Khorasan.

description: Governor of Ghazna

wikidata_label: Alp Tigin

wikipedia_title: Alp-Tegin


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Paris Foreign Missions Society
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Pondicherry
seminary
French Revolution
Napoleonic wars
epidemic of cholera in 1829
Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny
Pondicherry
Clément Bonnand

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Paris Foreign Missions Society
Villedieu-lès-Bailleul
Puducherry
Seminary
French Revolution
Napoleonic Wars
1826–1837 cholera pandemic
Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny
Pondicherry
Clément Bonnand

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paragraph: Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert

paragraph: Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert (31 December 1763 – 3 October 1836) was a missionary of Paris Foreign Missions Society and was the Vicar Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast from 8 July 1836 until his death on 3 Oct 1836.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born in Villedieu-lès-Bailleul, France on 31 December 1763. He left for the Malabar Mission on January 29, 1792 and arrived in Pondicherry the same year. He was given charge of the newly constituted College (seminary). At the same time he was asked to be in charge of the parishes of Oulgaret and Nellitope in Pondicherry.

paragraph: In 1806 he was nominated Bishop of Halicarnasse (titular see) and coadjutor to Mgr. Champenois who, because of Hébert's poor health, refused to ordained him bishop. When after 5 years he consented to do so, it was Fr. Hébert who refused to be consecrated that nobody was available to replace him in his parishes as well as procurator of the mission.

paragraph: After the death of Mgr. Champenois and Fr. Hebert had to go to Verapoly in a bullock-cart to be consecrated as bishop by carmelite Paolo Antonio Roviglia, titular bishop of Sura and Apostolic Vicar of Malabar, on March 2, 1811. Having left Pondicherry on February 5 on his bullock-cart, he was back on April 4, covering almost 1000 km for his consecration. His episcopal motto was "Euntes Prædicate", which means "Go Preach", taken from Mark 16:15.

paragraph: Because of the French Revolution and subsequently the Napoleonic wars, the Malabar mission was in a very critical situation. Priests and financial resources were scarce. Only after 1819 was it possible to send young missionaries and only 6 local priests were ordained between 1814 and 1823.

paragraph: During the epidemic of cholera in 1829, the Bishop distributed as much help as he was able to. He even has to melt the sacred vessels and sell them to make some money to help the victims of the famine. Mgr. Hebert obtained from Rome the title of Vicar Apostolic but died on October 3, 1836 before the Brief reached him.

paragraph: Under his administration, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny came to Pondicherry to open an orphanage for girls. In 1828, he chose Father Clément Bonnand as his coadjutor and consecrated him on 1833.

paragraph: Section::::References.

description: Roman Catholic archbishop

wikidata_label: Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert

wikipedia_title: Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert


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Whitechapel murders
Jack the Ripper
Canterbury
Kent
née
Third-Class Sergeant
Detective Sergeant
Luton
The Crystal Palace
Detective Inspector
Scotland Yard
Bethnal Green
Jack the Ripper
Whitechapel
Frederick Abberline
Druid
sleight of hand
Emma Elizabeth Smith
Martha Tabram
Frederick Abberline
Scotland Yard
Whitechapel
The Times
Berner Street
Mitre Square
Aldgate
Godley
Inspector Abberline
Whitechapel
City of London
Spitalfields
Dr. Anderson
Forbes Winslow
public house
Herne
Kent
private detective
Hampton-on-Sea
Fred C. Palmer
Herne Bay
Herne Bay Cemetery
née
Charles Gibbon
drama series
Ripper Street
Matthew Macfadyen

wikipedia_title: Robert Anderson (Scotland Yard official)

categories: Detectives and criminal investigators,1917 deaths,Jack the Ripper,People from Herne Bay, Kent,People from Canterbury,1846 births

paragraph: Edmund Reid

paragraph: Detective Inspector Edmund John James Reid (21 March 1846 – 5 December 1917) was the head of the CID in the Metropolitan Police's H Division at the time of the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper in 1888. He was also an early aeronaut.

paragraph: Section::::Police officer and aeronaut.

paragraph: Born in Canterbury in Kent to Martha Elizabeth Olivia (née Driver) (born 1827) and John Reid (born 1818), Edmund Reid was a grocer's delivery boy in London, a pastry-cook, and a ship's steward before joining the Metropolitan Police in 1872, with the Warrant no. 56100. PC P478. Reid was then the shortest man in the force at 5 feet 6 inches tall. In 1874 he transferred to the CID as a detective in P Division, and was promoted to Third-Class Sergeant in 1878 and Detective Sergeant in 1880. Around 1877 he made the first descent from a parachute from 1,000 ft at Luton. He was awarded a gold medal in 1883 from the Balloon Association of Great Britain to commemorate his record-breaking ascent in the balloon "Queen of the Meadow" from The Crystal Palace; he had already received the Association's bronze medal. In all, he made about 23 balloon ascents. In addition, Reid held "50 Rewards and Commendations from Magistrates and High Commissioners of Justice."

paragraph: In 1885 Reid was promoted to Detective Inspector and was based at Scotland Yard. In 1886, he organized the newly formed J Division's CID Department in Bethnal Green, and by the time of the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 he was the Local Inspector and Head of the CID at H Division in Whitechapel, having been appointed in 1887, and succeeding Frederick Abberline. In 1895 he transferred to L (Lambeth) Division.

paragraph: Reid was "a Druid of Distinction and was awarded the Druids Gold Medal." In addition, he reached professional standards in acting, singing and sleight of hand. The "Weekly Despatch" described him as "one of the most remarkable men of the century".

paragraph: Section::::Jack the Ripper.

paragraph: Reid was the officer in charge of the enquiries into the murders of Emma Elizabeth Smith in April 1888, and Martha Tabram in August 1888, before Inspector Frederick Abberline was sent from Scotland Yard to 'H' Division in Whitechapel to co-ordinate the hunt for the killer. "The Times" of 12 November 1888 reported:

paragraph: "Since the murders in Berner Street, St. Georges, and Mitre Square, Aldgate, on September 30th, Detective Inspectors Reid, Moore and Nairn, and Sergeants Thick, Godley, M'Carthy and Pearce have been constantly engaged, under the direction of Inspector Abberline (Scotland Yard), in prosecuting inquiries, but, unfortunately, up to the present time without any practical result. As an instance of the magnitude of their labours, each officer has had, on average, during the last six weeks to make some 30 separate inquiries weekly, and these have had to be made in different portions of the metropolis and suburbs. Since the two above-mentioned murders no fewer than 1,400 letters relating to the tragedies have been received by the police, and although the greater portion of these gratuitous communications were found to be of a trivial and even ridiculous character, still each one was thoroughly investigated. On Saturday (10th November) many more letters were received, and these are now being inquired into."

paragraph: Reid's own theory was that the Ripper murders were committed by a drunk who lived locally, and who had no recollection of his crime. Interviewed in 1912 for "Lloyd's Weekly News", he said:

paragraph: "The whole of the murders were done after the public-houses were closed; the victims were all of the same class, the lowest of the low, and living within a quarter of a mile of each other; all were murdered within half a mile area; all were killed in the same manner. That is all we know for certain. My opinion is that the perpetrator of the crimes was a man who was in the habit of using a certain public-house, and of remaining there until closing time. Leaving with the rest of the customers, with what soldiers call 'a touch of delirium triangle,' he would leave with one of the women. My belief is that he would in some dark corner attack her with the knife and cut her up. Having satisfied his maniacal blood-lust he would go away home, and the next day know nothing about it."

paragraph: Later in the same interview Reid said of the murders:

paragraph: "I was the last C.I.D. inspector to be appointed by Sir Howard Vincent, and after about three years at Scotland Yard I was sent to form the detective department of a new division, the 'J,' which extended from Bethnal Green to Chigwell Hill in Essex. I remained there for twelve months, and was then sent to take charge of the Whitechapel division, where I found some exciting work in the series of 'Ripper murders'. Whitechapel has an evil reputation, and one that it does not deserve. During the whole time that I had charge there I never saw a drunken Jew. I always found them industrious, and good fellows to live among. Even the so-called 'Whitechapel murders' were not peculiar to that division, for one was in the City of London, one in Bethnal Green, four in Spitalfields, two in St George's, and only one in Whitechapel... I have been asked to tell the story of the 'Ripper' series many times, but to do so would necessitate the devotion of weeks of labour to the matter. But this I will say at once. I challenge anyone to produce a tittle of evidence of any kind against anyone. The earth has been raked over and the seas have been swept, to find this criminal 'Jack the Ripper,' always without success. It still amuses me to read the writings of such men as Dr. Anderson, Dr. Forbes Winslow, Major Arthur Griffiths, and many others, all holding different theories, but all of them wrong. I have answered many of them in print, and would only add here that I was on the scene and ought to know."

paragraph: In 1903 he wrote two letters to "The Morning Advertiser" in which he stated that the Ripper was responsible for nine murders, that of Frances Coles being the last. He further stated that he did not believe that the Ripper was possessed of any surgical skill, holding the view that the wounds to the victims' bodies were merely slashes, inflicted even after the killer knew that the women were dead. He wrongly believed that 'at no time was any part of the body missing', and he also believed there was evidence that the Ripper's knife was blunt.

paragraph: Section::::Retirement and death.

paragraph: Retiring from the Metropolitan Police in 1896 aged 49 due to ill health, he became landlord of 'The Lower Red Lion' public house in Herne in Kent in March 1896, giving that up in October 1896 to set up as a private detective. In 1903 Reid moved into No. 4, Eddington Gardens at Hampton-on-Sea. He named his house "Reid's Ranch", painted castellations and cannon on its side and soon became known as the eccentric champion of the Hampton-on-Sea residents, all of whom faced losing their properties due to sea erosion. His house contained a parrot and many photographs of his London cases. His garden contained a cannonball found on his property, a post from the end of the old pier and a flagpole with a union flag. From a wooden kiosk in his garden named the "Hampton-on-Sea Hotel" he sold soft drinks and postcards featuring himself photographed by Fred C. Palmer.

paragraph: The sea flowed very close to his property, and in 1915 he was the last remaining resident of Eddington Gardens and of Hampton-on-Sea. He abandoned his house in 1916 due to sea erosion, moved to nearby Herne Bay, married again in 1917 to Lydia Rhoda Halling (1867-1938) and died aged 71 on 5 December of the same year of chronic interstitial nephritis and cerebral haemorrhage. He was buried in Herne Bay Cemetery in plot S62 on 8 December 1917.

paragraph: With his wife Emily Jane (née Wilson) (1846 – 1900) he had a daughter Elizabeth (b. 1873) and a son, Harold Edmund J Reid (b. 1882).

paragraph: Section::::Media portrayals.

paragraph: During his lifetime Reid was the basis for ten popular "Detective Dier" novels written by his friend Charles Gibbon.

paragraph: In the TV drama series "Ripper Street", Reid is the lead character, played by Matthew Macfadyen. His family history is amended so that he and Emily only have one child, a daughter, who was lost and presumed deceased, some months before the series begins, in a river accident during the hunt for the Ripper. She is later found in series 3 and joins him in retiring to Hampton-On-Sea in the series 3 finale.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stuart Evans and Nicholas Connell, 'The Man Who Hunted Jack the Ripper: Edmund Reid Victorian Detective' Amberley (2010)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 'Hunted "Jack the Ripper" - Ex Detective Inspr Reid's New Theory' - "Lloyd's Weekly News", 4 February 1912, (Pg 7) 'Jack the Ripper & Victorian Crime' website

wikidata_label: Edmund Reid

wikipedia_title: Edmund Reid


text: professional baseball

text: Major League Baseball

text: Washington Nationals

text: Bishop O'Dowd High School

text: Oakland, California

text: University of California, Berkeley

text: college baseball

text: California Golden Bears baseball

text: Washington Nationals

text: 2009 MLB Draft

text: Boston Red Sox

text: Rule 5 draft

text: Detroit Tigers

text: left fielder

text: spring training

text: Syracuse Chiefs

text: Class AAA

text: International League

text: pinch runner

text: Lancaster Barnstormers

text: Seattle Mariners

categories: San Jose Giants players,Harrisburg Senators players,1988 births,Potomac Nationals players,Arizona League Giants players,Baseball players from California,California Golden Bears baseball players,Vermont Lake Monsters players,Living people,Washington Nationals players,Arkansas Travelers players,Hagerstown Suns players,Syracuse Chiefs players,Lancaster Barnstormers players,Sacramento River Cats players,People from San Leandro, California,Major League Baseball second basemen

paragraph: Jeff Kobernus

paragraph: Jeffrey Gilbert Kobernus (born June 30, 1988) is an American professional baseball player who is currently a free agent. He played in Major League Baseball for the Washington Nationals in 2013 and 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Kobernus attended Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he played college baseball for the California Golden Bears baseball team.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Washington Nationals.

paragraph: The Washington Nationals drafted Kobernus in the second round, with the 50th overall selection, of the 2009 MLB Draft. After the 2012 season, the Boston Red Sox selected Kobernus in the Rule 5 draft, and traded him to the Detroit Tigers. Kobernus competed for a spot with the Tigers as a left fielder, but was returned to the Nationals during spring training.

paragraph: Kobernus was called up to the Nationals from the Syracuse Chiefs of the Class AAA International League on May 25, 2013. He made his major league debut that day as a pinch runner. The Nationals released Kobernus during spring training in 2015. He played for three minor league teams in the San Francisco Giants organization in 2015, batting a combined .231/.288/.276.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Lancaster Barnstormers.

paragraph: On March 15, 2016, Kobernus signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Bench coach and baseball operations manager Ross Peeples said in a press release: "He is a guy the Nationals moved from second base to the outfield, and he wants to go back to his original position".

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Seattle Mariners.

paragraph: On May 18, 2017, Kobernus signed a minor league deal with the Seattle Mariners. He was released on August 13, 2017.

alias:
Jeffrey Gilbert Kobernus
Jeffrey Kobernus
Kobernus, Jeffrey Gilbert

description: Major League Baseball player

wikidata_label: Jeff Kobernus

wikipedia_title: Jeff Kobernus


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text: outfielder

text: Atlanta Braves

text: Major League Baseball

text: Arizona Diamondbacks

text: free agent

text: Yakima Bears

text: South Bend Silver Hawks

text: Visalia Rawhide

text: Philadelphia Phillies

text: Rule 5 draft

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text: Ezequiel Carrera

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text: runs batted in

text: stolen base

text: 40-man roster

text: Reno Aces

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text: Pacific Coast League

text: at-bat

text: Aaron Harang

text: Atlanta Braves

text: Fielding Bible Award

text: Dansby Swanson

text: Aaron Blair

text: Shelby Miller

text: leadoff hitter

text: disabled list

text: Billy Hamilton

text: Wins Above Replacement

text: Fangraphs

text: Defensive Runs Saved

text: Gold Glove

text: SunTrust Park

text: San Diego Padres

text: Cincinnati Reds

text: Ronald Acuña Jr.

text: Real Madrid

text: 2017 World Baseball Classic

categories: National League All-Stars,Visalia Rawhide players,Major League Baseball players from Venezuela,Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States,Dominican Summer League Diamondbacks/Reds players,Águilas del Zulia players,Atlanta Braves players,Yakima Bears players,Arizona Diamondbacks players,Mobile BayBears players,South Bend Silver Hawks players,1990 births,Reno Aces players,Missoula Osprey players,Major League Baseball outfielders,Living people,Sportspeople from Maracaibo,Gold Glove Award winners

paragraph: Ender Inciarte

paragraph: Ender David Inciarte Montiel (born October 29, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Arizona Diamondbacks.

paragraph: Inciarte signed as an international free agent with the Diamondbacks on May 25, 2008, and began his career in the Rookie-class affiliates in 2008 and 2009. He has played in Arizona's minor league affiliates since the 2008 season, including the Yakima Bears in 2010. He hit .307 with two home runs, 47 runs batted in, and 28 stolen bases in Class-A for the South Bend Silver Hawks as well as Class-A Advanced for the Visalia Rawhide.

paragraph: The Philadelphia Phillies selected Inciarte from the Diamondbacks with the 15th pick in the 2012 Rule 5 draft. He competed for a spot with the Phillies as a backup outfielder during spring training, and ultimately made their 2013 Opening Day roster. He remained with the Phillies for only one game (in which he did not appear), however, as he was designated for assignment following the team's acquisition of Ezequiel Carrera on April 2. The Diamondbacks reclaimed Inciarte from the Phillies on April 4, and assigned him to the Mobile BayBears of the Class AA Southern League. With Mobile, Inciarte had a .281 batting average, five home runs, 17 doubles, 25 runs batted in, and 43 stolen bases. He appeared in the Southern League All-Star Game. After the season, the Diamondbacks added Inciarte to their 40-man roster.

paragraph: Inciarte began the 2014 season with the Reno Aces of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. He batted .312 with two home runs and seven stolen bases in 109 at-bats before he was promoted to the major leagues. He made his major league debut on May 2, 2014, and recorded a hit in his first major league game. He hit his first major league home run on July 5 off of Aaron Harang of the Atlanta Braves. Inciarte batted .303 with 21 stolen bases for the Diamondbacks in 2015. After the 2015 season, Inciarte won the Fielding Bible Award for players who played multiple positions.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Atlanta Braves.

paragraph: On December 9, 2015, the Diamondbacks traded Inciarte, Dansby Swanson, and Aaron Blair to the Braves for Shelby Miller, and Gabe Speier. Inciarte started for the Braves as their center fielder and leadoff hitter on Opening Day. The Braves placed Inciarte on the disabled list on April 11. He was reactivated on May 6. The time he missed negatively impacted Inciarte's offensive production, as he recorded a .227 batting average in the first half of the season. After the All-Star break, Inciarte's hitting improved. He finished the year with a .291 batting average, coupled with three career-best marks, a .351 on-base percentage, 85 runs scored and seven triples. In 131 games, Inciarte also stole 16 bases. Though he finished behind Billy Hamilton in defensive Wins Above Replacement (as tabulated by Fangraphs), Ultimate Zone Rating, and Defensive Runs Saved, Inciarte won the 2016 National League Gold Glove for center fielders due to his superior arm strength and accuracy. On December 23, 2016, the Atlanta Braves announced that Inciarte had been signed to a five-year extension worth approximately $30 million.

paragraph: On April 14, 2017, Inciarte recorded the first defensive out, first hit, and first home run at the Braves' new venue, SunTrust Park. The Braves won 5-2 over the San Diego Padres. On May 22, 2017, Inciarte recorded his first career five-hit game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 5-2 Braves victory. Weeks later, on June 4, 2017, Inciarte recorded his second five-hit performance, as well as his first 5-RBI game in a 13-8 win against the Cincinnati Reds. He was the only Brave selected to the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Inciarte recorded his first 200-hit season on September 26, with a double in the first inning against the New York Mets. At the end of the year, Inciarte won the National League Rawlings Gold Glove Award for center fielders for the second time in his career.

paragraph: In 2018, though his playing time slightly decreased due to the promotion of Ronald Acuña Jr. to the majors, Inciarte's defense in center field continued to impress en route to his third consecutive Gold Glove award. Offensively, he hit .265 with ten home runs, 61 RBIs, and 28 stolen bases.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Inciarte's father, Astolfo, played baseball in Venezuela. His brother, also named Astolfo, played in the minor leagues for the Diamondbacks organization, until their father died and he returned home to take over the family business. He is also a Real Madrid football club supporter. Inciarte played in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, representing his native country of Venezuela.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

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

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pura Pelota website – Venezuelan League batting and fielding statistics

description: Venezuelan baseball player

wikidata_label: Ender Inciarte

wikipedia_title: Ender Inciarte


text:
ice hockey
goaltender
Dundee Stars
Elite Ice Hockey League
Edmonton
Alberta
Newcastle Vipers
Elite Ice Hockey League
Sheffield Steelers
Coventry Blaze
Cardiff Devils
playoffs
Rødovre IK
Dragons de Rouen
Storhamar Dragons
Hamar
Norway
Dundee Stars
Elite Ice Hockey League

categories: Dayton Bombers players,Sportspeople from Edmonton,Rouen HE 76 players,Rødovre Mighty Bulls players,Newcastle Vipers players,Storhamar Dragons players,Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in France,Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Denmark,Toledo Storm players,Detroit Vipers players,Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players,San Diego Gulls (WCHL) players,Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England,San Diego Gulls (ECHL) players,Cincinnati Mighty Ducks players,Herlev Hornets players,Canadian people of Dutch descent,Ice hockey people from Alberta,Living people,Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Norway,Idaho Steelheads (WCHL) players,Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies players,Philadelphia Phantoms players,Coventry Blaze players,IF Troja/Ljungby players,Canadian ice hockey goaltenders,Rosenborg IHK players,1974 births

paragraph: Trevor Koenig

paragraph: Trevor Koenig (born 10 December 1974) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for the Dundee Stars in the UK Elite Ice Hockey League. Koenig was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Coaches Mighty Bulls U7 and U 17.

paragraph: In a relationship (24.02.18 -)

paragraph: Section::::Newcastle Vipers.

paragraph: In the summer of 2005 Koenig was tempted to cross the Atlantic to join the Newcastle Vipers for their first season in the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League. The season was a huge success for the Vipers as they secured second place in the league and a 2-1 victory over the Sheffield Steelers in the end of season playoff final.

paragraph: Section::::Coventry Blaze.

paragraph: The victory in the playoff final proved to be Koenig's swansong for the Vipers and after the season he transferred to the Coventry Blaze. In the 2005–06 season the Blaze had failed to reproduce similar results of the previous year when they had achieved a "grand slam" of the major UK Ice Hockey honours, and the signing of Koenig was a part of the rebuilding process. 2006–07 was a good season for the Blaze, they won the Elite League and the Challenge Cup, were runners up to the Cardiff Devils in the British Knockout Cup and reached the playoffs semifinals. The playoff semi final, again against Cardiff, was a difficult time for Koenig as before and after the games he flew back over the Atlantic to visit his sick father who was hospitalized.

paragraph: Koenig continued with the Blaze for the 2007-08 season, but would move to mainland Europe for the 2008–09 term, signing with Rødovre IK of the Danish league and joined on 18 August 2009 to Dragons de Rouen. In July 2010 he signed a one-year deal with the Storhamar Dragons of Hamar, Norway.

paragraph: Section::::Dundee Stars.

paragraph: On 20 January 2016 Koening signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Dundee Stars of the UK Elite Ice Hockey League.

description: Canadian ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Trevor Koenig

wikipedia_title: Trevor Koenig


text:
Russia
football
Russian Second Division
FC Amur-2010 Blagoveshchensk
Career summary by KLISF

categories: FC Dynamo Barnaul players,1986 births,Russian footballers,Living people

paragraph: Ruslan Yevseyev

paragraph: Ruslan Andreyevich Yevseyev (; born September 27, 1986) is a Russian professional football player. He last played in the Russian Second Division for FC Amur-2010 Blagoveshchensk.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Career summary by KLISF

description: Russian footballer

wikidata_label: Ruslan Yevseyev

wikipedia_title: Ruslan Yevseyev


text:
Battle of San Jacinto
Republic of Texas
David G. Burnet
Texas Congress
John A. Wharton
Confederate Army
William H. Wharton
Texas
Mexico
Freemason
Sam Houston
New Orleans
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Thomas Rusk
Houston
Texas schooner "Independence"
Matamoros, Mexico
Wharton County, Texas
Texan brig "Wharton"

categories: 1806 births,Republic of Texas,Politicians from Nashville, Tennessee,People of the Texas Revolution,People of the Republic of Texas,1838 deaths

paragraph: John Austin Wharton (1806–38)

paragraph: John Austin Wharton (April 1806 – December 17, 1838) was distinguished as a statesman, a lawyer, and a soldier. He served as Adjutant General at the Battle of San Jacinto. In a eulogy at his grave, Republic of Texas President David G. Burnet said of him, "The keenest blade on the field of San Jacinto is broken." He died a bachelor on December 17, 1838, while serving as a member of the Texas Congress. His nephew, John A. Wharton, who would go on to be a Confederate Army general, was named for him.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: John Austin Wharton was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in April 1806. He became an orphan in 1816 and was raised, along with his four siblings by his uncle Jesse Wharton who ensured that he received a classical education. His older brother, William H. Wharton, preceded him in immigrating to colonial Texas in 1827. John Austin Wharton arrived in Texas between 1829 and 1833.

paragraph: Section::::In Texas.

paragraph: Upon arrival in Texas, Wharton became an agitator for Texas Independence from Mexico. He participated in conventions and consultations which led to Texas declaring independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836. He also formed one of the first Freemason lodges in Texas.

paragraph: Section::::Hero of San Jacinto.

paragraph: Previously, in December 1835, Sam Houston had appointed Wharton as Texas's agent in New Orleans to procure supplies for the coming conflict; and was responsible for bringing the cannons known as the "Twin Sisters" to the Texian army. Wharton was later appointed Adjutant General on Houston's staff. Wharton fought bravely during the Battle of San Jacinto, where Mexican strongman Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana was captured. Wharton was recognized by Texas' Secretary of War Thomas Rusk for his service. Wharton also served as Secretary of War of the nascent Republic of Texas in 1836.

paragraph: Section::::After Texas' independence.

paragraph: Wharton was elected to the Texas Congress, which was meeting in Houston in 1836 and served until 1837, chairing the Education Committee. During this time, the Texas schooner "Independence" was busy transporting Texas diplomatic officials, when on April 17, 1837 she was captured by Mexican navy ships. On board was Wharton's brother, William H. Wharton, Texas Minister to the United States, who was imprisoned in Matamoros, Mexico. Wharton attempted to gain the release of his brother and other Texans captured, but he too was imprisoned when he arrived in Mexico. The Wharton brothers eventually escaped and returned to Texas.

paragraph: Wharton became ill and died on December 17, 1838. He is buried in Founders Memorial Park in Houston. At his funeral, the President of the Republic of Texas provided Wharton's eulogy. In it, he called Wharton, "the keenest blade of San Jacinto."

paragraph: Section::::Memorials.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wharton County, Texas, is named for the Wharton brothers.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Texan brig "Wharton" was named for John Austin Wharton.

alias:
John Wharton
John A. Wharton

description: American statesman, lawyer, and soldier

wikidata_label: John Austin Wharton

wikipedia_title: John Austin Wharton (1806–38)


text: United States District Judge

text: Dallas

text: Texas

text: Bachelor of Laws

text: Dedman School of Law

text: Southern Methodist University

text: United States Army Air Corps

text: Longview

text: United States Attorney

text: Tyler

text: Republican

text: United States House of Representatives

text: Richard Nixon

text: United States Senate

text: senior status

text: Tyler Morning Telegraph

categories: Texas lawyers,American army personnel of World War II,People from Dallas,2006 deaths,1920 births,Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,Texas Republican state chairmen,United States Army officers,United States district court judges appointed by Richard Nixon,Texas Republicans,Dedman School of Law alumni,United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Texas

paragraph: William Steger

paragraph: William Merritt Steger (August 22, 1920 – June 4, 2006) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

paragraph: Section::::Education and career.

paragraph: Born on August 22, 1920, in Dallas, Texas, Steger received a Bachelor of Laws from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in 1950. He was in the United States Army Air Corps as a Captain from 1942 to 1947. He was in private practice of law in Longview, Texas from 1951 to 1953. He was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas from 1953 to 1959. He was in private practice of law in Tyler, Texas from 1959 to 1970. He was the Republican candidate for State Governor of Texas in 1960. He was a Republican candidate for United States House of Representatives from Texas in 1962. He was the Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 1969 to 1970.

paragraph: Section::::Federal judicial service.

paragraph: Steger was nominated by President Richard Nixon on October 7, 1970, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 25, 1970, and received his commission on December 1, 1970. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1987. His service was terminated on June 4, 2006, due to his death in Tyler.

paragraph: Section::::Honor.

paragraph: The William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse was named in Steger's honor.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "William M. Steger: The Campaign for Governor of Texas, 1960," by Mike Lantz. "East Texas Historical Journal", pp. 50 – 61. Fall, 2004. Vol XLII - No 2.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Texas House of Representatives passed a memorial resolution for Judge Steger on May 14, 2007, that contained biographical information about him, see:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections", Governors, 1960; U.S. House, 1962

paragraph: BULLET::::- William Steger obituary, Burks Walter Tippit Funeral Directors, Tyler, Texas

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tyler Morning Telegraph", June 5, 2006

description: American judge

wikidata_label: William Steger

wikipedia_title: William Steger


text:
Ioannina
Epirus
Despot
Florentine
Niccolò Acciaiuoli
Corinth
Greece
Thomas Preljubović
Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina
Ioannina
Byzantine Empire
despotes
Constantinople
John Spata
Arta
Ottoman
Murad I
Battle of Kosovo
Bayezid I
Evrenos
Venice
John Bua Spata
John Zenevisi
Gjirokastër
Jevdokija Balšić
Giorgio de' Buondelmonti
Carlo I Tocco

categories: 14th-century births,1411 deaths,Despots of Epirus,15th-century Italian people,Year of birth unknown,Despots (court title),14th-century Italian people

paragraph: Esau de' Buondelmonti

paragraph: Esau de' Buondelmonti () was the ruler of Ioannina and its surrounding area (central Epirus) from 1385 until his death in 1411, with the Byzantine title of Despot.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Esau was the son of the Florentine nobleman Manente Buondelmonti and Lapa Acciaiuoli, sister of Niccolò Acciaiuoli of Corinth. Esau had come to Greece to seek success like his Acciaiuoli kinsmen, but in 1379 he had been captured in battle against Thomas Preljubović of Epirus. After he spent several years of captivity, Esau succeeded his captor by marrying the latter's widow, Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina in February 1385.

paragraph: Esau reversed the unpopular policies of the tyrannical Thomas, recalling the exiled nobles and reinstating Matthew, the bishop of Ioannina. The new ruler pursued a pacifying policy, and sought accommodation with both the Albanian clans and the Byzantine Empire. In 1386 a Byzantine embassy arrived at Ioannina and invested Esau with the court dignity of "despotes" (despot). Although Esau was fully independent from Constantinople, this recognition helped strengthen and legitimize his position.

paragraph: Esau found it difficult, however, to reach an agreement with the Albanians. In 1385 John Spata, despot of Arta, advanced on Ioannina, but Esau managed to prepare the defences so efficiently, that the Albanian leader withdrew. Esau was forced to follow Thomas' policy of seeking Ottoman support against the Albanians, going to the court of Sultan Murad I to pay homage in 1386. This alliance brought a respite to the fighting in Epirus, but the conflict flamed up again after the Battle of Kosovo and death of Murad in 1389. Once again Ioannina was threatened, and once again Esau succeeded in weathering the storm by seeking and obtaining Ottoman support.

paragraph: Returning to Ioannina after 14 months (1399–1400) at the Ottoman court under Bayezid I, Esau was supported by the Ottoman commander Evrenos and quickly defeated the Albanians. This bought him four years of peace interrupted only at the end by a conflict with Venice over a disputed port. The death of Maria in December 1394 was followed by a new conflict with John Bua Spata, which was resolved through diplomacy. In January 1396 Esau married Spata's daughter Irene as part of the peace settlement. But peace remained elusive. No longer needing Turkish support, Esau had clashed with the Turks and defeated them, becoming increasingly confident in his power.

paragraph: In 1399 Esau, supported by some Albanian clans, marched against his wife's brother-in-law John Zenevisi of Gjirokastër. Now Esau was routed and captured, and much of his land was occupied by Zenebishi. The neighboring magnates determined to restore the captured despotes and secured Venetian intercession in his favor. Esau returned to Ioannina in 1400, and reigned on in relative peace until his death on February 6, 1411.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Esau does not appear to have had children by his first wife Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina or by his second wife Irene Bua Spata. By his third wife Jevdokija Balšić he had three children, including:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Giorgio de' Buondelmonti, who succeeded as briefly as ruler of Ioannina, before he was deposed by the local nobility, who surrendered their city to Carlo I Tocco.

description: Despot of Epirus

wikidata_label: Esau de' Buondelmonti

wikipedia_title: Esau de' Buondelmonti


text:
Ioannina
Esau de' Buondelmonti
Jevdokija Balšić
Serbia
Carlo I Tocco
Ragusan

categories: Medieval child rulers,Medieval rulers of Epirus,15th-century deaths,15th-century Italian people,Year of birth unknown,Rulers deposed as children,Year of death unknown

paragraph: Giorgio de' Buondelmonti

paragraph: Giorgio de' Buondelmonti (, 1411–53) was briefly the ruler of Ioannina in 1411.

paragraph: Giorgio was the son of Esau de' Buondelmonti by his third wife, Jevdokija Balšić. When his father died on February 6, 1411, his mother attempted to maintain control of Ioannina in the name of her infant son. Eudokia was not popular with the local nobility. When they learned that she was seeking to marry a Serbian nobleman, they promptly deposed her and her son just 20 days after his accession, on February 26, 1411, and surrendered their city to Carlo I Tocco. Giorgio survived until at least 1453, and his name appears in various Ragusan documents.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- George C. Soulis, "The Serbs and Byzantium", Athens, 1995.

description: Ruler of Ioannina

wikidata_label: Giorgio de' Buondelmonti

wikipedia_title: Giorgio de' Buondelmonti


text: Despot of Epirus

text: Leonardo I Tocco

text: Cephalonia

text: Leukas

text: Esau de' Buondelmonti

text: Ioannina

text: Guglielmo Tocco

text: Corfu

text: Angevins

text: Nicholas Orsini

text: John II Orsini

text: Leonardo II

text: Zante

text: appanage

text: Duke of Athens

text: Nerio I Acciaioli

text: Corinth

text: Megara

text: Principality of Achaea

text: Glarentza

text: Morea

text: Centurione II Zaccaria

text: Byzantines

text: Despotate of the Morea

text: Albanian

text: Elis

text: John VIII Palaiologos

text: Battle of the Echinades

text: Constantine XI

text: Maddalena Tocco

text: dowry

text: Angelokastro

text: Ioannina

text: Albania

text: Arta

text: Yaqub Spata

text: despotes

text: Byzantine Emperor

text: Manuel II Palaiologos

text: Morea

text: Carlo II Tocco

text: Constantine XI

text: Francesca Acciaioli

text: Nerio I Acciaioli

text: Duke of Athens

text: Acarnania

text: Chronicle of the Tocco

categories: Counts palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos,Despots of Epirus,Year of birth unknown,Despots (court title),1429 deaths,Tocco family,14th-century Italian people

paragraph: Carlo I Tocco

paragraph: Carlo I Tocco was the hereditary Count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos from 1376, and ruled as the Despot of Epirus from 1411 until his death on July 4, 1429.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Carlo I was the son of Count Leonardo I Tocco of Cephalonia and Leukas by Maddalena de' Buondelmonti, sister of Esau de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Ioannina. Leonardo I Tocco, who was count of Cephalonia from 1357 until his death in 1376, as well as duke of Leukas from 1362, was himself the son of Guglielmo Tocco, governor of Corfu for the Angevins, and Margherita Orsini, sister of Nicholas Orsini and John II Orsini, rulers of Epirus and counts of Cephalonia. In this way, Carlo Tocco inherited a claim to Epirus from both the Orsini and the Buondelmonti. Carlo I succeeded his father as count of Cephalonia and duke of Leukas on the latter's death in 1376. He shared power with his brother Leonardo II, who was invested with the island of Zante as appanage in 1399.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Expansion in the Morea.

paragraph: His marriage to Francesca, daughter of the Duke of Athens Nerio I Acciaioli, gave Carlo a claim on Corinth and Megara after Nerio's death, which he seized in 1395.

paragraph: He intermittently became involved with the affairs of the Principality of Achaea as well: in 1407–1408 his brother Leonardo seized and plundered the fortress of Glarentza, in the northwestern Morea, and in 1421 Carlo bought permanent possession of it from Oliverio Franco, who had seized it from the Achaean prince Centurione II Zaccaria three years earlier. Achaea's main enemy, the Byzantines of the Despotate of the Morea initially seemed content to leave Tocco alone, given their shared hostility against Zaccaria, but war between the two powers was provoked in late 1426, when Tocco's forces seized the animals of Albanian herders during the latter's annual migration from the Byzantine-controlled central uplands to the plain of Elis. In 1427 the Byzantine emperor, John VIII Palaiologos led a campaign against Glarentza, and in the Battle of the Echinades, the Byzantine fleet defeated Tocco's own. This ended Tocco's ability to intervene in the Morea, and his possessions were liquidated in a negotiated settlement, in which John VIII's brother Constantine Palaiologos (later last Byzantine emperor as Constantine XI) married Maddalena Tocco, Carlo's niece, and received Glarentza and the other Tocco territories as her dowry.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Expansion in Epirus.

paragraph: From 1405 Carlo controlled several fortresses on the mainland, including Angelokastro. He was invited as the successor of his uncle Esau de' Buondelmonti in Ioannina after the rejection of the latter's widow and son in February 1411. Nevertheless, he had to overcome the determined opposition of the Albanian clans, and in particular of the ruler of Arta, Yaqub Spata.

paragraph: In spite of a victory over Carlo in 1412, the Albanians failed to take Ioannina. On the contrary, not long after Maurice died, and Yaqub was killed in battle in 1416, Carlo advanced on Arta and obtained its surrender in 1416. Arta was entrusted to Carlo's younger brother Leonardo II, and now the Tocchi controlled all major towns in Epirus. In 1415 he was granted the title "despotes" by the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos. Moreover, as part of the Byzantine tradition he adopted, he signed all his official letters and decrees in Greek.

paragraph: Apart from his conflict with the Byzantine rulers of Morea (the Peloponnese) over Elis, Carlo spent the remainder of his reign in relative peace.

paragraph: Although he had several illegitimate children, he was succeeded by his nephew Carlo II Tocco, the son of Leonardo II. His niece Creusa Tocco (not Maddelena Tocco as was previously thought) married Constantine XI.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Carlo I Tocco had no children from his marriage to Francesca Acciaioli, daughter of Nerio I Acciaioli, Duke of Athens . By a relationship with an unnamed mistress, Carlo had five illegitimate sons:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Memnone of Acarnania

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ercole

paragraph: BULLET::::- Turno

paragraph: BULLET::::- Antonio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Orlando of Reniassa

paragraph: Section::::Chronicle of the Tocco.

paragraph: Significant information about Carlo I Tocco is found in "Chronicle of the Tocco" which was evidently written by one of his contemporaries, covering 1375-1425, including therefore the period of Carlo's rule.

description: Despot of Epirus

wikidata_label: Carlo I Tocco

wikipedia_title: Carlo I Tocco


text:
Epirus
Leonardo II Tocco
Carlo I Tocco
count of Cephalonia and Zante
Leukas
Maddalena Tocco
Byzantine Emperor
Constantine XI
Ottoman Sultan
Murad II
Ioannina
Arta
Acarnania
Leonardo III Tocco
Ottoman
sanjak
Karlı İli
Leonardo III Tocco
Maurice Spata

categories: Counts palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos,Adoptees adopted by relations,Despots of Epirus,Year of birth unknown,Tocco family,1448 deaths

paragraph: Carlo II Tocco

paragraph: Carlo II Tocco (died 1448) was the ruler of Epirus from 1429 until his death.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Carlo II was the son of Leonardo II Tocco, the younger brother and co-ruler of Carlo I Tocco, count of Cephalonia and Zante, duke of Leukas, and ruler of Epirus. In 1424 Carlo II and his sisters were adopted by their uncle Carlo I. Carlo II's sister Maddalena Tocco married the future Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos in 1428, but died in 1429.

paragraph: In July 1429 Carlo II succeeded his uncle Carlo I in all his jurisdictions. His succession was opposed, however, by Carlo I's illegitimate sons, led by Memnone. Memnone and his brothers appealed to the Ottoman Sultan Murad II for help in securing the inheritance of their father, and the sultan duly sent forth a force under Sinan. The Ottoman general entered into negotiations with the anti-Latin faction in Ioannina and, after guaranteeing the privileges of the nobility, obtained the surrender of the city on October 9, 1430.

paragraph: Carlo II continued to rule over the remnants of his principality in Epirus from Arta as an Ottoman vassal, while the illegitimate sons of his uncle received holdings in Acarnania as Ottoman dependents. Carlo II died in October 1448 and was succeeded by his son Leonardo III Tocco. After the Ottoman conquest, the Tocco territories became a "sanjak" under the name of "Karlı İli", derived from Carlo II.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: By his marriage to Ramondina of Ventimiglia, Carlo II Tocco had four children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leonardo III Tocco, who succeeded as ruler of Epirus

paragraph: BULLET::::- Giovanni Tocco

paragraph: BULLET::::- Antonio Tocco

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elvira Tocco

paragraph: He married a daughter of Maurice Spata sometime after 1415.

description: Despot of Epirus

wikidata_label: Carlo II Tocco

wikipedia_title: Carlo II Tocco


text:
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Argentine
Uruguay
Juan B. Alberdi
Juan María Gutiérrez
Esteban Echeverría
Generation of '37
Santa Fe
Portuguese occupation
Monserrat School
Córdoba
war with Brazil
Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires
Miguel Cané
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan María Gutiérrez
Esteban Echeverría
Vicente Fidel López
romanticism
Asociación de Mayo
Rosas
Sociedad Popular Restauradora
French blockade of the Río de la Plata
San Fernando
Paraná Delta
Santa Fe
Entre Ríos
Urquiza
Battle of Caseros
Argentine Confederation
Battle of Pavón
Argentine Civil Wars
Sastre
Santa Fe Province
Reconquista River
Tigre

categories: 1809 births,Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery,Argentine male writers,Argentine journalists,Male journalists,19th-century journalists,Argentine educators,1887 deaths

paragraph: Marcos Sastre

paragraph: Marcos Sastre (2 October 1808, Montevideo – 15 February 1887, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine writer, born in neighboring Uruguay. He founded, along with Juan B. Alberdi, Juan María Gutiérrez and Esteban Echeverría, the "Salón Literario", the beginning of the Generation of '37.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He started his schooling in Montevideo, but his family moved to the city of Santa Fe in Argentina during the Portuguese occupation. He finished his secondary schooling at the Monserrat School in Córdoba, where he started his studies on art and painting.

paragraph: After the war with Brazil, he returned to Montevideo, where he founded a school and published a book for the teaching of reading. He moved to Buenos Aires in 1830, and began studying law at the University of Buenos Aires, but did not finish. He studied painting with various renowned artists.

paragraph: The following year, he opened a bookstore, "Librería Argentina". In the back room, a new literary club, the "Salón Literario" ("Literary meeting room") started meeting in 1835. The regular members to the "Salón" were youths interested in culture, politics and the scientific progress: Miguel Cané, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Juan María Gutiérrez, Esteban Echeverría, and Vicente Fidel López. Their meetings at the beginning discussed literature, arts and fashion, influenced by the ascendancy of romanticism in Europe at the time. They also discussed politics and culture, subjects that later became the core of their meetings.

paragraph: In 1837, Echeverría founded the Asociación de Mayo, at the back room of his store. The meeting was first viewed favorably by top functionaries of the Rosas government, even though they were considered suspicious by the Sociedad Popular Restauradora (Rosas' government's political arm). In the same year, the French blockade of the Río de la Plata started, which first for cultural reasons, then political, defined them as anti-Rosas. The threats of the para-military group, the "Mazorca", Sastre did not flee to Montevideo, as several of his friends had done. The government's displeasure and the stopping of imports from France caused the bankruptcy of his bookstore. In 1840, Sastre published a novel, "Cartas a Germania".

paragraph: With his shop gone, he retired to the nearby town of San Fernando, where he opened a school in 1842. There he conceived and wrote "El Tempe Argentino", his main work as a self-taught naturalist. It was a study more literary than scientific on the flora, fauna and geography of the Paraná Delta, illustrated with engravings made by the author himself. Besides observations on flora and fauna, it contained studies on the insects, mushrooms and ferns of the region, a novelty at the time.

paragraph: After a visit to his school by members of the paramilitary "Mazorca", he left for Santa Fe and later to Entre Ríos, where in 1849, he founded the newspaper "El Sudamericano". The following year, Governor Urquiza named him Inspector General of schools and director of the official newspaper "El Federal".

paragraph: After the Battle of Caseros, which deposed Rosas, he returned to Buenos Aires, where he was named director of the public library. For his sympathies with the Urquiza government, in 1853 he was released from the post. He returned to Entre Ríos, where he became Inspector General of schools of the Argentine Confederation. He also wrote for several newspapers and published a treatise on spelling, "Ortografía Completa", and another one on grammar, "Lecciones de Gramática".

paragraph: After the Battle of Pavón during the Argentine Civil Wars, he continued working as the director of schools for the nation. In 1865, he was named director of the Teacher's School in Entre Ríos. His last public post was as member of the national Council on Education, where he worked until his death.

paragraph: Sastre died in Buenos Aires in February 1887.

paragraph: The town of Sastre, in Santa Fe Province, street names in several Argentine cities and a school on the Reconquista River, in the town of Tigre, are named after him.

description: Argentine writer

wikidata_label: Marcos Sastre

wikipedia_title: Marcos Sastre


text:
Whig
Woodrising
Woodeaton
St John's College, Cambridge
John Weyland
Hindon
Peninsular War
Waterloo
Sheriff of Oxfordshire
1831 general election
Member of Parliament
Oxfordshire
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
1837 general election
Sir John Lowther Johnstone, Bt

categories: UK MPs 1832–1835,Whig (British political party) MPs,1864 deaths,UK MPs 1835–1837,High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire,1780 births,Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge,Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies,UK MPs 1831–1832

paragraph: Richard Weyland

paragraph: Richard Weyland (25 March 1780 – 14 October 1864) was a British Whig politician.

paragraph: He was born the son of John Weyland of Woodrising Hall, Norfolk and Woodeaton, near Islip, Oxfordshire and educated at St John's College, Cambridge. His brother John Weyland became MP for Hindon.

paragraph: He joined the army in 1805 as a cavalryman and fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. He was an ensign in 1805, a lieutenant in 1806, a captain in 1811 and a major in 1819. He left the army in 1820.

paragraph: He inherited Woodeaton on his father's death in 1825 and was appointed Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1830. On the death of his brother in 1854 he also inherited the Woodrising estate.

paragraph: He was elected at the 1831 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) both for Oxfordshire and for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. He chose to sit for Oxfordshire, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1837 general election.

paragraph: He died at Woodrising in 1854. He had married Charlotte, the well-to-do daughter of Charles Gordon of Cluny, Aberdeen and widow of Sir John Lowther Johnstone, Bt, of Westerhall, Dumfries. They had two sons and a daughter. He was succeeded by his eldest son, John (1821-1902).

description: British politician

wikidata_label: Richard Weyland

wikipedia_title: Richard Weyland


text:
Benedictine
Jelenia Góra
Prague
Graz
Vienna
Retz
novice
Göttweig Abbey
Göttweig
Counter-Reformation
University of Vienna
Protestant
Martin Luther
Biography
Wikisource

categories: 1585 births,1648 deaths,German Roman Catholic hymnwriters,German Benedictines,German male non-fiction writers,16th-century German Catholic theologians,17th-century German Catholic theologians,17th-century German writers,Benedictine abbots

paragraph: David Gregor Corner

paragraph: David Gregor Corner, (1585 – 9 January 1648) was a German Benedictine abbot, hymn writer and theologian best known for his influential 1631 Gross Catholisches Gesängbuch ("Great Catholic Hymnal"). Born in Hirschberg, Germany (now Jelenia Góra, Poland), he studied theology at Prague, Graz and Vienna, where he earned a doctorate. He became a pastor in Retz in 1614. In 1628 he became a novice monk at Göttweig Abbey. By 1636, Corner was the abbot of Göttweig, where he became a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation, and was made Rector of the University of Vienna in 1638. He died 9 January 1648 at Göttweig.

paragraph: His magnum opus, the "Gross Catholische Gesängbuch" was published in 1625, and a later publication from 1631 contained 546 hymns and 276 melodies (including 76 Latin hymns), one of the largest song books of the 16th and 17th century. This collection featured devotional Catholic hymns for use in church, church festivals and processions.

paragraph: The collection was derived from a large variety of sources - earlier Jesuit hymn collections, manuscripts, and even Protestant writers. In the introduction to his work, he notes that he initially considered leaving out "all hymns found in heretical collections" but decided that they should be included after a colleague reminded him that many of the hymns of Martin Luther and other Protestant composers were derived from earlier Catholic melodies, and "it was in no way desirable to leave out such good old hymns...simply because they have been used by the enemies of the true faith and falsely ascribed to them."

paragraph: A separate collection, Geistliche Nachtigal ("Holy Nightingale") was published in 1649, perhaps posthumously. This contained 363 hymns and 181 melodies (including 42 Latin hymns), and was essentially a retitled and revised version of his original collection. After his death, editions of "Geistliche Nachtigal" were published in 1658, 1674 and 1676.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography at the German Wikisource.

description: German abbot

wikidata_label: David Gregor Corner

wikipedia_title: David Gregor Corner


text: French

text: Jesuit

text: priest

text: Saint-Pierre-la-Cour

text: Mayenne

text: spiritual direction

text: retreats

text: confraternity

text: Angers

text: L. de Goesbriand

text: Google Books

text: Google Books

categories: French spiritual writers,1791 births,People from Mayenne,1883 deaths,French male non-fiction writers,19th-century French Jesuits

paragraph: Pierre Chaignon

paragraph: Pierre Chaignon, S.J. (1791–1883) was a French Jesuit priest and spiritual writer.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Pierre Chaignon was born in Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, on October 8, 1791.

paragraph: He was professed into the Society of Jesus on August 14, 1819 at the age of 27, and spent his life as a priest in the spiritual direction of other priests, giving an estimated three hundred retreats to French clergy over the course of thirty years. He wrote a book of spiritual meditations for priests entitled "Méditationes sacerdotales" and established a Union of Prayer for Deceased Priests which was canonically erected into a confraternity in 1861.

paragraph: He died at Angers on September 20, 1883.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Méditationes Sacerdotales" ( or "Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Salut Facilité aux Pécheurs par la Dévotion au Très Saint et Immaculé Coeur de Marie" ()

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Six Dimanches de St. Louis de Gonzague" ()

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Prêtre è l'Autel" ( or "The Sacrifice of the Mass Worthily Celebrated")

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Paix de l'Ame" ()

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A 1907 English translation of "Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy" by L. de Goesbriand on Google Books

paragraph: BULLET::::- An 1897 English translation of "The Sacrifice of the Mass Worthily Celebrated" by L. de Goesbriand on Google Books

description: French Jesuit writer

wikidata_label: Pierre Chaignon

wikipedia_title: Pierre Chaignon


text: Ptolemy II

text: Chremonidean War

text: Aegean Sea

text: Crete

text: Ceos

text: Thera

text: Attica

text: Argolid

text: Athenians

text: Antigonus II Gonatas

text: Macedon

text: Battle of Cos

text: thalassocracy

text: Ptolemy II

text: Arsinoe II

text: eponymous priest

text: deified

text: Alexander the Great

text: Sotades

text: incest

text: Alexandria

text: Chremonidean War

text: nauarchos

text: classicist

text: William Woodthorpe Tarn

text: viceregal

text: Philocles

text: Sidon

text: Pausanias

text: epigraphical

text: strategos

text: Macedonian

text: Aegean Sea

text: Crete

text: Itanus

text: Olus

text: proxenia

text: Callicrates

text: Kaudos

text: Ceos

text: Ioulis

text: Koressos

text: epistates

text: Thera

text: Methana

text: Argolid

text: Athenian

text: Piraeus

text: Antigonid Macedonia

text: Attica

text: Isle of Patroclus

text: phiale

text: Delos

text: Sparta

text: Areus I

text: deme

text: Atene

text: Ilioupoli

text: Mount Hymettus

text: Vouliagmeni

text: Sounion

text: Kamatero

text: Rhamnous

text: Isthmus of Corinth

text: Antigonus II Gonatas

text: Battle of Cos

text: Second Syrian War

text: thalassocracy

categories: Eponymous priests of Alexander,3rd-century BC Macedonians,Ptolemaic generals

paragraph: Patroclus (admiral)

paragraph: Patroclus was a leading official and admiral under Ptolemy II, best known for his activity during the Chremonidean War (267–261 BC). His early career is obscure, but it must have been distinguished enough for him to rise to the chief priesthood of Alexander and the Theoi Adelphoi in 271/270 BC. After the outbreak of the Chremonidean War, he led a diplomatic and military expedition to the Aegean Sea that expanded Ptolemaic control by establishing bases at Crete, Ceos, Thera, Attica and the Argolid. From these bases he tried, without much success, to aid the Athenians against Antigonus II Gonatas, King of Macedon. He may have been the defeated Ptolemaic commander at the Battle of Cos, which marked the end of Ptolemaic thalassocracy.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and career.

paragraph: Patroclus' early life is obscure; nothing is known of his family apart from the name of his father, Patron. He certainly held various offices in the service of Ptolemy II, in which he must have distinguished himself for his ability and loyalty, particularly to Ptolemy's sister and second wife, Arsinoe II, before being appointed to the prestigious post of eponymous priest of the deified Alexander the Great and the Sibling Gods ("Theoi Adelphoi", the deified Ptolemy II and Arsinoe) in 271/270 BC. His appointment to that office has been seen by some scholars as either a reward, or an incentive, for his execution of the poet Sotades, who in his compositions denounced the incestuous marriage between Ptolemy II and Arsinoe. Sotades was imprisoned in Alexandria, but managed to escape to the "island of Kaunos", until Patroclus captured him, stuck his feet in a leaden jar, and dropped him into the sea.

paragraph: Section::::Chremonidean War.

paragraph: The Chremonidean War, which broke out in late 268 BC, provides the stage for the better known part of Patroclus' career. Patroclus has frequently been called "nauarchos" (admiral) by modern studies, beginning with the British classicist William Woodthorpe Tarn, who in the early 20th century conceived the Ptolemaic "nauarchos" as having been an office of almost viceregal authority, held by men like Philocles, the king of Sidon, for terms of ten years each. As the French historian Marcel Launey has shown, the title is applied to Patroclus only once in ancient sources, by the 2nd-century geographer Pausanias; all contemporary or later literary and epigraphical sources refer to him as "strategos" (general), which must have been his actual title. Indeed, according to the German classicist Hans Hauben, his Macedonian origin seems to argue for a previous career in the army rather than in the navy. The actual extent of Patroclus' authority is a matter of dispute in current scholarship, but it is clear that he enjoyed broad powers over the other Ptolemaic commanders and their allies in the Aegean Sea.

paragraph: In early 267 BC, he headed a large Ptolemaic embassy to Crete, with the aim of securing his master's influence there, as well as bases for operations in the Aegean Sea. Patroclus is attested by name in two cities, Itanus and Olus. He was honoured with the "proxenia" and the title of benefactor by both cities, as well as with the citizenship of Itanus—a rare honour. In Olus, his fellow envoys are also attested: Callicrates, his predecessor as eponymous priest, and seven others. According to Launey's interpretation, it was at that point that Patroclus went to "the island of Kaudos", as he emends Kaunos, where he executed Sotades. Launey's emendation has long been accepted by most scholars, but the problems of chronology and geography render "a definitive solution impossible", according to Hauben.

paragraph: Epigraphical evidence suggests that Patroclus then visited Ceos. He made Ioulis, one of the four cities of the island, his headquarters, and apparently refounded the city of Koressos, naming it after Queen Arsinoe. A garrison was installed on the island, under the "epistates" Hieron of Syracuse. While there, Patroclus received a request from the citizens of Thera who were troubled by internal strife. He selected a board of five judges from Ioulis, to put the affairs of Thera in order. Patroclus also appointed an "epistates", Apollodorus, probably also from Ioulis, but his exact role, i.e., whether his role was temporary, linked with the mission of the judges, or as commander of a permanent garrison on the island, is unclear. At about the same time, Patroclus expanded his ring of naval bases around the Greek mainland, occupying Methana in the Argolid, which he also renamed Arsinoe. As the Athenian port of Piraeus was probably still in the hands of an Antigonid Macedonian garrison, he also fortified an uninhabited island off the coast of Attica, named after him "Isle of Patroclus". At about this time, Patroclus dedicated a "phiale" to the panhellenic sanctuary at Delos.

paragraph: These moves served to tighten Ptolemaic control over the Aegean, but his active intervention in the war was unsuccessful. In 266 BC, Patroclus with his troops tried to aid the Athenians. The literary references to the subsequent events are limited to brief statements by Pausanias, which indicate that the Ptolemaic troops proved ineffective. Patroclus requested the assistance of the Spartan king Areus I, excusing his inability to take the offensive alone with the comment that his men were native Egyptians and sailors. As Hans Hauben comments, this comment may reveal more about "a certain Greek (and Macedonian) milieu" and its "visceral contempt for native Egyptians", rather than have any basis in facts. Nevertheless, archaeological evidence on the island of Patroklos and other fortified sites in Attica suggest that Patroclus' involvement was more extensive than implied by Pausanias: coins, pottery shards, and remnants of fortifications point to a Ptolemaic presence not only on the southeastern shores of Attica, such as the peninsula of Koroni or a coastal fort in the deme of Atene, but further inland as well, in Ilioupoli and Mount Hymettus, and on the southwestern shores, at Vouliagmeni. This presence implies an attempt to neutralize the fortress of Sounion on the extreme south of Attica, which was probably also under Antigonid control, as well as an effort to supply Athens overland, bypassing the Antigonid-controlled Piraeus. In the event, although the Spartan army may have come as close as Kamatero, they could not advance further, and withdrew. Patroclus' envisaged two-pronged attack on the Antigonid army did not materialize. Epigraphical evidence from the coastal Athenian outpost of Rhamnous, which was being harassed by the Antigonid army and pirates collaborating with them, or simply taking advantage of the general chaos, also attests to the fact that Athenian and Ptolemaic attempts to safeguard Attica were not wholly effective.

paragraph: In 265/4 BC, Areus once again tried to cross the Isthmus of Corinth and aid the beleaguered Athenians, but the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas concentrated his forces against him and defeated the Spartans, with Areus himself among the dead. Despite the presence of Patroclus and his fleet, it appears that Ptolemy II hesitated to fully commit himself to the conflict. The reasons for this reluctance are unclear, but it appears that, especially in the last years of the war, Ptolemaic involvement was limited to financial support for the Greek city-states and naval assistance. The end of Ptolemaic involvement may be related to the Battle of Cos, whose chronology is much disputed by modern scholars. Almost nothing is known about the events of the battle, except that Antigonus II Gonatas, although outnumbered, led his fleet to defeat Ptolemy's unnamed commanders. A surviving anecdote where Patroclus taunted the Macedonian king for his lack of mastery over the sea has been interpreted by some scholars, such as Hans Hauben, as indicating that Cos belongs to the Chremonidean War and was fought around 262/1 BC, with Patroclus in command of the Ptolemaic fleet. Others, however, place the battle around 255 BC, at the time of the Second Syrian War. Whatever the actual events, it is clear that Cos marked the end of absolute Ptolemaic thalassocracy in the Aegean.

description: admiral

wikidata_label: Patroclus

wikipedia_title: Patroclus (admiral)


text:
American football
safety
Columbus Lions
National Arena League
Cincinnati Bengals
2011 NFL Draft
college football
West Virginia Mountaineers
West Virginia Mountaineers
2011 NFL Draft
Cincinnati Bengals
2011 NFL Draft
Pittsburgh Steelers
injured reserve
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Canadian Football League
Los Angeles KISS
Columbus Lions
West Virginia Roughriders
American Arena League
Cincinnati Bengals bio
West Virginia Mountaineers bio

categories: Columbus Lions players,Sportspeople from Jacksonville, Florida,Players of American football from Florida,Los Angeles Kiss players,West Virginia Mountaineers football players,1989 births,American football safeties,American football cornerbacks,Cincinnati Bengals players,Living people,Edmonton Eskimos players

paragraph: Robert Sands (American football)

paragraph: Robert Sands (born November 3, 1989) is an American football safety for the Columbus Lions of the National Arena League (NAL). He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Sands played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers. After his junior season, Sands announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2011 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Cincinnati Bengals.

paragraph: Sands was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals with the 134th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. He agreed to terms on a rookie contract on July 29. On December 4, 2011, Sands made his debut against the Pittsburgh Steelers but did not record any stats. He was placed on injured reserve on August 24, 2012, due to a chest injury. The Bengals released him on June 12, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Saskatchewan Roughriders.

paragraph: On January 29, 2016, Sands signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. On April 19, 2016, Sands was released.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Los Angeles KISS.

paragraph: On May 26, 2016, Sands was assigned to the Los Angeles KISS. On June 14, 2016, Sands was placed on reassignment.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Columbus Lions.

paragraph: On August 30, 2017, Sands signed with the Columbus Lions.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:West Virginia Roughriders.

paragraph: On November 13, 2018, Sands signed with the West Virginia Roughriders of the American Arena League.

paragraph: Section::::Arrest.

paragraph: In January 2013, Sands was arrested and charged with assault in the fourth degree in a domestic violence incident against his 8 month pregnant wife.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cincinnati Bengals bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- West Virginia Mountaineers bio

description: Player of American football

wikidata_label: Robert Sands

wikipedia_title: Robert Sands (American football)


text:
MP
Wiltshire
Henry Hyde
Queen Mary II
Queen Anne
Cheshire
King Henry VIII
Longleat
Dissolution of the Monasteries
chantries
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford
JP
Malmesbury
Heytesbury
Chippenham
Dinton, Wiltshire
rectory
advowson
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Lawrence II Hyde
Anne of Denmark
Wardour Castle
Matthew Colthurst
Henry Hyde
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Sir Lawrence Hyde
Anne of Denmark
Nicholas Hyde
Lord Chief Justice
England

categories: English MPs 1584–1585,English MPs 1559,1590 deaths,Year of birth missing,People of the Tudor period

paragraph: Lawrence Hyde (died 1590)

paragraph: Lawrence Hyde I (died 1590) was an MP who founded the influential Hyde family of Wiltshire. He was the great-great-grandfather, through his son Henry Hyde, of two British monarchs, Queen Mary II and Queen Anne.

paragraph: Section::::Origins.

paragraph: He was the son of Robert Hyde of Norbury, Cheshire by his 2nd or 3rd wife Katherine Boydell, daughter of a certain Boydell of Pulcroft, Cheshire.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: During the reign of King Henry VIII he was a clerk in the auditor’s office of the Exchequer. He was first employed in Wiltshire by the influential Sir John Thynne of Longleat. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries he served as a commissioner for the surveying and suppression of chantries in Wiltshire and Salisbury in 1548. At some time before 1552 he was appointed auditor to Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, uncle of King Edward VI. He served as surveyor of crown lands in Somerset after 1575. He was a JP for Dorset and/or Wiltshire in about 1589.

paragraph: He was elected MP for Malmesbury in 1559, Heytesbury in 1584 and possibly for Chippenham in 1586, which tenure may be confused with that of his son Lawrence II.

paragraph: Section::::Lands acquired.

paragraph: His various positions enabled him to acquire much land, much due to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. In 1549 for about £1,250 He purchased lands in Bymerton, Milton, a house in Salisbury and elsewhere in Wiltshire, and small properties in Somerset, Derbyshire and Kent. His principal acquisitions included:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dinton, Wiltshire, the rectory and advowson of which he acquired in 1585 from Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1534–1601). His eldest son Robert I Hyde sold them in 1594 to his brother Sir Lawrence II Hyde (1562–1641), attorney-general to Anne of Denmark, wife of King James I.

paragraph: BULLET::::- West Hatch, acquired "circa" 1570

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tisbury, acquired "circa" 1570

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gussage St. Michael, purchased during the reign of King Edward VI (1547–1553)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, the lease of which he held for a short time before 1569 in right of his wife.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages.

paragraph: Hyde married twice:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Firstly to Mary Hartgill, daughter of William Hartgill of Kilmington, Wiltshire (formerly in Somerset), by whom he had one son who predeceased him.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Secondly in about 1559 to Anne Sibell, daughter of Nicholas Sibell of Farningham, Kent, and widow of Matthew Colthurst (c.1517-1559), MP, of Wardour Castle, Wiltshire and Claverton, Somerset. She brought with her "a fair fortune", in the form of an inheritance from her former husband, consisting mainly of lands in Wiltshire. By Anne he had at least two daughters, one Joanna married Edward Younge of Durnford in Wiltshire in Tisbury in 1585, and the following sons:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Hyde, eldest son and heir

paragraph: BULLET::::- Henry Hyde (c.1563-1634), MP, father of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609–1674).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sir Lawrence Hyde (1562–1641), Attorney-general to Anne of Denmark, wife of King James I.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sir Nicholas Hyde (c.1572–1631), Lord Chief Justice of England.

paragraph: Section::::Death & burial.

paragraph: Hyde died on 7 June 1590 and was buried at Tisbury, where a monument survives and mentions his son Henry, the father of Lord Clarendon.

description: politician

wikidata_label: Lawrence Hyde

wikipedia_title: Lawrence Hyde (died 1590)


text: Saudi

text: businessman

text: House of Saud

text: Islamic banking

text: Taif

text: King Faisal

text: Iffat Al Thunayan

text: Saud bin Faisal

text: Turki bin Faisal

text: Luluwah bint Faisal

text: Sara bint Faisal

text: Haifa bint Faisal

text: Abdullah

text: Khalid

text: Lawrenceville School

text: Hun School

text: Swarthmore College

text: Menlo College

text: Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA)

text: Antarctic icebergs

text: Mecca

text: the equator

text: Egypt

text: Cairo

text: Geneva

text: Bahrain

text: Niger

text: Egypt

text: Pakistan

text: Switzerland

text: Swiss Federal Banking Commission

text: Jeddah

text: Islamic Development Bank

text: King Faisal Foundation

text: Effat University

text: the 9/11 terrorist attacks

text: the House Saud

text: Prince Sultan

text: Prince Turki

text: Al Qaeda

text: Azzam Pasha

text: Amr

text: Grand Mosque

categories: 1937 births,Grandsons of Ibn Saud,Swarthmore College alumni,2017 deaths,Menlo College alumni,Islamic banking,Saudi Arabian corporate directors

paragraph: Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud

paragraph: Mohammed bin Faisal (, 1937 – 14 January 2017) was a Saudi businessman and a member of House of Saud. He was a son of King Faisal. He was one of the pioneers in the establishment of Islamic banking.

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

paragraph: Mohammed bin Faisal was born in Taif in 1937. He was the eldest child of the King Faisal and Iffat Al Thunayan. His full siblings were Saud bin Faisal, Turki bin Faisal, Luluwah bint Faisal, Sara bint Faisal and Haifa bint Faisal. Mohammed also had half-siblings from his fathers other marriages, including Abdullah and Khalid.

paragraph: Mohammed bin Faisal was the first of his siblings to study abroad. He attended both Lawrenceville School and Hun School. He then attended Swarthmore College. He earned his bachelor of science degree in business administration at Menlo College in California.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: Mohammed bin Faisal began his career at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA). In 1964, he was transferred to the ministry of water and agriculture. Next he was appointed director of saline water conversion department at the ministry in 1970. He contributed to the formation of the water desalination program. He was later named deputy minister of water and agriculture responsible for saline water affairs in 1974. He was also named as the governor of the then newly founded saline water conversion corporation in November 1974. He resigned from office in July 1977.

paragraph: Section::::Business activities.

paragraph: Mohammed bin Faisal began to deal with business after his resignation. During this period he financially supported a study about the feasibility of bringing Antarctic icebergs to Mecca. He established a firm for this objective, Iceberg Transport International. On 17 October 1977, he presented his proposal at a conference in London. His plan was the most promising scheme discussed at the conference. However, the findings of the study indicated that it was not feasible, since no iceberg could survive if it passes the equator.

paragraph: His most significant investments were in the fields of banking and finance, making him one of the pioneers in Islamic banking. Being one of the Saudi nationals, who invested in Egypt, he was the founder of the Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt that was established in Cairo in 1977. The bank was officially launched in 1979. The Sudan branch of the bank was also opened in 1977. He founded Dar Al Maal Al Islami Trust (the DMI group) in 1981. It was established in Geneva that is the international Islamic finance organisation and a parent institution for 55 Islamic banks. The DMI group is a Bahamas-incorporated holding company with a portfolio of Islamic banks in Bahrain, Niger, Egypt and Pakistan. Then he founded Faisal Private Bank in 1990 that is the pioneer banking institution in Islamic finance industry. Prince Mohammed was the chairman of its board of directors and of the Islamic Finance Group. Faisal Private Bank has several branches in different countries, including Switzerland. Its Switzerland branch was granted full banking license by the Swiss Federal Banking Commission (FINMA) in August 2006. Prince Mohammed was also the former president of Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank, which was founded in 1975.

paragraph: In addition to banking sector, Prince Mohammed had other business enterprises. He was a shareholder of Saudi and Gulf Enterprise Ltd. based in Jeddah.

paragraph: Section::::Business activities.:Other positions.

paragraph: Mohammed bin Faisal was the chairman of the board of trustees of the King Faisal Foundation. He was also a member of Effat University's board of founders and of trustees.

paragraph: Section::::Controversy.

paragraph: Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the families of the victims launched a lawsuit against Prince Mohammed along with two other members of the House Saud, namely late Prince Sultan and Prince Turki, in addition to other people whom they accused of financing Al Qaeda. In 2009, further evidence was gathered by the families. A Washington lawyer, Michael Kellogg, represented Prince Muhammed in the lawsuit.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Mohammed bin Faisal was married to Muna bint Abdul Rahman bin Azzam Pasha, daughter of Azzam Pasha. He had three children: Amr, Maha and Reema. His son Prince Amr is also a businessman dealing with finance.

paragraph: Mohammed bin Faisal was among the 500 influential Muslims list developed by Georgetown University's center for Muslim-Christian understanding in 2009.

paragraph: On 14 January 2017 he died, and it was announced that the funeral prayer would be performed at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

description: Saudi businessman and royal

wikidata_label: Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud

wikipedia_title: Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud


text:
Oslo
2012 Summer Olympics

categories: Norwegian male swimmers,Sportspeople from Oslo,Olympic swimmers of Norway,Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics,Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics,Male backstroke swimmers,1992 births,Living people

paragraph: Lavrans Solli

paragraph: Lavrans Solli (born 21 February 1992) is a Norwegian sports swimmer. He was born in Oslo. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

description: swimmer

wikidata_label: Lavrans Solli

wikipedia_title: Lavrans Solli


text: 2012 Summer Olympics

text: women's event

categories: 1978 births,Female field hockey goalkeepers,New Zealand female field hockey players,Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand,Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics,Living people

paragraph: Bianca Russell

paragraph: Bianca Russell (born 4 July 1978) is a New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team in the women's event.

description: Olympic field hockey player

wikidata_label: Bianca Russell

wikipedia_title: Bianca Russell