text: Neoclassical

text: Nancy

text: Jacob Sigisbert Adam

text: Lambert-Sigisbert Adam

text: François Gaspard Adam

text: Jean Charles Nicolas Adam

text: Gaspard Louis Adam

text: prix de Rome

text: Juvignac

text: Montpellier

text: Melchior de Polignac

text: marbles

text: atelier

text: lead

text: Palace of Versailles

text: Hôtel de Soubise

text: Bâtiments du Roi

text: Courts of Accounts

text: Basilica of St. Denis

text: reception piece

text: Prometheus Bound

text: Catherine Opalińska

text: Stanislas Leszczyński

text: attitude

text: Italian Baroque

text: Clodion

text: Nymph

text: Neptune

text: Amphitrite

text: image

text: Metropolitan Museum of Art

text: Catherine Opalińska

text: Nancy, France

text: Apollo

text: Daphne

text: Latona

text: Sibyl

text: Coronis

text: Château de Bagatelle

text: Musée Carnavalet

text: Angelica and Medoro

text: Orlando Furioso

text: Diana

text: Amiens

text: Louvre

text: Iris

text: célébrations nationales 2005

text: The Web Gallery of Art

text: major works

categories: 18th-century French sculptors,1778 deaths,French male sculptors,1705 births

paragraph: Nicolas-Sébastien Adam

paragraph: Nicolas-Sébastien Adam (22 March 1705 – 27 March 1778), also called "Adam the Younger", was a French sculptor working in the Neoclassical style. He was born in Nancy and died in Paris.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Adam was the youngest of the three sons of the sculptor Jacob Sigisbert Adam of Nancy. His brothers Lambert-Sigisbert Adam and François Gaspard Adam were also sculptors.

paragraph: In 1757, Adam married Christine Lenoir, the daughter of a goldsmith in Nancy. They had two sons, the painter Jean Charles Nicolas Adam and the sculptor Gaspard Louis Adam.

paragraph: Nicolas Adam was blind when he died in 1778 in Paris.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Adam studied first with his father, then with his elder brother Lambert, at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture). He failed to obtain the prix de Rome, but did receive funding to travel to Italy. Along the way, he stopped to work on the ornamental façade of the Château de la Mosson at Juvignac, near Montpellier, spending 18 months on the project. He finally arrived in Rome in 1726. His brother introduced him to the cardinal Melchior de Polignac, for whom he restored a number of ancient marbles.

paragraph: Adam returned to Paris in 1734, working in his elder brother's atelier. Soon he began to receive a number of commissions. With his brother, he worked on "Le Triomphe de Neptune et d'Amphitrite" ("The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite," completed 1740), the large sculpture group in lead for the Neptune fountain at the Palace of Versailles.

paragraph: During the same period, he worked for the Rohan family at the Hôtel de Soubise, sculpting bas-reliefs for "Amours des Dieux" ("The Gods' Love Affairs", 1736) in the state chamber of the Princess. The Bâtiments du Roi commissioned him for work at the Courts of Accounts in Paris, at the Basilica of St. Denis, and on the royal chapel at Versailles. At the abbey he created a bas-relief "Saint Maur Seeking the Aid of the Lord for the Healing of a Child." The fathers at the Oratory of Paris entrusted him with the decoration of the church portal.

paragraph: His reception piece for the Academy in 1762 was "Prometheus Bound" (French "Prométhée enchaîné") considered one of the masterpieces of 18th-century sculpture. His most notable work, however, is the funeral monument of the queen Catherine Opalińska, wife of Stanislas Leszczyński, at the in Nancy. It depicts the deceased kneeling, with her hands joined in an attitude of prayer. An angel takes her by the hand to guide her to Heaven. The base is of black marble. Executed with great elegance, the group is regarded as one of the most remarkable and genuinely moving funeral monuments of the 18th century.

paragraph: Nicolas Adam, like his brother Lambert, was influenced by the Italian Baroque. He ranks with him as one of the most refined and subtle sculptors of his time. He was a major influence on his nephew, the sculptor Clodion.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nymph" (c. 1723), bas-relief in the pediment of the great hall, and berry ornamentation on the ground floor of the Château de la Mosson, Juvignac

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite" (1735 - 1740), lead sculpture for the fountain at Versailles, in collaboration with his brother Lambert Sigisbert Adam

paragraph: BULLET::::- " Les Amours des Dieux" ("Love Affairs of the Gods," 1736), stucco relief, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, the chamber of the Princess image

paragraph: BULLET::::- " L'Automne" ("Autumn," 1745), marble vase, originally created for the grounds at the Château de Choisy, now in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Religion Instructing an Indian" (1745), marble statue group, church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, Paris

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Martyrdom of Saint Victoria" (1747), bronze relief, bronze, royal chapel at Versailles

paragraph: BULLET::::- Funeral monument of the queen Catherine Opalińska (1749), marble and bronze, Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours at Nancy, France

paragraph: BULLET::::- A series of narrative reliefs on Apollo: "Apollo et Daphne", "Latona and the Farmers", "Apollo and the Sibyl", "Apollo and Coronis" (c. 1753), bas-reliefs for the Hôtel de la Bouëxière in Paris, Château de Bagatelle et Musée Carnavalet

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Angelica and Medoro" from "Orlando Furioso", a marble statue group along with Apollo and Diana, originally created for the Hôtel de Choiseul in Paris, now in the Museum of Amiens

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Prometheus Bound" (1762), a marble sculpture group at the Louvre

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Iris Putting on Her Wings" (1775–76), a marble statue finished by his nephew Clodion, Versailles

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Isabelle Leroy-Jay Lemaistre (under the direction of Jean-René Gaborit, in collaboration with Jean-Charles Agboton, Hélène Grollemund, Michèle Lafabrie, Béatrice Tupinier-Barillon), "Musée du Louvre. département des sculptures du Moyen Âge, de la Renaissance et des temps modernes. Sculpture française II. Renaissance et temps modernes. vol. 1 Adam - Gois", Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1998

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jean de Viguerie, "Histoire et dictionnaire du temps des Lumières. 1715-1789", Paris, Robert Laffont, coll. Bouquins, 2003 -

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michael Levey, "The Brothers Adam," in "Painting and Sculpture in France 1700–1789" pp. 101–107.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Extensive list of works in Émile Bellier de la Chavignerie and LouisAuvray, "Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française" (Paris, 1882), vol. 1, p. 7.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- French Ministry of Culture, célébrations nationales 2005 (in French)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography on www.artnet.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography at The Web Gallery of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photographs of his major works

alias:
Nicolas Sébastien Adam
Nicolas-Sébastien, le jeune Adam
Nicolas Sébastien, the Younger Adam
Nicolas-Sebastien Adam
Nicolas Sebastien Adam

description: French sculptor

wikidata_label: Nicolas-Sébastien Adam

wikipedia_title: Nicolas-Sébastien Adam


text: American

text: diplomat

text: Greensburg, Indiana

text: University of Minnesota

text: Shanghai

text: William McKinley

text: apoplexy

text: Malaga

text: English Cemetery, Málaga

categories: People from Minneapolis,People from Greensburg, Indiana,1907 deaths,1858 births,University of Minnesota alumni

paragraph: John Goodnow

paragraph: John Goodnow (June 29, 1858 – December 7, 1907) was a businessman and American diplomat who served for eight years as United States Consul General in Shanghai.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Goodnow was born June 29, 1858, in Greensburg, Indiana, the son of Lt Col. James Goodnow of the 12th Indiana Volunteers. He attend the University of Minnesota and resided in Minneapolis until 1897.

paragraph: Section::::Diplomatic career.

paragraph: In 1897, Goodnow was nominated for the position of United States Consul-General in Shanghai, China by President William McKinley. He had been president of the Republican State League. His nomination had been opposed by Republicans in his home state. However, the Senate approved the nomination.

paragraph: Goodnow resigned from the foreign service in 1905 following an investigation into misconduct in office. The alleged misconduct included permitting the transfer of Chinese ships to the US flag under a fraudulent bill of sale; irregularity of accounts; improper threat of legal proceedings and breaking and entering into premises of a US Citizen.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Goodnow died of apoplexy in Malaga, Spain on December 7, 1897. He was buried in the English Cemetery, Málaga.

wikidata_label: John Goodnow

wikipedia_title: John Goodnow


text:
Domnonée
high king
Bretons
Gregory of Tours
Domnonia
Cornouaille
Gwened
Childebert I
Frankish
Chilperic I
Waroch II
Guntram
Waroch
Dagobert I
Chronicle of Fredegar
Hoel III
Eligius
Clichy
Gwazel
Paimpont
Méen
feast day
Alain II
Judoc
Winnoc
BHL
Princes of Domnonia
Map of historical Brittany

categories: 590s births,Place of birth unknown,Year of birth uncertain,658 deaths,Medieval Breton saints,Kings of Brittany,7th-century Christian saints,7th-century Breton people

paragraph: Saint Judicael

paragraph: Saint Judicael or Judicaël ( – 16 or 17 December 658), also spelled Judhael (with many other variants), was the king of Domnonée and high king of the Bretons in the mid-7th century.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: According to Gregory of Tours, the Bretons were divided into various "" (minor kingdoms) during the sixth century, of which Domnonia, Cornouaille, and Gwened are the best known. They initially pledged themselves to Childebert I in exchange for legitimacy. They attempted to escape Frankish rule during the time of Chilperic I, who subdued Waroch II and at least the eastern realms of the region. Guntram, Chilperic's brother, retained his lordship over Waroch and the "Brittani" formed a Frankish tributary-vassal state through the reign of Dagobert I.

paragraph: In the "Chronicle of Fredegar", a Judicael son of Hoel III (580-612) was named as King of the Bretons at this time. It is highly likely that he was the Domnonian King Judicael of Breton tradition. This would indicate that Domnonia had at the time swallowed up Broweroch and Judicael had become a High King. This is probably the reason for his dealings with Dagobert and Eligius.

paragraph: In 635, Dagobert ordered Judicael to come to his palace at Clichy and renew fealty to the king, otherwise threatening to invade. The Breton king complied and arrived with gifts, but apparently insulted Dagobert by refusing to eat at the royal table.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Around 640, he retired to the monastery of Saint John at Gwazel, not far from the monastery of Paimpont that he had founded. After his death, he was buried beside his abbot, Saint Méen, and declared a saint; his feast day is 16 December. He was succeeded by his son Alain II, known as Alan Hir (the tall). He is said to have fathered Saints Judoc and Winnoc.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chardonnet, Joseph. "Livre d'or des saints de Bretagne". Rennes: Armor-Éditeur, 1977. See esp. pp. 139–42.

paragraph: BULLET::::- BHL 4503

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The History Files: Princes of Domnonia

paragraph: BULLET::::- The History Files: Map of historical Brittany

description: King of Domnonee

wikidata_label: Judicael ap Hoel

wikipedia_title: Saint Judicael


text:
outfielder
first baseman
Boston Bees
Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Sierra Madre, California
brain cancer

categories: Boston Braves players,Deaths from brain tumor,Major League Baseball first basemen,2003 deaths,Pittsburgh Pirates players,Baseball players from Missouri,People from Dexter, Missouri,Boston Bees players,Major League Baseball outfielders,Deaths from cancer in California,Cincinnati Reds players,1916 births

paragraph: Max West

paragraph: Max Edward West (November 28, 1916 – December 31, 2003), was an outfielder and first baseman for the Boston Bees/Braves (1938–42 and 1946), Cincinnati Reds (1946) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1948).

paragraph: West signed as an outfielder with Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League in 1935 and joined Mission of the same league the following year. After batting .330 with 16 home runs and 95 RBIs for Mission in 1937, West’s contract was purchased by the Boston Braves. He batted .234 his rookie year but increased his average to .285 in 1939 with 19 home runs and 82 RBIs (all career highs), finishing 23rd in voting for the 1939 National League MVP.

paragraph: West was named to the 1940 National League All-Star Team, his only career appearance, and was inserted as the starting right fielder at the last minute by NL manager Bill McKechnie (over Mel Ott). In his only career All-Star at bat, he hit what would be the eventual game-winner, a 3-run home run in the first inning off Red Ruffing at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Unfortunately, it would be his only All-Star plate appearance, as he was injured (although not seriously) leaping for Luke Appling's double off the wall in the 2nd inning and had to leave the game.

paragraph: West finished 26th in voting for the 1940 NL MVP, and 27th in voting for the 1942 NL MVP. In March 1943, West joined the Army Air Force, serving with the Sixth Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command at Long Beach, California, where he regularly played baseball with (the aforementioned) Red Ruffing, Gerald Priddy and Nany Fernandez.

paragraph: In April 1946, after returning from military service, West was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Konstanty. He played just 73 games that year, only batting .212. He was with San Diego of the Pacific Coast League in 1947, returned to Pittsburgh in 1948 (where he batted just .178 in 87 games) and returned to San Diego the following year. West led the Pacific Coast League in home runs on three occasions, and in 1949 he hit 48 home runs with 166 RBIs. He continued playing in the PCL until 1954.

paragraph: In 7 seasons West played in 824 Games and had 2,676 At Bats, 338 Runs, 681 Hits, 136 Doubles, 20 Triples, 77 Home Runs, 380 RBI, 19 Stolen Bases, 353 Walks, .254 Batting Average, .344 On-base percentage, .407 Slugging percentage, 1,088 Total bases and 15 Sacrifice hits.

paragraph: West operated a sporting goods firm with Ralph Kiner in California after retiring from baseball.

paragraph: West died in Sierra Madre, California from brain cancer at the age of 87.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Max West

wikipedia_title: Max West


text:
English
peer
Morley
Hingham
Hockering
Norfolk
Alice Parker, 9th Baroness Morley
King Richard III
Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe
Sir Henry Parker
Anne Boleyn
Henry
Baron Morley
John Shelton
Jane
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
Henry VIII's
second wife
Anne Boleyn
Sir Thomas Barrington
Order of the Garter
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Plutarch
Seneca
Cicero

categories: 15th-century births,16th-century English diplomats,16th-century translators,Barons in the Peerage of England,15th-century English writers,16th-century male writers,1550s deaths,English male non-fiction writers,16th-century English nobility,English translators,Parker family,16th-century English writers,15th-century English people,People from South Norfolk (district),People of the Tudor period

paragraph: Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley

paragraph: Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley (1476/1480/14813 December 1553/1556), (notes to Parliamentary records show this as 25 November 1556) was an English peer and translator, Lord of Morley, Hingham, Hockering, &c., in Norfolk. He was the son of Alice Parker, 9th Baroness Morley, née Lovel (c. 1467–1518) and her husband Sir William Parker, who was Privy councillor and standard bearer to King Richard III.

paragraph: He married Alice St John, granddaughter of Sir John St John (1426–1488) and his wife Alice Bradshaigh, and a descendant of Sir Oliver St John and his wife Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe, by whom he had one son, Sir Henry Parker, who was knighted at the coronation of Anne Boleyn and died in his father's lifetime. The son of Sir Henry Parker, Henry, succeeded his grandfather as Baron Morley. Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley, had three daughters: Margaret, who married John Shelton, Jane, who married George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, the brother of Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, and Alice, who married Sir Thomas Barrington.

paragraph: In 1523, he was sent as an ambassador to Germany to present the Order of the Garter to the Archduke Ferdinand (later Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor). He was a man of literary attainments and translated some of the writings of Plutarch, Seneca, Cicero and others into English.

description: English writer and translator

wikidata_label: Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley

wikipedia_title: Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley


text:
Dutch Golden Age
Otto van Veen
Agnes Block
Jan Weenix

categories: Dutch Golden Age painters,1693 deaths,1630 births,Dutch male painters

paragraph: Rochus van Veen

paragraph: Rochus van Veen (1630–1693) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: According to Houbraken, he followed in the artistic footsteps of his father Otto van Veen, who may have been his uncle. Rochus had two sons who also became painters. All three lived in Beverwijk and all specialized in painting watercolors of plants, birds and insects on paper and parchment. In 1706 their drawings, prints, and paintings were auctioned in Haarlem.

paragraph: According to the RKD he was also known as Rocho. The RKD does not mention a relation to Otto van Veen, who painted historical allegories. Rochus painted watercolors for horticulturalists. He painted for Agnes Block's garden and one of his paintings resembles the one she holds in her hand in a family portrait by Jan Weenix.

alias:
Rochus Van Veen
Van Ween Roch

description: Dutch painter

wikidata_label: Rochus van Veen

wikipedia_title: Rochus van Veen


text:
Drutsk
Polotsk
Vseslav of Polotsk
Rogvolod
Mikhail Pogodin
Gleb
Prince of Polotsk
Vasily Tatishchev
Barysaw
Semigallians
Polotsk

wikipedia_title:
Drutsk
Prince of Polotsk
Vseslav of Polotsk
Rogvolod
Mikhail Pogodin
Gleb Vseslavich
Prince of Polotsk
Vasily Tatishchev
Barysaw
Semigallians
Polotsk

categories: 11th-century births,1128 deaths,Izyaslavichi family (Polotsk),Princes of Polotsk

paragraph: Rogvolod Vseslavich

paragraph: Rogvolod Vseslavich, baptismal name Boris, was the Prince of Drutsk and Polotsk. He was the son of Vseslav of Polotsk, Grand Prince of Rus. Rogvolod probably was named in honor of his ancestor Rogvolod.

paragraph: Some historians, including Mikhail Pogodin, believe that Rogvolod-Boris are two different princes. It is also not clear whether or not Rogvolod was the older brother of Davyd and Gleb. However, if he was given the Principality of Drutsk it, probably, corresponds to the "line of succession" which presumably made him second in that line.

paragraph: It also possible that he was the Prince of Polotsk right after his father's death, but that account is rebutted by another fact which is supported by some Slavic chronicles that call Davyd Vseslavich as the leader of the Polotsk armed forces and possibly the main successor of the Polotsk throne. According to Vasily Tatishchev, Rogvolod has found the city of Barysaw in 1102, hence are the main speculation him being also called Boris. In 1106 he possibly participated in the united campaign of Polotsk Principality against the Semigallians, which ended in defeat. Sometime in 1120 Rogvolod founded a princely residence near Polotsk in Belchitsy.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Princes of Rus at hrono.ru (as Rogvolod Vseslavich)

paragraph: BULLET::::- General information about Drutsk Principality

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Princes of Polotsk (Izyaslavichi)

description: Prince of Rus'

wikidata_label: Rogvolod Vseslavich

wikipedia_title: Rogvolod Vseslavich


text:
Patrick White
Doris Fitton
Independent Theatre
Brough
Boucicault
Daniel
Charles Frohman
David Belasco
Kyrle Bellew
E. H. Sothern
The College Widow
J. C. Williamson
The Squaw Man
Muriel Starr
Gregan McMahon
Abraham Lincoln
Lilydale, Victoria
Melbourne
J. C. Williamson
Hugh J. Ward
L'Aiglon
The Rainbow
Tilly of Bloomsbury
Darlinghurst
Phillip Street
Circular Quay
Muriel Steinbeck
Atholl Fleming
Peter Finch
The Enchanted Cottage
Gilbert Murray
The Laughing Lady
The Silver Box
The Balcony
Patrick White
Lionel Hale
Tartuffe
John Cazabon
The Stag
Dulcie Deamer
When the Crash Comes
Androcles and the Lion
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Betty Roland
Arms and the Man
Man and Superman
The Doctor's Dilemma
You Never Can Tell
Major Barbara
Fanny's First Play
Arms and the Man
Peer Gynt
Vaucluse
Man and Superman
High Tor
Mourning Becomes Electra
Brand
Salome
Hedda Gabler
Edgecliff
John Cazabon
Patricia Firman
Forty Thousand Horsemen
AusStage

wikipedia_title:
Patrick White
Doris Fitton
Independent Theatre
Lionel Brough
Dion Boucicault Jr.
Daniel Frohman
Charles Frohman
David Belasco
Kyrle Bellew
E. H. Sothern
The College Widow (play)
J. C. Williamson
The Squaw Man (play)
Muriel Starr
Gregan McMahon
Abraham Lincoln
Lilydale, Victoria
Melbourne
J. C. Williamson
Hugh J. Ward
L'Aiglon
The Rainbow
Tilly of Bloomsbury (play)
Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Phillip Street, Sydney
Circular Quay
Muriel Steinbeck
Atholl Fleming
Peter Finch
Arthur Wing Pinero
Gilbert Murray
The Laughing Lady
John Galsworthy
The Balcony
Patrick White
Lionel Hale
Tartuffe
John Cazabon
Beverley Nichols
Dulcie Deamer
Beverley Nichols
Androcles and the Lion (play)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Betty Roland
Arms and the Man
Man and Superman
The Doctor's Dilemma (play)
You Never Can Tell (play)
Major Barbara
Fanny's First Play
Arms and the Man
Peer Gynt
Vaucluse
Man and Superman
Maxwell Anderson
Mourning Becomes Electra
Brand (play)
Salome (play)
Hedda Gabler
Edgecliff, New South Wales
John Cazabon
Patricia Firman
Forty Thousand Horsemen
AusStage

categories: American emigrants to Australia,American people of English descent,Australian theatre directors,1973 deaths,Australian stage actresses,1893 births

paragraph: Beryl Bryant

paragraph: Beryl Annear Bryant (1893 – 31 May 1973) was an Australian stage actress and theatrical producer born in America who was active in the 1930s and 1940s. She was responsible for first bringing the plays of Patrick White to the stage. Her career had many parallels with that of Doris Fitton and her Independent Theatre.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Beryl's mother, Elizabeth Anne Bryant (née Annear), was an Australian actress whose brother was the architect Harold Desbrowe Annear.

paragraph: Her father George Edwin Bryant (1865– 26 November 1943), (who was to prove an invaluable aid to his daughter throughout her "Bryant's Playhouse" period) was an actor born in England. He began his career in Australia around 1885 in a Brough–Boucicault production playing a policeman. He and his wife Elizabeth left for America in 1890, working in productions for Daniel and Charles Frohman, David Belasco and the Kyrle Bellew – Mrs Brown-Potter partnership. He and Beryl toured the US with E. H. Sothern and played in the New York production of "The College Widow". He returned to Australia for a J. C. Williamson production of "The Squaw Man". and "The Virginian". He worked for Muriel Starr and Gregan McMahon, when he notably played the part of Abraham Lincoln.

paragraph: By this time they had decided to settle in Australia, purchasing a farm in Lilydale, Victoria. She attended the Church of England Girls Grammar School in Melbourne.

paragraph: Section::::Acting.

paragraph: She joined J. C. Williamson's Criterion Company in 1917, playing in "The Outcast", produced by Hugh J. Ward, followed by "L'Aiglon", "The Rainbow", "Cheating Cheaters", "Daddy Long Legs", "Romance", "A Tailor-Made Man", "Nothing But the Truth", "Seven Keys to Baldpate", "Tilly of Bloomsbury", "The Silent Witness", "The Blindness of Virtue", "His Lady Friends", "Adam and Eva", all with favourable notices. By 1923 when she retired to start her family, she was playing lead in "The Faithful Heart". From this time her stage acting was confined to amateur productions with her own company (as detailed below) until 1941 when she played Calpurnia in Arthur Greenaways production of "Julius Caesar".

paragraph: Section::::Production.

paragraph: Her own company had its origins when she took on students for elocution and stagecraft then mounted modest plays. By 1931 she was producing plays at The Savoy theatre for charitable causes. She soon, with assistance of her father, took over the tiny Community Theatre in Forbes Street, Darlinghurst from Carrie Tennant. The Bryant Playhouse, as they renamed it, near King's Cross was the crypt of a church with two just dressing rooms and audience capacity of only 90. The ethics she imbued in her pupils were that there were no "stars", only members, and each was expected to pass through a sort of apprenticeship which could include anything from program selling to scene shifting.

paragraph: In July 1942 she was forced to vacate the Forbes Street premises so moved to the "Little Theatre" at 5 Phillip Street (near Circular Quay), which she renamed "Bryant's Playhouse". "Fanny's First Play" was the first production in the new venue.

paragraph: Without Beryl's guiding force, the company lost direction and "She Stoops to Conquer" was its last production. The theatre was then used by the Reiby Players, the Naval Dramatic Society, the Kuring-gai Theatre Guild, then the "Radio Players" (whose members included Muriel Steinbeck, Atholl Fleming and Leonard Thiele) until 1947, when it was acquired by Peter Finch's Mercury Theatre School.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 10 Dec 1932 "Sweet Lavender"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sister Beatrice"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4 Feb 1933 "Why?"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 11 Mar 1933 "The Cloud that Lifted"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 17 May 1933 "The Enchanted Cottage"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 22 Jul 1933 "Uncle Anyhow"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 14 Oct 1933 "The Tears of the Virgin"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 11 Nov 1933 "Carlyon's Secret" (by Gilbert Murray)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 17 Feb 1934 "The Laughing Lady"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 10 Apr 1934 "The Silver Box"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 26 May 1934 "The Balcony"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 14 Jul 1934 "The Transit of Venus"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 12 Sep 1934 "Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 14 Nov 1934 "Repressions"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 22 Jan 1935 "Bread and Butter Women" (world premiere of first play by Patrick White)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 13 Mar 1935 "Lady s'il vous plâit"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1 May 1935 "The Mocking Bird" (by Lionel Hale)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 12 Jun 1935 "Tartuffe"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 21 Aug 1935 "The Eldest Son"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 23 Oct 1935 "A Stranger Walked In" (by John Cazabon)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 8 Apr 1936 "The Two Virtues"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3 Jun 1936 "Wonderful Zoo"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 29 Jul 1936 "The Stag"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 16 Sep 1936 "That By Which Men Live" (by Dulcie Deamer)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 10 Oct 1936 "Heat Wave" at Maccabean Hall, Darlinghurst

paragraph: BULLET::::- 11 Nov 1936 "Cherries Are Ripe"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 17 Feb 1937 "Getting Married"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 16 Jun 1937 "When the Crash Comes"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 28 Jul 1937 "Three Cornered Moon"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 8 Sep 1937 Four one-act plays by Peggy McIntyre

paragraph: BULLET::::- 22 Sep 1937 "Androcles and the Lion"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 10 Nov 1937 "The Lady from the Sea"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 27 Apr 1938 "Lovely Sunde" (by Robert McCaughren)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 10 Sep 1938 "The Seagull"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 24 Sep 1938 "Victory" (by Dulcie Deamer)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 18 Mar 1939 "Heroes Don't Care" (by Margot Goyder and Mrs Neville Goyder) at St James' Hall

paragraph: BULLET::::- 26 Apr 1939 "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 27 May 1939 "The Touch of Silk" (by Betty Roland)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 15 Jun 1939 "Arms and the Man"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3 Jul 1939 "The Millionairess"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 12 Aug 1939 "Man and Superman" complete and unabridged – the "Hell" scene alone occupied three hours!

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 Sep "Geneva" at Federation Hall, 166 Phillip Street

paragraph: BULLET::::- 14 Oct 1939 "The Doctor's Dilemma" all five acts

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 Dec 1939 "You Never Can Tell"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 19 Apr 1941 "Major Barbara"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 11 Apr 1942 "Fanny's First Play" at new theatre in Phillip Street

paragraph: BULLET::::- 5 Sep 1942 "Arms and the Man" produced by Dorothy Hemingway

paragraph: BULLET::::- 17 Feb 1943 "The Millionairess" revived by Dorothy Hemingway to "mixed reviews"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 8 Sep 1944 Three short plays. But which?

paragraph: The Shaw season was not continuous – Beryl staged "Peer Gynt" at the spacious grounds of her Vaucluse home from 24 February to 16 March 1940 then a second season in 1941??, and the annual play-writing contest went on as usual. This had been a tradition of Carrie Tennant, which Beryl revived in 1935.

paragraph: She also staged (13 Dec 1944???) "Man and Superman" (unabridged) in her Vaucluse garden, refreshments provided.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 27 Apr 1940 "High Tor" at the Conservatorium

paragraph: BULLET::::- "We Are the People" by Harley Mathews

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mothers Day" by Leslie Rees

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mourning Becomes Electra",

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Caroline Chisholm" by G. Landen Dann

paragraph: BULLET::::- 22 Feb 1941 "Brand" at her Vaucluse home

paragraph: BULLET::::- 21 Jun 1941 "Salome"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 15 Nov 1941 "Escape Me Never" (season ended with last production at Forbes Street on 10 January 1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 15 Aug 1942 "Hedda Gabler"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 12 Sep 1942 "Arms and the Man"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 18 Oct 1942 "Liliom"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 24 Oct 1942 "The Harvesters"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 Jan 1943 "Sister Beatrice" prod. Dorothy Atkinson

paragraph: BULLET::::- 17 Feb 1943 "The Millionairess" prod. Dorothy Hemingway

paragraph: BULLET::::- 26 June 1943 "The Admirable Crichton" prod. Dorothy Hemingway and Dorothy Atkinson

paragraph: BULLET::::- 14 Aug 1943 "Quality Street" prod. Dorothy Hemingway

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 Oct 1943 "Mary Rose" prod. Dorothy Hemingway

paragraph: BULLET::::- 22 Jan 1944 "Alice Sit by the Fire"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 11 Mar 1944 "High Tor"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 27 May 1944 "Terese Raquin"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 25 May 1945 "She Stoops To Conquer"

paragraph: Bryant was a member of Moral Rearmament from 1935, which may have influenced her choice of plays. She also produced plays for charity, often by the Doone Dramatic Society ("Doone" was a ladies' finishing school at Edgecliff), all at the Savoy Theatre. "Quinneys", "Nine Till Six", "Trelawney of the Wells" were three such. After her retirement to Melbourne, she produced "The Forgotten Factor" from 20 June 1949 at the Union Playhouse for Moral Rearmament.

paragraph: Section::::Alumni.

paragraph: Among Bryant Playhouse members who went on to greater things were:

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Cazabon

paragraph: BULLET::::- Patricia Firman

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carlotta Kalmar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jane Holland

paragraph: Section::::Personal.

paragraph: She married Albert Edward Mayor, a businessman prominent in the Commercial Travellers' Association, at her parents' home in South Yarra on 22 April 1921. The couple moved to Sydney and in 1923 she had her first son. She had another son and a daughter Elizabeth (not to be confused with Elizabeth "Betty" Bryant, later Bryant-Silverstein, who starred in "Forty Thousand Horsemen").

paragraph: Her husband died in 1941 and she moved to Melbourne shortly after (almost certainly to be with her father).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Beryl Bryant's Australian theatre credits at AusStage

description: Actress and theatre director

wikidata_label: Beryl Bryant

wikipedia_title: Beryl Bryant


text: Matsudaira Ienori

text: Sengoku period

text: samurai

text: Iwamura Domain

text: Mino Province

text: Tokugawa shogunate

text: Shōgun

text: Tokugawa Hidetada

text: Siege of Osaka

text: Hamamatsu Domain

text: Tōtōmi Province

text: koku

text: Rōjū

text: Tokugawa Iemitsu

text: Tatebayashi Domain

text: Kōzuke Province

text: Mizuno Tadayoshi

text: Yoshida Domain

text: Mikawa Province

text: Papinot, Edmund

categories: Fudai daimyo,1600 births,Ogyū-Matsudaira clan,1654 deaths,Rōjū

paragraph: Matsudaira Norinaga

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Matsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of "Shōgun" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 "koku".

paragraph: In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to the post of "Rōjū" under "Shōgun" Tokugawa Iemitsu. From 1644, he was transferred to Tatebayashi Domain in Kōzuke Province with an increase in revenues to 60,000 "koku", where he ruled to his death in 1654.

paragraph: Matsudaira Norinaga was married to the daughter of Mizuno Tadayoshi, "daimyō" of Yoshida Domain in Mikawa Province.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Papinot, Edmund. (1906) "Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon." Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 "Nobiliaire du japon" (2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia."

description: daimyo

wikidata_label: Matsudaira Norinaga

wikipedia_title: Matsudaira Norinaga


text:
French
Lyon
revocation of the Edict of Nantes

categories: 1722 deaths,French male writers,French Protestants,1650s births

paragraph: Maximilien Misson

paragraph: Francis Maximilian Misson, originally François Maximilien Misson, (c.1650 – 12 January 1722) was a French writer and traveller. Born in Lyon, he fled France at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and settled in Britain. He travelled through Italy during 1687 and 1688, and in 1691 published the "Nouveau voyage d'ltalie", which was to be the standard travel guide to Italy for the following fifty years. In 1698 he published his second work "Mémoires et observations faites par un voyageur en Angleterre", and in 1708 his final book "A new voyage to the East-Indies".

description: writer

enwikiquote_title: Maximilien Misson

wikidata_label: Maximilien Misson

wikipedia_title: Maximilien Misson


text:
PC
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Restoration
Sir Wadham Wyndham
Wadham College, Oxford
called to the Bar
Lincoln's Inn
Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas
Irish Privy Council
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
Lord High Steward of Ireland
Lord Santry
murder
Wiltshire
Salisbury Cathedral
Freedom of the City of Dublin
Trinity College Dublin
Irish Houses of Parliament

categories: People from Wiltshire,Members of the Privy Council of Ireland,Barons in the Peerage of Ireland,Wyndham family,Lord Chancellors of Ireland,Peers of Ireland created by George II,1745 deaths,Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford,Members of Lincoln's Inn,1681 births

paragraph: Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham

paragraph: Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham PC (27 December 1681 – 14 November 1745), was an Irish lawyer and politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1726 to 1739.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Wyndham was born in Wiltshire, the son of Colonel John Wyndham and his wife Alice Fownes. His grandfather was the distinguished Restoration judge Sir Wadham Wyndham. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford and was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Wyndham served as Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas from 1724 to 1726 and was sworn of the Irish Privy Council in 1724. In 1726 he was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, a post he held until 1739. In 1731 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Wyndham, of Finglass in the County of Dublin.

paragraph: He presided as Lord High Steward of Ireland at the trial of Lord Santry for the murder of Laughlin Murphy in 1739; the verdict was guilty and Wyndham had the distinction of being the only Irish judge to sentence an Irish peer to death for murder (although Santry was ultimately reprieved). His conduct of the trial, as was to be expected of a judge with his reputation for integrity, was exemplary, although the prosecution case was so strong that the outcome cannot have been seriously in doubt.

paragraph: Shortly afterwards he was allowed to retire on account of ill health; by his own account, the strain of the Santry trial had taken a great toll on him. He was only 58, and despite his failing health his retirement seems to have come as a surprise to his colleagues.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Lord Wyndham never married. He died in Wiltshire on 24 November 1745, aged 63, and was buried in Salisbury Cathedral. The barony died with him. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of Dublin, and received an honorary degree from Trinity College Dublin. In 1729 he laid the foundation stone for the new Irish Houses of Parliament.

paragraph: Section::::Character.

paragraph: Elrington Ball praises him warmly as "a great gentleman", and one of the most distinguished members of an eminent family. As a statesman he was prudent and conciliating; as a judge he was noted for efficiency, integrity and impartiality. His devotion to duty, which may have contributed to the collapse of his health, is shown by his willingness to hear urgent cases at home, even during the legal vacation.

description: Lord Chancellor of Ireland

wikidata_label: Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham

wikipedia_title: Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham


text:
Neapolitan
Humaniora
University of Naples
doctor
canon
Roman law
advocate
jurisconsult
Camera Summaria
Cura Vicaria
feudal law
ius patrium
Sicily
feudal laws
Codex Justinianeus
right of first refusal

categories: 16th-century Italian writers,15th-century Italian writers,16th-century jurists,Italian jurists,1523 deaths,15th-century jurists,1440s births

paragraph: Matteo D'Afflitto

paragraph: Matteo D'Afflitto ( 1447 – 1523), also referred to as Matthaeus de Afflictis, was a Neapolitan jurist.

paragraph: The son of a nobleman, he studied the Humaniora and law at the University of Naples, where he became doctor of canon and Roman law in 1468. Without holding a chair, he taught Roman and feudal law at Naples and also practiced law as an advocate and jurisconsult. From 1490 on, he held judicial posts at the Camera Summaria and the Cura Vicaria, and was also a member of the Royal Council of Naples from 1495 to 1501.

paragraph: Like most Neapolitan jurists of the time, D'Afflitto focused exclusively on feudal law and on ius patrium, the indigenous Neapolitan law. He was among the last adherents to an influential school of Neapolitan jurists that had provided Europe with volumes of scholarship on feudal law ever since the 13th century. His principal works include "Tractatus celeberrimus de iure protomiseos sive di iure congrui" (1496), the feudal law commentary "Commentaria super primo (-tertio) feudorum libro" (1543/47), the 404 "Decisiones S.R. Consilii Neapolitani" (1509 et seq.) and the commentary on royal legislation "Singularis lectura super omnibus sacris constitutionibus Regnorum utriusque Siciliae citra et ultra" (1517 et seq.).

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Commentarius super tres libros feudorum", Venice, 1534 3n folio.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "De consiliaris principium.."

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Decisiorum sacri regii Neapolitani..", Francofurti: I. Feyrabendium, 1600 (Naples - Sicily)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Iuris vtriusque monarchae...", Francofurti: A. Wecheli, 1598 (feudal laws).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lecture super 7 codicis Justiniani", 1560 (Codex Justinianeus).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tractatus de jure protomiseos...", Naples: V. Manfredii, 1777, 2 vols (right of first refusal).

description: Italian jurist

wikidata_label: Matteo D'Afflitto

wikipedia_title: Matteo D'Afflitto


text:
Cuba
triple jump
world record
Pan American Games
Viktor Sanyeyev
advantage of jumping at altitude
Sukhumi
João Carlos de Oliveira
Mexico City
Pinar del Río, Cuba
1971 Year Ranking
Full Olympics
Pedro Pérez at Sports reference

categories: Cuban male triple jumpers,Pan American Games competitors for Cuba,Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba,Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games,Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba,2018 deaths,1952 births,Competitors at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games,Olympic athletes of Cuba,Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field),Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games,Former world record holders in athletics (track and field),People from Pinar del Río,Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics,Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics

paragraph: Pedro Pérez

paragraph: Pedro Damián Pérez Dueñas (; February 23, 1952 – July 18, 2018) was a Cuban triple jumper, who set the world record in the men's triple jump event on August 5, 1971, jumping 17.40 metres, while still a 19-year-old Junior athlete, in the final of the Pan American Games. His mark was a centimeter improvement over the three-year-old record of Viktor Sanyeyev set as the last of 5 world record improvements during the 1968 Olympics emphasizing the advantage of jumping at altitude. Cali, Colombia is also considered at altitude. While Sanyeyev reclaimed the record at sea level in Sukhumi, the next record in succession by João Carlos de Oliveira was also set at altitude in Mexico City and lasted ten more years. While he was the standing world record holder during the 1972 Olympics, he only managed a 15.72 and did not get out of the qualifying round. He improved four years later, taking the early lead in the final before eventually finishing in fourth place.

paragraph: Pérez was born in Pinar del Río, Cuba. He died on July 18, 2018 at the age of 66.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1971 Year Ranking

paragraph: BULLET::::- Full Olympics

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pedro Pérez at Sports reference

description: Triple Jumper

wikidata_label: Pedro Pérez

wikipedia_title: Pedro Pérez


text:
Italian nobleman
commander
Pope Gregory XV
Alessandro Ludovisi
Lavinia Albergati
Niccolò Ludovisi
Ludovico Ludovisi
Olimpia Aldobrandini
Pope Gregory XV
Pope Urban VIII
comune
Fiano
House of Sforza
Écu
Giovanni Valesio

paragraph: Orazio Ludovisi

paragraph: Orazio Ludovisi (1561–1624) was an Italian nobleman, military commander and patrician of Bologna. During his brother's reign as Pope Gregory XV, he became Commander of the Papal Armies and Duke of Fiano and Zagarolo.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Ludovisi was born in 1561, son of Pompeo Ludovisi, a patrician of Bologna, and his wife Camillia Bianchini. He was the older brother of Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi.

paragraph: He married Lavinia Albergati and the two had a number of children including:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Niccolò Ludovisi who inherited his titles

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ludovico Ludovisi who was made Cardinal by Pope Gregory XV

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ippolita Ludovisi who married and was mother of Olimpia Aldobrandini.

paragraph: Section::::Papacy of Gregory XV.

paragraph: In February 1621 Ludovisi's brother, Alessandro Ludovisi, was elected to the papal throne as Pope Gregory XV. A month later, on 13 March 1621, Ludovisi moved to Rome and was immediately appointed Commander of the Papal Armies by his brother. Setting a precedent for his successor (Pope Urban VIII, who would later make habit commonplace), the Pope also purchased the comune of Fiano from the House of Sforza for 200,000 Écu and Ludovisi was duly appointed Duke of Fiano and also Duke of Zagarolo.

paragraph: During his brother's reign, Ludovisi and his wife were patrons of the Bolognese painter Giovanni Valesio.

description: Italian noble

wikidata_label: Orazio Ludovisi

wikipedia_title: Orazio Ludovisi


text:
courtesy name
Western Han
Chinese history
Huo Qubing
consort kin
Emperor Wu
Emperor Zhao
Xiongnu
Jin Midi
Shangguan Jie
coregents
marquess
Liu Dan
Prince of Yan
she was made empress
Princess Eyi
Sang Hongyang
treason
coup d'etat
suicide
Prince of Changyi
Liu Ju
Empress Wei
Emperor Xuan
Huo Chengjun
Empress Xu Pingjun
Empress Dowager Shangguan
wake
mausoleum
Emperor Yuan
Sima Guang
Zizhi Tongjian
nepotism
Emperor Shao
Liu Song Dynasty

categories: 68 BC deaths,Year of birth unknown,Regents of China,Han dynasty politicians from Shanxi,Han dynasty generals from Shanxi

paragraph: Huo Guang

paragraph: Huo Guang (; died 68 BC), courtesy name Zimeng (子孟), was a Western Han politician who was a rare example in Chinese history of a powerful official who deposed an emperor for the good of the state rather than to usurp the throne. He was the half-brother of renowned Han general Huo Qubing, and one of the most powerful consort kin in Chinese imperial history.

paragraph: Section::::Service under Emperor Wu.

paragraph: Huo's early career in Han government was not well documented, but it is known that as of 88 BC—near the end of Emperor Wu's reign, he was already a high-ranked official with dual titles of "Fengche Duwei" (奉車都尉) and "Guanglu Dafu" (光祿大夫). When Emperor Wu, near the end of his life, chose his youngest son Liu Fuling (later Emperor Zhao) as heir, he commissioned Huo, ethnically-Xiongnu official Jin Midi, and imperial guard commander Shangguan Jie (上官桀) as coregents, but with Huo effectively in command of the government, with the titles of "dasima" (大司馬) and "dajiangjun" (大將軍). When Emperor Wu died in 87 BC, Emperor Zhao, then eight years old, was left in the tutelage of Huo, Jin, and Shangguan. Emperor Wu's will created the three of them as marquesses, but all three declined.

paragraph: Section::::Service under Emperor Zhao.

paragraph: Emperor Zhao, as the youngest son of Emperor Wu, drew jealousy from his older brothers, and in his reign there were multiple conspiracies. In 86 BC, a conspiracy involving Liu Dan (劉旦), Prince of Yan, and an elder son of Emperor Wu, was discovered, but the prince was not punished, presumably under Huo's decision, even though the other conspirators were executed.

paragraph: In 85 BC, Huo was created the Marquess of Bolu (博陆侯).

paragraph: In the same year, Jin, a moderating influence in the coregency, died. After Jin's death, Shangguan became increasingly jealous of Huo's powers, even though the two had been great friends, and Huo had given his daughter in marriage to Shangguan's son Shangguan An (上官安). In 84 BC, as a ploy to further strengthen his powers, Shangguan Jie gave his granddaughter (also Huo's granddaughter), then age five, in marriage to the emperor, then age 11, and she was made empress in 83 BC.

paragraph: In 80 BC, the dormant conflict between Huo and Shangguan came to a head. Shangguan formed a conspiracy with Liu Dan the Prince of Yan, the Princess Eyi (鄂邑公主) (who, as the emperor's sister, had served as his guardian), and another important official Sang Hongyang (桑弘羊) to make false allegations of treason against Huo. However, Emperor Zhao, who trusted Huo, did not act on the allegations. The conspirators then planned a coup d'etat, but were discovered. Most of the conspirators, including Shangguan, were executed, and Liu Dan and the Princess of Eyi were forced to commit suicide.

paragraph: Section::::The Prince He Incident and the installation of Emperor Xuan.

paragraph: In 74 BC, Emperor Zhao died at age 21 without issue. Even though Emperor Zhao had living older brothers, Huo considered them incompetent and unfit for the throne. After some investigation, he settled on making Liu He, Emperor Zhao's nephew and the Prince of Changyi the new emperor. Once the Prince of Changyi was installed as the emperor, however, he began to spend incessantly and otherwise act inappropriately during the period of mourning for Emperor Zhao.

paragraph: In response, Huo decided to depose the new emperor—then an unprecedented action in Chinese history. Under an edict issued by Empress Dowager Shangguan—Huo's granddaughter—Prince He was deposed after just 28 days as emperor and exiled to his old principality of Changyi, but without a princely title.

paragraph: There was no imperial heir in sight who fit Huo's standard of a diligent and skilled emperor. At the suggestion of another senior official Bing Ji (丙吉), Huo made a great-grandson of Emperor Wu (whose grandfather Liu Ju had been Emperor Wu's crown prince by Empress Wei but who subsequently fell out of favor and was killed in a disturbance, with his issue being removed from the imperial household), Liu Bingyi (later Liu Xun 劉詢) emperor. 27 days after Prince He was deposed, Liu Bingyi, who then was a commoner with no titles, became emperor (later known as Emperor Xuan). During these 27 days, there were no major disturbances in court, a testament to Huo's ability.

paragraph: Section::::Service under Emperor Xuan.

paragraph: In 73 BC, Huo offered to return all authority to Emperor Xuan, but the emperor declined and reaffirmed that all important matters were to be presented to Huo before Huo would present them to the emperor. The emperor also made Huo's son Huo Yu (霍禹) and his grandnephews Huo Yun (霍雲) and Huo Shan (霍山) (Huo Qubing's grandsons) key officials in his administration. Huo Guang's sons-in-law Fan Mingyou (范明友) and Deng Guanghan (鄧廣漢) were made high military commanders. During the next few years, Huo and the emperor effectively shared imperial powers.

paragraph: In 71 BC, Huo Guang's wife Xian (顯), in order to make her daughter Huo Chengjun (霍成君) empress, poisoned Emperor Xuan's wife Empress Xu Pingjun by bribing her doctor. In 70 BC, Huo Chengjun was created empress.

paragraph: Despite Emperor Xuan's outward respect towards Huo Guang, it was recorded that he feared Huo, and regarded him as "a thorn in (his) back" (芒刺在背, "mang ci zai bei"). This, combined with Huo Guang's unwillingness to rein in his clansmen, would prove disastrous to the Huo clan.

paragraph: Section::::Death and subsequent destruction of the Huo clan.

paragraph: In 68 BC, Huo Guang became ill and died. Emperor Xuan and Empress Dowager Shangguan made the nearly-unprecedented act of personally attending Huo's wake and built an impressive mausoleum for Huo. After Huo's death, his sons, sons-in-law, and grandnephews remained in important posts and were made marquesses. His wife, after a period of mourning, formed a passionate relationship with Huo Guang's slave master, Feng Zidu, himself a former lover of Huo Guang. The Huo family lived luxurious lives on par with the imperial household.

paragraph: Emperor Xuan, unhappy about the Huos' perceived arrogance, began to gradually strip their actual powers while formally keeping their titles impressive. In 67 BC, Emperor Xuan made his son Liu Shi (劉奭, later Emperor Yuan), by the deceased Empress Xu, crown prince, an act that greatly angered Lady Xian, who instructed her daughter to murder the crown prince. Allegedly, Empress Huo did make multiple attempts to do so, but failed each time. Around this time, the emperor also heard rumors that the Huos had murdered Empress Xu, which led him to further strip the Huos of actual power.

paragraph: In 66 BC, Lady Xian revealed to her son and grandnephews that she had, indeed, murdered Empress Xu. In fear of what the emperor might do if he had actual proof, Lady Xian, her son, her grandnephews, and her sons-in-law formed a conspiracy to depose the emperor. The conspiracy was discovered, and the entire Huo clan was executed by Emperor Xuan. This act that later drew heavy criticism from historians, such as Sima Guang in his Zizhi Tongjian, for its ungratefulness to Huo Guang. For the time being, Empress Huo was deposed. Twelve years later she was exiled, and in response she committed suicide.

paragraph: Despite the destruction of the Huo clan, Emperor Xuan continued to honor Huo Guang posthumously. In 51 BC, when he painted the portrait of 11 great statesmen of his administration in the great hall of his palace, Huo, alone among the 11, was referred to by title and family name only, which was considered an even greater honor than the honor given to the other 10.

paragraph: Section::::Impact on Chinese history.

paragraph: Huo was treated somewhat paradoxically by posterity. On one hand, he was greatly admired for his skillful administration of the empire and his selflessness in putting himself in great danger in deposing an unfit emperor. On the other hand, he was also criticized for his dictatorial governing style, alleged nepotism and failure to reign in the behaviour of his clansmen—traits that some historians claim eventually led to his clan's destruction after his death.

paragraph: Many later conspirators in Chinese history would often claim that they were acting in the empire's best interest, like Huo, even though few actually did. (One example—perhaps the only one—was the conspiracy against Emperor Shao of the Liu Song Dynasty.) Conversely, when emperors wanted to accuse (and execute) officials of treason, they often euphemistically refer to them as "wanting to act like Huo Guang." Effectively, Huo set a standard of decisiveness and strength that was rarely matched and even more rarely used for the benefit of the state.

description: politician and regent

wikidata_label: Huo Guang

wikipedia_title: Huo Guang


text:
American Revolutionary War
Virginia
Virginia Senate
lieutenant colonel
Battle of Great Bridge
Culpeper Minutemen
colonel
10th Virginia Regiment
George Washington
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Germantown
Brigadier General
Virginia Militia
Battle of Camden
Horatio Gates
Nathanael Greene
Battle of Guilford Court House
Charlottesville, Virginia
Banestre Tarleton
Thomas Jefferson
Jack Jouett
Siege of Yorktown

categories: 1745 births,Virginia state senators,Virginia militiamen in the American Revolution,People from Culpeper County, Virginia

paragraph: Edward Stevens (general)

paragraph: Edward Stevens (1745 – August 17, 1820) was an officer in the American Revolutionary War and later a state legislator for Virginia, serving in the Virginia Senate.

paragraph: Stevens began his military career as a lieutenant colonel in the 1775 Battle of Great Bridge where he commanded a battalion of riflemen, the Culpeper Minutemen. Stevens distinguished himself in the battle and was given a command as colonel of the 10th Virginia Regiment. Stevens raised and equipped his regiment and marched to rendezvous with General George Washington, his direct commander. Stevens's command had their first engagement at the Battle of Brandywine where the regiment did not enter the battle until the American forces had begun to retreat. Stevens troops covered the retreat and prevented the British from pursuing. Stevens received the public praise of Washington after both Brandywine and the subsequent Battle of Germantown.

paragraph: Stevens became a Brigadier General in the Virginia Militia. Stevens saw his first action as a general at the Battle of Camden. Before the battle Stevens complained that his "militia will not be satisfied with what regular troops well off with." At the council of war before the battle, Stevens advised "It is too late to retreat now; we must fight." Stevens's statement is thought to have convinced Horatio Gates to engage the British rather than retreat. The battle did not go well, and Stevens considered resigning, but Nathanael Greene convinced Stevens to continue his service.

paragraph: Stevens next commanded his militia at the Battle of Guilford Court House. Stevens' militia was positioned behind a line of North Carolina militia. When the North Carolinians broke, dropped their weapons, and ran at the beginning of the battle, Stevens told his soldiers to make way for the retreat and that this was part of the battle plan. Stevens also positioned riflemen behind his line to shoot retreating soldiers. During the battle Stevens was wounded in the thigh. Stevens was in Charlottesville, Virginia recovering from his wound when Banestre Tarleton launched a raid on the town to capture Virginia's legislature and its governor, Thomas Jefferson. Captain Jack Jouett, who had ridden through the night to warn of the British attack, drew the attention of the British and led them on a chase so the wounded Stevens could escape. Stevens returned to the battlefield to lead a brigade of 750 men at the Siege of Yorktown.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::References.:Works cited.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dabney, Virginus. "Jack Jouett's Ride." "American Heritage". December 1961. Volume 13, Issue 1. http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1961/1/1961_1_56_print.shtml.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Morrissey, Brendan. "Yorktown 1781: the world turned upside down". Osprey Publishing, 1997. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rogers, Thomas Jones. "A new American biographical dictionary: or, Remembrancer of the departed heroes, sages and statesmen of America". Samuel F. Bradford, 1829.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Russel, David Lee. "The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies". McFarland, 2000. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wilson, David K. "The southern strategy: Britain's conquest of South Carolina and Georgia, 1775-1780". University of South Carolina Press, 2005.

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Edward Stevens

wikipedia_title: Edward Stevens (general)


text: social realist

text: Mexico City

text: Luis G. Peredo

text: Mexican revolution

text: Mexican cinema

text: Santa

text: Diego Rivera

text: José Clemente Orozco

text: David Alfaro Siqueiros

text: Escuela La Esmeralda

text: National School of Arts

text: Mexican Muralism

categories: People from Mexico City,Mexican muralists,Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" alumni,20th-century Mexican painters,Mexican portrait painters,1927 births,Living people

paragraph: Melchor Peredo

paragraph: Melchor Peredo (born January 6, 1927) is a Mexican muralist and a representative of the social realist school of mural painting in Mexico. His murals depict historical scenes from Mexican history with an emphasis on revolutionary subjects. His work is featured in public and government buildings across Mexico. He has also painted murals in the USA and Europe. He lives in Xalapa, Veracruz.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Oscar Melchor Peredo y Garcia was born January 6, 1927 in Mexico City. His father Luis G. Peredo was a journalist during the 1910 Mexican revolution and became a pioneer of Mexican cinema. In 1918 Luis G. Peredo directed the popular silent film "Santa" based on the 1903 naturalist novel by Federico Gamboa. At the age of eleven, Inspired by the work of muralists Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, Melchor decided to become a painter. He studied at several major art institutes in Mexico City including the Escuela La Esmeralda and the National School of Arts. He painted his first mural in 1947 in a maternity clinic, depicting the exploitation of marginalized workers in Mexico City.

paragraph: In 1953, he joined the Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas and was commissioned as a representative to assist at the IV World Youth Festival for Peace in Romania. The art critic Judith Krauss made arrangements for him to stay in Bucharest but he decided that the most important movement was in Mexico and returned home to join a research workshop funded by the National Polytechnic Institute. There he perfected his fresco technique under the guidance of José Gutierrez, a proponent of the first artistic use of acrylic paint.

paragraph: Section::::List of Murals.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arribo al Mictlán, Maternidad Guadalupe, Los Reyes de la Paz, Estado de México, 1947

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buceadores, Club Sirocco, Acapulco, Guerrero, 1950

paragraph: BULLET::::- Resistencia Heroica (fresco-acrílico), Palacio de Justicia del Estado de Veracruz, Xalapa, Veracruz, 1980

paragraph: BULLET::::- La Historia de la Cultura en Veracruz (segunda parte del mural del Palacio de Justicia de Veracruz), 1982

paragraph: BULLET::::- 6 murales en la Universidad de París XII, 1983

paragraph: BULLET::::- Magisterio Heroico (fresco), Escuela de Bachilleres Constitución de 1917, Xalapa, Veracruz, 1991

paragraph: BULLET::::- El Desembarco en Chalchihueyecan (acrílico), Escuela de Bachilleres Ilustre Instituto Veracruzano, Boca del Río, Veracruz, 1992

paragraph: BULLET::::- Por una Humanidad sin Fronteras, Centro de idiomas de la Universidad Veracruzana, 2000

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cultural Heritage (4 paneles al fresco), Harton Theatre, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Southern Arkansas, EUA, 2000

paragraph: BULLET::::- El Canto de Amalia, Museo de la Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, 2000

paragraph: BULLET::::- Human Diversity without war (óleo-resina), Hendrix Students Center, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, EUA, 2001

paragraph: BULLET::::- Coatepec en la Cultura (acrílico), Palacio Municipal de Coatepec, Coatepec, Veracruz, 2002

paragraph: BULLET::::- Una nueva raza abierta al porvenir (mosaico de talavera), La Antigua, Veracruz, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Homenaje a Ignacio de la Llave y La Reforma (fresco), Escalera del Palacio de Gobierno, Xalapa, Veracruz, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Una revolución continua(fresco),vestíbulo del Palacio de Gobierno,Xalapa,Veracruz, 2010

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: Mexican Muralism

paragraph: Section::::References.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- Diccionario Enciclopédico de México

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archivio documentale di arte contemporanee de la biennale di venezia, Venecia, Italia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archivo de Artes Plásticas del Cenidiap del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes..

paragraph: BULLET::::- Krieg der wande (Guerra de Muros) de Michael Schwartz, Bonn, Germany, 1980.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Las Artes Plásticas en Veracruz, Alberto Beltrán, Xalapa, Veracruz.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Melchor Peredo murals at Palacio de Gobierno in Xalapa

paragraph: BULLET::::- Melchor Peredo on the mural process - Imagen De Veracruz

paragraph: BULLET::::- Melchor Peredo interview with Plumas Libres

description: Mexican artist

wikidata_label: Melchor Peredo

wikipedia_title: Melchor Peredo


text: field surgeon

text: Naval

text: Support Hospitals

text: Da Nang

text: Vietnam

text: Yokosuka, Japan

text: colonel

text: US Army

text: Medical Corps

text: Wound Ballistics

text: Letterman Army Institute of Research

text: terminal ballistics

text: ballistic gelatin

categories: Ballistics experts,People associated with firearms,United States Army Medical Corps officers,1933 births,American surgeons

paragraph: Martin Fackler

paragraph: Martin L. Fackler served in the U.S Navy from 1960 to 1975 and in the U.S. Army from 1975 to 1991. He was a field surgeon at the Naval Support Hospitals at Da Nang, Vietnam and at Yokosuka, Japan, and later a colonel in the US Army's Medical Corps. He was the founder and head of the Wound Ballistics Laboratory for the Letterman Army Institute of Research from 1981 to 1991. He was a member and leader of numerous distinguished organizations, among them the International Wound Ballistics Association, the French Wound Ballistics Society and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Dr. Fackler had numerous teaching appointments and was the author of over 300 publications in regards to wound ballistics, body armor, and treatment of injuries for both the military and civilian populations. He is credited with a number of contributions to the field of terminal ballistics including:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Developing and testing improved media in which the effects of bullet wounds could be simulated. This led to the widespread acceptance of 10% ballistic gelatin for evaluating penetration and expansion of projectiles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Establishing effects of projectile design and shape on wounding.

paragraph: BULLET::::- He hypothesized that wound depth was much more important than previously thought, and recommended ammunition that could send a bullet at least twelve inches into his ballistic gelatin.

paragraph: BULLET::::- He was the first researcher to demonstrate that fragmentation was the most effective means of inflicting wounds in a modern military rifle round. He asserted that the "permanent wound cavity" or actual damage caused by a projectile is the primary "stopping power" mechanism and that the "temporary wound cavity" or shock wave produced by the projectile is at best a secondary mechanism, if not irrelevant.

paragraph: Section::::Gallery.

paragraph: Examples of Dr. Fackler's work on behalf of the U.S. military:

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: NATO Handbook Emergency War Surgery Chapter entitled Missile Caused Wounds was authored by Fackler.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shooting Holes in Wounding Theories: The Mechanics of Terminal Ballistics

paragraph: BULLET::::- What's wrong with the wound ballistics literature, and why

paragraph: BULLET::::- Firearms Tactical Institute's Wound Ballistic site, Internet Archive copy, includes articles by Fackler.

paragraph: BULLET::::- THE EFFECTS OF SMALL ARMS ON THE HUMAN BODY, By Martin L. Fackler, MD

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Library of Congres, Veterans History Project, Home Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project, Martin L. Fackler, October 26, 2011...Audio Interviews with Martin Fackler.

description: American  Army officer

wikidata_label: Martin Fackler

wikipedia_title: Martin Fackler


text:
Indo-Scythian
Gandhara
Azes
kharoshthi
Yuezhi
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Indo-Greek Kingdom
Indo-Parthian Kingdom
Kushan Empire
Coins of Azilises

categories: Indo-Scythian kings,1st-century BC rulers in Asia,1st-century BC Iranian people

paragraph: Azilises

paragraph: Azilises (ruled circa 57-35 BCE) was an Indo-Scythian king who ruled in the area of Gandhara.

paragraph: Section::::Coinage.

paragraph: Azilises issued some joint coins with Azes, where Azes is presented as king on the obverse ("BASILEOS BASILEON MEGALOY AZOY"), and Azilises is introduced as king on the obverse in kharoshthi ("Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayilisasa", "The great king, the king of kings, the great Azilises").

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yuezhi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

paragraph: BULLET::::- Indo-Greek Kingdom

paragraph: BULLET::::- Indo-Parthian Kingdom

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kushan Empire

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies" by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Greeks in Bactria and India", W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Coins of Azilises

wikidata_label: Azilises

wikipedia_title: Azilises


text:
bishop
Västerås
Sweden
parish register
gymnasium
secondary education
Rudbeckii flickskola
Olaus Rudbeckius, Sr.
Alfred Nobel
Dalecarlian horse
Church of Sweden
Rudbeckius, Johannes Johannis
Herman Hofberg
Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon

categories: 17th-century Swedish people,1646 deaths,16th-century Swedish people,Bishops of Västerås,1581 births

paragraph: Johannes Rudbeckius

paragraph: Bishop Johannes Rudbeckius or "Bishop Johannes Rudbeck" (1581–1646), bishop at Västerås, Sweden, from 1619 until his death, and personal chaplain to King Gustavus II Adolphus ("the Great").

paragraph: In his capacity of bishop he was restlessly active in organising. He founded the Swedish system of parish registers, ordering his parsons to file comments on every person in the parish. In 1623 he founded the first gymnasium, a school of secondary education, in Västerås, but he also took care to introduce a rough kind of compulsory schooling for all children in his diocese. He also founded the first school for girls in Sweden; Rudbeckii flickskola in 1632.

paragraph: Rudbeckius was considered politically suspect by his superiors but his reforms were gradually introduced in the whole country.

paragraph: With his second wife Magdalena Hising, he had a son Olaus Rudbeckius, Sr., who was to become the most important Swedish scientist of the 17th century. Bishop Rudbeckius' granddaughter, Wendela Rudbeck, married Peter Olai Nobelius, from whom descends Alfred Nobel.

paragraph: Bishop Rudbeckius is also notable for calling what is now known as the Dalecarlian horse "the Devil's plaything."

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Church of Sweden

paragraph: Section::::See also.:References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rudbeckius, Johannes Johannis i Herman Hofberg, "Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon" (andra upplagan, 1906)

description: swedish bishop

wikidata_label: Johannes Rudbeckius

wikipedia_title: Johannes Rudbeckius


text:
Roman Catholic
Military Ordinariate of Venezuela

categories: Venezuelan Roman Catholic bishops,2014 deaths,1944 births

paragraph: José Hernán Sánchez Porras

paragraph: José Hernán Sánchez Porras (March 31, 1944 – October 13, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

paragraph: Ordained to the priesthood on June 25, 1967, Sánchez Porras was named bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Venezuela on December 19, 2000 and was ordained bishop on February 16, 2001.

description: Venezuelan priest

wikidata_label: José Hernán Sánchez Porras

wikipedia_title: José Hernán Sánchez Porras


text:
Australian rules football
Melbourne
Victorian Football League

categories: 2017 deaths,1928 births,Old Melburnians Football Club players,Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)

paragraph: Ken Rollason

paragraph: Ken Rollason (12 July 1928 – 27 July 2017) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

paragraph: Section::::Notes.

description: Australian rules footballer

wikidata_label: Ken Rollason

wikipedia_title: Ken Rollason


text:
Australian rules football
Melbourne
Victorian Football League
Melbourne
Melbourne Grammar
HMAS Nizam
University of Melbourne
London School of Economics
Australian football
Old Melburnians
VAFA
Melbourne Football Club
VFL
Australian National Football Carnival

categories: 2017 deaths,Melbourne Football Club players,1926 births,Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)

paragraph: Mike Woods (Australian footballer)

paragraph: Michael "Mike" Cranston Woods (1 August 1926 - 4 October 2017) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

paragraph: Woods was born in Melbourne and attended Melbourne Grammar. In 1944, Woods joined the Navy and was commissioned to HMAS Nizam. In 1952, he graduated from the University of Melbourne with a commerce and social science degree. He furthered his studies at the London School of Economics.

paragraph: At school Woods excelled in swimming and Australian football. In the navy he won a heavyweight title. After World War II, Woods played football for the Old Melburnians in the VAFA and in 1949 he joined the Melbourne Football Club in the VFL. He won the best first-year player award and played as a ruckman and defender. In 1950, Woods was selected to represent Victoria in the Australian National Football Carnival. . He retired in 1953.

paragraph: Section::::Notes.

description: Australian rules footballer

wikidata_label: Mike Woods

wikipedia_title: Mike Woods (Australian footballer)


text:
Wrocław
Munich
Walter Firle
artnet

categories: German male painters,People from Wrocław,20th-century German painters,19th-century German painters,1929 deaths,1859 births

paragraph: Walter Firle

paragraph: Walter Firle or Walther Firle (August 22, 1859 – November 20, 1929) was a 19th-century painter from Germany.

paragraph: He was born in Wrocław and is known for portraits and genre works.

paragraph: He died in Munich, where much of his work remains in public collections.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walter Firle on artnet

alias:
Walther Firle
professor walter firle
w. firle
Prof. Walter Firle
professor walther firle
walther firle
firle

description: 19th-century painter from Germany

wikidata_label: Walter Firle

wikipedia_title: Walter Firle


text:
House of Reuss
Promnitz-Pless
Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme
Schleiz
Reuss of Schleiz
Hardegg auf Glatz und im Machlande
Reuss zu Schleiz
Sinzendorf
Reuss of Schleiz in Köstritz
Promnitz-Pless
Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz-Pless
Friedrich of Promnitz-Pless
Dahme
Prince Frederick of Saxe-Weissenfels
Augustus
Fürstlich Drehna

categories: 1667 births,House of Reuss,House of Wettin

paragraph: Emilie Agnes Reuss of Schleiz

paragraph: Emilie Agnes Reuss of Schleiz (11 August 1667 - 15 October 1729), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Reuss and by her two marriages Countess of Promnitz-Pless and Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme.

paragraph: Born in Schleiz, she was the fourth of eight children born from Heinrich I, Count Reuss of Schleiz and his first wife, Countess Esther of Hardegg auf Glatz und im Machlande. From her seven older and younger siblings, only one survive adulthood, Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss zu Schleiz. From her father's two next marriages with Countesses Maximiliana of Hardegg auf Glatz und im Machlande and Anna Elisabeth of Sinzendorf, she gained four half-siblings, of them only one survive: Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Schleiz in Köstritz (son of Anna Elisabeth).

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: On 26 August 1673, all the members of the House of Reuss were raised to the rank of Imperial Counts (German: "Reichsgraf"). Emilie Agnes (aged 6) and her two surviving siblings at that point, Heinrich XI (aged 4) and Susanne Maria (aged 2 months; she died on 13 May 1675) were all named Counts and Countesses Reuss of Schleiz (German: "Graf/Gräfin Reuss von Schleiz").

paragraph: In Schleiz on 10 August 1682, Emilie Agnes married firstly Balthasar Erdmann, Count of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 9 January 1656 - Sorau, 3 May 1703). They had five children:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 22 August 1683 - Jagdschloß Sorauer Forst, 7 September 1745).

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Friedrich of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 11 October 1684 - Halbau, 13 June 1712), Lord of Halbau.

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Heinrich of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 14 January 1686 - Sorau, 23 May 1700).

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Esther Maximiliane Elisabeth of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 20 February 1687 - Sorau, 28 September 1701).

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Philippine Henriette Theresia of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 25 November 1689 - Sorau, 30 November 1689).

paragraph: In Dahme on 13 February 1711, Emilie Agnes married secondly Prince Frederick of Saxe-Weissenfels, youngest surviving son of Duke Augustus. Shortly after the wedding, he received the district of Dahme as appanage and took his residence there. They had no children.

paragraph: She died in Fürstlich Drehna aged 62, having survived her second husband by fourteen years.

wikidata_label: Emilie Agnes Reuss of Schleiz

wikipedia_title: Emilie Agnes Reuss of Schleiz


text: Stevenston

text: Ayrshire

text: Robert Burns

text: Moray

text: Auchenharvie

text: Kerelaw Estate

text: Orangefield estate

text: Robert Burns

text: graveyard of St John's

text: Princes Street

text: Edinburgh

text: North Ayrshire Council

text: Dumfries

text: Jean Armour

text: Alison Begbie

text: Mary Campbell (Highland Mary)

text: Nelly Kilpatrick

text: Jessie Lewars

text: Mary Morison

text: Ann Park

text: Anne Rankine

text: Isabella Steven

text: Peggy Thompson

text: Lesley Baillie Burns

categories: Robert Burns,19th-century Scottish people,18th-century Scottish women,1843 deaths,Burials at St John’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh,People from North Ayrshire,19th-century Scottish women,1768 births

paragraph: Lesley Baillie

paragraph: Lesley Baillie (1768–1843), later Mrs Lesley Cumming, was born at Mayville, Stevenston, Ayrshire. She was a daughter of Robert Baillie and married Robert Cumming of Logie, Moray. Her lasting fame derives from being Robert Burns's 'Bonnie Lesley', ""the most beautiful, elegant woman in the world"". On her tombstone her name is given as Leslie Baillie.

paragraph: Section::::Life and character.

paragraph: The daughter of sea captain Robert Baillie of Mayfield, she married Robert Cumming of Logie, Moray in 1799. She had a sister named Maria (Grace) and her mother was May Reid. She was a grand-daughter of Anna Cunninghame and John Reid, second son of the minister of the parish, their daughter being her mother. Through her mother she was related to Sir Robert Cunninghame of Auchenharvie.

paragraph: In 1799 Lesley married Robert Cumming of Logie, Morayshire. Lesley had six children of whom four sons died on army service in India. Her husband predeceased her by a good many years. Her character was "much esteemed for her benevolence of character, kindness of disposition and agreeable manners."

paragraph: Mayville House in Schoolwell Street is described as an ""exceptionally attractive and delightful little mansion"", built around 1720 for Robert Baillie and named for his wife, May Reid. The property became part of the Kerelaw Estate until sold by Mr James Campbell, a Saltcoats lawyer, in 1914. A Coal Merchant, John Alexander of Stevenston. It has pediments with urns and a sundial dated 1773.

paragraph: Lesley Baillie was a descendant of the family who had owned the Orangefield estate John Dalrymple owned Orangefield in the time of Robert Burns. Lesley was buried in the graveyard of St John's on Princes Street, Edinburgh in one of the lower eastern terraces. Her sister Grace Baillie is buried with her.

paragraph: Section::::The Lesley Baillie Memorial.

paragraph: This memorial, was originally erected in 1784 by Robert Baillie as a memorial to his wife May Reid and his other daughter Grace (Maria), is nowadays located between Sinclair Street and Glencairn Street, near the site of Mayfield House in Stevenston. It was originally situated in an area known as the 'Monument Park' near Kerelaw Mains Farm. Lesley's name was added in 1929 when the monument was re-erected on its present site by members of the Burns Federation after it had been derelict for over 50 years. It is now maintained by North Ayrshire Council.

paragraph: Part of the inscription on the memorial to Maria Baillie reads:

paragraph: Section::::Association with Robert Burns.

paragraph: The circumstances of Burns's association with Miss Baillie are related in a letter the poet wrote Mrs Dunlop from 'Annan Waterfoot' on 22 August 1792. he declared himself to be ""in love, souse! Over head and ears, deep as the most unfathomable abyss of the boundless ocean"", Burns explained that Mr Baillie with his two daughters, Grace and Lesley, was passing through Dumfries on their way to England, and did him the honour of visiting him. Although he was busy at the time he rode with them for some distance, dining and spending the whole day with them. He went on to say ""Twas about nine, I think when I left them; and riding home I composed the following ballad... You must know that there is an old ballad beginning with"":

paragraph: Burns parodied it as ...'

paragraph: On 8 November 1792 Burns sent the song to George Thomson with a comment on how it should got to the tune of ""The Collier's Bony Dochter"". Thomson replied, making suggestions for certain alterations, however, Burns wrote from Dumfries on 1 December, saying, ""I must not, cannot alter, Bonie Lesley"". He added the revealing comment: ""that species of stanza is the most difficult that I have ever tried.""

paragraph: Burns was extremely proud of this song, and he remarked that it was ""one of the finest songs I ever made in my life."" He never saw Lesley Baillie again, however he wrote to her from Dumfries in May 1793, enclosing ""Blythe hae I been on yon hill"", a song he had composed for her. He thought highly of this song, sending it to Thomson matched to a slowed-down reel, ""The Quaker's Wife"", which came from Bremner's Reels, 1759.

paragraph: According to Lesley, daughter of 'Bonnie Lesley', Burns was working on the last verse of a ""Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn"" and was having difficulty with a request from the Earl's sisters that 'gude' should be replaced with 'great'. Lesley suggested that neither should be used and this resulted in an ideal compromise, namely ""I'll remember thee, Glencairn, and a' that thou hast done for me.""

paragraph: Writing in June 1793 to Deborah Duff Davies, Burns remarked; ""When I sing of Miss Davies or Miss Lesley Bailie, I have only to feign the passion — the charms are real.""

paragraph: His feelings towards Lesley Baillie are seen as a revealing comment on his ability to imagine himself in love with any woman on the slightest pretext.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jean Armour

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alison Begbie

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mary Campbell (Highland Mary)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nelly Kilpatrick

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jessie Lewars

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mary Morison

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ann Park

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anne Rankine

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isabella Steven

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peggy Thompson

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sources

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Boyle, A.M. (1996). "The Ayrshire Book of Burns-Lore." Darvel : Alloway Publishing.

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Clements, James (1974). "Stevenston. The Kernel of Cunninghame." Stevenston : J. Clements.

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Davis, Michael (1991). "The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire". Ardrishaig, Argyll M.C. Davis, 1991.

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Garrett, Isabel (2009). "Mayville House, Stevenston." Irvine : I. E. Garrett.

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Harvey, William. "Picturesque Ayrshire". Dundee : Valentine & Sons.

paragraph: BULLET::::6. Hill, John C. Rev. (1961). "The Love Songs and Heroines of Robert Burns". London : J. M. Dent.

paragraph: BULLET::::7. Love, Dane (2003). "Ayrshire : Discovering a County". Ayr : Fort Publishing. .

paragraph: BULLET::::8. Purdie, David; McCue Kirsteen and Carruthers, Gerrard. (2013). "Maurice Lindsay's The Burns Encyclopaedia". London : Robert Hale. .

paragraph: BULLET::::9. Wallace, Archibald (1902). "Stevenston. Past & Present." Saltcoats : Archibald Wallace.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- YouTube video of the Bonnie Lesley Memorial in Stevenston

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lesley Baillie Burns

wikidata_label: Lesley Baillie

wikipedia_title: Lesley Baillie


text:
Meissen
Aschaffenburg
administrator
Archdiocese of Mainz
Ernest of Saxony
Elisabeth of Bavaria-Munich
Archdiocese of Mainz
Erfurt
Eichsfeld
Diether von Isenburg
cathedral chapter
Rustenfelde
coadjutor
Sixtus IV
Martinsburg Castle
mitre
pallium

categories: 1467 births,1484 deaths,15th-century Roman Catholic bishops,15th-century German people,Archbishop-Electors of Mainz,House of Wettin

paragraph: Adalbert of Saxony

paragraph: Adalbert of Saxony (8 May 1467 in Meissen – 1 May 1484 in Aschaffenburg) was administrator of the Archdiocese of Mainz as "Adalbart III".

paragraph: Adalbert was the son of Elector Ernest of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth of Bavaria-Munich. In order to protect the Thuringian areas of the Archdiocese of Mainz around Erfurt and in the Eichsfeld area, archbishop Diether von Isenburg and the cathedral chapter of Mainz appointed Aldalbert, who was still a minor, in 1477 as Provisor of the city of Erfurt and High Bailiff of Rusteberg Castle in Rustenfelde in the Eichsfeld. In 1479, Adalbert was made a member of the cathedral chapter in Mainz.

paragraph: In 1480, he was elected coadjutor with the right to succeed as archbishop. This election result was confirmed by Pope Sixtus IV in 1481, despite the Pope's reservations. After Dieter died, Adalbert succeeded him as ruler of the Archbishopric of Mainz on 8 May 1482. Since he was too young to be ordained as bishop, he became administrator. In 1483, he demanded that the city of Erfurt recognize the suzerainty of Mainz over the city. The archbishop's residence, Martinsburg Castle in Mainz, was completed during Adalbert's reign.

paragraph: Adalbart died in 1484, before he could be ordained as bishop, so he was never archbishop. He is therefore depicted without mitre and pallium.

paragraph: Adalbert was unmarried. However, he had an illegitimate daughter named Sybilla.

description: Administrator of Mainz

wikidata_label: Adalbert III of Saxony

wikipedia_title: Adalbert of Saxony


text:
Harrow
Brasenose College, Oxford
deputy lieutenant
Somerset
Henry Berkeley Portman
Grenadier Guards
William Henry Poulett

categories: 1864 deaths,People educated at Harrow School,Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford,1783 births,Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset,British Militia officers,Earls Poulett

paragraph: John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett

paragraph: John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett (5 July 1783 – 1864), styled Viscount Hinton from 1788 to 1819, was an English peer and militia officer.

paragraph: Educated at Harrow and Brasenose College, Oxford, Hinton was commissioned a captain in the 1st (East) Somersetshire Militia in 1801. His father was made colonel of that regiment in 1803, and on 20 September 1804, Hinton himself became colonel of the 2nd (West) Somersetshire Militia, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Somerset on 10 January 1805.

paragraph: Upon the death of his father in January 1819, he succeeded to the title of Earl Poulett, and also succeeded his father as colonel of the 1st (East) Somersetshire Militia. He commanded the regiment until 1852, when he was succeeded by his son Vere Poulett, Viscount Hinton.

paragraph: Poulett married Frances Charlotte, daughter of Henry Berkeley Portman, on 21 August 1820, by whom he had three sons, all of whom predeceased him:

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Rolle Poulett, Viscount Hinton (8 June 1821 – 18 August 1843), Grenadier Guards

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vere Poulett, Viscount Hinton (20 August 1822 – 29 August 1857), colonel, Somersetshire Militia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Margaret Charlotte Poulett (16 July 1830 – 31 May 1834)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hon. Amias Poulett (6 February 1835 – 20 February 1857), Grenadier Guards

paragraph: He was succeeded in the peerage by his nephew, William Henry Poulett (1827–1899), who was the third son of his younger brother, Admiral the Hon. George Poulett.

description: British noble

wikidata_label: John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett

wikipedia_title: John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett