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paragraph: Jean-Baptiste André Godin

paragraph: Jean-Baptiste André Godin (26 January 1817 – 15 January 1888) was a French industrialist, writer and political theorist, and social innovator. A manufacturer of cast-iron stoves and influenced by Charles Fourier, he developed and built an industrial and residential community within Guise called the "Familistère de Guise" (Social Palace). He ultimately converted it to cooperative ownership and management by workers.

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

paragraph: Born on the 26th of January 1817 at Esquéhéries (Aisne), Godin was the son of an artisan smith and his wife. Starting work at his father's forge, he entered an iron works at age eleven as an apprentice. At age seventeen, he made a tour of France as journeyman with his older cousin, Jean-Nicholas Moret, also an ironsmith.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and family.

paragraph: In 1840 he first married Esther Lemaire, at the age of 23. They had a son M. Émile Godin.

paragraph: On July 14, 1886, after his first wife had died, Godin married Marie-Adèle Moret (27 April 1840 - 18 April 1908), born in Brie-Comte-Robert (Seine-et- Marne). She was the second daughter of his cousin Jean-Nicholas Moret and his wife Marie-Jean Philippe. Before their marriage, she had worked at Le Familistère for nearly 25 years, where she established numerous services for families with children: the nursery, infant school, and primary school; taught teachers; and set up an insurance program for workers, as well as founding health facilities.

paragraph: After Godin's death in 1888, Marie-Adèle helped care for the minor children of his son M. Émile Godin, who died 15 days after his father. She especially devoted herself to organizing Godin's papers, publishing some of his manuscripts, and working to keep Le Familistère going.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Returning to Esquéhéries with his new wife in 1840, Godin started a small factory for the manufacture of castings for heating-stoves. That year he took out a patent for the stove, which he had invented. He believed that this was going to be a useful product for the age. With his business increasing rapidly, to take advantage of the railroad at Guise, Godin moved the factory there in 1846. He manufactured cookers and heating stoves of many kinds, mainly made from cast iron. Sometimes these were enameled. He became quite wealthy and used his money to establish funds and development for workers.

paragraph: At the same time, Godin and his cousin Moret had been learning about current socialist and communist thinking. Godin became an ardent disciple of the utopian Charles Fourier, whom he started studying in 1842, and thought hard about the future of workers and their communities. He helped fund V. P. Considerant's (q.v.) 1855 utopian community in Texas, known as "La Reunion", at the site of present-day Dallas. He learned by its failure, due partly to colonists ill-suited as agricultural pioneers.

paragraph: At the time of Godin's death in 1888, the annual output of "Godin et Cie" was valued at over four millions of francs (4,160,000). In 1908 the employees numbered over 2000 and production was over 280,000 units annually.

paragraph: Section::::Developing the Familistère.

paragraph: From 1856-1859 Godin started the "Familistère" (Social Palace) in Guise on more carefully developed plans. His intention was to improve housing for workers, but also "production, trade, supply, education, and recreation", all the facets of life of a modern worker. He developed the Familistère as a self-contained community within the town, where he could encourage "social sympathy". The full site with the foundry was about eighteen acres, on either side of the River Oise. In addition to a large factory for cast-iron manufacture, three large buildings, each four stories high, were constructed to house all the workers and their families, with each family having apartments of two or three rooms. The main building consisted of three rectangular blocks joined at the corners. Each of these blocks had a large central court covered with a glass roof under which children could play in all weather. Galleries around the courtyard provided access to the apartments on each floor. There were also garden allotments for the workers. By 1872, when a correspondent from the American "Harper's Magazine" visited the complex, 900 workers (including women) and their families were housed there, for a total population of about 1200.

paragraph: The project contained no churches, but there were numerous churches elsewhere in Guise. At the back of the main block was a nursery, a "pouponnat" (or infant school) for toddlers and children up to age four, the "bambinat" for children 4-6. Opposite the main block was a building containing a theater for concerts and dramatic entertainments, and a primary school for children over six.

paragraph: A separate block, known as the "économats", contained various shops, refreshment and recreation rooms of various kinds, and grocery and stores for the purchase of every necessity. Produce and goods were purchased at wholesale prices and sold with little mark-up, with workers manning the shops. Goods were stored beneath the buildings, where there were storage areas for the families.

paragraph: Godin developed the Familistère over 20 years, beginning soon after the 1848 Revolution and disruption in France. Through it all he worked for social reform. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he helped defend the country. In 1871 Godin was elected deputy for Aisne, but retired in 1876 to devote himself to the management of the Familistère. In 1878 he founded the journal "Le Devoir" (Labor).

paragraph: In 1880 Godin created the association documents for the Familistère, converting it as he had long intended into a co-operative society, eventually to be owned by the workers. It was called "l'Association coopérative du Capital et du Travail".

paragraph: Section::::Twentieth century to present.

paragraph: The building with the "nourricerie-pouponnat" was destroyed in 1918 during World War I and never rebuilt. Although the foundry was still owned by the workers in the 1950s, soon after it was taken over in a purchase by the manufacturer "Le Creuset". In 1968 the cooperative association for the Social Palace was dissolved, and the apartments were sold at moderate prices by Godin S.A. They have been gradually modified through individual owners' decisions. The same year, the cooperative "economats" were dissolved. In 1991 its building was classified as a "Monument Historique", and in 2000 restoration of the building was begun.

paragraph: In the early 21st century, some of the domestic buildings were restored for private, adaptive use. Restoration of the "economats" building was completed in 2008, with spaces adapted as a cafe, a bookstore and gift shop, and an exhibition area.

paragraph: The communal laundry rooms, baths and swimming pool, in a separate building on the opposite bank, where water was heated by the factory, had become derelict but have been restored. The communal laundry has been converted to a meeting room, and the drying room to an exhibition room.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy and honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1882 Godin was created a Knight of the Legion of Honor.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Working models of the Godin stoves are still to be found in use all over France, and some are for sale on eBay.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Some of the domestic buildings at the Familistère have been updated for residents, and special purpose buildings have been restored for contemporary use. The site is open for visitors and tours, and there are plans to establish a museum of industry.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Solutions sociales" (1871);

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Socialistes et les Droits du travail" (1874);

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mutualité sociale et association du capital et du travail" (1880); and

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Republique du travail et la reforme parlementaire" (1889).

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Utopian socialism

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- F. Bernardot, "Le Familistère de Guise, association du capital et du travail, et son fondateur, J.B.A. Godin", Guise: Dequennes et cit, 1889

paragraph: BULLET::::- Draperi, Jean-François, "Godin, inventeur de l'économie sociale: mutualiser, coopérer, s'associer", Paris: Repas, 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fischer, "Die Familistère Godins" (Berlin, 1890)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Louis Lestelle, "Etude sur le Familistère de Guise", Paris: Librairie Nouvelle du Droit et de Jurisprudence, 1904, accessed 2 February 2011

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Familistère de Guise: une utopie realisée", Official Website (in French and English)

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Jean Baptiste André Godin
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Jean-Baptiste Andre Godin
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paragraph: Liu Zhang (warlord)

paragraph: Liu Zhang () ( 190s–210s), courtesy name Jiyu, was a warlord and provincial governor who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He became the Governor of Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing), succeeding his father Liu Yan and ruled the region until 214, when he surrendered to Liu Bei. Six years later, Liu Zhang again surrendered to Eastern Wu, and died shortly afterwards. Liu Zhang is often considered a incapable leader but is noted to have been the original lord of some of Shu-Han's most famous generals and officials such as Fa Zheng, Meng Da, Yan Yan, Liu Ba, Huang Quan, Wu Yi, Li Yan, Dong He and others.

paragraph: Section::::Governorship of Yi Province.

paragraph: The youngest son of Liu Yan, Liu Zhang spent his early career at the Han imperial court as an assistant to his two eldest brothers, Liu Fan and Liu Dan. They served at the court when it was controlled by the warlords Li Jue and Guo Si. Liu Zhang was sent by the imperial court to admonish his father for brutal actions, but upon arriving his father refused to let him go back to the imperial court.

paragraph: In 194, following the deaths of his elder brothers and then his father, he took over the governorship of Yi Province. During his rule over Yi Province, he did not show ambition to expand his territory, but it is said that he was a good ruler and maintained peace in his realm.

paragraph: In 200, Zhang Lu, who had previously recognised Liu Yan as his master, rebelled against Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang had Zhang Lu's mother, brothers and other family members executed.

paragraph: In 211, at the suggestion of his adviser Zhang Song, he asked Liu Bei to come to his assistance in the battle against Zhang Lu. The welcoming of Liu Bei was a plan by Zhang Song, Fa Zheng and Meng Da to ultimately make him their leader, since they considered him more ambitious and worthy of serving than Liu Zhang. Wang Lei (王累), Huang Quan, Li Hui and others tried to persuade Liu Zhang not to accept Liu Bei into his territory, but their pleas were ignored and Liu Bei was welcomed as a guest of Liu Zhang where he would go to the front to fight against Zhang Lu.

paragraph: When Zhang Song's true intentions were revealed to Liu Zhang by his elder brother Zhang Su, he executed Zhang Song and began his battle against Liu Bei, who then began his conquest of Yi Province. Although generals such as Zhang Ren fought hard to defend their master, Liu Bei's forces had the upper hand, and by 214 they had surrounded Yi Province's capital, Chengdu. Liu Zhang's advisers Liu Ba, Dong He and Hu Jing pleaded to their master to resist at all costs, but Liu Zhang rejected their pleas, saying "I don't want my subjects to suffer any more." He then surrendered to Liu Bei.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Soon after surrendering his territory, Liu Bei sent Liu Zhang and his second son Liu Chan to the western part of Jing Province, on the border with Sun Quan's territory. In the year 219, however, forces led by Lü Meng, a subordinate of Sun Quan, captured Liu Bei's general Guan Yu and executed him, seizing Jing Province. Liu Zhang and Liu Chan were taken in by the Wu forces, and Sun Quan, seeking to establish a claim to the rest of Liu Bei's territory, appointed Liu Zhang as the Governor of Yi Province, which was his previous appointment before Liu Bei seized it from him. However, Sun Quan made no further attempts to invade Liu Bei's territory, and Liu Zhang died shortly after becoming a vassal under Sun Quan. Liu Chan continued to serve in Eastern Wu while Liu Xun served in Shu Han.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Liu Zhang had at least two sons. His eldest son, Liu Xun (劉循), served as a General of the Household of Equipage in the Shu Han state during the Three Kingdoms period. His second son, Liu Chan (劉闡), accompanied his father to Jing Province after their defeat by Liu Bei and served as Palace Assistant Imperial Clerk in the Eastern Wu state during the Three Kingdoms period.

paragraph: Section::::Historical evaluation.

paragraph: In popular accounts of the period, such as the 14th-century historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Zhang is portrayed as a foolish and incapable ruler.

paragraph: In Chen Shou's "Records of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Zhang's rule is said to have been very peaceful until events of the period brought Liu Bei into his territory. However, Chen Shou, who had once served as an official in Shu Han, and still held some sympathy for his former masters, suggested that Liu Bei rightfully wrested leadership of Yi Province from Liu Zhang.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

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

paragraph: Section::::References.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pei, Songzhi (5th century). "Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms" ("Sanguozhi zhu").

description: Han Dynasty warlord

wikidata_label: Liu Zhang

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paragraph: Javier López (baseball)

paragraph: Javier Alfonso López Palmer (born July 11, 1977) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies (2003–05), Arizona Diamondbacks (2005), Boston Red Sox (2006–09), Pittsburgh Pirates (2010), and San Francisco Giants (2010–16). He was a left-handed specialist known for his sidearm delivery.

paragraph: López attended the University of Virginia, earning a degree in psychology despite leaving early to begin his baseball career. He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft. He began his career as a starting pitcher but struggled, and was converted into a sidearm (or submarine) reliever while still in the Diamondbacks' organization. Before the 2003 season, he was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 draft, but was traded to the Colorado Rockies during spring training. He spent all of 2003 on Colorado's roster, nearly tying the franchise record for most consecutive batters retired and finishing third among major league rookies in games pitched. He struggled the next two seasons, getting claimed off waivers and later sent to the minors by Arizona in 2005. In 2006, he signed with the Chicago White Sox but failed to make the team and spent the first part of the season in the minors before getting traded to Boston during the year.

paragraph: López served four stints with Boston in 2006. In 2007, he had three different stints but appeared in 61 games, posting a 3.10 earned run average (ERA). He posted a 15.43 ERA in the playoffs but won his first World Series ring as the Red Sox defeated Colorado in four games. In 2008, he spent the entire season on a major league roster for the first time since 2003. He posted a 9.26 ERA in his first 14 games of 2009 before getting sent to the minors for the rest of the season. In 2010, he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates but was traded to the San Francisco Giants during the season. He had his lowest ERA that year (2.34) and won another World Series as the Giants defeated the Texas Rangers to win their first World Series since 1954. In 2011, López was one of two major league relief pitchers to throw at least 50 innings without giving up a home run. He won his third World Series in 2012 as the Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers in four games. In 2013, López posted a career-best 1.83 ERA. He won his fourth World Series in 2014 as the Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals in seven games. López announced his retirement on February 8, 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Although he was born in Puerto Rico, López grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. He and his wife, Renee, attended Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia. Growing up, his dream was to be an FBI agent like his father.

paragraph: López went to college at the University of Virginia (UVA) and played for the Virginia Cavaliers baseball team. Through August 2011, he was one of 29 former UVA players to have made it to the major leagues, along with among others Mark Reynolds, and Ryan Zimmerman. While playing at UVA, he went 12–9 with a 6.30 earned run average (ERA). As a hitter, he had a batting average of .319, 15 home runs, and 71 runs batted in (RBI). However, while still at UVA, he discovered that pitching was most likely to get him to the major leagues. Despite leaving college after only three years to play professional baseball, López continued working on his degree in psychology, which he earned in 2002 to fulfill a promise to his father-in-law. He also said, "I had done three years at a great university. I figured I should finish."

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Drafts and minor leagues.

paragraph: After three seasons at UVA, López was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth round of the 1998 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft. He began his minor league career as a starting pitcher for the South Bend Silver Hawks of the A Midwest League. In 16 games (19 starts), he had a 2–4 record, a 6.55 ERA, 31 strikeouts, and 30 walks in 44 innings pitched. He remained at South Bend in 1999, posting a 4–6 record, a 6.00 ERA, and 70 strikeouts over 99 innings pitched in 20 starts. In 2000, López was promoted to the High Desert Mavericks of the A-Advanced California League. In 30 games (21 starts), he had a 4–8 record, a 5.22 ERA, 98 strikeouts, and two saves in innings.

paragraph: In 2001, deciding that he would not be able to reach the major leagues as a starter, López converted to a submariner and moved to the bullpen. He said, "I don't know if that was desperation as much as it was admitting failure." He began the season with Arizona's A-Advanced affiliate, which was now the Lancaster JetHawks. In 17 games, he had a 1–3 record, a 2.62 ERA, 18 strikeouts, and one save in 24 innings pitched. He was promoted to the El Paso Diablos of the AA Texas League that season, where he had a 1–0 record, a 7.42 ERA, 21 strikeouts, and 40 innings pitched in 22 games (one start, his last professionally). In 2002, he played in 61 games for El Paso as a reliever, allowing only a .204 opponent batting average. That year, he went 2–2 with a 2.72 ERA, 47 strikeouts, and six saves in innings.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Colorado Rockies (2003–2005).:2003.

paragraph: In December 2002, the Boston Red Sox selected López in the Rule 5 draft, intending for him to compete for a role as a left-handed specialist in the Red Sox' bullpen. However, on March 18 he was traded to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later (Ryan Cameron). López made the roster and made his MLB debut for the Rockies on Opening Day in 2003, pitching a scoreless inning in a 10–4 loss to the Houston Astros. He got his first major league strikeout in his next game on April 5, punching out Tony Womack in a 4–3 victory over the Diamondbacks. On April 10, he got his first win, pitching scoreless innings in a 7–6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. He posted an 0.72 ERA, which led all NL relievers, in his first 30 games through June 8, posting an innings scoreless streak at the end of that run. However, his ERA jumped up to 3.16 on June 12, when he allowed seven runs in of an inning in a 15–3 loss to the Minnesota Twins. From July 31 through August 16, López almost tied a franchise record by retiring 18 straight hitters over the span of 17 days, but he fell short of the record of 21 set by Darren Holmes in 1996 when he intentionally walked Jason Phillips in a 13–4 loss to the New York Mets. On August 12, he recorded his first career save by pitching a scoreless 11th inning in a 6–3 victory over the Montreal Expos. He played in 72 games, the third-most among rookies in the major leagues, trailing only Óscar Villareal (86) and Brad Lidge (78). He had a 4–1 record, a 3.70 ERA, and 1 save.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Colorado Rockies (2003–2005).:2004.

paragraph: López started off badly in 2004, going 0–2 with a 9.93 ERA in 46 games by mid-season. He was then sent down to the AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Pacific Coast League on July 18. While in AAA, he went 0–1 and had a 4.00 ERA in eight games. He was called back to the majors on August 10 to replace an injured Aaron Cook and played the rest of the season in Colorado. He pitched better the rest of the season, allowing only two runs for a 1.54 ERA in his final 18 games. In 64 games, López had a 1–2 record, a 7.52 ERA, 20 strikeouts, and no saves in innings.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Colorado Rockies (2003–2005).:2005.

paragraph: López began 2005 with the Rockies, but after allowing five runs in his first three games (for a 22.50 ERA), he was optioned to Colorado Springs on April 11.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Arizona Diamondbacks (2005).

paragraph: Before he could appear in any games with Colorado Springs, López was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 14. Due to major league rules, Arizona was unable to call him up until April 24. He had another poor season, having a record of 1–1 and an 11.02 ERA, the highest in the majors among relievers who made at least 30 appearances. On July 5, López was designated for assignment to make room on the roster for Armando Almanza. He cleared waivers and was sent down to the Tucson Sidewinders of the Pacific Coast League for the rest of the season. He went 0–1 with a 2.22 ERA. On October 15, he was granted free agency.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Chicago White Sox organization (2006).

paragraph: López signed a minor league deal for the Chicago White Sox in 2006. He competed with Boone Logan for the role of left-handed specialist, but Logan won the role, and López was sent to AAA to begin the season. Playing for the Charlotte Knights of the International League, he went 2–1 with 12 saves and an 0.55 ERA in 26 games.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Boston Red Sox (2006–2009).:2006.

paragraph: On June 15, 2006, López was traded to the Boston Red Sox for David Riske. He posted a 4.32 ERA in 14 appearances before getting sent to the Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League on July 17 because it was too "tough" for the Red Sox to carry a left-handed specialist at that point in the season, according to manager Terry Francona. He was called up for two short stints from July 28 through August 1 and from August 20 through 22, appearing in one game each time. On September 4, he was recalled for the remainder of the season. In 11 September outings, López allowed only one run. He finished the year going 1–0 with a 2.70 ERA in 27 games. With Pawtucket, he had no record and a 4.86 ERA in 13 games ( innings).

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Boston Red Sox (2006–2009).:2007.

paragraph: López made the Red Sox' Opening Day roster in 2007, but after four scoreless outings he was optioned to Pawtucket on April 9 to make room for Mike Timlin, who had started the season on the disabled list. He was recalled on May 11 when Devern Hansack was sent down. On this stint, he posted a 3.18 ERA in 40 appearances before getting sent down on August 5 to make room for Curt Schilling, who was returning from the disabled list. With the Red Sox about to face several tough left-handed hitters in late August, Jon Lester was sent down on August 23 to make room for López on the roster.

paragraph: In 2007, López made 61 appearances, posting a 2–1 record with a 3.10 ERA in innings. Despite his three stints in the minors, his 61 appearances ranked second on the club to Hideki Okajima's 66. He made 17 appearances for Pawtucket, going 2–1 with a 3.78 ERA. López was a member of the playoff roster for the Red Sox, posting a 15.43 ERA but winning his first World Series as the Red Sox swept the Rockies in four games.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Boston Red Sox (2006–2009).:2008.

paragraph: On 18 January 2008, López agreed to a one-year contract with the Red Sox for $840,000, avoiding the arbitration process. In 2008, López spent the full season on a major league roster for the first time since his rookie year. On June 6, he threw a career-high three innings, allowing no runs in an 8–0 loss to the Seattle Mariners. In 70 games, López had a 2–0 record, a 2.43 ERA, and 38 strikeouts in innings pitched. He had the fifth-lowest ERA among major league left-handed relievers and appeared in the fifth-most games of AL left-handers. He had the second-lowest ERA among Red Sox pitchers in 2008.

paragraph: López made the playoffs for the second year in a row as the Red Sox won the AL Wild Card. He made one appearance in the AL Division Series (ALDS) against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, taking the loss in Game 3 after giving up a game-winning, twelfth-inning single to Erick Aybar. That was Boston's only loss of the series, as they defeated the Angels in four games. He made two appearances in the AL Championship Series (ALCS) against the Tampa Bay Rays, allowing no runs as the Red Sox were defeated in seven games.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Boston Red Sox (2006–2009).:2009.

paragraph: On April 30, 2009, López allowed five runs in inning and played the remainder of the eighth inning in right field after Francona switched him with right fielder Jonathan Van Every. This game, a 13–0 loss to the Rays, was the first time a Red Sox pitcher had played another position in a major league game since Tom Burgmeier played left field on August 3, 1980. On May 10, López was designated for assignment to make room for pitcher Daniel Bard after he started the year 0–2 with a 9.26 ERA in 14 games. Shortly thereafter, he was outrighted to the minors. He spent the rest of the season in Pawtucket, going 1–1 with a 3.18 ERA in 38 games. On October 5, he was granted free agency. López ended his Red Sox tenure with a string of 152 straight games without a save, the longest stretch for a Red Sox pitcher since Rheal Cormier had 160 in 1995 and from 1999–2000.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Pittsburgh Pirates (2010).

paragraph: On December 18, 2009, López signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates where he replaced John Grabow, who was traded mid-2009, as the Pirates' left-handed specialist. After posting a 10.80 ERA in his first two games, he posted a 2.43 ERA over his next 48 through July 31.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Francisco Giants (2010–2016).:2010.

paragraph: On July 31, 2010, López was traded to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Martinez and John Bowker. He appeared in 27 games for the Giants, earning a 2–0 record with an ERA of 1.42. His combined record of 4–2 for the year with both Pittsburgh and San Francisco came in 77 appearances with an ERA of 2.34, both career records. Left-handed batters hit only .162 against López, lowest among all National League left-handers (minimum 85 at-bats). He ended the season five days short of qualifying for free agency.

paragraph: López reached the playoffs as the Giants won the NL West for the first time since 2003. He made two appearances in the NLDS against the Atlanta Braves to face Jason Heyward, whom he struck out both times. The Giants won the series in four games. Against the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS, he made five appearances, all scoreless except for Game 4, in which he allowed a run. In the deciding Game 6, he pitched a scoreless seventh inning and was awarded with a win after Juan Uribe hit a game-winning home run against Ryan Madson in the eighth inning. López made two appearances against the Texas Rangers in the 2010 World Series, striking out the two batters he faced. In Game 2, he struck out Josh Hamilton to end the top of the eighth inning with a runner on second and preserve a 2–0 lead, although the Giants went on to win 9–0. He won his second World Series ring as the Giants defeated the Rangers in five games to win their first World Series since 1954. Javier had a little girl named Kylan on March 19

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Francisco Giants (2010–2016).:2011.

paragraph: After joining the Giants in 2010, López became one of the premier lefty specialists in the game. On May 12, 2011, he recorded his first save since 2006 in a 3–2 victory over the Diamondbacks. Following the game, he crossed his arms, imitating Giants' closer Brian Wilson's post-save gesture. In 70 games in 2011, he had a 5–2 record, a 2.72 ERA, and 40 strikeouts in 50 innings pitched. He and Brad Ziegler were the only relief pitchers in the major leagues to toss at least 50 innings without allowing a home run. His .163 opponent batting average (OBA) against left-handers was the eighth-lowest in the NL.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Francisco Giants (2010–2016).:2012.

paragraph: After the 2011 season, the Giants re-signed López to a two-year, $8.5 million contract. On July 6, 2012, López gave up his first home run since joining the Giants in 2010 when he allowed a 457-foot home run to Pedro Álvarez in a 6–5 victory over the Pirates. That brought his ERA to 4.00, but he posted a 1.00 ERA over his last 32 games. Following struggles by Santiago Casilla (who had replaced an injured Wilson as the Giants' closer), Giants' manager Bruce Bochy announced on August 7 that the Giants would be going to a "bullpen by committee" strategy, with López, Sergio Romo, and Jeremy Affeldt pitching the final two innings of close games, depending on which hitters they would be facing. Romo and López received most of the save opportunities; Affeldt only had one save after that point. López received six save opportunities after August 7 and converted each of them. In 70 games, López had a 3–0 record, a 2.50 ERA, and 28 strikeouts in 36 innings while converting seven out of nine save opportunities. He stranded 87.9% of inherited runners, the third-best mark in the NL. López made five appearances in the NLDS and the NLCS, allowing no runs as the Giants won both of those series. He did not pitch in the World Series but won his third career World Series ring as the Giants swept the Detroit Tigers.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Francisco Giants (2010–2016).:2013.

paragraph: López recorded his only save of the 2013 season on September 19, pitching the final of the ninth inning in a 2–1 victory over the Mets. He made 69 appearances in 2013, going 4–2 with a career-best 1.83 ERA and striking out 37 in innings. He held left-handed hitters to a .156 OBA. On November 20, 2013, López was re-signed by the Giants to a three-year, $13 million contract.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Francisco Giants (2010–2016).:2014.

paragraph: López appeared in 65 games in 2014, recording a 3.11 ERA with 22 strikeouts and 19 walks. In the 2014 NLDS, NLCS, and World Series, he recorded 11 outs over nine appearances, allowing 4 hits and a walk. Lopez won his fourth World Series ring as the Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals in seven games.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Francisco Giants (2010–2016).:2015.

paragraph: In 2015, López matched his career high with 77 appearances, setting new career-bests with a 1.60 ERA and 0.89 WHIP. He struck out 26 batters in 39 innings pitched. Of all MLB pitchers, he held left-handed batters to the lowest batting average, .112 (in 20 or more innings).

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Francisco Giants (2010–2016).:2016.

paragraph: López appeared in 68 games in 2016, recording a 4.05 ERA with 15 strikeouts and 15 walks in 26 innings pitched. Along with teammate Brandon Crawford, López won the Willie Mac Award, which honors the Giants' most inspirational player.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Retirement.

paragraph: López announced his retirement on February 8, 2017. Soon afterwards, he re-joined the Giants as a special instructor during spring training. In February 2017 it was announced that Lopez, along with Jeremy Affeldt, would be serving as part-time color analysts on Giants telecasts throughout the 2017 season, due to regular analyst Mike Krukow reducing his schedule. On June 2, Lopez joined, for the first time, the other KNBR Giant's radio broadcasters during the after-game 'wrap-up' show.

paragraph: Section::::Pitching style.

paragraph: López's main pitch is a two-seam fastball in the low 80s, and his secondary pitch is a slider in the high 70s. Against left-handed hitters he will sometimes mix in a curveball. López's distinctive sidearm delivery makes him appealing as a left-handed specialist; through the 2013 season, lefties have hit only .209 against him, while righties have hit .297.

paragraph: After López struggled to begin his professional career, throwing over the top, he decided he needed to change his style. In the Diamondbacks' system in 2002, with the help of Mike Myers, he began throwing sidearm (or submarine), which Andy Baggarly called "a decision that changed his life."

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: López is married to Renée Richards, with whom he attended high school and college. The couple has two children: Kylan (March 19, 2010) and Christian (October 26, 2012). Because López was in the 2012 World Series when Christian was born, he had to fly back home for the birth between Games 2 and 3. He and his family reside in Georgia. López is a Christian. He says, "I do everything through faith, for sure."

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Puerto Ricans

alias:
Javier Lopez
Javier Alfonso López
Javier Alfonso Lopez

description: Major League Baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization

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categories: People from Ypres,Dutch male painters,1618 births,Dutch Golden Age painters,1687 deaths

paragraph: Matthias Jansz van den Bergh

paragraph: Matthias Jansz. van den Bergh (1618 in Ypres – 1687 in Alkmaar), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

paragraph: According to Houbraken his father Jan van den Bergh was a painter from Alkmaar in the service of Rubens in Ypres where Matthias was born.

paragraph: Houbraken claimed Jan van den Berg had been a pupil of Hendrick Goltzius before moving to Brabant and later working for Rubens.

paragraph: Young Matthias learned to paint from his father and went to work in Rubens workshop.

paragraph: According to the RKD he was in Rubens' workshop from 1630–1640 and in 1635 was either his pupil or was otherwise employed in his workshop. In 1646 he became a member of the Alkmaar Guild of St. Luke. He lived in Leiden from 1648–1651, and was back in Alkmaar from then onwards, where he is recorded in 1656 as living in the Lombardsteeg.

paragraph: He painted portraits, soldiers, and historical allegories, and is not to be confused with the contemporary Delft painter Mattheus Gillisz van den Berch (c1608-1687).

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- P. Vanaise, "Een herziening van de biografie van de Alkmaarse schilders Jan en Matthijs van den Bergh, in Oud Holland", 80, 1965 pp 231–237

paragraph: BULLET::::- Matthijs van den Bergh on Artnet

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Mathias von dem Berge
Matthys van den Bergh
Matthys Van Den Bergh
matthys van den bergh
Matthys vanden Berge
Vanden Berg of Alkmaar
Mathias von dem Weeg
Matijs van den Bergh
Matthias van den Bergh
Matthias Jansz. van den Berch
Matthias Jansz. van den Berghe
Matthijs van den Bergh

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wikidata_label: Matthias Jansz van den Bergh

wikipedia_title: Matthias Jansz van den Bergh


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paragraph: Miroslav Holec

paragraph: Miroslav Holec (born November 8, 1987) is a Czech professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Motor České Budějovice of the Czech Extraliga.

paragraph: Holec has previously played for HC Slavia Praha, HC Kometa Brno, HC Plzeň and HC Olomouc.

description: Czech ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Miroslav Holec

wikipedia_title: Miroslav Holec


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Grammy
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Written All Over Your Face
Are You Lonely For Me
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Marques Houston
Ginuwine
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Lil' Flip
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Sinbad (comedian)
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paragraph: Joe N Little III

paragraph: Joe N Little III (born July 14, 1968), also known by names 'Joey Beanz Little', 'Casino Joe', J.Little and 'Lil Joe' , is a Grammy and "Billboard" music award-winning American singer-songwriter, record producer, and American entrepreneur. He's most known as lead singer of the internationally known group The Rude Boys, who are known for their #1 Billboard hit and 1991 Billboard R&B Song of the year "Written All Over Your Face", and also writing 1991 #1 hit Billboard single "Are You Lonely For Me". Joe is C.E.O, co-founder and spokesman of 'Urbean Joe Gourmet Coffee', and first Black African American independently owned coffee brand and franchise, which harnesses the slogan "Coffee With a Touch of Soul" with a tagline "Sip Soulful". He is now C.O.O and co-founder of 'Beanz Coffee Club' and gourmet coffee hailing slogan "Exquisite, Stimulating, Superior Taste" and tagline "Amazing at it's Best", also C.E.O and co-founder of 'Beanzatti Damone' custom men's clothing line.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Joe N Little III was born in Cleveland, Ohio July 14, 1968, his father Joe Little Jr at the time was a shoe salesman born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Cleveland, his mother Patricia Ann Little born in Memphis, Tennessee also raised in Cleveland, was a church clerk and worked for the water department. At an early age of 10 Little embraced boxing a sport he grew to love admiring Muhammad Ali, he went on to be an accomplished amateur boxer fighting up under the East Cleveland Pal boxing club under the tutelage of Johnny Duncan Jr, during this time Little also gained a love for singing while participating in his church choir at Temple Baptist church, he was first influence by his mother Patricia and aunt Carolyn Kirkwood, whose father Sammy Kirkwood of San Francisco, California was a popular gospel singer on the west coast, and after hearing such artist as Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Donny Hathaway, Little knew he had discovered his passion and calling and proceeded to participate in local talent shows while attending Shaw and Collinwood High schools racking up win after win.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:The discovery.

paragraph: Joe N Little III along with Edward (Buddy) Lee Banks was discovered by Gerald LeVert singing in a local night club in Cleveland, Ohio, LeVert expressed that he wanted to further hear them sing again and possibly sign the two, at that time both were the lead singers of a local R&B group along with members Larry (Bingo) Marcus (a cousin of B.B. King) and Melvin Sephus, after meeting the other group members and working in studio with them, in 1988 LeVert presented the group to Sylvia Rhone then Senior VP of Atlantic Records and in turn got them signed to the label.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Rude Awakening.

paragraph: The band's 1990 debut album Rude Awakening, started slow with its first release "Come On Let's Do This" which peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard R&B charts. However, it was the group's second single, “Written All Over Your Face” that made the group a sensation, as the single topped the R&B charts and, The song showcased the vocals of Little and Edward Buddy Banks, with a cameo appearance by Gerald LeVert; the single rode the charts for 31 weeks, and finally made it to No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts and No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, It also won 1991 Billboard Music Award for R&B Single of the Year ("Written All Over Your Face"). The group would score a second No. 1 hit on Billboard R&B hit from this album in 1990, “Are You Lonely for Me” written by Little and Tony Nicholas, With the well-rounded, riffing baritone of Little and the vibrating, towering tenor of Banks, the single rose straight to the top, This would be Little's first No. 1 Billboard charted record, “Are You Lonely was one of the few songs since the emergence of videos to gain the No. 1 ranking without a video. Another song released from the album was the ” Heaven ” a natural soulful vocally with a peppy rhythm and peaked at the No. 15 spot on the Billboard R&B chart. The album Rude Awakening would peak at No. 10 Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 68 Billboard 200. The Rude Boys also toured that year with Levert and The O’Jays. The album itself was just one spot below the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums top 10 spot, where it sat comfortably at No. 11 in the spring of 1990.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Rude House.

paragraph: Riding on the success of their two laid-back number one singles from their debut release, the boys followed up their debut album with Rude House in 1992, they came flying back with the up-tempo "My Kinda Girl" (an underground new jack hit) which was energetically complemented by the superb vocals of Little and Banks, who admirably improvise their way through the vamp. The song also was remixed by then director of A&R at Atlantic Records DJ Clark Kent a hip hop DJ and record producer from New York at the time Clark was pushing an unknown rapper from the Marcy housing project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY who would come to be known to the world as Jay-Z, This move propelled “My Kinda Girl” in the Hip Hop underground scene in New York and abroad, also to support the single Jay-Z would go on to perform with the Rude Boys live at one of the Big Apple's premiere underground Hip Hop Clubs. Falling short of the number one ranking, the single peaked at number #2 after 18 weeks on the Billboard R&B chart. and the next single to be released, "Go Ahead and Cry" peaked at #43 on the Billboard R&B charts. The excellent singing by Banks, Little and company could not disguise the fact that the R&B world was moving closer to the parlance of hip hop. That change renderedRude House hopelessly old-fashioned despite the fact that it was one of Atlantic Records better R&B releases of 1992. Label mates and peers R&B group LeVert ran into a similar problem in this period, and never truly recovered. Still, Rude House was a solid production, peppered with great songs, loaded with one great song after another, most of them soulful ballads when the album Rude House came out in 1992, its lack of commercial success highlighted the public's shift away from the new jack era. and marked the beginning of the sound scan era. This would mark the end of the Rude Boys stint with Atlantic Records and run with mentor Gerald LeVert. This would be the last album to date Little would record with The Rude Boys.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:After The Rude Boys.

paragraph: Staying under Gerald LeVert's tutelage, also in 1992, the writing team of LeVert, Little, Nicholas and Banks teamed up to write and produce “So Alone”, for group Men at Large which peaked at No. 5 spot on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip Hop Chart and No. 31 Billboard's Hot 100. Under LeVert's watchful eye Little launched his solo career with the 1994 Atlantic Records release Puttin It Down which spawned two singles “The Hump Is On” and “Me and You” and with minimal promotion sold a little over 250,000. Also in 1994 Joe gained an endorsement deal with Mauri USA and was featured in a full page ad in GQ magazine April 1994 issue modeling their exotic skinned foot wear and vest, In the fall of 1994 Little along with mentor Gerald LeVert appeared with the group Black Men United for the hit single “U Will Know” for the film Jason's Lyric, the movie's soundtrack. Little has written and produced on movie soundtracks such as Rush Hour 2 and on The Fast and The Furious 2 movie. He has collaborated with musical legends, Platinum and Gold Artists such as Aretha Franklin (who he has to date an unreleased duet “Only You”), Temptations (which won him Grammy acclaim for writing and producing two songs on their 2000 album Ear-Resistible which won the group its third Grammy for 2001 Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance album), The O’Jays, Gerald LeVert , Keith Sweat, Charlie Wilson, Roger Troutman, Men at Large, Troop, Intro, LSG, Angie Stone, Rome, Drama, 1 of the Girls, Special Generation, Gene Rice, Wyclef Jean, J Holiday, B2K, Marques Houston , Ginuwine , Lyfe Jennings, Romey Rome, Kut Klose, Kameelah Williams of 702 Trick Daddy, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Flip , Layzie Bone, Strings, Jazze Pha , Dru Hill, Erica Thompson, Cheri Dennis, Latif, Dark Blue, Say Yes and Young Ray (Ray Jr).Joe has thrown his hat into the film industry, appearing in the movie Up Against the Ropes starring Omar Epps, Meg Ryan and Charles S. Dutton. November 10, 2006 Joe received a call from a close friend telling him he heard that friend Gerald LeVert could not breath, he then called Gerald's home in which he was informed by LeVert's mom that Gerald had just passed, at that time it was said Joe went into a deep depression for months in which afterwards he revived his groupThe Rude Boys in tribute to Gerald and to help keep Gerald's legacy alive. On September 23, 2012 Joe received the Ohio Hip Hop Awards and Music Conference 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award, Joe is now set to present his stage play “The Coffee Shop” in 2015 and he is currently touring and working on a new Rude Boys project “Rude 20/20″ along with recruited members Gee Labeaud and Keni Myles due 2015,and is set to release his first of two books entitled “The Day of the Convincing Story Teller”. He has also been guest performer alongside of Journell Henry (p/k/a. "J Henry"), an urban adult instrumentalist, currently touring with Sinbad (comedian).

paragraph: Section::::Business ventures.

paragraph: Urbean Joe Gourmet Coffee

paragraph: In early 2008 Little embarked on a new venture an idea pitched to him by a family member Terrell Howard, which was to open up a café or coffee house in his local hometown Cleveland, Ohio, being that he was a local icon it was believed that it would be successful, Little was sold on the idea, at the time he was in need of a jump start in his life, for some years he had attained odd jobs to help keep his household a float, he immediately went to work imagining him and Terrell having their own coffee brand and chain of coffee houses in inner city neighborhoods across the United States, Urbean Joe Gourmet Coffee inc. was born. Little and Mr.Howard hit the streets of Cleveland selling their coffee brand hand to hand, times were hard and it brought no profit along with people discouraging and laughing saying it would never work it did not damper their spirits, Little delighted in the idea that he was thinking outside the box, doing something that he knew possibly in the future could create opportunities for jobs and uplift inner city neighborhoods flooded with bars and liquor stores. After much foot work Little came across someone willing to invest along with him and his cousin, and within months they opened up a café, within five months after the first café was opened a second one was launched, it was clear they were on their way. Urbean Joe Gourmet Coffee is quickly becoming one of the most sought after independent coffee brands and franchise in the United States, carrying a slogan “Coffee With a Touch of Soul” and a tag line ”Sip Soulful”, Urbean Joe Gourmet Coffee is a self proclaimed first independent coffee brand and franchise owned by an African American in the United States, sourcing, roasting, blending, custom naming, packaging and exporting its own product. Little explains “Urbean Joe gourmet coffee is setting the tone and being a trendsetter, by placing its cafés in the inner city of Cleveland, Ohio, we are revolutionizing our coffee and cafés by helping bridge the gap in African American communities. Urbean Joe since starting in 2008 has opened three locations with one under construction and is now set to license and open cafes in Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC in 2021.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rude Awakening" 1990

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rude House" 1992

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Puttin It Down" 1994

paragraph: Section::::Awards and nominations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991 Billboard Music Award won for The Rude Boys No. 1 R&B Single of the Year (“Written All Over Your Face”).

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2001 Grammy Award Ear-Resistible is a 2000 album by The Temptations for the Motown label. Featuring the single “Selfish Reasons” and “Proven & True” written by Gerald LeVert and Joe Little III the album won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012 Ohio Hip Hop Award and Music Conference Lifetime Achievement Award

paragraph: Section::::TV appearances.

paragraph: American Music Awards, Soul Train, Showtime at the Apollo, The Arsenio Hall Show, Party Machine, Real Housewives of Atlanta

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Against the Ropes" (2004)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- - official website

description: American musician

wikidata_label: Joe N Little III

wikipedia_title: Joe N Little III


text: biographer

text: Aldenham School

text: University College School

text: Guy's Hospital

text: Surrey Infirmary

text: curator

text: University of London

text: Royal College of Surgeons

text: ulcerative colitis

text: dysentery

text: Arthur Hurst

text: autopsy

text: diarrhoea

text: fever

text: inflammation

text: colon

text: ileum

text: trichorrhexis nodosa

text: Moritz Kaposi

text: Hungarian

text: dermatologist

text: paraplegia

text: Korsakoff's syndrome

text: myasthenia gravis

text: Thomas Addison

text: Addison's disease

text: Richard Bright

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text: Thomas Hodgkin

text: Hodgkin's lymphoma

text: eponym

text: Fellow of the Royal Society

text: Pathological Society

text: Royal College of Physicians

text: Queen Victoria

text: Saint George Hanover Square

text: G. T. Bettany

categories: People from Camberwell,1824 births,19th-century English medical doctors,Fellows of the Royal Society,Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom,Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians,1911 deaths

paragraph: Samuel Wilks

paragraph: Sir Samuel Wilks, 1st Baronet, (2 June 1824 – 8 November 1911) was a British physician and biographer.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Samuel Wilks was born on 2 June 1824 in Camberwell, London, the second son of Joseph Barber Wilks, a cashier at the East India House. After attending Aldenham School and University College School he was apprenticed to Richard Prior, a doctor in Newington.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: In 1842 he entered Guy's Hospital to study medicine. After graduating MB in 1848 he was hired as a physician to the Surrey Infirmary (1853). In 1856 he returned to Guy's Hospital, first as assistant physician and curator of its museum (a post he held for nine years), then as physician and lecturer on medicine (1857). From 1866 to 1870 he was examiner in the practice of medicine at the University of London and from 1868 to 1875 examiner in medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons.

paragraph: Section::::Achievements.

paragraph: Among his major discoveries, Wilks recognised ulcerative colitis in 1859, differentiating it from bacterial dysentery. His work was confirmed later (1931) by Sir Arthur Hurst. Wilks' autopsy of a 42-year-old woman who died after several months of diarrhoea and fever demonstrated a transmural ulcerative inflammation of the colon and terminal ileum.

paragraph: Wilks also firstly described trichorrhexis nodosa (the formation of nodes along the hair shaft), in 1852. The term was proposed in 1876 by Moritz Kaposi (1837–1902), a Hungarian dermatologist. In 1957, he provided the first autopsy description of a condition of the upper airways, later known as tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. Subsequently, in 1868, he published the characteristic mental symptoms on alcoholic paraplegia (later to be named Korsakoff's syndrome). Wilks described the first case of myasthenia gravis, in 1877 (it was named "bulbar paralysis" in "Guy's Hospital Reports" 22:7).

paragraph: He was a collaborator and biographer of the "Three Great", contemporary physicians who worked at Guy's Hospital, Dr. Thomas Addison, the discoverer of Addison's disease, Dr. Richard Bright, discoverer of Bright's disease and Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, discoverer of Hodgkin's lymphoma. After the death of Addison in 1860, he carried out the job of examining specimens from all over the country in order to confirm the diagnosis of Addison's disease and thus was able to amass a large case archive. He also rediscovered and confirmed the existence of Hodgkin's lymphoma, at the same time recognizing Hodgkin's priority and proposing the eponym.

paragraph: Section::::Honours and awards.

paragraph: Among his many services and honors, Wilks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1870; was president of the Pathological Society (1881–1882); president of the Neurological Society (1887); member of the Senate of the University of London (1887–1900); member of the General Medicine Council (1887–1896) and president of the Royal College of Physicians (1896–1899). He was named Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria in 1897. The following year he was created a baronet, of Grosvenor Street in the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square in the County of London.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: In later life he suffered a stroke and was terminally paraplegic. He died aged 87 at his home in Hampstead on 8 November 1911. After his death the baronetcy became extinct. He had married Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Prior, widow of previous employer Richard Prior; they had no children.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lectures on Pathological Anatomy", 1869

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lectures on the Specific Fevers and on Diseases of the Chest", 1874

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous System", 1878

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lectures on Pathology Delivered at the London Hospital". J & A Churchill, London, 1891.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Biographical History of Guy's Hospital", 1892 (with G. T. Bettany)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kauntze R.: Samuel Wilks. "Guy's Hosp Rep." 1970; 119(4):353-5.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Wilks Report on Addison's Disease (1862) complete

description: British doctor

wikidata_label: Samuel Wilks

wikipedia_title: Samuel Wilks


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Irvington, New York
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Charles Urban web site

categories: Businesspeople from Cincinnati,1942 deaths,1867 births,British film producers,People from Brighton,Cinema pioneers,American film producers,People from Irvington, New York

paragraph: Charles Urban

paragraph: Charles Urban (April 15, 1867 – August 29, 1942) was an Anglo-American film producer and distributor, and one of the most significant figures in British cinema before the First World War. He was a pioneer of the documentary, educational, propaganda and scientific film, as well as being the producer of the world's first successful motion picture colour system.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Urban was born Carl Urban in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second child (of ten) of Joseph Urban, originally from Ronsberg, Austro-Hungary, and Anna Sophie (née Glatz), from Königsberg, East Prussia. He lost the sight in his left eye aged twelve after a baseball accident. He changed his names to Charles after leaving school in 1882, then worked as a book agent across Ohio, before managing a stationery store in Detroit, Michigan.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Urban first entered the film industry in 1895 when he exhibited the Kinetoscope in Detroit, Michigan early in 1895. He moved to Britain in August 1897, and became managing director of the Warwick Trading Company, where he specialised in actuality film, including newsfilm of the Anglo-Boer War. In July 1903 he formed his own company, the Charles Urban Trading Company, moving to London's Wardour Street in 1908, the first film business to be located in what became the home of the British film industry. The building, at 89-91 Wardour Street, still bears the name Urbanora House.

paragraph: In August 1903, he launched his 'Unseen World' film show at the Alhambra Theatre in London, featuring microcinematographical films taken by F. Martin Duncan. Scientific films had never before been presented as entertainment to a variety theatre audience, but the show was a considerable success, in particular the film "Cheese Mites" which features cheese mites crawling around on a piece of Stilton. 'The Unseen World' went on to run for an unbroken nine months at the Alhambra and confirmed Urban's belief in the entertainment value of scienitific and educational films.

paragraph: Urban made many kinds of non-fiction film at the Charles Urban Trading Company, including travel films, war reportage, exploration films, sports films, advertising films and natural history films. Filmmakers who worked for him include Jack Avery, Joseph Rosenthal, Charles Rider Noble, Harold Mease Lomas, the mountaineer Frank Ormiston-Smith, George Rogers, J. Gregory Mantle and the naturalist F. Percy Smith. Smith made one of Urban's most successful films, "The Balancing Bluebottle" (1908), which featured a fly balancing objects such as a wine cork with its legs.

paragraph: In 1906, Urban made a 1,275-feet documentary film called "The Streets of London". The film shows Londoners going about their business on a typical day. Urban's own website states that ten minutes of footage rediscovered at the National Film and Sound Archive in Australia in 2007 is from this documentary. The National Film and Sound Archive claims, however, that film expert Ian Christie has identified it as being part of Urban's 1904 documentary "Living London".

paragraph: He also made fiction films, of which the most notable examples are the proto-science fiction films of Walter R. Booth such as "The Airship Destroyer" (1909) and "The Aerial Submarine" (1910).

paragraph: Among his other business interests was a French production company in Paris called Éclipse, which Urban founded in 1906, mainly to supply fiction films. His connection with that company lasted until 1909. He also established Kineto Limited in 1907, primarily for the production of scientific and non-fiction films.

paragraph: Section::::Kinemacolor.

paragraph: In 1906, his associate George Albert Smith (1864–1959) developed a two-colour (red-green) additive motion picture system, which Urban launched in May 1908. From 1909 it was known as Kinemacolor. This enjoyed great success worldwide until 1914. Urban's most celebrated Kinemacolor film was a 2 1/2 hour epic "With Our King and Queen Through India" (1912), also known as "The Durbar in Delhi", depicting the December 1911 Delhi Durbar which celebrated the coronation of George V. Kinemacolor companies were formed in France, the USA, Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, Holland (with Belgium and Luxembourg), Italy, Canada and Japan. Of these the most prominent was the Kinemacolor Company of America, whose most notorious production was the unreleased "The Clansman", a colour version of the Thomas Dixon story later filmed by D.W. Griffith as "The Birth of a Nation". Urban had nothing to do with this film or with the Kinemacolor Company of America once he had sold the rights to Kinemacolor. He made Kinemacolor fiction films, with studios in Hove and Nice, including "By Order of Napoleon" (1910), the western "Fate" (1911), "Santa Claus" (1912) and the feature-length "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" (1914).

paragraph: Urban's Kinemacolor business came to an end in 1914 after a court case was brought by William Friese-Greene, producer of a rival colour system, Biocolour, who challenged the validity of the Kinemacolor patent. Though Urban won the initial hearing, the verdict was overturned on appeal. Lord Justice Buckley wrote:

paragraph: "The patent is I think invalid because it does not achieve the result which the patentee says it will achieve. The matter may be summarised thus: The patentee says his process will reproduce the natural colours or approximately so. Blue is a colour. He says: Drop the tri-colour blue; do not employ the blue end of the spectrum - blue or approximately blue will still be reproduced. It will not. The patent is consequently invalid."

paragraph: Although Kinemacolor could still be operated, it was no longer an exclusive and lost much of its commercial value. Urban made his last Kinemacolor film in 1915, and the last film to feature Kinemacolor was probably "Saiyûki zokuhen", made in Japan in 1917.

paragraph: Section::::World War I.

paragraph: During World War I, Urban worked for the covert organisation Wellington House and other British propaganda outfits. He produced the documentary feature "Britain Prepared" (1915) for Wellington House, which included Kinemacolor sequences of the British fleet at Scapa Flow. Urban was recruited to promote this film and other British propaganda productions in America, although he faced considerable resistance from US exhibitors who were resistant to any form of war propaganda. He worked with the Patriotic Film Corporation, formed by William Robinson to support distribution of what had been retitled "How Britain Prepared", but he ran into trouble with the British propagandists when he tried to do a deal with William Randolph Hearst's International News Service, which the British viewed as pro-German and anti-British.

paragraph: Another company, Official Government Pictures, achieved better distribution by use of more sensationalist advertising, but Urban's task became much easier once America entered the war in April 1917. He edited the classic documentary "The Battle of the Somme" (1916), making the crucial decision to release the footage in feature-length form rather than as a series of short releases. Urban continued to edit and promote British documentary films in America to the end of the war, editing the government newsreel "Official War Review". He formed a new business, the Kineto Company of America, in 1917.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Urban remained in the United States post-war to re-establish himself as a producer of educational films through his umbrella company, Urban Motion Picture Industries Inc. He produced the cinemagazine series "Charles Urban Movie Chats" (started 1919) and "Kineto Review" (started 1921), and made the documentary features "The Four Seasons" (1921) and "Evolution" (1923). He built a large studio at Irvington, New York, where he planned to introduced a new color film system called Kinekrom, based on the earlier Kinemacolor, and to distribute educational films on disc using the Spirograph. However, his business interests collapsed in 1924 and he returned to the UK in the late 1920s. He died in Brighton in 1942 in relative obscurity.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: Luke McKernan, "Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925" (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2013),

paragraph: Luke McKernan (ed.), "A Yank in Britain: The Lost Memoirs of Charles Urban, Film Pioneer" (Hastings: The Projection Box, 1999)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles Urban web site

description: British film producer

wikidata_label: Charles Urban

wikipedia_title: Charles Urban


text: United States Navy

text: Medal of Honor

text: New York

text: Nova Scotia

text: caulker

text: Norfolk, Virginia

text: Captain of the Hold

text: PTSD

text: Saint Elizabeth's Hospital

text: Washington, D.C.

text: Canadian Embassy in Washington

text: New York City

text: vaudeville

text: Broadway

text: The Rhythmettes

text: Optimistic Voices

text: The Wizard of Oz

text: Louis Armstrong

text: Moms Mabley

text: Oscar Polk

text: Military history of Nova Scotia

text: Black Nova Scotians

categories: Canadian-born Medal of Honor recipients,1881 deaths,1841 births,United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients,People from Queens County, Nova Scotia,Non-combat recipients of the Medal of Honor,United States Navy sailors,Canadian emigrants to the United States

paragraph: Joseph B. Noil

paragraph: Joseph Benjamin Noil (1841 – March 21, 1882) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor.

paragraph: Section::::Military service.

paragraph: Joseph B. Noil enlisted in the Navy from New York; when he re-enlisted for a three-year hitch on December 29, 1874, he was described as thirty-four years old, born in Nova Scotia and a "Negro". His civilian occupation was as a caulker, and he was five feet, six inches tall.

paragraph: While serving on at Norfolk, Virginia on December 26, 1872, he saved a drowning shipmate, Boatswain J.C. Walton. For his conduct on this occasion, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

paragraph: On May 25, 1881, Noil, promoted to the rating of Captain of the Hold and serving on the , was admitted to the Naval Hospital in Norfolk, suffering from "paralysis" (PTSD). About a week later, he was transferred to Saint Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he died on March 21, 1882, and was buried in the hospital graveyard under the name of "Joseph B. Noel". His grave was re-discovered in 2011 by the Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States, a group that has a mission to identify and photograph the "lost" resting places of Medal of Honor recipients. A new headstone, noting that Noil is a Medal of Honor recipient, was dedicated in April 2016, in a ceremony attended by representatives from the Canadian Embassy in Washington and by Noil's great-great-great granddaughter.

paragraph: Section::::Medal of Honor citation.

paragraph: Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, Nova Scotia. Accredited to: New York.

paragraph: Citation:

paragraph: Serving on board the U.S.S. Powhatan at Norfolk, 26 December 1872, Noil saved Boatswain J. C. Walton from drowning.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Noil married Sarah Jane Gambier (1846 – March 6, 1896) of New York City; they had two daughters, Florence Gambier Noil (October 1871 – October 5, 1933) and Sarah E. Noil (b. 1876, date of death unknown).

paragraph: His granddaughter, Cora Hunter Parks, was an actress, dancer, and vaudeville artist who appeared in a number of Broadway shows. As a member of the group The Rhythmettes, she sang "Optimistic Voices" in the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz", and on Broadway in 1939, again with the Rhythmettes, with Louis Armstrong, Moms Mabley, Oscar Polk and others, she sang and danced in the show "Swingin' the Dream".

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients during peacetime

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of African American Medal of Honor recipients

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients

paragraph: BULLET::::- Military history of Nova Scotia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Black Nova Scotians

wikidata_label: Joseph B. Noil

wikipedia_title: Joseph B. Noil


text:
Hong Kong
Beautiful Cooking
United States
"Guardian"
TVB
Rear Mirror
It's a Wonderful Life
TVBSpace News

categories: TVB veteran actors,20th-century Hong Kong actresses,Hong Kong television actresses,21st-century Hong Kong actresses,Living people,Hong Kong food writers,1968 births,Alumni of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts,Hong Kong film actresses

paragraph: Louisa So

paragraph: Louisa So Yuk Wa (; Born 16 January 1968 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress in drama and TV series. She is considered the "Cooking Mistress" of Hong Kong after winning the comedy cooking show "Beautiful Cooking". In August 2009, she travelled by train across the United States, during which time she met "Guardian" journalist Douglas Rogers. After a brief break in 2009, she unexpectedly returned to acting in 2014 as the protagonist in the TVB drama Rear Mirror, a role that brought her wide critical acclaim, after the show received high viewership ratings.

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.:Drama.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989: Grease 油脂

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989: Such a Lovely Bastille Day 某一年的七月十四日

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989: Biloxi Blues 衝上雲霄

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989: The Normal Heart 常在我心間

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990: How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying 登龍有術

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990: Tin Hau - Goddess of Heaven 天后

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990: Goddess Kwun Yum and Virgin Maria 生觀音與瑪莉亞

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990: Terry Nova 光榮之旅

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: One of the Lucky Ones (Re-run) 伴我同行(重演)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: Fou Lei & Fou Tsong 傅雷與傅聰

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: The Government Inspector 欽差大臣

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: Deadly Ecstasy 神火

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: Orchards 情有獨鍾

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992: Nothing Scared 百無禁忌

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992: I Have a Date with Spring 我和春天有個約會

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992: Noises Off 蝦碌戲班

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992: A Flea in Her Ear 橫衝直撞偷錯情

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992: House of Blue Leaves 藍葉之屋

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992: M Butterfly 蝴蝶君

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993: M Butterfly (Re-run) 蝴蝶君

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993: I Have a Date with Spring (Re-run) 我和春天有個約會

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993: The Legend of the Mad Phoenix 南海十三郎

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993: King Lear 李爾王

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993: The Trial 審判

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994: Amadeus 莫札特之死

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994: Major Barbara 芭巴拉少校

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995: I Have a Date with Spring 我和春天有個約會

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1996: That's Entertainment 播音情人

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: The Mad Phoenix 南海十三郎

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: That's Entertainment 播音情人

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000: Noises Off 蝦碌戲班

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002: Love in a Fallen City 新傾城之戀

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002: Between Life and Death 生死界

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003: A Serenade 寒江釣雪

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005: Superman Forever 你今日拯救o左地球未呀?

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005: Love in a Fallen City 05 新傾城之戀 05

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006: Love in a Fallen City 06 新傾城之戀 '06 傾情再遇

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: The Peach Blossom Land 暗戀桃花源

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012: Rabbit Hole 心洞

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013: I Have a Date with Spring 我和春天有個約會（春天舞台重演版）

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013: The Mad Phoenix (Re-run) 南海十三郎（重演版）

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013: 18/F Block C 十八樓C座

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015: The Amahs 金蘭姐妹

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015: Into the Womb 胎內

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015: Le Dieu Du Carnage (Re-run) 狂揪夫妻 （重演）

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017: The Truth 謊言

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018: The Truth (Re-run) 謊言

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.:Film.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994: I Have a Date with Spring 我和春天有個約會

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995: Paradise Hotel

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995: The Umbrella Story

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 The Mad Phoenix 南海十三郎

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: It's a Wonderful Life 心想事成

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018: Staycation

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- TVBSpace News

description: Hong Kong actor

wikidata_label: Louisa So

wikipedia_title: Louisa So


text:
Franciscan
Temesvár
Hungary
Timişoara
Romania
University of Kraków
Buda
Buda
Immaculate Conception
Petrus Lombardus
Aureum Sacrae Theologiae Rosarium
Oswald of Lasko
Strassbourg
Hagenau
Hagenau
Hagenau
Hagenau
Nuremberg
Strasbourg
Basel
Hagenau
Venice
Brescia
Oswald of Lasko
Duns Scotus
Bonaventure
Aquinas
William of Vorrilon
New York City
Richmond
Virginia
Page in Hungarian language

categories: 15th-century Hungarian people,15th-century Roman Catholic priests,Hungarian Franciscans,1504 deaths,15th-century writers,Jagiellonian University alumni,1430 births,Hungarian expatriates in Poland

paragraph: Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvár

paragraph: Pelbartus Ladislaus de Temesvár (or Temeswar) (1430 – 9 January 1504) was a Franciscan writer and preacher.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was born in 1430 in Temesvár, Hungary (now Timişoara, Romania). In 1458 he went to the University of Kraków. In 1463 he was licensed in Theology. Possibly in 1471 he left Kraków as a doctor, then in 1483 he is mentioned in the Franciscan Community Annales of St. John Monastery in Buda, the Hungarian Capital city. After 1483 his writings began to be published in print. The first printed edition of his Sermons dates from 1498. In 1503 a printed version of his lecture notes was published. Pelbartus died on 9 January 1504 in Buda, as a highly distinguished author and professor. Hungarian versions of his writings in manuscript date from 1510.

paragraph: Section::::His work.

paragraph: He is remembered for two kinds of texts: sermons (many of them treating the Immaculate Conception) and Commentaries on Sentences of Petrus Lombardus. His final work is a synthesis called Aureum Sacrae Theologiae Rosarium – finished by his student Oswald of Lasko.

paragraph: Section::::His work.:Editions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Expositio Compendiosa et Familiaris Sensum Litteralem et Mysticum Complectens Libri Psalmorum, Hymnorum, Soliloquorum Regii Prophetae, item Expositio Canticorum V. et N. Testamenti, Symboli Athanasii, Hymni Universales Creaturae" (a.o. Strassbourg, 1487/ Hagenau, 1504 and 1513).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pomerium Sermonum de Tempore" (s.l., 1489/Hagenau, 1498 and 1500). There are other editions as well, possibly 12, between 1501 and 1520.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pomerium Sermonum de Sanctis" (a.o. Hagenau, 1499 and 1500). 11 editions between 1501 and 1520.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pomerium Sermonum Quadragesimalium/Qauadragesimale Triplex" (a.o. Hagenau, 1499 and 1500). 9 editions before 1520.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sermones" (Nuremberg, 1483/s.l., 1486).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stellarium Coronae Mariae Virginis" (a.o. Hagenau, Heinrich Gran & Johannes Rynman, 2 Maii, 1498/ Strasbourg, 1496/Basel, Jacobus Wolff de Pforzheim, 1497–1500).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Aureum Sacrae Theologiae Rosarium iuxta Quattuor Sententiarum Libros Pariformiter Quadripartitum" (4 books) IV Vol. (Hagenau: Heinrich Gran, 1503-1508/Venice, 1586 and 1589/ Brescia, 1590). This work has been finished by Oswald of Lasko. It is a dogmatic work where Pelbartus comments upon Scottist texts. Has references to Duns Scotus, St. Bonaventure, Tomas Aquinas, William of Vorrilon.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Z. J. Kosztolnyik, "Some Hungarian Theologians in the Late Renaissance", "Church History. Volume: 57". Issue: 1, 1988.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Z. J. Kosztolnyik, "Pelbartus of Temesvar: a Francican Preacher and Writer of the Late Middle Ages in Hungary", "Vivarium", 5/1967.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kenan B. Osborne, O.F.M., "The History of Franciscan Theology", The Franciscan Institute St. Bonaventure, New York City, 1994.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Franklin H. Littell (ed.), "Reformation Studies", John Knox Press, Richmond, Virginia, 1962.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Page in Hungarian language

alias:
Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvar
Pelbartus de Themeswar

description: Hungarian writer and peacher

wikidata_label: Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvár

wikipedia_title: Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvár


text: Emperor Han Wudi

text: emperor

text: Han Dynasty

text: China

text: Confucian

text: persona

text: Li Yannian

text: Princess Pingyang

text: Dayuan

text: Han Shu

text: persona

text: Wei Zifu

text: Li Guangli

text: Xiongnu

text: Liu Ju

text: Emperor Zhao of Han

text: Prince He of Changyi

text: Huo Guang

text: Han poetry

text: Rexroth, Kenneth

text: Book of Han

text: Records of the Grand Historian

categories: Year of birth missing,Year of death missing

paragraph: Lady Li

paragraph: Li Furen (Chinese: 李夫人) (died between 104-101 BC) was a concubine who married and produced offspring for Emperor Han Wudi, the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty of China, who ruled from 141 to 87 BC.

paragraph: Emperor Wu's foreign policies resulted in great territorial acquisitions for Han China, together with the organization of a strong, centralized imperial state bolstered by Confucian ideology; due to his achievements, Wudi was often considered one of the greatest or the greatest emperor of Han Dynasty China, and one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history. However, in the field of poetry, the great Wudi is more remembered for his great personal grief in his domestic life at the loss of his beloved "Lady Li" (Li Furen), as recorded in a well-known poem, written from the viewpoint of the persona of Wudi. This is a famous and frequently translated poem into English. One version goes:

paragraph: poem

paragraph: /poem

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Li Furen's concubinage/marriage to the emperor, Han Wudi, came about by the circumstance that her brother Li Yannian was a musician for Princess Pingyang and composed the song "Jiaren Qu" (literally, "The Beauty Song") as an ode to her beauty. After hearing this song, Emperor Wu wanted to meet the woman who could inspire such a song. Enamored of her, she became one of Emperor Wu's concubines and bore him a son named Bo (髆). The date of her death is unrecorded, but is calculated to be between 104 and 101 BC, as her brother Li Guangli was sent to attack Dayuan twice during this period, and it was recorded that Lady Li had passed away before Li Guangli returned from his second expedition. Emperor Wu's profound sadness was recorded in the "Han Shu". Likewise, a famous poem has been recorded as being written by the grief-stricken Emperor. However, although composed in the persona of Han Wudi, there is doubt as to the actual authorship of this and similar poems.

paragraph: Due to her popularity with the Emperor, her male relatives enjoyed favor with the Emperor, but in the civil unrest between the Li family and Empress Wei Zifu's family, several of her relatives were killed or executed. Li Guangli later surrendered to the Xiongnu circa 90-89 BC. With the suicide of Emperor Wu's crown prince Liu Ju in 91 BC, her son Liu Bo was among the candidates for the title of crown prince; the title ultimately went to young Liu Fuling, who succeeded Emperor Wu as Emperor Zhao of Han. (In any case, Liu Bo predeceased his father.) Her grandson, Liu Bo's son, Prince He of Changyi, was notoriously enthroned as emperor as Emperor Zhao's successor, but was removed from his position after 27 days by Huo Guang, impeached on 1127 charges of misconduct committed after being named emperor. Afterwards, Li's grandson was not included on the official historical list of Han emperors.

paragraph: It was recorded that when Lady Li became gravely ill, Wudi came to visit her personally. However, she refused to allow Wudi to see her face, citing the loss of her beauty. Upon Wudi's urging, Li went further and refused to even speak. As such, Wudi left unhappily. The lady's sisters then admonished her for not allowing the emperor to see her face. Li's reply was "The reason why I refused to meet the emperor was for my brothers' sake. I earned the emperor's goodwill by virtue of my good looks. Those who serve others using their looks, will lose their popularity once their looks have faded. The reason why the Emperor remembers me fondly was because of my good looks in the past. If he sees that my looks have been ravaged, he will definitely treat me with disgust, let alone remember me fondly or treat my brothers well!"

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Han poetry

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- M. Loewe, Crisis and Conflict in Han China

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rexroth, Kenneth (1970). "Love and the Turning Year: One Hundred More Poems from the Chinese". New York: New Directions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Book of Han", .

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Records of the Grand Historian",

description: Royal concubine

wikidata_label: Li Furen

wikipedia_title: Lady Li


text:
Venetian
chronicler
Kenneth Setton
manuscript
Aeneas Sylvius
Bartolomeo Minio
Museo Correr
Levant
Albanians
Skanderbeg's
Krujë
Greek
Constantine Sathas
Venetian
Great Council of Venice
coats of arms
Siege of Krujë

categories: 1490 births,1557 deaths,16th-century historians

paragraph: Stefano Magno

paragraph: Stefano Magno (around 1499 – 14 October 1572) was a Venetian chronicler.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: According to Kenneth Setton, Stefano Magno was born around 1499 (his father's name was Andrea) and died on 14 October 1572. According to the Marios Philippides he was born in 1490 and died in 1557. He was a member of the noble Venetian Magno family.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Cronaca Magno.

paragraph: The authorship of the manuscript often named as "Cronaca Magno" is attributed to Stefano Magno. This work is based on the work of Aeneas Sylvius (Pope Pius II). Stefano Magno frequently quotes "dispacci" of Bartolomeo Minio in his chronicle.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Annali Veneti e del Mondo.

paragraph: His work "Annali Veneti e del Mondo" is a five-volume manuscript archived in the library of the Museo Correr. This manuscript is described as "one of the more important literary sources for the last two decades of fifteenth century", providing "extraordinary coverage" of events almost all over Europe and Levant. It also covers the process of Islamization of Albanians and presents information about the Muslim conquest of Skanderbeg's stronghold, Krujë.

paragraph: A Greek historian and researcher Constantine Sathas published extracts of the Venetian chronicle of Stefano Magno connected with the history of Greece ("Mnemeia Hellenikes Historias [Monuments of Greek History]"), which Kenneth Setton considers carelessly transcribed.

paragraph: The first volume of his "Annali Veneti e del Mondo" describes the origins of the Venetian noble families and presents the alphabetically arranged list with dates of their admission to the Great Council of Venice, with their coats of arms presented in color. The fourth volume describes the period from 1478 to 1481, and contains a description of the Siege of Krujë in 1478.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cronaca Magno"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Annali Veneti e del Mondo"

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bibliography

description: Italian chronicler

wikidata_label: Stefano Magno

wikipedia_title: Stefano Magno


text: United States District Judge

text: Strabane

text: County Tyrone

text: Ireland

text: read law

text: Florida

text: Newnan

text: Georgia

text: Atlanta

text: recess appointment

text: Andrew Johnson

text: John Cochran Nicoll

text: United States Senate

categories: 19th-century American judges,Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia,Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia,United States federal judges appointed by Andrew Johnson,United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law,1813 births,19th-century American politicians,1895 deaths,People from Strabane

paragraph: John Erskine (judge)

paragraph: John Erskine (September 13, 1813 – January 27, 1895) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

paragraph: Section::::Education and career.

paragraph: Born on September 13, 1813, in Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland, Erskine read law in 1846. He entered private practice in Florida from 1846 to 1855. He continued private practice in Newnan, Georgia starting in 1855, and in Atlanta, Georgia until 1865.

paragraph: Section::::Federal judicial service.

paragraph: Erksine received a recess appointment from President Andrew Johnson on July 10, 1865, to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia vacated by Judge John Cochran Nicoll. He was nominated to the same position by President Johnson on December 20, 1865. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1866, and received his commission the same day. He was reassigned to serve only in the Southern District on April 25, 1882. His service terminated on December 1, 1883, due to his retirement.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Erskine died on January 27, 1895, in Atlanta.

description: US federal judge

wikidata_label: John Erskine

wikipedia_title: John Erskine (judge)