text: Canadian

text: film producer

text: director

text: actor

text: screenwriter

text: Toronto

text: New York City

text: Biograph Studios

text: Frank J. Marion

text: George Kleine

text: Kalem Company

text: Ben Hur

text: Irish

text: A Lad from Old Ireland

text: World War I

text: Beaufort, County Kerry

text: Ireland

text: Palestine

text: From the Manger to the Cross

text: Jesus

text: D.W. Griffith

text: Cecil B. DeMille

text: National Film Registry

text: Library of Congress

text: Mary Pickford

text: Famous Players-Lasky

text: Paramount Pictures

text: Vitagraph Studios

text: East Coast

text: Motion Picture Directors Association

text: Directors Guild of America

text: Hollywood, California

text: Valentine Grant

text: The Innocent Lie

text: British Commonwealth

text: Charles Foster

text: Hollywood

text: Robert Vignola

text: A Runaway Sleighbelle

text: The Dog Snatcher

text: Bowser's House Cleaning

text: The Gentleman Farmer

text: A Hobo Hero

text: The Pony Express

text: The New Hired Girl

text: The Tenderfoot

text: Off for the Day

text: The Sea Wolf

text: The Parson's Picnic

text: The Book Agent

text: A One Night Stand

text: Who'll Do The Washing

text: Peggy's Camping Party

text: The Wooing of Miles Standish

text: Nature Fakirs

text: The Amateur Detective

text: The Red Man's Way

text: Chinese Slave Smuggling

text: The Spring Gun

text: Nathan Hale

text: The Goldbrick

text: It Was Mother-in-Law

text: The Rival Motorists

text: Bill Butt-in and the Burglar

text: Troubles of a Tramp

text: The Lost Mine

text: Woman Cruel Woman

text: A Dramatic Rhearsal

text: School Days

text: Ben Hur

text: Days of '61

text: Back to Farm

text: Mountainers

text: Dogs of Fashion

text: Quack Doctors

text: Under the Star Splanged Banner

text: Evangeline

text: The Stowanay

text: College Days

text: The Banan'Man

text: Henry Hudson

text: Way Down East

text: Washington at Valley Forge

text: The Scarlet Letter

text: Captain Kid

text: The Moonshiner's Daughter

text: Night Riders

text: The Under Dog

text: Legend of Sleepy Hollow

text: Kidnapped for Hate

text: Dolly the Circus Queen

text: The White Squaw Man

text: The Man Hunt

text: Enoch Arden

text: Lady Audley's Secret

text: Held by Bandits

text: The Little Madcap

text: Mrs Gunness, the Female Bluebeard

text: Dynamite Man

text: The Renegade

text: The New Hired Girl

text: A Gipsy Girl's Love

text: The Walls of Sing Sing

text: The Girl Nihilist

text: Robin Hood

text: The Frontiersman's Bride

text: As You Like It

text: The Great Yellowstone Park Hold Up

text: The Old Sleuth Detective

text: The Padrone

text: The Mystery of the Bride in White

text: The Girl I Left Behind Me

text: Caught in the Web

text: The Half Breed

text: Jerusalem in the Time of Christ

text: David and Goliath

text: Fire at Sea

text: Humpty Dumpty Circus

text: The Railroad Detective

text: Hannah Dustin

text: A Ragged Hero

text: Maggie, the Dock Rat

text: For Love of Country

text: The Molly Maguires

text: Red Cloud

text: The Trail of the White Man

text: A Florida Feud

text: The Girl at the Old Mill

text: The Octoroon

text: The Detectives of the Italian Bureau

text: The High Diver

text: Sporting Days in the South

text: The Making of a Champion Pugilist

text: The New Minister

text: The Old Soldier's Story

text: The Seminomle's Vengeance

text: The Crackers Bride

text: Hungry Hank's Hallucination

text: The Mysterious Double

text: The Fish Pirates

text: The Orange Grower's Daughter

text: The Northern Schoolmaster

text: The Artist and the Girl

text: Love's Triumph

text: Good for Evil

text: A Poor Wife's Devotion

text: A Pig in a Poke

text: A Child of the Sea

text: The Omnibus Taxiclub

text: $5000 Reward

text: The Little Angel of Roaring Springs

text: The Mystic Swing

text: A Priest of the Wilderness

text: Mardi Gras in Havana

text: The Japanese Invasion

text: Famine in the Forest

text: A Soldier of US Army

text: The Escape from Andersonville

text: The Tom-Boy

text: Tickle Mary

text: Factory Girl

text: Traced by Kodak

text: Out of Work

text: The Queen of the Quarry

text: The Pay Car

text: Hiram's Bride

text: The Story of a Rose

text: Winning a Diner

text: The Winning Boat

text: The Mystery of Sleeper Trunk

text: The Hand Organ Man

text: The Man and the Girl

text: A Brother's Wrong

text: The Girl Scout

text: The Cattle Thieves

text: Dora

text: Pale Face's Wooing

text: The Governor's Daughter

text: Judgement

text: The Geisha Who Saved Japan

text: Rally 'Round the Flag

text: The Law of the Mountains

text: The Card Board Baby

text: A Slave to Drink

text: The Deacon's Daughter

text: The Romance of a Trained Nurse

text: The Man Who Lost

text: The Step-Mother

text: The Confederate Spy

text: The Feud

text: The Fisherman's Granddaughter

text: The Miser's Child

text: The Girl Thief

text: Her Soldier Sweetheart

text: The Seminole's Trust

text: The Girl and the Bandit

text: The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

text: The Old Fiddler

text: The Forager

text: The Bravest Girl of the South

text: The Sacred Turquoise of the Zuni

text: The Love Romance of the Girl Spy

text: The Egret Hunter

text: Between Love and Duty

text: The Aztec Sacrifice

text: The Seminole Halfbreeds

text: The Cliff Dwellers

text: Friends

text: The Castaways

text: The Wanderers

text: The Navajo's Bride

text: The Miner's Sacrifice

text: Grandmother

text: A Daughter of Dixie

text: A Colonial Belle

text: The Perversity of Fate

text: The Cow Puncher's Sweetheart

text: Leap for Life

text: The Conspiracy of Pontiac

text: The Heart of Edna Leslie

text: The Way of Life

text: The Lad from Old Ireland

text: Seth's Temptation

text: The Little Spreewald Maiden

text: When Lovers Part

text: The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

text: The Stranger

text: For the Love of an Enemy

text: The Secret of the Still

text: Her Chum's Brother

text: The Little Sister

text: Grandmother's War Story

text: The Open Road

text: Sailor Jack's Reformation

text: The Irish Honeymoon

text: The Diver

text: A War Time Escape

text: A Sawmill Hero

text: The Lass Who Couldn't Forget

text: By a Woman's Wit

text: In Old Florida

text: The Fiddle's Requiem

text: When the Dead Return

text: The Carnival

text: In Blossom Time

text: Tangled Lives

text: The Railroad Raiders of '62

text: The Little Soldier of '64

text: To the Aid of Stonewall Jackson

text: Hubby's Day at Home

text: The Colonel's Son

text: The Romance of a Dixie Belle

text: Special Messenger

text: Rory O'More

text: Losing to Win

text: The Colleen Bawn

text: The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

text: Among the Irish Fisher Folk

text: The Franciscan Friars of Killarney

text: Arrah-na-Pogue

text: Driving Home the Cows

text: A Southern Boy of '61

text: The O'Neill

text: His Mother

text: The O'Kalems Visit Killarney

text: The Vagabonds

text: Far From Erin's Isle

text: You Remember Ellen

text: A Visit to Madeira

text: The Kalemites Visit Gibraltar

text: Along the Mediterranean

text: The Potters of the Nile

text: American Tourists Abroad

text: Egypt the Mysterious

text: Egypt as it Was in the Time of Moses

text: The Fighting Dervishes of the Desert

text: Luxor Egypt

text: Missionaries in Darkest Africa

text: Making Photoplays in Egypt

text: A Pet of the Cairo Zoo

text: An Arabian Tragedy

text: Captured by Bedouins

text: Tragedy of the Desert

text: Winning a Widow

text: Egyptian Sports

text: A Prisoner of the Harem

text: Easter Celebration at Jerusalem

text: Palestine

text: From Jerusalem to the Dead Sea

text: Down Through the Ages

text: The Ancient Port of Jaffa

text: Along the River Nile

text: Ancient Temples of Egypt

text: The Poacher's Pardon

text: From the Manger To the Cross

text: The Kerry Gow

text: The Mayor From Ireland

text: Conway, the Kerry Dancer

text: Ireland, the Oppressed

text: The Shaughraun

text: The Wives of Jamestown

text: The Lady Peggy's Escape

text: A Daughter of the Confederacy

text: The Mystery of Pine Creek Camp

text: When Men Hate

text: In the Power of the Hypnotist

text: In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan

text: For Ireland's Sake

text: Come Back To Erin

text: When Men Would Kill

text: In the Hands of a Brute

text: The Eye of the Government

text: A Mother of Men

text: The Idle Rich

text: Tricking the Government

text: The Little Rebel

text: The Moth and the Flame

text: All For Old Ireland

text: Bold Emmett Ireland's Martyr

text: Seven Sisters

text: The Irish in America

text: Nan O' the Backwoods

text: Madame Butterfly

text: The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

text: The Taint

text: Poor Little Peppina

text: My Lady Incog

text: Diplomacy

text: The Innocent Lie

text: The Smugglers

text: The Daughter of MacGregor

text: The Belgian

text: Marriage for Convenience

text: Scratch My Back

text: The Right Way

text: God's Country and the Law

text: Pardon My French

text: Timothy's Quest

text: The Green Goddess

text: Little Old New York

text: The Humming Bird

text: Monsieur Beaucaire

text: The Only Woman

text: Salome of the Tenements

text: The Charmer

text: Not So Long Ago

text: The Best People

text: The White Black Sheep

text: Ranson's Folly

text: The Amateur Gentleman

text: The Claw

text: Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood

text: Olcott filming in Ireland

text: Sidney Olcott, le premier œil

categories: Canadian male film actors,Writers from Toronto,1872 births,Canadian male silent film actors,Male actors from Toronto,1949 deaths,Canadian screenwriters,20th-century Canadian male actors,Film directors from Toronto

paragraph: Sidney Olcott

paragraph: Sidney Olcott (September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born John Sidney Allcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great directors of the motion picture business. With a desire to be an actor, a young Sidney Olcott went to New York City where he worked in the theater until 1904 when he performed as a film actor with the Biograph Studios.

paragraph: In 1907, Frank J. Marion and Samuel Long, with financial backing from George Kleine, formed a new motion picture company called the Kalem Company and were able to lure the increasingly successful Sidney Olcott away from Biograph. Olcott was offered the sum of ten dollars per picture and under the terms of his contract, Olcott was required to direct a minimum of one, one-reel picture of about a thousand feet every week. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.

paragraph: In 1910 Sidney Olcott demonstrated his creative thinking when he made Kalem Studios the first ever to travel outside the United States to film on location.

paragraph: Of Irish ancestry, and knowing that in America there was a huge built-in Irish audience, Olcott went to Ireland where he made a film called "A Lad from Old Ireland". He would go on to make more than a dozen films there and later on only the outbreak of World War I prevented him from following through with his plans to build a permanent studio in Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland. The Irish films led to him taking a crew to Palestine in 1912 to make the first five-reel film ever, titled "From the Manger to the Cross", the life story of Jesus.

paragraph: The film concept was at first the subject of much skepticism but when it appeared on screen, it was lauded by the public and the critics. Costing $35,000 to produce, "From the Manger to the Cross" earned the Kalem Company profits of almost $1 million, a staggering amount in 1912. The motion picture industry acclaimed him as its greatest director and the film influenced the direction many great filmmakers would take such as D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. "From the Manger to the Cross" is still shown today to film societies and students studying early film making techniques. In 1998 the film was selected for the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress.

paragraph: Despite making the studio owners very rich men, they refused to increase his salary beyond the $150 a week he was then earning. From the enormous profits made for his employers, Olcott's dividend on the one share they had given him amounted to $350. As a result, Sidney Olcott resigned and took some time off, making only an occasional film until 1915 when he was encouraged by his Canadian friend Mary Pickford to join her at Famous Players-Lasky, later Paramount Pictures. The Kalem Company never recovered from the mistake of losing Olcott and a few years after his departure, the operation was acquired by Vitagraph Studios in 1916.

paragraph: Olcott was a founding member of the East Coast chapter of the Motion Picture Directors Association, a forerunner to today's Directors Guild of America and would later serve as its president. Like the rest of the film industry, Sidney Olcott moved to Hollywood, California, where he directed many more successful and acclaimed motion pictures with the leading stars of the day.

paragraph: Olcott married actress Valentine Grant, the star of his 1916 film, "The Innocent Lie".

paragraph: During World War II, Olcott opened his home to visiting British Commonwealth soldiers in Los Angeles. In his book titled "Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood", writer Charles Foster tells of this period in Olcott's life, and of how he was introduced to many members of Hollywood's Canadian community through Olcott. Sidney Olcott died in Hollywood, California, in the house of his friend Robert Vignola where he lived after the death of Valentine Grant. He is buried in Park Lawn cemetery in Toronto, Ontario.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Runaway Sleighbelle" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Dog Snatcher" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bowser's House Cleaning" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Gentleman Farmer (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Hobo Hero" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Pony Express" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The New Hired Girl" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Tenderfoot" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Off for the Day" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Sea Wolf" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Parson's Picnic" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Book Agent" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A One Night Stand" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Who'll Do The Washing" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Peggy's Camping Party" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wooing of Miles Standish" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nature Fakirs" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Amateur Detective" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Red Man's Way" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chinese Slave Smuggling" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Spring Gun" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nathan Hale" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Goldbrick" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "It Was Mother-in-Law" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Rival Motorists" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bill Butt-in and the Burglar" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Troubles of a Tramp" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Lost Mine" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Woman Cruel Woman" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Dramatic Rhearsal" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "School Days" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ben Hur" (1907)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Days of '61" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Back to Farm" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mountainers" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dogs of Fashion" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Quack Doctors" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Under the Star Splanged Banner" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Evangeline" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Stowanay" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "College Days" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Banan'Man" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Henry Hudson" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Way Down East" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Washington at Valley Forge" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Scarlet Letter" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Captain Kid" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Moonshiner's Daughter" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Night Riders" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Under Dog" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kidnapped for Hate" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dolly the Circus Queen" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The White Squaw Man" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Man Hunt" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Enoch Arden" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lady Audley's Secret" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Held by Bandits" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Little Madcap" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mrs Gunness, the Female Bluebeard" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dynamite Man" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Renegade" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The New Hired Girl" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Gipsy Girl's Love" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Walls of Sing Sing" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Girl Nihilist" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Robin Hood" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Frontiersman's Bride" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "As You Like It" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Great Yellowstone Park Hold Up" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Old Sleuth Detective" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Padrone" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Mystery of the Bride in White" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Girl I Left Behind Me" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Caught in the Web" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Half Breed" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jerusalem in the Time of Christ" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "David and Goliath" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fire at Sea" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Humpty Dumpty Circus" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Railroad Detective" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hannah Dustin" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Ragged Hero" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Maggie, the Dock Rat" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "For Love of Country" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Molly Maguires" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Red Cloud" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Trail of the White Man" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Florida Feud" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Girl at the Old Mill" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Octoroon" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Detectives of the Italian Bureau" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The High Diver" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sporting Days in the South" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Making of a Champion Pugilist" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The New Minister" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Old Soldier's Story" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Seminomle's Vengeance" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Crackers Bride" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hungry Hank's Hallucination" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Mysterious Double" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Fish Pirates" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Orange Grower's Daughter" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Northern Schoolmaster" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Artist and the Girl" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Love's Triumph" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Good for Evil" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- " (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Poor Wife's Devotion" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Pig in a Poke" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Child of the Sea" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Omnibus Taxiclub" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "$5000 Reward" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Little Angel of Roaring Springs" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Mystic Swing" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Priest of the Wilderness" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mardi Gras in Havana" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Japanese Invasion" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Famine in the Forest" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Soldier of US Army" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Escape from Andersonville" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Tom-Boy" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tickle Mary" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Factory Girl" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Traced by Kodak" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Out of Work" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Queen of the Quarry" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Conspirators - An Incident of a South American Revolution" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Pay Car" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hiram's Bride" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Story of a Rose" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Winning a Diner" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Winning Boat" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Mystery of Sleeper Trunk" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Hand Organ Man" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Man and the Girl" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Brother's Wrong" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Girl Scout" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Cattle Thieves" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dora" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pale Face's Wooing" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Governor's Daughter" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Judgement" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Geisha Who Saved Japan" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rally 'Round the Flag" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Law of the Mountains" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Card Board Baby" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Slave to Drink" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Deacon's Daughter" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Romance of a Trained Nurse" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Man Who Lost" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Step-Mother" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Confederate Spy" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Feud" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Fisherman's Granddaughter" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Miser's Child" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Girl Thief" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Her Soldier Sweetheart" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Seminole's Trust" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Girl and the Bandit" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Old Fiddler" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Forager" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Bravest Girl of the South" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Sacred Turquoise of the Zuni" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Love Romance of the Girl Spy" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Egret Hunter" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Between Love and Duty" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Aztec Sacrifice" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Seminole Halfbreeds" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Cliff Dwellers" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Friends" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Castaways" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wanderers" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Navajo's Bride" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Miner's Sacrifice" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Grandmother" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Daughter of Dixie" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Colonial Belle" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Perversity of Fate" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Cow Puncher's Sweetheart" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Leap for Life" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Conspiracy of Pontiac" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Heart of Edna Leslie" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Way of Life" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Lad from Old Ireland" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Seth's Temptation" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Little Spreewald Maiden" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "When Lovers Part" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Stranger" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "For the Love of an Enemy" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Secret of the Still" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Her Chum's Brother" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Little Sister" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Grandmother's War Story" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Open Road" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sailor Jack's Reformation" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Irish Honeymoon" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Diver" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A War Time Escape" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Sawmill Hero" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Lass Who Couldn't Forget" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "By a Woman's Wit" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In Old Florida" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Fiddle's Requiem" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "When the Dead Return" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Carnival" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In Blossom Time" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tangled Lives" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Railroad Raiders of '62" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Little Soldier of '64" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "To the Aid of Stonewall Jackson" (1911)

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paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Colonel's Son" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Romance of a Dixie Belle" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Special Messenger" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rory O'More" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Losing to Win" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Colleen Bawn" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Fishermaid of Ballydavid" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Among the Irish Fisher Folk" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Franciscan Friars of Killarney" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Arrah-na-Pogue" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Driving Home the Cows" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Southern Boy of '61" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The O'Neill" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "His Mother" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The O'Kalems Visit Killarney" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Vagabonds" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Far From Erin's Isle" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "You Remember Ellen" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Visit to Madeira" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Kalemites Visit Gibraltar" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Along the Mediterranean" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Potters of the Nile" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "American Tourists Abroad" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Egypt the Mysterious" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Egypt as it Was in the Time of Moses" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Fighting Dervishes of the Desert" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Luxor Egypt" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Missionaries in Darkest Africa" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Making Photoplays in Egypt" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Pet of the Cairo Zoo" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "An Arabian Tragedy" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Captured by Bedouins" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tragedy of the Desert" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Winning a Widow" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Egyptian Sports" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Prisoner of the Harem" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Easter Celebration at Jerusalem" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Palestine" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "From Jerusalem to the Dead Sea" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Down Through the Ages" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Ancient Port of Jaffa" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Along the River Nile" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ancient Temples of Egypt" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Poacher's Pardon" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "From the Manger To the Cross" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Kerry Gow" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Mayor From Ireland" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Conway, the Kerry Dancer" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ireland, the Oppressed" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Shaughraun" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wives of Jamestown" (1913)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Lady Peggy's Escape" (1913)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Daughter of the Confederacy" (1913)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Mystery of Pine Creek Camp" (1913)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "When Men Hate" (1913)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In the Power of the Hypnotist" (1913)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan" (1913)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "For Ireland's Sake" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Come Back To Erin" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "When Men Would Kill" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In the Hands of a Brute" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Eye of the Government" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- " A Mother of Men" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- " The Idle Rich" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tricking the Government" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Little Rebel" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Moth and the Flame" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "All For Old Ireland" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bold Emmett Ireland's Martyr" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Seven Sisters" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Irish in America" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nan O' the Backwoods" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Madame Butterfly" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Ghost of Twisted Oaks" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Taint" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Poor Little Peppina" (1916)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "My Lady Incog" (1916)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Diplomacy" (1916)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Innocent Lie" (1916)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Smugglers" (1916)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Daughter of MacGregor" (1916)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Belgian" (1918)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Marriage for Convenience" (1919)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Scratch My Back" (1920)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Right Way" (1921)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "God's Country and the Law" (1921)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pardon My French" (1921)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Timothy's Quest" (1922)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Green Goddess" (1923)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Little Old New York" (1923)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Humming Bird" (1924)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monsieur Beaucaire" (1924)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Only Woman" (1924)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Salome of the Tenements" (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Charmer" (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Not So Long Ago" (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Best People" (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The White Black Sheep" (1926)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ranson's Folly" (1926)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Amateur Gentleman" (1926)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Claw" (1927)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michel Derrien, "Aux origines du cinéma irlandais: Sidney Olcott, le premier oeil", TIR 2013.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Olcott filming in Ireland (PDF)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sidney Olcott, le premier œil

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paragraph: Steve Winwood

paragraph: Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English singer and musician whose genres include progressive rock, blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, pop rock, and jazz. Though primarily a vocalist and keyboardist, Winwood also plays a wide variety of other instruments; on several of his solo albums he has played all instrumentation, including drums, mandolin, guitars, bass and saxophone.

paragraph: Winwood was a key member of The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and Go. He also had a successful solo career with hits including "While You See a Chance", "Valerie", "Back in the High Life Again" and two US "Billboard" Hot 100 number ones, "Higher Love" and "Roll with It". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic in 2004.

paragraph: In 2005 Winwood was honoured as a BMI Icon at the annual BMI London Awards for his "enduring influence on generations of music makers". In 2008, "Rolling Stone" ranked Winwood No. 33 in its 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Winwood has won two Grammy Awards. He was nominated twice for a Brit Award for Best British Male Artist: 1988 and 1989. In 2011 he received the Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Song Collection.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Stephen Lawrence Winwood was born on 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham. His father, Lawrence, a foundryman by trade, was a semi-professional musician, playing mainly the saxophone and clarinet.

paragraph: The young Winwood became interested in swing and Dixieland jazz as a boy, began playing piano when aged four, and also soon started playing drums and guitar. He first performed with his father and his elder brother, Muff, in the Ron Atkinson Band at the age of eight.

paragraph: Muff later recalled that when Steve began playing regularly with his father and brother in licensed pubs and clubs, the piano had to be turned with its back to the audience to try and hide him, because he was so obviously underage.

paragraph: Winwood was a choirboy at St John's Church of England, Perry Barr. While he was still young the family moved from Handsworth to the semi-rural suburb of Great Barr at the northern edge of Birmingham city.

paragraph: Winwood attended the Great Barr School which was one of the first comprehensive schools, where a teacher recalled him being a conscientious and able student who displayed ability in mathematics. He also attended the Birmingham and Midland Institute of Music to develop his skills as a pianist, but did not complete his course.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Early years.

paragraph: While still a pupil at Great Barr School, Winwood was a part of the Birmingham rhythm and blues scene, playing the Hammond C-3 organ and guitar, backing blues singers such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Eddie Boyd, Otis Spann, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley on their United Kingdom tours, the custom at that time being for US singers to travel solo and be backed by pick-up bands. At this time, Winwood was living on Atlantic Road in Great Barr, close to the Birmingham music halls where he played. Winwood modelled his singing after Ray Charles.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:The Spencer Davis Group.

paragraph: Winwood (still known as "Stevie" Winwood then) joined The Spencer Davis Group at the age of 14, along with his elder brother Muff, who later had success as a record producer, after Davis saw them at a Birmingham pub called the Golden Eagle, performing as the Muffy Wood Jazz Band. The Group made their debut at the 'Eagle and subsequently had a Monday-night residency there. Winwood's distinctive high tenor singing voice and vocal style drew comparisons to Ray Charles.

paragraph: In 1964 they signed their first recording contract with Island Records. Chris Blackwell later said of Winwood "He was really the cornerstone of Island Records. He's a musical genius and because he was with Island all the other talent really wanted to be with Island."

paragraph: The group had their first number one single at the end of 1965, with "Keep on Running"; the money from this success allowed Winwood to buy his own Hammond B-3 organ. Winwood would go on to co-write and record the chart-topping hits "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man" before leaving The Spencer Davis Group in 1967.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse.

paragraph: During this time Winwood joined forces with guitarist Eric Clapton as part of the one-off group Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse. Songs were recorded for the Elektra label, but only three tracks made the 1966 compilation album, "What's Shakin'".

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Traffic, Blind Faith and Ginger Baker's Air Force.

paragraph: Winwood met drummer Jim Capaldi, guitarist Dave Mason, and multi-instrumentalist Chris Wood when they jammed together at The Elbow Room, a club in Aston, Birmingham. After Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in April 1967, the quartet formed Traffic. Soon thereafter, they rented a cottage near the rural village of Aston Tirrold, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) to write and rehearse new music. This allowed them to escape the city and develop their music.

paragraph: Early in Traffic's formation, Winwood and Capaldi formed a songwriting partnership, with Winwood writing music to match Capaldi's lyrics. This partnership was the source of most of Traffic's material, including popular songs such as "Paper Sun" and "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys", and outlived the band, producing several songs for Winwood and Capaldi's solo albums. Over the band's history, Winwood performed the majority of their lead vocals, keyboard instruments, and guitars. He also frequently played bass and percussion, up to and including the recording sessions for their fourth album. While still in Traffic, Winwood was brought in by Jimi Hendrix to play organ for "Voodoo Chile" on the "Electric Ladyland" album.

paragraph: Winwood formed the supergroup Blind Faith in 1969 with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech.

paragraph: The band was short-lived, owing to Clapton's greater interest in Blind Faith's opening act Delaney & Bonnie & Friends; Clapton left the band at the tour's end. However, Baker, Winwood and Grech stayed together to form Ginger Baker's Air Force. The line-up consisted of 3/4 of Blind Faith (without Clapton, who was replaced by Denny Laine), 2/3 of Traffic (Winwood and Chris Wood, minus Capaldi) plus musicians who interacted with Baker in his early days, including Phil Seamen, Harold McNair, John Blood and Graham Bond.

paragraph: However, the project turned out to be short-lived. Winwood soon went into the studio to begin work on a new solo album, tentatively titled "Mad Shadows". However, Winwood ended up calling in Wood and Capaldi to help with session work, which prompted Traffic's comeback album "John Barleycorn Must Die" in 1970.

paragraph: In 1972, Winwood recorded the part of Captain Walker in the highly successful orchestral version of The Who's "Tommy". He recorded a 1973 album with Remi Kabaka, "Aiye-Keta", for Antilles Records, and in 1976 provided vocals and keyboards on "Go", a concept album by Japanese composer Stomu Yamashta. In 1976, Winwood also played guitar on the Fania All Stars' "Delicate and Jumpy" record and performed as a guest with the band in their only UK appearance, a sold-out concert at the Lyceum Theatre, London.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Solo career.

paragraph: Weariness with the grind of touring and recording prompted Winwood to leave Traffic and retire to sessioning for some years. Under pressure from Island Records, he resurfaced with his self-titled first solo album in 1977. This was followed by his 1980 hit "Arc of a Diver" (which included his first solo hit, "While You See a Chance") and "Talking Back to the Night" in 1982.

paragraph: Both albums were recorded at his home in Gloucestershire with Winwood playing all instruments. He continued to do sessions during this period, and in 1983 he co-produced and played on Jim Capaldi's top 40 hit "That's Love" and co-wrote the Will Powers top 20 hit "Kissing with Confidence".

paragraph: In 1986 he moved to New York. There he enlisted the help of a coterie of stars to record "Back in the High Life" in the US, and the album was a hit. He topped the "Billboard" Hot 100 with "Higher Love," and earned two Grammy Awards: for Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

paragraph: Winwood embarked on an extensive tour of North America in support of the album.

paragraph: All these albums were released on Island Records. However, at the peak of his commercial success, Winwood moved to Virgin Records and released "Roll with It" and "Refugees of the Heart". The album "Roll with It" and the title track hit No. 1 on the USA album and singles charts in the summer of 1988. Another album with Virgin, "Far from Home", was officially credited to Traffic, but nearly all the instruments were played by Winwood. Despite lacking a significant hit, it broke the top 40 in both the UK and USA.

paragraph: His final Virgin album "Junction Seven" also broke the UK top 40.

paragraph: A new studio album, "Nine Lives", was released 29 April 2008 by Wincraft Music through Columbia Records. The album opened at No. 12 on the "Billboard" 200 album chart, his highest US debut ever.

paragraph: In 2008, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music to add to his honorary degree from Aston University, Birmingham. On 28 March 2012 Winwood was one of Roger Daltrey's special guest stars for "An Evening with Roger Daltrey and Friends" gig, in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall.

paragraph: In 2013 Winwood toured North America with Rod Stewart as part of the "Live the Life" tour. In 2014, Winwood toured North America with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

paragraph: Section::::Group work.

paragraph: In 1994, Capaldi and Winwood reunited Traffic for a new album, "Far From Home", and a tour, including a performance at Woodstock '94 Festival. That same year, Winwood appeared on the "A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield" CD, recording Mayfield's "It's All Right".

paragraph: In 1995 and 1996, Winwood released "Reach for the Light" for the animated film "Balto". In 1997, Winwood released a new album, "Junction Seven", toured the US and sang with Chaka Khan at the VH-1 Honors.

paragraph: In 1998, Winwood joined Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval, Ed Calle and other musicians to form the band "Latin Crossings" for a European tour, after which they split without making any recordings. Winwood also appeared in the film "Blues Brothers 2000", as a member of the Louisiana Gator Boys, appearing on stage with Isaac Hayes, Eric Clapton, and KoKo Taylor at the battle of the bands competition.

paragraph: In 2003, Winwood released a new studio album, "About Time" on his new record label, Wincraft Music. 2004 saw his 1982 song "Valerie" used by Eric Prydz in a song called "Call on Me." It spent five weeks at No. 1 on the UK singles chart. Winwood heard an early version of Prydz's remix and liked it so much, he not only gave permission to use the song, he re-recorded the samples for Prydz to use.

paragraph: In 2005, his Soundstage Performances DVD was released, featuring recent work from the "About Time" album along with prior hits including "Back in the High Life." Winwood also performed hits from his days with Traffic as well as current recordings. In 2005, he accepted an invitation from 2008 Grammy Award winner Ashley Cleveland to appear on her album "Men and Angels Say".

paragraph: This album of rock, blues and country arrangements of well known hymns includes "I Need Thee Every Hour"—which features a vocal duet and organ performance. Christina Aguilera features Winwood (using the piano and organ instrumentation from the "John Barleycorn" track, "Glad") on one of her songs from her 2006 record "Back to Basics", called "Makes Me Wanna Pray."

paragraph: In May 2007, Winwood performed in support of the pro-fox hunting organisation the Countryside Alliance in a concert at Highclere Castle, joining fellow rock artists Bryan Ferry, Eric Clapton, Steve Harley and Kenney Jones.

paragraph: In July 2007, Winwood performed with Clapton in the latter's Crossroads Guitar Festival. Among the songs they played together were "Presence of the Lord" and "Can't Find My Way Home" from their Blind Faith days. Winwood played several guitar leads in a six-song set. The two continued their collaboration with three sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City in February 2008.

paragraph: On 19 February 2008, Winwood and Clapton released a collaborative EP through iTunes titled "Dirty City". Clapton and Winwood released a CD and DVD of their Madison Square Garden shows and then toured together in the summer of 2009.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Between 1978 and 1986 Winwood was married to Nicole Weir (d. 2005), who had contributed background vocals to some of his early solo work. The two married at Cheltenham Register Office.

paragraph: Winwood's primary residence is a 300-year-old manor house in the Cotswolds, England, where he also has a recording studio. Winwood also has a home in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Eugenia Crafton, a native of Trenton, Tennessee, whom he married in 1987. They have four children. Both were Patrons of the Cheltenham Festivals of music and literature between 2007 and 2015.

paragraph: His daughter Lilly Winwood is a singer; she was featured with him performing a duet of his song "Higher Love" in a Hershey commercial. Lilly Winwood is the opening act and sings backup on multiple songs during Steve Winwood's 2018 Greatest Hits Live tour.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Solo.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977: "Steve Winwood"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1980: "Arc of a Diver"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1982: "Talking Back to the Night"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986: "Back in the High Life"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988: "Roll with It"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990: "Refugees of the Heart"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: "Junction Seven"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003: "About Time"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Nine Lives"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017: "Greatest Hits Live"

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Spencer Davis Group.

paragraph: see "The Spencer Davis Group discography"

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Traffic.

paragraph: see "Traffic discography"

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Blind Faith.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1969: "Blind Faith"

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Ginger Baker's Air Force.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1970: "Ginger Baker's Air Force"

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Third World.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1973: "Aiye-Keta"

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Go.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976: "Go"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976: "Go Live from Paris"

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Eric Clapton/Steve Winwood.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009: "Live from Madison Square Garden

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Session work.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chris Knipp – "blast"

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – "Electric Ladyland", 1968

paragraph: BULLET::::- B B King – "B B King in London" , 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- McDonald and Giles – "McDonald and Giles", 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jimi Hendrix – "The Cry of Love", 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- Howlin' Wolf – "The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions", 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shawn Phillips – "Faces", 1972 – Organ on "Parisien Plight II"

paragraph: BULLET::::- London Symphony Orchestra – "Tommy – As Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Choir", 1972

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Capaldi – "Oh How We Danced", 1972

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eddie Harris – "E.H. in the UK" (Atlantic), 1973 With Chris Squire, Alan White and Tony Kaye

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lou Reed – "Berlin", 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Martyn – "Inside Out", 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Capaldi – "Whale Meat Again", 1974

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Palmer – "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley", 1974

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Capaldi – "Short Cut Draw Blood", 1975

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jade Warrior – "Waves", 1975

paragraph: BULLET::::- Toots & the Maytals – "Reggae Got Soul", 1976

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sandy Denny – "Rendezvous", 1977

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Martyn – "One World", 1977

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pierre Moerlen's Gong – "Downwind", 1978

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vivian Stanshall – "Sir Henry at Rawlinson End", 1978

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Capaldi – "Daughter of the Night", 1978

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Harrison – "George Harrison", 1979

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marianne Faithfull – "Broken English", 1979

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Capaldi – "The Sweet Smell of... Success", 1980

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Capaldi – "Let the Thunder Cry", 1981

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marianne Faithfull – "Dangerous Acquaintances", 1981

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Capaldi – "Fierce Heart", 1983

paragraph: BULLET::::- David Gilmour – "About Face", 1984

paragraph: BULLET::::- Christine McVie – "Christine McVie", 1984

paragraph: BULLET::::- Billy Joel – "The Bridge", 1986

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dave Mason – "Two Hearts", 1987

paragraph: BULLET::::- Talk Talk – "The Colour of Spring", 1986

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Capaldi – "Some Come Running", 1988

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jimmy Buffett – "My Barracuda", 1988

paragraph: BULLET::::- Phil Collins – "...But Seriously", 1989

paragraph: BULLET::::- Soulsister – "Heat", 1990

paragraph: BULLET::::- Davy Spillane – "A Place Among The Stones", 1994

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paul Weller – "Stanley Road", 1995

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kathy Troccoli – "Corner of Eden", 1998

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eric Clapton – "Back Home", 2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eric Clapton – "Clapton", 2010

paragraph: BULLET::::- Slash – "Hey Joe" "Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame", 2010

paragraph: BULLET::::- Miranda Lambert – "Four the Record", 2011

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eric Clapton – "Old Sock", 2013

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gov't Mule – "Shout!", 2013

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albums that Winwood guested on and/or produced

paragraph: BULLET::::- Steve Winwood & Eric Clapton live@ Bucharest (review)

alias:
Stephen Lawrence Winwood
Stephen Laurence "Steve" Winwood

description: English musician

wikidata_label: Steve Winwood

wikipedia_title: Steve Winwood


text: Republican

text: Arizona's 1st congressional district

text: Mesa, Arizona

text: John Jacob Rhodes

text: Washington, D. C.

text: Landon School

text: Bethesda, Maryland

text: Yale University

text: New Haven, Connecticut

text: University of Arizona

text: Tucson, Arizona

text: United States Army

text: Vietnam

text: John McCain

text: United States Senate

text: East Valley

text: Sam Coppersmith

text: Veterans Administration Medical Center

text: Washington, D.C.

text: vertebrae

categories: 1943 births,Arizona lawyers,Deaths from organ failure,Members of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona,Politicians from Mesa, Arizona,Yale University alumni,United States Army officers,University of Arizona alumni,Arizona Republicans,Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives,American army personnel of the Vietnam War,2011 deaths

paragraph: John Jacob Rhodes III

paragraph: John Jacob "Jay" Rhodes III (September 8, 1943 – January 20, 2011) was a Republican Representative from Arizona's 1st congressional district.

paragraph: Section::::Youth and education.

paragraph: Rhodes was born in Mesa, Arizona. His father and namesake, John Jacob Rhodes, represented the 1st district from 1953 to 1983. As a result, the younger Rhodes spent much of his youth in Washington, D. C. He graduated from the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland (1961); graduated from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut (1965) with an A.B., and from the University of Arizona College of Law in Tucson, Arizona with a J.D. (1968).

paragraph: Rhodes joined the United States Army in 1968, served in Vietnam, and left as a captain in 1970. He was admitted to the Arizona State bar in 1968 and commenced practice in Mesa. Rhodes was a Republican district chairman (1972–1982), served on the Mesa Board of Education (1973–1976), and served with Central Arizona Water Conservation District (1983–1986).

paragraph: Section::::While in Congress.

paragraph: After his father's successor, John McCain, was elected to the United States Senate, Rhodes jumped in the Republican primary for his father's seat, anchored in the East Valley. Despite his name recognition in the district, he faced a tough contest in the four-way Republican primary—the real contest in this heavily Republican district. While he won the nomination, it was only by 5,000 votes, and he fell far short of a majority. Nonetheless, he romped to victory in November with 71 percent of the vote. He was reelected almost as easily in 1988, and in 1990 no Democrat even filed to run against him.

paragraph: Rhodes appeared to be a heavy favorite for a fourth term in 1992. His district had become even more Republican on paper when redistricting shifted several majority-Hispanic neighborhoods in Phoenix to the 2nd District. However, his Democratic challenger, Sam Coppersmith, hammered Rhodes for several ethical lapses. In one of the biggest upsets in Arizona political history, Coppersmith defeated Rhodes by just over six points.

paragraph: After his defeat, he remained in Washington, D.C.

paragraph: Section::::Accident and death.

paragraph: Rhodes died on January 20, 2011 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Washington, D.C.. Rhodes had been treated for three fractured vertebrae he sustained in an automobile accident in October 2010. He was found unconscious ten days before his death and began suffering organ failure. He was survived by his wife, Jane, sons John, Taylor, Jeremy, and Arthur, and mother, Betty Rhodes.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Finding Aid to the John J. Rhodes Papers at Arizona State University

description: American politician

wikidata_label: John Jacob Rhodes III

wikipedia_title: John Jacob Rhodes III


text:
ancient Libya
pharaoh
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
Osorkon I
Egypt
Manetho
Osorkon II
Tanis
Lower Egypt
Stela of Pasenhor
Shoshenq V
Egyptologists
Osorkon I
Osorkon II
Bubastis
royal prenomen
Takelot II
tomb
grave goods
Ushabti
Tanite
Middle Kingdom
Upper Egypt
Harsiese A
Nile Level Texts
Osorkon I
High Priests of Amun
Iuwelot
Smendes III
Harsiese A
Shoshenq C

categories: 9th-century BC Pharaohs,Pharaohs of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt,872 BC deaths,Year of birth unknown

paragraph: Takelot I

paragraph: Hedjkheperre Setepenre Takelot I was an ancient Libyan ruler who was pharaoh during the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt.

paragraph: Section::::Reign.

paragraph: Takelot I was the son of Osorkon I and Queen Tashedkhons who ruled Egypt for thirteen years according to Manetho. Takelot would marry Queen Kapes who bore him Osorkon II. Initially, Takelot was believed to be an ephemeral Dynasty 22 Pharaoh since no monuments at Tanis or Lower Egypt could be conclusively linked to his reign, or mentioned his existence, except for the famous Stela of Pasenhor, which dates to Year 37 of Shoshenq V.

paragraph: However, since the late 1980s, Egyptologists have assigned several documents mentioning a king Takelot in Lower Egypt to him rather than Takelot II. Takelot I's reign was relatively short when compared to the three decades-long reigns of his father Osorkon I and son, Osorkon II. Takelot I, rather than Takelot II, was the king "Hedjkheperre Setepenre Takelot" who is attested by a Year 9 stela from Bubastis as well as the owner of a partly robbed Royal Tomb at Tanis which belonged to this ruler as the German Egyptologist Karl Jansen-Winkeln reported in a 1987 "Varia Aegyptiaca" 3 (1987), pp. 253–258 paper. Evidently, both king Takelots used the same royal prenomen: Hedjkheperre Setepenre. The main difference between Takelot I and II is that Takelot I never employed the Theban-inspired epithet 'Si-Ese' "Son of Isis" in his titulary, unlike Takelot II.

paragraph: As Kenneth Kitchen writes in the third (1996) edition of his book on "The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt":

paragraph: Section::::Tomb.

paragraph: The evidence that the royal Tanite tomb belonged to Takelot I was suggested long ago by the presence of grave goods found within the burial which mentioned his known parents: "namely a Gold Bracelet (Cairo JE 72199) and an alabaster Jar (Cairo JE 86962) of Osorkon I, and an Ushabti figure of Queen Tashedkhons." In addition, a heart scarab found in the king's burial gave his name simply as "Takelot Meryamun" without the Si-Ese epithet used by Takelot II. Recent confirmation of this circumstantial evidence was published by the German scholar in 1987. His examination of several inscriptions written on the tomb's walls proved beyond doubt that the person buried here could only be Takelot I, Osorkon II's father. Jansen-Winkeln's conclusions have been accepted by Egyptologists today including Professor Kenneth Kitchen. Osorkon II arranged for this aforementioned inscription to be carved on a scene in his tomb where Osorkon is depicted adoring Osiris and Udjo (as a uraeus).

paragraph: Above the inscription was carved the cartouche of Osorkon II and the following text: "A Son, furbishing the one who created (i.e., begot) him."

paragraph: This text establishes that Osorkon II honoured his father by reburying him in the Tanite royal tomb complex. Takelot I's final resting place forms the third chamber of Osorkon II's tomb which means that Osorkon II interred his father within the walls of his own tomb. Takelot I was buried in a usurped Middle Kingdom sarcophagus that was inscribed with his own cartouche.

paragraph: Section::::Authority.

paragraph: Takelot I's authority was not fully recognised in Upper Egypt, and Harsiese A, or another local Theban king, challenged his power there. Several Nile Level Texts at Thebes mention two sons of Osorkon I--namely, the High Priests of Amun Iuwelot and Smendes III in Years 5, 8 and 14 of an anonymous king who can only be Takelot I, since Takelot I was their brother.

paragraph: Uniquely, however, the Quay Texts specifically omit any reference to the identity of the king himself. This might suggest that there was a dispute in the royal succession following Osorkon I's death in Upper Egypt, which seriously impaired Takelot I's control there. Harsiese A, as the son of the High Priest Shoshenq C and grandson of Osorkon I, or a hypothethical king named Maatkheperre Shoshenq must have appeared as a rival. The Theban priests henceforth chose to avoid any involvement in this dispute by deliberately leaving the name of the king in the Quay Texts 'Blank' rather than choosing sides, as G. Broekman notes in his study of the Karnak Quay Texts. This situation was ultimately later resolved by Osorkon II who is clearly attested as Pharaoh at Thebes by his 12th Regnal Year, according to Nile Level Texts No.8 and No.9.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gerard Broekman, "The Nile Level Records of the Twenty-Second and Twenty-Third Dynasties in Karnak," JEA 88(2002), pp. 163–178.

description: Egyptian pharaoh(1000-0874)

wikidata_label: Takelot I

wikipedia_title: Takelot I


text:
Soviet
sculptor
Saratov Governorate
Russian Empire
Petersburg
Imperial Academy of Arts
Academy of Art
Volkovo Cemetery
Wawelberg Bank building
Nevsky Prospekt
St. Petersburg
Asclepius
Hygieia
Yessentuki
Pyatigorsk
Vladimir Lenin
Smolny Institute
Leningrad
Vladivostok
Mikhail Lermontov
Joseph Stalin
online biography (in Russian)
on the Vladivostok Lenin statue

categories: 20th-century sculptors,People from Saratov Governorate,Soviet sculptors,1940 deaths,1887 births

image: 512px-Памятник_Ленину_в_Смольном.jpg

paragraph: Vasily Kozlov (sculptor)

paragraph: Vasily Vasilyevich Kozlov (11 April 1887 – 5 June 1940) was a Soviet sculptor.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: The son of a peasant, Kozlov was born and raised in Vladykino, a small village in the Saratov Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1898 his family emigrated to Petersburg, where Vasily studied in Company's of encouragement of painters' school. After graduating from school, Kozlov was working in studios as master of stucco moulding for building's facades for six years. In 1906-1912 he was a student of the Imperial Academy of Arts. While in school he made friends with Leopold Dietrich, who became a frequent collaborator.

paragraph: In 1919 Kozlov became a chairman of the Sculptors' committee and later a professor of sculptural faculty at the Academy of Art. He died in 1940, and was buried in the Volkovo Cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bas-reliefs and other architectural sculpture for the Wawelberg Bank building, Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, 1912

paragraph: BULLET::::- Figures of Asclepius and Hygieia, with other decoration, at the spa facilities at Yessentuki, 1915, with similar work at Pyatigorsk

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vladimir Lenin at the Smolny Institute, Leningrad, 1927, with another copy of the same statue at Station Square in Vladivostok, 1930

paragraph: BULLET::::- Decorative fence in place of Mikhail Lermontov's duel

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Monuments of Lenin, Joseph Stalin and others

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Monuments of workers, pilots and others Soviet people

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- online biography (in Russian)

paragraph: BULLET::::- on the Vladivostok Lenin statue

description: Russian sculptor

wikidata_label: Vasily Kozlov

wikipedia_title: Vasily Kozlov (sculptor)


text:
Norwegian
Sudreim claim
Norwegian throne
order of succession
Sverre dynasty
Akershus Fortress
King Hans'
Henrich Krummedige
safe conduct
Hartvig Krummedige
Alv Knutsson
Alv Knutsson
Magnhild Oddsdotter
Odd Alvsson
Akershus fortress
Diocese of Hamar
"Tre Rosor"
Kalmar Union
Giske
Romerike
Görvel Fadersdotter
Henrich Krummedige
Norwegian council of the realm
Nes
Ullensaker
thing
Aker
Dovre mountains
Båhus fortress
Akershus Fortress
Peder Griis
King Hans of Denmark, Sweden and Norway
Ditmarshes
Karl Knutsson
Vadstena Castle
Oslo
Christian II of Denmark and Norway
Älvsborg Fortress
Gothenburg
Tønsberg Fortress
Danish-Norwegian
Romantic Nationalism
Scandinavian Union
"Fru Inger til Østeraad"

categories: Norwegian rebels,1455 births,Norwegian landowners,1502 deaths,Norwegian barons

paragraph: Knut Alvsson

paragraph: Knut Alvsson (1455 – 18 August 1502) was a Norwegian nobleman and landowner. He was the country's foremost Norwegian-born noble in his time and served as fief-holder in southern-central Norway.

paragraph: He was heir of the Sudreim claim to the Norwegian throne in accordance with the order of succession agreed to by Norwegian nobility and religious leadership when the Sverre dynasty became extinct. From 1497 to 1499 he served as commander of Akershus Fortress but was removed in 1499 when he lost King Hans' confidence. In 1501 he led a rebellion against King Hans in Norway. He met his death at the hands of pro-Danish Henrich Krummedige’s men in spite of a promise of safe conduct, effectively weakening the rebellion severely as well as ending a feud which had started with their fathers, Hartvig Krummedige and Alv Knutsson.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Knut Alvsson was the son of Norwegian National Council member Alv Knutsson and his wife Magnhild Oddsdotter (ca. 1425–1499). He was the brother of

paragraph: Odd Alvsson (1460–1497), who was chief of Akershus fortress, and half-brother of Karl Sigurdsson (1476–1487), who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Hamar. He was descended on his paternal grandfather's side from the influential and wealthy Swedish "Tre Rosor" noble family, which were active during the period of the Kalmar Union.

paragraph: Section::::Properties.

paragraph: He inherited the Giske and Sudreim properties from his father, one of the largest estate owners in Norway, as well as goods and property in Romerike from his brother Odd Alvsson, who died in 1497. He also held extensive properties in Sweden through his first marriage to the Swedish noblewoman Gyrvel Gyllenstjerna. Alvsson's property would be later forfeit to the crown. His estate in large part would subsequently be awarded to his granddaughter, Görvel Fadersdotter.

paragraph: Section::::Alvson-Krummedige feud.

paragraph: Knut Alvsson inherited a long-standing feud with members of the family of Henrich Krummedige. As a member of the pro-Swedish faction on the Norwegian council of the realm, Alvsson was in natural opposition to Krummedige, who was a key member of the pro-Danish faction.

paragraph: In the autumn of 1497 Alvsson's sheriff to Romerike, Lasse Skjold, was killed by the people of the district. Alvsson received an open letter about the incident, which proclaimed that common people in the Nes and Ullensaker stood together in the action in protest of his oppressive tax collection practices.

paragraph: Alvsson discussed the rebellion of his people with the Danish and Norwegian councils of the realm, and following their recommendation, asked the offenders to apply for amnesty but they held him responsible for his sheriff's actions. The farmers chose to exercise their ancient right to summon a thing at Aker to submit their grievances and hear their defense for what they believed was a justified killing. They also intended to summon Alvsson to the thing.

paragraph: These actions, combined with signs that the rebellion was spreading throughout the "sønnafjells" (the region of Norway south of the Dovre mountains). Alvsson was unable to quell the farmers' rebellion. The rebellion grew such that he was forced to request assistance from the commander of the Norwegian Båhus fortress, his rival and enemy, Henrich Krummedige, since the latter had demonstrated his ability to work constructively with his local land owners. Krummedige not only failed to support Alvsson, but informed the king of the matter. Alvsonn was relieved of his command of Akershus Fortress and replaced by Peder Griis, a Danish nobleman loyal to the king.

paragraph: Section::::Rebellion.

paragraph: In 1500 King Hans of Denmark, Sweden and Norway made an ill-fated attempt to conquer the Ditmarshes in Northern Germany. Alvsson, who had married the granddaughter of Swedish King Karl Knutsson, and was involved with the Swedish Independence Party, concluded it was time to act. While in Sweden he participated in the Swedish National Council meeting in Vadstena Castle in 1501, at which the council approved the revolt against King Hans]. Alvsson directed harsh accusations against King Hans' control in Norway and was provided Swedish support for his return to Norway, based on the belief that a Norwegian uprising would quickly follow the Swedish uprising. In 1501 he led Swedish forces in an attack on Båhus Fortress on the Swedish-Norwegian border, which Henrich Krummedige still commanded. Krummedige was able to hold his fief of Båhus, but Alvsson captured Akershus Fortress in March 1502, although the citizens of Oslo remained pro-Danish while the nobles and bishops of the country remained neutralpresumably waiting to see which side prevailed.

paragraph: King Hans dispatched his son Christian (later crowned King Christian II of Denmark and Norway) at the head of Danish forces; they relieved the siege of Båhus Fortress, and also captured Älvsborg Fortress across the river from Båhus Fortress in Gothenburg. Krummedige then led forces north to finish off the rebellion by recapturing Tønsberg Fortress and investing Akershus Fortress, which Alvsson was defending.

paragraph: When it became clear that the rebellion was stalemated, Alvsson came on board one of Krummedige's ships under a safe conduct. Krummedige's men killed Alvsson on 18 August 1502, either by treachery or, as alleged by Krummedige's men, in response to Alvsson's own violence. Breaking the rules of safe conduct was considered a grave treachery after the old Norse laws, which were still used in Norway at the time. However, the court in Oslo deemed Krummedige to have acted justly. The conditions for this judgement have been discussed by historians for years.

paragraph: The crown judged Alvsson a traitor. Krummedige had prevailed, although Gjerset reports he was compelled to leave Norway and the uprising was not totally quelled until December 1504. Alvsson's death at the hand of Krummedige's minions caused the rebellion against the king to collapse. It also solidified the Danish-Norwegian ties and marked the last attempt at Norwegian independence for over 300 years.

paragraph: Section::::In literature.

paragraph: The death of Alvsson has been romanticized to serve as a centerpiece for Norwegian Romantic Nationalism. Ibsen characterized the period of the Scandinavian Union and the subsequent Dano-Norwegian union (1537—1814)as "Four Hundred Years of Darkness" as part of the Norwegian nationalistic romantic literature upwelling in the close of the 18th century. For example, it was used to set an anti-Danish tone in Ibsen's play "Fru Inger til Østeraad", when he has Olaf Skaktavl acclaim: "Recall the afternoon when Hendrik Krummedike came before Akershus fortress with his fleet? The captains of the fleet offered to discuss peace terms; and, trusting a safe conduct, Knut Alfsøn went onboard. Only three hours later we had to carry him through the fortress gate ... Norway's bravest heart was lost when Krummedike's minions struck him down..."

description: Norwegian nobleman and politician

wikidata_label: Knut Alvsson

wikipedia_title: Knut Alvsson


text:
Châlons-en-Champagne
Chézy formula
École nationale des ponts et chaussées
Antoine-Léonard de Chézy
History of the Chézy Formula

categories: French engineers,French civil engineers,Hydraulic engineers,Corps des ponts,French hydrologists,1798 deaths,People from Châlons-en-Champagne,École des Ponts ParisTech alumni,1718 births

paragraph: Antoine de Chézy

paragraph: Antoine de Chézy (1 September 1718, Châlons-en-Champagne – 5 October 1798, Paris) was a French hydraulics engineer. He is known for the Chézy formula, which concerned the velocity of pipe flow, and in modified form he used it for open channel flow as well. He died in 1798 after being director of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées for less than a year. His son was the orientalist Antoine-Léonard de Chézy.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of the Chézy Formula

description: French engineer

wikidata_label: Antoine de Chézy

wikipedia_title: Antoine de Chézy


text:
"Tre Rosor"
Norwegian council of the realm
royal castle in Bergen
Solør
Sigurd Jonsson
Sørum
Romerike
Giske
Sunnmøre
Voss
Hedmark
Christopher of Bavaria
union king
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Norwegian National Council
Hartvig Krummedige
Akershus Fortress
Oslo
Alsak Bolt
Erik Saemundsson
Tønsberg Fortress
Christian I of Denmark
Karl Knutsson
Hamar
thing
Trøndelag
Akershus fortress
Dovrefjell
Hamar
Hamar Bishop’s palace
Henrich Krummedige
Knut Alvsson
King Hans of Denmark, Sweden and Norway
Dithmarschen
Båhus Fortress
Henrich Krummedige
Christian II of Denmark
Älvsborg Fortress
Gothenburg
Sweden
Tønsberg Fortress

categories: 1496 deaths,15th-century Norwegian people,Medieval Norwegian nobility,1420 births

paragraph: Alv Knutsson

paragraph: Alv Knutsson (c. 1420–1496) was a Norwegian nobleman who descended on his father’s side from the influential and wealthy Swedish "Tre Rosor" noble family. He was a member of the Norwegian council of the realm and also served as commander of the royal castle in Bergen.

paragraph: Section::::Landholdings.

paragraph: Alv Knutsson held over 276 farms in east and south Norway. He held important Norwegian fiefs including Solør and was one of the largest property holders in Norway inheriting part of the knight and Norwegian National Councilor Sigurd Jonsson’s vast properties, including the Sørum estate ("Sudreim") in Romerike and Giske estate in Sunnmøre. His wife Magnhild Oddsdatter (ca. 1425–1499) from Finne in Voss was the widow of Bengt Harniktsson who died ca. 1446. Through his marriage, Alv Knutsson also held Grefsheim in Hedmark.

paragraph: Section::::Feud between the Krummedige and the "Tre Rosor" families.

paragraph: Upon the 1448 death of King Christopher of Bavaria, who was union king of Denmark (1440-1448), Sweden (1441-1448) and Norway (1442-1448), the Norwegian succession resulted in controversy. In Norway the new king had to be elected by the Norwegian National Council. There were effectively two parties in the Norwegian National Council: The pro-Danish party led by Hartvig Krummedige (then the commandant at Akershus Fortress) and Bishop Jens of Oslo, and the pro-Swedish party led by the Archbishop Alsak Bolt and Erik Saemundsson (then the commandant at Tønsberg Fortress).

paragraph: The pro-Danish party prevailed and Christian I of Denmark was elected king, although not without subsequent strife. Karl Knutsson invaded from Sweden and proceeded to Hamar, where he called a thing, and was “elected king” by Archbishop Bolt, Erik Saemundsson and others who assembled there. King Karl proceeded to Trøndelag. He then returned to Sweden, leaving Saemundsson as viceroy. Saemundsson invested Akershus fortress, which was held by Krummedige, who still adhered to Christian I. Ultimately Saemundsson was killed by Krummedige, the leading pro-Swedish advocates fled to Sweden, and Karl Knutsson renounced his claim to the throne. Saemundsson and Alv Knutsson were members of the "Tre Rosor" family, which title comes from their coat of arms, which includes three roses.

paragraph: Swedish forces again invaded Trøndelag in 1453, but were repelled and were forced to turn south across the Dovrefjell and to Hamar, where they captured and occupied the Hamar Bishop’s palace ("Hamarhus"). Hartvig Krummedige proceeded north, expelled the Swedish forces, and killed many of them, including further relatives of Knut Alvson. With this act, as well as his previous involvement in the death of Saemundsson, Krummerige earned the lasting enmity of pro-Swedish Alv Knutsson. Alv Knutsson had extensive holdings, was highly influential and could bring substantial pressure to bear. He arranged that charges be brought against Hartvig Krummedige by one of the local farmers – as a result Hartvig Krummedige lost all of his fiefs. Knutsson also worked through the Pope to obtain a Papal Bull concerning Krummedige’s misuse of power. In spite of this dramatic setback, Christian I of Denmark restored Krummedige to Akershus by 1461. Hartvig Krummedige died in 1476, but his son Henrich Krummedige remained a firm member of the pro-Danish party — the rivalry with the "Tre Rosor" family virtually guaranteed this would be so.

paragraph: Alv's son Knut Alvsson subsequently led an unsuccessful attempt to gain the crown of Norway. In 1500 King Hans of Denmark, Sweden and Norway made an ill-fated attempt to conquer the Ditmarshes (Dithmarschen) in Northern Germany. Knut Alvsson, who had married the granddaughter of Karl Knutsson, and was involved with the Swedish Independence Party, concluded it was time to act. His rebellion began in 1501 in Sweden, but soon came to Båhus Fortress in Norway on the Swedish-Norwegian border, which Henrich Krummedige commanded. Krummedige held his fief at Båhus, but Alvsson captured Akershus Fortress in March 1502, although the citizens of Oslo remained pro-Danish while the nobles and bishops of the country remained neutral—presumably waiting to see which side prevailed.

paragraph: King Hans dispatched his son Christian (later crowned King Christian II of Denmark) at the head of forces; they relieved the siege of Båhus Fortress, and then captured and reduced Älvsborg Fortress across the river from Båhus Fortress in Gothenburg, Sweden. Krummedige then led forces north to finish off the rebellion by recapturing Tønsberg Fortress and invested Akershus Fortress, which Alvsson was defending.

paragraph: When it became clear that the rebellion had failed, Alvsson came on board one of Krummedige's ships under a safe conduct. Krummedige killed Knut Alvsson, either by treachery or, as alleged, in response to Alvsson's own violence. Alvsson was judged a traitor and Alvsson's property was forfeit to the crown. Krummedige had prevailed, although Gjerset reports he was compelled to leave Norway and the uprising was not totally quelled until 1504. This ended the male "Tre Rosor" line in Norway.

description: Norwegian noble

wikidata_label: Alv Knutsson

wikipedia_title: Alv Knutsson


text: Georgia House of Representatives

categories: 1971 births,Living people,Members of the Georgia House of Representatives

paragraph: Dexter Sharper

paragraph: Dexter Sharper (born July 9, 1971) is an American politician who has served in the Georgia House of Representatives from the 177th district since 2013.

description: American politician in Georgia

wikidata_label: Dexter Sharper

wikipedia_title: Dexter Sharper


text: United States Army

text: Medal of Honor

text: Vietnam War

text: Minneapolis, Minnesota

text: Staff Sergeant

text: Americal Division

text: Quang Ngai Province

text: Republic of Vietnam

text: Fort Snelling National Cemetery

text: reconnaissance

text: ambush

text: helicopter

text: List of Medal of Honor recipients

categories: 1949 births,1969 deaths,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,American military personnel killed in the Vietnam War,United States Army Rangers,United States Army soldiers,People from Saint Paul, Minnesota

paragraph: Robert J. Pruden

paragraph: Robert Joseph Pruden (September 9, 1949 – November 29, 1969) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Pruden joined the Army from Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1967, and by November 29, 1969 was serving as a Staff Sergeant in the 75th Ranger Infantry Regiment (Airborne), Americal Division. On that day, in Quang Ngai Province of the Republic of Vietnam, Pruden was killed in a firefight with enemy forces. For his actions during the battle, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

paragraph: Pruden, aged 20 at his death, was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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

paragraph: Staff Sergeant Pruden's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

paragraph: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. S/Sgt. Pruden, Company G, distinguished himself while serving as a reconnaissance team leader during an ambush mission. The 6-man team was inserted by helicopter into enemy-controlled territory to establish an ambush position and to obtain information concerning enemy movements. As the team moved into the preplanned area, S/Sgt. Pruden deployed his men into 2 groups on the opposite sides of a well used trail. As the groups were establishing their defensive positions, 1 member of the team was trapped in the open by the heavy fire from an enemy squad. Realizing that the ambush position had been compromised, S/Sgt. Pruden directed his team to open fire on the enemy force. Immediately, the team came under heavy fire from a second enemy element. S/Sgt. Pruden, with full knowledge of the extreme danger involved, left his concealed position and, firing as he ran, advanced toward the enemy to draw the hostile fire. He was seriously wounded twice but continued his attack until he fell for a third time, in front of the enemy positions. S/Sgt. Pruden's actions resulted in several enemy casualties and withdrawal of the remaining enemy force. Although grievously wounded, he directed his men into defensive positions and called for evacuation helicopters, which safely withdrew the members of the team. S/Sgt. Pruden's outstanding courage, selfless concern for the welfare of his men, and intrepidity in action at the cost of his life were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War

wikidata_label: Robert J. Pruden

wikipedia_title: Robert J. Pruden


text:
Royal Academy
Gothic Revivalist
The Ecclesiologist
Nikolaus Pevsner
Lewis Nockalls Cottingham
Brompton Hospital
Loudon's Encyclopaedia
Gothic
William Henry Leeds
Architectural Magazine
Hartlepool
Aldwark
St Luke's Chapel, Brompton Hospital
Christ Church, Hartlepool
Berkhamsted
Town Hall
Dumfries
Eye
Town Hall
Hrádek u Nechanic
Disraeli Monument
Gospel Oak
Addiscombe
Hughenden Manor
Benjamin Disraeli
Wadhurst Castle
Castle Douglas
Scotland

categories: 1806 births,English architecture writers,Writers from London,Architects from London,Gothic Revival architects,1869 deaths

paragraph: Edward Buckton Lamb

paragraph: Edward Buckton Lamb (1806–1869) was a British architect who exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1824. Lamb was labelled a 'Rogue Gothic Revivalist', and his designs were roundly criticised for breaking with convention, especially by "The Ecclesiologist". More recently Nikolaus Pevsner called him "the most original though certainly not the most accomplished architect of his day".

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was born in London, England, his father James Lamb being a government official. He was articled to Lewis Nockalls Cottingham.

paragraph: He was selected to design the chapel for the Brompton Hospital, then being built to the designs of Frederick John Francis, and was retained to complete the main building, in collaboration with Francis.

paragraph: He contributed to "Loudon's Encyclopaedia" (1833), published studies on Gothic Ornament (1830), "Ancient Domestic Architecture" (1846) with text by William Henry Leeds, and contributed regularly to the "Architectural Magazine" (1834–8).

paragraph: Section::::Buildings.

paragraph: Notable buildings he was responsible for include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brompton Hospital Chapel, London, and in collaboration with F.J. Francis, parts of the main Hospital building.

paragraph: BULLET::::- All Saints' Church, Hartlepool

paragraph: BULLET::::- St Stephen's church, Aldwark, Yorkshire (1846–53)

paragraph: BULLET::::- St Luke's Chapel, Brompton Hospital (1849)

paragraph: BULLET::::- St Margaret's, Leiston, Suffolk (1853)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Christ Church, Hartlepool (1854)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Berkhamsted Town Hall

paragraph: BULLET::::- Episcopal Church, Dumfries

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eye Town Hall

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hrádek u Nechanic

paragraph: BULLET::::- Disraeli Monument, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire (1862).

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Martin's church, Vicar's Road, Gospel Oak, London (consecrated 1865)

paragraph: BULLET::::- St Mary Magdalene Church, Addiscombe (1868–70)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hughenden Manor, alterations for Benjamin Disraeli

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wadhurst Castle

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Ninian's Episcopal Church, Castle Douglas, Scotland

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Etchings of Gothic Ornament" 1830

description: architect

wikidata_label: Edward Buckton Lamb

wikipedia_title: Edward Buckton Lamb


text:
the Italian poet Francesco Petrarch
notaries
Florence
Florence
Pisa
Lira
White Guelphs
Dante
Aretine
Arezzo
Incisa
Arno
Avignon
papal household
Rome
Carpentras
University of Montpellier

wikipedia_title:
Petrarch
Civil law notary
Florence
Florence
Pisa
Lira
Guelphs and Ghibellines
Dante Alighieri
Arezzo
Arezzo
Incisa in Val d'Arno
Arno
Avignon
Papal household
Rome
Carpentras
University of Montpellier

categories: Petrarch,1267 births,1326 deaths,Italian businesspeople

paragraph: Ser Petracco

paragraph: Ser Petracco (Pietro di Parenzo di Garzo; 1267—1326) was the father to the Italian poet Francesco Petrarch. His father was Ser Parenzo, son of Ser Garzo who reputedly lived to be 100. They all were notaries, the same office that Ser Petracco held in Florence. The family did have a small property in Florence. His wife’s name was Eletta Canigiani (1270—1319), the mother to Petrarch, whom he married around 1302. Petrarch’s granddaughter was named after her.

paragraph: Ser Petracco was a merchant and also worked for the State. Before he was 35 years old he had already held many high public positions. He was "Chancellor of the Commission for the Reforms" as well as a delegate of an important embassy to Pisa in 1301. At the end of 1302 of his political career he was falsely charged of legal matters in his absence. The sentence was a fine of 1000 Lira or the loss of his right hand. He refused to pay the fine and his property was taken from him. He belonged to the political party of the White Guelphs along with the famous poet Dante, being its most illustrious member. They both were then exiled from Florence by the opposing party, the Black Guelphs.

paragraph: Francesco Petrarch was an "Aretine" by these mere circumstances - as he always thought of himself really as a Florentine. The family, along with Dante and others that exiled to Arezzo, were not welcomed there. Ser Petracco had to seek employment elsewhere, however his wife and baby Francesco were permitted to go to their little family house they owned in Incisa with relatives.

paragraph: A family story goes that Francesco was about seven months old when he and his mother moved back to Incisa. Baby Francesco was being transported in a sling arrangement carried over a servant's shoulder. The servant was mounted on a horse. When they crossed through the flooded Arno river the horse slipped and fell. Francesco and the servant went headlong into the water. With much determination and inner strength the servant saved Francesco.

paragraph: Ser Petracco periodically visited the family in Incisca from his out of town employment. In 1307 Francesco’s brother Gherardo was born. About 1310 they were all reunited for a year in Pisa. Around 1311 Ser Petracco got employment in Avignon where the papal household had moved to from Rome. Then in 1312 the boys and his wife moved to Carpentras, where they lived happily for the next four years. Ser Petracco lived in Avignon most of this time because of his employment there in the profession of law. In 1316 he then sent Petrarch and his brother to study law at the University of Montpellier.

paragraph: Section::::Gallery.

description: Italian businessman

wikidata_label: Ser Petracco

wikipedia_title: Ser Petracco


text:
Hyrcanus II
Alexander Jannaeus
Alexander of Judaea
Aristobulus II
John Hyrcanus
Hasmonean
Mariamne
Aristobulus III
Herod

wikipedia_title:
Hyrcanus II
Alexander Jannaeus
Alexander of Judaea
Aristobulus II
John Hyrcanus
Hasmonean dynasty
Mariamne I
Aristobulus III of Judea
Herod the Great

categories: Executed royalty,63 BC births,28 BC deaths,Ancient Jewish women,Jews and Judaism in the Roman Republic,1st-century BC women,1st-century BCE Jews,Maccabees

paragraph: Alexandra the Maccabee

paragraph: Alexandra the Maccabee (died ca. 28 BC) was the daughter of Hyrcanus II (died 30 BC), who was the son of Alexander Jannaeus. She married her cousin Alexander of Judaea (died 48 BC), who was the son of Aristobulus II. Their grandfather was Alexander Jannaeus, the second eldest son of John Hyrcanus. Their daughter was the Hasmonean Mariamne and son was Aristobulus III.

paragraph: Alexandra opposed her son-in-law Herod, and when he became sick with grief after having Mariamne executed, Alexandra tried to seize power, but was unsuccessful and was herself executed.

paragraph: Section::::External link.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Egyptian family trees including Alexandra Maccabeus

description: Princess

wikidata_label: Alexandra the Maccabee

wikipedia_title: Alexandra the Maccabee